It has been almost a decade since Atletico Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu, but three points on Saturday were in the context of the title race of the La Liga.
Atleti has another talent deficit to compensate for the field, but wasn’t that always the case? The Diego Simeones side knows exactly what they are and they are a big threat to the crown of Los Blancos that in the past month they have impressively recovered from a 1-0 defeat with Leganes.
The visitors of the Saturday complement trademarks with exciting transitional work, and Simeone will almost have his full cohort of players available for the trip to the entire capital.
So Atletico was able to set up for the Mammoth Madrid Derby on Saturday evening.
GK: Jan Oblak – Oblak was the man between the sticks when Atleti won in Los Blanco’s territory, and he probably has to produce something special to close the hosts on Saturday, even though he has the best defense of the league.
RB: Marcos Llorente – Simeones Utility man was in and from the start -XI this season, but he will probably be the man who will be familiar with the tame Vinicius junior and company.
CB: Jose Gimenez – The strongly experienced defender was also in a team nine years ago and Gimeenez will aim to inspire a determined backline from Atleti.
CB: Clement Lenglet – Robin Le Normand misses through suspension, so that Lenglet, who filled a lot, while the Spaniard was on the road with a head injury, begins next to Gimez in the derby.
LB: Samuel Lino – Lino mainly played ahead this season, but we could see that Simeone decided on the left for a brave knitting.
RM: Giuliano Simeone – El Cholo’s son was one of the revelations of 2024/25, and he goes into the derby from the back of the 5-0 victory of Atletis against Getafe against Getafe in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.
Cm: Rodrigo de Paul – – – De Paul also proves that he is much more than Lionel Messi’s bodyguard. The Argentinian is an independent star.
Cm: Pablo Barrios – The burgeoning Spanish midfielder usurpated the Atletistalwarts in the middle of the park, but there are some doubts about his status for Saturday. Barrios and de Paul should take advantage of an unorganized Madrid opposite pressure and put the visitors on their way in the transition.
LM: Conor Gallagher – Some suggest that it is a case of Lino or Gallagher, but why not both? Gallagher settled well in Atletico after entering the summer and won the trust of his demanding manager.
ST: Antoine Griezmann – Griezmann was the only goal scorer in the game when Atleti won the Bernabeu for the last time – of course he was. The dazzling French strikers have confronted Madrid more than any other club in his career (42 times) and scored 11 goals.
ST: Julian Alvarez – After a short acclimatization period, Alvarez quickly tried to pay off the Monster Fee Atletico to ward off it from Manchester City. The edition of the Argentine has not yet set the world on fire, but it has been excellent in the past few months.