Chapter 201: The Second Battle for the Top Spot

In the 25th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid lost 0:3 away to Osasuna, which is a big news in La Liga, but there is another big news that does not lose to Atletico Madrid, in the match played a little earlier, Barcelona also lost 1:3 away to Real Sociedad, which is also a big news.

In the La Liga semi-finals, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid lost away from home, while Real Madrid defeated promoted Elche 3-0 at home.

In this way, Real Madrid, which was only in third place before, relied on this victory to reach the top of La Liga for the first time this season, and it was also the first time in 63 rounds of matches in the past two seasons to reach the top of La Liga.

In the La Liga standings, Real Madrid is at the top of the table with 63 points, Atletico Madrid is second with 62 points and Barcelona is third with 60 points.

Overall, they still bite each other very tightly, but in a different position.

Now there is a hype in the Spanish media.

"Barcelona Atletico unexpectedly loses, Real Madrid tops the table"

"Ancelotti's chance, Real Madrid is expected to win La Liga again"

"Barcelona and Atletico lost due to Champions League interference, and may suffer a collapse as a result"

In short, the Spanish media can now put anything in the newspapers.

Osasuna's home stadium, Sardar Stadium, is also famous, and none of the La Liga top three this season have been able to escape there. Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw there, Real Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw there, and now Atletico Madrid have lost 3-0 there.

'We've lost one game, but we're only one point behind Real Madrid, and we're in the league with the Madrid derby right away, so we can have a week off and beat Real Madrid at home and we'll be back at the top of the table.'

This was Ringer's answer after returning to Madrid, in front of a Chinese reporter.

Indeed, the next round of the league will be the Madrid derby in the second leg of this season's La Liga, and in the week before the game, Real Madrid will go to Germany to play a Champions League knockout game away, while Atletico can rest and prepare for the big game. This is an opportunity for Atletico to beat Real Madrid and climb to the top of the table again.

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Atletico Madrid are in full swing preparing for the Madrid derby, and in midweek, the second week of the first leg of the Champions League last-16 is also coming.

Borussia Dortmund's 4-2 win away to Zenit St. Petersburg and Real Madrid's 6-1 win away to Schalke 04 are both strong and weak matchups, and there is nothing to say.

Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw away at Galatasaray and although Chelsea were unable to win away from home, a draw with away goals was a good result, and the Blues have plenty of hope of progressing back home.

But in the last set of duels, someone came out of the moth.

Manchester United faced Olympiacos away in Greece, but was completely suppressed by the opponent, and then lost 0:2 back to England.

This season's Champions League round of 16 has finally had a big spotlight, and everyone is guessing whether Manchester United will be eliminated from the competition, or whether they can return to their home stadium to reverse the promotion.

The British media used words such as "hopeless, desperate and aimless" to describe David Moyes' Manchester United.

When the last 16 of this season's Champions League first came out, the media also said that Atletico Madrid was the weakest group leader, Manchester United was the second weakest group leader, and now the weakest Atletico Madrid defeated AC Milan 1:0 away, while Manchester United faced the Greek weak team and lost 0:2 away.

Now this Manchester United is definitely a dick Manchester United.

With a mid-table Premier League title and the League Cup and FA Cup eliminated by the Premier League's underdogs, David Moyes has shouted the slogan that he is aiming for Champions League titles this season.

Indeed, judging from the current situation, Manchester United has no role in all other titles except for the extravagant hope of the Champions League.

But as soon as the slogan was shouted, he turned around and went to Greece to lose 0:2, Moyes is really a football genius.

It is said that on the night of Manchester United's defeat in Greece, police calls in the Manchester area were about to burst.

Many Manchester United fans called the police station and asked the police to rush to the airport to prepare for the arrest of Moyes, who was guilty of persecution, assault and many other crimes, which is simply unforgivable.

This incident once became a joke in Britain.

It is worth mentioning that in Real Madrid's 6:1 away victory over Schalke 04, the BBC trio scored twice, and Real Madrid's BBC combination was once again in the limelight.

Cristiano Ronaldo's brace brings his tally to 11 Champions League goals this season.

The first leg of the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League is over, and the current Champions League scorers are on the list;

Cristiano Ronaldo tops the table with 11 goals, Ibrahimovic is second with 10 goals, and Ringer and Messi are tied for third with seven goals.

Three of the top four Champions League scorers are from La Liga, which also shows the current strength of La Liga.

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The Madrid derby is coming, and it's also the battle for the top spot.

Real Madrid is currently ranked first in the La Liga standings and Atletico Madrid second, with a difference of only 1 point, a standard battle for the top of the table.

This is also the second battle for the top spot this season, with Atletico participating as challengers on both occasions.

Facing Barcelona at home before, Atletico Madrid can rise to the top as long as they win, but in the end they were drawn 1:1 by Barcelona at home, and now they are facing Real Madrid at home, and they can occupy the top spot as long as they beat their opponents, but it is still difficult to predict what the result will be this time.

"Another battle for the top spot in La Liga this season is coming, but unlike the top battle in previous years, the top battle in La Liga this season was Atletico Madrid against Barcelona and this time Atletico Madrid against Real Madrid."

"Since the beginning of this season, Atletico Madrid has emerged as the biggest dark horse in La Liga, making La Liga begin to become a league of three strong melees, and the Sheets Army naturally needs to deal with the suppression of the former hegemon Barcelona Real Madrid one after another."

"This time the battle for the top spot is both a club confrontation in the Madrid derby and a confrontation between Madrid stars."

"Real Madrid's BBC combination is famous in Europe, and Atletico Madrid's golden double gun is also very famous."

In the current La Liga scorer list, Ronaldo and Costa both have 22 goals, and the Chinese Rocket is also temporarily third with 19 goals. Although Costa is the one who scores more goals in the league, many times Atletico is compared to Ronaldo is Lin, who is now more like the core of Atletico, and he is always the one who can stand up when the team is in trouble. ”

"So far this season, Ronaldo has scored 36 goals for Real Madrid in all competitions, 22 in La Liga, 11 in the Champions League and three in the Copa del Rey, while Lin has scored 34 goals for Atletico in all competitions, including 19 in the league, seven in the Champions League, six in the Copa del Rey and two in the Spanish Super Cup."

"Judging from this data comparison, Lin is indeed a super striker on par with Ronaldo, and this Madrid derby will also be a direct duel between the two of them~~~"

This is a feature of the Madrid derby of the newspaper Marca.

In the recent period, when Ronaldo was banned for three games, Costa himself has also declined and failed to take the opportunity to overtake Ronaldo in the scorer list.

Costa's upward trend has slowed significantly, or the Spanish defenders have begun to find ways to limit him to some extent.

According to Costa's statistics, almost all of Costa's goals this season have been scored in the box, and only two have been scored from outside the box.

This illustrates that Costa's range is evident and the closer he gets to goal, the more dangerous he is, and the less dangerous he is from outside the box.

Perhaps as a reminder of this statistic, since then, Costa's chances in the box have decreased significantly, which has led to a noticeable decline in his upward trend.