Inside Spain: Murmurs of discontent at Real Madrid, derby drama and the centre-back captivating everyone

Inside Spain is a weekly instalment brought to you by Football España, providing an insight into all of the major stories coming out of the rich and intense climes of La Liga and beyond.

It was a bad-tempered weekend in Spain’s capital, after the Madrid derby was suspended for 15 minutes due to Atletico Madrid’s ultras launching lighters at Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois. Such was the hysteria around it, Barcelona being thumped by Osasuna was almost forgotten. 

The players came back on with the score at 1-0 to Real Madrid, but in the 94th minute of stoppage time, Angel Correa beat the offside trap, then Courtois to level things up, leaving Los Blancos three points off Barcelona, and Atletico five. Los Blancos were furious, and after Diego Simeone and Koke Resurreccion went to the fans to try and calm them down, they noted that the fans throwing things should not be allowed back in.

Courtois celebrated Eder Militao’s goal with a steely grin at the Atletico ultras, who had been singing ‘Courtois, die’ at their former player not too long before. All the same, Koke and Simeone called out the Belgian, saying he could have been smarter than to provoke the fans.

A busy weekend in La Liga ahead of another busy week. We spoke to @cnnsport on Monday night. pic.twitter.com/RSmZF1qZpR

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It will likely result in a partial stadium closure for Atletico, and renewed tension between the two teams. Osasuna destroyed a rotated Barcelona 4-2 on the Saturday night, but the Madrid derby result suited them, despite losing their 100% record. In addition, it took up the headlines while Barcelona announced €91m losses on the year. Amusingly, they said it the losses were purely down to the non-payment of their sales of Barca Vision to shareholders, an operation the same board conducted.

They have signed Wojciech Szczesny on a free one-year deal, a month after he retired, which will not aid their finances, but will give them a solid and experienced option in goal.

Marc Casado is enjoying life under Hansi Flick. #FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/PI9vcVgv8d

— Football España (@footballespana_) October 2, 2024

Real Madrid…

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Author : Ruairidh Barlow

Publish date : 2024-10-02 13:35:36

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