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Champions League quarter final analysis: Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid - Talking Points: Bale shot saved by Jan Oblak in the 3rd minute,Mandzukic playing with fire.

The Madrid Derby a feisty encounter. The stakes are elevated much higher with this being a Champions League fixture. Witnessed Dominance by one team, brilliant goal keeping display by the other team and a few controversial moments. Let's take a look at a few talking points of this derby. The match ended in a draw and the result would have disappointed Real Madrid as they could not get an away goal with their numerous attacks on Atletico Madrid. Atletico, however, would be looking to go to the Santiago Bernabeu and pull an upset over their rivals.

Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid - Talking Points
  • Gareth Bale shot saved by Jan Oblak in the 3rd minute: With Real Madrid taking the game to Atletico in the early stages. A golden opportunity feel in the hands of Madrid winger Gareth Bale who was presented with a one on one opportunity in the third minute. But credit to Jan Oblak for making himself big and palming the ball away to safety. The Welshman should have scored however. Oblak  made match winning saves to deny Real Madrid any away goals. A man of the match performance from the keeper.
  • In the 50th min of the game Sergio Ramos elbow on Mario Mandzukic was it intentional or unintentional? Only the Spain defender would know. His elbow left a nasty gash on Mandzukic, which clearly infuriated the Croatian as he felt he was denied justice, was unhappy with the referee's decision not to punish Ramos. A bloody sight to say the least.
  • Dani Carvajal elbow on Mandzukic: In the 61st minute there was a moment of sparring between Real Madrid right back Carvajal and Mandzukic where Carvajal seemed to have knocked down Mandzukic without the referee noticing and left the Atletico forward bleeding again. Mandzukic was clearly in the line of fire from the Real Madrid defence.
  • Mandzukic playing with fire: With the Croatian forward clearly unhappy with the decisions of the referee, being already booked for dissent earlier, the Atletico Madrid forward didn’t seem to tread lightly and could have easily received a second yellow card and would have got himself sent off and could have missed the next game.
  • A night to forget for Karim Benzema his game by numbers: 0 shots on target, 0 chances created, 0 aerial duels won.
  • Disappointing game for Atletico Madrid creative midfielder Koke, was non-existent in the whole game, found it hard to penetrate the Real Madrid defence.
  • Yellow Card received by Mario Suarez ensured that he would be missing the next game, as he had previously received a yellow card.




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