Chapter 41 Champion, Champion, Champion!

After the Spanish derby against Real Madrid, the Barcelona squad looked a little tired, but they were immediately on the back foot of the Champions League quarter-final against Leeds United at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona, who were not in great form, finally beat Leeds United 3-2 at home, Shaq scored the winning goal for the team's third goal, and Shaarawy and Vasquez also contributed to the team's victory.

Two rounds, Simon? Grayson led Barcelona to an undisputed 8-3 aggregate win over his former club to take Barcelona to the last four of the Champions League, where they will face Serie A giants Inter Milan for a place in the final, while the other two teams who reached the last four of the Champions League were Manchester City and Real Madrid in England.

Relatively speaking, Barcelona has drawn a sign, Inter Milan's strength has recovered in the past two years, although there are no big stars in the team, but the team is under the leadership of Argentine coach "madman" Bielsa, but it has a good record every year, although the team stopped at the knockout stage last season, this season is a succession to defeat Sevilla, Liverpool, all the way to the semifinals and Barcelona met.

The Spanish media are also singing praises for the performances of Barcelona and Real Madrid, hoping that the two greatest teams in the country will face off against the highest honours of European clubs, and the Spanish national derby is much more exciting than the Manchester derby that year's Champions League final.

Not only Spaniards, but football fans all over the world are eager to see Barcelona and Real Madrid face off at the top of Europe, after all, these two teams are the greatest teams in Europe, and the stars of both teams can blind people's eyes.

Relatively speaking, the pursuit of overall football played by Inter Milan and Manchester City is too ugly compared to Barcelona and Real Madrid!

However, before the two Spanish teams reached the Champions League showdown. They still have some way to go......

On April 21, in the 32nd round of La Liga, Barcelona swept Levante away with a score of 5:0, and Shaq increased his goal tally this season to 143 goals in 50 games after scoring five goals in the game, after a little silence for two games. "The King of the Ball" Shaq is starting to exert his power again.

And this 5-0 victory, also because of Atletico Madrid's own problems, made Barcelona expand their lead in the standings with 92 points, the second and third places Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are only 80 points, with six rounds left in the league, it is only a matter of time before Barcelona wins the league title.

On 24 April, Barcelona had their chance to win their first trophy of the season...... Copa del Rey final!

Valencia, the opponent in the Copa del Rey final, is far inferior to Barcelona, but Simon? Grayson, however, will not be beaten lightly in this Copa del Rey final at the Camp Nou. Barcelona have the advantage of being at home, and although Valencia will have a lot of fans to help, they will not be able to compare with Barcelona in numbers.

So...... If he can't win such a game, "Brutal Simon" will be sorry for his prestige and the high salary paid to him by the club.

Although everyone thought that Barcelona would win, no one expected Barcelona to win so easily!

Barcelona took the initiative from the start of the game, using their familiarity with the Camp Nou to make the most of every square inch of the turf. On the pitch, he tore through Valencia's defence with fluid passing and quick running, and attacked the opponent's goal again and again.

29 minutes. Barcelona suddenly launched an attack on the right side, and unlike the previous slow control, this time the "little pharaoh" sent a straight ball forward, and Rafael, who assisted it, made a standard bottom cross, and sent the ball from the air to the small penalty area in the middle of Valencia!

"Boom!"

Shaq was born out of thin air, like an airborne bomber. Squeezed away the Valencia defenders in the air, shook his head and hit the goal with a very fast and powerful header, and sent the ball into the opponent's goal...... 1:0！

Simon off the field? When Grayson saw the goal, he smiled and walked to the sidelines to applaud, he was so happy with the goal. After nine months of tuning, the team finally knows when to be elegant and when to ...... Simple and crude!

In the 39th minute, it was Rafael who sent a cross from the right, and the ball fell diagonally into the small penalty area on the left side of Valencia...... 2:0！

After leading by two goals in the first half, Barcelona played more easily in the second half, as Shaq drew four Valencia players in the six-yard box on the left side in the 47th minute, sent the ball from the gap to the right, and the "little pharaoh" who slapped the horse into the empty net...... 3:0！

On 69 minutes, Cesc Fabregas, who had returned from injury and controlled the team's tempo well in the game, sent a clever pass to Shaq from outside the penalty area on the right, who ran diagonally to receive the ball and volleyed directly into the goalkeeper...... 4:0！

In the 88th minute, El Shaarawy received a pass from Vasquez in the right penalty area, attracted two Valencia defenders and then alertly returned to the middle, Shaq took a right-footed volley from the position of just one step into the penalty area, and the ball arced and flew into the bottom left corner of the goal...... 5：0！

When Shaq completed another hat-trick in this game, he also broke his own single-season record for goals in the Copa del Rey...... 26 goals in 9 games!

In the end, Barcelona defeated Valencia with a score of 5:0 without any suspense, and finally became the champion of the Copa del Rey again after seven years after 2012!

After winning the Copa del Rey, the Barcelona board of directors sent a congratulatory message, and President Russell personally gave Simon? Grayson called him and told him not to let the players overcelebrate, and that Barca are not just aiming for the Copa del Rey this season, or becoming a double in Spain with multiple league titles, they also need to hold their breath to challenge for the Champions League trophy.

Barcelona did not let up either, as they continued to maintain their lead in the league with a 2-0 home win over a famously tenacious Athletic Bilbao side in the 33rd round of La Liga.

Later, in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals, he relied on Shaq's hat trick to defeat Inter Milan 4-0 at home, and he has already stepped into the Champions League final with one foot.

Back to the 34th round of La Liga on May 4. Barcelona defeated Villarreal with a score of 5:1 away from home, officially with an unbeaten record of 98 points in 34 games, 32 wins and 2 draws, and played the second place Atletico Madrid in 35 rounds with 12 points, and finally won the La Liga championship this season four rounds ahead of schedule and was crowned ...... Double Crown!

However, compared to the league championship that had been expected for a long time, Barcelona fans were more excited about Shaq's goal count finally ...... It's over 100!

In the away game against Villarreal. Shaq has scored 100 goals in 34 games for Barcelona this season!

For many players, it is remarkable to score hundreds of league goals for a club in their lifetime, but Shaq has already contributed hundreds of league goals for Manchester United and Barcelona, and has already achieved the feat of scoring 100 league goals in two seasons.

While it looks unlikely that Shaq will score 26 goals in his remaining four La Liga games, equalling the previous record of 126 league goals set for United in a single season three years ago, Shaq's contribution to Barcelona is no longer precedented.

What's more, Shaq has already contributed 154 goals in 54 games for Barcelona this season, reaching the second-highest peak of his career, which is already unattainable for other players.

Then again. Shaq will be hoping to break his record of 33 Champions League goals in a single season, having now scored 28 goals this season, and a further five goals in the second leg of the semi-final and the Champions League final with him remaining five would equal the record he set in his first season with Manchester United.

It's just that Inter Milan obviously won't let Shaq achieve his goal so easily, although the current head coach is the "crazy" Bielsa, a madman who advocates attacking, but the Italians' conservative bones still make Inter Milan's defensive ability very tenacious.

In the second leg of Barcelona's visit to the Meazza Stadium, Inter Milan lost 0:2. was eliminated by Barcelona 6-0 over two legs, but Shaq only scored one goal at the Meazza Stadium. Champions League goals are suspended at 29.

Barcelona advanced to the Champions League final again, which really excited the Catalans, while the rest of the Spaniards were a little disappointed, Real Madrid drew 2-2 away to Manchester City in the first leg, but returned to the Bernabeu Stadium but lost 0-3, and finally eliminated with a score of 2-5. Failed to fulfill the Spaniard's wish to watch the Spanish derby in the Champions League final.

In the remaining four rounds of La Liga, Barcelona defeated Espanyol 3:0 at home, Celta 2:0 at home, Betis 2:0 at home, and Numancia 4:1 away, and finally won the La Liga championship trophy with an unbeaten record of 38 games, 36 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses and 110 points!

Barcelona scored 150 goals this season, conceded 10 goals, and scored 140 goals, and also set a record for the most goals, the fewest goals conceded, and the most goal difference in La Liga.

Shaq ended up with 102 individual goals and Vasquith 28 assists. These are two more records!

Coupled with the team's unbeaten streak and winning streak, etc., Barcelona under the rule of "Brutal Simon" this season has indeed become the strongest Barcelona in history, and it has become the strongest team in the history of La Liga.

Atletico Madrid, which is ranked second, has already scored 95 points, but in the end it can only be relegated to second place, Real Madrid is third with 88 points, even if 88 points can be exchanged for previous seasons to win the league championship, but now even the shadow of the championship can not see the difference of 15 points and 22 points is really desperate.

While the La Liga season has come to an end, players from other teams are already preparing for the holidays, but Barcelona are still preparing for a trip to the Ali Samyan Stadium in Turkey to face Manchester City.

This season, whether Barcelona can become the "treble" depends on the last final game on the European continent! (To be continued......)