The weather in Malaga is still cold, and the defeat at Camp Nou did not affect the morale of the team.
Three days later, the twentieth round of La Liga began, with Barcelona taking the lead and challenging Real Sociedad away from home.
Before the game, the media and fans generally believed that Barcelona could win and put pressure on Malaga.
Real Sociedad doesn't think so, especially their defense. They think that since Li Chuanqi can freeze Messi, they can do the same.
At 7pm on the 19th, the match between Barcelona and Real Sociedad started at the Anoeta Stadium.
Real Sociedad's defenders found themselves unable to mark Messi.
Thirty seconds into the game, Messi and his teammates played a series of wonderful one-on-ones. He entered the penalty area and fired a low shot, but the ball missed the goal!
Two minutes later, Messi made a comeback. He started to break through from the wing, broke through four people in a row, and shot angrily from outside the penalty area. The football went wide of the goal again!
In the seventh minute, Real Sociedad goalkeeper Bravo's goal kick was intercepted by Iniesta, and Messi immediately stepped forward to respond.
Iniesta made a diagonal pass, Messi fired a low shot from the edge of the penalty area, and the football flew into the goal from the small left corner of the goal!
One to zero!
Barcelona takes the lead.
In the 25th minute, Barcelona took the lead again, and this time it was still related to Messi. He broke through two people in a row and then passed the football to Xavi in the middle, and then quickly moved forward.
Xavi passed the ball, and Messi removed the football with his chest on the right side of the penalty area and volleyed!
Real Sociedad goalkeeper Bravo bravely blocked the football, and Pedro succeeded in the follow-up shot!
Two to zero!
In the following time, Real Sociedad began to exert force and constantly threatened Barcelona's goal.
In the 41st minute of the first half, Real Sociedad regained a victory. Left winger Vela passed the ball outside the penalty area, and right winger Castro pushed and shot from the right side of the penalty area!
Football penetrates Valdez's fingers!
Two to one!
Real Sociedad narrowed the gap.
Just six minutes into the second half, Barcelona suffered another blow. Pique tripped Vela and was sent off with two yellow cards!
Real Sociedad gradually took the initiative on the field by virtue of its numerical advantage.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Real Sociedad launched an attack from the right, and Castro blasted a shot from the penalty area!
The football hit Mascherano and was deflected. Valdes was unable to respond and could only watch the football fly into the goal from his left side!
Two to two!
Real Sociedad equalized the score!
In the following game, both sides continued to create opportunities to threaten the opponent's goal, but both failed to seize the opportunity.
Real Sociedad scored the winner in the first minute of stoppage time. Right back Carlos Martins advanced to attack. He got rid of two people on the right and then passed the ball. Mascherano was not tight, and Aguirre came on as a substitute.
Cut the edge of the penalty area and shoot into the net!
Three to two!
Real Sociedad defeated Barcelona at home, and Barcelona had to accept the reality of two consecutive losses.
Barcelona's defeat created an opportunity for Malaga to expand their lead.
Malaga will face Celta Vigo at home in this round.
Pellegrini sent out all the main players to fight.
It turns out that Chilean engineers made the right choice by giving up the Copa del Rey.
At 8 o'clock in the evening on the 20th, the game started on time at the Rose Garden Stadium.
In the third minute, Joaquin almost broke through the opponent's goal. His shot from the right side of the penalty area slightly missed the post and hit the side netting.
Three minutes later, Malaga launched an attack from the left amid the cheers of the home fans.
Li Chuanqi dribbled the ball from the wing and suddenly cut inside.
Saviola suddenly left the distance between him and the defender, and Li Chuanqi made a diagonal pass.
The Argentinian striker guided the football to his left front with his left foot, and then blasted the ball!
The football blasted away Celta Vigo's goal like a cannonball!
One to zero!
Pellegrini was overjoyed that Li was indeed taking the initiative to make changes and no longer pursued personal goals!
After scoring in the first six minutes, Malaga played very confidently in the rest of the game, constantly threatening Celta's defense.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Malaga played a series of wonderful one-twos in the middle. Li Chuanqi advanced into the penalty area and received a pass from Saviola. He was about to shoot, but was brought down by the opponent's defender!
"Beep!..."
The referee blew his whistle and awarded a penalty kick.
As the team's first penalty kicker, Joaquin easily scored the football!
Two to zero!
In the following game, Malaga slowed down its offensive pace and no longer pursued moving to the frontcourt as quickly as possible after getting the ball.
On the other hand, Salta always moves the football into the frontcourt as quickly as possible to launch attacks.
What made Pellegrini depressed was that after leading 2-0, Li Chuanqi began to go it alone again. He turned the La Liga stadium into a venue for honing his breakthrough skills.
The fans were not depressed, they even encouraged him to make a breakthrough with shouts.
The type of forward that defensive players like to defend the most is, of course, a guy who likes to work alone. This kind of person doesn't like to pass the ball. As long as he is defended, the crisis will be resolved.
As a result, double-teaming and containment appeared in Celta's half.
Celta's defensive players acted very cleanly, without using any damaging moves or intentionally injuring anyone.
Because they heard a lot of rumors - in the Rose Garden, it's better to be polite to Lee and don't foul him, otherwise you may not get out of the stadium.
Thinking again about the famous scene that happened to Alves a week ago, they would not want to provoke the nerves of Malaga fans even if they were killed.
Malaga ended the first half with a score of 2-0.
Not long after the start of the second half, Li Chuanqi relied on his strong foreboding to seize the opportunity in front of the goal and score!
In the fifth minute of the second half, Joaquin passed a cross from the right to the center. The football strangely penetrated between the three players in the center and flew towards the back point!
Li Chuanqi quickly took a few steps forward, pushed a shot, and easily broke through Celta Vigo's goal!
Three to zero!
"plum!"
"plum!"
"plum!"
Li Chuanqi's name rang out in the Rose Garden.
Li Chuanqi couldn't be happy for a few minutes. Pellegrini replaced him in the 13th minute of the second half.
Thunderous applause erupted in the Rose Garden. Malaga fans knew that this was Pellegrini protecting his beloved general.
Li Chuanqi waved back to the fans and received thunderous applause!
Fernandez, who came on as a substitute for Li Chuanqi, scored the last goal of the game in the 32nd minute of the second half.
Isco made a wonderful pass from outside the penalty area, tearing open Celta's defense.
Fernandez pushed a shot from the left side of the penalty area, and the football flew into the goal from the lower left corner of the goal!
Four to zero!
Malaga won a big victory at home, consolidating its position at the top of the standings and widening the point gap with Barcelona - five points!
In the scorer list, Li Chuanqi is still four goals behind Messi, ranking second.
In this round of competition, Real Madrid defeated Valencia 5-0 away from home. Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo showed off his power in the game and completed a hat trick!
As the twentieth round of matches progresses, La Liga enters the second half!
The championship battle has entered a brutal stage of scoring points!
Because the Champions League knockout rounds will begin next month.
