Accustomed to making things worse, Madrid was already savoring victory in the derby. With a defense of circumstances, no, the following and without Vinícius, the white team galloped towards another victory of those that can only be explained by the character, the weight of their shirt and the pride of their players. That the substitute’s substitute (Brahim) suddenly and urgently enters the eleven and is the best in the game can only mean that the white team’s commitment is maximum, an ingredient in which the truth is that they are a very enviable team. Atlético, far from taking advantage of White’s theoretical weakness in defense (Carvajal, at center back, Nacho, fatal), had generated few, although clear, chances. Everything was aimed at 1-0 and three more points for the leader’s bag. That team that has neither its starting goalkeeper nor its best center back and that replaced one of its great stars (Benzema) with the honest modesty of Joselu.
But this time they made Madrid ‘a Madrid’, they caught him at the finish line, when there is no longer a possible reaction or turning back. By air, where Atlético had the potential to be much superior, the score was 1-1. Llorente, the footballer with the body of Kent, you know Barbie’s boyfriend, rose between Nacho and Carvajal to save Atlético, keep Girona in the slipstream of the leadership and to make the day round for Barça. The Barça team reduced two points to Madrid and the Girona team and is two points ahead of the Colchonero team. Xavi’s team is still too far away to think of miracles, and even more so taking into account the remaining calendar, but this week the storm has at least taken a truce in Barcelona fans. And even the biggest pests rest from time to time. It’s not always going to be expensive for Madrid. This time he took his own medicine.