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Five notable meetings between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid

Sport360 staff

21:10 17/11/2017

Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid will do battle at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium on Saturday evening.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at five of their notable past meetings.

Real Madrid 2 Atletico Madrid 1, European Cup semi-final play-off, May 1959

After drawing 2-2 on aggregate over two legs, the Madrid sides contested a third match as a play-off to decide who would tackle French side Reims in the European Cup final. Real had won 2-1 at the Bernabeu and Atletico were 1-0 winners in the second leg, in the days before the away-goals rule was a factor.

The play-off was staged at the neutral ground of La Romareda in Zaragoza, and Real won 2-1 with goals from Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas. Real went on to beat Reims 2-0 in the final.

Alfredo Di Stefano was on target in Real Madrid’s win.

Real Madrid 2 Atletico Madrid 2, LaLiga, January 2003

The points were shared in a hot-tempered clash thanks to a controversial late equaliser from Demetrio Albertini. Real lived to regret a missed penalty from Luis Figo, who failed from the spot when attempting to complete a hat-trick, and were infuriated by a free-kick going against them in the lead-up to the Atletico leveller.

Real defender Ivan Helguera and Atletico’s Jose Garcia Calvo were both sent off in the draw which allowed Real Sociedad a three-point lead at the top of the table. Real Madrid, however, went on to take the title.

The points were shared in a hot-tempered encounter.

Real Madrid 4 Atletico Madrid 1 (after extra-time), Champions League final, May 2014

Lisbon hosted a rare occasion of two teams from the same city meeting in Europe’s elite club competition final. Sergio Ramos’ dramatic stoppage-time header brought Real back into a game they had trailed in since the 36th minute, taking the match into an extra 30 minutes.

Despite keeping Real at bay in the first 15 minutes of extra-time, a tired Atletico were blown away in the closing stages, conceding strikes from Gareth Bale, Marcelo and a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty.

Real Madrid prevailed in another hotly contested tie.

Real Madrid 2 Atletico Madrid 2, Copa del Rey round of 16 second leg, January 2015

Atletico took a 2-0 win from their then Vicente Calderon home to the Bernabeu, but rather than sit on the first-leg lead they went for more goals. Fernando Torres scored inside a minute, and incredibly he repeated the trick at the start of the second half.

Sergio Ramos had pulled Real level before half-time, and Cristiano Ronaldo soon responded to the second goal from Torres with a header, but Atletico triumphed 4-2 on aggregate. Their cup euphoria was short-lived though, as Atletico lost by the same margin to Barcelona in the next round.

Atletico triumphed 4-2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 1 Atletico Madrid 1 (Real Madrid won 5-3 on penalties), Champions League final, May 2016

They met again in the Champions League final in 2016, the San Siro the venue this time. Ramos scored a 15th-minute opener despite a suspicion of offside, but Belgian winger Yannick Carrasco stepped off the bench to level up for Atletico late in the second half.

The extra-time period proved unusually quiet before the match was settled by penalties. Juanfran hit the post with Atletico’s fourth, giving Ronaldo the chance for glory as his spot-kick sealed Real’s 11th Champions League title.

Ronaldo buried the decisive penalty to hand Real Madrid the title.

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