Real Madrid, which had just taken advantage of Barcelona's unexpected defeat in the last round of the league to narrow the gap between the two teams to 5 points, was almost defeated by Osasuna in this round of the league, and immediately became the "news material" of Barcelona's mouthpiece media "World Sports".

"Although this season's La Liga is not yet halfway through, the two points that Real Madrid have lost to Osasuna are likely to bid them farewell to the league title this season."

"Although Real Madrid, who have played one game first, are only seven points and four points away from Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, who are currently in the top two places in the standings, it is almost impossible for Real Madrid to recover the seven-point gap in the remaining games with the strong performance shown by Atletico Madrid in this season's competition."

This season's Atletico Madrid not only continued the strong and stable performance of the past two seasons on the defensive end, but also made their defensive counterattack tactics almost insoluble after the introduction of Feng Quan, the "king of speed". So far, Atletico Madrid have won all of the games where they have scored the first goal. ”

And, in addition to sharp and quick counter-attacks, Diego Costa, who has ushered in a big explosion this season, can not only take on the role of a bridgehead in the counterattack, but also often complete the decisive task in the positional attack. Regardless of any La Liga team, it will be extremely difficult to beat or even draw against Atletico Madrid, which is becoming more solid defensively and sharper in attack. ”

"Therefore, unless Atletico Madrid suffers a large number of injuries in the remaining games, it will be difficult for Real Madrid to close the huge gap of seven points."

If you look at the first half of this review alone, many readers will even mistake it for the "queen" journalist of Atletico Madrid, but in fact, the second half of the review is the real point.

"Of course, Atletico Madrid is not an invincible opponent. When they face teams that are significantly better at passing than their own, their performance will be compromised. ”

"The reason why Atletico Madrid's performance on the defensive end is eye-catching, in addition to the outstanding defensive ability of the defenders, the high pressing of the frontcourt players, to a certain extent, slows down the rhythm of the opponent, so as to win more defensive time for the defenders, which is also one of the important factors for their defensive solidity."

"However, once the opposing players can break Atletico Madrid's high press with their superb passing ability, and use the ground pass to quickly advance into their half, it will also pose a big threat to their goal."

Although it is not clearly stated in the article who is the team with "superb passing ability", anyone with a discerning eye can see that "World Sports" is referring to the Barcelona team.

The reason why "World Sports" does this is that it hopes to use the "strength" of Atletico Madrid to contrast the "incompetence" of Real Madrid, and then finally use the "metaphor" to say that only the Barcelona team has the ability to stop Atletico Madrid from moving towards the La Liga championship trophy.

However, how could Real Madrid's "descendant" media, led by "Marca" and "As", turn a blind eye to "World Sports' insult to its "master".

However, since Real Madrid did come close to facing Osasuna, who are fighting for relegation, they really can't go head-to-head with World Sports.

So, they found the "FIFA virus" as an excuse to help Real Madrid exonerate.

Not only that, but they also believe that Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, which will play their respective matches later, will also be difficult to give fans a good performance in the game due to the "FIFA virus". What's more, their opponents in this round of the league, Villarreal and Valencia, both have the quality to challenge for a European spot.

However, less than 24 hours later, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid successively used their actual actions to slap the face of Real Madrid's "descendant" media led by "Marca" and "As".

It was true that Barcelona were a bit dull in the opening stages because the players were not in the best physical condition.

However, as the game time went on, the Barcelona team, which gradually controlled the situation on the field, was the first to break the equilibrium on the field.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Messi, the soul of Barcelona, received a pass from Iniesta on the right side of the frontfield, and got rid of the entanglement of three Villarreal players and went to the top of the penalty area.

Just when the defenders were speculating whether Messi would shoot from a distance or dribble into the penalty area and then shoot with his feet, Mei Tianwang suddenly sent a through ball to the empty space on the left side of the penalty area.

In the next moment, Neymar, who slapped the horse, adjusted slightly, and took the lead in breaking the Villarreal goal with a curling ball from the inside of his right foot.

After the score was ahead, Barcelona showed its passing advantage to the fullest.

In the 41st minute of the first half, Barcelona's Busquets, Iniesta, and Xavi passed the ball to Messi's feet on the right side of the front field after four consecutive non-stop passes.

When Messi, who cut inside to the edge of the box, tried to break through into the box, he was knocked down by the opposing defender outside the box.

Messi, who was knocked to the ground, was unable to break into the box, but also made the opposition player pay a yellow card, while also winning a well-placed direct free kick for Barcelona.

Not only that, Messi also took advantage of this free-kick opportunity to extend Barcelona's lead to two goals.

After the change of sides, Villarreal took advantage of Pique's low-level mistake to pull a goal back in the 17th minute of the second half, but just three minutes later, Neymar received Messi's ball at the edge of the penalty area and knocked on the opponent's door again with a wonderful curling ball.

In the end, with Neymar's brace and Messi's free kick, there was no danger to win a victory on his home turf.

Atletico Madrid, which played a little later, only took less than half an hour to kill the suspense of the game in advance.

Originally, Valencia also wanted to take advantage of the poor physical condition of the Atletico Madrid players and the absence of main striker Diego Costa due to injury to "steal" three points at the Wonderland Metropolitano Stadium. I never thought that the goal would be lost just 2 minutes into the game.

At that time, Feng Quan, who cut inside from the left side of the front court to the front of the big penalty area, attracted the attention of many defenders of the opposing team, and first shot from a distance.

When the opposing defender tried to go forward to block the shooting line, Feng Quan suddenly stuffed the ball into the relatively empty area on the right side of the penalty area.

David Villa, who received the pass, first got his left foot past a Valencia player who stepped forward to fill the position, and then fired the ball into the top right corner of the goal from less than 10 yards.

Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves touched the ball with his fingertips, but after changing direction slightly, it grazed the post on the right side of the goal and drilled into the net.

13 minutes later, Feng Quan, who switched to the right side, sent a fast cross into the box about 5 meters from the baseline.

Raul Garcia, who stepped forward in front of goal, smashed the ball into the net with Nicolás Otame.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Feng Quan, with his back to the goal, received a pass from David Villa on the edge of the box and immediately played the ball back to Alda Turan near the top of the box.

Alda Turan took the ball and fired a long-range shot before slotting it into David Villa, who was inserted into the right side of the penalty area, when Romeu, the defender of the opposition came up to block.

David Villa, who received the pass, did not choose to break or shoot in the first place, but drew the attention of the opposing defender to himself and passed the ball to the penalty spot.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Quan, who had been lying in ambush near the penalty spot, first opened his arms to block Otamendi behind him, waited until the ball rolled to his side, and then pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal with his right foot. 8)