Chapter 719: The Growing Difference in Points
Atletico Madrid got their wish and beat Real Betis 3-0 to take all three points, but on the second day of the national derby, Real Madrid once again dropped the chain.
Although the national derby was a great one, with both sides offering a goalscoring battle for the fans, Real Madrid still lost to Barcelona with a score of 3:4.
With this defeat, Barcelona chased the difference between the two sides to just one point, which means that Real Madrid's previous efforts were in vain.
This defeat will undoubtedly remind countless Real Madrid people of Lin Dong and last season, last season's Real Madrid maintained their whole body regardless of whether they faced Barcelona or Atletico Madrid.
But what about this season? Both Madrid derbies ended in defeat, and now the two matches in the national derby have also ended in defeat, including a victory over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey.
Because of this loss, Ancelotti's life at Real Madrid became even more sad, and even after the game, some Real Madrid fans chanted for Ancelotti to leave class.
Fans are brainless, and Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are probably happy to see it, but the Real Madrid management will certainly not be so stupid, although the Real Madrid management does not say stupid things.
A change of coach is like a change of knife, not to mention that the season has entered the final sprint, not to mention that at the current season, can you find a manager who is better than Ancelotti and has a better coaching level?
Therefore, the change of coach is also shouted by the group of Real Madrid fans, as long as the Real Madrid management is not really brain-dead, they will definitely not let Ancelotti leave class at this point in time.
Indeed, as time goes by, Carlo Ancelotti remains firmly in the position of Real Madrid manager, even if Real Madrid has suffered two consecutive defeats.
In the thirtieth round of the league, Real Madrid visited Sevilla, and the result was 90 minutes over, with a score of 2:1, the home team in front, the away team in the back, Real Madrid ushered in two consecutive defeats, and finally returned the second position in the league to Barcelona.
Barcelona played two hours ahead of Real Madrid, so when the Real Madrid game started, the results of the Barcelona game had already been announced.
With a goal from Lionel Messi and a brace from Neymar, Barcelona beat Celta Vigo at home and beat Real Madrid by 2 points with 71 points.
Atletico Madrid's game has not yet started, and after the first 29 rounds, Atletico Madrid's points are 78 points, which means that as long as Atletico Madrid wins the opponent in the thirtieth round, Atletico Madrid can stretch the points difference with Barcelona to as many as 10 points.
In fact, Atletico Madrid also won the thirtieth round of the match, and Atletico Madrid's opponent in the thirtieth round is still not strong, and Granada is in the middle and lower reaches of the standings.
Of course, a lack of opposition does not guarantee a victory, as Atletico themselves and Barcelona have proven in the past, with Atletico's only defeat coming to Osasuna in the relegation zone and Barcelona to Valladolid.
However, Lin Dong did not play in the game that Atletico Madrid lost, which is very telling, so far in the position, Atletico Madrid has not lost the game in which Lin Dong started.
And Simeone, who has suffered a loss, will naturally not suffer a second loss, otherwise he will not be the main force in the last game, although Simeone has a small rotation this time, but Lin Dong and Costa, the terrifying forward combination, still starts.
The decision ultimately guaranteed Atletico Madrid's victory, and in the 21st minute of the game, Atletico scored the first goal of the tournament through a corner kick by Lin Dong.
It was not Lin Dong's direct header to break the goal, it was Rodriguez, who was a rare starter in this game, who fought for the first landing point, the latter's header ferried, Lin Dong appeared in the most deserved position, and shot with one kick to complete the goal.
This is also Lin Dong's 53 goals in the league, but in terms of goal rate, it seems that it cannot be compared with the first half of the season, because Lin Dong still only scored one goal in this game, which is also the third goal of Lin Dong in the last three games.
An average of one goal per game is already very good and terrifying for other strikers, but unfortunately, who called him Lin Dong, who created a terrifying statistic of two goals per game in the first half of the season.
However, Lin Dong's average goal is enough for Atletico to win, after all, Atletico Madrid is not the only Lin Dong, Costa's goal rate is not bad, and Costa has been in good form recently.
In recent games, Costa has also averaged one goal per game, but Costa's average goal per game has been praised by many media, which can also be seen how there is a difference in the attitude towards Lin Dong and Costa.
Costa's goal was in the second half, and in all three games, Costa scored in the second half, which is also an interesting phenomenon.
With this victory, Atletico Madrid has widened the gap with Barcelona to 10 points and Real Madrid to 11 points.
And with this victory, Atletico have won all the games they have experienced in March, losing the 25th round of matches just at the end of February.
However, it is not only Atletico Madrid who have won all this month, but also Sevilla, and Sevilla are more exaggerated than Atletico Madrid, winning six in a row and almost catching up with Athletic Bilbao in fourth place in the league.
And with the end of the March game, what Real Madrid and Barcelona were expecting did not happen, and Atletico not only did not drop the chain as they thought, but also pulled the points gap with them.
You know, a month ago, Real Madrid once chased the score to only 3 points, but Atletico Madrid accumulated 66 points, Real Madrid chased 63 points, surpassing Barcelona to rank second.
But a month later, the second place in the standings changed back to Barcelona, and the three-point gap became 11 points.
I have to say that Real Madrid and Barcelona, who found this result, are a little difficult to accept, but this result is not under their control, even if they don't want to accept it, they can only accept it, and Atletico Madrid's winning streak is not over.
In the 31st round of the league, Atletico Madrid visited Athletic Bilbao's new San Mames stadium, Athletic Bilbao is not a weak team in front, Athletic Bilbao has performed very well this season, currently occupying the fourth position in the standings, Real Madrid and Barcelona also expect Athletic Bilbao to block the forest movement.
However, Athletic Bilbao disappointed them, albeit off to a good start, breaking the deadlock and taking the lead after just five minutes of Athletic Bilbao's goal.
But after Athletic Bilbao's goal, Simeone decisively changed his tactics and disrupted the opponent's rhythm with full-court pressing, and Lin Dong took the opportunity to tie the score.
Another one-knife, Koke broke the ball and sent a straight stopper, Lin Dong shook off the defender and rushed into the Athletic Bilbao penalty area, and the goalkeeper of Athletic Bilbao failed to break the magical record of 100% success rate of Lin Dong's single knife.