PHOTO GALLERY: Draw in Madrid derby, AC Milan win
Atletico Madrid's Spanish defender #21 Javi Galan (L) tussles with Real Madrid's Brazilian forward #07 Vinicius Junior during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Club Atletico de Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. AFP
Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe (L) is challenged by Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder #14 Marcos Llorente during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Club Atletico de Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. AFP
Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe (L) is challenged by Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder #14 Marcos Llorente during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Club Atletico de Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. AFP
Empoli's Sebastiano Esposito fight for the ball with Milan's Strahinja Pavlovic, right, during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Milan at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli, Italy. AP
Empoli's Sebastiano Esposito fight for the ball with Milan's Strahinja Pavlovic, right, during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Milan at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli, Italy. AP
Empoli's Emmanuel Gyasi fight for the ball with Milan's Tijjani Reijnders during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Milan at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli, Italy. AP
Empoli's Emmanuel Gyasi fight for the ball with Milan's Tijjani Reijnders during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Milan at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli, Italy. AP
Stuttgart's German forward #26 Deniz Undav and Dortmund's German midfielder #23 Emre Can vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund. AFP
Stuttgart's German forward #26 Deniz Undav and Dortmund's German midfielder #23 Emre Can vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund. AFP
(L-R) Stuttgart's German midfielder #06 Angelo Stiller, Dortmund's German forward #27 Karim Adeyemi and Dortmund's Norwegian defender #26 Julian Ryerson vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund. AFP
(L-R) Stuttgart's German midfielder #06 Angelo Stiller, Dortmund's German forward #27 Karim Adeyemi and Dortmund's Norwegian defender #26 Julian Ryerson vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund. AFP
Bayer Leverkusen's German midfielder #10 Florian Wirtz (C) gets a shot away past Wolfsburg's Belgian midfielder #06 Aster Vranckx (R) but puts it wide during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. AFP
Bayer Leverkusen's German midfielder #10 Florian Wirtz (C) gets a shot away past Wolfsburg's Belgian midfielder #06 Aster Vranckx (R) but puts it wide during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. AFP
Bayer Leverkusen's English midfielder #19 Nathan Tella (R) controls the ball next to Wolfsburg's Slovakian defender #18 Denis Vavro during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. AFP
Bayer Leverkusen's English midfielder #19 Nathan Tella (R) controls the ball next to Wolfsburg's Slovakian defender #18 Denis Vavro during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. AFP
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