Although Feng Shiyao said that the top 12 have been drawing lots in groups of only a few days, it is actually almost half a month. In this half month, Atletico Madrid will have to play two league games and two Champions League games.

This is likely to be the half month that Atletico Madrid will finally win this season.

After playing the game against Qatar, Gao Zheng rushed back to Madrid, Spain without stopping.

He was greeted with the league against Real Betis and the Champions League against Barcelona.

On March 29, he was still playing in China's World Cup qualifiers. Three days later, on April 2, he appeared on the stadium where Atletico Madrid played against Real Betis at home.

Considering that the players have just participated in the matches of their respective national teams and the next Champions League match with Barcelona, ​​Simeone did not send all the main players in this game, but Gao Zheng still appeared no matter what.

Simeone doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of playing against Sporting Gijon in the last round. If it weren't for Gao Zheng's final victory, Atletico Madrid might have bid farewell to the league championship in advance.

If he is still on the bench this time and wait until the situation is wrong in the second half, then it will be replaced, so what Gao Zheng did not score at the last moment this time? You can't always pin your hopes on Gao Zheng's performance after he comes on the bench.

It is better to let Gao Zheng appear and help the team secure the victory early.

Although Simeone had this idea, after the game started, everyone could still see that Gao Zheng was a little tired.

He was not active when he appeared, and he also made some mistakes in getting the ball.

Such situations rarely occur in Gao Zheng.

It was not until the 37th minute that Atletico Madrid broke the deadlock, and Gao Zheng finally scored a goal.

Despite his physical fatigue, he still blasted the goal of Real Betis in 37 minutes as long as he was given a chance.

Then in the 42nd minute, Gao Zheng scored twice and expanded the lead to two goals.

Then both sides entered the intermission.

With two balls in hand, Simeone was relieved.

Shortly after the second half began, he replaced Gao Zheng with Fernando Torres and gave him a rest.

Atletico Madrid, which was leading two goals, has entered the high-speed track. Even without Gao Zheng at this time, they can still tear the opponents in front of them by relying on inertia.

The most rare thing is the stage of starting to speeding up, and Gao Zheng helped them complete this stage.

In the 65th minute, Juan Fran scored and changed the score to 3:0.

Real Betis scored a goal in the 79th minute, but with ten minutes left in the game, falling behind by two goals basically means it will be difficult for them to equalize the score again.

Not to mention that Atletico Madrid may continue to score goals.

Sure enough, in the 81st minute, Griezmann scored a goal and Atletico Madrid led 4:1.

In the 90th minute, Thomas, who came on as a substitute, added icing on the cake and frozen the score at 5:1.

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Of course, the most eye-catching game in this round of the league is definitely not the match between Atletico Madrid and Real Betis.

Instead, it is a national derby that will be held later, with Barcelona facing Real Madrid at home.

It can be said that this is the last stumbling block on Barcelona's road to winning the championship.

If Barcelona can step over, there will be a flat highway behind them. They can step on the accelerator and sprint to the bottom to win the championship.

Before the game, whether it was the odds of the bookmaker or the media opinion, everyone was more optimistic about Barcelona's victory.

There is no need to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both sides in each position, just mention that this is Barcelona's home court.

This is Camp Nou.

In the league, Barcelona maintained unbeaten against Real Madrid for three consecutive seasons at this stadium, with a record of two wins and one draw.

The last time they lost to Real Madrid at home in the league was the 2011-2012 season, when they lost 1:2.

In the 2010-2011 season, Real Madrid even lost to Barcelona 0:5 at the stadium. After the game, Pique opened his five fingers and showed his slap in the face, just like a slap on the face of all Real Madrid people.

In the national derby held by Camp Nou, Barcelona had an absolute advantage of 43 wins, 18 draws and 18 losses. Real Madrid wanted to defeat Camp Nou... It cannot be said that it was completely impossible, but it was really, very, very difficult.

Another thing worth mentioning is that since Barcelona lost 1:2 away to Sevilla in the seventh round this season, they have never lost again. After being tied by Espanyol 0:0 in the New Year, they simply lost even the draw and have maintained a complete victory. They have won twelve consecutive victories so far.

The longest winning streak in La Liga history was also set by Barcelona, ​​who set an astonishing 16 consecutive victories in the 2010-2011 season, breaking the 15 consecutive victories set by Real Madrid fifty years ago.

If Barcelona can defeat Real Madrid at home, not only will they increase their winning streak to thirteen games, but they will also hope to surpass the record they set again. As long as they can persist until they play against La Coruña, they can tie the record. If they win the game against Sporting Gijon, they will set a new record.

On this road, except for Real Madrid, other teams are not afraid of it, and it is difficult to pose any threat to Barcelona.

Now Real Madrid has encountered Barcelona, ​​which is full of morale and has a huge form, how could it be possible for them to escape away from home?

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In this game, both teams have used the strongest lineup, Barcelona's N combination, and Real Madrid's BB combination.

Before the game, both sides observed a moment of silence against Cruyff, who had just passed away. It can be said that Barcelona's status is inseparable from the "flying Dutchman". It was Cruyff who brought Dutch football with all attacks and defenses to Barcelona, ​​bringing this old-fashioned new student. From then on, Barcelona has jumped from a domestic Spanish powerhouse to a giant in European football.

Without Cruyff, there would be no La Macia youth training camp, and there would be no pillars of Barcelona Dream Team II and Dream Team III.

Cruyff left a very great legacy to Barcelona and benefited future generations.

Such a great person who bids the world and before a match like the National Derby also makes this game full of highlights.

Before the game, Barcelona fans showed a huge puzzle of "Thanks John" in the stands at Camp Nou. Barcelona fans naturally hope that the players can use a victory to comfort Cruyff's spirit in heaven.
Chapter completed!