Beating Athletic Bilbao away and taking all three points is another hurdle for Real Madrid, because Bilbao is a team that is really difficult to deal with, tenacious and difficult, a bit like a Bundesliga team, and this team has also dominated the Spanish football league.

You must know that the first to collect the Copa del Rey trophy is this team, and there was a real bloodbath in Barcelona back then, although their strength is not as good as it was in the beginning over the years, but they still stick to their football path without humility or arrogance, tenacious and confident.

It would also be a great thing to beat such a team and regain Real Madrid's self-confidence, after all, the defeat to Schalke 04 in the knockout round of the Champions League was too devastating.

At present, Real Madrid 22 rounds, there are still only two draws, one has not been lost, it can be said that the record is outstanding, the points have reached sixty-two points, and Barcelona is one draw and two losses, losing these two games, both lost to Real Madrid, and the draw is a draw with Atletico Madrid, so look at it, in fact, Barcelona's performance this season is quite stable, the key is that Real Madrid is too strong.

Barcelona currently have 58 points, four points less than Real Madrid, which is not a big gap, but in a league like La Liga, it is difficult to catch up.

On the contrary, Atletico Madrid currently has a record of one draw and one loss, with 60 points, only two points less than Real Madrid and two more points than Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid drew with Barcelona and lost with Real Madrid, and the second half of the season between Atletico Madrid and these two clubs has not yet taken place. So the top three are actually very variable, as the leader of Real Madrid. And it should not be taken lightly.

Overall, though, Real Madrid's hopes of winning the title are still quite high. Therefore, Real Madrid fans are also full of confidence, and they have not lost confidence because of a defeat in the Champions League knockout round, after all, there is still an away goal, as long as they return to the home stadium, they will be able to pull it back.

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After playing the league against Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid faced another formidable opponent, Atletico Madrid, a regular of the Copa del Rey winners.

And precisely, today's game is also a Copa del Rey game, because the opponent is relatively strong. Lippi deliberately arranged Lin Yu to play, and the rest of the lineup still basically used the original substitute lineup.

The two wingers are Alvaro Morata and Angel Di Maria, with Benzema still the striker and Lin Yu making a cameo role as a midfielder, after all, he has played in this position before, so Lippi can rest assured that he will be in charge.

At the back, Luka Modric and Casemiro are the partners, the back four are Nacho, Pepe, Ramos and Arbeloa, and the goalkeeper is Diego López.

Ramos is the only main force other than Lin Yu. However, as a deputy team, he did not wear the captain's armband today, but personally wore the armband on Lin Yu's arm.

The Copa del Rey is of course much worse than the league and the Champions League, and the relationship between Lin Yu and Atletico Madrid fans is not so bad. Unlike the fans of Barcelona, who were completely and completely deadlocked, the scolding battle that the media reporters expected before the game did not happen.

Even before the start of the game. Real Madrid coach Lippi and Atletico Madrid coach Simeone also had a friendly hug in the players' tunnel.

The atmosphere before the game was so good, but it was played. The two teams will not show mercy.

Atletico Madrid has always been a regular in the Copa del Rey winners, and in the days when they could not compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona. Their main goal is the Copa del Rey, and in fact it hasn't changed yet, so they definitely don't want to lose to their own city team.

Although Real Madrid doesn't take the Copa del Rey so seriously, that was before, and now Real Madrid urgently needs the championship to rebuild confidence, naturally even if it is the Copa del Rey, they are absolutely unwilling to let it go, just from the fact that Lippi let Lin Yu play, you can see the clues.

What's more, the Copa del Rey is different from the league, the league is a points system, even if you lose one, you can still find the advantage from other games, the Copa del Rey is different, although the rules are very complicated, but generally speaking, it is a two-legged elimination system of home and away.

Everyone knows that once the score of the two rounds is lost, then it will be completely eliminated, and there will be no chance to look for advantages in other games, and the cruelty of the elimination system can be imagined.

This year's Copa del Rey Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid met so early, in fact, it can be regarded as an accident, but I believe that both teams will not be easily defeated.

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At the Bernabeu Stadium, all of a sudden, there was a lot of noise, and everyone stood up and clapped their hands and cheered.

They shouted the name of the same person in their mouths: "Benzema! Benzema! ”

Yes, Benzema scored, and it was Lin Yu, the temporary cameo striker, who assisted him!

The Real Madrid players were celebrating on the pitch and everyone was huddled together and looking very excited, even though it wasn't the Champions League, it was a blessing to be able to take the lead against a big team.

The goal was scored by Benzema in the opening eighteen minutes, and it was a beautiful goalmouth shot, of course, although Lin Yu did not score, but the goal was initiated by him and assisted Benzema.

Although the players of Atletico Madrid were heavily armed, they wanted to stop Lin Yu, but Lin Yu's beautiful and dazzling foot skills like flower arrangements made the opponent stunned, in the midfield, he took advantage of an opportunity to take the ball with his back, and suddenly a Cruyff turned around, successfully deceived the defenders of Atletico Madrid, and at the same time turned around, he also passed the ball to Benzema.

Benzema suddenly missed, and with a sweeping shot in front of the goal, the ball went into the net!

Real Madrid thus leads 1-0.

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However, Atletico Madrid was not easy to deal with, and Real Madrid's lead did not last long, as Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa's ultra-long-range burst of fire suddenly deflected off Ramos' body. deceived Diego López and pulled the score to 1:1.

Speaking of Diego Costa. The player also came close to going to Chelsea last season, but later refused to let him go because of Atletico Madrid. So the business was not negotiated. At that time, Diego Costa himself said that he stayed in La Liga just to be able to have more exchanges with Lin Yu.

At that time, Diego Costa even regarded Lin Yu as an opponent he had to beat, but unfortunately after Lin Yu came to La Liga, his performance was simply beyond the expectations of many people, he almost didn't need any time to adapt, and he came to La Liga to start a crazy goal journey, which made Diego Costa both envious and speechless. However, as a young man, he still refuses to admit defeat, so whenever he encounters a match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, he works very hard.

After he helped the team equalize today, he deliberately walked in front of Lin Yu and patted his chest, with a particularly proud and provocative meaning.

Atletico Madrid fans are of course happy that their leading striker has been able to score, and they also feel that at least in this period, Diego Costa has overtaken Lin Yu.

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Because at this stage, the Copa del Rey is a home-and-away knockout system. So Atletico Madrid can score a goal away from home, which is a very big advantage for them, but for Real Madrid, it's not so good. Conceding a goal at home, that's the most troublesome.

Atletico Madrid are smart and they don't want to win away from home. As long as you can get away goals, or try to draw with Real Madrid. Then when it comes to the home field, you can use the home advantage to launch a final assault on Real Madrid. The hope of eliminating Real Madrid will increase considerably.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, should try to avoid this situation, not only to concede as few goals away from home, but also to score as many goals as possible, and win against Atletico Madrid, so that they can have more advantages and confidence after going away, otherwise it will be difficult to play away.

Unfortunately, the game did not seem to go as Real Madrid had hoped, and until the end of the first half, the score was still a 1-1 draw.

Even in the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again and played for more than 20 minutes, and the score was still 1:1, which made Lippi a little ruthless, so he replaced Morata with Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro with Khedira, ready to seize the last few tens of minutes to win the game.

Although Morata performed well in this game, he is not a professional winger after all, and he always feels that he plays a little nondescript, and the replacement of Cristiano Ronaldo is completely different, Ronaldo is not only a professional winger, but more importantly, he has a very high degree of tacit understanding with Lin Yu and Benzema.

This substitution quickly had an effect, and in the 75th minute of the game, Lin Yu and Cristiano Ronaldo had a dazzling one-two combination, passing and receiving the ball many times, completely breaking the back line of Atletico Madrid, and finally Lin Yu volleyed in front of the goal, and the ball hit the goal quickly and accurately.

The score was rewritten to 2:1, and Real Madrid led at home, but this score was still not satisfactory for Lippi, who was bent on establishing home advantage.

After all, Atletico Madrid's home stadium is not easy to mess with, and if you go with such a score, you will only be afraid that it will be more than lucky.

Lin Yu also seemed to know Lippi's thoughts, so after scoring this goal, he simply hugged Cristiano Ronaldo, and then quickly walked to the midfield with the ball.

Regardless of whether he scores or not, as the team's captain on the pitch, he wants to help the team achieve a bigger advantage.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone hurriedly replaced the poor performance of Villa at this time, and then strengthened the defense, for Simeone, the score is still acceptable to him, but it is absolutely impossible for Real Madrid to expand the score again, in that case, it will be difficult to play back at home.

But a substitution like Diego Simeone has hit Lippi's hands, although there is nothing wrong with this substitution, and it is also timely, but with one less attacking player, Atletico Madrid's attack has dropped a lot, so that Real Madrid can put more troops into the attack, but gradually occupy the advantage.

Di Maria, who has never made any achievements, was also ruthless at this time, and repeatedly attacked the back line of Atletico Madrid, turning this back line upside down.

But Simeone only has a few cards in his hand, and he can't make more adjustments, so he can only hope that his players can hold on to the last less than 20 minutes, and at the same time hope that Diego Costa can take the opportunity to counterattack and score another goal, as long as he scores another goal, then the advantage will be greater, and a big stone in his heart can also land.

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There was a stalemate in the game for a while, and the fans of Real Madrid in the stands have been cheering for their team, because the fans also understand that the current score is actually very unsafe, in case the opponent scores a goal in the final stage, then the score of 2:2 will make Real Madrid very uncomfortable, and the self-confidence that has just been restored is likely to be directly broken because of this.

What's more, even if the final score is 2:1 and Real Madrid wins, it doesn't make much sense, such a score goes to the away side, it is still very troublesome. (To be continued......)