Volume 6 Chapter 21 The Winter Moon Hurricane
The weather in Spain has turned cold at this time, and the pedestrians on the streets are wearing sweater jackets, but compared to the cold, rain and snow in the UK, it can only be considered autumn.
The year is coming to an end, and Mackin is only 18 days away from his second winter break.
But at this time, Poseidon Square and Mahada Onda are welcoming this year's Christmas, Christmas 2011, with a fire that has never been seen before.
Back at the top of the table, beating Real Madrid and Barcelona, Atletico are within easy reach of their first halfway league title in more than a decade.
12.04 League home vs Rayo Vallecano;
12.07 Champions League home vs Olympiacos;
12.09 Copa del Rey 4th round away vs Albacete;
12.12 League away vs Espanyol;
12.18 League home vs Real Betis;
12.22 Copa del Rey home vs Albacete;
In the current situation of the league standings, Atletico Madrid is 2 points ahead and is at the top of the table, Real Madrid and Barcelona are in 2nd and 3rd place with the same points, and as for the rest of the teams, you will see a cliff drop in the standings.
For Carlo Ancelotti, who doesn't like to rotate too much, it's a fantastic fixture as they have already secured top spot in the group in the Champions League, regardless of the outcome of the final game.
In the fourth round of the Copa del Rey they played against La Liga teams, and in these three games, he can safely and boldly let the substitutes come on and let the main team do their best to ensure the league.
In particular, the famous pre-winter break on December 11, the Spanish national derby, Real Madrid vs Barcelona, is a great opportunity for them to widen the gap in points, and Atletico will be the beneficiary no matter who wins.
Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
After the home win over Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid's morale was at an all-time high, and against Rayo Vallecano, they played again with a big score, winning 6-2, and Mackin scored twice again.
After Atletico's substitutes drew 2-2 with Olympiacos and won 2-1 at Albacete, the whole Atletico squad travelled to Catalonia to challenge Espanyol.
And the most famous team in Catalonia, Barcelona, went to Madrid.
"Goaaaaaal......, Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic, he's a giant, the opening minute, just one minute, he stopped the ball with a beautiful chest in the box and scored with a sweeping shot, Real Madrid got off to a fantastic start at the Bernabeu", exclaimed the TV commentator frantically.
This stunned all the Atletico Madrid players who were watching the game in the hotel, huh? Why is this drama so familiar? It seems to have happened somewhere.
They saw Jose Mourinho on TV running wild again and Pep Guardiola scratching his head, and this season they had to win all of their titles to surpass last season's achievements.
However, the strength of the Madrid duo has given them a serious challenge, and the pressure on him is even greater than last season, especially since the start of the season, when they have been pressed by the Madrid team.
Yes, they have the omnipotent Messi, but Real Madrid has the omnipotent Ronaldo, and Atletico Madrid has the omnipotent Mackin, and their domination of La Liga is under serious threat.
In the 30th minute, when Barcelona, who had gradually taken control of the ball, finally relied on the combination of Iniesta and Villa to break the Real Madrid goal, the sense of déjà vu among the Atletico players was even stronger.
"You say, is Real Madrid ...... Still have to kneel? Sanchez, who was sitting in front, said without looking back, he finally remembered, isn't this a copy of their match with Real Madrid?
"It's better to have a draw," Gabby commented, "it's best for us, though...... I feel like Real Madrid have the same problems as ours."
Sure enough, in the second half, Marcelo first pitted Mourinho, and in a cross cleared, he accidentally blocked the ball into his own goal.
Once Real Madrid is behind now, especially when facing strong teams, how to turn the situation back is a problem that they have not solved, because at this time, their biggest magic weapon, fast, will be contained.
And the opponents who take the lead obviously won't give them so much space in the back, and at this time they rely purely on the individual abilities of Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic.
But this thing can't work every scene.
When Cesc Fabregas added the icing on the cake in the 69th minute and scored Barcelona's third goal of the game, the final result of the game was basically announced.
The Bernabeu has been beaten again, losing two big games in two weeks, which must have been a difficult moment for Mourinho, but he is in the most difficult position for a manager in the world and is destined to suffer.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi didn't score in this game, but the victory belonged to Barcelona.
Guys, I smell the champs......
This is a quote that Mackin said to his teammates before the match against Espanyol, yes, the taste of the championship, it is very mellow, and last season's UEFA Cup simply could not satisfy his appetite.
"Congratulations to Marc, winner of the Player of the Month award for November 2011-12 in the Spanish Primera Division......" as the host gave way to his place as Makqin received another of his awards at the Cornella Stadium.
The Spaniard's home stadium gave him a polite round of applause, Pochettino also applauded on the sidelines, and Mackqin's performance won the respect of many.
But Espanyol did not be polite to Atletico Madrid in this game, Pochettino has imprinted his character more deeply into this team, and Atletico Madrid took a lot of effort to beat Espanyol away from home, which is considered to have lived up to the points sent by Real Madrid in this round.
Next, Atletico Madrid completely entered the crazy mode.
3:1 win over Real Betis; 5-0 win over Albachet; Christmas and the winter break did not suppress the excitement of the Atletico Madrid players, many firsts, the most beautiful and the most hopeful.
All the players in this squad, except for Mackqin, have the first chance to touch this kind of top-flight championship trophy, and there is no need to mobilize at all.
Except for Costa's loan spell at Rayo Vallecano during the winter break and a loan contract that can be recalled at any time, Atletico Madrid is as quiet as a lake this winter transfer window.
But underneath it, there's a volcano ready to erupt!
After the winter break it was another three-game winning streak, both in Malaga, and it was no coincidence that they met in the fifth round of the Copa del Rey, home and away, and then in the league as well, away.
After three consecutive cuts, Malaga coach "Chilean Engineer" Pellegrini said helplessly in the press conference room of Calderón: "It's difficult, this is the gap, the gap in strength"
'My players worked very hard but we couldn't close the gap out of thin air, yes, they were number one and we were fourth, it doesn't look that far off'
'But the reality is that we have only scored two goals in three games and we have been scored eight, so I think it's a good opportunity for us to appreciate the gap between us and the top teams in Europe and that will help us improve'
And what makes Macqin happiest is that Barcelona is drawn this round!
They are four points ahead of Barcelona and five points ahead of Real Madrid, and as the time enters the 2012 Chinese New Year, Atletico Madrid are gradually showing their strength.
After a year and a half, Mackqin's cramming declaration has finally seen its effect at this moment, which is like a person saying to himself every day, "I will succeed".
One day, you will really succeed, because that motivation, the worst, can also sneak into the MLM gang as a leader or something, and exert your residual heat on another road.
Throughout January, Atletico Madrid fans were as happy as they were living in a dream, starting with their league win for the whole month, and the only game they lost in the whole month was an away defeat to Athletic Bilbao in the sixth round of the Copa del Rey.
But back at home, they avenged themselves and sent themselves to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, and the most unreal thing for Atletico fans was that their opponents in the semi-finals were Mirandes, a Spanish side in La C.
Oh my God, it's all about the rhythm of the finals!
And then what made them even more completely happy and about to go crazy was that their opponent in the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League was the Greek Athletic Team!
Then what made them happy and almost stupid was that Barcelona and Real Madrid met in advance in the sixth round of the Copa del Rey, Mourinho estimated that he was going to vomit nauseously, and after two games, they did not repeat last year's miracle, and were kicked out of the Copa del Rey semifinals by Barcelona at home!
Hahaha!
Atletico Madrid fans want to celebrate this wonderful month with a party every day, they have completely crushed the aristocrats of their city this season, and the revolution has succeeded!
And at this moment, Mourinho was in a hurry, and Real Madrid's mouthpiece "Marca" stabbed him in the back, yes, the Caponero incident broke out.
So it is actually women who control the operation of the world, and there seems to be some truth in this sentence, and he directly published a signed article in the "Marca":
Now in the dressing room of Real Madrid, no one trusts Mourinho anymore, he is arrogant, arrogant, can't listen to other people's opinions, and goes his own way, but this season they are almost overwhelmed by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
And we all know that Barcelona and Real Madrid are the two main source clubs in Spain, and Mourinho actually instigated the confrontation between Real Madrid and Barcelona players, Mark is estimated to laugh to death if he sees it, you know, the European Cup is coming, our opponent, England led by Mark!
No one knows how long Mourinho will stay at the Bernabeu, but this season, in the league and in the Champions League, he must get breakthrough results on one of those fronts, otherwise ......
"F**K", Mourinho angrily slammed the "Marca" newspaper in his hand in the office, "This *** woman is just talking nonsense!" ”
This is simply a hornet's nest, without Mourinho's own hands, countless "bird fans" around the world spat on Cabonero, and hacked Casillas, who has never had negative news.
But at this time, Casillas really stood in front of his woman like a man, which made Makqin admire, even if the woman did something wrong.
In his first conversation with Mourinho, he emphasized Cabonero's freedom of the press and did not confront her because she had started a fight.
What's more, she wasn't lying.
Then, after Mourinho publicly claimed to the outside world that Casillas spread the news of the Real Madrid dressing room through his girlfriend, he chose to remain silent, since he publicly showed affection with his girlfriend.
Everyone knows which side he's on.
The Casim Bird is now officially in trouble! , and what makes Mark Qin sigh is that Cassie may never return to the original Cassie because of this, he has been involved in too much energy off the field.
This is also the reason why Mackin doesn't like Mourinho, this kind of philosophy of the boss and his second, he doesn't like it, he doesn't want to play under such a manager, paternalism, and a kind of pathos that I carry everything, to put it bluntly, it's just not peaceful enough.
Real Madrid's dressing room turmoil did not affect Atletico's form except for a rush in the Spanish media, as they continued to hold a four-point lead in the league before unsurprisingly beating Mirandes in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey to reach the final.
And their opponent in the final is Barcelona!