A Comfortable Leader of La Liga, Real Madrid, will face Atletico Madrid in a new edition of the city derby. On Saturday, at Vicente Calderon from 2:45 p.m. (Peruvian time), two of the most important teams in Spain, with 'Cholo' Simeone and Zinedine Zidane on the bench, go for the victory in the classic. What special duel will we see on the field?
Ibrahimovic, Robben and the players who will be free agents at the end of the season
Jan Oblak vs. Cristiano Ronaldo
Two of the best in their position against a maximum demand duel. For the Slovenian goalkeeper, because he will face a player with tremendous shooting ability, the one who has the most shots in the current season of La Liga, with 39 shots in eight games, an average of five per match. He has scored five goals in the tournament.
And for the attacker because he faces a goalkeeper with excellent skills, whom he has only beaten once in their six encounters, on January 15, 2015 in a Round of 16 match of the Copa del Rey at the Santiago Bernabeu. Oblak, accustomed to keeping a clean sheet, has conceded goals, six in total, in each of his last four official matches.
Koke vs. Luka Modric
Both teams generate their game through their football, ball circulation, precision, and vision. They will start many of the offensive actions that both teams propose in the derby this Saturday at Vicente Calderon.
Both are essential for their teams. Modric has already recovered from his injury, made his comeback against Leganes, and will lead the Real Madrid midfield, with the absence of the German Toni Kroos; Koke represents the evolution with the ball of Atletico from his role more centered in this season and from a fundamental transcendence.
Antonine Griezmann vs. Keylor Navas
The French forward is ready for the derby. He has already completed his race against the clock since last Friday when he suffered a blow to his left foot until Thursday when he joined training with the group, and he will start on Saturday with everything he brings to his team. He has been the top scorer for Atletico since joining the club; in 2014-15, 2015-16, and in the current season.
This season he has scored eight goals, but his importance goes far beyond that, with his five assists, speed, dribbling, and connections with his teammates. The barrier to increase his goal count is called Keylor Navas, whom he has only scored one goal against in eight duels and who stopped a penalty from him last season.
Ferreira Carrasco vs. Dani Carvajal
On the left side of the Atletico attack, on the right side of the Real Madrid defense, another of the most attractive duels in the derby will take place, the one that will pit the Belgian Yannick Carrasco, unleashed this season with seven goals, three assists, countless dribbles, and a lot of overflow and speed in fifteen matches against Dani Carvajal.
A challenge of the highest level for the Spanish international full-back, but also for the Atletico winger, due to the offensive journey that Carvajal has on the right side; an exchange of internships, physical deployment, and speed on which the depth on both sides of both teams in the derby will depend, in addition to Carrasco's shooting ability when moving towards the middle.
Filipe Luis vs. Gareth Bale
Two of the players who have started the season in the best form in both teams will meet in each duel on the left side of Atletico and the right side of Real Madrid. The level of Filipe Luis has been extraordinary at the start of this season, reliable at the back, insistent up front, skillful with the ball, and a threat in attack...
Gareth Bale has also been outstanding for Real Madrid, scoring seven goals in fourteen matches this season, in addition to three assists. Fast, with goal, with agile dribbling, overflowing, in the Champions League final in Milan last May, he was a constant problem for Atletico and for the Brazilian full-back.
Source: EFE