At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 13, 2021, the 17th round of La Liga continued, with Real Madrid hosting Atletico Madrid, and the Madrid derby also received the attention of fans and media around the world. As a result, Real Madrid scored one goal each in the first and second halves to win Atletico 2-0. After winning this game, Real Madrid finished first in the table with 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 42 points, 8 points ahead of second place Sevilla.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, real Madrid, who play at home, line up a 433 formation, goalkeeper Courtois, four defenders are Carvajal, Milittan, Alaba and Flanders Mendi, 3 midfielders are Modric and Tony Kroos are left and right, Casemiró is in the center; 3 forwards are Benzema, Asensio and Vinicius. The total value of this lineup is 450 million euros, with an average age of 28.3 years.
Atletico lined up in a 442 formation with goalkeeper Oblak, four defenders Hermoso, Condobia, Frisco and Marcos; 4 midfielders by Carrasco, Cork, DePaul and Angel Correa; and two strikers by Mateus and Griezmann respectively. Atletico's starting line-up is worth more than Real Madrid at 469 million euros, with an average age of 27.5 years.
After the start of the game, Atletico was the main opponent, launching a number of threatening attacks in succession, but the momentum was not scored. In real Madrid, on the other hand, the first 15 minutes were somewhat suppressed. But in the 16th minute, Real Madrid played a high-quality counter-attack, Vinicius passed the ball to Benzema, who inserted it in the middle and volleyed sideways to give Real Madrid a 1-0 lead.
In the first half, although Atletico still attacked wildly, they failed to score. In the 57th minute of the second half, it was Vinicius who stepped up again, he broke into the front of the field and cut inside, and Asensio swept the goal inside the box to rewrite the score to 2-0.
In the end, the 2-0 score was maintained to the full court. From the full-court data after the game, although Real Madrid's possession rate is as high as 61%, but basically in their own backfield passing, real Madrid only 7 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, but fortunately, 3 shots were exchanged for 2 goals. Atletico Madrid had nine shots on goal, six of which were on target. Although it has only 39% possession, the number of attacks in 110 attacks is much higher than Real Madrid's 98.
This game also set 5 new records. First, Atletico Madrid has become the team with the biggest setback in La Liga this season. Because in the same period last season, Atletico scored 41 points, compared to only 29 this season; second, by the 17th round of La Liga, Real Madrid have won 10 consecutive games in all competitions, including seven La Liga and three Champions League games. In 10 games, Real Madrid scored a total of 22 goals, conceded 5 goals, and there were 5 clean sheets against opponents; third, Real Madrid's victory, coach Carlo Ancelotti is also a fool, this is Ancelotti's fifth Madrid derby since Taking over Real Madrid, the previous 4 times the record is 1 draw and 3 losses, so this victory is also the first time that Ancelotti led the team to defeat Atletico.
Fourth, Asensio, who scored in this game, has scored five goals this season, a total of 15 games. Last season, Asensio made 35 appearances before scoring five goals. Therefore, Asensio will be more worth looking forward to this season.