Barcelona has been hit by the FIFA virus, including Messi and Vermaelen, a total of five players on the central axis need to be out for at least two rounds, and the competition for the league leader is already at a disadvantage, but the outbreak of a massive injury wave is really worse.

Atletico's other rivals, Valencia, are no better.

Valencia does not have many internationals in the team, and it is not the FIFA virus that bothers them, but the accumulation of red and yellow cards that has led to the suspension of key players.

Centre-back Garay received a yellow card at home to Alaves in the last round, accumulating a total of five yellow cards this season and will be automatically suspended for one match according to La Liga rules.

In addition, the main fullback Guedes was directly sent off with a red card because he was dissatisfied with the referee's penalty decision in the 28th round, that is, two rounds before the goal shootout against Sevilla. After the incident, he was banned from La Liga for three games, and the next round is still suspended.

Overall, after the international break, only Atletico Madrid had the most complete personnel. In a championship scuffle, the more cards the head coach can play, the more likely he is to have the last laugh.

Of these three teams, Barcelona originally had the strongest personnel reserves. However, the addition of five injured players has largely reduced the advantage of their lineup, especially Messi's injury, which has turned the "nuclear bomb" on Barcelona's forward line into a dud.

The balance of the title race is beginning to tilt significantly in Atletico's side, and the Madrid and Chinese media are eagerly awaiting, hoping that Atletico Madrid will seize the opportunity to extend their advantage and cross the line as soon as possible. And the Catalan media, which has always been high-profile and coercive, suddenly fell into a collective silence.

People are not as good as heaven, and the sudden wave of injuries has forced reporters who are accustomed to high-profile pretensions to bow their heads.

Even if you don't have enough confidence, where can you have the courage to say hard things?

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At the weekend, the 30th round of La Liga rekindled the fire, and Barcelona, who were troubled at home and abroad, went to challenge Sevilla, whose strength should not be underestimated. Atletico host Deportivo La Coruna, while Valencia travels to Leganes, a side in the bottom half of the table.

And the 31st round after this is also regarded by the pro-Barcelona media as the best and last chance to turn the tables. Atletico Madrid will travel to the Bernabeu to take on Real Madrid. It will also be the last strong team Atletico will face this season. The opponents in the final seven rounds will hardly hinder Atletico.

All the sports media in Catalonia are analysing the Madrid derby and are more invested than the Madrid media.

But Atletico told these Catalans, who were waiting for them to capsize, with their actions: think too much.

Not to mention whether the result of the Madrid derby will change the current situation, that is the next round, and the momentum shown by Atletico Madrid in this round alone is enough to make all opponents despair.

Facing Deportivo La Coruna on the edge of the relegation zone, Atletico Madrid blossomed at home and won 4-1.

Deportivo La Coruna did not threaten much in this game, and Atletico could have kept a clean sheet, but Lucas Hernandez made the biggest mistake of young defenders, and after leading by a big score, he was not focused enough, and he accidentally put himself in an own goal, which also made the result of the game slightly flawed.

Garcia's unabashed criticism: "Hernandez's performance can be included in the 70-man nomination for last year's Golden Boy Award, so why was Wen, who amazed all of Europe in the Europa League last year, excluded?" Judging from Wen's performance this year, if he cannot enter the top three candidates for the Golden Boy Award, then the judges must be collectively blind, or there is discrimination based on race and nationality. ”

Wen Zhihao's performance today is indeed worthy of Garcia's praise. With two shots and two passes in the whole game, he scored four goals, and the team beat him as the first contribution.

Barcelona and Valencia, meanwhile, also won and showed their determination to fight to the end. The fierceness of the La Liga title race is not far behind the competition of the Premier League.

After the game, Chinese reporters also found a major surprise: Wen Zhihao ranked third in the La Liga scorer list after 30 rounds! A total of eleven goals were scored.

At the same time, Wen Zhihao is also at the top of the assist list, with 10 assists in 30 rounds, tied for first place with Celta striker Sisto, and beat Messi, the king of Barcelona with seven assists.

Compared with the assist list, the media is still more concerned about the results of the scorer list. After all, goals are the decisive statistic on the football field.

Currently ahead of Wen Zhihao are Barcelona's two aces, Messi and Suarez, who have scored 20 and 17 goals respectively. There are still eight rounds left in the league, and it will be difficult for Wen Zhihao to go further. Suarez has an excellent midfielder behind him, and it is much less difficult to score. And Wen Zhihao's role in the Atletico Madrid CG combination is to feed the two of them. He scored second goals.

Wen Zhihao not only created a new high in the goal statistics of Chinese overseas players, but also scored 11+10 goals and assists, and the double ten data of the season is even enough to laugh at the whole of Asia.

Let's not forget, there are eight rounds left in La Liga, and that's not the final stats yet.

And what is even more commendable is that the La Liga scorer list is counted from top to bottom, except for Wen Zhihao, the top ten are all forwards, and Wen Zhihao, strictly speaking, is not a striker, and the activity area is still in the midfield. Wen Zhihao's ability to squeeze into the forward-studded VIP area is a testament to his current centrality at Atletico Madrid, and more importantly, his terrifying finishing ability when the opportunity arises.

After Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona, a tabloid once commented: There are now three major nirvana in La Liga. As long as it is at a critical moment, it is definitely a one-hit kill.

They are Bale's run, Paulinho's back plug and Wen Zhihao's world wave.

Wen Zhihao, as a rookie in the five major leagues, can be put together with Bale and Paulinho, which is the best strength annotation in itself.

And thousands of miles away in China, Wen Zhihao will naturally grab the headlines every weekend, in the era of information, similar news is easy to make people feel aesthetic fatigue, but football is very special, Wen Zhihao is an exception, about his news, fans always read it with a posture of enjoyment, even if the media uses some exaggerated sentences that have obviously been processed by literature, everyone is eager to put their eyes on the screen to read it word by word.

To some extent, Wen Zhihao has also changed the image of the Internet editor in front of the public. In the past, as long as any website said a few good words for Chinese players, there would definitely be people spraying and blowing in X**, and the image of professional players once fell to the freezing point.

But as Wen Zhihao's performance continues to be hot, this situation has gradually improved, even if the media blows it appropriately, fans can accept it, and even ask themselves: Huh? Is this true? It seems that I haven't paid enough attention and is almost OUT.

And after having Wen Zhihao, no one compares Son Heung-min and Shinji Kagawa, Japanese and Korean stars, if there is, the motive is completely opposite, from envy to pride.

Shinji Kagawa? Yuto Nagatomo? Son Heung-min?

Who else?

Finished playing good cards?

I silently threw out Wen Zhihao's Wang Bang ......