Dortmund eventually collapsed under the pressure of conceding huge goals.

After Leon scored Real Madrid's third goal, the will to resist of the entire Dortmund team became weak.

This has little to do with whether Royce still wants to fight or not.

No matter how much he gritted his teeth and insisted, and no matter how much he encouraged his teammates to resist, his efforts alone would be in vain after all.

Isco, who came on as a substitute at the last moment, successfully created a penalty in the Dortmund penalty area, completely killed the game, and also killed the suspense of the second leg!

Cristiano Ronaldo struck from the penalty spot, and the cheerful celebrations of the Real Madrid players on the field contrasted with the disappointed expressions of the Hornets fans in the stands in the background.

After the game, Leon also directly found Royce, who was still clubbing his knees and unwilling to pant.

The two of them are also old acquaintances in the arena.

Back then, they were both fledgling and emerging in football, and the two had already met and competed in the Champions League.

At that time, it was really difficult to say who had more prospects for future development.

Leon is Mourinho's favourite and has the potential to start at football's biggest club at a young age.

Reus has already slaughtered all sides in the Bundesliga, and has played a new first-class winger in football with 20+10 super data in a single season at Borussia Mönchenchen.

Now four and a half years have passed, and the two have met again, but their respective football status and circumstances are completely different.

Leon has been crowned Ballon d'Or twice, and has already beaten Melo and the two in the Champions League, and only needs more titles and wins to challenge for the first place in football.

In addition to the national team accolades, Leon has already achieved Grand Slam honours at club level for two teams from four different leagues.

On the other hand, Reuss still chose to stick to Dortmund after Klopp left.

But the only honors he got in his hands were the German Footballer of the Year and the Bundesliga MVP, which he earned with his personal excellence.

What about at club level?

Two German Super Cup titles, and then gone.

This is also an important reason why it is difficult for Reus to squeeze into the top five of the current season's winger rankings whenever a well-known sports media ranks them.

The heavyweight honors he can show his hands are not enough, and they are far from enough!

In terms of ability alone, Reuss has defeated Ribery and Robben in the Bundesliga with his fragile physique, and his luxury data of 20+10 in a single season has also made him the focus of attention of all European giants.

In the two seasons after moving to Dortmund, he delivered a perfect score of 45 goals + 29 assists.

Even after a serious injury in the 14-15 season, he still staged the return of the king last season, scoring 20 goals in a single season and scoring 30 goals alone!

Such a performance, but repeatedly ranked in the top five wingers of the season in the media rankings!

Is Royce wronged?

Very wronged!

If he wants, he could have moved to Bayern Munich or Real Madrid two seasons ago, partnered with more stars, and won more heavyweight trophies.

But he refused the best of everything, just to try to hold Dortmund, who looked like he was about to sink!

He shared the same precious qualities as Gerald, and Leon understood Royce's approach and respected him more.

The two hugged again on the field and exchanged jerseys.

Leon didn't say anything encouraging to Royce.

Because Little Rocket's insistence on Dortmund doesn't need encouragement, he's just doing what he thinks is the right and most worthwhile.

Leon just patted Royce on the shoulder in the end, and then watched the back of the opponent's encouraging teammates to cheer up and walk away.

He vaguely saw many people in this back, and maybe in the future, there will be himself.

But who knows for sure?

Leon smiled, no longer thinking about the future that seemed far away, but seemed close at hand.

The shouts from his friends rang out again, and Leon turned his head to look and laughed to join the team in their post-match celebrations.

He's going to hold on to the present!

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After the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final with Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid ushered in the challenge of the tight schedule in the second half of La Liga.

The other four major leagues have also entered the sprint stage at this point in time, and the division of the league head, middle and tail teams is becoming more and more obvious.

The competition between the top teams in other major leagues may be quite fierce, and the gap is not very large.

But in today's La Liga, the points ranking is somewhat strange.

The three "Western Super League" teams of Huangsa Atletico are naturally very different from the remaining other La Liga teams.

But within the "Western Super League", Real Madrid has opened a huge gap with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

At present, Real Madrid has an unbeaten record of 21 wins and 1 draw, accumulating 64 points and dominating the top of the La Liga standings.

Barcelona is second with a record of 16 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, accumulating 52 points.

Atletico Madrid is third with a record of 16 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 51 points.

The difference between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is negligible, but they and Real Madrid have now been stretched to a full four wins!

This dominant situation of almost crushing the opponent in the standings gives the Meilinger a great psychological advantage.

The sports media throughout Spain are also exclaiming that Real Madrid is back in the "super era"!

Six or seven years ago, Real Madrid and Barcelona started a terrible "arms race".

A large number of world-class superstars have either been developed or brought in from the transfer market at great expense by both teams.

At that time, if the two teams wanted to win the championship in La Liga, the points even had to be raised to more than 95 points to dare to say stable!

At that time, the two teams had only played a horrible one or two defeats in the entire league game.

Don't talk about losing, even if you draw one more game, you will basically be counterattacked by the opponent!

This TMD pressure is directly pulled to the explosion, and in other leagues, those fans of the so-called championship team can't even think of it!

Later, Real Madrid won the championship by 100 points, which directly opened the ceiling of La Liga......

In such a La Liga era of two heroes, the two teams can only be described by the term "super strong team".

As for Atletico Madrid, although many fans now give them the hat of "Western Super League", they have never become a "super team" in the hearts of La Liga fans.

In the 13-14 season when they won the championship, they only had 90 points.

At that time, in addition to praising Atletico Madrid's reversal to win the championship, the Spanish sports media lamented the premature dissolution of Real Madrid.

Otherwise, the achievement of La Liga three consecutive was just a task for Real Madrid at that time.

Since then, neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona have been able to return to the peak of the percentage they have reached in previous years.

After the early dissolution of Bayern, only the "super strong team" of Chelsea was left in European football.

Leon and Mourinho have also succeeded in establishing a blue dynasty.

Until now, Jose Mourinho's new Chelsea have stood at the pinnacle of European football and looked down on all the challengers.

And now it seems that only Real Madrid, who have the fastest climb speed and are most likely to become a super powerhouse again, can play the strongest battle against Chelsea this season!

Of course, Real Madrid will need to complete the task of reviving the league before going to the final game against Chelsea in the Champions League.

Now, although Real Madrid has a great advantage in the league, it is also 12 points ahead of second-place Barcelona.

However, the veteran players in the Real Madrid team are still not satisfied, and they want to widen the lead to a more "secure" point.

Therefore, in the 23rd round of La Liga, the main players of Real Madrid's first team have asked to play, even if they only have three days of rest after playing in the Champions League.

Carlo Ancelotti wanted to continue to rotate his main players in order to maintain the fitness of the main players in the squad.

But seeing the high morale and eagerness of the stars, he agreed to the players' requests after a little weighing.

On the afternoon of February 18, Real Madrid, who was sitting at home, started with all the main players and ushered in the challenge of the Spaniards.

In the face of a team of partners with good relations, although the superstars in the Real Madrid team wanted to create another massacre, after much consideration, they still held back their hearts and minds.

Leon only played half of the game, while the BBC duo played the full 90 minutes together.

In the end, Bale, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo scored in succession, and Vazquez added the icing on the cake.

However, today's backline, guarded by Raphael Varane and Nacho, can only be described as average, and Casilla's goal has also been conceded twice.

Real Madrid scored four goals, but in the end they only beat Espanyol by two goals, which was a happy result.

At least the Spaniards are happy with the results of their two goals against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

And after eight days of rest, the Real Madrid players who traveled to Valencia to challenge Valencia were not so friendly.

The physical and energetic Real Madrid superstars face Valencia, who is now conceding nearly two goals per game, and they don't have any hands left!

In the first half alone, Real Madrid stabbed Valencia four times in a row!

Leon and Cristiano Ronaldo each scored two goals and were in great form, while Bale, Benzema and Modric received assists respectively!

In the second half, Real Madrid continued their red-hot scoring streak, scoring a goal almost every ten minutes.

Once again, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale scored in quick succession.

Asensio, who came on as a substitute, made up for the final shot!

Ancelotti also chose to withdraw at this time, not wanting the main players to continue to vent their desire to score goals in this kind of game that has been broken.

In the end, Real Madrid slaughtered Valencia 7-0 away from home, and also improved the team's league record this season to 23 wins and 1 draw!

Barcelona has gritted its teeth in the past two rounds of the league, and also won two consecutive victories, which did not allow Real Madrid to further widen the point difference.

But Atletico Madrid has suffered two consecutive draws, and the current difference with Real Madrid has reached a desperate 17 points!

Atletico Madrid's dream of winning the league this season has been completely shattered!

And Barcelona's league fall is not far off.

(End of chapter)