"Outside the lines" with Liron Sharon, 4.2/video editing: Ziv Steiner
Real Madrid were two minutes away from winning the derby, taking revenge on their city rival for being kicked out of the cup and above all increasing their advantage at the top to four points, but the ex Marcos Llorente took advantage of an error in the center of the defense to strike the 1:1 and determine a dramatic distribution of points against Atlético Madrid.
At the end, Real Madrid were furious at the refereeing according to the headlines in Spain - even though Savich's goal was disallowed at the start of the second half by the screen referees - arguing that they deserved at least one penalty, especially after the same Savich they claim stopped Bellingham with a clear foul.
Ancelotti refused to comment on that and after the game: "We played very good football and I don't want to blame anyone for the draw, we just weren't lucky," said the coach and also referred to Nacho's mistake in extra time, "We have to stay calm. About the penalties I don't want to talk. We deserved to win."
The one who excelled in Real Madrid was Brahim Dias, who in the 20th minute scored their only goal of the game, but Dias was not supposed to be in the lineup at all, but was put in there after Vinicius Jr. was injured in the warm-up.
When Ancelotti was asked about the forced change, he added: "I went up with Dias before Khoslo was taken off for tactical reasons, if Khoslo had started we would have had to change the whole system in defense. Vinicius tried to play, but suffered from neck pain. Rudiger tried to come back and failed, hopefully he will return against Girona on Saturday".
Griezmann's tweet immediately after the final whistle
Antoine Griezmann, Atlético's star at the start of the second half, was already celebrating a header that he lifted straight to Savić's head - a goal that was rightly disallowed because Saul was in a different position and according to the screen judges it interfered with Lunin - did not hide his joy at the end and tweeted on the X network (formerly Twitter) laughing emojis , although the Colchoneros will close eight years without an away win against Real in the league.
Llorente, who grew up in Real and made it 1:1 in extra time, said at the end: "We worked hard not to lose and we were rewarded for getting a point and denying them two more. I'm happy with the team's work, but it doesn't feel as good as taking three points. All in all we took a point Valuable and this is a good result considering the situation we were in."
His coach Diego Simeone was less satisfied: "This point doesn't feel like anything, it's just a point. We tried to get it until the end and we succeeded and it was a draw we deserved, but it's a shame we didn't equalize earlier because we deserved it and could have won. It was a strange game, because They scored, we missed and then they were better again and we got into the dangerous situations. It wasn't close to what we've seen in the last three derbies, but a draw in a derby in an away game is not bad."
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