"It's going to be a big one because it's about winning the halfway and this one, and the national derby in mid-December, could determine the course of the season," Maria said in a soothing preview of the tournament.

"And", Maria picked up the speed of her words, "Barcelona have drawn one of the two league games played this month, they have been pulled away by Atletico Madrid by two points, and by Real Madrid by three points"

Morrison said with great interest: "Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo have already said that they will go all out to win this game and open up the points gap with Atletico Madrid, but Mourinho is unusual"

"Hah", Maria nodded, "yes, he said it was just a daily league game, one of their many games all season, nothing special, was he cooling down the game?" ”

"Maybe, or maybe he wants to play psychological warfare and put the pressure on Atletico's side, after all, Atletico's form this season is so good, Mark has even surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not score a goal in the league in October, to 13, second only to Messi's 17 goals, but one more than Ronaldo", Maria said.

"And Mark is the fewest penalty kicks, Messi's 17 goals include 4 penalties, Ronaldo has 3, Mark only has 2 penalties, I think after the season look at how many penalties they score, you can know how many penalties their team has won this season"

The Madrid derby at the end of November, the battle for the top of the halfway, is getting closer and closer!

Atletico Madrid's main players have only played half of the games this month, because there are two Copa del Rey games against La Liga B teams this month and the fifth round of the Champions League group stage to West**, and Ancelotti has arranged all substitutes to prepare for this derby match!

Jose Mourinho is not taking it lightly, and they have also adopted a substitution strategy in this month's Champions League and Copa del Rey games, and they are also secretly accumulating strength.

Whoever loses this game loses the halfway title, and don't forget, La Liga has a winter break, and by mid-December, the half of La Liga will come to an end.

And in the entire city of Madrid, the old grievances have been brought up again, not to mention from afar, just last season, Atletico Madrid's ranking was one place higher than Real Madrid, and for the first time in more than ten years, he turned over and became the owner.

The host of Madrid.

Not to mention their first game at the Bernabeu last season, which produced 3 red cards, 8 yellow cards, pre-match and post-match stories and war of words, the smoke is still not gone.

As long as they exist and are evenly matched, this struggle will not stop.

"Now Madrid is red and white, athletic! Ha ah ......", in the noisy bar, the crowd is one after another, all the seats are full, and dozens of beers are brought to different tables by waiters who shuttle back and forth, and they are as industrious as beekeepers who are extremely punctual beekeepers.

The bar is huge, and it's located right in the heart of Madrid, so it's nothing new in the years when a bar is filled with fans of both kinds.

"Bullshit, you nouveau riche, today you will know what 'Real' Madrid is", the fans who gathered on one side and wore Real Madrid jerseys immediately retorted.

"We were runners-up last season and you didn't beat us once......"

"Bullshit, now we're at the top of the list......"

"Not after tonight, haha......"

It's not yet the weekend of the game, but all the themes in the city automatically revolve around this topic, and the two police officers in front of the bar with batons pinned to their waists scanned the inside of the bar and the surrounding streets from time to time, ready to deal with emergencies.

Recently, they have dealt with more than a dozen brawls alone, chatting about football, drinking, and fighting, these fixed processes are not only for those strong fans in England.

When there are two teams in a city that are unbeaten in the half-game, the city's football is destined to be in the spotlight, and the fans between the two teams are bound to be incompatible.

Who will suffer their first defeat of the season this weekend? 》

This is the common focus of the media who follow this match throughout Spain and around the world, knowing that the top three of La Liga are now unbeaten since the official start of the league.

If you count the pre-tournament Super Cup, then only Atletico Madrid are unbeaten.

"How do you predict the outcome of this game?" Reporters from the newspaper As, who were conducting random interviews on the streets.

"1:2, Atletico Madrid's home game is not easy to play, but I believe we will win, and Real Madrid is in just the right state now", said a group of companions who are obviously still university students.

"3:0, Atletico Madrid must win, Mark scored a hat trick, Ronaldo is dead!" , which is obviously somewhat excited by Atletico Madrid fans.

"1:1 or 2:2, both of which are strong teams, I think it's hard to tell the winners", many media commentators have also joined the prediction army to add another fire to the heat of this match.

And in Calderón, southwest of Madrid, domestic media are also giving domestic fans an early start to broadcast the atmosphere before the start of the derby match.

"Friends from the audience, friends from the audience, we are now outside Calderón, the famous home stadium of Atletico Madrid, where tomorrow night the Madrid game will officially begin", said a beautiful hostess, pointing behind her and facing the camera.

"As you can see, this is the entrance for the players, and tomorrow evening, the buses of both teams will enter the stadium from here, and here is the Atletico Madrid fan shop, so let's go in and have a look......

"Hello", the host greeted the shopkeeper in Spanish as the camera footage followed.

The entire store is filled with all kinds of fan goods, jerseys, sneakers, caps, scarves, everything, all in red and white.

"Hello, do you have any of Mark's jerseys?" , the beauty continued to ask in Spanish.

"No," the bearded shopkeeper shook his head, and then said something more.

"It's a pity", the beauty turned around and said regretfully to the camera, "Mr. Ma's jerseys have long been sold out, and it has been difficult to buy recently, and the shopkeeper told us to wait for the next batch."

"This, how much", she turned around and asked the price of many goods, including 20 euros for scarves, 10 euros for ball hats, and hundreds of euros for sneakers.

These things are also available in many small roadside shops in Madrid, and they will be cheaper, but they are not guaranteed to be authentic, and there are many fly shops that are also full of them.

The camera turned.

"This is the famous Poseidon Square in the southwest of Madrid, right next to Calderón", the beautiful host said with a smile, "We see that there are already a lot of fans gathered here, everyone watch this big screen, tomorrow night I believe that there will be quite a lot of fans who cannot enter the stadium, waiting to watch the results of the game"

"It's really a pity this time", the beauty said to the camera as she walked, "There is no opportunity to interview Mr. Ma, but our camera will take everyone to feel the atmosphere of the derby"

At this time, a lot of people had gathered in the square, a lot of people were wearing Atletico Madrid jerseys, many people gathered together, shouting loudly, and fans were singing the Atletico anthem.

Street performers, tourists, and fans form a strange and harmonious picture in Poseidon Square.

"Hello, we are media from China, will you watch the Madrid derby tomorrow night?" , the host casually stopped a tourist and asked.

"Of course, that's what I'm here to do here", a young man put his arm around his girlfriend and said excitedly, "China, Beijing, I know, where Mark comes from", he gave a thumbs up, "Although I'm from Valencia, I'm a fan of Atletico Madrid now, and I'll support Mark from the stands tomorrow night......"

With the convergence of all walks of life, this big battle in Madrid is ready to start!

……

At the end of November the weather in Spain is still very good, Mahada Onda.

"Protect the ball, protect the ball, be careful not to lose the ball easily", shouted one after another on the training ground, and a black-haired No. 18 wearing the main jersey was running back and forth in the midfield.

"Pass, pass, good", just to see him suddenly shout forward, and then, "bang", a long-range shot straight into the net!

"Oh ......", "......", immediately whistled, and the substitute team member shook his head and fell down on the spot with a depressed face, and began to do push-ups.

They were in good shape this month, and in order to regulate the emotions of the players before the competition, Carlo Ancelotti deliberately changed the way he trained and added some game elements.

Seeing the state of the main players in the past two days, he nodded with satisfaction on the sidelines of the training ground, and said to assistant coach Clemente: "This game did not let Aguero start, did he show dissatisfaction?"

Carlo Ancelotti announced his starting line-up for tonight last night, and he has always announced this kind of big game in advance to give the players a chance to prepare.

As the head coach, he can't explain who he doesn't arrange to start, then he can't manage this team, but he still has to pay attention to the state of individual star players.

The reason why Aguero was not allowed to start was because Mourinho would definitely not attack in Calderon, and Aguero's ability to play the ball in the forward line was not as good as that of center forward Falcao.

"I can't see it for the time being, everything is normal in training," Clement replied, shaking his head.

"Let's go back and talk to Mark and Gabby to Aqua**, he is still our first choice, don't get any emotions because of a game"

"Okay, I'll talk to Mark after the game......"

As the sun quickly moved westward, it was getting late, and after an afternoon of training, the Atletico players boarded the bus after dinner and two hours of rest.

Mahadaonda is less than half an hour away from Calderón, and the fan line outside the training ground is already ready to go, and the patrol officers who open the way are ready to take place.

At the same time, from the Real Madrid training base in the northeast of Madrid, a bus painted white with the Real Madrid team emblem also drove out of the patrol road.

From the wide-angle glass window in front of the car, it is a pity to clearly see Mourinho sitting in the front row without smiling, two teams from two sides of the same city, today, destined to meet at a point.

That is, Calderón!

"Roar ......", "Madrid, Madrid, Atlético Madrid!" Athletics! When the Atletico Madrid bus arrives at Poseidon Square and drives towards the stadium passage.

The fans on both sides of the entire Poseidon Square erupted in earth-shattering shouts, and more fans held team scarves and roared wildly.

The police system of the city of Madrid has been dispatched early, surrounding the entire Poseidon Square, and also separating the white and red fans to prevent them from meeting.

"Hala, Madrid", not long after the Atletico Madrid bus entered, the other side also broke out with a shocking shout, obviously, Real Madrid arrived!

At this time, the stadium was already empty, and the whole stadium was covered with raised red and white scarves, without a trace of gaps, but less than a piece of white for the away team.

Today, they're going to make this place a hell!

"Hula ......", the big screen played the picture of the team's convoy entering the field, watching their players walk out of the bus one after another, the audience erupted in even greater cheers.

The battle of the half-marathon championship is about to begin......