Atletico Madrid Thrashes Real Madrid in 10-Goal ICC Thriller

Diego Costa notched four goals before being sent off, Benfica transfer Joao Felix scored for his first goal for Atletico and Real Madrid had an absolute shocker as Atleti dominated its local rival in a wildly entertaining game.

Atletico Madrid blitzed rivals Real Madrid in the first half of their International Champions Cup match on Friday, sprinting to a 5-0 lead through 45 minutes at MetLife Stadium. Atleti was then able to hold off a late rally from Real to claim a 7-3 win in the preseason Madrid Derby in New Jersey

Diego Costa started the scoring for Atletico Madrid with a goal in the first minute of play on Friday, and recent transfer Joao Felix scored his first goal with Atletico six minutes later. 

Diego Costa opens up the scoring just seconds into the Madrid Derby! pic.twitter.com/dX47PXacXx

— ESPN (@espn) July 27, 2019

Joao Felix scores his first goal in an Atletico Madrid uniform!

Atletico is up 2-0! #ICC2019 pic.twitter.com/8VyCAbZlf8

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 27, 2019

Costa notched a hat trick before halftime, putting a penalty past Real Madrid keeper Thibaut Courtois. 

Sensational. Atletico Madrid 5-0 Real Madrid.

Diego Costa manages to stay on the field for a half and gets a hat-trick before half-time. pic.twitter.com/J0KeD0fx70

— LaLiga Burro (@LaLigaBurro) July 27, 2019

The striker scored his fourth and final goal in the 51st minute and was later sent off in the 65th minute.

ATLETICO CAN'T STOP SCORING

This time Joao Felix plays in a lovely ball for the Costa chip 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1ClrTVYoxe

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 27, 2019

Real Madrid scored two late goals in the final minutes and even brought on Gareth Bale, who has been heavily rumored to be moving to China, but it wasn't enough, as a poor first half doomed the team to take a loss. 

Atletico Madrid entered Friday's match 1–0–1 in the ICC while Real Madrid earned its second loss of the tournament after losing to Bayern Munich on July 20.