Saturday, March 1, 2014

Casillas to miss the derby


By on 17:37

The Madrid derby between Atlético and Real Madrid will not involve its 'specialist', Iker Casillas, the player out of both teams' current squads with the most experience in these games. The club captain has yet to lose a single derby he has started in against cross-city rivals Atleti.
He has just put his name to yet another record. Dutchman Klass Jan Huntelaar's consolation goal in Real Madrid's Champions League last sixteen first-leg drubbing of Schalke (6-1) finally stopped the clock for Casillas at 952 minutes without conceding a goal.
Casillas achieved the feat with an added difficulty, given that he does not enjoy that continuity that goalkeepers so need. Carlo Ancelotti decided that he should share his role with Diego López. The club captain plays in the Spanish Cup and the Champions League, whilst Diego keeps goal in the league, where he is currently La Liga's least-scored against keeper.
Ancelotti is not considering any changes to this formula that is yielding him such good results, which means that the Atleti fans in attendance at the Vicente Calderón can breathe a sigh of relief in the knowledge that Diego López will start and their worst nightmare will be on the bench.
Out of all of Real and Atleti's current crop of players, Casillas has played in the most derbies, 27 (23 in La Liga and 4 in the Cup), and he has not yet lost one he has started in. Six draws and a single defeat when he has come off the bench, and that solitary defeat came back on 30th October 1999.

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