Zinedine Zidane is still in control of the Madrid derby

DBasia.news – Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid in Matchday 13 of the Spanish League. These results prove that Zinedine Zidane still controls the Madrid Derby.

A hot match was presented in week 13, when Real Madrid hosted Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Sunday (13/12/2020) am. The two teams came in different conditions.

Real Madrid was under the spotlight for struggling in the league and Champions League, before packing two wins in its last two matches against Sevilla and Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid has been unbeaten in the last 11 matches, since being crushed by Bayern Munich 0-4. Diego Simeone’s team were also leading the Spanish League standings.

And the match earlier today apparently belonged to Real Madrid. Two winning goals were scored by Zidane’s team through Casemiro and an own goal by Atletico Madrid goalkeeper, Jan Oblak.

For Zidane, this victory not only brought Real Madrid to continue to improve from match to match. The French coach can also prove himself to be good in derby matches.

According to Opta, Zidane has been unbeaten in seven Madrid Derby matches against his city rivals. The details, he won three wins and four draws.

That record has made Zidane match the achievements of the previous Real Madrid coach, Luis Molowny, who did so in March 1974 to February 1986.

For Real Madrid, an additional three points has led them to move up to third in the Spanish League standings with 23 points from 12 matches, while Atletico are still leading with 26 points from 11 matches.