Atletico Madrid face Real Madrid in a crucial encounter on Saturday. Real travel to the other side of town and will look to increase the gap between themselves and Barcelona with a win, sending them five points clear.
However, Atletico manager Diego Simeone will look to stop the Real juggernaut and look for a win that will send them into the top three in the standings. However, the Madrid derby has always been a high-octane clash.
Remember the fastest goal in the derby? Well, it took just 14 seconds for Real Madrid to score their fastest goal against Atletico Madrid.
It was December 3, 2003, at the Santiago Bernabéu. Raúl and Ronaldo (de Lima, not Cristiano!) began the game with Zidane and Roberto Carlos also getting a touch before sending the ball to Ronaldo. Ronaldo cut across a defender and then nutmegged Simeone. Ronaldo then went into the box, faked a shot and then netted the ball past the goalkeeper for the goal.
Simeone, the current manager of Atletico, after 13 years, will still remember the famous nutmeg with a laugh.
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