• Narration: So we live the Wanda derby
  • Classification: First Division

What a five-star stadium that the town team has. This is how any foreign tourist who came to the brand new Wanda Metropolitano and knew beforehand the nickname defended by Simeone - the world's highest paid coach, 23 million a year - for his club - the one that has spent the most on signings this summer , next to Real Madrid-. Prosperous people, in this case. The visitor should be told that, although the skin has changed, the atmosphere of the derbies is still charged. Before the goals of the Calderón were heard in the Cava Baja and now resound in the M40, just on the edge of the capital, but the roar remains, especially if the hated white rival is ahead.

It is not the same, say the fans, that the old Manzanares. And you have to give them the reason, because this marvel of construction does not vibrate like the old bleachers, especially on that last night of Champions (May 2017) where only Benzema, with the play of his life, prevented them from falling apart by the comeback Now it is a company of Olite (Navarra) that is dismantling the still sentimental home of the rojiblanco universe. This Saturday, when the players jumped to the grass, the southern fund paid tribute to the history of the entity with references to its past. For the Calderón they chose a child with parpusa chulapa openwork and a seat in his hand, it is not known with what intention. It would be to take it home, it is supposed. Not to launch it.

The chants of the radical sector did not go out in the first part, despite the tostón party that two delighted teams drew, that seemed, with the draw. The situation in the table invited prudence; better a point than to risk and leave with scratches of the neighbor. That's how Atlético and Madrid circulated, serious as fines in the center, with no failures behind and no edge in the area. A cross shot of Joao Felix , a distant Kroos , some stride of Bale on the right ... Little else. Zidane placed Valverde instead of James because he sought to protect the spinal cord. He succeeded, at the cost of losing the clairvoyance of the Colombian in the dangerous area, between the center and the front, where the young man of 126 million euros tried to appear without much space. The other great summer signing, Eden Hazard , was trying on the left, without too much air either. A galloping, dribbling and lazy pass to the area was his best contribution before arriving at the break.

Towards the locker room, Simeone left, making a basilisk, even Casemiro had to calm him down. Something whispered in his ear the Brazilian, hugging him tenderly. He had been protesting the local coach for a while to the lineman and the referee, to whom he claimed red for Ramos for something the Real Madrid captain would have said to the band judge. According to the red and white bench, the central snapped at him: "The whore who bore you." Everyone jumped at once, very very angry.

He leaves nothing without fighting the tireless Argentine, coach, spiritual leader of the Wanda and even the first animator. Give as many orders to your players as to the fans. These to whistle and insult Ramos and Courtois did not need any indication. They reached the derby with the duties learned. "Rat" was the favorite compliment to the goalkeeper.

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