After the end of the La Liga half, the European media took a longitudinal inventory of the top European leagues and came to the conclusion: Real Madrid has not only become the absolute leader beyond the reach of all La Liga teams, but also the team with the greatest advantage in the second place ahead of the top European league!

Despite their pride in Europe and La Liga, no one in the Real Madrid club, including President Calderón, who is often smug and likes to celebrate victories in advance, is reluctant to say that Real Madrid have won La Liga.

One of the most common phrases at the Real Madrid hierarchy right now is "we are on the right track".

But no one wants to make things absolute, because they know that the world of football is changing so fast that no one can rejoice too soon until they have won the championship in theory.

'We know very well that if you don't give it your all mentally, any team can cause you problems.

A person at the top of the Real Madrid hierarchy warned the team not to be overly optimistic.

At the end of Real Madrid's holiday at the beginning of January, the players came to the training base to report and prepare for the second half of the season.

The Real Madrid players were talking and laughing on the training pitch after Christmas, and the team atmosphere was relaxed, and Bosque occasionally chatted with the players and asked how they spent their holidays.

On January 4, the second leg of the Copa del Rey 1/16 final was staged at the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid led Aligent 2-0 on aggregate, and Bosque sent most of the substitutes to play in the second leg, winning 2-1 at home and advancing to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey 4-1 on aggregate.

After this victory, Real Madrid has won a terrifying 27 consecutive victories in all competitions in the new season!

On January 7, the second half of La Liga began, and Real Madrid continued to sit at home at the Bernabeu to face relegation Zaragoza.

Real Madrid, who played all the main players, had a decline in the tacit understanding of the game, and the state of many players needed to be adjusted by the game. Naturally, the use of technology has also been affected, including Qin Xiong.

The turnovers in the game were significantly higher than the league average in the first half.

However, Zaragoza's strength was limited, and Real Madrid finally won 2-0 against Zaragoza thanks to goals from Raul and Sneijder.

18 consecutive league wins this season!

Breaking the record of 17 consecutive league wins set by Inter Milan.

Bosque has been focusing on adjusting his squad in recent times and will need to return to the unwinless frenzy of the first half of the league by mid-February if he is to be more confident heading into the knockout stages of the Champions League.

January 10th.

Real Madrid ushered in the first leg of the Copa del Rey 1/8 finals, and Real Madrid, who challenged Mallorca, ended their winning streak in all competitions this season. A 1-1 draw at home in Mallorca.

Three days later, in the 19th round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited Levante, who finished last in the league.

Originally, the outside world thought that this was a game that was nine out of ten, but when Levante completely put on a bus formation and used killing tactics frantically, Real Madrid encountered stubborn resistance away from home, and was finally held to a 0-0 draw by the opponent in 90 minutes.

The league's winning streak was also ended.

In recent times, Bosque has struggled to maintain the balance of his team's form and avoid over-consumption, which has caused Real Madrid's record to fluctuate.

On January 17, Real Madrid played the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals at home.

Real Madrid, who were supposed to be on the bench, fell behind early at home. And they couldn't equalize before the end of the first half.

Bosque decisively replaced Qin Xiong, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Sneijder at halftime.

After the substitution, Real Madrid scored two goals in the second half, and reversed Mallorca 2:1 at home in a thrilling manner, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey with an aggregate score of 3:2!

Four days later, Real Madrid ushered in the second half of the league Madrid derby!

Bosque announced within the squad that he would be fielding a substitute in the first leg of the Copa del Rey that would be followed by a full-fledged squad in the second leg.

As the reigning Copa del Rey champion, it will be difficult for Bosque to abandon that front easily. Real Madrid is also not a club that has to use domestic cup competitions to train its troops, and the trophy honor will be more real.

It's just that in view of the thrilling process of the second leg of the 1/8 finals. Bosque is just to give the main squad more rest and recharge their batteries in preparation for the huge physical exhaustion pressure of the team's third-tier battle after the start of the Champions League knockout round.

In the game at the Calderón Stadium, Bosque fielded a full main line-up.

Atletico Madrid are clearly unable to compete with Real Madrid again this season, and if there is any team that can keep their hopes of competing with Real Madrid for the title, it is Villarreal, who are now second in the league with the Yellow Submarine. It is even higher than Barcelona.

But the yellow submarine has very little hope of winning the title.

At the Calderón Stadium, Atletico Madrid also adopted the same extreme counter-attacking tactics that Sevilla had used.

But the trend of the game was unexpected.

In the first minute of the game, Qin Xiong attracted the defensive attention of several Atletico Madrid players in the forward run, he did not touch the ball at all, but made a great contribution to the team's attack.

Robinho dribbled past Ibáñez on the flank and crossed. "Atletico nemesis" Raul stumbled diagonally into the front point of the running position and scored from a small angle!

Just 32 seconds into the show!

The Atletico Madrid generals reacted surprisingly to Qin Xiong after conceding the goal.

Qin Xiong felt inexplicable.

I haven't done anything, the team has scored!

And then what are you looking at me for?

I didn't have an assist, I didn't score, I couldn't even run to get a pass from Robinho.

It can be said that there is no threat.

But it cannot be said that he did not contribute.

After all, he has kept the attention of at least three Atletico Madrid defenders.

Atletico Madrid's tactical arrangement was to be thrown into the trash less than 1 minute after the opening minute!

Due to the team's recent physical exertion, Bosque made gestures on the sidelines after the goal, asking the team to control the pace of the game and avoid giving Atletico Madrid the opportunity to speed up.

Qin Xiong took the initiative to retreat with Sneijder and Guti teamed up to control the field to shape the game situation, ensure the efficiency of ball control, and play another wave of threatening attacks when the opportunity was right, spending more time at Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's mentality towards the game has become a bit of a.

Don't dare to rush frantically, for fear of exposing the void behind you.

There are so many players who can threaten Real Madrid!

Qin Xiong, Guti, Sneijder!

But if you just stick to it, the score is behind!

In a state of hesitation and vacillation, Atletico Madrid lost 0-2 at home to Real Madrid, and were very embarrassed to be beaten by Real Madrid in the league this season! (To be continued......)