This evening, it’s a nice Madrid derby which will pit the two enemy brothers from the Spanish capital against each other. A shock which has gained momentum at the international level over the past ten years, and the arrival of Diego Simeone. If tension has always existed at the local level, the rise in the level of the Colchoneros since the start of the 2010s has given a global dimension to this clash between Rojiblancos and Merengues, often very tense on the pitch.
On the other hand, in the offices, it was always quite cordial. The two managements have always gotten along well, and even had a non-aggression pact: that is to say that neither club could use the other’s squad, whether for the transfer window. of the first team or for the youth teams. A pact which no longer exists today as revealed Marca.
A duel marked by tension
The departure of young Jesus Fortea (16 years old) from Atlético to Real Madrid in the summer of 2022 completed this agreement that the neighbors had. The daily also reports several recent incidents which have damaged the relationship between the two clubs: the incidents during last season’s derby in the Youth League with racist insults, Vinicius Junior who was also attacked at the Metropolitano, the clash between Fernando Torres and Alvaro Arbeloa…
The various news linked to Javier Tebas’ projects, or even to the Super League, have definitively sealed this divorce, and now, anything goes. This summer, Real Madrid even went so far as to recruit six players from the youth categories of Atlético, who had also tried to take revenge, without success. If the two clubs wanted to walk hand in hand in the past, the situation has changed a lot now…
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