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It snows in the League when Christmas has not yet arrived. This turns white, nuclear target, after a derby that strengthens an old-fashioned Madrid, in which the eleven is recited on a run, even without

Hazard

, but with

Modric

in the best barrel in the winery,

Benzema

allied with the goal even to the lame foot,

Courtois

of mast and

Vinicius

in connection with the ball and the Bernabéu. The day he does not run or score, he attends. After their victory, they are already 13 points over Atlético and 18 over Barça, although both with one game less. The champion leaves the derby denatured. [Narration and statistics: 2-0]


Atlético made mistakes that are like betrayals of their own blood. In that way he feels them,

Simeone

suffers them

when he observes that Atlético denies his being, everything that has made him settle among the greats of Europe, where he used to be only passing through. The best Atlético del Cholo was an Alamo, a decipherable but impenetrable team. Now it is not that way. It's sharper than ever, but it doesn't advance in that armor. This last step at the Bernabéu, a derby in which few things happened, played between equals, put him in front of the mirror.

It was the moment when

Koke

, a link that links the two Leagues of the Simeone era, failed. A bad pass through the center, a robbery and a mess, because the one who benefits is Modric. Periscope up! The ball travels at a touch, but Atlético is not unprepared, with many people behind the ball, as it is the start of the play at the exit of the ball. There are no reasons for the red-and-white alarm, apparently, but what happens next contradicts it. Madrid's precision in the transition of the ball does not explain everything, nor does Benzema's in his hitting. Atlético's players, in frank superiority, fall back fatally, always at the mercy of the last decision of their rivals.

Asensio

plays for Vinicius, deepens and centers the Brazilian to the place where Benzema, unopposed, has time for everything: to settle down, think and score.

Barely a quarter of an hour had passed into the game.

Less time elapsed after the break for another failure in the red-and-white defense to allow Madrid its specialty: running and teaming up in speed.

Felipe

exceeded the defensive bilge,

Kondogbia

yielded in front of

Jovic's

body

, to which Benzema had left his place, and Vinicius opened the ball for the arrival of one of the footballers with the best hitting.

Asensio can be intermittent, he is, but he wears a Mauser instead of a boot.

Two goals ahead for Madrid in a somewhat decaffeinated derby, because little had happened.

Just a stop from

Courtois

to a free kick from

Griezmann

and some hands from

Oblak

in an arrival of Vinicus.

The alibi for Atlético is the provisionality in the area, with Kondogbia as an improvised central defender, given the absences of

Savic

and

Jiménez

, who are like the keel of a sailboat. For Simeone, sure, it is not a consolation. In cash he started at a clear disadvantage compared to

Ancelotti

, which has stabilized the eleven and the team. He is not a man of experiments. The pasta, al dente, and his Madrid is. Benzema was, even if it was for a little while, and he delivered. It cannot be said that Madrid controls the games, but they win them and they know with whom and how they win them, the two things that most fuel confidence. In Atlético, on the other hand, there are more doubts, which has implied a tremendous physical and emotional wear and tear, because of the Champions League. La Liga is not won every year. The identity, however, must be eternal.

Atlético entered the game hard, with a good rhythm of play and high pressure, but they missed key pieces to turn all that into real danger. Above all,

Carrasco

and Griezmann. Both were withdrawn by the coach at halftime, because the team needed more inside play. Until then, only the efforts of

Marcos Llorente

, on the right, had brought depth. Something more was needed for the center and the left. A good time for

Joao Félix

. Quality takes only minutes. The Portuguese found a corridor with the bullfighting gaze of deception and

Cunha

again tried Courtois's tone, well, very good. The Belgian would be in his place against

Lemar

or Joao in the denouement.

Joao's situation is a debate, but a muted debate given the hierarchy of the coach-messiah.

The only reality is that when he is on the field different things happen, although the team must first recover others.

There will never be with

Luis Suárez

, although physical problems gave him a time that was already Madrid's time, sure even when he feels dominated, as a leader is.

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