Chapter 551: Comprehensively suppress the sworn enemy Barcelona
After falling behind, Barcelona naturally wanted to equalize.
However, they did not dare to play against Real Madrid like in the last derby.
It turns out that Real Madrid's attack is much sharper than Barcelona's, and Barcelona can only make good use of its advantages and strengths to deal with Real Madrid.
However, although Barcelona has a high possession rate, it is more about controlling the ball at the back, and there are still not many ways to face the back line that Mourinho has taught, and the shooting accuracy is not as good as Lu Wenbin's, resulting in the failure to score.
Until the end of the first half, Barcelona failed to score an equaliser, and the two sides went into the break with a score of 1-0.
Real Madrid had a narrow advantage of one goal thanks to Lu Wenbin's assist for Higuain's goal.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
At the start of the second half, Barcelona did not rush to equalise, but continued to use their possession advantage to play Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola and Barcelona's players have already learned from the 0-6 defeat in the last game that they must not rush to play Real Madrid, which is good at counter-attacking.
Otherwise, it is possible that Real Madrid will seize a counter-attack opportunity and kill it with one blow.
Without a great attacking opportunity, Barcelona will not easily pass the ball into Real Madrid's forbidden area.
Although it is closest to Real Madrid's goal, it also has the most defensive strength and is the most likely to concede goals.
Now Barcelona would rather not score than easily concede a goal and be beaten back.
The 0-6 defeat in the last game was really impressive.
Barcelona easily did not attack, and Real Madrid did not press to the front court to press, anyway, it is not Real Madrid who is behind the score now.
Until the 80th minute, the score was still 1-0.
Real Madrid is naturally not in a hurry, anyway, to keep this score until the end, it is still Real Madrid who wins.
Even if it's just one goal ahead, that's an advantage.
Barcelona shouldn't have been rushed, as history has shown that there are plenty of two-legged matches that can be brought back to home in the second leg after a narrow 1-0 defeat in the first leg.
But players are not machines, they have their own ideas.
The 0-6 defeat in the last game was an absolute shame for Barcelona.
No, there are many Real Madrid fans in the stands who are constantly stimulating Barcelona players with six fingers with both hands, which is a response to the slap that Barcelona made after 5-0 last season.
Therefore, although Pep Guardiola told his players not to be impatient and take their time to look for opportunities, even if a 0-1 loss in the first leg is not the end of the world, Barcelona still have a chance to return to their home stadium to turn the tables.
But there are players who lose their minds in the heat of the game.
In the 84th minute, Chilean striker Sanchez was a little impatient, and the ball that should have been passed to Messi, who was in a better position, was sent by him to a long-range shot from outside the forbidden area.
The long-range shot was blocked by Khedira's flying shot and the ball bounced right into the feet of Xavi Alonso.
It was by taking advantage of Sanchez's shot that was blocked, Real Madrid played an efficient and quick counterattack, only after the pass of Alonso and Ronaldo, Lu Wenbin received Ronaldo's cross outside the forbidden area to complete a high-quality heavy artillery bombardment.
The ball went straight into the corner of Barcelona's goal, and Valdés couldn't reach it and could only watch the ball go into the net.
According to the post-match statistics, it was another shot with a speed of more than 100 km/h.
Even if Valdés touches the ball, it will be difficult to get it out.
After 0-2, Barcelona finally rushed the whole team.
Falling behind 0-1, the chances of a home comeback are not small. But after being down 2-0, the chances of a home comeback in the second leg are much smaller.
Even Pep Guardiola was in a hurry, and the Barcelona players on the field finally pressed the formation up, wanting to score a goal in the final stage of the game, close the score gap, and get an away goal.
However, at this time, it was too late to press the attack, and there was too little time left for them.
After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 at home with Lu Wenbin's pass and shot, winning the fourth Spanish national derby of the season and taking the initiative in the two legs of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.
However, although Real Madrid won 2-0 against Barcelona, the two-goal advantage was not huge.
The home team only won by 2 goals, and the second leg is not necessarily qualified.
Therefore, four days later, in the 20th round of La Liga on January 22, Real Madrid challenged Athletic Bilbao away, Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo and other main players of Real Madrid stayed in Madrid to rest, and Mourinho took the general substitute players to challenge Athletic Bilbao away.
Real Madrid, who played away in this game, scored a goal each by Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain, but Athletic Bilbao were also very tenacious, equalising twice.
After 90 minutes, the score was 2-2 on the big screen, and Real Madrid finally stopped their league winning streak after winning 14 games in a row after the fifth round.
However, the failure to beat Real Madrid at home made Athletic Bilbao miss an opportunity to stop Real Madrid from continuing to set a record.
Real Madrid's unbeaten league run continues.
Three days later, on January 25, in the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, Real Madrid challenged Barcelona away.
Although Barcelona played quite well in the cheers of the fans, they scored a total of three goals in the game.
However, the Real Madrid stars, who took a break from the league halfway through, performed better.
Moreover, the fact that the aggregate score is behind makes Barcelona have to attack. If you don't attack, you will face the fate of being eliminated.
As a result, Real Madrid can play their counter-attacking tactics with ease.
In the end, with the overall tactics and the sharpness of the counterattack, Ronaldo scored a brace, Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick, Real Madrid won 5-3 away again, Real Madrid won the first leg 2-0, the second leg 5-3, and the overall score 7-3 victory, and advanced to the semifinals of this season's Spanish Copa del Rey.
Of the five Spanish national derbies that have been played so far this season, Real Madrid has the upper hand with a record of winning all five games.
In particular, the 6-0 thrashing of Barcelona at home in the league was definitely Real Madrid's biggest victory in the national derby in more than a decade.
Compared with the situation in previous seasons when Real Madrid was almost completely suppressed by Barcelona in Spanish domestic football, this season's Real Madrid can be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes.
What led to the earth-shaking change in the balance of power between the two sides, everyone knows.
Although coach Mourinho has a certain role, it is obvious that Lu Wenbin's role is more direct and effective.
No matter what tactics Barcelona play, Lu Wenbin always gets the score, which is why Barcelona keep losing to Real Madrid.
Now, no matter how demanding the fans are, no one dares to question Lu Wenbin's role.
Lu Wenbin's prestige and influence among Real Madrid fans are increasing day by day, and Lu Wenbin's commercial value continues to expand.