The Madrid derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid was extremely exciting in the first 45 minutes with a rain of goals.
From the first minutes, Atletico showed their dominance when Alexander Sorloth continuously created a storm in front of Courtois' goal. In the 14th minute, the home team opened the scoring when Giuliano Simeone crossed the ball accurately for Robin Le Normand to head into Real's net.
After conceding an early goal, Real Madrid focused on attacking and found an equalizer in the 25th minute. Guler made a smart pass for Kylian Mbappe to escape and shoot diagonally, leveling the score at 1-1.
In the 37th minute, Vinicius dribbled the ball skillfully on the left wing before crossing for Guler to finish, raising the score to 2-1 for the away team.
However, Atletico refused to let go. Just a few minutes later, Julian Alvarez almost scored but was denied by the post. In the 43rd minute, from a corner kick, the ball touched Clement Lenglet's hand and flew into the net, but VAR intervened and the goal was canceled.
However, the home team's efforts were rewarded in the 45+3 minute. Alexander Sorloth jumped high to head the ball accurately, equalizing 2-2 for Atletico Madrid and blowing up the stands.
Entering the second half, Atletico Madrid played much stronger than the away team. In the 49th minute, Guler committed a foul in the penalty area, and Julian Alvarez successfully took a penalty kick, putting the home team up 3-2.
Just over 10 minutes later, Alvarez continued to shine with a dangerous free kick, raising the score to 4-2. As Real Madrid tried to push up their formation to find an equalizer, Griezmann punished Valverde's mistake in the 90+3 minute, sealing a big 5-2 victory for Atletico Madrid.
This defeat puts Real Madrid at risk of being surpassed by Barcelona in the rankings. Los Blancos are still 2 points ahead of Blaugrana but have played 1 more game.
Meanwhile, an impressive victory over Real Madrid helped Atletico Madrid return to the race at the top of the rankings.
