Barcelona remained solid, with a crisp 2-0 away win over Racing Santander without allowing the margin to widen further.

Real Madrid finally had the opportunity to play a game of the week, and with the collapse of the Portuguese gang, the atmosphere between the Real Madrid players became more harmonious, but the relationship between the players and Mourinho became more and more strained.

Truth be told, the collapse of the Portuguese gang came so suddenly, as if without warning.

In fact, a careful analysis shows that the collapse of the Portuguese gang was a hidden danger at the time of its establishment.

Due to personality, hobbies, or interests, there will be intimacy between people, for ordinary people, it is a circle, and for professional players of the same team, it is a gang.

This is irresistible to manpower, as a coach, a famous coach, what to do is to unite the gangs to form a joint force, balance the interests of all parties, form a team goal, and work towards this goal.

It is very rare for Mourinho to be specifically instructed to form a gang, and the players are repulsed in their hearts.

For example, Pepe, he is very uninterested in the so-called Portuguese gang, he has a good relationship with the local gang players, is it because Mourinho came to alienate the local gang players?

What benefits can be gained by being estranged?

Whoever becomes the manager of Real Madrid, Pepe is an important member of the team at his prime, so why alienate his former friends.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in a different situation with Pepe because he wants to be the leader of the Real Madrid dressing room, he wants to be the banner of Real Madrid.

To achieve this, he has a lot of support from the manager.

Therefore, he accepted the desire to form the Portuguese Gang, and also became the core figure of the Portuguese Gang.

As for Carvalho and Fabio Coenterau, they are not strong enough to become the main players of the team. How to win the trust of the coach and increase the playing time has become their main task.

So they embraced Mourinho's idea and became the staunchest supporters of the Portuguese gang, thus gaining more playing time.

The main purpose of the players to form the Portuguese gang is to increase their playing time, and once they cannot be satisfied in this regard, they will be distracted.

So, in the face of a sharp drop in playing time, Fabio Coenterau, the staunchest supporter, took the lead in changing the door and changing the flag.

His behavior was like a domino effect, and in an instant, the Portuguese gang collapsed.

It dealt Mourinho a heavy blow and marked his failure to control the Real Madrid dressing room.

With the collapse of the Portuguese gang, the barriers between the players have disappeared, and they have formed a single unit, and their power has expanded in an instant, which has greatly threatened the dominance of Mourinho's dressing room.

As a result, the relationship between Mourinho and the player is also becoming more and more strained.

Mourinho, who was desperate for revenge, pressed Fabio Coenterau to the bench.

Of course, Ramos and the others had to support the Portuguese who came over, so they put pressure on Mourinho, but Mourinho is a tough man, how could he reactivate Fabio Coenterau.

The contradictions between the two sides are getting deeper and deeper.

On March 18, the 27th round of La Liga will begin, and Real Madrid, who have returned to their home stadium, will accept the challenge of Malaga.

Real Madrid are already as many as 14 points ahead of Barcelona in La Liga, and playing at home again, Mourinho can send more substitutes to play and give the main team more time to rest for the upcoming Champions League quarterfinals.

But Mourinho didn't do that, sending most of his main players to meet him.

This arrangement is not too much of a problem, after all, Real Madrid fans want to see a clean victory at home, but he once again left Fabio Coentelou out of the squad.

This has caused dissatisfaction among others, including Ramos, Casillas, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc.

So the atmosphere in the pre-match meeting was very tense, and Mourinho had a direct argument with Ronaldo.

Chen Fan did not participate in this battle because his qualifications were not enough for him to become the leader of the locker room, and these things should certainly be done by the leader of the locker room.

In addition, he doesn't want to embarrass Mourinho too much, after all, the team still has to go on, and the Champions League still has to be contested.

If all the players are involved in the fight against Mourinho, Mourinho will have only one way to go – to resign immediately.

The season is getting into a tough game and it would be extremely unwise to change a manager.

Moreover, Real Madrid's results this season are so impressive, it is morally unjustifiable to drive Mourinho away and let someone else pick peaches.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the game started on time at the Bernabeu, and Mourinho sat on the bench with a gloomy face, and did not go to the command area to direct the game at all.

And he was on the bench the whole game!

Although there is a conflict with the coach, the strength of Real Madrid is there, Real Madrid, who is playing at home, quickly takes the initiative on the field, and Ronaldo, who started the game, looked very positive from the beginning of the game.

Some people think it has something to do with the fact that he has just renewed his contract, but the Real Madrid players don't fully agree with this view.

By the end of the first half, Ronaldo had a staggering eight shots on goal, and Real Madrid only had 11 shots on goal in the first half.

However, under Malaga's tight defense, Ronaldo did not help Real Madrid break the deadlock, and the two sides ended the first half 0-0.

At half-time, Jose Mourinho replaced Cristiano Ronaldo with Chen Fan.

Mourinho has good reasons, first, Ronaldo was too anxious in the first half and wasted two good chances to score, and second, the Champions League quarterfinals are about to start, and the main players must get enough rest.

There was nothing wrong with such a reason, but Ronaldo didn't think so, thinking that Mourinho was taking revenge on him, so the two quarreled again.

Casillas and the others certainly did not let the quarrel escalate, and with their persuasion, the two sides ended the quarrel.

But anyone understands that Ronaldo has officially broken with Jose Mourinho.

After a fifteen-minute half-time break, players from both sides returned to the field, and Ronaldo's substitution caused heated discussions in the media, and they speculated about the reason behind it.

The Catalan media firmly believe that there is a problem between Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo, while the Madrid journalist believes that it is a normal squad change.

The second half of the game officially began, and Real Madrid continued to suppress Malaga with the advantage of overall strength, exerting strong pressure on the opponent's defense.

Málaga wisely continued to opt for a steady counter-attacking tactic.

In the seventeenth minute of the second half, Chen Fan cooperated with Marcelo on the left side to tear apart the opponent's defense.

The Brazilian defender received Chen Fan's direct pass and quickly went down, entered the opponent's penalty area, and then crossed with a kick!

Chen Fan, who followed up quickly, pushed and shot, and the football flew into the net from the near corner like a sharp arrow!

The ball is in!

Chen Fan broke the deadlock on the field, and Real Madrid took a one-goal lead!

After the restart, Málaga stepped up their attack and they were looking for an equaliser.

In the 25th minute of the second half, Chen Fan began to break through with the ball near the center circle, connected four players on the other side, and made a diagonal pass outside the penalty area, Ozil flew to kill and pushed into the near corner.

Football hits the net!

Two to zero!

Real Madrid extended their lead.

When everyone thought Real Madrid would win comfortably at home, Malaga immediately fought back.

In the 29th minute of the second half, they took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to pull a goal back and let the suspense of the game return.

In the following time, Real Madrid did not give Malaga a chance to turn the tables, and finally kept the score of 2-1 until the end of the game, and continued to stride towards the La Liga championship with their heads held high.