It was a former Serie A player who broke the deadlock in the Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid match: just after the half-hour mark,Ademola Lookman beat Lunin (Courtois was out injured) to put Simeone’s side ahead. The Blancos turned the game around in the second half with goals fromVinicius Juniorfrom the penalty spot andValverde, who, following his hat-trick in the Champions League against Manchester City and his goal against Elche, has now scored five goals in his last four matches.Nahuel Molina – another former Serie A player, who was at Udinese from 2020 to 2022 – levelled the score with a superb goal with half an hour to go, but a few minutes later Vinicius Junior scored his second to make it 3-2. It was a nerve-wracking finale for Real Madrid, who played the last quarter of an hour with ten men following Valverde’s sending-off.