Real Madrid Club de Futbol
Founded- 1902
Ground- Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
Capacity- 81,044
Head Coach- Carlo Ancelotti
League- La Liga
Club Atletico de Madrid
Founded- 1903
Ground- Vicente Calderon Stadium
Capacity- 54,960
Head Coach- Diego Simeone
League- La Liga
El Derbi Madrileno, in English means the Madrid Derby. The
Madrid derby is between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid and is one of the top
derby matches in Spain. In sense Real Madrid go in favourites every time they
play Atletico due to the club being one of the biggest football clubs in the
world. It can also be down to the financial side as Real Madrid can afford the
best players out there and most recently in 2013 Real Madrid broke the world
transfer record by signing Gareth Bale for £85.3m (100m Euros). This shows how
far Real Madrid will go so they can achieve success by adding the world’s best
players to win trophies. However Atletico Madrid should never be ruled out on
winning a Madrid derby even though they might not have the world’s best players
but they certainly play as a team and not individuals as some players in Real
Madrid do. Atletico Madrid shocked the world when they won the La Liga in the 2013-2014 beating the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona to the title. This was Atletico Madrid's first league title in 18 years with Diego Simeone leading them to the title and he will be certainly looking to accomplish that again this season.
The
Madrid Derby was the main talking point in the Champions League final on the 24th
May 2014 as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid squared off in the Estadio da Luz in
Lisbon to see who the best team in Europe. Real won the match 4-1 and claimed
their 10th European trophy an achievement known as La Decima.
Atletico took the lead when Diego Godin capitalised from an error made from
Iker Casillas. Atletico looked like they were going to win the match but 90
seconds from the final whistle Sergio Ramos headed in a late equaliser from a
Luka Modric’s corner. Real went into extra time with more momentum and looked
certain to grab another goal and that’s exactly what they did when Gareth Bale scored
a header from an acute angle to give Real the lead. Marcelo then made it 3-1
towards the end of extra time and Cristiano Ronaldo got the fourth at the very
end of the match
The most recent Madrid derby took place on the 7th February 2015 and was held at Vicente Calderon Stadium. This is one derby game that Real Madrid fans will want to forget as Atletico won the match 4-0 and this was Real Madrid’s heaviest defeat in over four years. From the moment the match started Atletico looked up for it more and this proved to be the case as on the 14th minute of the game Tiago fired in a low uncomfortable shot that Real Madrid’s keeper Iker Casillas failed to keep out. Four minutes later early substitute Saul Niguez then got Atletico 2-0 up with a spectacular overhead kick that no keeper could save. After half time Real got back into the game with better possession with the ball but this didn't come to much as most of their shots went wide or didn't trouble the keeper. Atletico took advantage of slack defending from Real and Antoine Griezmann came up for the third goal for Atletico on the 67th minute. Mario Mandzukic got the final goal in the last minutes of the game with a fine diving header.
The most recent Madrid derby took place on the 7th February 2015 and was held at Vicente Calderon Stadium. This is one derby game that Real Madrid fans will want to forget as Atletico won the match 4-0 and this was Real Madrid’s heaviest defeat in over four years. From the moment the match started Atletico looked up for it more and this proved to be the case as on the 14th minute of the game Tiago fired in a low uncomfortable shot that Real Madrid’s keeper Iker Casillas failed to keep out. Four minutes later early substitute Saul Niguez then got Atletico 2-0 up with a spectacular overhead kick that no keeper could save. After half time Real got back into the game with better possession with the ball but this didn't come to much as most of their shots went wide or didn't trouble the keeper. Atletico took advantage of slack defending from Real and Antoine Griezmann came up for the third goal for Atletico on the 67th minute. Mario Mandzukic got the final goal in the last minutes of the game with a fine diving header.
The next Madrid derby will take place on the 14th April 2015, with the derby being a Champions League Quarter-Final match the first leg will be held at Vicente Calderon and the return leg on the 22nd April at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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