article_snippet.sent: There will have been eight Madrid derbies by the end of this seasonthis season, No city showdown has been played more in recent years.
article_snippet.sent: MailSport looks at the reasons why Atletico Madrid’s meeting with Real Madrid can also lay claim to be the greatest city derby in world football.
article_snippet.sent: Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are meeting for the fifth and sixth time in European competition that brings Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid level with Inter and AC Milan in number of city duels.
article_snippet.sent: Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have met twice, as have Barcelona and Espanyol and Rapid and Steaua Bucharest.
article_snippet.sent: Most City derbies have one side up and the other down – right now Atletico as Spanish Champions and Real as European Champions are a match for each other in every sense.
highlights_snippet.sent: Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid meet for the fifth and sixth time in Europe .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: That brings Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid level with Inter and AC Milan in number of city duels .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: There will have been eight Madrid derbies by the end of this season .
  