Atletico de Madrid don beat Real Madrid 2-1 for LaLiga jornada 7 for Metropolitano. Alejandro Grimaldo score from penalty, Jonathan David add another one for Atletico; Antonio Rüdiger pull one back for Real Madrid. Na di second defeat for José Mourinho side dis season, and di result push di white team down to third position for di table.
Di match no flow easy. Referee Ortiz Arias bin dey center of plenty talk. Huijsen collect red card, Real Madrid finish di game with one man less. Atletico use di advantage. Grimaldo take di penalty well, Jonathan David finish one low cross from Giuliano to make am 2-0. Rüdiger header from Bernardo Silva cross give Madrid hope late, but e no enough.
Atletico coach Diego Pablo Simeone see early yellow card for protest. Na di earliest yellow for coach in LaLiga since at least 2019/20 season. Di first half carry tension, VAR calls, and plenty protest. Cuti Romero escape red after VAR review; di referee remove yellow from Jude Bellingham and give am to Romero. Madrid players wanted red. Kang-In Lee also get pisotón on Valverde wey remain as foul only.
For second half, Atletico continue to push. Jonathan David make history: e score in each of im first three LaLiga games, three goals, and e become first Atletico Madrid player to score in each of im first two appearances in di competition for 21st century. Di Canadian striker leave di pitch with ovation, and Julián Alvarez enter as substitute. Di Metropolitano crowd react with loud whistle for di Argentine entry.
Real Madrid no find rhythm. Dem finish di match with eight shots, dia lowest record in one LaLiga game dis season. Vinicius Junior no get much impact, and Mourinho remove am. Mbappé also no enter area plenty. Courtois still make big saves, including one impossible hand and Konaté clear two balls for line. But Madrid no fit break Atletico down after di red card.
For Atletico side, goalkeeper Jan Oblak talk say di win important and di team happy with three points, but e add say LaLiga long. Oblak also talk about di red card palava: e say if dem expel Atletico players against Villarreal, today own suppose happen too. E talk say some different opinions dey for tunnel but nothing serious.
Mourinho no hide im vex. For press conference, e complain say Romero and Kang-In Lee no collect red, and e call di situation very strange. E talk say di designation committee must dey happy. RMTV also explode over referee Ortiz Arias, with strong criticism.
Atletico Madrid no lose any of dia last eight LaLiga games when dem score first, since 22 April 2026 against Elche, when dem lose 2-3. Di team control more ball and shoot more times. Di game get more tension and controversy than clear chances.
After di international break for late September and early October, Real Madrid go return to league action at home against Villarreal. Villarreal too go get UEFA Champions League commitment around dat time. After dat, Madrid go travel to Rome to face Gian Piero Gasperini Roma for Olímpico. Roma dey enjoy strong run for Serie A. Den Madrid go come back home for Primera División match, where dem go try keep perfect points for UEFA Champions League league phase.
Di next fixtures still include Sevilla. Los de Nervión go search for big win to show say, unlike last season, dem dey ready to fight for important things. Di third jornada go come quick for Real Madrid, wey go only get di Sevilla duel before dat commitment regarding di visit to Roma. Di German club go visit Bernabéu to continue cup activity. El Clásico, chapter one: di big match of Spanish football go get im first stop for 2026/27 season on 25 October, with promise of a big game wey go surely affect LaLiga classification.
