The 26th round of La Liga in the 2020/21 season ushered in a focus match. Atletico Madrid played against Real Madrid at home, and the two sides shook hands with a 1-1 draw. Atletico Madrid continues to lead with 59 points and 3 points in the absence of one game. However, their lead in the standings is not as obvious as at the beginning of the season; Real Madrid continues to rank third in the standings with 54 points.

Soon after the start of the first half, Atletico Madrid took the lead in getting the chance to score. In the 14th minute, Trippier crossed from the backcourt to initiate a fast break. After getting rid of Nacho’s defense, Llorente made a one-stop call to advance to the front court. Then he chose to send a through ball to the penalty area. Suarez followed up with the instep from the right side of the penalty area and scored the goal. Atletico Madrid scored 1-0. Next city.

After 1 goal behind, Real Madrid then took turns to attack the Atletico goal, but they were still unable to rewrite the score. In the 17th minute, Asensio made a cross from the left rib and Benzema pushed the ball in the center of the penalty area, but the ball was not strong enough and was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Oblak. In the 19th minute, Casemiro passed the ball to the penalty area in the frontcourt, and Benzema's long-range header from the center missed the goal. Two minutes later, Benzema received a cross from Asensio and again headered from the same position, but the ball still missed the right side. In the 28th minute, Asensio made a pass from the left and was headered by a defensive player. Casemiro then took a long shot from the front of the penalty area and the ball was saved by Oblak.

At the 37th minute of the game, Atletico launched a more threatening attack. Llorente sent a cross from the right rib, and Suarez volleyed from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area and was taken by the goalkeeper to Courtois. Since then, both sides have made no achievements, Atletico Madrid still temporarily took the lead 1-0 at the end of halftime.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight again, and Real Madrid took the lead in the offensive. In the 51st minute, Casemiro made a pass from the front court. Nacho headed from close range in front of the goal, but the ball was steadily confiscated by Oblak because of the angle of the shot. Atletico Madrid counterattacked immediately after 1 minute, Suarez sent a diagonal stop from the left, Carrasco's shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Courtois, and Llorente followed up with a supplementary shot to hit the ball high. In the 54th minute, Lemar advanced to the front court and went straight in front of him. Carrasco knocked the ball in the bottom of the left side of the penalty area and knocked the ball backwards. Suarez kicked the shot in front of the goal and was confiscated by Courtois.

In the 57th minute of the game, Llorente ran a long distance from the right to the front court and knocked the ball horizontally. Suarez advanced to the front of the penalty area and started a long shot that missed the left bottom line. In the 60th minute, Trippier made a cross from the right. Carrasco flew the header and assisted. Correa took the ball and volleyed from the center of the penalty area to miss the goalkeeper. In the 65th minute, Felix knocked back the ball in the left side of the penalty area, Suarez greeted the ball and shot the goal. The ball was successfully confiscated by Courtois because of his lack of strength.

The game continued to the 67th minute, Real Madrid gradually took the initiative on the field. Modric crossed the ball to the left in the frontcourt, and Vinicius made a slight adjustment and shot wide to the right. In the 70th minute, Valverde again tried a long shot from the front court, and Oblak flew to save the ball. In the 74th minute, Vazquez sent a cross from the right, Casemiro missed the ball, and Benzema volleyed from the penalty area to hit the goalkeeper.

In the 79th minute, Vinicius made a pass from the front of the penalty area. Benzema first stabbed the goal in the center of the penalty area. The ball was saved by Oblak. He then kicked up and shot again, but Oblak made another shot. Blocking the left bottom line, Real Madrid missed a chance to tie the score. Immediately after Benzema took a free kick from the front court, Oblak saved again. In the 87th minute, Benzema broke into the penalty area with the ball and slanted forward. Casemiro faced the goalkeeper and chose to knock the ball back. Benzema followed up and shot the empty goal. Real Madrid successfully equalized at the end of the game. After the whole game, the two sides finally locked the score at 1-1 and shook hands.