Chapter 315: Breaking the Undefeated Record
By the end of the 27th round of La Liga on March 23, Real Madrid was close to the 58-game unbeaten record set by AC Milan during the Dutch Three Musketeers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Real Madrid has not lost a single game in 27 rounds of the league, and there are only six draws with opponents, and Real Madrid has no defeat in the two rounds of the group stage of the Champions League, only two draws, plus six rounds of the Copa del Rey match, Real Madrid is now unbeaten in 45 games, and then into April, the Champions League is about to usher in the knockout round, and La Liga will also enter the final stage, although Real Madrid's schedule will be more difficult, but they are not without the opportunity to hit the previous record.
However, at the end of March, not long after Liu Han told his friends that he would leave La Liga after the end of this season, the Spanish media broke the news.
The World Sports Newspaper, which is biased towards Barcelona, reported on the front page of April 1, April Fool's Day, that Liu Han will leave Real Madrid after the end of this season, and according to their usual practice, the reporter of the World Sports Newspaper made a bold "guess" about the reason why Liu Han left Real Madrid. The Spanish players in the Real Madrid team boycotted Liu Han's content.
After this news was revealed, most of the fans who supported Real Madrid would not believe it, they thought it was an April Fool's prank by the Catalans, but when the newspaper Marca also started to report such news, Real Madrid fans began to get a little nervous.
Although the Real Madrid team is now star-studded, and the midfield strength is incomparably stronger, Real Madrid fans always think that Liu Han is the most indispensable one, they can tolerate Ronaldo's departure, they can tolerate Zidane's departure, and even Raul's departure, but Liu Han is the one who can never leave in the minds of Real Madrid fans.
When Liu Han couldn't count how many times he saved Real Madrid on the verge of losing, Liu Han had already become the "Nanbo Bay" in the minds of Real Madrid fans.
Real Madrid's fan groups began to protest at the team's training base, and many fans came to Liu Han's residence to play signs to keep Liu Han.
For these, Liu Han felt very uncomfortable in his heart, although he was a person who didn't talk much, but in fact, he still listened to softness in his heart, he was very happy about the fans' love, and at the same time felt embarrassed for his departure.
However, after some thought, Liu Han treated the fans' retention with silence, and he chose to respond to the fans' love for him with his hard work on the field.
On April 6, 2002, the 28th round of La Liga began, and Real Madrid hosted Rayo Vallecano.
In this game, Liu Han put in a brave performance, scoring a hat-trick with his foot on the top of the head, and the team also beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1, and Real Madrid's unbeaten run continued.
After this game, Real Madrid will face the knockout stages of the Champions League, and their quarter-final opponents are Manchester United, who are the strongest opponents compared to the other teams who have gone toe-to-toe.
Although Manchester United has been slowly pressed by Arsenal in the past two years, they are still the kings of the Premier League, and among the other six teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, in addition to Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan are not too strong, Ajax, Barcelona and Valencia are not too strong opponents.
There has been a rebound in the Champions League Serie A teams this season, since none of the Serie A teams entered the quarterfinals last season, three teams in Serie A have entered the quarterfinals today, as for Barcelona this year, they are now only in tenth place in the La Liga standings, and it seems that they can hardly qualify for next year's Champions League, and Valencia has always been a defeat under Real Madrid, even if Benitez is excellent, he has only those players under him, under Real Madrid's strong attacking power, Valencia can't make waves.
On 9 April 2002, Real Madrid arrived at Old Trafford where they will first take on Manchester United on the road.
Ferguson caught the hole in Real Madrid's back line in this game and mainly played behind the middle, Van Nistelrooy frequently penetrated into the hinterland of Real Madrid's defense, and Beckham also changed his role as the king of the wing and began to lean into the middle, and his passing was very accurate, which posed a great threat to Real Madrid.
By half-time, United were already two goals ahead.
Entering the second half, Real Madrid began to rebound, and Liu Han blew the horn of a counterattack for Real Madrid with a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Ronaldo then used his individual ability to play Gary Neville before a cold shot from inside the box equalised for Real Madrid.
In the 80th minute, David Beckham took a direct free-kick to give United the lead again.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Liu Han disappointed the Manchester people again when Manchester United players and fans alike believed that Old Trafford would end Real Madrid's unbeaten run and also equalised again with a direct free-kick.
Manchester United's 3-3 draw at home to Real Madrid not only extended their unbeaten streak, but also set the stage for their elimination, with three away goals crucial for their next game at the Bernabeu.
The second leg of the meeting between the two sides will take place on 24 April, with two league games and a Copa del Rey fixture remaining, with a favourable schedule for Real Madrid, as the 30th round of the league will be another national derby.
In the league ahead of the second round of the national derby this season, Real Madrid were held to a draw by Real Sociedad after a number of rotations, and the two sides scored a total of eight goals in 90 minutes of playtime, making it a 4-4 scoreline that made this less popular game look very exciting.
In the second round of the national derby this season, Barcelona, which has sunk to the eleventh place in La Liga, played unusually tenacious, and the turmoil of the team disappeared at this time, but Real Madrid's attack was really too strong, so strong that Barcelona did not dare to press too much, and finally the second meeting between the two sides this season still ended in a draw.
In the Copa del Rey match, Real Madrid sent young players as much as they could, but their opponents Sevilla also sent young players, so Real Madrid won the game easily 2-0. The prestige of the Copa del Rey competition has been getting worse every year, and the restructuring must be carried out.
Real Madrid had completed their 50th unbeaten run ahead of the second leg against Manchester United and were getting closer to AC Milan's record. (To be continued.) )