After 35 rounds of the league, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are still on the same point, and the competition for the league title is so fierce that people can't help but think of the 2006-2007 season, when Barcelona and Real Madrid also started from the 34th round of the league, and they were tied until the last round.

The league title is still determined by the record of the two teams against each other - because Real Madrid has one win and one draw in the two league games against Barcelona, so they beat their opponents on the same points as Barcelona and became the league champions.

However, when Real Madrid won the championship, the points were only 76 points.

And now the battle between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona has stretched the points to 89 points.

Whether it's Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, they can't win the championship after 89 points, what is this concept?

That's what happened to the other three leagues this season.

Juventus are the giants of Serie A, and they are also top of the table this season, with 79 points from 34 games in Serie A, 15 points ahead of second-placed Roma, and have already won the title with four rounds remaining.

After 31 rounds of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, the first place in the league, has 76 points, 14 points ahead of the second-place Wolfsburg with three rounds remaining, and has already won the championship in advance.

After 35 rounds of Premier League games, Chelsea has 83 points, 12 points ahead of second-place Arsenal, and there are three rounds left in the league, but Chelsea has a goal difference of nine more than Arsenal, and it is hard to imagine that Arsenal can reverse the championship, and it can be said that Chelsea has basically lifted the league trophy.

Serie A can win the championship in advance with 79 points, the Bundesliga can win the championship in advance with 76 points, and the Premier League 83 points can basically win the championship in advance.

And what about La Liga?

It's 89 points, and the league championship can't be decided.

Some people say that La Liga is not competitive enough, which means that those teams in the middle and lower reaches will find it difficult to pose a threat to the teams at the top of the table, especially after the monopoly of the Spanish Super League, and the other 18 teams are like soy sauce.

But after Simeone took charge of Atletico Madrid, the situation has improved, and although it is still difficult for other teams to compete with the Spanish Super League giants, at least now Atletico Madrid can bite Barcelona and make it impossible for them to win the title after 89 points.

Who says La Liga isn't a tough competition for the league title?

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In the 36th round of the league, everyone doesn't care much about who will fall first between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Because in such a situation, whether it is Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, it is too difficult to overturn in advance.

If you want the suspense of the league championship to end, you should wait until the 37th round of the league after one round, when it will be a direct dialogue between the two teams, and it should be decided anyway.

In the event of a draw, Atletico Madrid will basically say goodbye to the league title, as they do not have an advantage in the record against Barcelona. Even if they are evenly scored, they will be ranked behind Barcelona for this reason.

As everyone analyzed, sure enough, the thirty-seventh round of the league had no waves.

Barcelona, who played first, won 2-0 at home against Real Sociedad.

The next day, Atletico Madrid also beat Levante 4-2 away. Gao Zheng assisted a goal for Antoine Griezmann in this game, but he did not score himself.

Antoine Griezmann broke out in this game, scoring his first hat-trick since joining Atletico Madrid. His individual league goal tally has also risen to ten.

Considering Gao Zheng's absolute core position in Atletico Madrid's attack, as his partner, being able to score ten goals is also a good performance.

After this round of the league, there are two things worth paying attention to in the entire Spanish football world - the first is whether Real Madrid can reach the Champions League final; The second is the La Liga title battle between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Real Madrid lost 2-1 away to Juventus in the first leg of the semi-finals, and although they lost, they scored an away goal and were one goal behind, and there is still hope that they will be eliminated when they return to their home stadium.

And the league title race between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona is even more eye-catching.

Before the game, there was a war of words between the media, the players and the club's hierarchy on both sides.

First of all, "World Sports" turned over the history of the confrontation between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and led everyone to focus on a "classic game" - in the 35th round of the league in the 2006-2007 season, Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid 6-0 away.

The match attracted the attention of public opinion at the time, because it was the first time in history that Atletico Madrid had lost so badly at their home stadium.

Neither in La Liga nor in the Copa del Rey have Atletico Madrid conceded a net of six goals against Barcelona – the biggest of the two teams was a 7-3 home win over Atletico Madrid and a 6-4 home win over Barcelona in the meeting, but it wasn't the worst defeat.

Before this match in the 2006-2007 season, Atletico Madrid's worst defeat was a net five goals to Barcelona, both home and away - they lost 0:5 to Barcelona away and Barcelona 0:5 at home, which was in the 1992-1993 Copa del Rey, so 0:5 was the biggest home defeat to Barcelona by Atletico Madrid.

As a result, in the 35th round of the 2006-2007 season, Atletico Madrid broke this shameful record on their home turf. The 0-6 score was not only Barcelona's biggest win against Atletico Madrid in La Liga history, but also Atletico Madrid's biggest defeat at their home stadium – even against Real Madrid, they had never lost so badly.

Torres was furious after the game, very unhappy with the performance of his teammates.

Later, in the summer of 2007, Atletico Madrid's "golden boy" Torres left the team, and some say it was in that defeat that he was so disappointed in his team.

At the time, there were rumors that Atletico Madrid had deliberately lost so cleanly on their home turf.

Because Barcelona was competing with Real Madrid for the league title at the time, they were level on points with Real Madrid. In order to prevent the city's rival Real Madrid from winning the championship, Atletico Madrid took the initiative to dedicate himself and gave Barcelona a big gift at home.

Of course, Atletico Madrid flatly denied it, but there was always such a statement in public opinion at that time, anyway, Real Madrid fans scolded their sworn enemies in the same city at that time.

Now, eight seasons have passed, and only Torres is still in the Atletico Madrid squad of the players who went through that game.

So it was only natural that the player who had witnessed "history" would talk about his thoughts on that game.

"This time is different from the past, Atletico Madrid is now a team that wants to win, to win titles, my time has passed. I don't even remember what it was. We need victory now, and all other speculations are ridiculous......"

Speaking to reporters, Torres said.

He said it lightly, but there was still some bitterness to hear.

Especially when he said, "My time is over," the rest of the Madrid journalists present were stunned.

How shining Fernando Torres was at the beginning. At the time, all Atletico Madrid fans thought that he would stay at Atletico Madrid and create a glorious era.

After losing 6-0 to Barcelona, Torres left the team he had vowed to stay with for the rest of his life.

Subsequently, his career also had several ups and downs, and in his glory days at Liverpool, there was also a plummeting after going to Chelsea.

The "golden boy" who terrified his opponents in the past has become a "prince who can't enter the empty door" by everyone.

On the Internet, everyone tried their best to make up jokes to hack him.

He was loaned back to Atletico Madrid after Chelsea and AC Milan couldn't find his form, but he was only a substitute in this team, and his form was not as good as before. Even the No. 9 jersey he wore at Atletico Madrid has changed owners and is worn on Gao Zheng.

That's why he admits that "his time has passed."

Today's Atletico Madrid belongs to the generation of Gao Zheng and Grieze.

"I know that Atletico Madrid won La Liga at Camp Nou last season, football and destiny are like that. This time, Barcelona could also win the title at our home stadium. But I don't want that because we need champions too. ”

A Catalan journalist stood up and asked: "Before you left Atletico Madrid, you were the absolute leader here. But now that you're back and you're only on the bench, does that make you feel a little bit behind? ”

His question attracted the attention of others present, and many Madrid reporters looked at him with obvious anger in their eyes - did you ask such a question? With the performance and form of Gao Zheng and Griezmann, isn't it normal for Torres, who only returned from loan during the winter break, to play as a substitute?

Of course, everyone is very good at Torres before, and his status in this team is indeed very different from now, but everyone consciously does not want to talk about Torres in front of him, on the one hand, they don't want to stimulate Torres, and on the other hand, they naturally don't want to create infighting in the team, and they don't want everyone's attention to be on this kind of boring thing.

The result has now been stabbed out by a Catalan journalist.

Facing everyone's worried and angry eyes, Torres smiled: "Psychological gap? No. It's a blessing for me to be back here. On the 4th of January, it was still a little cold in Madrid, but the stadium was full of people who came to see me, to take penalties, to come back to ...... Winning trophies is a memory, but it's only one time to come back and I'll keep it in my heart. And I left eight years ago, and a lot has happened in eight years, and nothing lasts forever. Now I'm preparing for the game every week, waiting for my chance, hoping to help the team score. But if I can't play, I'll cheer for my team-mates off the pitch and hopefully they can win the game...... I have nothing to complain about or complain about. As I said, after eight years, a lot has changed, but when I come back to Calderón again, I am content with so many people coming to see me. ”

Torres' remarks brought tears to the eyes of many Madrid reporters in the audience.

These reporters have been with the team for many years, and many of them even met Torres when he was a fledgling genius, and now that so many years have passed, watching the ups and downs of Torres' career, as well as the ups and downs of Atletico Madrid, have made them feel a lot.

Now watching Torres smile and calmly discuss what he went through on stage, many people can't control their emotions.

Yes, it's been eight years, and the former golden boy has become a prodigal son.

Fortunately, the prodigal son returned home.

And we still have a league title to fight for, which is the best gift for the prodigal son to come home, right?