Draw in the Derby

The Calderón stadium breathed the air of greatness that bathes the Manzanares river in  great football days. It warned the brutal mosaic that dyed the stands of the temple before kickoff . ' because they fight like brothers , defending their colors ' . Ambition, courage, intensity...Pride. Facts were seek, as Simeone said in the previous. However, the football wanted an epic evening, on the first half a dangerous move of Real Madrid made the first goal of the evening to come. Benzema took a Di Maria´s pass to beat Thibaut Courtois . It was the time for a comeback and our giants got down to work . There was no time to lose.

The forward pressure of the atletics drowned Real Madrid at the kick of in minutes, Gabi, Mario and Koke, got the control of the situation. The Calderon requested a penalty from Sergio Ramos bus was not pointed. The '19 'Atletico broke again and again the white barrier and a left-footed shot could take us to the tie. The Real Madrid based their attacks on the individuality of their strikers and Courtois, twice, stopped them with his impressive reflexes to avoid the second goal.

Diego Lopez could not help anything. Because when the balance inexorably gives to the Atletico´s power, the goal is the only possible consequence. Book´s play. Arda fakes, cuts, washes out the Madrid defense with his Turkish magic trick, and pass a soccer ball between lines
to Koke. Our novice, serene, one step ahead of the others, topped with the soul of Calderon and his cross shot sneaked into the rival nets to signify one/one result.

The force coming from the stands got into the veins of our warriors, who looked forward to get ahead with anxiety and arguments, many arguments. Locked behind the Ancelotti´s players bailed out the water in front of an unstoppable storm. With courage, class and determination, the team bottled the Real Madrid with Diego Costa, again, forcing the defender to work harder. Who forewarned is forearmed. Last play of the first half, a foul from 30 yards and all Calderón tense. Time for our captain, our glorious captain. Gabi received a short pass from Koke and confidently hit a hard shot, which defeated Diego López. The first 45 minutes came to an end with the Calderon delivered into a apotheosis party.

The match resumed with the same force. Diego Costa continued his 'omnipresence' and starred as the first shot of the second half, finding a Diego Lopez´s answer. Atletico scorer was unwavering fury and in one for one, he crossed the ball too high forgiving the third. The goal eluded him despite his insistence, with another header off a corner. With no news from the Real Madrid, who wanted but could not, the Atletico knew how to sleep the match and wake it up at the right times. Courtois, flawless on the few occasions they tested him, pulled out some good hands in a header from Bale. The atletic´s occasions were many, and Arda, heading to Gabi stroked the third goal of the afternoon.

With Real Madrid dump in the attack, the white goal came with a bad luck move that took Cristiano Ronaldo to make the tie. How unfair football is sometimes. Atletico didn´t surrendered and sought the goal of victory. The match got stuck in the final minutes with two teams that did not want to lose control of the situation. The stands encouraged ours, although the result did no longer move. Football did not helped Simeone´s players today but they got an important point to continue fighting at the top of the ranking period. The Vicente Calderon left with a feeling of a 'red and white pride'