On the evening of April 4, the 30th round of La Liga.

Atletico host Deportivo La Coruna.

At present, the two sides are playing on two fronts, with Atletico Madrid playing in the Champions League and Deportivo La Coruna playing in the Europa League.

Super Laco has been playing hard overall in recent years, under the tutelage of Deschamps, typical of the style of a team in northern Spain.

Moreover, the tactical execution is very strong.

There is a very important player in this, and that is the Brazilian genius Diego.

The giants of other European leagues have tried to poach Diego several times, but they have been frustrated because Deportivo La Coruna's offer is too high.

But in this game at the Emirates Stadium in Madrid, Diego was forced to rest due to injury, but the veteran Belleron started.

After the start of the game, it was a typical battle of offense and defense.

Atletico Madrid, playing at home, controlled the ball and attacked with all their might.

Deportivo Deportivo defended tenaciously and pressed aggressively to contain Atletico's passes.

It wasn't until the 22nd minute that Ramos attacked from a corner kick and scored with a header to open the scoring for Atletico.

After the rematch in the second half, Torres scored in the 56th minute after successfully countering offside.

Modric received a pass from Suarez in the 60th minute to add another goal for Atletico.

In the end, the Sheets won 3-0 at home to Deportivo La Coruna.

Although Messi and Kaka and other core main forces are not on it, the Sheets Army still shows strong combat effectiveness.

Especially Modric is sitting at home, and his performance is becoming more and more like a general.

It was also in this round that Real Madrid defeated Racing Santander 2-0 away with Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty and Higuain's goal.

Valencia beat Osasuna 3-0 at home, and Villa made an eye-catching performance with one pass and one shot.

Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 at home.

After losing 0-4 away to Atletico Madrid, Barcelona was almost eliminated, and Mourinho was also criticized a lot, but this home win made Mourinho proud again.

After the game, in an interview with media reporters, the Portuguese madman said that Puyol brought stability to the team's backline after returning from injury, because Barcelona only conceded a chicken goal after leading by four goals.

The youngster Bojan scored a brace and performed very eye-catching.

Mourinho said vaguely that he has promoted a lot of players, but if the team wants to remain competitive with the Madrid duo, it still needs reinforcements, especially strong ones.

The Portuguese madman says he hopes his side can perform better at home in the Champions League in midweek.

……

On the evening of April 7, the Camp Nou in Barcelona.

In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Atletico Madrid challenged Barcelona away.

Compared to the first leg, Barcelona were more active at home in the second leg and the team's tactics were more organised.

In particular, the mental outlook of the players is obviously much better than before.

Even, reborn.

However, the first leg was 4-0 away from home, forcing Barcelona to return to home and must get on the scoresheet as soon as possible.

Therefore, Mourinho's team launched a wave of attacks after the opening.

Barcelona has also shown a determination to break the kettle and aim to win.

But in the 19th minute, Robben tried to break through with the ball on the right side, and when he cut inside and hit the goal, Evra successfully blocked the ball.

Xavi Alonso caught up quickly and scrambled to split the ball down the left flank.

David Silva received the ball on the left touchline, stopped it past Xavi and passed it back to Xavi Alonso.

The Spanish midfielder was facing the left, stopped the ball with his right foot, and the whole person turned around, turned sideways to the right front, and sent a diagonal pass with his right foot.

The diagonal pass was delivered quickly, more than 30 meters away, directly into the middle circle of Atletico's half.

Adriano stepped back, not stopping the ball at his feet, but stopping at Kaka, who was gaining momentum.

Kaka didn't stop the ball either, and in the face of Adriano's knockback, he stabbed the ball straight to the right front.

With a succession of passes, Atletico quickly passed the ball into the open space on the right.

Alves cut forward quickly down the right flank, slid the ball forward, and quickly chased after it.

But Barcelona's Abidal retreated quickly and blocked Alves' way.

The Brazilian was forced to slow down, stop the ball and look for a passing route.

Adriano is like a heavy tank, although his speed and explosiveness are not as good as they were back then, he is still very imposing and has a very amazing impact, which puts huge pressure on Barcelona's backline.

But now, his most important weapon is his playing intelligence.

When he saw Abidal cut off the connection between Alves and Messi, Adriano, who had just rushed to the periphery of the top of the arc, decisively changed direction and quickly ran sideways to respond.

Messi, who was originally in the right corner of the penalty area, also immediately guessed Adriano's intentions, first ran to the right side, that is, behind Abidal, and saw that Puyol did not follow, but helped Bruno Alves to block Adriano, and the Argentine decisively changed direction and entered the penalty area in a roundabout way.

Sure enough, Alves passed the ball diagonally to Adriano.

The Brazilian leaned on Puyol on the right side of the edge of the penalty area, before receiving the ball.

The pressure forced Puyol's movements to be restrained, and when he reacted, he found Adriano stopping the ball with his left foot, then turned and sent a light pick into the right corner.

The ball flew right from Puyol's side into the right side of the penalty area.

Messi, who was still behind Abidal just now, was inserting into the right side of the big penalty area at the fastest speed at this time, and after catching up with Adriano's pass, the whole person had rushed to the right corner of the small penalty area.

Facing Gianluigi Buffon, Messi calmly fired a low shot.

The ball hit the inside of the right post again, bounced off and into the Barca goal.

1 to 0!

The entire Camp Nou stadium fell into complete silence!

Atletico Madrid's passing and cutting cooperation is becoming more and more skillful and exciting!

Their players are constantly pulling and creating chances through skilful and tacit movement.

It's like a goal like this just now, which can only be seen in Atletico Madrid.

……

After scoring the first goal, the game was completely out of suspense.

With an aggregate score of 5-0, no matter how optimistic Barcelona fans are, it is impossible to believe that they still have hope of a reversal.

The same is true for the Barcelona players on the pitch.

The only thing Mourinho's side can do is defend as hard as possible.

But at the start of the second half, they tried to attack again, trying to save face with a rush attack.

But in the 49th minute, Patrice Evra played a beautiful three-man attack with Andres Iniesta and David Silva on the left, burst into the left side of the penalty area, and sent a cross.

Messi followed up on the right and calmly pushed a shot with his right foot, once again penetrating Buffon's goal.

2 to 0!

And in the 76th minute, when counterattacking, Messi, Kaka and Alves combined on the right side to break through Barcelona's defense again.

This time it was Messi who took the ball, and one man faced three Barcelona defenders, and forced the ball out and passed it to the feet of Kaka at the edge of the penalty area.

The Brazilian fired a low shot past Barça's goal again.

3 to 0!

The aggregate score is 7-0!

Defeat is like a mountain!

The Camp Nou was filled with mourning.

Nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans witnessed the massacre.

They knew Atletico were strong, but they never imagined that the Sheets could be so strong.

What's more, Barcelona played too badly.

The live TV footage was even shown in the chairman's stand, and Laporta and other management were all uncertain, obviously dissatisfied with the fiasco.

The most embarrassed face was the technical director Begiristan.

……

When Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate over the two legs, causing heated discussions among media and fans around the world, the other three matchups in the quarterfinals of the Champions League were also decided.

Lyon, who are in the same semi-zone as Atletico Madrid, broke a big upset in the quarterfinals.

They beat Chelsea 1-0 at home before drawing 1-1 away at the Blues.

With an aggregate score of 2-1, Rijkaard's side were out of the Champions League quarterfinals.

Lyon successfully reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, which became a big upset in this season's Champions League.

You know, Chelsea's quality is not to be underestimated.

In the other two games, Carlo Ancelotti's Valencia beat Manchester United 2-1 at home before drawing 3-3 away at the Red Devils and progressing to the semi-finals 5-4 on aggregate.

Speaking at his post-match press conference, Ferguson was disappointed and said, "This is a punishment for Manchester United's transfer mistakes!" ”

The implication is that Manchester United are now paying for the removal of Nemanja Vidic.

The uniforms sold Nemanja Vidic for a transfer fee, which resulted in Manchester United playing 3-3 with Valencia at Old Trafford and ultimately missing the promotion.

After the Bat Legion became the owner of the Abu Dhabi consortium, the overall strength has been improving every year.

Now, returning to the semi-finals of the Champions League is an affirmation of the strength of the Bat Army.

Carlo Ancelotti also made a rare statement that the team hopes to reach the final and win the Champions League!

You must know that Valencia's best result in history is to reach the Champions League final, but they all finished second.

So far, the Bats have never been involved in the Champions League.

Ancelotti's statement is undoubtedly instilling confidence in Valencia.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, defeated Inter Milan 2-0 at home and away, 4-0 on aggregate, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

Arsene Wenger's team is indeed superior to Inter Milan in terms of overall strength.

As a result, there are three La Liga teams in the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

La Liga has been incredibly strong over the past few years.

This season, La Liga has once again won three places in the Champions League semi-finals, which undoubtedly proves the competitiveness of La Liga once again.

In the next Champions League semi-finals, Atletico Madrid will face Lyon and Real Madrid will face Valencia.

This is undoubtedly quite interesting.

Compared with the suspense between Real Madrid and Valencia, Atletico Madrid is unanimously favored by the outside world and believes that there is no problem in advancing to the final.

And just when the outside world was hyping and discussing the Champions League semi-finals, and even discussing the future Champions League winners, the Catalan media suddenly broke a seismic news.

……

"After much communication and negotiation with the board of directors, we made the difficult decision to terminate the contract with Begiristan."

Sitting in front of the TV, Yang Hao saw Barcelona President Joan Laporta in front of the TV camera, announcing the decision with regret.

"Based on the experience of this season, we agree that Barcelona need a new structure and system that gives the manager more power and avoids unnecessary duplication, confusion and conflict between the general manager, the technical director and the manager."

Laporta explained the reasons for the decision made by the Barca management.

"We feel very bad about Begiristan's departure and I don't want to hide it, but I didn't make such a decision alone, it was made by all of us together."

Laporta also explained, "Mourinho was not involved in the decision, from the beginning to the end, he did not ask us to get rid of Begiristan, and the outside world is wrong about his contract extension." ”

'He's our manager and he's made a big contribution to us and from his position he wants to be given more power to work, which is understandable, like a Premier League manager.

'We have always believed that the club will have a new period of bottoming out under Jose Mourinho.

Even through the TV, Yang Hao could hear the shocked uproar at the scene.

Back yesterday, there were some voices outside, but no one believed it.

Because Begiristan is Barça's own man.

But now, everyone has to make concessions for Mourinho!

"You're right, Tesicki can't play Mourinho." Pep Guardiola sighed with a bad feeling.

When Yang Hao said this, it was in the summer of 2007.

At that time, Barcelona had just hired Mourinho, and there has always been a saying that Mourinho was Barcelona's interim manager.

But Yang Hao doesn't think so.

He feels that Mourinho's strength is difficult for anyone to suppress in Barcelona.

Begiristan?

Guardiola still remembers that Yang Hao said something at the time: Perhaps, the first person to be killed is this so-called technical director!

In terms of palace fighting, Mourinho's combat effectiveness is a bargain.

Of course, there are also real achievements behind this.

Without that Champions League, Mourinho wouldn't have been able to beat Begiristan.

"Back then, when Tessiki invited me back to Barcelona, he vowed that he could control Mourinho, but now ......," Guardiola smiled wryly.

He has a good relationship with both sides.

Begiristain was his former team-mate, and the two had a close personal relationship.

Jose Mourinho has worked with him for a while, and the relationship between the two is quite good.

Who can he help in this situation?

What's more, it's hard to say who is right and who is wrong in this matter.

They are more like a clash of ideas, and they are all decisions made for vital interests.

"To be honest, I still stick to my previous opinion, Mourinho may be able to bring the title to Barcelona, but his impact on Barcelona will be beyond everyone's expectations." Yang Hao said very firmly.

At the very least, judging from the current situation, Guardiola's return to Barcelona has been blocked.

In the past, Barcelona mainly passed and controlled, but now it is moving more and more towards the concept of practicality, conservativeness, and defensive counterattack.

Jose Mourinho began to make his mark on Barcelona.

The deeper the madman's imprint, the more Barcelona moved away from tradition.

As a result, the soil for Guardiola's return to Barcelona is even more scarce.

What will become of Pep Guardiola?

Yang Hao really didn't know.

But he has a vague idea, that is, he doesn't know what Guardiola thinks in his heart.

……

In the afternoon, after the team's training session, Cerezo and Junior Hill arrived in Mahada Hongda.

They also brought another piece of news with them.

Barcelona vice-president Soriano also chose to resign.

Unlike Begiristan, who was terminated early, that is, fired, Soriano resigned voluntarily.

This surprised Yang Hao.

It stands to reason that Soriano, who is in charge of finance, has nothing to do with the failure of Atletico Barcelona's affairs.

The only possibility is that he was involved in the infighting between Begiristan and Jose Mourinho.

"According to the information we have received, it is said that Soriano has always been a strong supporter of Begiristan, and has never been on the same front as Rosell, Bartomeu and others."

"Now, with Begiristan stepping down, Soriano has naturally been affected, and Laporta has obviously gone away."

When Yang Hao heard this, his heart was really complicated.

In his previous life, Barcelona went to the debt-filled situation of 2023, and the biggest problem was not that they lacked the ability to make money, but that they did not have moderation in spending money.

Whether it is the high transfer fee of the player or the huge annual salary of the player, it makes Barcelona under a lot of pressure.

Soriano is definitely a talent.

At least during his tenure at the helm of Barça's finance department, Barça's finances were still in good shape.

And judging from his later management at Manchester City, his ability is far more than a financial officer.

According to Yang Hao's memory, in his previous life, after Soriano left Barcelona, he was still the CEO of an airline, which shows that he is indeed a very capable person.

But alas, such talents cannot stay at Barcelona.

As for Atletico, there is no need for a talent like Soriano right now.

Over the years, Atletico have built up their own talent pool and senior management system.

For example, press director Andrew Barrasco, financial director Fernando Vázquez, marketing director Carlos Leao, etc., are all outstanding talents who have grown up with Atletico over the years.

Who can Soriano replace when he comes to Atletico?

Well, he can take the place of general manager of Hill Jr.

Thinking of this, Yang Hao glanced at Xiao Ciel with bad intentions, and saw that he was a little creepy, and his heart was empty.

Let's talk about Soriano, what are you doing with me?

"There is information that Soriano is not completely unprepared." Cerezo dug deeper into the topic.

"He's got his next home?" Yang Hao was a little surprised.

At present, there are not many clubs in Spain that can accommodate the Buddha of Soriano.

Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid basically don't want it, and Valencia already has a team, especially their technical director Subiratz has done a pretty good job.

This is a professional who was already well-known in Spanish and even European football before the Abu Dhabi consortium took over.

As for the Spaniards, they are mortal enemies with Barcelona.

"There is a good chance that he will help the Qatari consortium enter La Liga!"

Yang Hao frowned when he heard this, "Is the Qatari consortium really coming?" ”

Cerezo nodded, he was the president of La Liga, and he got much more private information than Yang Hao.

Especially in this kind of news when it comes to major acquisitions.

"The Qataris have been very active in world football in the past period and they are very ambitious to bid for the 2022 World Cup."

At this, Cerezo and Little Ciel both laughed in unison.

"But we all know that this is in the pocket of the United States, and Platini has clearly and publicly expressed his support for the United States, as well as the presidents of some other continental football confederations, and the United States will almost be sure to get the right to bid for the election."

"Qatar is located in the Middle East, the summer is extremely hot, and it is not suitable to host the World Cup, and besides, what are they going to compete with the United States?"

If Russia and Britain still have the strength to compete in the 2018 World Cup bid, then there will be basically no suspense in 2022.

As early as when the United States announced its bid, everyone had already concluded that it was none other than the Americans.

In today's world, who would dare to take food from the mouth of the Americans?

Right now, ask all over the world, 10 people who know the inside story, 11 will say, the 2022 World Cup in the United States.

But that's how things often go in the world.

It's like in Yang Hao's previous life, no one thought that Qatar would defeat the United States and grab the right to host?

Blatter, Platini and others claim to be the kings of football, which has always been regarded as a transcendent and independent field, unsubject to any state or law.

But this time, the Americans slapped everyone hard with practical actions.

They lost their bid for the World Cup and were robbed by Qatar, a small country in the Middle East.

But the Americans did not go to Qatar to count, nor did they snatch back the right to bid for the World Cup, but lifted the tables of FIFA and UEFA.

This makes it clear to everyone that what detachment and what independence are all bullshit!

In the past, those big countries didn't pay attention to this, it really annoyed them, and it will kill you in minutes!

Like Yang Hao in his previous life, Qatar's way to snatch the right to host the World Cup is to throw money.

Of course, this is a Sven world.

The name is beautiful: public relations.

In Yang Hao's previous life, many people said that the reason why the Qataris chose to buy Paris Saint-Germain was because they promised French President Sarkozy.

But Yang Hao now feels that this may not be true.

Would the French president do this kind of thing for the sake of a team in Ligue 1?

Over the years, Qataris have invested huge sums of money in France, acquiring and investing in many French companies and projects.

Paris Saint-Germain is probably just one of them.

To some extent, the purpose of their acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain is to build momentum for the World Cup.

Before that, they tried to buy in the Premier League, but they couldn't negotiate it, so they switched to Ligue 1.

But the French League is a dou who can't be supported.

The Qataris, after investing heavily in Grand Paris, have not seen much either.

To put it bluntly, European professional football has transformed into a winner-takes-all situation.

At the moment, La Liga is the most influential and at the same time the most appealing league.

It is also normal for Qataris to choose to enter La Liga.

It's just that Soriano will defect to the Qatari consortium, which somewhat surprised Yang Hao.

"Which team did they have their eye on?" Yang Hao asked with concern.

"Didn't Getafe President Angel Torres just make a trip to Doha?" Cerezo laughed.

"It wasn't until last season that Getafe barely broke even, paying off 50 million euros in debt, so now Ángel Torres wants to sell his Getafe stake for 150 million euros."

"The Qataris are very interested in this, especially after seeing the success of the Abu Dhabi consortium buying Valencia, and they are even more interested in landing in La Liga."

Getafe's squad resources don't have much to say about as well, with the only star to watch in this squad being Diego Forlan, but the Uruguayan striker is no slouch for age.

In La Liga, Getafe has always adhered to the path of thrift and thrift, operating carefully, and the results are also hovering in the middle and lower reaches.

And the team doesn't have a good background, so naturally it can't be sold at a high price.

In this case, Getafe's most valuable thing is their various hardware facilities, as well as the qualification for La Liga.

The asking price of 150 million euros proves that Angel Torres is a bit anxious to get rid of it.

With the fierce competition in La Liga, if it is relegated, the value will shrink significantly.

This price point is not too high for a La Liga team, but for a Qatari consortium, it is cost-effective.

In this case, the two sides hit it off, and the possibility is really great.

Moreover, Angel Torres holds a stake in Getafe Sporting, which owns 99.14% of the shares of Getafe FC and the remaining 0.86% in the hands of fans.

It's just that in this way, the situation in La Liga will become more serious.

Especially around Madrid.

Getafe is not a team in the centre of Madrid, but it is part of the Madrid region, just south of the city.

If the Qatari consortium is really allowed to buy it, then the entire Madrid region will have four La Liga teams: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano and Getafe.

It's not as dense as London, but it's not far behind.

However, for Yang Hao, this kind of thing is more just a headache and creating some trouble.

He is also really concerned about the activities of Qataris around the world in recent times, especially in European football.

Both Blatter and Platini are in the fold of Qatar's World Cup bids.

Now, the Qataris are here, will they be far from the East Window incident?

Regarding this matter, Yang Hao never revealed half a word to anyone, including Cerezo and Little Hill, he just asked them to pay more attention, and he also had to pay close attention to the movements.

Similar to Qatari mediation and "PR", it has long been no secret in world football.

On the contrary, it is not surprising that there is no such thing.

In the past, the world of football was like an independent kingdom, and everyone was familiar with it, even taking it for granted.

The most outrageous thing is the black whistle instigated by the South Koreans during the South Korea-Japan World Cup, is there a following?

The hacked Portuguese, Italians and Spaniards, all of whom are European powers, have been made like this by the Koreans, what is the result?

No, still can't do it?

That's the rules of the football world!

If you want to change, or even break this rule, there must be a force to check and balance, to supervise.

Just on FIFA and UEFA themselves?

No kidding.

Therefore, now, the activities of the Qataris cannot be said to be above board, but at least they are not low-key and secretive.

……

April 11, the 31st round of La Liga.

There are two key matches in this round, which are Atletico Madrid's away game against Espanyol on the first matchday.

After that, Real Madrid hosted Barcelona.

It was also Mourinho's first game since Begiristan stepped down.

Everyone knows that the current Barcelona can be said to have put their heart to Mourinho and give the greatest trust.

In this case, Mourinho will need to show a more convincing performance.

And, of course, the Barça players.

According to the Catalan media, after Begiristan's dismissal, Mourinho had conversations with local players such as Puyol and Xavi.

Yang Hao didn't pay much attention to the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, he focused on dealing with Ernesto Valverde's Spaniard.

It's a hard stubble!

The two sides battled hard for 30 minutes, and it was not until the 32nd minute that Kaka assisted Torres to score a goal.

It was a quick counter-attack after a midfield tackle.

In the 56th minute of the second half, it was still a counterattack after the midfield broke the ball, Kaka drove straight into the outside of the penalty area with the ball and sent a straight kick, Messi burst into the penalty area and formed a single knife, which will be sent into the Espanyol goal again.

In the end, Atletico beat Espanyol 2-0 away thanks to two assists from Kaka.

The next day, at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Jose Mourinho's Barcelona faced Real Madrid with the strongest lineup.

They have already lost the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, and they are unlikely to win the title in La Liga.

Now Barcelona is fighting more for rankings and dignity!

Jose Mourinho's side continued to play defensively at the Santiago Bernabeu, but they were well organised.

One of the obvious changes is that the mentality of the players has also changed a lot.

This made Barcelona very the pitch.

Especially on the defensive end.

The first half was tied 0-0.

But in the second half, just two minutes into the game, Vidic took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to open the scoring for Real Madrid.

The Serbian centre-back has also been getting better and better at Real Madrid, especially after integrating into the team and working more closely with Kompany and Chiellini, showing a key role in the backline.

Barcelona then launched a counterattack, and in the 67th minute, Diego Milito received Robben's wonderful pass to equalize the score for Barcelona, 1-1!

The two sides are back on the same page.

The game is in full swing.

Both sides also spelled out the smell of gunpowder.

From the 70th minute onwards, the referee also took out cards continuously.

In the first 70 minutes, both sides received only one yellow card, but after 70 minutes, three yellow cards were received in a row.

And in the 85th minute, the situation finally got out of hand.

Juanfran was sent off for a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo, which sparked a strong clash between players from both sides.

Ibrahimovic and Carlos Tevez also received a yellow card each.

Barcelona defended more resolutely with one man less.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, were determined to counterattack.

Mourinho also guessed Real Madrid's mind clearly.

The current situation in La Liga, after losing the city derby, Real Madrid is only 1 point ahead of Atletico Madrid, and in the case that the Sheets Army has already won 3 points in advance, if Real Madrid draws with Barcelona, then the Galaxy will give up the leader.

This is something that Real Madrid cannot accept in any way.

As a result, Arsene Wenger's team took the initiative to press out and attack.

Moreover, the more you attack, the more ferocious it becomes.

This did put a lot of pressure on Barcelona, but it also created a very big problem for their backline.

Especially when it comes to stoppage time, when everybody starts to press up.

Even the central defenders began to be desperate, and hidden dangers were exposed behind them.

And in the 92nd minute, Xavi made a diagonal pass, and Robben and Tevez quickly stepped forward with two sharp knives to form a counterattack.

The Dutchman caught up with Xavi's pass and, despite being chased back by Vidic, split the ball down the middle, where Tevez slapped in and fired a furious shot past Casillas.

The crazy Argentine beast roars excitedly under the stands at the Bernabeu!

In the stands, the Real Madrid fans responded with overwhelming boos.

This is clearly for Barcelona!

Throughout the game, Real Madrid had the upper hand.

But at the last critical moment, a sneak attack by Barcelona grabbed a goal.

2-1, Barcelona reversed Real Madrid away at the Bernabeu!

……

Yang Hao and the coaching staff did not rest, but after leading the team to train, they continued to stay in Mahada Hongda to watch this key battle.

When Juanfran was sent off with a red card, everyone was almost desperate for Barca.

Yang Hao was desperate, but he had a trace of luck in his heart.

Jose Mourinho's side have always played better when they were numerically disadvantaged.

Especially defensive counter-attacks.

Can it be the same this time?

When Tevez and Robben counter-attacked and broke through Casillas' goal, the Atletico Madrid coaching staff cheered excitedly.

It's reversed!

It's not just Barcelona that is reversing, Atletico Madrid is reversing!

After playing Espanyol, Atletico Madrid are ahead of Real Madrid in the standings with three points.

But that's only temporary.

Now, Real Madrid has been upset by Barcelona at home, and Atletico Madrid's lead is a real hammer!

With a two-point lead, the Sheets overtook Real Madrid and topped the La Liga standings.

"At the critical moment, Mourinho is righteous enough!" Yang Hao would love to give Mourinho a call and thank him properly.

But he knew that if this phone call came, it was estimated that Mourinho would be scolded bloody.

Why?

Who knocked his Barcelona out of the Champions League?

"There are 7 rounds left!"

After the excitement, Yang Hao also began to remind his assistant.

After all, the game has to be played one game at a time.

Now, Atletico have managed to seize the advantage, so they have to try to maintain it.

"I said, this season's treble, we have to decide, no one can snatch it!"

Yang Hao's confidence also infected the assistants around him.

……

Due to the World Cup, the La Liga schedule is compressed.

After playing the 31st round, the 32nd round of La Liga will be played in midweek.

This time, Atletico are at home against promoted Riyad Mahrez.

Just eight minutes into the game, Adriano opened the scoring for Atletico.

Just three minutes later, Suarez added another goal to extend the score.

Then, in the 71st minute, Toni Kroos scored again with a long-range shot past Jerez.

In the end, Atletico beat Jerez 3-0 at home.

Barcelona beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 at home thanks to goals from Bojan, Pedro and Robben.

Mourinho was really hard at the critical moment.

Real Madrid conceded one goal away from home, and with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Yaya Toure, they reversed Almeria 2-1 and continued to maintain the pressure on Atletico Madrid.

……

At the weekend, the 33rd round of La Liga.

Barcelona had a frantic battle with Espanyol away, but neither side was able to break the deadlock.

In the end, the local derby ended in a 0-0 draw.

Atletico beat Villarreal 2-1 away from home thanks to two goals from Godin and Lionel Messi.

Sergio Aguero scored a goal for the Yellow Submarine.

Real Madrid beat Valencia 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Although the Bat Army lost this game, they are still third in La Liga.

What's more, everyone can see that Carlo Ancelotti is taking the Champions League more seriously.

……

In midweek, the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Carlo Ancelotti hosts Real Madrid.

The Italian opened the game with 442 against Real Madrid and launched a frantic attack on Arsene Wenger's side from the first minute of the game, dominating the field.

With the current strength of the Bat Army, Real Madrid even had to go on the defensive.

Especially in the league three days ago, Real Madrid continued to maintain its advantage over Atletico Madrid in order to win Valencia, and Wenger did his best.

Carlo Ancelotti took advantage of the opening to seize the opportunity, and then engaged in a close hand-to-hand war of attrition with Real Madrid.

The two sides went back and forth, and the game was very intense.

The first half was a 0-0 draw.

The start of the second half didn't change much.

It wasn't until the 79th minute that Sneijder, who came on as a substitute for Anderson, sent a fatal through ball.

Villa stopped the ball in the box, got past teenager Vincent Kompany and fired a cool volley past Casillas.

1 to 0!

Although, Real Madrid then fought back frantically, but failed to find the back of the net against Valencia.

Carlo Ancelotti's side beat Real Madrid 1-0 at home.

In the other match, which was played a day later than the Spanish Civil War, Atletico Madrid faced Lyon away.

Messi opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid in the 26th minute with an assist from Adriano, scoring the goal of Lyon.

After that, the two sides reached a stalemate.

But after the second half, as Lyon's physical strength was exhausted, Atletico's advantage became more and more obvious.

In the 67th minute, David Silva provided an assist on the left side, and Messi added another goal to extend the score.

In the 78th minute, Alves inserted on the right side, and after completing a wonderful cooperation with Kaka, he assisted Messi in the penalty area and scored again.

The Argentine scored another hat-trick!

3 to 0!

Atletico beat Lyon away.

And this is already Messi's 12th goal in the Champions League this season.

Of those, 11 goals came in the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

Moreover, Messi scored in 5 consecutive games in the knockout round, scoring 11 goals.

Since the winter break, Messi has shown amazing competitive form.

Whether in La Liga or in the Champions League, he has played a pivotal and central role.

With a 3-0 away win over Lyon, Atletico Madrid also entered the final with one foot.

(End of chapter)