After winning this round of games, Atletico Madrid continues to rank first with a record of 25 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss in 26 league games, accumulating 75 points.
Second-placed Barcelona lost to Real Madrid in this round and only achieved 22 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in 26 league rounds, accumulating 68 points. It is already 7 points behind Atletico Madrid.
Although there are still 12 rounds left in the league, given Atletico Madrid's current state, it will be extremely difficult for Barcelona to expect the team to make mistakes.
On the contrary, Barcelona themselves are constantly making mistakes. In the first half of the season, they took advantage of Joan Chen's suspension to defeat Atletico Madrid in a direct dialogue. As a result, they are now 7 points behind Atletico Madrid.
This is all caused by Barcelona's own mistakes.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for Barcelona to continue to compete for the league championship.
To make matters worse, at the end of the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals, the referee's controversial penalty led to collective protests by Barcelona players. Iniesta was shown a yellow card and Valdes was shown two consecutive ones.
A yellow card was given, two yellows turned into one red and he was sent off directly.
But this was not the final result, because the referee wrote in his officiating record that Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes insulted him at that time, saying that he was deliberately messing with Barcelona and that he was shameless.
This is a serious insult to the referee and a challenge to the referee's authority.
Now the Football Association has issued a punishment result, not only imposing a fine of 3,000 euros on Valdez, but also banning him for four additional domestic games.
Because the Copa del Rey has been eliminated, the automatic suspension for red cards will be ignored. However, if the domestic competition is suspended for four games, it is not only the Copa del Rey mentioned, but also La Liga games.
In other words, Valdez will not be able to play in the next four La Liga games, and Barcelona's goal will surely suffer a huge test by then.
Many media have already concluded that this season's La Liga championship is already in Atletico Madrid's possession, and it is impossible for Barcelona to reverse the situation and take away the championship trophy from the Spanish side.
Of course, it is impossible for Barcelona to be convinced. After all, there are still so many games before the end of the season, and there is still a direct dialogue between the two sides.
If Barcelona can win the direct dialogue in the second half of the season, the gap between the two sides will be only 4 points, just two games.
Everything is possible.
Atletico Madrid's desire is naturally to break Barcelona's expectations, secure the league title early, and then prepare for the Copa del Rey final and the Champions League final - if the Champions League can also reach the final.
Midweek is another Champions League match day.
However, there are only four games, with Atletico Madrid playing the other four in the following week.
The first to be decided on March 5 is the second leg of the two 1/8 finals between Manchester United vs Real Madrid and Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk.
In the first round of the match between the two sides, Dortmund drew 2-2 away with Shakhtar Donetsk. Now back at home, they gave Shakhtar a 3-0 victory at the Westfalenstadion.
In the end, Dortmund eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk with a total score of 5-2 over two rounds and successfully advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals.
The other game is Real Madrid's away game against Red Devils Manchester United.
The two sides tied 1-1 in the first round. The Red Devils and Manchester United scored an away goal, which gave them a certain advantage in promotion.
Back at Old Trafford, the first big news to break was not that Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the Old Trafford stadium, but that when a reporter stopped him for an interview and asked him "Which Ronaldo is better?", Ferguson immediately replied
: "If you are asking about Ronaldo and that old, fat Ronaldo, then Ronaldo is much better."
These remarks stunned reporters and nearby staff at the scene, and later caused an uproar after reporters reported Ferguson's words online.
Although Ronaldo's career in the club seems to be more successful than that of Alien, in the eyes of many Alien fans, Ronaldo is a more powerful super alien than Pele and Maradona, but injuries have affected him
It's just his performance.
Therefore, Ferguson made such comments about Ronaldo, which naturally made Ronny's fans very dissatisfied. They all accused Ferguson of being old and disrespectful, speaking without restraint, and being disrespectful at all.
However, because the game is approaching, everyone focuses on the game first.
When players from both sides came on the field, the live broadcast deliberately put Ronaldo's name at the end, causing tens of thousands of Red Devils fans at Old Trafford to cheer and welcome him "home."
This moment is tender.
However, when the game was over, the Red Devils fans could no longer feel warm.
Because, Manchester United lost 1-2 to Real Madrid at their home court, and all three goals were scored by Real Madrid players, while Manchester United themselves did not score any.
The goal scored by Manchester United was an own goal scored by Real Madrid center back Ramos. The two goals scored by Real Madrid were scored by Modric and Ronaldo.
Ronaldo didn't celebrate after scoring.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated the Red Devils Manchester United with a total score of 3-2 in the two rounds and advanced to the quarterfinals of this season's Champions League.
Just after Manchester United was eliminated by Real Madrid, Ronaldo, an alien who was attending a World Cup promotion event in Brazil, gave a powerful counterattack to Ferguson's pre-match remarks:
"I think Ferguson, as an elder with a knighthood, said such words is quite impolite and ungentlemanly. This is disrespectful to me. Thank you Real Madrid for avenging me and blocking him for me.
mouth. In addition, I hope that his team will lose every game in the future."
Perhaps Ferguson also realized the inappropriateness of his remarks before the game. In addition, despite having the advantage in the first round, he was eliminated by Real Madrid in the second round when he returned to his home court. He was even more out of mood, so he did not reply to Ronaldo.
Even so, news such as Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Old Trafford, Manchester United's elimination, Real Madrid's promotion to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Ferguson's accusation that aliens are old and fat, etc., still occupied the front pages and important headlines of many media.
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The next day, March 6, in the other two 1/8 finals, Juventus defeated Celtic 2-0 at home, beating their opponents 5-0 in two rounds, and easily advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals.
Paris Saint-Germain played very hard because Ibrahimovic was suspended, and even conceded the goal first. Finally, they relied on No. 11 Lavezzi's goal in the 66th minute to equalize the score.
In the end, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Valencia with a difficult score of 2-1 in the first leg away, 1-1 in the second leg at home, and 3-2 in both legs, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
As for the remaining four games, including Atletico Madrid, they will not be announced until the middle of next week.