Chapter 168: The Fourth Match Between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​a Sluggish Barcelona and a Real Madrid in Great Form!

The topic of defending the title has not appeared in Real Madrid for a long time.

Mourinho doesn't like to talk about the championship that he hasn't won.

After the experience of winning the championship last season, Real Madrid's players also understand the importance of the ladder goal.

They can be happy, and even celebrate a few times, but Real Madrid's players understand that the game still has to be played one game at a time.

This season, Real Madrid does not have a huge points advantage in the mid-term lead.

Even though Barcelona has finally started to fall apart, to be honest, it's only a two-point difference. In the most ideal case, Real Madrid will win the replay and widen the difference to five points.

Is the tolerance for less than two wins a lot?

Real Madrid will inevitably give a few chances in the late season. With a psychological advantage, it is the most correct approach to keep calm and not pay too much attention to the outside public opinion.

So Real Madrid, after making a profit, seems to be particularly "silent".

"AS" sent a large number of paparazzi reporters, who originally wanted to take some gossip about Real Madrid players' unruly behavior during the holiday.

In addition to photographing Ronaldo and Irina shopping in the duty-free zone, the biggest news they photographed was that Li Ang did not practice more!

Yes, after playing the league match with Rayo Vallecano, Li Ang did not choose to continue practicing during the two-day holiday, but went for a walk along the Mediterranean coast with Marcelo and Nacho.

The temperature in Madrid in winter is not bad, and the weather below zero is rare, but the air is still a bit dry.

In contrast, the weather in Valencia is much better.

Li Ang has never found traveling troublesome, and Marcelo also prefers the Valencia beach with mild sunshine in winter.

So Li Ang took Nacho and Marcelo, and the three of them went on a short trip.

It is not far from Madrid to Valencia by car, less than 400 kilometers away.

There were seven people in total, including the three assistants and security. The two cars went there in the morning of the holiday, and at noon, several people sat in a restaurant on the coast of Valencia to enjoy a seafood dinner.

When they met reporters on the way, Li Ang and his friends also greeted them in a relaxed mood.

So AS quickly published the news that Li Ang and his friends went to Valencia for fun.

It was true that they could not find any news during the short vacation period of Real Madrid.

Li Ang and his friends drove back to Madrid in the evening of the next day.

There were no luxury cars and beauties on this short vacation, but several men slept until they woke up naturally on the beach and had three seafood meals, which was very happy.

After relaxing, the Real Madrid players returned to their fulfilling training life again.

Mourinho did not make more reminders, but the Real Madrid stars consciously put 100% of their efforts in the preparations for the league and the next round of the Champions League.

Before the start of the 25th round of La Liga, the first round of the remaining four rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals also kicked off the battle.

Malaga and Barcelona represented La Liga in Dortmund and AC Milan respectively.

But the result made the Spanish media and the entire Spanish football world explode.

Because both teams lost.

Malaga lost 1-3 at Dortmund's home stadium, and the result was naturally unsatisfactory for Malaga's supporters and Spanish media.

If they only lost one goal, such as 1-2 or 2-3, Malaga would still have a certain initiative when they returned to their home stadium in the second round.

But losing two goals would make Malaga's second round very uncomfortable.

However, Malaga's loss to Dortmund was not an upset.

After all, Dortmund had already shown their superior strength in the two battles with Real Madrid.

But Barcelona's loss was a straightforward 0-2 loss to Milan at San Siro, which was quite unacceptable.

Many fans speculated that Barcelona brought the sluggish state in the league to the Champions League.

Losing two goals in the first round and not getting an away goal, the second round can only be said to be in bad shape.

If Milan scores one goal in the second leg at Camp Nou, Barcelona will have to score four goals to advance. If they score three goals, they will be eliminated. It's too passive!

Bayern Munich defeated Portuguese Super League giants Porto with a clean 3-0 at the Dragon Stadium.

Like Real Madrid, after the first leg, Bayern has one foot in the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League.

Galatasaray tied with Schalke 04. No matter which team wins, it will basically be counted as a big gift package in the quarterfinals.

Barcelona, ​​which was upset, became the most embarrassing team in this round of the quarter-finals.

The strong teams basically did not overturn. Manchester United at least scored an away goal, but Barcelona did not score an away goal and was directly eliminated.

Milan's explosive performance received praise from a large number of media and fans.

Li Ang's memory of most of the scores of the Champions League duels this season is already very vague.

What he remembers most clearly is that the two Spanish Super League giants were slaughtered by the top two Bundesliga teams in the semi-finals.

Those two matches gave the fans who were generally optimistic about the two Spanish Super League giants a slap in the face.

Ahem. Li Ang was among the fans who were slapped in the face at that time, so after so many years, his memory of these two games is still so deep.

In any case, the Barcelona in his memory still made it to the final four, even though Barcelona's state seems to be fluctuating a bit this season.

But after returning to Camp Nou, Li Ang felt that Barcelona was more likely to win in the end.

If Milan still had Ibrahimovic and Master Pierre in charge, Li Ang would definitely stand on Milan's side without a brain.

But after Ibrahimovic left for Paris Saint-Germain and Master Pierre also moved to Juventus, Milan was left with only a nervous knife, and no ability to control the game steadily.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​which will fight hard in the second round, the current Milan is at least one level lower and cannot be stable.

After the Champions League ended, both Real Madrid and Barcelona put their focus back on the league.

In the 25th round of the league, Real Madrid's opponent is the newly promoted A Coruña.

Super Laco is currently ranked second from the bottom in La Liga, with only one point more than Mallorca. After the first 24 rounds of the league, it only won three games, and its strength can be said to be extremely weak.

Belleron still played an important role in Deportivo La Coruna this season.

He started in 18 of the first 24 league games, scored one goal and assisted five times.

This data is placed on a veteran who is about to turn 38 years old. No matter who sees it, they have to give a thumbs up and praise:

Try your best!

In the last round against Deportivo La Coruna, Li Ang regretted not playing against Belleron.

He waited for it this round.

Belleron started and played the whole game.

The old master still tried his best to win points for Deportivo La Coruna.

But the reality is cruel. Facing the pressure of Real Madrid's troops, the weak Deportivo La Coruna midfield is not something Belleron can hold up alone.

Li Ang did not let up at all. Today, he was particularly excited and played an all-round performance in front of Belleron.

He contributed nine effective steals, seven successful interceptions, and all seven one-on-one headers!

The key is on the offensive end. Li Ang also contributed personal data of passing and shooting.

In the end, Real Madrid, who played with half of their main players, took away a four-goal victory at the Riazor Stadium, and Deportivo La Coruña did not even score a goal.

After the game, Li Ang once again received champagne, which symbolizes the best player of the game, but for him, getting Belleron's off-field jersey made him even happier.

"Well done, little lion, keep going, remember the path you want to take, and just go all the way with determination."

Master Belleron gave Li Ang a firm hug and gave Li Ang another heartfelt blessing.

Li Ang had nothing to say, and hugged Belleron tightly.

They both knew that this was the first time they played against each other in La Liga, and it would probably be the last time.

Even if Deportivo La Coruna is not relegated this season, Belleron should consider returning to his parent club Las Palmas to enjoy the last few years of his career.

There is freedom and blessing in the reluctance.

Li Ang knows that he is Belleron's successor, because he has been growing up in the offensive organization by constantly understanding Belleron's "core organization essentials".

Facing his "mentor", Li Ang can only wish him to continue to enjoy the happiness brought by football after returning to his parent team.

And looking at Belleron hugging Li Ang in the field, it is like hugging his satisfied junior and giving encouragement.

Thousands of Real Madrid fans and more than 30,000 Deportivo La Coruna fans at the scene stood up and gave their heartfelt applause.

This is not a preferential treatment, but they are giving their respect and blessings to a true midfield master.

This season, whether Deportivo La Coruna plays at home or away, the fans at the scene will applaud Belleron at the beginning and end of the game.

This is the highest respect from the fans.

After a warm round of games, Real Madrid players are ready to fight and start to sharpen their knives to look at Barcelona.

Yes, the second national derby in this season's La Liga is about to start!

The Barcelona players who just defeated Sevilla 3-1 can't be happy at this moment.

Because they have to face an important decision now.

On February 26, before the national derby with Real Madrid, should they give up the second King's Cup match with Atletico Madrid?

If they don't give up, then in order to reverse Atletico Madrid, they must try their best to score more goals.

But if they give up, the Barcelona players who have come to this point are really unwilling.

Unfortunately, the time pressure makes Barcelona have no extra time to consider.

Three days after the league with Sevilla, they ushered in the King's Cup match with Atletico Madrid at home.

It can be seen that Vilanova finally echoed the will of the Barcelona players.

Although his expression was helpless, he still deployed Barcelona's most offensive 4-3-3 pure main formation.

But today's Barcelona is destined to be tortured by the high-spirited Atletico players in the game.

The first half was fine. Atletico only lost one goal under its defense. Simeone was quite satisfied, and the Barcelona players seemed to see the hope of a reversal.

But in the second half, when Costa exerted his strength, he made Pique and Mascherano lose their mentality in just 20 minutes, and each of them received a yellow card.

The situation of the game began to tilt towards Atletico.

Falcao's grab became more unscrupulous, and Mascherano and Pique did not dare to make big defensive moves.

So in the second half, Barcelona and Atletico tied 2-2.

Although Barcelona won this game 3-2, the difference in the total score still eliminated them!

Broken.

The mentality of Barcelona fans has been broken again!

Still playing Real Madrid in this state?

It's rare, the suspense of La Liga is over!