Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 184: People Who Have Experienced History

After the 35th round of the league, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are still on the same score. The competition for the league championship is so fierce that people can't help but think of the 2006-2007 season. At that time, the two teams of Barcelona and Real Madrid also started from the 34th round of the league. , they got the same points, and they got the same points until the last round.

The title of the league championship is determined by the results of the two teams' confrontation with each other - because Real Madrid has a record of one win and one draw in the two league games against Barcelona. champion.

But when Real Madrid won the championship, the points were only 76 points.

And now the battle between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona has raised the points to 89 points.

No matter whether it is Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, they still can't win the championship with 89 points. What kind of concept is this?

Then let's explain the situation of the other three major leagues this season.

Juventus is the overlord of Serie A. They also top the list this season. They have played 34 rounds in Serie A. They have accumulated 79 points, 15 points ahead of the second-placed Roma. There are still four rounds left in the league. Next, has already won the championship in advance.

The Bundesliga has played 30 rounds. The league leader Bayern Munich has 76 points. With three rounds left, it leads the second place Wolfsburg by 14 points and has already won the championship ahead of schedule.

After 35 rounds of the Premier League, Chelsea have 83 points, 12 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal. There are three rounds left in the league, but Chelsea's goal difference is nine more than Arsenal. It is hard to imagine that Arsenal can still do it Reversed to win the championship, it can be said that Chelsea has basically won the league championship trophy.

Serie A can win the championship early with 79 points, the Bundesliga can win the championship early with 76 points, and the Premier League can basically win the championship early with 83 points.

And La Liga?

With eighty-nine points, it is still impossible to decide who belongs to the league champion.

Some people say that the competition in La Liga is not fierce enough. This means that it is difficult for the middle and lower teams to pose a threat to the top-ranked teams, especially after the duopoly of the Western Super League, the other 18 teams are like soy sauce. .

But after Simeone coached Atletico Madrid, the situation has improved. Although it is still difficult for other teams to compete with the Western Super League duo, at least Atletico Madrid can bite Barcelona now, making them unable to win the championship with 89 points .

Who said that La Liga's league championship competition is not fierce?

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The thirty-sixth round of the league,

On the contrary, everyone doesn't care much about who will fall behind first, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid.

Because under such circumstances, whether it is Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, it is too difficult to overturn early.

If we want to count on the end of the suspense of the title of the league championship, we should wait until the thirty-seventh round of the league after one round. At that time, there will be a direct dialogue between the two teams, and no matter what, there should be a winner.

If there is a tie at that time, Atletico Madrid will basically bid farewell to the league championship, because they do not have an advantage in the record against Barcelona. At that time, even if the points are the same, they will be ranked behind Barcelona for this reason.

As everyone has analyzed, the thirty-seventh round of the league was as expected without any disturbances.

Barcelona, ​​which played first, won 2-0 at home to Real Sociedad.

On the second day, Atletico Madrid also defeated Levante 4:2 away. Gao Zheng assisted Griezmann with a goal in this game, but he did not score himself.

Griezmann broke out in this game and completed his first hat-trick after joining Atletico Madrid in the game. His personal league goals also rose to ten.

Considering Gao Zheng's absolute core position in Atletico Madrid's offense, as his partner, being able to score ten goals is considered a good performance.

After this round of the league, there are two things that deserve the most attention in the entire Spanish football-the first is whether Real Madrid can reach the Champions League final; the second is the La Liga championship between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Real Madrid lost 1:2 away to Juventus in the first leg of the semi-finals. Although they lost the ball, they had an away goal and fell behind by one goal. .

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona's league championship is even more eye-catching.

Before the game, the media, players, and club executives of both sides began to fight the war of words.

First, "Mundo Deportivo" dug out the history of the confrontation between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and led everyone to review a "classic game" - the thirty-fifth round of the league in the 2006-2007 season. Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 6-0 in an away game .

This game attracted the attention of public opinion at the time, because it was the first time in history that Atletico Madrid lost so badly at their home court.

Whether it is La Liga or the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid has never lost six goals against Barcelona-the biggest score between the two teams is that Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 7:3 at home, and Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 6:4 at home, but This is not the worst failure.

Before this game in the 2006-2007 season, Atletico Madrid had the worst net loss of five goals against Barcelona, ​​regardless of home and away games-they lost 0:5 away to Barcelona, ​​and also lost 0:5 to Barcelona at home , it was the Copa del Rey in the 1992-1993 season, so 0:5 was the biggest score that Atletico Madrid lost to Barcelona at home.

As a result, in the thirty-fifth round of the league in the 2006-2007 season, Atletico Madrid broke this shameful record at their home court. The 0:6 score is not only Barcelona's biggest victory against Atletico Madrid in the history of La Liga, but also Atletico Madrid's biggest loss at home - even against Real Madrid, they have never lost so badly.

Torres was furious after the game and was very dissatisfied with the performance of his teammates.

Later, in the summer of 2007, Atletico Madrid's "golden boy" Torres left the team. Some people say that he was completely disappointed with his team in that fiasco.

There were rumors at the time that Atletico Madrid deliberately lost so cleanly at their home court.

Because Barcelona was competing with Real Madrid for the league title at the time, they had the same points as Real Madrid. In order to prevent the city rivals Real Madrid from winning the championship, Atletico Madrid took the initiative to sacrifice themselves and gave Barcelona a big gift at home.

Of course, Atletico Madrid denied it flatly, but there was always such a saying in public opinion at the time. Anyway, Real Madrid fans scolded their rivals in the same city at that time.

Now times have passed, eight seasons have passed, and among the players who have experienced that game, only Torres is still in Atletico Madrid.

So everyone naturally wanted this player who had witnessed "history" to talk about his views on that game.

"It's different this time, Atlético Madrid is now a team that wants to win, win titles, my time is over. I don't even remember the situation. We need to win now, all other speculation is ridiculous..."

In the face of reporters, Torres said so.

He said it very lightly, but he could still hear some bitterness.

Especially when he said "my time has passed", the other Madrid reporters present were all disappointed.

How shining was Fernando Torres back then. At that time, all Atletico Madrid fans believed that he would stay in Atletico Madrid and create a brilliant era.

After losing 0:6 to Barcelona, ​​Torres sadly left the team he had vowed to stay for the rest of his life.

Then his career went up and down several times, and he was in the glory days of Liverpool, and he also plummeted after going to Chelsea.

The "golden boy" who used to scare his opponents has become the "prince who doesn't enter the empty door" who is ridiculed by everyone.

Everyone on the Internet tried every means to write jokes to hack him.

After he couldn't find his form at Chelsea and AC Milan, he was loaned back to Atletico Madrid, but in this team he can only play as a substitute, and his state is not as good as before. Even the No. 9 jersey he wore at Atletico Madrid had changed owners and was worn by Gao Zheng.

That's why he admitted that "his time has passed".

Today's Atletico Madrid belongs to the generation of Gao Zheng and Griez.

"I know that last season Atlético Madrid won La Liga at Camp Nou, that's how football and destiny are. This time, Barcelona could also win at our home ground. But I don't want that because we need titles too."

A Catalan reporter stood up and asked: "Before you left Atletico Madrid, you were the absolute leader here. But now you can only play as a substitute after you come back. Does this make you feel a little bit psychologically?"

His question attracted the attention of other people present, and many Madrid reporters looked at him with obvious anger in their eyes-does anyone ask such a question? With the performance and state of Gao Zheng and Griezmann, isn't it normal for Torres, who came back on loan during the winter break, to play as a substitute?

Of course, everyone thinks that Torres was very good before, and his status in this team is indeed very different from what it is now, but everyone consciously does not mention this matter in front of Torres. On the one hand, they do not want to stimulate Torres. It's because I don't want to create internal strife in the team, and I don't want everyone's attention to be focused on such boring things.

The result has now been stabbed by a Catalan journalist.

Facing everyone's worried and angry eyes, Torres smiled and said: "Psychological gap? No. It is a very happy thing for me to be able to come back here. On January 4th, Madrid was still a little Cold, but the stadium was full, they came to see me, the penalty, the comeback... Winning trophies is a memory, but coming back is a memory like this only once and I will keep it in my heart. And I left eight years ago , a lot has happened in eight years, and nothing lasts forever. Now I prepare every week to play, wait for the opportunity, hope to help the team score goals. But if I can't play, I will also be there for the team. Come on my teammates, hope they can win the game... I have nothing to complain or dissatisfaction. I said that after eight years, a lot of things have changed, but when I come back to Calderon again, I can still have So many people come to see me, I am already very satisfied.”

There were tears in the eyes of many Madrid journalists in the audience Torres said.

These team reporters have been following the team for many years. Many of them even knew Torres when he was a fledgling genius. Watching the ups and downs of Atletico Madrid has already touched them a lot.

Now watching Torres smiling and calmly discussing what he has experienced on the stage, many people can't control their emotions.

That's right, it's been eight years, and the former golden boy has become a prodigal son.

But fortunately, the prodigal son came home.

And we still have a league title to go for, the best homecoming gift for a prodigal son, right?

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