At 9:45 PM Lithuanian time, an extraordinary match of the 12th round of the Spanish "La Liga" championship took place. The two strongest teams from Madrid, "Real" and "Atletico", clashed at the "Vicente Calderon" stadium. The club trained by Zinedine Zidane, which demonstrated wonderful football, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, defeated their closest rivals with a score of 3-0. From the very beginning of the match, both teams showed that they would play intense football. Both sides played aggressively in attack and created dangerous attacks. In the 11th minute, Jan Oblak from "Atletico" saved his team from a goal, spectacularly pulling the ball off the goal line after Cristiano Ronaldo's header. Later, "Real" showed increasing initiative, and the match went according to the "white" team's script. In the 23rd minute, the "Vicente Calderon" stadium fell silent - Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a penalty kick, taking the team ahead. The Portuguese player defeated J. Oblak from about 25 meters, sending the ball into "Atletico's" "net." The beginning of the second half was somewhat different - Diego Simeone's players showed a faster pace, but they couldn't create anything particularly dangerous in front of Keylor Navas' goal. Later, the game became more even again, and in the 69th minute, "Atletico" was strongly punished - Stefan Savic, who dangerously played in the penalty area, earned a penalty kick, which was successfully converted by the master of these set-piece situations, C. Ronaldo. After the second goal, "Real" felt that "Atletico" was not such a powerful force today and continued to attack actively. In the 77th minute, the final point was put - after a great run and pass from Gareth Bale, C. Ronaldo scored his "hat-trick," which was already his 39th in the "Real" club. During the remaining time, especially at the end of the match, "Atletico" could have scored a consolation goal, but the "Real" defense and goalkeeper K. Navas played superbly. "Real" achieved their fifth consecutive victory and is the leader of the Spanish championship, with a 4-point lead over "Barcelona." Meanwhile, the "Rojiblancos" dropped to fifth place after suffering a defeat, trailing the leaders by 9 points. Interestingly, this was the first victory of the "Real" team in the Spanish championship against "Atletico" since 2013. The last time Diego Simeone's players were defeated by Jose Mourinho. Result: "Atletico" 0 - 3 "Real Madrid" 23' [0 - 1] C. Ronaldo 71' [0 - 2] C. Ronaldo (penalty) 77' [0 - 3] C. Ronaldo League table: Starting lineups: "Atletico": Oblak; Juanfran, Savic, Godin, Filipe Luis; Gabi, Koke, Saul, Carrasco; Griezmann, Fernando Torres. Substitutes: Moya, Vrsaljko, Lucas H, Tiago, Gaitan, Correa, Gameiro. "Real": Navas; Carvajal, Nacho, Varane, Marcelo; Lucas V, Modric, Kovacic, Isco; Ronaldo, Bale. Substitutes: Casilla, Ramos, Coentrao, Danilo, Benzema, James, Asensio.
