Atlético Madrid 0 - Real Madrid 3

Atlético: Leo Franco; Aguilera (Molinero 46'), Perea, Pablo, Antonio López; Ibagaza, Luccin (Nano 77'), Marcelo Sosa, Gronkjaer; Salva (Paunovic 68'), Fernando Torres. 4-4-2. Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Iván Helguera, Pavón, Roberto Carlos; Beckham, Zidane (Owen 88'); Figo (Celades 85'), Raúl, Solari; Ronaldo (Morientes 85'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Atlético: Gronkjaer for Sergi / Madrid: Arbeloa, Pavón, Roberto Carlos, Solari, Ronaldo for Michel Salgado, Samuel, Raúl Bravo, Guti, Owen.

Goals:
0-1. 14. Ronaldo. Ran on to Roberto Carlos cross to shoot in off crossbar.
0-2. 82. Solari. Picked up short pass from Raúl and rounded Leo Franco to score.
0-3. 85. Ronaldo. Collected Zidane through ball and hit shot under keeper.

Real Madrid closed the gap on leaders Barcelona to seven points after beating city neighbours Atlético Madrid 0-3 in their local derby on Sunday evening. Vanderlei Luxemburgo was in charge for the for the first time (Wednesday's six minutes excepted), and he had no qualms bringing in B team right back Arbeloa to replace the suspended Salgado, with Solari replacing Guti at the last minute after the midfielder pulled out with a stomach upset.

It was a strange match though, with Atlético doing most of the attacking but Madrid scoring virtually every time they approached the goal. Casillas was in action right from the start to keep out Fernando Torres, who passed a late fitness test on the rib he cracked before Christmas to play. With less than a quarter of an hour gone though the visitors were in front, Zidane swinging a foot at Roberto Carlos's cross and missing, but putting off the defence enough to give Ronaldo time to fire a shot into the roof of the net.

For the rest of the first half the locals bore down on their opponents goal, Ibagaza putting a delightful chip just over the bar and Salva heading wide. Casillas saved the day twice just before the break, the first from Salva (Torres blasting the rebound over the bar with the goal at his mercy) and then from Torres himself. And the keeper kept it up into the second half with stops from new boy Grokjaer and a couple of times again from Torres.

But inevitably Madrid wrapped things up in the last ten minutes, Solari running on to Raúl's short pass to round Leo Franco and score, and Ronaldo taking a pinpoint pass from Zidane to find a gap under the keeper's legs. The press afterwards renamed "Los Galacticos" as "Real Madrid de-luxe" after the new manager had clocked up six points in 96 minutes of football. A perfect start for the new management team, and their side move up level with second placed Valencia.