Chapter 218: Nine Consecutive Wins
Although the draw for the Champions League semi-finals is out, it will not start until late April, and Atletico Madrid will play La Liga first.
On April 13, in the 33rd round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid went to the outskirts of Madrid to challenge Getafe.
Atletico Madrid beat Getafe 7-0 in the first leg of La Liga this season, which was Atletico's biggest win this season, and Ringer also had a hat-trick in that game, and now facing the opponent again, Ringer also wants to have a good result.
Not only do you want to win, you have to score goals.
Because Cristiano Ronaldo is out of action due to injury, this is a good opportunity for him to catch up on the scorer charts.
Shortly after returning from the away game against Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid announced that Cristiano Ronaldo would be out for two weeks due to injury and even the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
Cristiano Ronaldo's absence is naturally an opportunity for Ringer, who is currently only one goal behind the opponent in the scorer list, so Ringer only needs one goal in this game to tie Ronaldo's goal count, and then rank ahead of the opponent by virtue of fewer penalties.
Although Getafe is a team that needs to be relegated, Atletico Madrid won the opponent without spending too much effort by virtue of the momentum of reaching the Champions League semi-finals.
In the 30th minute of the first half, Godin opened the scoring with a header from a corner.
In the 65th minute of the second half, Gabby's through ball, Ringer inserted to receive the ball in the penalty area, smashed the ball to the left with his right foot, and then pulled the ball back with the outside instep, completely shook off the opponent's defender twice in a row, and calmly kicked the goal.
“Gooooooool~~~”
"Lin~~ Lin's goal!!"
"He calmly smashed the ball and shook off the defender before hitting the goal, this is his 28th league goal of the season, because Ronaldo will definitely miss this round of the league, Lin's goal count is equal to Cristiano Ronaldo, he relies on fewer penalties and ranks ahead of Ronaldo, this is the first time he has reached the top of the La Liga scorer list this season!"
"For the past four seasons, the La Liga Golden Boot has been controlled by Ronaldo Messi, and now there is finally someone who can challenge them, he is the Chinese rocket, also from Atletico Madrid."
"The last person to win the La Liga Golden Boot before Ronaldo Messi was Atletico Madrid's former Diego Forlan, and now Atletico Madrid is likely to have another Golden Boot, and he will end Melo's domination of the Golden Boot."
Although he has equaled Ronaldo's goal tally, Ringer continues to look for opportunities, and if he has the opportunity, he has to brush two more, after all, not every game has a chance.
With the efforts of Ringer and the cooperation of his teammates, in the 79th minute, he finally scored another goal.
Felipe crossed after breaking down the left and Ringer fell to the ground in front of goal to score the ball to complete the game's brace.
After this goal, Ringer never found a chance again.
However, it was already good to have two goals, and Ringer surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo by one goal in the scorers list with 29 goals.
After the game, Ringer, who climbed to the top of the scorer list, was naturally the focus of reporters.
"Golden boots? If I could, I would like it, and I'm no exception, but I'd rather help the team win the title than the Golden Boot. ”
"Points record? We're in the right shape right now, and we're definitely going to break that record. ”
"A winning streak? It's just an adjunct to our quest for the title. ”
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Atletico Madrid have won eight consecutive league games after winning this game, which equals the longest winning streak in La Liga history.
Atletico Madrid had won eight in a row in the early years, and they also started the season with eight consecutive wins, but they were ended by Espanyol, and now Atletico Madrid have won eight in a row, and then have a chance to break the team's all-time record.
After winning this game, Atletico Madrid's league points reached 86 points, just one point away from the team's all-time highest single-season points.
In the 95/96 season, Atletico won the double of La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and that season Atletico scored 87 points in the league, the highest number of points in a single season in the club's history.
Now Atletico have a good chance of catching up with or even surpassing that record.
Atletico Madrid won eight consecutive victories, the points were close to the team's all-time record, and Ringer scored twice to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo to the top of the La Liga scorer list, which was the big news of the second day.
But there was bigger news that Barcelona lost.
After being knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid, Barcelona went to play Granada away at the weekend, which would have been a difficult team to cause problems for Barca.
It may be due to the poor form of the Champions League exit, coupled with the team's partial rotation, Barcelona lost 0:1 to the opponent after having a comprehensive advantage on the road.
"Barcelona upset away, league championship handed away"
"The locker room is out of control, Martino's dismissal is a foregone conclusion"
"30 shots on goal without a goal, the first time in the history of the Barcelona team"
Barcelona's loss made the whole of Madrid happy, and the south of Madrid was happy because after Barcelona's loss, Atletico Madrid's La Liga title was basically stable.
In the current La Liga standings, Atletico Madrid has 86 points, Barcelona and Real Madrid are both 78 points (Real Madrid won this round), Atletico Madrid leads the two teams by as many as 8 points, and La Liga has only 5 rounds left to lead by 8 points.
The north of Madrid are happy, because the Copa del Rey final is coming up in midweek, and Barcelona's defeat has led to two consecutive defeats, and the possibility of Real Madrid beating their rivals in the Copa del Rey has increased.
In fact, Barcelona lost, one is the impact of the Champions League exit, and the other reason is to stay in preparation for the Copa del Rey final, and the team has rotated, so it will lose.
Martino's season in charge of Barcelona, the Champions League quarterfinals are out, and the league has little chance now, leaving only a slightly chicken Copa del Rey title to compete for, and he is now completely surrounded by all kinds of verbal criticism.
The Catalan media shouted slogans such as "Martino must compensate Barça for the damage".
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After beating Getafe, Atletico Madrid can have a week of rest, and with the loss of Barcelona, Atletico Madrid's title winning situation is very good, and the whole Atletico team can rest at ease while preparing for the Cosmos.
While Atletico Madrid was resting, Real Madrid played a Copa del Rey final with the Mestalla Stadium, home of Barcelona and Valencia.
In Cristiano Ronaldo's absence, Bale scored the winner in the 85th minute with a high-speed overtaking to help Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 to win the Copa del Rey this season.
Relying on this goal, Bale finally made a big face, according to the words touted by the "As" newspaper: just this goal is worth the 100 million transfer fee paid by Real Madrid for him.
MD, a Copa del Rey goal is worth 100 million, so wouldn't the Champions League lore start with 1 billion?
Barcelona suffered three consecutive defeats in eight days, losing the Champions League to Atletico Madrid, losing the league and losing the league title is basically hopeless, and losing the Copa del Rey and losing the Copa del Rey.
Three consecutive defeats in 8 days, losing all the championships, this is the real collapse.
Professional football is like that, many times you work hard for a whole season and end up losing one or two games and all four are empty.
Barcelona is really empty, losing to Atletico Madrid at the beginning of the season, losing the Spanish Super Cup, and now the Champions League and the Copa del Rey are also lost, leaving only one league title and a little chance, the only theoretical chance left.
After the loss, Barcelona fans shouted the slogan "Martino is out of class" at the Mestalla stadium, and the Argentine coach was isolated in the Barcelona dressing room, who left alone after attending a press conference, while the whole Barcelona team remained in the dressing room for an emergency meeting.
On April 18, in the 34th round of La Liga, which is also a match before the start of the Champions League semifinals, Atletico Madrid faced promoted Ma Elche at home, who needed to be relegated.
Red and white flags fluttered everywhere at Calderón Stadium, and there was a huge poster of Ringer's head.
"No one can stop us from winning the championship!" This is the largest banner in the stadium.
In midweek, Atletico Madrid applied to the Spanish Football Federation, hoping to postpone the game before the Champions League semi-finals, and wait for the Champions League semi-finals to find time to make up for the match, so that Atletico Madrid can prepare for the Champions League with peace of mind.
But it was refused.
Importantly, Real Madrid, who are also going to play in the semi-finals, applied to postpone the match and were easily approved.
Now Atletico Madrid fans stopped doing it, thinking that the Spanish Football Association was a lackey of Real Madrid, and wanted to persecute Atletico Madrid, so they ran to the Football Association's website and scolded the Spanish Football Association on social media.
The Spanish Football Federation's answer is also very high-sounding: because Real Madrid has to play one more Copa del Rey final, the schedule is relatively tight, so it can be postponed, and Atletico Madrid did not play the Copa del Rey final, the schedule is not so tight, so it cannot be postponed.
In any case, Atletico's game will continue as usual.
Atletico Madrid drew Bayern in the Champions League, the possibility of going out is quite large, even Atletico Madrid fans are not confident, but the league championship situation is quite good, and now every home game of Atletico Madrid, tickets are hard to find.
Every extra win for Atletico increases their chances of winning the league by one point, and every Atletico fan wants to witness such a moment.
In Calderón's momentum, Elche defended quite tenaciously and Atletico couldn't find a good chance for most of the game. In the 72nd minute, Ringer crossed after breaking through on the wing, and the returning Costa outflanked in the middle and pushed the goal, and Atletico finally broke the deadlock.
Then in the 80th minute, it was Miranda who grabbed the point in the free kick attack and scored with a header to expand the score.
With the win sealed, Simeone replaced Ringer in the 83rd minute in preparation for the upcoming Champions League semi-finals.
In stoppage time, Raul Garcia converted a penalty and Costa scored a brace from the spot-on.
In this way, Atletico Madrid beat Elche 3-0 at home and are one step closer to winning the league.
Atletico Madrid won, and Barcelona also defeated Athletic Bilbao 2:1 at home, so Atletico Madrid currently has 89 points, Barcelona is 81 points, and Real Madrid, which has one round less, has 78 points. With only four rounds left in the league, Barca's chances are getting slimmer.
This win also brings Atletico Madrid to a ninth straight league win, a new La Liga winning streak in team history.
The league points reached 89 points, which is also the new La Liga points record in team history.
Ringer provided an assist in this game and did not score, but Ringer still leads the scorers list with 29 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo is second with 28 goals, Messi also has one goal in this round, third with 26 goals, and Costa is fourth with 25 goals after scoring twice.