The atmosphere of the Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid match in the Spanish League 2025-2026. (Photo: Instagram/Realmadrid)
ADA 5 Causes of Real Madrid lost 2-5 to Atletico Madrid on the seventh matchday of the Spanish League 2025-2026. Yes, Los Blancos – Madrid nickname – surprisingly fell in the Madrid derby which took place at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, on Saturday 27 September 2025.
Atletico managed to win thanks to two goals from Julian Alvarez (51 ‘, 63’), and the rest were printed by Robin Le Normand (14 ‘), Alexander Sorloth (45+3’), Antoine Griezmann (90+3 ‘). While Madrid can only reply via Kylian Mbappe (25 ‘) and Arda Guler (36’).
For Madrid, it was their first defeat in the Spanish League this season. Madrid also still survives at the top of the standings with 18 points, while Atletico in fourth place with 12 points.
So, what caused Madrid to fall with a landslide score despite having led 2-1 in the middle of the first half?
Here are 5 causes of Real Madrid lost 2-5 to Atletico Madrid in the Spanish League 2025-2026:
1. Madrid play bad
Madrid coach Xabi Alonso admitted his troops played very badly against Atletico. He felt that Madrid started the game badly and did not play compact as usual.
“It was a bad match from our side. We did not start well and did not play well collectively,” Alonso said, quoted from the official Madrid page, Sunday (9/28/2025).
2. Still adaptation
Alonso is still trying to find the best strategy in his first season to train Madrid. He felt this reason was one of the reasons for Madrid to lose to Diego Simeone’s team.
“We are still in the process of building a team and this is our first defeat. We clearly feel hurt because this defeat is indeed worthy of us. We lost Rime and this defeat hurts,” Alonso said.
