Chapter 192: The Confident Madrid Twins

Although the two teams in Madrid immediately became nervous when they met again in the Champions League, there is still a month to go before the Champions League game, and in this month, the main focus of both sides is still on the league.

Now that the league has entered the final stages, dropping points in any game is an unbearable pain for the championship team.

Real Madrid are now a lesson in point, not only have they given up the top spot, but Real Madrid, who are five points behind the top of the table, are not optimistic about catching up.

This is especially true of Atletico Madrid, which has already been eliminated from the Copa del Rey, and Atletico Madrid, who does not have to worry about the Copa del Rey match, can concentrate all their energy on the league.

On March 21, in the 28th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted another team in the Madrid region, Getafe, but the little brothers in the Madrid region have not had a good time recently, they are now only three points away from the relegation zone, and this season is still in danger of relegation. It's just that Atletico Madrid didn't show mercy to all Getafe's men, and after 90 minutes, Atletico Madrid defeated Getafe 2-0 and temporarily overtook Barcelona in the standings and climbed to the top.

And Barcelona's opponent in this round is Real Madrid! In a Spanish national derby, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home, giving the opponent two consecutive defeats at the same time, and also snatching back the top position of Atletico Madrid that has not yet sat at the top of the standings, and Real Madrid After this battle, the points gap has been widened by nearly one, and now Real Madrid is eight points behind Barcelona and seven points behind Atletico Madrid!

After this round of the league, some media can't wait to announce that Real Madrid has withdrawn from the championship ranks. With an eight-point gap, it's too difficult to catch up.

If nothing else, this season's La Liga title is a rivalry between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona!

After this round, it's time for the FIFA International Break. However, this time the Chinese team did not recruit Li Qingshan, in fact, all the main players who participated in the Asian Cup were not on the training list this time. Lippi's national team recruited mainly some reserve forces, some young people. As for the main players, they were given a chance to rest.

Therefore, Li Qingshan does not have to fly tens of thousands of kilometers back and forth between Spain and China.

After the FIFA international break, La Liga is back in action.

Back in the league, Atletico Madrid defeated Cordoba 2-0 in the 29th round of the league on April 4, and then defeated Real Sociedad 2-0 at home in the thirtieth round of the league. Barcelona also won six points in these two rounds, and their position in the standings has not changed.

The dramatic scene happened in the 31st round of the league, in order to prepare for the Champions League with Real Madrid, Simeone made a rotation in this round, and finally the rotation of the lineup played Atletico Madrid was forced to draw away by Malaga! Although Li Qingshan scored twice to help the team win two lines, the tenacious Malaga also scored two goals, and the two sides drew 2-2.

Since the Atletico Madrid match started before the Barcelona day, when the results of the Atletico Madrid match came out, the most excitement was naturally on the Barcelona side. Now the difference between the two sides is only one point! And if Barcelona can win this round of the league, Barcelona will immediately open the gap between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and expand the difference between the two sides to three points!

Although the distance of three points is not too big, in the late stages of the league, the difference of three points is enough to affect the ownership of the league championship.

However, the drama is that Barcelona, who played at full strength, were also held to a 2-2 draw by Sevilla away from home. Barcelona failed to capitalise on the opportunity to widen the gap and the difference between the two sides remained at one point.

At this time, there are only seven rounds left in the league, and the one-point difference makes the league championship still full of suspense, and neither side dares to make mistakes, and as long as the difference between the two sides continues to bite this gap, in the 37th round of the league, that is, the penultimate round of the league, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will have another chance to talk directly at the Calderón Stadium. The outcome of this match will directly determine the league title!

At this stage of the season, Atletico Madrid is in much better shape than the previous season. First of all, thanks to the increase in the thickness of the bench, especially Li Qingshan's stable goal efficiency, Simeone dared to make rotation adjustments in some games, so that Atletico Madrid's injury situation was naturally much better than last season. Atletico Madrid at this time last season was actually at the end of its power, if it weren't for the introduction of Li Qingshan in the winter window, who carried the team through this difficult period through crazy goals, at this stage of last season, the team might have collapsed.

But this season, the players sitting on the bench of Atletico Madrid have made many giant teams covetous, just in the forward position, Mandzukic and Torres, two strikers with considerable strength, can not even play the main position in Atletico Madrid now, and the growth of Saul and Mario Suarez has also strengthened the thickness of Atletico Madrid's midfield.

With plenty of personnel, Atletico Madrid's high-confrontation style of play can last a whole season.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid, which is strong, will naturally not relax much about the Champions League in addition to the league.

Especially when their opponents in the quarter-finals are still their bitter rivals.

Facing Real Madrid again, Li Qingshan was not nervous, in fact, all the players of Atletico Madrid were not nervous.

Despite being eliminated in the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid is unbeaten in the six meetings between the two sides, including the Spanish Super Cup!

Real Madrid has never won against Atletico Madrid this season, so Atletico Madrid players will naturally not be nervous.

It's Real Madrid who needs to be nervous. Real Madrid often don't have much advantage against Atletico Madrid, and it has to do with the fact that they defend in the middle of the midfield and the central defenders always have problems with set-piece battles. Ramos and the squad have made repeated mistakes in the face of long counter-attacks and wide crosses launched by opponents this season, which is the main reason for Real Madrid to concede goals this season.

And Atletico Madrid happens to have a striker who likes long passes and side crosses the most, and Li Qingshan will naturally not let go of the opportunity in front of him.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, also looked confident. Compared with Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid's comprehensive strength in the squad is still stronger than Atletico Madrid, and under such a home-and-away knockout system, Real Madrid has successfully eliminated Atletico Madrid once, and as the largest giant team in Spain, Real Madrid has no reason not to be confident.

Both teams have confidence, so everyone is waiting for them to put on a good game.