Chapter 741: The Second Champion Without a Real Sense

However, Atletico's celebration is limited to tonight, of course, this is the Atletico players, not the fans, who won the Copa del Rey again after 18 years, and the fans have reason to celebrate.

But Atletico players can't do that, because the league is still going on and the Champions League semi-finals are just around the corner, so how can Atletico still have their eyes on the Copa del Rey that has already ended.

To put it realistically, the Copa del Rey is nowhere near as much a league title as it is to win the league, let alone the UEFA Champions League, so after the celebrations that evening, the Atletico players immediately gathered up and began to turn their attention back to the league and the Champions League.

And because of this Copa del Rey final, the Race's schedule will be extremely unfavourable, as Atletico's match against Elche, which is the 34th round of league games, is just two days away, and then they have to prepare for the first leg of the semi-final against Chelsea in midweek.

Atletico also tried to adjust the schedule and move the next league game back, but was ruthlessly rejected by the Spanish Football Federation.

For this reason, Cerezo almost demolished his office, and the president of Atletico Madrid was angry, you know, Atletico Madrid's Champions League is also to win glory for La Liga.

It is better to seek others than to seek oneself, in the case of unreliable external forces, Atletico can only rely on themselves, so after a day and a half of rest, Atletico Madrid ushered in the game again and ushered in the 34th round of the game.

Simeone made a big rotation in the starting line-up for this game, with Insua, Gimenez, Miranda and Alderweireld forming the backline, and Gimenez started for the first time this season.

The midfield is even more exaggerated, with Rodriguez, Diego, Suarez and Sousa making up the Atletico midfield, but fortunately Simeone loaned Diego and Sosa during the winter break.

On the front line, Costa returned from injury and partnered with Lin Dong, Lin Dong's physical fitness did not have the slightest problem, and Lin Dong's appearance was also considered insurance for Atletico Madrid.

Simeone is still very prescient, and Elche also sees Atletico Madrid, and chooses to be tough with Atletico from the beginning, as if he wants to bite a piece of meat off Atletico.

However, this is also understandable, Elche is currently at the bottom of the standings and has not yet escaped the relegation zone, in this case, Elche must be desperate, and now he has just met Atletico Madrid, who is almost a pure substitute, Elche will naturally have ideas.

In the first ten minutes of the game, the two sides fought very fiercely, and the midfield also became the main battlefield for these ten minutes, and the two sides could only rely on long passes to find the striker if they wanted to attack the opponent's penalty area.

Atletico Madrid's advantage is too great, and with Lin Dong's almost BUG-like existence, Atletico Madrid's long passes can succeed almost every time.

It's just that Atletico Madrid's shooting is a bit miserable, or Costa's is too unique, the game came to the opening fifteen minutes, Atletico Madrid hit the goal with a total of four feet, and Costa hit three feet alone.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, after partnering with Raul Garcia and then coming back to partner with Costa, Lin Dong's inner dissatisfaction with Costa is almost at its peak, so, in the subsequent time, Lin Dong no longer passes the ball to Costa.

In the 21st minute, Lin Dong received a direct long pass from Diego, controlled the ball, forcibly turned around and rushed to the Elche penalty area, and then shot directly from outside the big penalty area.

Four minutes later, Lin Dong still knocked his heel lightly after stopping the ball on his chest, used his strong body to complete the turn again, and used his speed to rush into the Elche penalty area.

However, Elche's goalkeeper made a world-class save when Lin Dong's shot from the corner of the box was stabbed out of the bottom line with a single hand by Yag.

"Oh~~~ Atletico Madrid's forward line seems to have something wrong" On the sidelines, Simeone naturally found Lin Dong's dissatisfaction at the first time.

Well, not to mention Simeone, even the Atletico Madrid players also found Lin Dong's dissatisfaction, as for Costa, his face was also quite ugly, not only because Lin Dong was not passing the ball to him, but also because other Atletico Madrid players did not pass the ball to him.

Every time he attacked, the first choice of Atletico Madrid players to pass the ball was Lin Dong, so in these two attacks, Costa kept raising his hand to ask for the ball, but the ball was always passed to Lin Dong, which can also be seen from the status of the two in the team.

In the 30th minute, Elche broke into the Atletico penalty area and Márquez tested Courtois's concentration with a powerful shot.

Then Atletico Madrid's attack was still Lin Dong, but this time Elche failed to stop Lin Dong and still kicked a long shot from outside the penalty area.

Diego sent a precise pick-up pass, Lin Dong carried Elche central defender Botia to bombard the goal, and then the ball went straight to the corner of the goal like a cannonball, and the Elche goalkeeper didn't even have time to make a save in the face of this heavy cannon.

With Lin Dong's goal, the game was once again in the rhythm of Atletico Madrid, and things became simpler, and Costa also scored a goal in the final minute of the first half.

However, it was Costa's first shot after the twentieth minute, and in the last twenty minutes or so, the Atletico striker has barely received a pass from a team-mate after Lin Dong was not playing the ball for Costa.

After taking a two-goal lead, Simeone brought on Lin Dong at half-time and Adrian Lopes came off the bench in a clear fit as Simeone prepared for the Champions League in midweek.

As for this game? Elche didn't pose much of a threat to Atletico in the second half, especially after Elche full-backs picked up their second yellow card of the half early in the second half.

Atletico also took the opportunity to extend their lead, Miranda's header scored, relying on a corner kick, the Atletico Madrid centre-back used a header to change the score to 3:0.

With Atletico Madrid's victory, the La Liga title race has finally come to an end, after the victory over Elche, Atletico Madrid's points in the league have reached 93, while Barcelona, who lost in the previous round, are currently only 80 points, a full 13 minutes behind Atletico Madrid.

As for Real Madrid, even if Real Madrid wins this round of the league and Atletico Madrid, the difference between the points is 12 points, whether it is the difference between the two teams or the number of goals, Atletico Madrid this season has completely exploded Real Madrid, not to mention that Real Madrid was forced to draw by the opponent in the next day's game, and Real Madrid after this round of draw is still 1 point behind Barcelona in points.

This is actually a very simple math problem, there are still four rounds in the league, but even if Atletico Madrid loses all these four rounds, it is 1 point more than Barcelona with four rounds left, so after this round of the league, the ownership of La Liga is finally no longer in suspense.