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Chapter 184: People who have experienced history

After 35 rounds of the league, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona still scored the same points. The fierce competition for the league championship made people think that in the 2006-2007 season, Barcelona and Real Madrid also scored the same points since the 34th round of the league, and they all reached the same point until the last round.

The league championship is determined by the two teams' confrontation record. Because Real Madrid won one win and draw in two league games with Barcelona, ​​they beat their opponents with the same score as Barcelona and became the league champion.

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

Now the competition between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona has raised the points to 89 points.

Whether it is Barcelona or Atletico Madrid, they still cannot win the championship after 89 points. What does this mean?

Let’s explain the situation of the other three major leagues this season.

Juventus is the overlord of Serie A. They are also ranked first this season. Currently, they have played 34 rounds in the Serie A. They have accumulated 79 points and are 15 points ahead of the second place Roma. With four rounds left in the league, they have already won the championship ahead of schedule.

The Bundesliga played 31 rounds, with the first place in the league, Bayern Munich scored 76 points, leading second place Wolfsburg with three rounds left, and winning the championship ahead of schedule.

After 35 rounds of the Premier League, Chelsea scored 83 points, leading second place Arsenal 12 points, with three rounds left in the league, but Chelsea had nine more goals than Arsenal. It is hard to imagine that Arsenal can reverse and 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, Bundesliga can win the championship early with 76 points, and Premier League 83 points basically win the championship early with 83 points.

And what about La Liga?

It's eighty-nine points, but the league champion is still not determined.

Some people say that the competition in La Liga is not fierce enough, which means that it is difficult for those mid- and lower-level teams to create threats to the top-ranked teams, especially after the monopoly of the duo of the Spanish Super League, the other eighteen teams are just like playing soybeans.

But after Simeone coached Atletico Madrid, this situation has improved. Although other teams are still difficult to compete with the Spanish Super League, at least Atletico Madrid can bite Barcelona now, making them unable to win the championship even with 89 points.

Who said that the competition for La Liga championship is not fierce?

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In the 36th round of the league, people don’t care much about who will fall behind first.

Because in this case, it is too difficult to make a comeback in advance, whether it is Barcelona or Atletico Madrid.

If you want to expect the suspense of the league championship to end, it is better to wait until the 37th round of the league after one round. At that time, it will be a direct dialogue between the two teams, and no matter what, the winner will be decided.

If the draw is drawn, Atletico Madrid will basically bid farewell to the league championship because they do not have an advantage in the record of playing against Barcelona. Even if they scored the same score, they will be behind Barcelona for this reason.

As everyone analyzed, it turns out that the 37th round of the league was completely unstable.

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

The next day, Atletico Madrid also defeated Levante 4-2 away. Gao Zheng assisted Griezmann in this game, but he did not score.

In this game, Griezmann had an outbreak 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 a good performance.

After this round of league, the two most noteworthy things in the entire Spanish football world are the first one is whether Real Madrid can reach the Champions League final; the second is the La Liga championship battle between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Real Madrid lost 1:2 away from Juventus in the first leg of the semi-finals. Although they lost the ball, they scored a away goal, and they were one goal behind. It is still very hopeful that they would eliminate their opponents when they return to home.

The competition for the league championships between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona is even more eye-catching.

Before the game, the club's senior executives began to fight verbally with the media and players of both sides.

First, "World Sports" revealed the history of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's confrontation, leading everyone to focus on the 35th round of the 2006-2007 league season. Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid 6-0 away.

This game attracted public attention at the time, because Atletico Madrid lost so badly at home. This was the first time in history.

Whether in La Liga or the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid never lost six goals in net against Barcelona and the biggest score between the two teams was Barcelona defeating Atletico Madrid 7:3 at home, and Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 6:4 at home, but this was not the worst failure.

Before this game in the 2006-2007 season, Atletico Madrid's worst loss was five goals in net loss to Barcelona. They lost 0:5 to Barcelona at home and away, and also to Barcelona at home. That was the Copa del Rey in 1992-1993 season, so 0:5 was the biggest score of Atletico Madrid's home loss to Barcelona.

As a result, in the 35th round of the 2006-2007 season, Atletico Madrid set this shameful record at its home court. The 0:6 score was not only Barcelona's biggest victory against Atletico Madrid in La Liga history, but also Atletico Madrid's biggest loss at its home court, even facing Real Madrid, they have never lost so badly.

After the game, Torres was furious and was very dissatisfied with his teammates' performance.

Later in the summer of 2007, Atletico Madrid's "Golden Boy" Torres left the team, and some people said that he felt extremely disappointed with his team in that crushing defeat.

At that time, there were rumors that Atletico Madrid deliberately lost so cleanly and thoroughly at its home court.

Because Barcelona was competing for the league championship with Real Madrid at that time, they were the same as Real Madrid. In order not to let the city's arch rival Real Madrid win the championship, Atletico Madrid took the initiative to sacrifice and gave Barcelona a big gift at home.

Of course, Atletico Madrid denied it, but there was a saying in public opinion at that time that Real Madrid fans criticized the mortal enemy in the city at that time.

Now that time has changed, eight seasons have passed, and the only player who has experienced that game is still in Atletico Madrid.

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

"This time is different from the past. Atletico Madrid is now a team that pursues victory and championships. My time is over. I don't even remember the situation at that time. We need victory now, and all other speculations are ridiculous..."

Torres said this when facing the reporter.

He said it was very lightly, but he could still hear some bitter taste.

Especially when he said, "My time has passed", the other Madrid journalists present were disappointed.

How shining was Fernando Torres at the time. At that time, all Atletico Madrid fans thought he would stay at Atletico Madrid and create a glorious era.

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

After that, his career also rose several times, and his glory years in Liverpool, he also plummeted after going to Chelsea.

The "Golden Boy" who once made his opponent frightened has become a "prince who will not enter the empty door" by everyone.

Everyone on the Internet tried every means to make jokes and criticize him.

After Chelsea and AC Milan couldn't find their form, he was loaned back to Atletico Madrid, but in this team he could only play as a substitute, and his condition was much worse than before. Even the No. 9 jersey he wore at Atletico Madrid back then had already changed his master and was worn on Gao Zheng.

This is why he confessed that "his time has passed."

Today's Atletico Madrid belongs to Gao Zheng, Grez and his generation.

"I know that Atletico Madrid won the La Liga title at the Camp Nou last season, so soccer and fate are like this. This time, Barcelona may also win the championship at our home court. But I don't want that, because we need the championship, 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. Will this make you feel a little psychologically different?"

His question attracted the attention of others present. Many Madrid reporters looked at him with anger. Is there anyone asking this question? With Gao Zheng and Griezmann's performance and condition, isn't it normal for Torres, who came back from loan during the winter break, to play as a substitute?

Of course, everyone is so good that Torres used to be very good. His status in this team is indeed very different from now, but everyone consciously does not take this matter in front of Torres. On the one hand, they do not want to stimulate Torres, and on the other hand, they naturally do not want to create internal strife among the team and do not want everyone to focus on such boring things.

As a result, it was now exposed by a Catalan reporter.

Faced with everyone's worried and angry eyes, Torres smiled and said, "Psychological gap? No. It is already a very happy thing for me to be able to return here. On January 4th, Madrid was still a little cold at that time, but the stadium was full of people. They came to see me, scored a penalty, and returned... Winning the championship trophy is a memory, but returning such a memory is only once, and I will remember it in my heart. And when I left eight years ago, there was a lot of things happening in the past eight years, nothing is eternal. Now I prepare for playing games every week, waiting for opportunities, hoping to help the team score goals. But if I can't play, I will cheer for my teammates off the court, hoping that they can win the game... I have nothing to complain or be dissatisfied. I said that after eight years, many things have changed, but when I return to Calderon again and there are so many people coming to see me, I am already very satisfied."

Torres said this and many Madrid reporters in the audience had tears in their eyes.

These followers have been following the team for many years. Many of them even met Torres when he was a genius boy. Now so many years have passed. Looking at the ups and downs of Torres' career and the ups and downs of Atletico Madrid, they have already touched them a lot.

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

Yes, it’s been eight years since the former golden boy has become a prodigal son.

But fortunately, the prodigal son returned home.
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