In a flash, it was early February, and after sending his parents, wife and daughter on the morning of the 4th to board a flight to Kyoto, Li Mudi went directly to the team's training ground to prepare for the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals to be held the next night.

The Spring Festival of 2025 is at the end of January, and the first day of the Lunar New Year coincides with the start of the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.

And because Li Mudi is very busy with his work and rarely has free time to stay at home, and Lin Yuner also has to take Xiao Xiyin back to East Asia to deal with the business of the film and television company and reunite with their families in the same kimchi country, the two old men simply advanced the original plan to return to China to visit relatives, so that their son once again lived a miserable life of staying alone in an empty house.

Fortunately, during this period of time, Real Madrid's results are still relatively good, which can be regarded as bringing some comfort to Li Mudi, otherwise this New Year would have been too sad.

After a 2-0 home win over Celta Vigo in the first leg, the Galacticos used a strategy of active possession at the Stadio de Valedos a week later to qualify for the semi-finals with ease.

Coincidentally, Real Madrid's league opponents the following weekend were still Celta Vigo, nicknamed Sky Blue or Olive Tree (as the locals call them), but the venue was changed to the Bernabeu, otherwise the team would not have returned to Madrid and would have stayed in the Galician community until the end of the weekend.

However, the advantage of home in the competitive sport of football cannot be underestimated, although there is a big difference between the two starting lineups that Li Mudi has discharged in four days in strict accordance with the rotation system, but the overall strength level is still roughly maintained at a considerable level.

After the away game was 0-0, Real Madrid, who returned to their own home, used almost exactly the same tactics to play a 4-0 victory, suppressing the opponent to the death throughout the game, so that Celta missed the target with a kick, and the Ukrainian international Andrei Lunin even had to often warm up in front of the goal himself to maintain enough tension.

It's hard to believe that the two teams played a draw four days ago, and the huge gap between them can be easily detected even by those who don't know the ball, and if it weren't for the fact that the big picture was decided, Real Madrid's side would have caused a carnage early on with Manuel Pellegri and two young players who were still looking for a feeling.

After the game, Celta coach Aspas, who was a supporter of Real Madrid when he was a player, told reporters who interviewed him that he was convinced of the defeat and learned a lot from Coach Li, and hoped that after returning home, he could summarize and strive to integrate this new knowledge as soon as possible to improve the strength of the team.

Soon after, when Li Mudi took advantage of the rare free time to carefully check the current situation of various teams in La Liga with the FM system, he accidentally found that Aspas's personal information column had included his name in the list of his favorite people, which is still very rare for people who are neither relatives and friends nor have ever worked together, and can't help but make the Real Madrid coach feel a sense of pride in his heart. Could it be that the common attributes of kingly domineering or personality charm are finally going to be displayed in themselves? Secretly happy, he has not made such a YY guess.

Not to mention how happy Li Mudi's mood has become because of this discovery, he turned his perspective to the leader of La Liga. After ending their unbeaten streak in the league this season, the Galaxy Battleship made a better start to the restart, not only reaching the semi-finals of the domestic cup, but also winning two consecutive league games.

They first visited the Stadio de la Sing and had a thrilling 2-1 win over Villarreal, who were in the process of challenging for a European spot, and then won Celta Vigo at home to Celta Vigo, who have exceeded expectations this season.

On 5 February, Real Madrid travelled to the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals to the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan Stadium, perhaps the most painful memory for them, to challenge one of their biggest sufferers, Sevilla.

The club, located in the capital of Andalusia, Spain's southernmost region, is known around the world for winning five Europa Leagues (including the UEFA Cup) once, although it has only won La Liga once in its history (1945-46). Fans of the Celestial Empire even nicknamed the Sevilla Cup, the second biggest tournament in European clubs, jokingly recognizing the team's strength.

However, for Spanish football and the Meilingues, the reason why this team nicknamed "Basin" can occupy the ranks of the second-tier powerhouses for a long time, in addition to their perennial ability to maintain the league ranking between third and eighth, is naturally due to their performance that can often deflate the top two teams in the Western Super League, especially the Galaxy Battleship.

In the opening game of the 1939-40 season, Sevilla FC at home had beaten Barcelona 11-1, three years before Real Madrid, and was second only to Athletic Bilbao's record for the largest defeat in Barça club history set in 1931 (12-1, when the Basque Lions used a 2-3-5 formation unimaginable in modern times, with homegrown striker Bata scoring seven goals alone).

This also explains why Barcelona played as if they had met their father's killer every time they met Sevilla in later generations, resulting in the former's winning rate approaching 60% in the history of the two sides, which is obviously not what their normal level should be. However, with that 11-1 win more than 80 years ago, the Andalusian capital team is qualified to speak with their heads held high in front of Barça.

As for the history of the war with Real Madrid, it shows the exact opposite. In the forties and fifties of the last century, although Sevilla also had 5-0 and 4-0 victories over the Galaxy Battleship at its peak, but in more cases, Real Madrid, which had superstars like Di Stefano and Puskas, could have the last laugh. Overall, the result of the direct confrontation between the two sides was a huge advantage for the Madrid team.

However, after the 2003-04 season, Real Madrid, who were in the process of the gradual collapse of the first phase of the Galacticos, began to be suppressed in more games against Sevilla than before, as if they had been cursed by their opponents.

As of the end of last season, Real Madrid has only won 27 wins, 6 draws and 21 losses in the last 54 meetings with this opponent, although it is still the dominant side, but the winning rate and scoring rate are already the bottom of their respective statistics, and even slightly inferior to the Madrid derby in terms of winning percentage.

Especially at the Estadio Pizjuan, where they have not won for nine years in a row, not even Barcelona's Camp Nou has been able to make the best football club of the last century so humiliating.

Even though their team has welcomed the best manager in football today, it is still difficult to have confidence in the winning side of this road trip in the hearts of most people, because the influence of past history is too great.

However, Li Mudi did not change his habitual rotation policy because of the pressure brought by the opposition, and also put Pellegri's name in the starting line-up, so that the new signing, who had spent a lot of money at the club, could finally escape the fate of making consecutive substitute appearances.

It is precisely because of the arrival of the first debut milestone of "Mr. 185 million" that this big game, which has already attracted the attention of the national media and fans, has risen to more than one level in terms of heat, and has become a hot topic of discussion throughout Europe this week.

Among them, quite a few people predict that Real Madrid, which has not shown its full strength, is likely to still be unable to end the curse of the continuous winless run in Pizjuan, and even a defeat is also very probable, because Sevilla, which has not won the Copa del Rey for 14 years, will inevitably do their best in the next two semi-finals of the domestic cup when the league title is definitely hopeless and the Europa League journey is full of uncertainties. There is a clear difference in the degree of investment between the two sides, coupled with the vague restraint relationship, Li Mudi's plan to take care of multiple fronts may be really difficult to achieve.

However, when the game officially started, it was indeed a little surprising to find out that Real Madrid was the one who dominated the situation on the field.

The home team has a record of 12 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in the first 22 rounds of the league, temporarily ranking fourth in the standings, and it should be said that the performance is still satisfactory. Their tactics don't need to control more of the ball, but rather focus on the speed of the transition between attack and defence, especially the quick assault on both flanks, so it is not uncommon to see this team only gain less than 50% or less of the possession time in big wins, which does help them to play better against strong opponents.

After many previous victories over Real Madrid, they made full use of the latter's space behind the full-back position, and played a series of sharp counterattacks to defeat Huanglong.

However, correspondingly, when encountering weak teams that focus on defensive tactics, they will occasionally encounter a situation where they cannot fully play their own characteristics and cannot take all three points.

But the good news is that Sevilla, like Atletico Madrid, have a tradition of producing good goalscorers, and over the years, the likes of Davo Suker, Zamorano, Brazilian Fabiano, France international Gameiro and Ben Yedder have played extremely efficient and versatile strikers, so that the team has not had to worry about their attacking firepower for the most part.

It's just that in today's game, Li Mudi sent a rare 3-5-2 formation, allowing the combination of three central defenders and two wingbacks to make up for all the holes in the team's defensive line, and after sending Ceballos, Febas and Valverde, three central midfielders with good ball control ability, he fully controlled the situation in the midfield.

Moreover, the assists of the wingbacks on both sides are very cautious, and when one side is forward, the teammates on the other side will never easily press the half, so that the team's defense can remain relatively intact at any time, so that the home team's already small counterattack cannot be played.

Of course, Real Madrid's approach has also left their attack with too few players, with only two midfielders and wing-backs on one side to support Kuchi and Manuel Pellegri up front most of the time, and the pressure is clearly unable to break down what can be described as Europe's first-class and second-rate defence.

However, it was when the two sides were at a stalemate that the visitors' new centre-forward opened the door to victory with his bold but imaginative shot, quickly forgetting that he had squandered many chances on his previous bench appearances, and his support among Millinger skyrocketed.

In the 61st minute, Real Madrid's corner kick on the right side was pushed by the home team's French central defender Niagnon, and Fambas, who won the second landing point outside the penalty area, directly split the side, giving Kutchi, who had just finished the ball and retreated, a second chance to take the ball. This time, he opted for a blistering half-high cross, hoping to create chaos in the box and see if his team-mates could find an opportunity.

In the corner kick tactic, Pellegri, who was originally in the middle, suddenly rushed to the front point at this time, which caught all the players on the field, including his teammates, a little off guard. Just when everyone thought he wanted to stop the ball in this difficult situation, the Italian striker quickly jumped up, raised his right leg and used his calf bone to complete an irregular block, and the ball bounced straight to the inside of the near post as if it had been carefully calculated.

With so many players in front of goal blocking the view, and the Real Madrid striker's attack was too sudden, Sevilla goalkeeper Brian Keane was unable to complete the block, even though he was tall and long-armed, and reacted quickly to make saves. However, the French defender Ibrahim Amadou, who had just been guarding the side post from a defensive angle, happened to have left to mark the others, and Pellegrí's unusual shot turned into a spectacular goal that stunned nearly 40,000 home fans who came to watch the game.

Although striker Miguel Martín also took advantage of a set-piece to level the score fifteen minutes later, the 1-1 finish was enough for Li Moodi to be satisfied, and an away goal and a level of score gave Real Madrid a bright prospect for the second leg on their home doorstep in two weeks' time.

After the game, the focus of the outside world was indeed not on the fact that the Galacticos had been away to Pizjuan for 11 consecutive times without a victory, and everyone began to praise Pellegri for his genius in the game, believing that it was the most beautiful goal ever produced in the major European leagues in 2025.

Just four days later, though, that assessment shifted and the scorer was still the Italian.

In the 23rd round of La Liga at home to Valladolid, Manuel Pellegri scored a goal in 20 minutes after coming off the bench, a super long-range shot from about 32 meters from the goal, almost perfectly replicating the miracle of Cristiano Ronaldo when he won the Puskas Award in 2009.

With two stunning goals in four days, and in very different ways, it's no wonder that the French media have previously given the striker the title of "World Wave Spokesperson", and it's really not just a gimmick, people do have real materials!

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