The much-anticipated Madrid derby ended with the Barcelonans having the last laugh. With the La Liga leaders winning this round, they have regained their lead over Real Madrid back to five points, and theoretically as long as they don't lose to Real Madrid in the next national derby, or even if they lose, as long as they can win the duel with Atletico Madrid, they can basically guarantee the league title. Because the remaining opponents of these three teams are not very strong, there is almost no possibility of being upset again.

However, in the face of the situation that fate is no longer in their own hands, Real Madrid did not lose the confidence to fight for the third consecutive title, and the coaching staff and players held a short internal meeting before the start of training on the afternoon of the second day after the game, and adjusted everyone's mentality in time. Li Mudi concluded by saying: "The current situation is very clear to everyone, the difficulty of defending the league title is indeed very great, but there will never be a shortage of miracles on the football field. Even if the final result is not the most satisfying, as long as we can unite and fight for each victory, then for ourselves, we can be regarded as worthy of our hearts. ”

After knocking out Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and advancing to the semi-finals, the Galacticos got rid of the negative emotions caused by the failure to win the local derby in the 33rd round of the league at home to Real Orviedo at the weekend, and proved that they have not given up the race for the title with a hearty victory.

Italian centre-forward Manuel Pellegri also set a new league record for the shortest hat-trick. He scored three times in the 17th, 18th and 21st minutes of the first half, in just four minutes and 31 seconds, surpassing legendary Spanish goalscorer David Villa in 2006 for a record five minutes to complete the all-time record of three goals, and become the new king of this difficult list.

It is worth mentioning that Real Madrid's No.9's three goals were scored with his right foot, left foot and head, and his all-round skills and diversity of attacking weapons cannot but be sincerely admired.

Coupled with Kylian Mbappe's brace and an own goal by Herabert and David Carmona, the Galacticos swept away Oviedo, who was deep in the relegation zone, by six goals, and showed excellent competitive form.

As for the match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which also won both in this round, Real Madrid really didn't pay special attention to it. Because everyone knows very well that no matter what the outcome of other competitions is, all they can do is to give their best performance, and only by achieving the ultimate state in the manager's mouth can they create a miracle. Therefore, try not to ignore the things that will distract them, and how to strive to win every victory is the most necessary and only thing they need to do now.

Since the Copa del Rey final will be held next Sunday, the 25th, this round of La Liga will be brought forward to Friday and Saturday, and the two participating teams will have to play on Wednesday night, resulting in the end of the winter break, they have to experience a week of double matches almost every week, which is very physically demanding for the players.

Fortunately, Limdy's rotation system combined with the team's deep squad depth has always allowed them to push the limits of this area much better than their competitors. Therefore, in this away game against Valladolid, even if Mbappe and other key players did not travel with the team, the attacking line composed of Kutchi, Helabert, Vinicius and Solsano still gave the hundreds of Meilinge who accompanied the team to the away stadium three opportunities to cheer in the Solilla stadium.

The game also became a milestone in Zidane's career, as Zizou's fourth son scored his first goal in La Liga with a pinpoint volley after coming off the bench, becoming another member of the Zidane family who contributed to Real Madrid after 21 years. Elias's three older brothers, Enzo, Luka and Theo, have all made appearances in official matches in the white shirt but have failed to score goals, and this time, the Millingers have finally waited for the long-awaited moment.

After the game, Ronaldo, who came to watch the game as the club's major shareholder, ignored the depression of his team's loss, and specially came to the dressing room of the away team to congratulate his friend's son in person, so that all the Real Madrid players who regarded him as their idol rushed up to line up to take photos with the former aliens.

As a result, when these photos were sent to social media, they also attracted the players who stayed in Madrid because they did not make the squad for the game, and the Brazilian star Rodrygo expressed his regret that he could not communicate with his idol up close, and jokingly threw the pot to his own coach, shouting that Li Mudi would pay him a chance to meet Ronnie.

This state shows that the atmosphere in the Real Madrid team is still very relaxed, and it has not suffered too much negative impact because the league championship situation is not very favorable, and the attitude is still very positive.

On the other hand, Barcelona, which is in a good situation, seems to have some problems because of the physical fitness and competitive state of several core players. In this early start of the league, they almost fell in front of Alaves, who have always had a poor away performance, when they occupied the geographical advantage and the situation.

Starting left-back Juan Miranda left early before half-time with a thigh muscle strain, substitute Marc Cucurera was sent off the pitch for a reckless tackle shortly after the rematch, leaving them with 10 men for just over 30 minutes. As for whether the league can still find suitable personnel in this position in the future, that is not something that Xavi has time to think about at that time.

Thankfully, Barcelona had already taken a 1-0 lead thanks to Ruiz's goal before Cucurella was sent off, and then they strengthened their own goal protection through substitutions, withstood the visitors' fierce attack in the final moments, saved the victory, and held on to a five-point lead with great difficulty.

It is in this bizarre situation where the pursuers are extremely relaxed, and the frontrunners are a little chaotic, that this season's Copa del Rey final kicks off on the last weekend of April, and the two top teams in the Spanish Super League can use this meeting to get the closest look at the league in a week's time.

Of course, in terms of the importance of the round, this final is also extremely high for both teams.

The Copa del Rey has always been Barcelona's backyard, and since the 2008/09 season, they have won the Copa del Rey 11 times in the last 18 years, including a five-game and a triple-back, making them the absolute champions of Spain's highest level of competition.

For Real Madrid, although the Champions League and the league have never attached great importance to the Copa del Rey, because they have won this trophy in the previous two seasons, they have ushered in the first opportunity in team history to win three consecutive championships for the first time since 1905-08, and naturally they have the momentum to win.

So on this day, at the new San Mamés stadium, the two giants of the Spanish Super League launched a fierce battle, and there was no such situation as the outside world had predicted to test or rehearse the lineup for the league clash in a week.

The two sides still continue the collision tradition between possession tactics and quick counter-attacking play over the past many years, and they have all come up with their own strongest existing configuration in the arrangement, not to mention saving strength for the Champions League semi-finals in the middle of next week, which also makes the process of the game very exciting, even if it cannot be said that there are no urine points in the whole process, but at least in the eyes of insiders, the quality is still extremely high.

In the end, the two sides played out a 1-1 draw within 90 minutes, with the goalscorers Mbappe and Guiri respectively, while Manuel Pellegri and Sergio Gomez also hit the woodwork once.

After going into extra-time, goalkeeper Früchtel and Belgian international Meier Svillar, who had just replaced Ter Stegen as Barcelona's new starting XI this season, were the heroes of their respective teams, the latter blocking Rodrygo's late one-on-one knife, and the former accurately judging the route of Havertz's penalty and making a save, without letting the team's efforts come to naught at that moment.

After a thrilling 30 minutes, the rivals were forced to go to the final and most brutal part of the game – a penalty shoot-out to decide who would qualify for this season's Copa del Rey season.

Judging from the ability value provided by the FM system, the penalty kick ability of the players of the two teams is basically the same, especially after the intentional adjustment of Li Mudi and Xavi, several players with a rating of 14 or more have stayed on the field, which can be said to be evenly matched in this perspective.

However, in the goalkeeper competition, Barcelona goalkeeper Svillar still seems to have some advantages, because in the past three seasons with Monaco and Barcelona, he has successfully saved a total of eight penalties, and is recognized in European football as a super goalkeeper with special skills in this regard.

As for the German Früchtel, although he has won more than once or twice in this duel on the 12-yard line with his excellent basic skills, he is still a little overshadowed by the magic of the opposing goalkeeper. Therefore, the commentators of various countries who broadcast the final live will be more optimistic that the Catalans may have the last laugh.

But Li Mudi is full of confidence in his beloved, in addition to the latter has just adjusted his competitive condition to the highest level through a successful penalty save, he has also sorted out the data provided by the FM system early on, and summed up the habits of several players on the opposing side when taking penalty kicks. Flüchtel had prepared before the game, and when the captains of both sides were called to the side of the referee on duty to decide the position of the goal and the order of the penalty shots, Real Madrid's goalkeeper coach Toland handed the goalkeeper a small note that had been printed long ago and should have the penalty preference of each Barcelona player, so that he could review and consolidate it.

So even if the German goal doesn't seem to be as good at saving penalties as Svillar (which is not necessarily the case), he still has an information advantage that the opposition can't match, and he will have a huge advantage in a purely instinctive gambling game.

The final result also proved that Li Mudi's hard work was not in vain, even if Barcelona made similar preparations, but it could not be compared with the level of sophistication provided by the FM system.

Even though Rodrigo, who came on the third pitch, ran to the bottom right corner of the goal, Svillar was unbelievably blocked, but Früchtel blocked Artur and Dolberg's penalties successively, so that Real Madrid's last Febas did not get a chance to appear, and this classic battle came to an end.

With the near-perfect performance of their goalkeeper, the Galaxy defeated arch-rivals Barcelona on penalties and became the final winner of the Spanish Copa del Rey for the third year in a row.

At the same time, they have proved to everyone that they have basically regained the near-invincible form of last season, and the face-to-face defeat of the league leaders is the best example, so the suspense of who will win the La Liga title is far from over.

Sure enough, a week later, Real Madrid, who returned to the Bernabeu Stadium, first showed the championship trophy that had just been included in the club's honor showroom to the more than 80,000 fans at the scene, and then took advantage of Barcelona's embarrassment that Barcelona was unavailable at left-back after the game to frequently let Mbappe attack this side, which directly disrupted Xavi's pre-match tactical deployment.

Because the right-back Mateu Morey who played in this position was a serious left-footed backfoot, there was an inherent huge disadvantage in defending the French king's low crosses, which made the visiting team's Serbian central defender Svetozal Markovic and midfielder Alenia have to make frequent supplements, thus disrupting Barcelona's overall defensive position.

The tightness in the backline's eyes will naturally affect their investment in attack, so this national derby presents a very different picture from the Copa del Rey final seven days ago, that is, Real Madrid have a bigger advantage in possession and the number of attacks launched.

And with top attackers like Manuel Pellegri and Kylian Mbappe available with the full support of their teammates, no matter how good Svillar and others are today, they can't do it all. Last year's World Footballer of the Year volley in the 37th minute of the first half and the Italian striker's header in the 61st minute of the second half both knocked on Barcelona and opened the door for Real Madrid to victory.

Barcelona's "traitor" Jose Martinez's backline did not leave any chance for the visiting team's superstars such as Guiri, and the Galacticos were able to score a two-goal win in this crucial national derby, achieving the goal set by Li Moody – to do what they could do to the extreme.