At the end of the La Liga half, Real Madrid fell behind defending champion Barcelona and ranked second with three points, and qualified in the Champions League group stage.

For any new coach, such results are reasonable, but Real Madrid is exceptional in La Liga, because Real Madrid lost 0:1 in a direct conversation with Barcelona.

Real Madrid fans and senior executives can accept losing to any team, second in the half-time league, but they must not accept losing to their arch rival Barcelona.

After halfway through, Chilean engineer Pellegrini was once again questioned by fans. Even Chen Yu, who scored 24 goals in 19 rounds, was criticized by Real Madrid fans because Chen Yu was unable to score in the national derby with Barcelona, ​​while Barcelona's striker Ibrahimovic scored.

After the winter break, Real Madrid showed a better state than the first half. They won three consecutive victories at the beginning, but Barcelona was defeated by Atletico Madrid, and Real Madrid tied Barcelona in points. However, because La Liga points are the same, Real Madrid is still behind Barcelona.

Real Madrid then continued to be in good shape, expanding the league's winning streak to six games, and overtaking Barcelona for two points to top the standings.

In the Champions League, Real Madrid also changed its slump in previous seasons, eliminated its former nemesis Lyon with a score of 2:1 in two rounds, and avenged the deep hatred of being eliminated twice. Chen Yu took over all two goals from Real Madrid in the match against Lyon, which finally shut up the picky Real Madrid fans. However, it is not easy for Chen Yu to get the recognition of Real Madrid fans, unless he can beat Barcelona in the national derby.

After eliminating Lyon, Real Madrid's opponent in the quarterfinals was Bordeaux or a French team. However, Bordeaux's strength was a little worse than Lyon, and Real Madrid had no psychological disadvantages against Bordeaux. In the first round, Real Madrid easily defeated their opponent 3:0, almost locking in a semi-finals.

In the La Liga, Real Madrid is getting better and better in running-in, and continues to win streak. Before the second national derby, Real Madrid had already won 12 consecutive games and easily advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League. However, his Barcelona is not bad either. They are only two points behind Real Madrid in the league, and they also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The 31st round of national derby against Real Madrid? The key is that it can even be said to be a game that determines life and death. If Real Madrid wins this game, they will lead the second place Barcelona by 5 points. With seven rounds left, the league championship will basically be stable.

If Real Madrid loses this game, Barcelona will overtake the top of the list with one point and get the initiative to compete for the championship. Now the two teams are in a very stable state, and it is unlikely that Real Madrid will overtake again later.

If Real Madrid cannot win the La Liga championship and is double-killed by Barcelona, ​​it will be almost inevitable that Chilean engineer Pellegrini will be dismissed. As for whether the team will be reshuffled, it is hard to say, unless Pellegrini can win the Champions League this season.

On April 11, Barcelona, ​​who appeared at the Bernabeu Stadium, was an extremely arrogant team. Although they were still two points behind Real Madrid, judging from their attitude, it seems that they were the ones who stood at the top of the list.

After the game started, Barcelona played very positively. Obviously, they were arrogant, but they also understood that with Real Madrid's current state, if they could not defeat Real Madrid in this game and overtake the points, they might never be able to catch up.

Like Real Madrid's teammates, Chen Yu was also trying to prove himself in this game.

Last season, Barcelona finally broke Liverpool's monopoly on the Champions League and won the Champions League championship. Messi also snatched the European Golden Ball Award and the World Football Master from Chen Yu. Chen Yu only won the Bronze Ball Award and the World Football Master with his strong personal performance.

In the first national derby, Messi led Barcelona to beat Real Madrid by 1 goal, defeating Chen Yu in direct dialogue.

Since that game, the media have believed that Chen Yu is old and Real Madrid has lost money by buying people. Messi has now taken over Chen Yu in full and become the world's number one person.

Just five minutes into the game, Chen Yu used his speed to forcefully break through the clamping defense of Xavi and Yaya Toure in the midfield, and changed to Pique's shovel and robbed him. He pulled his feet at 25 meters ahead of the penalty area and shot the ball flew straight to the far corner.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes is not tall, but he reacts very quickly. He has been observing Chen Yu's movements. When he sees Chen Yu's sign of shooting, he moves quickly. It is this early movement that allows Valdes to avoid conceding a goal. After he tried his best, he just touched the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips.

Chen Yu's breakthrough shot was very morale, and then Real Madrid's superstars were not willing to be outdone and used their personal abilities to launch an attack on Barcelona's penalty area.

Barcelona is the world's first offense, but Barcelona's defense is very average. Their main defense method is to control the ball at their own feet and not give the opponent a chance to touch the ball. When the opponent controls the ball and attacks them, it is difficult for Barcelona to defend against it.

Under Real Madrid's repeated attacks, Barcelona's defense loosened, but Barcelona's defense has many personnel, and the forwards have returned to defense. Real Madrid has very little room to use, and they have failed to break Valdes' ten fingers after multiple shots.

At this time, Barcelona's counterattack showed its power. Messi dribbled the ball at high speed. He and Xavi made a long-distance two-pass one-on-one cooperation. Xavi gave Messi a beautiful overhead ball. Messi dribbled Ramos in the penalty area and successfully shot, rewriting the score to 1:0.

Then Barcelona played the old routine of controlling the ball and counterattacking again. Real Madrid tried hard to grab the ball, but it never got it. It seemed that Real Madrid was about to relive the nightmare of the away game in the first leg, but Chen Yu stood up at this time and let the fans know why he was worth 120 million euros.

Less than ten minutes after Barcelona scored, Kaka dribbled the ball at high speed in the counterattack, and Chen Yu followed on the wing.

After Kaka passed a defensive player, he quickly divided the side. Chen Badminton received the ball and knocked across Alves, quickly cut across the middle, and dribbled past three Barcelona players who had stealed in a row. Chen Yu took it from the left side of the penalty area to the right side, found the gap, and then pulled his feet and shot, and the ball flew straight to the near corner of the goal.

Valdes still had a good position this time, but Chen Yu's shooting power was too strong. Valdes could not touch the ball with such a fast falling speed, so he could only watch the ball enter the net.

1:1

Such a score is beneficial to Real Madrid. Now Real Madrid is two points ahead of Barcelona. As long as such a score remains until the end of the game, Real Madrid will take the initiative in the league championship battle.

In terms of ball control, Real Madrid can't beat Barcelona, ​​who has been training and competitions since childhood, so even Pellegrini, who advocates technical football, chose to defend and counterattack very pragmatically.

Real Madrid's intensive defense is not very good. They are a team of giants, so there are not many opportunities to be forced to defend intensively. However, Real Madrid's counterattack is very sharp. Kaka's ability to counterattack in the middle is at least the top three in the world. Benzema on the front line has the body and skills, can drive the ball and break through, and can pass the ball. There is also an all-round killer like Chen Yu on the side. Once Real Madrid gets the opportunity to counterattack, it will be a nightmare for Barcelona's defense line.

In the first half, Barcelona was careful of offense and Real Madrid's difficult defense, and the score was still tied 1:1.

During the break, neither side made any adjustments to the starting lineup. Barcelona continued to attack Real Madrid's defense line with the starting lineup. Real Madrid changed its defensive strategy in the second half. When counterattacking, he no longer invested too much useless troops. He only relied on the speed and personal ability of the four-man team in the front court to attack Barcelona's defense line. Although the troops invested in this way, the players have strong personal abilities and fast advancement, and the effect is not worse than front-end insertion in the backcourt.

Pellegrini's tactics soon saw the effect. Real Madrid's four-man counterattack tactic did not reduce the attack power much, but the defense was more stable. It was already very difficult for Barcelona to make the gap between offensive and defensive conversions between Real Madrid. Real Madrid stubbornly maintained the 1:1 score to 75 minutes.

Barcelona could not accept the result of the draw, so they could only take the risk of pushing forward and put Real Madrid in the half-time attack.

Barcelona only likes short passes and infiltrates, lacking the ability to shoot long shots and head balls. Real Madrid is very familiar with this, so they shrink their defense and let Barcelona pass it. Once there is a chance to counterattack, they pass the ball to any of the four people in the frontcourt, allowing them to attack Barcelona's defense line.

In the 88th minute of the game, Barcelona was restless and finally was seized by Real Madrid.

Midfielder Guti took the ball and passed it to Kaka, Kaka gave the side to Chen Yu, and Chen Yu dribbled the ball down the bottom at high speed along the side road.

Real Madrid only used two passes for this counterattack. No one could catch up with Chen Yu's bottom on the side. Real Madrid formed a three-on-two advantage in the middle. Barcelona's two central defenders only focused on defending Benzema and Higuain. Chen Yu hit the top of the penalty area, Kaka made a push shot, and Real Madrid changed the score to 2:1.

The result of the loss was even more unacceptable to Barcelona. They launched a more crazy attack in the last few minutes, but Real Madrid led by one goal and had the advantage of points. They played more easily. In the end, they kept the lead until the end of the game with Barcelona's attack.

After this game, Real Madrid led the second place Barcelona by 5 points with 7 rounds left, completely taking the initiative to win the championship.

After this century-old derby, Chen Yu, who scored and made a pass, was truly accepted by Real Madrid fans. He also became one of Real Madrid's derby heroes. However, head coach Pellegrini is still questioned by Real Madrid's senior management and fans because they believe that Pellegrini relies entirely on the personal ability of the stars, and does not have much level of his own, and the game is not good-looking enough.
Chapter completed!