MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s soccer rivalry is on ahead of the NFL’s final international game of the season.

Fierce rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are on opposite sides again as preparations for Sunday’s game between the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Commanders are underway in the Spanish capital.

The Dolphins are the designated home team for the game at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium. But Mike McDaniel’s team is practicing at Atletico’s Riyadh Air Metropolitano stadium during the week.

The Commanders are practicing at Real Madrid’s training center, about 15 minutes away from the Metropolitano.

“Are you trying to throw me square in the middle of a rivalry?” McDaniel said when asked about the Madrid teams.

“I’ve yet to be to the stadium that we are playing the game at, b

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