Joao Felix faces his bogey team: 9 official matches, 0 goals, 0 wins

Joao Felix has a lot of chances to be included in Xavi Hernandez's starting eleven for the 'Clasico' against Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final. His good performance in the semi-final against Osasuna puts the Portuguese in a good spot to have the confidence of the 'Cule' coach. 

However, the Portuguese is not at all good at playing against Madrid, who he has yet to score or beaten in an official match. Atletico Madrid's 3-7 pre-season win over Real Madrid in the United States in 2019 was a trend at the time, also because it was Joao Felix's first game against 'Los Blancos'. 

The former Benfica man stole the show by providing two assists and scoring a goal. But it was still a friendly match. Since then, there has been little news from Joao Falix in his face-to-face matches against 'Los Blancos'.

Joao Felix has played 9 official matches against Real Madrid. The first, a 0-0 draw in La Liga in 2019-20 in which neither Atlético nor Madrid shone. The Portuguese played just over 70 minutes. Months later, another derby, this time in the Spanish Super Cup, and another goalless draw that, this time, was decided in the penalty shootout in favour of the 'merengue' team.

In the third meeting, already in the 2020-21 campaign, Real Madrid neutralised the Portuguese and won the match 2-0 at the Di Stefano. During the second leg at the Metropolitano, Atletico drew (1-1) in the derby and Joao Felix was a substitute. He was also a substitute in the 2021-22 season, when Ancelotti's Madrid took all three points at the Santiago Bernabéu with goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio. Without much impact in the derbies, Joao was dropping down the pecking order.

In the 2022-23 season he started in Atletico's 1-2 defeat to Real Madrid at