Fengba Greenery

Chapter 204 Confident Barcelona

Chapter 51 Barcelona full of confidence
After this round of competition, the Spanish media has called this round of the league the most critical turning point of this season.Leading the opponent by six points with nine league rounds left, the distance between the two games can't be said to be far, but it can't be said to be close either.

This is a rather ambiguous point gap.It is not completely impossible for Real Madrid and Barcelona to fail to catch up, but it is not so easy to catch up.

There is a saying that two to zero is the most dangerous score in a football match.Because of the two-to-zero score, the leading side may relax because of the two-goal lead, but as long as the trailing side scores a goal to tie the score to two-to-one, at this time, the balance of the game will change. The situation could still be reversed.

Atletico Madrid's current situation is like leading the opponent by two goals in a game, but the gap of two goals is not safe.

In the remaining nine rounds of the league, as long as Atletico Madrid stumbles and loses one of them, it will immediately give the two teams behind them a chance to catch up!
Therefore, after this round of the game, Simeone gave the team a special tactical lesson to let the players realize that the six-point lead is far from being slack.

Atletico Madrid has played five games since the offseason of the international match day and has won a five-game winning streak, showing a very good state.

"Marca" analyzed that Atletico Madrid's next schedule is not difficult. They may be tested in the league. There are only two games, which are Athletic Bilbao away and Valencia away. The other teams are all lower-level teams in the league. With Atletico Madrid's current stable state, as long as there is no serious injury wave, it is unlikely that these teams can threaten Atletico Madrid.If Atletico Madrid can successfully score three points in the two away games against Athletic Bilbao and Valencia, then it would be meaningless to play Barcelona away in the last round of La Liga!
"The suspense of the La Liga championship can basically be settled after the No.30 fifth round of Atletico Madrid's away game against Valencia!"

"Marca" said so.

But for the other two championship teams, they obviously don't agree with this.

Although Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas rarely played this season, as the leader of the Real Madrid locker room, he said in an interview with the media: "I admit that we are in a passive position now, but we will not give up. Every remaining round of the league we will try to get the three points and wait for Atletico to make a mistake."

And Pique said in an interview: "In my opinion, Atletico Madrid is only three points ahead of us. There are still nine rounds left in the league. We still have a chance to catch up."

"Atletico Madrid leads Barcelona by six points." The reporter reminded.

Pique waved his hand: "If we win Atletico Madrid at home in the last round, isn't the point difference just three points?"

Before the game started, Pique had already put the three points in his pocket ahead of time.

For Atletico Madrid, the media and competitors' remarks did not affect their preparations at all.Simeone still arranges Atletico Madrid's training according to the established plan.

In fact, after Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in the No.20 nine rounds, with a six-point lead over their opponents, Simeone did have a little extra ambition, that is, Atletico Madrid can now focus on the Champions League !

It's just that he also occasionally flashed this idea.For Simeone, the most important thing is the league title.As for the Champions League, if Barcelona can be eliminated in the quarter-finals and reach the semi-finals, Simeone will adjust his training plan.

For now, everything will go according to the original plan.

In the No.30 round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid played against Granada at home.Now Granada has entered a state of wanting nothing, and the away game against Atletico Madrid was not in their plan to score points.In the case of double matches a week, Granada made a certain rotation.

The same is true for Atletico Madrid.The next schedule will be relatively intensive, so Simeone also made a relatively large rotation for this game.

Granada's bench lineup could not pose a threat to Atletico Madrid at the Calderón Stadium.With Li Qingshan's brace, Atletico Madrid won [-]-[-] at home.

Another game that started at the same time surprised Atletico Madrid-Real Madrid was beaten by Sevilla [-]-[-] in an away game!
In this way, with nine points behind the top of the list, Real Madrid has basically announced that it has withdrawn from the championship!

In the No.30 round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid went away to challenge Athletic Bilbao.Bilbao currently has 56 points, ranking fourth in La Liga.For Bilbao, striving for a Champions League qualification is their goal of this season's league.Behind them, Real Sociedad, Sevilla, Villarreal, Valencia, and the Spaniards are all likely to pose a threat to their goals.The competition for No.4 in La Liga this season is also unprecedentedly fierce.

Bilbao's recent state is also good. They have been unbeaten in 6 consecutive games, and their home court has always been a place where their combat ability is very strong, and the momentum at home is very strong.

And Atletico Madrid will face the strong enemy Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the middle of the week. Simeone still sent several substitute players to play.

Atletico Madrid's away game was very difficult. Knowing the No. 80 minutes of the game, the score on the field was still one to one.

Just when the Barcelona fans were about to celebrate their competitors losing points in this round, Li Qingshan stood up and overtook the score for Atletico Madrid!

No.803 minutes, Li Qingshan took the ball from the penalty area and turned around to shoot. Atletico Madrid struggled to score three points in the away game!
With seven rounds left in La Liga, Atletico Madrid still lead Barcelona by six points!

Three days after this round of the league, it will be the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

For Barcelona, ​​the schedule of home and away is not a good schedule, so the first round of the game is very important to them.The most ideal result is of course that they can seal the victory at home and completely kill the suspense.A big victory at one's own home court, so the second round of the double reverse will be meaningless.Atletico Madrid can't make a comeback no matter how they return to home.

It's just not easy to do that.

Martino's team has been in good shape recently. Since March, they have won six wins and one loss in seven games, and they have won five consecutive victories in the last five games.Especially winning Real Madrid in the away game gave the team a shot in the arm.

"We must win this game and score as many goals as possible"

Martino passed on his plan in the tactical meeting.

It's just that he was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"Of course, sir! Of course we will win!" Pique said.

Other players also echoed.

"That's right! This is our home field!"

"This season they just relied on defense to draw us at home by luck!"

"Leo will make them taste good!"

Martino's status in the Barcelona dressing room is evident.These Barcelona players don't seem to care much about what Martino said.For them, the tactics of the game are almost fixed, and that is pass, pass, pass.

If the pass doesn't work, give the ball to Messi.Messi always has a solution.

As for Martino, he was completely ignored by the Barcelona players.

After Messi returned from injury, his state quickly recovered.In the absence of eight weeks of injury, Messi's number of league goals has now quickly climbed to twenty, second only to Cristiano Ronaldo's 23 league goals.

It looks like Barcelona's stars are confident of knocking out Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and reaching the semi-finals, despite being trailed by Atletico Madrid in the league.
Martino watched the players discuss in full swing, but he was excluded alone, with mixed feelings in his heart.

If he fails to win a championship this season, then he will never be able to continue coaching this super giant next season
(End of this chapter)