On the evening of January 28, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.

Just two minutes into the game, the Bernabeu erupted in thunderous cheers, but not because of the goal, but because Real Madrid had a record of 660 consecutive clean sheets in official matches in the past period, setting the best record in the club's history in 112 years.

This is an astonishing palmares!

Especially for Real Madrid, which advocates offensive football, defense has always been the weakness of the team, and even the goalkeeper problem has always plagued Real Madrid, but in such an unfavorable situation, Real Madrid has created the best defensive record in history.

Casillas has not been in satisfactory form this season, but his recent form has been more consistent, and Carlo Ancelotti has begun to drop Javi Martinez more into central defence, often switching to a back three, which has made Real Madrid's defence even more solid.

This set the best record in the club's 100-year history.

But it was only a record, and the players and fans didn't pay much attention to it, only two minutes later, the crowd erupted in wild cheers again.

This time it's the goal.

In the fourth minute, Yang Yang took a set-piece opportunity on the left side of the periphery of the penalty area, 28 meters away from the goal, and directly kicked a powerful free kick through the goal of the Espanyol team and opened the scoring for Real Madrid.

The Spaniards then started to fight back as they had to score three goals to turn the tables around.

In the seventh minute, after the Real Madrid midfielder broke the ball, Xavi Alonso took the ball just past the halfway line, directly kicked a long pass over the top, accurately crossed the Espanyol defense, and the teenager Hesse quickly inserted it, stopped the ball on his chest, burst into the penalty area, and pushed the goal.

Two to zero!

Yang Yang was also in the high-speed sprint just now, although Hesse did not pass the ball to him, but seeing this kid hit the goal himself, Yang Yang was also very happy for him, and the first one ran over to celebrate with him.

Nowadays, more and more people have begun to believe that Hesse is not only Yang Yang's apprentice, but will also fight side by side with Yang Yang in the near future, and even take over Yang Yang's class.

Although, Yang Yang is only twenty-seven years old.

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After beating Levante 4-1 away, Barcelona returned to Camp Nou and beat Levante 5-1 to advance to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey with an aggregate score of 9-2.

This is undoubtedly quite an impressive record, as Barcelona played a surprising attack in both legs.

But interestingly, both games were reversals.

At the Camp Nou, former Barcelona academy player Sergi Roberto opened the scoring for Levante, then Adriano and Puyol scored successively to reverse the score, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace, and finally the Portuguese assisted Cesc Fabregas to score a goal.

Messi sat on the bench all over the game and did not play a minute.

After the game, the media and fans had mixed reviews for Barcelona's two-legged match.

To be sure, Barcelona's attack did play well, but both games were conceded first and then reversed, which has to be wondering, because it is definitely not a coincidence.

Then there is Messi's absence.

Martino's explanation is to let Messi rest, but one thing that cannot be denied is that after Messi's absence, Barcelona's frontcourt attack played very lively, which made people suspenseful.

Is Messi still an essential player for this Barcelona team?

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The other two teams that reached the last four of the Copa del Rey were Atletico Madrid, who beat Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad, who eliminated Racing Santander.

According to the previous draw, Real Madrid met Atletico Madrid and staged a city derby.

Barcelona had better luck and met Real Sociedad.

As a result, many are looking forward to another Copa del Rey final.

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With the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg coming up in midweek, Carlo Ancelotti made a strong rotation in La Liga at the weekend, with Yang Yang on the bench.

Before Real Madrid, Barcelona had just lost 3-2 to Valencia at Camp Nou.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for Barcelona in the seventh minute, but Banega and Piatti then scored back.

Messi snapped a recent goal drought with a penalty in the 54th minute of the second half, but just five minutes later, Paco added another goal for Valencia.

In the 79th minute, Alba accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off with a red card, and Barcelona was forced to play with one less man, and finally had to hate the home defeat to Valencia, getting their third defeat of the season.

After the game, the Catalan media was in mourning, and Martino's position was seriously questioned.

Although Messi scored a goal in this game, it was a penalty, except for this penalty, Messi basically did not perform too well for the rest of the time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar also performed poorly, which made everyone have to wonder whether Martino has the ability to inspire the strength of the three superstars in the frontcourt?

Cruyff, the godfather of Barça, even said in his column that Barça should start thinking about next season.

The implication is that this season's Barcelona is no longer playing in the face of Real Madrid, which has maintained an unbeaten record so far!

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Atletico Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-0 at home.

The two semi-finalists who also reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey ended with a big scoreline, and Atletico's performance and form were eye-catching.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, drew 1-1 away at Athletic Bilbao and youngster Jesus scored a goal.

Despite a draw, Real Madrid are unbeaten in the 22nd round of the season, and are the only team in Europe's top five leagues to remain unbeaten so far.

Even many Catalan media believe that although Ancelotti's team has stumbled this season, it is actually very stable, never dropping points easily, and so far leading Barcelona by as many as nine points, and as many as eight points ahead of Atletico Madrid, which is currently ranked second, winning the championship is already a high probability event.

What makes Barcelona fans even more annoyed is that in the latest issue of the world-famous sports magazine [World Football], a detailed ranking of players' annual salaries has been made, and Yang Yang is far ahead with an annual salary of 25 million euros after tax, which is a fact that everyone knows, so it is not surprising.

What is really surprising and annoying to Barcelona fans is that in this list, there are five Barcelona players in the top 10 players, namely Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo tied for second place, and finally Xavi, Iniesta and Neymar are ranked seventh, eight or nineth.

As soon as this result was announced, it immediately caused a shock in world football.

There is only one Real Madrid player in the top ten, that is Yang Yang, which shows that Real Madrid has done a good job in salary control, but Barcelona has five players selected, which has to be said to be quite a terrifying thing.

Although before, the German authority announced that Barcelona's financial income reached 500 million last season, but it is more because they won the Champions League, and they are still far behind Real Madrid, the Galaxy Battleship's financial revenue last year was close to 700 million euros, a significant increase for several consecutive years.

In the case that the financial income is far inferior to Real Madrid, Barcelona's player salary expenditure is so huge, which also makes the outside world say that they can't understand it, and Barcelona fans are deeply annoyed, especially now, after so much money has been invested, the team's competitiveness has not improved.

After bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, Messi has fallen into a slump, which has angered the media and fans, Martino's position is in jeopardy, and acting president Bartomeu is also in a crisis of confidence.

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Halfway through the fixture, Real Madrid are in first place, Atletico Madrid are second, and Madrid are in the top two of the La Liga table, a situation that has not been seen in decades, which makes the opening match of the Copa del Rey between the two sides even more intense.

Atletico Madrid are currently eight points behind Real Madrid and a comeback is unlikely, so they are also aiming for the cup competition, while Real Madrid also want to make a difference in the cup competition with the team's excellent bench depth.

Never giving up on a title, that's Real Madrid's credo.

Especially this season, the growth and progress of young players such as Jesus, Morata and Ilia Ramendi has made Real Madrid see the confidence of multi-front fighting, and this time against Atletico Madrid, Jesé replaced Hazard and appeared in the left winger position.

The Real Madrid academy youngster, who had just scored a goal against Athletic Bilbao, started the derby but was not frightened, but showed great courage.

The main entanglement between the two sides took place in midfield.

Atletico Madrid's actions were as brutal as ever, and Simeone had already made it clear that they would do everything they could to limit Real Madrid's passing and possession, and thus contain Real Madrid's attack.

At the beginning of the game, Diego Costa knocked over Vermaelen directly during a frontcourt press, and was rushed up by Ramos and knocked to the ground, but fortunately the referee did not give a penalty.

But then, Diego Costa pulled down Mascherano in another aerial duel, but the Argentine was equally unambiguous, and before he went to the ground, he also pulled down Diego Costa, and the two fell together.

This time, the referee gave warnings to both players.

In addition to Real Madrid's half-time, Atletico Madrid also frequently used fouls to interrupt the game, and they made full use of the referee's softer whistle style in this game to disrupt Real Madrid's rhythm and deployment based on the principle of passing the ball.

It's a clear tactical feature with Atletico Madrid and Simeone.

For nearly 20 minutes, there was only one shot on goal, Real Madrid took a corner, Vermaelen's header was blocked by Courtois, and Atletico Madrid was a quick counter-attack from the wing, and Turan's header was saved by Casillas, and neither side could create a threat.

This made the situation on the field of play very deadlocked, and no one was able to take advantage of the other.

Atletico Madrid's defensive tenacity, Real Madrid has already understood and prepared enough, but when it comes to the game, in the face of such an opponent, it is really powerless.

"You can only see how the players play!" Carlo Ancelotti sighed from the sidelines.

At least, in the face of such Atletico Madrid, anyone will have a headache.

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