Seven Crowns

After the UEFA Champions League, return to the domestic league.

On April 8, in the 32nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Valencia at home.

Valencia has performed well this season and is currently ranked third, second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

However, facing Real Madrid led by Lu Wenbin at the Bernabéu Stadium, although Valencia played a defensive counterattack, they were scored a full 4 goals in the end, and Valencia only scored a face-saving goal in the second half. goal.

Lu Wenbin scored twice, and Real Madrid beat Valencia 4-1 at home. They have achieved an unbeaten record of 36 games across the season, and their points have reached 90 points.

There are 6 league rounds left in this season, and Real Madrid will almost certainly break 100 points, which is another new record for La Liga.

On April 11, in the 33rd round of La Liga, Real Madrid visited Calderon and ushered in a Madrid derby with Atletico Madrid.

This city derby was full of gunpowder.

Atletico Madrid is naturally very upset to see such a scene of Real Madrid. With the opportunity of direct confrontation, Atletico Madrid is naturally very excited.

Even if you can't win the league championship, it would be nice to interrupt Real Madrid's unbeaten record.

There were a total of two red cards and five yellow cards in this game, and one player from each side was injured.

In the end, Real Madrid struggled to bring back a 3-3 draw from Calderon. All three goals were scored by Lu Wenbin, and two of them were direct free kicks.

If it weren't for Lu Wenbin, Real Madrid might really lose this game.

Although the streak of victories in various competitions was terminated, Real Madrid's cross-season unbeaten games after this Madrid derby reached 37 games, which is only one game away from the 38 games unbeaten by Real Sociedad in the 1979/1980 season. .

Three days later, in the 34th round of La Liga on April 14, Mourinho did not try his best to catch up with the so-called unbeaten record of 38 games, but chose to rotate.

The same-city derby away to Atletico Madrid consumed too much energy for the Real Madrid team, and three days later it was the semi-final of the Champions League with Chelsea, which was still an away game.

As a result, Mourinho had no choice but to choose a rotation in this game that might tie Real Sociedad's unbeaten record of 38 games in La Liga. Even the most reassuring Lu Wenbin was not included in the squad.

Fortunately,

Real Madrid's rotation is also much stronger than that of Sporting Gijon, which ranks last, let alone at the Bernabeu at home.

After 90 minutes, the score was 3-1 on the big screen, and Real Madrid still managed to claim a victory at home thanks to their defensive counter-attack.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire Bernabéu stands burst into applause, and countless Real Madrid fans applauded and screamed excitedly, celebrating their unbeaten record of 38 La Liga matches.

After the game, the global media reported on Real Madrid's 38-match unbeaten record tied with Real Sociedad.

The British media, in particular, are quite positive, because in the next game, Chelsea's opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League will be Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has Chelsea's former coach Mourinho, Lu Wenbin, the world's number one player, Ronaldo, the former Premier League golden boot, and has achieved a terrifying record of 38 unbeaten games in La Liga.

With such a terrifying Real Madrid, does the newly appointed assistant coach Di Matteo have a chance to lead the team to defeat their opponents and advance to the Champions League final?

Since the beginning of this season, Chelsea coach Villas-Boas has been mediocre, without any outstanding achievements.

After losing 1-3 to Naples in the Champions League 1/8 finals, Chelsea executives finally lost their last patience. On March 4, 2012, it was announced that Boas was dismissed from get out of class, and assistant coach Di Matteo took over the team.

Di Matteo's first test after taking office was the second round of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 final against Naples.

As a result, Chelsea staged a reversal under the leadership of Di Matteo, came back 4-1 at home and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

Then he defeated Benfica in two rounds with a firm defensive counterattack to advance to the semi-finals, and now he meets Real Madrid.

This is a more serious test for Di Matteo than Naples.

On April 16, Real Madrid arrived in London one day earlier, the players participated in adaptive training, and Mourinho participated in the pre-match press conference.

In the face of British media reporters and his old club, Mourinho did not save any face, claiming that his belief is victory.

What's more, Chelsea changed coaches in the middle of the season and their tactical lineup is unstable. Real Madrid will definitely take away a victory from Stamford Bridge.

The implication is to dismiss Chelsea's new coach Di Matteo.

Mourinho's remarks naturally angered the Chelsea team.

Captain Terry claimed in an interview that although he was full of respect for Mourinho, he would lead the team to defeat Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge and give Mourinho a disastrous defeat to "welcome" him back to London.

To reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, it is naturally a matter of life and death. Everyone wants to enter the finals and win the championship. As for the mentor-student friendship in the past, no one cares now.

Di Matteo even claimed that he would let Real Madrid see what a real defensive counterattack is.

Mourinho did not refute again.

Di Matteo was Villas-Boas's assistant coach, and Villas-Boas was once Mourinho's assistant coach.

It can be said that Di Matteo's defensive counterattack reveals a trace of Mourinho's shadow.

Does the apprentice's apprentice want to beat the master, or is it because the players are not as good as they are?

Mourinho dismissed it.

However, when the time came to 20:45 on the evening of April 17th, when Chelsea faced Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League semi-finals at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho saw the power of Di Matteo. .

Chelsea's lineup is goalkeeper Cech, defender Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Ashley Cole, midfielder Essien, Mikel, midfielder Bosingwa, Lampard, Mata , striker Didier Drogba.

Although not as valuable as Real Madrid, but on the central axis, from forward Drogba, to attacking midfielder Lampard, to defensive midfielder Essien, to central defender Terry, and then to goalkeeper Petr Cech, they are all world-class stars. Extraordinary strength.

After the start of the game, Chelsea retreated across the board. Essien, as everyone expected, was in charge of marking Lu Wenbin closely, but there were Terry, Lampard, Mikel, Cahill and others helping to defend.

The defensive abilities of Essien and Terry are well-known in the world, and Lampard is also a good interceptor in the midfield. Any combination of the two will not be easy for Lu Wenbin.

The dribbling of 20/20 does not mean that facing an opponent with a defense of 18 or 19 will be able to stabilize the pressure and break through smoothly, not to mention that if several opponents team up, the difficulty of breaking through will increase exponentially.

Moreover, Chelsea's formation has been relatively complete, and no confusion has been caused by Lu Wenbin's breakthrough.

Even if Lu Wenbin passes and assists, it is difficult to get a chance when Chelsea shrinks the defense.

What's more, Cech, the world-class goalkeeper, is still standing in front of Chelsea.