The draw with Eibar was actually not an embarrassment.
Eibar was ranked eighth before the game. It is an upper-middle team and has the advantage of home court. Not to mention the Spaniard, even Real Madrid and Barcelona are not sure of victory.
The Spaniards have more regrets.
The Spaniard has not won the La Liga championship, and has not even gained the false title of half-time champion. This is the best opportunity.
Nothing is perfect in the world. Although he did not win the half-time championship, the Spaniard's performance in this half season is enough to make any discerning Spaniard fan ecstatic.
Second in the standings, only 4 goal differences behind leader Atletico Madrid.
Zhao Yang won the half-time best player and top scorer with 23 goals, putting Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Suarez and Neymar under the pressure of world-class superstars.
From the team to the individual, the Spaniards achieved a brilliant victory.
It was a near-perfect first half.
Of course this is just the league.
In the Copa del Rey, the Spaniard's performance can only be said to be unsatisfactory.
The Spaniard has been performing well in the Copa del Rey, reaching the semi-finals last season and missing the final by half a step.
In the first round of the quarter-finals this season, they were beaten 3:0 by Barcelona, basically ending in the top 16.
For the Spaniards, this result can only be said to be a passing grade.
Fortunately, Espanyol's performance in the league is too good. If the winter transfer market is strong, they have great hope of entering the Champions League.
Therefore, fans don't care much about the poor performance in the Copa del Rey.
In the first half of La Liga, Espanyol is undoubtedly the biggest winner. In addition to Espanyol, Atletico Madrid, which won the half-season championship, is also a big winner.
Atletico Madrid's ability to lead the La Liga standings after half-way depends on their defense. After 19 rounds, Atletico Madrid scored 28 goals and only conceded 10 goals. Like Bayern, they are the team with the fewest goals conceded among the five major leagues this season.
Atletico Madrid kept clean sheets in 12 games, conceded 1 goal in 6 games, and only conceded two goals against Barcelona and Espanyol. Godin, the core of the defense, was also officially selected as the best defender in the half-time by La Liga.
Since Barcelona went to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup in December, the original game against Sporting Gijon was also scheduled to be played in the second half of the league.
They are 2 points behind the top spot with one game to play. This result makes fans and coach Enrique satisfied. In an interview with "World Sports News", Enrique said that the team's performance in 2015 can be rated as 9 points.
Barcelona's strong performance this season is closely related to the performance of South American twin stars Neymar and Suarez. The two top scorers currently rank second and third in the scorer list with 15 goals. If the two hadn't spread their firepower, maybe Zhao Yang would have
I can't win the best forward in the middle of the season.
In addition, with the release of Vidal and Turan, Barcelona's lineup has been further strengthened. Barcelona is currently the favorite to win La Liga, with an odds of only 1.22.
Among the top three in the Western Premier League, the only one that failed was Real Madrid.
Real Madrid has been in constant turmoil this season. First, the team was humiliated 4-0 by Barcelona in the league. Then the main defense players such as Ramos, Varane and Carvajal were injured in turns. In the Copa del Rey, the suspended Cherische was used.
The husband was sentenced to a 0-3 defeat.
After the away draw with Valencia in the 18th round of the league, Real Madrid announced that Zidane will replace Benitez as the new coach. They defeated Deportivo La Coruna 5-0 in the last round and got a little breathing space. However, they have recently played against the same city.
Rival Atletico Madrid also received a transfer ban from FIFA.
With one more game in the league, they are still 4 points behind their city rival Atletico Madrid. This makes fans and Real Madrid executives very disappointed.
At present, foreign gambling companies are not optimistic about Real Madrid's prospects. The odds of winning La Liga are already 6 to 1.
In the past, the top four teams in the standings were competing for the championship, but this time the Spaniards in the top four were too poor in background and their bench depth was seriously lacking. They relied on luck and a moment of blood to reach second place in the standings, but they were not strong enough to compete for the championship.
, at best, it can only disrupt the situation.
The real competitors of the Spaniard are actually the mid-to-upper-tier teams competing for Champions League seats.
The Spaniard's first competitor is Villarreal, who are fifth in the standings.
Yellow Submarine has gradually matured under Marcelino's training.
At the beginning of the season, they briefly occupied the top position in the standings. However, in the subsequent 7 league rounds, due to numerous injuries and insufficient lineup, they only scored five points.
With injured players returning to the team one after another, they have made a comeback in the last six league rounds and won all of them. Currently, they are only 5 points behind the second-placed Espanyol.
The Spaniard's second competitor is sixth-placed Celta Vigo.
In the early days of the league, Celta Vigo's two top scorers, Aspas and Nolito, were full of firepower and helped the team score many points. However, after the winter break, Celta Vigo sold midfielder captain Augusto to Madrid.
In addition, Nolito's injury caused the team's offensive power to drop sharply, and they lost all the past three league rounds.
According to Spanish media reports, Barcelona is likely to sign Nolito in the near future. If Nolito leaves the team, Celta Vigo's performance in the second half of the season, which has lost two main players, may decline. If Nolito can stay,
They are also one of the Spaniard's biggest competitors for a Champions League spot.
Eibar, ranked seventh, is one of the biggest dark horses this season, but their foundation and bench are not even as good as the Spaniards.
Although Eibar is currently ranked high, it is estimated that it will be around 10 in the end. The best is to get a Europa League seat, which is not enough to threaten the Spaniard.
As for the original Champions League regulars Sevilla and Valencia, their performance this season has been weak, especially Valencia, which invested the most in transfers, but only ranked 11th after half the season. This is definitely a failure.
Falling behind too much at the half-way point, even if there is a chance to make progress later, it will be difficult for Valencia and Sevilla to enter the Champions League again.
After half the season, the league points that have not exceeded 20 points are La Palmas, Granada, Sporting Gijon, Rayo Vallecano and Levante. They are also popular teams for relegation. These five teams in the second half of the season
The focus of the team's work is to strive to avoid relegation.
At the end of the half-season, the league has not stopped, but the winter transfer market has opened. Regardless of whether they are competing for the championship, relegation, or a spot in the European competition, they all still have the opportunity to change their fate.
As long as one or two "big fish" are caught in the transfer market, like Espanyol and Eibar, the team's destiny may change from then on.
Such examples occur every season in the five major leagues, but during the short winter break, it is not easy to find a player who is capable and suitable for your team's style of play.
Since the beginning of the winter transfer, the Espanyol club has been looking for players in the transfer market. The Espanyol is not short of money now, but at the end of the half-term, the Espanyol still has not bought a single player, which makes the Espanyol management very anxious.
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After all, for the Spanish senior management, deep down in their hearts, they may not hold on to the extravagant hope of competing for the championship. If they don't add capable players, they will have no hope at all.