Chapter 606: Ending with a Double Crown

According to the stats after the game, Real Madrid had a staggering 79% possession in the second leg, which was not at all like the huge advantage they would have against a team that is also a top club.

In terms of shooting data, 11 in 21 versus 3 in 7 is also an extremely rare situation in the strong dialogue, if you don't watch the game, I believe there will be many people who will throw the pot of Bayern's thrilling promotion to the head coach Ribery.

It's just that the Real Madrid players ran a total of 128,000 meters in 95 minutes (including stoppage time in both halves), which means that even if you count the goalkeeper with a small range of movement, the average player on the field is close to 12,000 meters (according to the position, the two players who form the substitution are regarded as one person).

You must know that according to FIFA statistics, in a normal football game, the average distance of a professional football player is about 10,000 meters. As for the worst and the best, they all vary according to each person's different style of play, but it is recognized that being able to run 12,000 meters is already the most dedicated, and usually there are only two or three people at most in a race.

However, all 14 of Real Madrid's players who played in the second leg of this semi-final meeting, according to the standard of 133.33 meters per minute calculated as 12,000 meters/90 minutes, have reached or far exceeded them, and only Courtois, Varane and Vallejo failed to meet the target due to positional reasons, which is definitely an extremely rare scene.

However, this also proves from the side that Bayern's fiasco is not only due to tactical problems, it seems that it should be attributed to the efforts of Real Madrid players, and it can even be said that they are desperate to create a glimmer of hope for themselves to survive, but in the end they still missed the promotion.

Sadly, the word became the label that almost all the sports media put on the Galacticos after this epic match, and even the official social media of Barcelona, which managed to reach the final, updated an update early the next morning, expressing deep respect for their sworn enemies - of course, Real Madrid have already taken the lead in congratulating their fellow Spanish team and wishing the Catalan giants a summit at the Stadio Speros Luis on 1 June.

With the results of the four semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League on May 7 and 8, European football has entered the final stage of the season, in addition to the two finals that will be held in the last week of May, the big five leagues are also beginning to enter the final period, and there are also several national cup finals that will start in the middle of the season.

However, before the arrival of the new round of the league, the attention of the major media will obviously be more focused on the four teams that failed to break into the European final, and at least half of the topic is occupied by Real Madrid, who almost completed the comeback, and even Manchester City, the defending champion, failed to steal the limelight from the former.

It's just that for Li Mudi and others, the result of the Champions League stopping at the semi-finals has become a thing of the past, although the mood will inevitably be affected, but the team's most important task at the moment is obviously to lock the La Liga championship in advance, as for things like injuries, there is time to deal with them after the vacation period.

So after the match against Bayern, Real Madrid once again imposed news control, deliberately reducing the outside world's interference with the team's preparations, hoping to take home the 35th La Liga trophy in the club's history by the weekend.

But once again, their hopes were disappointed, and in the once glorious but now somewhat bleak Stadio Riazor, Real Madrid, who played with a completely different starting line-up from four days ago, although they controlled the initiative from the beginning, fell into the quagmire of being scoreless. After getting nine shots in the first half hour, they still couldn't take the lead in the score, but were almost attacked by the opponent with a counterattack.

Because of that distress, their offensive gradually calmed down, but they also lost the momentum to win the game in one go. After that, even if Li Mudi replaced Rodrygo and Mbappe successively, hoping to score at least one goal, he failed to take advantage of Laco's super-level defensive line, and an upset with 0-0 as the final ending was staged in the penultimate round of the league.

The Madrid media and Real Madrid fans, who had already prepared for the title in advance, had to push back their celebrations by a week. And after Barcelona's comeback win in this round, the difference between the top two teams in the standings has come to a mere one point, although in terms of situation, the probability of the leader still has the absolute upper hand, but at least compared to the previous situation, Xavi and his disciples seem to have some more reasons to expect some miracles.

At the same time, Deportivo La Coruna, which has been up and down this season, also relied on this precious point to announce the success of relegation in advance, so that the old club can finally breathe a sigh of relief. This is also the second time that they have ruined the latter's good deeds after blocking the Galaxy in the Copa del Rey final of Real Madrid's centennial celebration in 2002, which has aroused a lot of media interest. It's just that the gap between the two sides' current situation is really big, and it can be said that there is no point in comparison, which makes many people sigh about the decline of the Super Laco team back then.

Aside from the joy of Deportivo La Coruna (in fact, according to the Spanish abbreviation of the team, it should be more accurate to translate as a sports team), just look at Real Madrid, who missed the chance to win the championship, because of this slightly unexpected draw, everyone from the manager to the players, everyone added some pressure out of thin air.

Even though the initiative in the title race is still firmly in their own hands, there is no theoretical reason why they cannot take all three points at home to Racing Santander, who have already confirmed relegation in the final round. But football is round after all, and God knows what will happen then, so even the slightest possibility of becoming a laughing stock will have a certain impact on Real Madrid's mentality.

Fortunately, Li Mudi is very good at regulating the nervousness of the players, and with the help of external plug-ins, he can deal with the situation in time before it deteriorates further. Isn't there a famous saying in the Celestial Empire, there is no problem that can't be solved by one barbecue, if there is, then two.

Taking advantage of Monday's break, the Real Madrid coach invited the whole team, including the coaching staff, to his villa in the evening to enjoy a barbecue buffet party.

After a closer look at the boss's new mansion, almost all the Real Madrid players strongly condemned the "black-hearted capitalist" because this super villa in the famous rich area of the Spanish capital is so beautiful.

Although the 1,800-square-meter area is not comparable to the most expensive properties in the country, this is not a seaside city like Mallorca or Malaga, and Madrid is in short supply, and it is even more expensive to be located in this affluent area.

Five bedrooms, three bedrooms, garden, open-air swimming pool...... The facilities that a traditional villa should have are also lacking here, so the price will naturally not be very approachable.

34.5 million euros, this is still the preferential price given by the previous owner of this villa in order to welcome Li Mudi to successfully take over Real Madrid, and also claimed that if there is a plan to sell in the future, he is willing to pay at least the original price of the figure to buy, indicating that the real value of this house is indeed unimaginable to ordinary people.

After venting the negative emotions caused by the previous Champions League exit and the unexpected draw by Deportivo La Coruna by denouncing Li Mudi together, the team's mental outlook has been greatly improved, and the competitive state has also begun to improve.

Before the final round of La Liga matches was about to start on the 18th, Real Madrid had completely solved their own troubles and was able to usher in the final game of the season in the best condition.

As a result, at the Bernabeu Stadium, the Galaxy Battleship, which gave its full strength, did not think about saving face for the visiting Racing Santander, and scored eight goals in one go with a shooting efficiency of 17 of 29 in the game.

When the game was just about half an hour into the game, Real Madrid took a three-goal lead, and everyone knew that the suspense of the La Liga title had finally been ended, and Melinger could finally vent the sullen breath that had been held in his heart after the Copa del Rey final.

Immediately after the game, the preparations for the award ceremony were carried out in an orderly manner in the venue, and the work of setting up a temporary stage was simply a familiar pediatric for a giant like Real Madrid, who has been winning championships all year round, and it was not worth mentioning at all.

The only thing that is regrettable is that there is no trophy to be lifted at this ceremony, because according to the Spanish Football Federation's bizarre rules, if the championship is produced in the last round of the league, then the trophy will not be awarded immediately after the match, but will be awarded to the team at their first home match next season.

This kind of unheard-of award rules is estimated to be formulated only by Spaniards who have water in their heads, and even the football associations of a certain Asian country with dung in their brains have to bow down and be ashamed of themselves in this regard.

However, regardless of whether there is a specific object symbolizing the championship honor, it will not affect the excitement of the Real Madrid players, even if it is inevitable that some of them will not be able to wait for the moment to touch the trophy next season, but as a harvest season that has been hard for ten months to the end, the results of winning the domestic league and cup double can still be called excellent.

If the result of the treble is only one and a half steps away from everyone has to keep crying and mourning, then few people in the more than 100-year history of modern football can laugh.

So the absence of trophies and Champions League failures are completely forgotten by the club members and the Millingers, and the only thing they need to do at this time is to enjoy the thrill of being the king of La Liga, and the rest of the problems will be bothered after the night has passed.

In the evening of the next day, the entire Real Madrid team embarked on a specially made open-top double-decker bus and began their victory parade outside the Bernabeu Stadium, accompanied by more than 4,000 fans, no weaker than when they lifted the Big-Eared Cup in previous years.

As the bus progressed, the team's former No.4 captain, Raphael Varane, Asensio, Rayo Vallejo and Marcos Llorente, lifted the club's replica of the La Liga trophy and the Copa del Rey trophy now removed from the showroom, interacting with the fans on both sides of the road.

As for Li Mudi, who was also shouted by everyone's name, after staying for a while at the beginning, he went to the lower floor to rest. However, Hierro, who had been there for a long time, did not let him go, but pulled the Real Madrid coach to discuss the preparation plan for next season, and this exchange directly waited for the critical moment when the bus drove into the Harvest Goddess Square.

After that, it was Varane, the first captain, who climbed the statue of the goddess, but as the head coach of the team, Li Mudi also had to come to the center of the square to pose and prepare for the subsequent speech, and his communication with the director of Real Madrid came to an end temporarily.

However, the communication between the two of them did not end there, and before and after the luncheon held at noon the next day, in the eyes of outsiders, Li Ye, the two bigwigs of the Real Madrid club, always sat together and muttered some "conspiracy", which made some players feel a trace of coolness in the back of their heads.

During the luncheon, assistant coach Platz, as the team's official spokesperson, announced that the first team will start the holiday early the next day, the 21st, and correspondingly, the new season will be reported much earlier, and the head coach hopes to have more time to polish the team's tactical proficiency and prepare the team for a good start to the new season.

In the just-concluded 2024-25 season, if it weren't for the unexpected loss of points in the first two rounds of the league, Real Madrid would have locked up the La Liga title earlier, so that they might have been able to deal with the Champions League schedule as calmly as Bayern, and the outcome is likely to change.

For this somewhat excessive request, most of the players have thought about it for a while or contacted their agents and said that there is no problem. As for the few who have not made a definite statement, except for the two who do have conflicts with important matters and need some time to try to adjust, the rest are not in the list of the team's new season lineup that Li Mudi has already prepared.

The next operation will be under the jurisdiction of Hierro, and Li Mudi will also take advantage of some time to hurry up and deal with personal affairs, and when he returns to Valdebebas again, there may have been a lot of things and people wrong.