After the 18th round of La Liga, La Liga has undergone earth-shaking changes.
After Zhao Yang beat Barcelona in stoppage time, the Spaniards surpassed Atletico Madrid in the standings with 41 points and became the leader of La Liga.
Real Madrid was tied with Valencia 2:2 in an away game and fell to fourth place in the standings, 2 points behind their archrival Barcelona with one game less and 4 points behind their city rival Atletico Madrid. The most unbearable thing for Real Madrid fans is that they
It is only 1 point higher than fifth place Villarreal.
And because Benitez used the suspended Cheryshev in the King's Cup and was sentenced to a 0-3 defeat, Real Madrid president Florentino couldn't bear it and fired Benitez directly after the game and appointed the youth team coach.
Coach, superstar Zidane coaches the Real Madrid first team.
This is the first time in 20 years that the Spaniard has topped the standings. If the Spaniard can defeat Eibar away from home in the next round, they will historically become the half-time champion of La Liga.
Although Eibar is also one of the dark horses this season, the Spaniards are darker and stronger than them. Under normal circumstances, it is not difficult for the Spaniards to defeat Eibar.
But before that, the Spaniards have another Copa del Rey match against Barcelona in midweek.
Although it was only a Copa del Rey match, the opponent was a sworn enemy in the same city, and the Spaniards never wanted to lose.
According to the wishes of the Spaniard fans, they would rather lose to Eibar than to Barcelona if they take advantage of his illness to kill him.
Barcelona don't want to let the Spaniard go.
Underestimating the opponent at home and having bad luck, they were defeated by the Spaniards.
Barcelona was holding back their anger, but fortunately they won the Copa del Rey against Espanyol. They didn't have to wait too long, they could play again with Espanyol in three days.
The first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals is still played at Barcelona's home court.
The two sides had just finished playing the league this time and were no longer interested in a war of words. Even at the press conference, the two sides did not communicate much. They just explained the situation and then silently prepared for the second match.
Compared with the league, Barcelona's strength has been greatly improved this time. Their main goalkeeper Ter Stegen and midfielder Vidal have returned from injury.
A good goalkeeper is worth half the team.
With Ter Stegen and Vidal, Barcelona is more confident to fight the Spaniard in the midfield.
Compared with Barcelona, the Spaniard's lineup has not changed much and the bench depth is not enough. This is also the biggest shortcoming of the Spaniard's improvement this season.
However, the Spaniards have just won an away game and are full of confidence. This time in the Copa del Rey, they have no intention of giving up.
The Copa del Rey match will be held at 3:30 a.m. China time and 20:30 local Spanish time.
Compared with the previous game, the Spaniard replaced Jordan, who was almost invisible in the previous game, with Moreno.
Moreno was not just because Sergio felt that Jordan performed poorly, but mainly because he wanted to strengthen his offensive power and strive to score an away goal in the first round.
Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.
After the opening, Barcelona launched a fierce attack on the Spaniard.
Barcelona has a strong offensive power, but their offensive method is single.
So far this season, Barcelona has scored a total of 46 goals in the league, of which 33 have been scored through central penetration. This means that more than 70% of Barcelona's goals have been scored through central penetration.
Therefore, the Spaniards are very targeted when defending, setting up iron barrel formations in the midfield and at the front of the penalty area, using running and fighting to prevent Barcelona from penetrating, and forcing Barcelona to cross and long-range shots.
In the first ten minutes, the Spaniard's defense was very successful. Barcelona won a lot of corner kicks and free kicks, but they were never able to break through the Spaniard's goal. The Spaniard used quick counterattacks to constantly threaten Barcelona's goal.
If Barcelona hadn't attached great importance to Zhao Yang now, maybe the Spaniard would have broken through Barcelona's door in the first ten minutes.
The accident occurred in the 13th minute.
Barcelona kept passing and cutting from the outside, and suddenly Suarez passed a cross from one side of the penalty area, and the ball hit Alvarez's hand and bounced out.
Suarez shouted for handball. His shout caused the Spanish players to freeze defensively. At that moment, Neymar suddenly stole the ball and passed it to Iniesta.
Iniesta made a direct pass without stopping, and Messi broke into the penalty area and scored from 12 yards, making the score 1-0.
Although this goal was not a big blow to the Spaniard, Barcelona took the initiative in the game through the goal. They were no longer in a hurry to score and dealt with the Spaniard patiently.
In the last minute of the first half, the Barcelona midfielder made continuous passes. In order to prevent Suarez from entering the penalty area, Lopez blocked the foul and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Barcelona won a free kick at the edge of the penalty area.
Messi personally took the penalty. He hit a banana ball from 25 yards straight to the left side of the goal. Goalkeeper Lopez made a misjudgment and the ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced over the goal line. Barcelona led 2-0 at halftime.
This is completely a reflection of Messi's personal ability, and the Spaniard's defense has nothing to do about it.
After taking a two-goal lead, Barcelona played more calmly, while the Spaniards became more chaotic and more urgent.
Five minutes into the second half, Xavi Lopez committed a tactical foul on Barcelona defender Alba and was given a yellow card by the referee. He was subsequently sent off with two yellow cards.
The Spaniards were fighting with 10 men and no longer had the confidence to win. The entire team returned to defense in an attempt to maintain the current score.
However, Barcelona, which came home from the last league game, had a bad turn in this game.
Barcelona has not scored a corner kick this season, but in the 65th minute, Messi's corner kick was intercepted by the goalkeeper and defender, and Pique scored with a header from close range, giving Barcelona a 3-0 lead.
If this score cannot be changed, the Spaniard's journey to the Copa del Rey will come to an end.
Facing their mortal enemy, the Spaniards, who fought with ten men, did not give up. They still defended tenaciously and even wanted to steal one while Barcelona was relaxing.
However, the house leaked due to continuous rain. In the 75th minute, Diop fouled Suarez and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Diop was unconvinced and contradicted the referee. The referee issued another yellow card. Two yellow cards turned into one red, and he was directly punished.
At this time, only 9 Spaniards were left to challenge.
The Spaniard gave up this time. Considering the weekend league, head coach Sergio directly replaced Zhao Yang and Diop with defensive players and gave up the game.
Barcelona still didn't want to give up at this time. They still attacked with all their strength and wanted to score a few more goals. However, facing the Spaniard's iron barrel formation, they still failed to score again. In the end, Barcelona defeated the Spaniard 3:0 at home and won the championship.