Diego Simeone said it had been a special week in Madrid, a “tremendous energy about the city”, and it closed the way he wanted.
José Mourinho’s first derby back ended in defeat and recriminations: he turned up at the press conference with a picture of two moments in which he felt that Atlético players should have been sent off, and insisting that the story of the derby was there.
Mourinho and Simeone are “companions of war”, the Real manager had said, and so it was.
When Lee went looking for David with a cross towards the back post after quarter of an hour, it was the closest anyone had got, physically, to either goal, and at once Real broke up the right.
Still Atlético came, and the Argentinian so nearly had the third when Courtois made a save from Romero and as the ball dropped Konaté rescued Madrid twice, the second time clearing off the line from Alvarez.
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José Mourinho’s first derby back ended in defeat and recriminations: he turned up at the press conference with a picture of two moments in which he felt that Atlético players should have been sent off, and insisting that the story of the derby was there.
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Diego Simeone said it had been a special week in Madrid, a “tremendous energy about the city”, and it closed the way he wanted. Two-nil up against 10 men through goals from Álex Grimaldo and Jonathan David, in control, a late strike from Antonio Rüdiger awoke old ghosts and brought tension to the final minutes, but they had done it.
José Mourinho’s first derby back ended in defeat and recriminations: he turned up at the press conference with a picture of two moments in which he felt that Atlético players should have been sent off, and insisting that the story of the derby was there.
His return to Real Madrid has been driven in part by nostalgia and it was like old times in the press room. Mourinho and Simeone are “companions of war”, the Real manager had said, and so it was.
Twenty minutes passed before the first shot, Aurélien Tchouaméni striking over from 25 yards, and it wasn’t until the 39th that there was one on target.
When Lee went looking for David with a cross towards the back post after quarter of an hour, it was the closest anyone had got, physically, to either goal, and at once Real broke up the right. The roar that greeted Marc Pubill’s tackle to take out Kylian Mbappé said something about the fear it was in transition that Atlético would be caught.
Still Atlético came, and the Argentinian so nearly had the third when Courtois made a save from Romero and as the ball dropped Konaté rescued Madrid twice, the second time clearing off the line from Alvarez.
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