Chapter 437: Eight Points Gap
However, Atletico Madrid's opponent is Barcelona, and if Atletico Madrid loses, it means that Barcelona wins, and Madrid and Barcelona once again experience joy and sorrow.
With the victory of Barcelona, the point difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona has changed from the original three points to five points, and after 16 rounds, Barcelona lost one game, and the opponent who lost to Real Madrid was Real Madrid.
Sixteen rounds of defeat, the remaining fifteen all wins, fifteen times three, Barcelona currently have 45 points.
Real Madrid lost a total of two games in 16 rounds, and what made Real Madrid even more speechless was that the two games they lost were not strong, Sevilla's record this season is not good, and even worse than Real Betis, and now, Real Madrid has been forced to draw by the mediocre Spaniards.
The next day, Real Madrid was frantically criticized by the media, Mourinho's line-up, this game, Mourinho did not let Di Maria play, but continued to use Callejon, with Modric behind him.
In addition to Mourinho's arrangement, there is also the lack of cooperation between Lin Dong and Ronaldo.
This is football, before a game, the media can lift people to the sky, and after a game, the media can trample people to the ground.
In fact, Lin Dong and Ronaldo are not uncooperative on the court, but relatively little, Real Madrid has been winning before, so everyone will not feel anything.
But now it's different, although Real Madrid is not losing, but being forced to draw by the Spaniards is also unacceptable to the fans, as for the media, they don't say much about how to increase sales.
However, this criticism did not last long, as the draw for the knockout rounds of the Champions League was to be held, and in this case, the attention of the media and fans would definitely have to shift to the Champions League.
After all, the Champions League is the highest honour that can be achieved between clubs, and it is also the focus of attention of the media and fans around the world, and even the excitement of the Champions League is not at all worse than the quadrennial World Cup.
Gianni Infantino, for the Italian-Swiss is probably familiar to all fans, because he has been presiding over the Champions League knockout matches in recent years.
Perhaps because of the unfriendly relationship with Real Madrid in the group stage, in the knockout stage, Real Madrid's first-round opponent was not strong, from Ukraine, and only the Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk remained.
There are lucky ones like Real Madrid, and there are unfortunate ones, and it is also a coincidence to say that the lucky ones are in Group D, and the unfortunate ones are also in Group D, and the second team to appear in Group D is Dortmund.
Manchester United, the Red Devils of the Premier League have become Dortmund's first opponent in the knockout round this season, and with the strength of Manchester United, this is likely to be Dortmund's last opponent in the knockout round of the Champions League this season.
Ferguson's side were notoriously difficult to deal with, and the experienced Scottish man versus the young and passionate German coach was a notoriety.
What's more, the two teams still have grievances during the summer transfer, and Dortmund's Japanese striker Shinji Kagawa was bought by Manchester United this past summer.
This is not the end of the story, Ferguson is said to have taken a fancy to a number of young players in Dortmund's squad, and even tried to test Dortmund's attitude.
In addition to Manchester United and Dortmund, there are also many other strong dialogues, such as Barcelona vs. AC Milan, Serie A is now in obvious decline, and AC Milan is also declining, but no matter how it declines, AC Milan is still the top giant in Europe.
The third strong dialogue is Bayern Munich and Arsenal, both teams are Champions League regulars, Europe's top giants, and there are no fewer highlights than the previous two.
The other matchups are Juventus against Celtic, Paris Saint-Germain against Valencia, Malaga against Porto and Schalke 04 against Galatasaray.
This is the absolute matchup table for one-eighth of this season's Champions League, except for Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk, the other teams are basically equal.
For the result of this draw, Real Madrid was naturally quite happy, regardless of the soon, Real Madrid was not happy, and even Real Madrid was not happy during the entire winter break.
Because Real Madrid lost again, the third defeat of the season, a few days after the Champions League group draw ended, Real Madrid ushered in the last round of the league before the winter break, and the opponent was not weak, it was Malaga who broke into the knockout stage of the Champions League like Real Madrid.
In the last match of December, the 17th round of the league, Real Madrid visited the Stadio de la Rose, a home stadium that does not belong to Malaga.
La Liga is different from Serie A, where the home stadium of the Serie A team is not the club's, but belongs to the government, and some teams even share a stadium.
For example, AD Milan's San Siro and Inter Milan's Meazza are a shared stadium, AC Milan is called San Siro when they are at home, and Inter Milan is changed to Meazza when they are there.
For Lin Dong, the most familiar is the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the public stadium between Lazio and the Roma team, but what impressed Lin Dong more was the attendance rate of Lazio.
However, it seems that Málaga is now preparing to build a new stadium, a stadium that truly belongs to Malaga, but it is not an easy task to build a stadium, and Malaga has no eyebrows at the moment.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with this game, and even this game has nothing to do with Real Madrid player Lin Dong, although he is a member of Real Madrid, but in this game, Lin Dong did not get a minute chance.
According to the rotation, Lin Dong was put on the bench, and in this game, Real Madrid's attacking group was led by Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portuguese gang.
The game was a battle between the Golden Boy and the Golden Ball, and just one day before the tournament began, the 20-year-old Spanish prodigy Isco in the Malaga team won the 2012 Golden Boy Award.
The Spanish genius beat Atletico Madrid's talented goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to win this year's Golden Boy, and I don't know if it is the blessing of the Golden Boy Award, Isco's Malaga actually directly slashed Ronaldo, the Real Madrid led by the Ballon d'Or, the winner.
Well, in fact, Ronaldo's form is not good, and Real Madrid's form has been up and down since Ronaldo's previous elbow in the eye socket.
In this game, Real Madrid's two golden goals had nothing to do with Ronaldo, and Real Madrid's goalscorers were Benzema and substitute Higuain.
However, Isco, the new golden boy, was in great form, scoring the first goal in Málaga and then planning a second.
In the end, the score of the match was 3:2, with the home team in front and the away team behind, thanks to Isco's excellent performance, Malaga knocked Real Madrid down.