Chapter 628: Super Lako
After playing the Champions League and returning to China, on February 18, in the 24th round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Rayo Vallecaro 3-0 at home, and the unbeaten number of La Liga games expanded to 66.
Lu Wenbin scored three goals, bringing the total number of consecutive goals in La Liga to 21.
On February 23, in the 25th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Deportivo Aportivo away.
Because the three days are the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Barcelona, again away, followed by the second leg of the league national derby with Barcelona.
In two consecutive games with Barcelona, plus it was still away, Mourinho rotated in the game with Deportivo La Coruna, even Lu Wenbin sat on the bench, and Ronaldo did not even enter the squad.
That said, Deportivo have been poor this season and currently sit bottom of the league and no one thinks they can beat Real Madrid, even if they have most of the substitutes.
Jose Mourinho and the Real Madrid players think the same way.
But football is really so unpredictable.
Mesut Ozil set up Gonzalo Higuain's opener for Real Madrid in the first half, before Deportivo pulled back with a free-kick in the second half.
The draw lasted until the 74th minute, when Mourinho felt something was wrong, so he replaced Lu Wenbin to prepare to strengthen the attack.
On the one hand, it will be necessary to press back the offensive of Deportivo La Coruna, and on the other hand, it will be interesting to see if they can score a goal and win.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenbin's goal luck today was particularly poor, and he did not score until the end of the game in 20 minutes.
In the 82nd minute, Lu Wenbin had a shot after cutting inside on the side, but it flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post.
In the 87th minute, Lu Wenbin personally broke through and won a free kick in front, but although the free kick issued by the special skill hit the goal frame, it was saved by the goalkeeper of Laco by magically prejudging in advance.
In the next corner kick, Lu Wenbin ran to the penalty and wanted to shoot at a zero degree angle from the corner kick, but he was directly kicked high and flew out of the crossbar.
The 1-1 draw lasted until stoppage time.
In the 92nd minute of stoppage time, Deportivo La Coruna forced Adan to save the ball from the bottom line through a counter-attack and won a corner.
Defender Pizzi takes a corner and there is chaos in the penalty area.
In the crowd, Laco center Ivan Ricky jumped up and pressed Pepe to grab the first header to hit the goal.
The ball flew into the goal in the blink of an eye, and the distance was so close that Adan didn't have time to react, just waved his hand and caught nothing.
Deportivo La Coruna scored the winner in the 92nd minute of stoppage time to beat the Galacticos Real Madrid.
The commentators on the commentary table roared one after another:
“Goooooooooooooooooooooal……”
"The ball is in, Ricky, Ricky, Ricky has scored!"
"Strike, it's a great goal, Super Laco is about to beat Real Madrid!"
"Real Madrid's unbeaten La Liga run is about to come to an end at the Stadio Riazol!"
"It's been three seasons, and a team has finally stepped up to end the Galaxy Battleship's unbeaten record in La Liga!"
"Remember, this team is Deportivo La Coruna! This is Super Laco! ”
"Even if they rank first from the bottom, they can overturn the Galaxy Battleship led by Lu Wenbin!"
In addition to the commentary seats, the entire Riazor Stadium was also boiling in an instant, and countless Laco fans jumped up from their positions to celebrate wildly.
A Laco fan flipped down from the stands, waving a Deportivo flag and running in front of Lu Wenbin, Higuain and others, showing off his might, causing louder and more excited applause and screams in the stands.
It wasn't until the fan rushed across the stadium from one side of the stand to the other that he was held down by the stadium security.
Lu Wenbin suspected that the Deportivo stadium security guards deliberately waited for the fan to show off in front of them before holding him down and pulling him away.
Deportivo celebrations and fans were often delayed, with the referee giving an extra two minutes of stoppage time.
But even so, Real Madrid failed to score a goal.
Five minutes into stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Deportivo fans, who had been singing and celebrating in the stands, burst into even louder cheers.
In the 25th round of the 2012/2013 La Liga season, Deportivo La Coruna defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home, Real Madrid's unbeaten La Liga streak came to an abrupt end, and Lu Wenbin's La Liga scoring record also came to an abrupt end.
Everything came unexpectedly.
Originally, a top-of-the-table team against the bottom-to-bottom league with little attention caused an uproar after the game.
Finally, a team stepped up to end Real Madrid's unbeaten record in La Liga.
Real Madrid's unbeaten league record is the glory of Real Madrid, and naturally it has become a shame for the rest of La Liga.
Deportivo La Coruna's victory suddenly became a carnival for other teams in La Liga, and countless people sang praises to Deportivo La Coruna, and the call for Super Laco continued.
Perhaps, Deportivo La Coruna's confidence may be boosted by this victory, and the success of relegation is not certain.
And Real Madrid, which lost, was naturally criticized across the board.
From the arrogant mentality of Real Madrid's stars who look down on the bottom one, to Mourinho's rotation lineup away from Toto, to his practice of not replacing Lu Wenbin until the 74th minute of the second half, they have all become the focus of media criticism.
But Mourinho has been tough on claiming that Real Madrid have set the record for the longest unbeaten run in the top five leagues with 66 La Liga games, and that this defeat is irrelevant, and that his Real Madrid will always be the most brilliant and successful team in the world.
In fact, Mourinho has a hard mouth, and it has a lot to do with winning or losing this game.
Because Barcelona won again, Real Madrid, who lost, was driven to second place in the standings, and Barcelona sat at the top of the table again.
Real Madrid's road to defending the La Liga title this season is really dangerous!
One win, one defeat and a change in the standings will make the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final on February 26 hot.
On 26 February, at the Camp Nou, Real Madrid played away to Barcelona in the second leg of the 2012/2013 Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Real Madrid won 4-2 in the first leg and have a better chance of advancing in the second leg.
But Barcelona certainly don't want to see their arch-rivals reach the final, even if their chances of progressing are even lower.
Barcelona have two away goal advantages after all, and if they beat Real Madrid 2-0 or 3-1 at home, they can still use the away goal advantage to eliminate Real Madrid and advance to the final.
Real Madrid naturally does not allow to be eliminated by its sworn rival Barcelona, the league standings are pressed by the opponent, and the Copa del Rey is eliminated while leading the aggregate score, which is really unacceptable.
As a result, the two teams fought to the death at the Camp Nou, with seven yellow cards, two red cards and three injuries going off the pitch throughout the game.
In the end, the score on the big screen was 3-3, and Barcelona forced Real Madrid to draw but still lost on aggregate, and saw Real Madrid qualify for this season's Copa del Rey final.