On the evening of April 30, at the Bernabeu Stadium.

In the 34th round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Zaragoza.

It was Real Madrid's first home game since winning the Copa del Rey, and before the game, the team's vice-captains Casillas and Sergio Ramos entered the stadium with the Copa del Rey trophy in their hands, showing the more than 80,000 fans in front of the stadium another trophy that Real Madrid has won this season.

The fans at the scene applauded thunderously and expressed their satisfaction with the current situation of the team.

Although the league is still behind Barcelona, Real Madrid has shown full strength, especially this season has beaten Barcelona three times, which makes Real Madrid even more excited, and now the Copa del Rey is in hand, and the team beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League semi-finals, showing good momentum.

Everyone was convinced that the team would have something to gain in the closing stages.

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Benitez did not play in the main line-up for this game, including Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic, Kaka and Robben and other players who were either on the bench or appeared in the stands, and did not appear in the starting lineup.

The same can be said of Xavi Alonso and Mascherano.

When the captain and vice captain of the team entered the stadium with the Copa del Rey in his hand, the live broadcast camera frequently focused on Yang Yang in the stands, he was sitting in the stands with Su Ye, his mother and his mother, and the agent Raiola, who had a significant increase in his lower abdomen, and his agent Raiola was sitting in the stands, and he looked quite good.

Raiola had come to Madrid to negotiate a contract extension with Real Madrid, and Florentino hopes to negotiate a contract before the end of the season, which is going well so far, but it will definitely take a little time.

In addition to Yang Yang, Ibrahimovic also wants to improve his contract package, but Real Madrid management said that the Swedish centre-forward's contract extension plan is scheduled after Yang Yang.

Gonzalo Higuain single-handedly led the attack, with players such as Angel Di Maria, David Silva and Granero also starting, and teenager Canales also appearing in the starting line-up.

In the end, it was a lineup with a large number of substitute players, and the first half of the game was more chaotic.

Real Madrid's current squad depth is good, but there is also a problem, and that is the lack of playmaking players in the midfield.

Xavi Alonso's position as a midfielder is no longer trusted, Granero is more than diligent, but not capable, and the team is currently increasing the number of reinforcements in this position.

It wasn't until the 62nd minute of the second half that David Silva assisted Ramos' header from a corner.

But then Zaragoza scored a goal to equalise the scores.

In the 84th minute, Higuain assisted Di Maria's low shot from the right rib to extend the score to 2-1 again.

In the end, the score was maintained until the end of the game.

Zaragoza are not very strong, but they are tenacious, and they also forced Barcelona to be very embarrassed at the Camp Nou, and in the end they only lost 0-1, and they also showed tenacity at the Bernabeu tonight.

Real Madrid exposed a lot of problems through this game, such as the lack of ability of teenager Canales, and Granero could not replace Xavi Alonso.

The team's improvement in the second half was partly the result of Rafael Benitez bringing David Silvala back into midfield, with the Spanish midfielder's passing and playmaking performance in the second half that was eye-catching.

But in any case, Real Madrid's midfield organization shortcomings still need to be strengthened.

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Barcelona had just beaten Schalke 04 2-0 away in the Champions League semi-finals, and it can be said that they got the ticket to Wembley Stadium in advance without any surprises, and after returning to La Liga, Pep Guardiola's team narrowly beat Real Sociedad 2-1 away.

This game was played extremely dangerously, Messi and other players were also absent, and in the end it was Thiago and Pedro's goals that helped Barcelona get the precious three points, otherwise, the current league leader is Real Madrid.

Real Madrid and Barcelona both reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and may even participate in the Champions League final, which caused the mood of fans in Spain to be excited, and many media and fans also believed that the suspense of the La Liga title was likely to continue until the final round.

At the very least, in this round of La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona have rotated their lineups, but they have both defeated their opponents without danger, which shows that both teams have considerable determination.

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While Real Madrid are playing in La Liga, Manchester United also has their own devilish schedule.

Alex Ferguson's side have had a packed schedule of late, and they have all been against strong opponents.

In the 34th round of the Premier League, Manchester United won 1-0 at home against David Moyes' Everton; Next up was the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, where they lost 3-1 away to Real Madrid.

After returning to the Premier League, in the 35th round of the Premier League, they challenged Arsenal away, Cristiano Ronaldo was put on the bench, but as a result, Rooney, Hernandez and Nani were in a slump at the same time, and Manchester United failed to create much attacking threat at the Emirates Stadium, but was cut in by Arsenal once to create a scoring opportunity.

Ramsey, who returned from a broken leg, stepped in to score a goal for Arsenal.

The goal once again exposed United's problem, which was the midfielder.

After Fletcher's injury in March, Carrick single-handedly took on the role of United's midfield, but it proved that Carrick alone was not enough, but looking at the current United squad, there is no second person who can make up for this shortcoming.

Manchester United lost to Arsenal in this round, but Chelsea won 2-1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, which directly led to Manchester United's original lead of six points being quickly reduced to three.

What's more, the Reds will once again host Real Madrid in midweek to reach the Champions League final, and at Old Trafford at the weekend, which is set to be the most devilish fixture of the season for the Reds.

Therefore, after Manchester United's loss to Arsenal, many British media commented one after another, calling on Manchester United to let go properly and make a choice on two fronts, preferably the Champions League, because the 1-3 loss in the first leg makes Manchester United very unlikely to turn the tables at home.

The Manchester Evening News bluntly stated that if Ferguson insists on fighting on two fronts, the final result is likely to be that Manchester United is both eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid and defeated by Chelsea at the same time.

But there are also many media who believe that Manchester United's two devil's games are at home.

'You know, Ferguson's side haven't lost a single game at Old Trafford so far this season, so whether it's against Real Madrid or Chelsea, United have a mental advantage.

But soon the media dug into the evidence of rebuttal, because in the Champions League, Manchester United drew two of the three home games in the group stage, one of which was a draw against Valencia, and this time it faced Real Madrid, which was stronger overall.

Fletcher is doomed to not return, so how can Manchester United fill the weakness and shortcomings of the midfield defence?

The media has attracted the attention of countless fans, but there has been a lot of calm inside Manchester United, and no one knows what Ferguson is thinking.

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Fourth of May, Old Trafford.

In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid challenged Manchester United away.

The first half of the game was played with caution on both sides.

Real Madrid is playing away, and Benitez still has a two-back tactic, but he is not greedy, after all, the team has a two-goal advantage, and there is no need to carry out too risky tactics.

Manchester United were a little more proactive than in the first leg, but they were still counter-attack-oriented, basically leaving the attack to Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Nani in front, and the midfield and backfield were still solid.

The caution of both teams led to a pretending first half, with neither side being able to create absolute scoring chances, and neither was able to break down the opponent's goal without increasing their investment.

After the restart of the second half, it was clear that United could not take it anymore.

They had to score two goals at home to turn the tide of the game, so Ferguson began to increase his attacking intensity, bringing on Paul Scholes at half-time to strengthen his team's midfield and attack.

Real Madrid is also actively pressing the defensive line forward, wanting to continue to press Manchester United.

The two sides fought inextricably.

But in the 57th minute, after Real Madrid broke the ball at the back, Kaka split the ball to the right side, and Robben used his speed to go straight to the gap left by Evra's front insertion, dribbling the ball to the right side of the penalty area and then passing back to the edge of the penalty area.

Yang Yang chased Robben all the way, received Robben's pass on the right side of the penalty spot, and pushed with his right foot to break through Van der Sar's goal.

1 to 0!

The goal also shattered Manchester United's illusions completely.

Even if they scored two goals now, they could only be considered an equaliser.

Manchester United began to give it a go, intensifying their attacking efforts, while Real Madrid's backline also made a mistake.

In the 66th minute, Sergio Ramos fouled Cristiano Ronaldo and gave United a free-kick in front, but Ryan Giggs sent the ball into the box and the Portuguese got ahead of everyone and headed home a goal for the Reds to equalise.

One to one, the two sides returned to the same running line.

But at this time, the pace of the game has been pulled extremely fast, and both sides have already played hot-headed.

The ball changed hands back and forth, and the game process was exciting, which made the fans at the scene addicted, but no one could create an absolute chance, until the 77th minute, after Yang Yang started with the ball on the left rib, he successively collided with Kaka and Ibrahimovic in a row of two-over-one collision with the wall, burst into the penalty area with the ball, shot low with his left foot, and broke through Van der Sar's goal again.

Brace!

Two to one!

Real Madrid reached the final!

It was a goal that shattered all illusions for Manchester United.

They had to score four goals in the last ten minutes to beat Real Madrid, and everyone knew it was impossible.

Ferguson also reluctantly sat back in the home team's dugout, unable to hide his disappointment.