From Di Maria to Mastantono, Real Madrid has once again participated in the Derby after 11 years.

This round of La Liga match will be a Madrid derby, and "As" has taken stock of the nationalities of players against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

The existence of Argentine players in Atletico Madrid is not new, and this is naturally influenced by the team's technical team. As the head coach, four of his five main assistants are Argentinians. However, after eleven years of no Argentina player, Real Madrid signed Mastantono this summer with a transfer fee of more than 60 million euros.

Since Di Maria left Real Madrid in 2014 and joined Mastantono this summer, Real Madrid has not had an Argentine player for eleven years. But for Real Madrid, Argentine players are indispensable. One of the foundations of the Real Madrid team that was once a big shot in European football was to sign an Argentine player named Distiffano, who came from River Plate youth training. The influence of the Riverbed Club in this derby cannot be ignored: In addition to Mastantono, Alvarez and Giuliano Simeone also come from Riverbed youth training, while Simeone has coaching experience in Riverbed.

The showdown between Mastantono and Alvarez has attracted special attention in Buenos Aires. In 2021, Mastantono, who was only 14 years old at the time, said in an interview with Riverbed official media: "I always pay attention to Alvarez and try to imitate his actions. He is in a very good state now." In addition to the players mentioned above (Mastantono, Alvarez and Giuliano Simeone), the two teams have four Argentine players but they all play for Atletico Madrid, namely Musso, Molina, Nico Gonzalez and Almada. Unfortunately, Almada was unable to participate in the game due to physical problems.

In this derby that has attracted widespread attention around the world, there are up to 15 Spanish players, including 8 Real Madrid and 7 Atletico Madrid. Following closely behind are French players (7), but most of them play for Real Madrid, they are: Ferran Mendy (injured), Camavenga, Joan Améni and Mbappe. Atletico Madrid has three French players: Lenor Mann (although he has been naturalized in Spain to represent the national team, he was born outside the suburbs of Guern), Langlet and Griezmann.

This derby brings together players from 16 different countries. If Brahimi Dias, who was born in Malaga but chose to play for the Moroccan national team, then players from 17 countries will participate.