Chinatown's performance this season was completely beyond the expectations of everyone, including Gao Han. It maintained six consecutive victories in the first six rounds and showed an astonishing momentum. The forward Mi Chu even scored seven goals in six rounds, leading the scorer list.

But this situation was curbed in the seventh round of the league.

Affected by the two-week national team game, Chinatown's condition was obviously interrupted. In addition, the team's running back and forth between Otamendi and other international players made the team perform very sluggish in the away challenge of Hercules in the seventh round, and Michu also did nothing throughout the game and made no contribution.

But Chinatown was still very tenacious. When he was behind twice, he equalized the score twice. Left-back Alba and French midfielder Schneiderlin played a key role. Both of them passed and shot, helping the team get a point away.

Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez received his second yellow card in the 81st minute and was kicked off the court with a red card, while Aldevelde was also sent off by a red card in the 83rd minute.

But Hercules' situation is not very good, and the forward Trezeguet also received a red card.

With three red cards in one game, the referee's law enforcement was generally questioned after the game.

A week later, in the eighth round of La Liga, midfielder faced Atletico Madrid at home.

The performance of the Bedding Team this season is not very ideal. Although Simeone's team is invincible in the Champions League, it has fluctuated in the La Liga and has only ranked fifth, but its overall strength cannot be underestimated.

The two sides played hard to distinguish at Butak Stadium, and it was Atletico Madrid's first goal, and Chinatown's right-back Danilo received a red card in the 77th minute, which allowed Chinatown to receive three red cards in two rounds.

Fortunately, in the stoppage time at the last moment of the game, Schneiderlin intercepted the ball in the midfield and counterattacked and assisted, allowing Michu to score a goal to equalize the score, and finally drew 1-1 at home.

From six consecutive victories to two consecutive draws, Chinatown ushered in the first round of the new season, especially in two games, with three red cards being received. Head coach Pochettino's complaints to the referee were also severely warned by the Football Association, which put Chinatown under a lot of pressure.

In particular, Real Madrid and Barcelona have made great strides during this period, winning continuously, and quickly narrowed the points gap. Real Madrid even reversed Chinatown with the advantage of goal difference and topped the La Liga. Barcelona was only one point behind the two teams, ranking third.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Chinatown challenged Sporting Gijon away.

Chinatown, which had two consecutive draws, finally became proud. Just nine minutes into the game, Michu assisted James Rodriguez to score and lead the score.

After that, Chinatown suppressed Sporting Gijon all the way until the second half of Jamele Rodriguez passed a deadly goal, and Aubameyang pushed the ball into the penalty area, expanding the score to 2-0.

In the end, Chinatown defeated Sporting Gijon with two goals and finally stopped the consecutive draw.

In the tenth round of La Liga, Chinatown returned to home to welcome Athletic Bilbao.

Just six minutes into the opening game, the home team made a mistake. Athletic Bilbao's main center Llorent beat Otamendi to score a header, leading the score. The Basque Lions focused on defensive counterattack tactics away.

This put Chinatown in a dilemma.

But at a critical moment, Michu received an assist from James Rodriguez, tied the score and scored her tenth league goal of the season.

Before the first half was over, Schneiderlin scored another goal and reversed the score to two-to-one.

The French midfielder has improved rapidly this season with the team's performance, especially in the midfield. He has become the best player in the team's performance for several consecutive rounds. His offense and defense have made him faintly become another rising rookie in the La Liga.

After the second half of the game, the two sides were still in a stalemate, but Athletic Bilbao defender Altnezer received a red card in the 78th minute and was kicked out of the field by the referee. Chinatown relied on the advantage of numbers and scored two goals in the 84th and 90th minutes. The goalkeepers were Aubameyang and De Bruyne who came on the bench.

In the end, the midfielder defeated Athletic Bilbao four-one at home.

After this round of battle, Chinatown once again reversed Real Madrid with the advantage of goal difference, once again topped the La Liga standings, winning praise from media and fans around the world, while Barcelona ranked third by one point difference.

Michu, who scored ten goals in ten rounds, is still ranked first in the scorer list, but Higuain of Real Madrid, Messi of Barcelona, ​​Lorente of Athletic Bilbao and others are all following behind, and the gap between them is getting smaller and smaller.

Messi, especially, has a very strong goal momentum and has scored eight goals so far.

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On the evening of November 13, the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

In the 11th round of La Liga, Chinatown challenged Barcelona away.

This is the focus game between the second and third in La Liga this season, and it is also the duel between two teams with profound high-altitude marks, which has attracted the attention of fans around the world.

Since Manchester City's game was held one day earlier and there were no matches in the middle of the week, the team was on holiday. Gao Han specially brought his wife and children back to Spain to personally supervise the focus battle, hoping to cheer for Chinatown.

Real Madrid's away game against Sporting Gijon was one day earlier than Chinatown. They defeated Sporting Gijon 1-0 away, scored a valuable three-pointer, temporarily surpassing Chinatown and ranked first in La Liga.

Barcelona's lineup is not complete in this game. The main central defender Pique was suspended and Argentina's central defender Milito was absent due to injury, resulting in a shortage of personnel on the back line, but Guardiola's team still firmly controls the ball at Camp Nou.

Pochettino still adopted a very brave tactical style away game, took the initiative to put pressure on Barcelona, ​​and achieved quite good results on the tactical level.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Xavi made a straight pass, and Messi successfully counterattacked Pedro and scored an empty goal.

But just after Barcelona led, Chinatown re-telectrically and quickly counterattacked. After continuous cooperation from the left, Hazard was assigned to the sidelines, Alba made a cross from the side, and Michu inserted and headed the ball against Puyor to tie the score.

After that, the two teams fought very stalemate, with a very fast pace, and they fought against each other.

What really changed the game was that in the second half, with the consumption of Chinatown's physical fitness and the restrictions on Messi and Ibrahimovic had to be weakened, the two superstars began to play their personal strength advantages.

In the 58th minute, Xavi sent a free kick. After Messi and Ibrahimovic collided with one-on-the-wall-like cooperation, they shot from the right side of the small penalty area, and De Gea was powerless to do anything about this.

It can be said that this conceded goal has a very big blow to Chinatown.

Then Barcelona continued to launch a crazy attack on Chinatown, but until the 83rd minute, another pass from Xavi was passed. When Ibrahimovic kicked the ball, Otamendi blocked it with his body and Messi followed up and scored.

Gao Han shook his head in the stands, "After all, he is not as skilled as others."

Although Chinatown's performance this season is very eye-catching, in terms of overall strength, it is still much worse than powerful teams like Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, especially Barcelona, ​​which is too strong.

After the opening, Chinatown was very passive. Barcelona had a ball possession rate of 75%. In other words, Chinatown was completely disarmed, but what is even more terrifying is that this team also performed quite well in pressing and oppressing.

Chinatown's defense is pretty good, but Barcelona's pass success rate has reached 87%, and what about Chinatown?

Only a pitiful 75 percent, setting a new low this season.

"The main thing is Xavi, Iniesta, Ibrahimovic and Messi. These superstars are so outstanding. Pochettino's tactics are not wrong, but his physical fitness is unbearable. You see, we are completely powerless to resist after fifty minutes."

Technical Director Cantalero's words were undoubtedly a sharp point and pointed to the core of the problem.

Regarding overall tactics, Chinatown does not necessarily lose, but the player's strength determines the situation on the field.

As a young guard, every player in Chinatown was personally selected by Gao Han. The potential is unquestionable, but the strength may not be necessary. For example, Hazard, Gao Han is very optimistic about his future, but he is only nineteen years old. Can he hope to confront defenders of his level with Puyol?

"To be honest, I was mentally prepared to lose before the game, but I always had a little fantasy in my mind, thinking about whether Barcelona would make any mistakes and whether there would be any unpopularity, but the result was still not. Guardiola's team was incredibly stable." Gao Han exclaimed.

"Yes, according to the current situation, I dare not say the Champions League, but it is unlikely that there will be a team in the La Liga. Real Madrid has performed very strongly recently, but it is still not as good as Barcelona." Cantalero analyzed.

Atletico Madrid's performance has declined this season. If there is no surprise, the championship will be born between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Chinatown has only been running with him from the beginning.

"If you lose, you lose." Gao Han breathed heavily, "We should get out of the shadow of Camp Nou's defeat as soon as possible, and even learn from it, restore morale as soon as possible, and continue to compete in La Liga, especially in the next round."

In the 12th round of La Liga, Chinatown will return to home court to welcome the Bat Legion Valencia, which will also be a tough battle.

If the team cannot get out of the slump of defeat as soon as possible, then the next game of Valencia will be very dangerous, and the ranking may even decline further.

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This Camp Nou battle ended with a one-to-three defeat in Chinatown. The unpopularity expected by many media and fans did not appear. The absolute gap in strength made Chinatown lose in the Camp Nou and completely defeated.

Head coach Pochettino also admitted at a post-match press conference that the team's skills were not as good as others, but at the same time he also said that he was proud of the performance of Chinatown players.

"At least for the first fifty minutes, we were in a match with Barcelona."

Regarding the loss, Pochettino said that the team should not think too much. The most important thing is to summarize the experience and lessons and concentrate on preparing for the next league. He is confident that the team can quickly get out of the shadow of the loss.

After this round, Real Madrid led the La Liga standings alone, Barcelona followed closely behind by one point. Chinatown was three-pointer behind Real Madrid and ranked third. Atletico Madrid and Sevilla had the same points, six points behind Chinatown, ranking fourth and fifth.

The only gain was Michu, the Spanish player scored 11 goals in eleven rounds of the game, and continued to lead the La Liga scorer list with one goal ahead of Messi.

Just after the game, Cantalero received a call on the way back to Madrid on Gao Han and others.
Chapter completed!