Chapter 227: Losing and Winning the Championship

When Atletico Madrid came out of the airport, there was a sea of people outside the stadium.

This is the first time in 40 years that Atletico Madrid has reached the Champions League final, and it also defeated the opponent at Bayern Munich's home stadium, which happened to be a 4:0, which is regarded as avenging the 0:4 loss to the opponent in the Champions League final that year.

"Athletic~~~ Athletic!!"

"Athletic~~~ Athletic!!"

Amid the cheers and the crowd of fans, the whole Atletico team slowly boarded the bus and left the airport.

Back in Madrid, the whole Atletico squad is preparing for the league weekend again.

On May 4, in the 36th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid came to Valencia to challenge Levante, the rival of Valencia Club.

Atletico Madrid are currently eight points ahead of second-placed Barcelona in the La Liga standings and 11 points ahead of Real Madrid, who have one game in hand.

But when the whole team came to Valencia, Boggs was talking to Simeone: "The situation of the team is not very good, the trip to Germany is too expensive, and the players are quite tired. ”

Although Atletico Madrid defeated Bayern 4-0 away in Germany and broke the name of the opponent's universe team in one fell swoop, the consumption is indeed very large, and now the whole team looks very tired, but the league side does not dare to relax. Atletico Madrid must not drag the championship to the last round, because the last round is away to Barcelona, which will definitely be stubbornly sniped by the opponent.

You can't hope for the last round, then it's better to get enough points in these two rounds, the 36th and 37th rounds together need to get at least 2 points to win the championship in advance, and 2 points in the two rounds seems really simple, but if you are careless, it is likely to make the championship suspense rise again.

So in this round of away play Levante, even if the whole team is tired, Simeone arranged for the whole main team to play, and he didn't dare to be careless at all, hoping to get the championship as soon as possible.

In such a situation, the Atletico Madrid coaching staff is a little worried. But even if you can't win this round, there can be a next round, and the next round is Atletico Madrid's home game, and there is a high probability of winning it at home.

When the whole Atletico team warmed up at the Valencia Municipal Stadium and the game was about to start, Boggs, the big fat man, shouted on the sidelines: "It's a draw~~ They are a draw!" ”

Soon everyone gathered around and asked, "What's flat?" ”

"Who draws?"

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"Barcelona, Barcelona were held to a draw away from Getafe, they don't have a chance!" Boggs excitedly spread the news.

In this round, Barcelona kick-off time is two hours earlier than Atletico's, so it is almost the end of the game.

Probably seeing that there was basically no hope of winning the championship, Barcelona played very out of shape away from home, and was drawn 2:2 by Getafe at the last moment, only getting 1 point.

Barcelona lost points by themselves, then they voluntarily withdrew from the title race, and Atletico Madrid lost all of them next, and they had no chance.

Now Atletico Madrid have the only opponent left, Real Madrid. Real Madrid is 11 points behind Atletico Madrid, but with one less round, in principle, as long as Atletico Madrid loses all the next games and Real Madrid wins, they can beat Atletico Madrid to win the title.

However, Atletico Madrid has an advantage over Real Madrid in terms of the relationship between victory and defeat, and Atletico Madrid only needs to get 1 point next to win the championship.

Barcelona was forced to draw, and everyone at Atletico Madrid was happy, but the news did not stimulate the team's form, and after the game officially started, the whole team was still tired and no longer in shape.

Just seven minutes into the game, Felipe swept the ball into his own goal with an own goal from the side, giving them the lead.

Although Atletico tried to fight back, they couldn't find their form and the opponent also had a Navas in front of goal, Ringer and Costa had good chances respectively, but they were both saved by Navas.

Keylor Navas is one of the two best goalkeepers in La Liga this season, the other being Atletico Madrid's Thibaut Courtois.

Atletico Madrid are currently the team that have conceded the fewest goals in La Liga, while Levante is the team that has conceded the fewest goals outside the top four in La Liga.

Even according to some media outlets, Keylor Navas said that he would be better than Courtois, only because Levante's defense was not good enough, and he would concede more goals. In every Levante game, Keylor Navas had to make a good save, and in Atletico's game, Courtois often just rested on the post.

By the end of the season, many media outlets began to select the best players in various positions in La Liga this season, and the goalkeeper position was mainly Courtois and Keylor Navas.

Relying on Keylor Navas's good performance, Atletico failed to equalize in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Atletico Madrid stepped up their attack, but the opponent quickly seized the opportunity to counterattack and score another goal, and the score became 2:0.

After the score became 2:0, Simeone quickly simply conceded defeat, two goals are not much, but the team can't find the form, then it is difficult to have a chance to equalize.

Ringer was substituted for the break, and soon Koke and Costa were also substituted.

In the end, Atletico Madrid suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Levante and suffered their fourth league defeat of the season.

After losing this round, Atletico Madrid also lost the opportunity to hit the La Liga points record.

'It's a bit disappointing not to win the title early, but back at home we can definitely get points and win the league early.' This was Ringer's answer to reporters after the game.

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Atletico fans were a little sorry that they couldn't win the title early, but by the next day, all Atletico fans were happy.

Real Madrid drew 2-2 at home to Valencia and also automatically withdrew from the title race.

Although Atletico Madrid lost in this round, because Barcelona and Real Madrid both suffered draws one after another, Atletico still managed to win the league title two rounds in advance.

In the current La Liga standings, Atletico Madrid has 92 points, Barcelona 85 points, and Real Madrid, which has one round less, 82 points.

With 2 rounds left in La Liga, Atletico Madrid is already 7 points ahead of Barcelona and 10 points ahead of Real Madrid, which has one round less, and won the La Liga title this season 2 rounds in advance.

"Barcelona Real Madrid made mistakes and handed over the trophy"

"Winning the championship two rounds in advance, the Sheets Army won the La Liga championship again after 18 years"

"Losing to win the championship, Atletico Madrid gets a big gift"

"Real Madrid drew at home, and the championship was sent again after ten years"

Atletico Madrid won the La Liga title two rounds ahead of schedule, and the big news immediately made the pages of major European media.

Atletico Madrid has been a dark horse this season, but whether it can finally win the championship is still debatable, after all, La Liga has been a two-man turn of Barcelona and Real Madrid over the years. The last time a team other than Barcelona won the title was back in the 03/04 season 10 years ago, when Valencia won the La Liga title under Rafael Benitez.

In fact, that time was the championship "sent" by Real Madrid, when Real Madrid and Valencia had been chasing me and fighting fiercely, but at the end of the season, Real Madrid inexplicably came to a five-game losing streak in the league, and gave the championship to Valencia.

Now history repeats itself again, and Real Madrid has "sent" the championship again.

Real Madrid drew at home, and Atletico Madrid won the championship in advance, which can indeed be said to be the championship that Real Madrid 'sent'.

In this round of games, although Real Madrid and Barcelona all drawn, Messi and Ronaldo each scored a goal, so Ronaldo overtook Ringer in the scorer list. With a one-goal advantage ahead of Ringer, Messi's goals have reached 28, just two goals away from Ringer.

In the European Golden Boot competition, Ronaldo and Suarez both have 31 goals, Ringer has 30 goals, and Messi has 28 goals, and the four of them are the final contenders for the European Golden Boot this season.

There is only one round left in the Premier League, Su Ya still has one last game to play, there are two rounds left in La Liga, Ringer and Messi both have two more games, Real Madrid has one round less, and Ronaldo has three more games.