There are gains and losses.

Linson's catch-and-afoul strategy allowed Málaga to reach the final of the Copa del Rey, however, the midweek gamble also brought up a perennial issue for Linsen: fitness.

The good news is that it's not just Malaga who have fitness problems, as Barcelona will also suffer from the same problems in the next round.

In midweek, Barcelona swept away their Ligue 1 giants Lyon in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals 5-2 at home to draw 1-1 with their Ligue 1 giants in the first leg to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 6-3 on aggregate. In midweek, Barcelona beat Valencia 2-0 in the Copa del Rey semi-finals, making it 4-1 on aggregate to meet Málaga in the Copa del Rey final.

Malaga plays three games in two weeks, while Barcelona plays four games in two weeks. For both sides, the only positive point may be that after the next league game, due to the international break, La Liga will usher in a ten-day off-season, which allows the managers of both sides to at least theoretically spare no effort in this game.

On 22 March, Malaga hosts leaders Barcelona.

In the first leg of the season, when the two teams were first in the league and Barcelona were third, this time, the positions on both sides have undoubtedly been reversed, and even Malaga is further down to fourth. Thanks to Linson's choice of the Copa del Rey, Sevilla, who had previously been crushed under their ass, finally overtook Malaga after the previous round. Theoretically, the third or fourth place in the league is the qualification for the Champions League, the difference is that the fourth needs to play the Champions League qualification, while the third can directly qualify for the Champions League group stage. However, for Lin Sen, it is obviously too early to decide whether to be third or fourth in the league now, of course, this is not where Lin Sen's confidence lies in giving up the last round of the league.

Linsen's biggest confidence is that Villarreal, who is currently ranked fifth, has been thrown away by Málaga in fourth place by as much as seven points. The performance of Manuel Pellegrini's team this season has increasingly made Linsen wonder if he will have a "one-year trip to Real Madrid" next season, although he can no longer remember what kind of result the engineer ended up going to Real Madrid this season. Like Málaga, Villarreal have also struggled with too many draws this season, with Villarreal currently drawing ten of their 27 league games, more than a third, while Málaga have drawn eight, close to a third. While it can't be said that every draw is a game that should be won, it at least proves that there are definitely a few games that can be won. What's more, Málaga, as a promoted team, is understandable for too many draws, and Pellegrini, who is an old fritter, obviously shouldn't let Villarreal have this situation too often.

Of course, now is not the time for Linson to "worry" about Pellegrini.

This game, for Malaga, is not a game that must be won, but a game that requires all effort.

Barcelona has now become a team that other teams are afraid of in La Liga, and there are even extreme situations where La Liga teams send substitutes to give up the game when they meet Barcelona, which is a living example of "being scared to death", of course Linsen will not be scared to death by Barcelona, but Malaga has lost a round, if Malaga continues to lose in this game, then, Linsen will not be able to guarantee that no one in the team will be "scared", which is undoubtedly a situation that Linsen absolutely does not want to see, because, Malaga still have a game against Barcelona.

That was the Copa del Rey final.

For Pep Guardiola, the match against Malaga is actually not as important as the Catalan media has made noise, because Linson's "disrespectful" behavior at the Camp Nou before, and Malaga is a potential opponent in the Copa del Rey final of Barcelona, so the Catalan media has created even more momentum for this game than the semi-final against Sevilla in midweek, but even so, it still can't change the fact that this is still just a league game.

This game is worth three points for both sides and won't decide anything else.

Due to the three-line battle, Barcelona's league results in recent years are actually not good, only one victory in three rounds of league games, not because Barcelona is not in good shape, but because like Linson, Guardiola also has his own trade-offs, a huge lead of more than double digits in the league, enough for Guardiola to have room to focus on at a critical time, compared to this, the so-called Zào La Liga points record, after all, is just some false name.

It's just that Barcelona intends to take a nap, but other teams can't afford it, even Real Madrid, which is closest to Barcelona and has one less game than Barcelona in the current standings, is still ten points behind, still in double digits.

The Rose Garden Course is bursting.

As the league draws to the late stages, coupled with the excitement of reaching the final of the Copa del Rey, the enthusiasm of the fans in Malaga is getting higher and higher, not to mention that this match is against Barcelona, even if it is an ordinary opponent, the Rose Garden Stadium is also full.

Guardiola, who is in a suit and leather shoes, puts his hands in his trouser pockets in a chic manner, and looks at the stadium with two eyes. The team made history at the time of the height of the momentum of the Rose Garden Stadium, but in the eyes of Guardiola, it is still a little less interesting, just like Malaga on the field.

That's not something that momentum can make up for.

Camp Nou, as one of the largest stadiums in the world, encounters heavy games, and even has nearly 100,000 fans present, even in the usual games, there are close to 80,000 attendance, momentum is such a thing, it is useless to rely on bluffing, the number of people is the real thing, the phrase "outnumbered" is often used as a derogatory term, but in fact, it is just a fact. Accustomed to seeing the crowd and the Rose Garden is less than half the fans at Camp Nou, who can they scare?

In the same way, no matter how powerful Malaga is, it can't change the fact that the promoted horse can't change after all, and when Malaga won seven consecutive games at the beginning of the season, it was enough for the newborn calves not to be afraid of tigers, but it still made Barcelona bite down twice and had to return injured. And today, the calf that has seen the tiger is no longer newborn, does Malaga still have the courage to confront Barcelona?

The answer is yes.

Lin Sen also does not think that the second match with Barcelona is on the same starting line, people are used to measuring every football match with fairness, but as everyone knows, most of the games themselves are unfair, especially in the league, such as the current Barcelona and Malaga, such a match, in a boxing match, it is like a heavyweight fighter and a lightweight fighter together. Fair? With the same rules and the same arena, is it fair? Is it a fair loss or a fair win? Not to mention, the weak team also has to beware of the referee's "care" from time to time, you know, it is impossible for the referee to sympathize with the weak, because they want to be fair.

Therefore, the so-called fairness has always been relative. In this regard, of course, Lin Sen is not so painful that he even has to complain about this, although it is shameless for you to do this kind of statement, but refusing to accept the reality that it is impossible to change will only increase the trouble.

Of course, a fait accompli is a fait accompli, fairness is one thing, and victory or defeat is another.

Heavyweight and lightweight compete together, and while the heavyweight division has a bigger chance of winning, the lightweight division is not absolutely out of chance. Compared to the last time, Barcelona is indeed stronger, but Malaga also has its own advantages, such as the home field that is not in the eyes of the opponent, such as the tacit understanding that is relatively lacking in the first leg, such as the physical strength that has a slight advantage, such as ...... The opponent was as contemptuous as ever.

Lin Sen's tactics in this game are actually not much different from the first battle between the two sides, the same is to set up thorns in the half, the same is not to give up an inch of land in this position, and the same is to give up the ball to the opponent...... The only difference, presumably this time, Linson let Rondon replace Lewandowski as the starting single striker.

For Linsen's change, Guardiola sees it in his eyes, and naturally knows the intention, compared with Lewandowski, Longdon's technology is not so comprehensive, but there is one thing that is better than the Poles, that is, speed. Then, it is not difficult to guess what Lin Sen thinks. As we all know, Malaga has been defending and counter-attacking this season. But at Camp Nou, Linson's team only saw the defense, not the counter-attack, and now this time Linsen does not want Barcelona to be too unscrupulous on their own turf.

Barcelona with a semi-main lineup is indeed not as free as at Camp Nou, not to mention the tactical targeting of these more subjective factors, objectively there is a factor that makes them have to be vigilant: Rose Garden uses a small size of 101 * 65 pitch in this game, but Barcelona's home Camp Nou uses a standard 105 * 68 specification, this comes and goes, regardless of the length of the pitch, the width of the pitch is a few meters less, This is obviously not a good thing for a team like Barcelona who are good at attacking from the wings.

For this point, Guardiola has no characteristics to make any targeted measures to remedy, the small format of the stadium is not the first time he has encountered, but because of Malaga's defensive tactics, it magnified the "discomfort" of Barcelona on the field, but as the game progresses, this discomfort will naturally disappear gradually......

Both sides have their own ideas, and the game is passing in such an atmosphere......