The reporter reported coldly 1-1, Madrid two heroes competed for the top of the battle of Tianwang Mountain to shake hands. Atletico Madrid, who travel to the Bernabeu, maintain a one-point gap to Real Madrid, and the draw adds to the race for the La Liga title: a win for Barcelona tonight would close the gap to leaders Real Madrid to two points. The protagonists of the game are not Alvarez and Mbappe, who scored goals, but the Spanish referee targeted by Real Madrid in the past week, and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Oblak, who has made consecutive saves to keep unbeaten.

In the past week, Real Madrid has declared war on the Spanish refereeing community due to a major controversial decision against Espanyol. Before the start of the game, the fans at the Bernabeu Stadium also sent huge boos to the referee team. In the 33rd minute of the first half, referee Grado became the first referee in La Liga to award a penalty to Real Madrid this season, after Real Madrid were the only team not awarded a penalty in La Liga this season. At the same time, they were awarded 10 penalties in La Liga.

In the 33rd minute, Tchouameni was awarded a penalty for stamping on Lino in the box, and it was more decided by VAR referee De Burgos. Grado, who had let go of the foul, only awarded a penalty after watching VAR. When the referee motioned to watch VAR, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti covered his face in frustration. It was the 11th penalty awarded to Real Madrid for VAR intervention since the introduction of VAR in Spain, while 17 penalties were awarded for VAR intervention. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid were awarded 8 and 10 penalties respectively for VAR involvement, with 12 and 14 penalties awarded respectively.

Recently, Real Madrid asked the referee committee to release the recording of the call between the referee and the VAR referee when Mbappe was violently violated against Espanyol, and even went to court for this, causing heated public opinion. In the derby, Real Madrid encountered VAR intervention again, and soon after the game, the referee communication recording when VAR intervened. VAR referee de Burgos reminded referee Grado that there was a clearer video screenshot to prove the foul. Grado responded by only giving a penalty and not a red card, not assessing whether the stampede was malicious or not, and whether the Atletico player was threatened by not having the chance to touch the ball when he was violated.

For the first time in 15 years, Atletico Madrid won a penalty in a La Liga away Madrid derby. In the last 15 La Liga Madrid derby penalties, Atletico Madrid won 5 and Real Madrid 10. Alvarez took the lead from the penalty spot to give Atletico Madrid, and the "Little Spider" joined the Europa League with 6 of 6 penalties and a 100% shooting rate. In the 176 La Liga derbies in history, Atletico Madrid won 20 penalties and only made 12 of them, with a shooting rate as low as 60%.

The penalty in the first half was the protagonist, as both teams were very cautious and the penalty was the only shot on target for both teams combined. This is the joint-lowest first-half shot on target in a La Liga Madrid derby since the start of the 2003/04 OPTA season, last in November 2017. Real Madrid launched an attack in the second half, and just five minutes into the game, Rodrygo's cross and Bellingham's shot was blocked by Atletico Madrid centre-back Jimenez, and Mbappe scored his first goal in his first Madrid derby. The French superstar has scored 13 goals in his last 14 games and has gradually regained his top scorer form.

Despite Real Madrid's aggressiveness, Simeone was the first to make a substitution, while Carlo Ancelotti, who was desperate to score, did not make a substitution until the 80th minute. Camavinga, Luka Modric and Brahim Brahim came on one after another, but Bellingham's shot hit the crossbar with the unlucky lead of the second half was Atletico goalkeeper Oblak. He saved enough shots from Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Jr. and Kylian Mbappe to secure a point for Atletico. In this game, Real Madrid's shot ratio was as high as 23 to 10, and the shot on target ratio was even more disparity of 9 to 1, but it only ended in a draw.

The Madrid derby drew three times in a row for the first time since 1980 and drew 1-1 for the first time in history. However, Atletico Madrid took one point away from home to maintain the pressure on Real Madrid to compete for the title, and the psychology is in the upper hand. Real Madrid has won 4 draws, 1 loss and 5 games in the last 5 games in the derby, and all 4 draws are 1-1. The home team failed to beat the title rival to open the points gap, although Real Madrid still occupies the top spot, but only 50 points in 23 rounds of La Liga, the lowest score in the same period in the two eras of Ancelotti's tenure at Real Madrid.

After the game, Carlo Ancelotti bluntly said that he did not want to discuss the referee, and indeed he should think more about how to reduce unnecessary mistakes in the defensive line that has always been shaky. Moreover, this season, Real Madrid has no wins in 7 games, 2 draws and 5 losses against traditional strong teams, including two draws in the Madrid derby, and the national derby was beaten by Barcelona by a total of 9 goals, and even Basque's rival Athletic Bilbao lost. Real Madrid also lost to Liverpool and Milan in the Champions League, only winning against Borussia Dortmund, who are 11th in the Bundesliga. It is inevitable that people will be worried about whether Real Madrid will be able to eliminate their previously in-form opponents in the upcoming Champions League play-offs against Manchester City, who have made a full rotation in the FA Cup.