Chapter 1138 It's Over!

On the evening of January 28, at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

In just two minutes of the opening, the Bernabéu erupted with thunderous cheers, but not because of a goal, but because Real Madrid had a record of 660 minutes without conceding a goal in an official game in the past period, creating For 112 years, the best record in club history.

This is an astonishing report card!

Especially for Real Madrid, which advocates offensive football, defense has always been the weakness of the team, and even the problem of the goalkeeper has always troubled Real Madrid, but under such unfavorable circumstances, Real Madrid just created the best defensive record in history. .

Casillas' performance this season is not satisfactory, but his state has been relatively stable in recent times. In addition, Ancelotti has started to withdraw Javi Martinez to the central defender more often, often switching to three Defender, which makes Real Madrid's defense stronger.

This created the best record in the club's century-old history.

But this is just a record, the players and fans didn't pay much attention to it, but two minutes later, the scene erupted into wild cheers again.

This time it was a goal.

In the 4th minute, Yang Yang relied on a chance to set the ball on the left side of the penalty area, 28 meters away from the goal, and directly kicked a strong free kick, piercing the Espanyol's goal and opening the scoring for Real Madrid.

Subsequently, the Spaniards began to fight back, because they had to score three goals to come back.

In the seventh minute, after the Real Madrid midfielder intercepted the ball, Xavi Alonso dribbled the ball just over the center line, directly passed the ball over the top, and accurately crossed the Spaniard's defense line. After the ball, he broke into the penalty area and scored with a push.

Two to zero!

Yang Yang was also sprinting at high speed just now. Although Hesse didn't pass the ball to him, Yang Yang was very happy for him when he saw the kid hit the goal himself. He was the first to run over to celebrate with him.

Nowadays, more and more people have begun to believe that Hesse is not only Yang Yang's apprentice, but also will fight side by side with Yang Yang in the near future, and even take over Yang Yang's class.

Although, Yang Yang is only twenty-seven years old.

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After Barcelona defeated Levante 4-1 in the away game, they returned to the Nou Camp and defeated Levante 5-1 again, with a total score of 9-2 to advance to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

This is undoubtedly quite an astonishing record, because in the two rounds, Barcelona played a surprising attack.

But what's interesting is that both of these games were reversals.

At the Nou Camp, former Barcelona youth player Sergi Roberto scored the first goal for Levante, followed by Adriano, Puyol, and Cristiano Ronaldo. In the end, it was the Portuguese who assisted Fabregas to score a goal.

Messi sat on the bench in this game and did not play for a minute.

After the game, the media and fans gave Barcelona both bad and bad reviews for the two rounds.

It is worth affirming that Barcelona's offense did play very well, but the two games were reversed after conceding the ball first, which has to make people wonder, because this is definitely not a coincidence.

There is also the absence of Messi.

The explanation given by Martino was to let Messi rest, but it cannot be denied that after Messi's absence, Barcelona's frontcourt offense played very lively, which instead made people suspenseful.

Is Messi still an essential player for this Barcelona team?

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The other two teams that entered the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey were Atletico Madrid, who defeated Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad, who eliminated Racing Santander.

According to the previous schedule draw, Real Madrid met Atletico Madrid and staged a city derby.

Barcelona had better luck and met Real Sociedad.

Therefore, many people are looking forward to the Derby of the Century again in the Copa del Rey final.

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Since the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final will be held in the same city in the middle of the week, Ancelotti made a strong rotation in La Liga on the weekend, and Yang Yang sat on the bench.

Before Real Madrid, Barcelona had just lost 2-3 to Valencia at Camp Nou.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Barca in the seventh minute, but Banega and Piatti later scored to reverse it.

Messi broke a recent drought with a penalty in the 54th minute of the second half, but Paco scored for Valencia just five minutes later.

In the 79th minute, Alba accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off by a red card. Barcelona was forced to fight with one less player. In the end, they had to hate and lost to Valencia at home, winning their third defeat of the season.

After the game, the Catalan media was in mourning, and Martino's coaching position was seriously questioned.

Although Messi scored a goal in this game, it was a penalty kick. Except for this penalty kick, Messi basically did not perform well in the rest of the time. Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar also performed poorly. This makes everyone have to wonder whether Martino has the ability to inspire the strength of the three frontcourt superstars?

Barcelona godfather Johan Cruyff even said in his column that Barcelona should start thinking about next season.

The implication is that Barcelona this season, facing Real Madrid, which has maintained an unbeaten record so far, is dead!

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Atletico Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-0 at home.

The two top four teams that also reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey ended with a big score. Atletico Madrid's performance and state are impressive.

And Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao in the away game, and the teenager Jesse scored a goal.

Although it was a draw, Real Madrid won the twenty-second round of the season unbeaten. This is also the only team among the five major European leagues that has maintained an unbeaten record so far.

Even many Catalan media believe that although Ancelotti's team has stumbled this season, it is actually very stable, never losing points easily, and leading Barcelona by as many as nine points so far, Atletico Madrid, which is currently ranked second, is also as many as eight points ahead, and winning the championship is already a high probability event.

What annoys Barcelona fans even more is that in the latest issue of the world-renowned sports magazine [World Football], a detailed annual salary ranking of players was made. Yang Yang is far ahead with an annual salary of 25 million euros after tax. This is a fact that everyone knows, so it is not surprising.

What is really surprising and annoying to Barcelona fans is that in this list, there are actually five Barcelona players among the top ten players, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo tied for second, and finally ranked seventh Eighty-nine Harvey, Iniesta and Neymar.

Once this result was announced, it immediately caused shock in the football world.

There is only one Real Madrid player among the top ten, and that is Yang Yang. It can be seen that Real Madrid has done a good job in salary control, but Barcelona has five players selected. This has to be said to be quite a scary thing.

Although before, the German authority announced that Barcelona's financial revenue last season reached 500 million, but it was more because they won the Champions League, and they were still far behind Real Madrid. The Galaxy Battleship's financial revenue last year was close to 700 million euros , increased substantially for several years in a row.

With financial revenue far inferior to that of Real Madrid, Barcelona's players' salary expenditures are so huge, which has also made the outside world express their incomprehension. Barcelona fans are deeply annoyed, especially now that so much money has been invested, the team competitiveness has not improved.

After the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, Messi fell into a trough instead, which made the media and fans outraged. Martino's coaching position was in jeopardy, and the acting chairman Bartomeu was also in a deep crisis of trust.

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Halfway through the schedule, Real Madrid ranked first, Atletico Madrid ranked second, and the Madrid duo ranked the top two in the La Liga standings. This situation has never happened in the past few decades, which also makes the first game of the Copa del Rey between the two sides The competition has become more intense.

Atletico Madrid is currently eight points behind Real Madrid, and the possibility of a reversal is unlikely, so they are also aiming at the cup, while Real Madrid also wants to make a difference in the cup by virtue of the team's excellent bench thickness.

Never give up any championship, this is Real Madrid's creed.

Especially this season, the growth and progress of teenagers such as Jesse, Morata and Illarramendi have allowed Real Madrid to see the confidence of multi-line combat. In this scene against Atletico Madrid, Jesse replaced Hazard in the starting lineup. Appeared in the left wing position.

The Real Madrid youth player who just scored a goal against Athletic Bilbao played in the derby but was not stage-frightened. Instead, he performed very bravely.

The main entanglement between the two sides still occurred in the midfield.

Atletico Madrid's actions are as rough as ever, and Simeone has made it very clear that they must do everything possible to limit Real Madrid's passing and possession, and then contain Real Madrid's offense.

Just at the beginning of the game, Diego Costa knocked over Vermaelen directly when he was pressing in the frontcourt, and Ramos rushed up and knocked him to the ground. Fortunately, the referee did not give a penalty.

But then, Diego Costa pulled Mascherano down again when he was fighting for the top, but the Argentine was also unambiguous, and he also pulled down Diego Costa before falling to the ground, and the two fell into a ball .

This time, the referee gave warnings to both players.

In addition to Real Madrid's half-court, Atletico Madrid also frequently used fouls to interrupt the game. Based on the principle of passing the ball, they made full use of the referee's soft whistle-handling style in this game, and made full use of the rules to disrupt Real Madrid. Rhythm and deployment.

This is an obvious tactical feature with the style of Atletico Madrid and Simeone.

In the previous nearly 20 minutes, the two sides only had one shot. Real Madrid took a corner kick. Vermaelen's header was blocked by Courtois. Atletico Madrid made a quick counterattack from the side. Caught by Casillas, both sides failed to create a threat.

This made the situation on the playing field very stalemate, and no one was able to take advantage of the other party.

Atletico Madrid's defensive tenacity, Real Madrid has long been taught, and has made sufficient preparations, but on the field, facing such an opponent, they are really powerless.

"We can only see the performance of the players!" Ancelotti sighed on the sidelines.

At least, facing such Atletico Madrid, everyone will have a headache.