prince's green

Chapter 211 Open the gap
The results of the Champions League quarter-final draw have come out, but the game will not start until April.

Before the start of the Champions League quarter-finals, Atletico Madrid still has three league games to play.

On March 3, in the 23th round of La Liga, the Atletico Madrid team came to Seville, the southernmost city in Spain, where they will challenge the Sevilla club's rivals in the same city, Real Betis.

Real Betis also won the seventh place in La Liga last season, so as to participate in the UEFA Cup this season.

Since the beginning of this season, Real Betis has successfully reached the top [-] in the UEFA Cup. In the UEFA Cup top [-], they just encountered their rival Sevilla in the same city, and then lost to the opponent in a penalty shootout and were eliminated. The results are not bad. .

But in La Liga, Real Betis has encountered a predicament and is deeply trapped in the relegation zone. Now it has fallen to the last place in the standings, with a gap of 9 points from the relegation zone. downgrade.

This is also the situation that many mid- and lower-level teams will encounter. In a certain season, they are in good form. After working hard, they finally qualify for a European competition, and then work harder to make a difference in the European competition. The experience in the European war finally made the league fall into a dilemma, and it is even likely to be relegated.

Now that Real Betis has been eliminated in the league, naturally there is only one way to go to avoid relegation.

This game was their first league game after losing the UEFA Cup. Betis' Argentine coach Gabriel Calderon declared: "As long as we can regain our form in the league, we still have a chance to succeed in relegation. This game against Atletico Madrid at home is the starting point of our recovery."

Obviously, Real Betis wants to fight Atletico Madrid recklessly, so as to regain bloodiness and complete the Jedi counterattack, and strive to succeed in relegation.

But for this game, Atletico Madrid must also win. At this time Simeone said in the visiting team's locker room: "This is a good opportunity for us to widen the gap. In this round of the league, Barcelona and Real Madrid will play against each other directly. Whoever loses wins is all about us widening the gap."

"So, we have to win this match, and then wait to see the result of their fight~~~"

Yes, this round is another Spanish national derby. Real Madrid will face Barcelona at home. The two teams are fighting each other, which is a good opportunity for Atletico Madrid to widen the gap.

After the start of the game, Real Betis seemed to be on guard, aiming to score points from Atletico Madrid, the top team.

In the 7th minute, Linger received a pass from Gabi and broke into the penalty area, but was hit by the opponent's Brazilian defender Paulao when shooting, and the ball missed.

In the 15th minute, in a corner kick, Gabi let the ball accurately find the point above Costa's head, but Costa failed to take off successfully under the double-team guard of the opponent.

In this way, under the strict defense of the opponent, Atletico Madrid had no good way for a while.

The game time in the first half was about to end soon, but the score was still 0:0. Atletico Madrid failed to break through the opponent's tortoise shell for the time being.

"Betis' defense is quite tenacious. The first half of the game has come to an end, but the Sheets still haven't been able to find a chance to score. Probably the first half will end with a 0:0."

In the 42nd minute, Ringer received a pass from Cork on the right, and once again planned to break through with the ball.

The opponent's defensive midfielder Amaya and Uruguay midfielder Brian Rodriguez immediately came to pinch the defense. Ringer moved the ball skillfully on the inside of his right foot while he was marching, and immediately went up to the inside with his left foot. Passing through the "door" that the person hadn't closed, Ringer also accelerated on his feet, and followed the person to rush over.

"Lin~~Facing the pinch between the two."

"Fried meatballs~~ Beautiful fried meatballs are amazing!! It's over!"

"Oh~~ Lin was pulled down, the referee blew his whistle!!"

Ringer broke through with fried meatballs and almost broke through from the double-teaming of the two, but in the past moment, the opponent was about to be broken through, and Brian Rodriguez reached out and pulled Ringer down.

"This is an obvious foul. I can face the goalkeeper as soon as I pass by. This is a serious pulling foul!" This kind of pulling foul will not hurt, Ringer immediately got up and complained to the referee.

The referee was also unambiguous, and directly showed the yellow card to the pulling Uruguayan, and then quickly drew out the red card.

The Uruguayan fouled Turan once before, and the one who had received a yellow card now has two yellow cards and one red card.

"Although Betis is very tenacious in defense, they still paid the price. They are now sent off one man, and the next time will be quite favorable to Atletico Madrid."

"Lin used a fried ball to dribble, causing the opponent to get a second yellow card. After coming to Spain, Lin's dribbling skills have become more and more headaches for defenders."

Although Atletico Madrid failed to find a chance to score in the last few minutes of the first half, but the opponent played one less player, Atletico Madrid still had plenty of time in the second half.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Atletico Madrid quickly seized the opportunity.

In the 48th minute, Ringer broke through from the center and gave it to Turan on the left. Immediately after that, he ran without the ball towards the opponent's goal. Turan also passed the ball back in time. Ringer raised his foot to stop the ball, and flashed Open the gap and open the door immediately, and the whole process is done in one go.

Although the opponent's goalkeeper has tried his best to make himself fall to the ground quickly, it is still difficult to stop the ball from flying into the goal.

"Gooooooooool~~~~"

"Lin~~ It's Lin's goal again!!"

"Lin and his teammates cooperated and broke into the penalty area to hit the goal. He helped the Sheets break the deadlock!!"

Facing this kind of defensive team, with the first goal, the opponent's defensive determination will not be so great, and the next game will be much easier.

In the 58th minute, Gabi received an inverted triangle return pass from Cork at the front of the penalty area and pushed the far corner to score.

In the 67th minute, in the free kick attack, Atletico Madrid created chaos in the opponent's penalty area, and Costa found a chance to stab the goal in the penalty area.

In the end, Atlético de Madrid defeated Real Betis, the deputy squad leader, 3-0 in the away game, and all three points depended on the result of the national derby.

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Atletico Madrid's game started in the afternoon. After the game ended, the Atletico Madrid team boarded the bus and rushed back to Madrid.

When Ringer and others returned to Madrid, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening, and the northern part of Madrid was already lively, and 9 o'clock would be the time for the national derby to start.

As soon as Linger got off the bus, he was caught by a reporter waiting nearby and asked, "Lin, who do you think will win this national derby?"

"I think they'll draw and that's a fair result."

"Do you really think a draw would be a fair result?"

"Yes, that's what I think."

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Of course, a tie is not a fair result, but it will be more beneficial for Atletico Madrid.

In the current La Liga standings, Atletico Madrid has 74 points, Real Madrid has 69 points, and Barcelona has 66 points.

If Real Madrid draws with Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid can lead Real Madrid by 4 points and Barcelona by 7 points. This is perfect. Real Madrid needs two games to recover, and Barcelona needs three games to recover.

Barcelona beat Real Madrid, this is the second best result, if Barcelona beats Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid lead Barcelona and Real Madrid are 5 points, both teams need two games to catch up.

The last thing Atletico Madrid wants to see is that Real Madrid beat Barcelona. If so, although Atletico Madrid can open the gap with Barcelona to 8 points, Real Madrid is still only 2 points behind Atletico Madrid. The gap of one game is quite dangerous.

After returning from playing the entire game away from home, Ringer quickly went back to sleep.

When I got up early the next morning, there were reports of the National Derby everywhere.

Messi led the team with a hat-trick and defeated Real Madrid 4:3 at the Bernabeu, helping Barcelona double-kill Real Madrid in the league this season.

Although the result of the national derby is not the best result, it is not the worst one either.

Atletico Madrid continues to lead the La Liga standings with 74 points. Barcelona and Real Madrid both have 69 points.

Ancelotti created a record in the first season of coaching. Real Madrid was double-killed by Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​two rivals in the league at the same time. This is the first time in Real Madrid's history.

Messi's hat-trick in this game is his third hat-trick in La Liga this season, or his two consecutive hat-tricks in the league.

Messi is also the same as Ringer. He is the player who has had two consecutive rounds of hat-tricks in La Liga this season.

(End of this chapter)