Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 234 Let Them Convince Their Loss

With the end of the game between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, all eyes are focused on Barcelona's home game against Atletico Madrid, which is enough to determine the heavyweight dialogue of the championship.Since Atletico Madrid was tied by Sevilla in the away game, and Barcelona won Girona 3-0 at home without bloodshed, the gap between the two teams widened to eight points, and Atletico Madrid's championship situation became more dangerous.

At the end of February, La Liga is actually a double match a week, and there is a round of matches between the two games. Atletico Madrid will face Leganes at home, and Barcelona will challenge Las Palmas away.

However, these two relegation teams were directly ignored, and there was an obvious gap in strength between them and the two top teams. The media did not mention it by the way, and there was basically no suspense.

But football is always full of surprises.

There was no problem with Atletico Madrid. Simeone let the front trident rotate for the decisive battle with Barcelona.The other players did not give their opponents any chance. Correa scored a goal in the second half and Atletico Madrid beat Leganes 2:0.

However, Barcelona was stubbornly resisted by Las Palmas in the distant away game in the Canary Islands, and the final result was surprising.

0:1, the visiting team is in front and the home team is behind!

Barcelona had 25 shots but nothing. The home team had only three shots, but finally succeeded with a quick attack from a set-piece.Barcelona paid a heavy price for their underestimation.

Barcelona lost, and the entire championship situation became more intense. Atletico Madrid took advantage of the situation to narrow the gap to five points. Valencia still ranked second, one point ahead of Atletico Madrid. It is worth noting that Real Madrid.Zidane led the team to a seven-game winning streak in the second half, unknowingly only one point away from Atletico Madrid!
Real Madrid, which was weak in the first half, unexpectedly broke out with such a strong stamina, and the championship background was fully revealed.

After the league match against Leganes, the team was already on the plane to Barcelona the next morning before the legal working hours in Spain.The two sides officially entered the decisive time.

The media has been rendering it for a long time, and the atmosphere of the decisive battle can be seen from the frenzied "greeting" of thousands of Barcelona fans upon arrival at the airport and hotel.While there are security forces in place to protect players from being harassed at close range, these fans have their own ways.Thousands of fans hissed and sang Barcelona's team anthem, El Cant del Bara.

We shouted in the stadium,
We are Barcelona fans!

We come from far and wide,
Regardless of age and color,
The flag is flying high, and blue and purple are its colors!
The team is fighting bravely,
Let us call its name,
Barcelona!Barcelona!Barcelona!

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This song was composed in the 70s and has been sung at the Nou Camp for nearly half a century. It has a strong impact and appeal.The belief of generations of Barcelona fans has deepened its own strength.Thousands of people tried their best to sing loudly on the street in front of the hotel, which was absolutely deterrent enough, and the timid people might be frightened.

The security personnel of the hotel did their best to protect the safety of the Atletico Madrid team. The local police obviously had a sufficient security plan for the game. A large number of police officers rushed to the hotel to maintain order.Unlike the police in China who are equipped with batons and electric batons at most, the police in Spain are equipped with real guys.It's one thing for these fans to be crazy, but they are not stupid. No one dares to touch that bad luck, and they will disperse soon.

Thomas asked with a guilty conscience: "Wen, you said that if we really win against Barcelona, ​​will we not be able to get out of the stadium and be surrounded and beaten?"

Wen Zhihao smiled, punched him on the chest, and said, "Are you afraid of being beaten by someone with your physique? If you squint your eyes and roar, everyone can run faster than a rabbit, and they'll run away in no time. That's all it takes to be black. Fighting with people is more deterrent and murderous."

Of course Wen Zhihao wasn’t blaming or making fun of Thomas’ skin color. Thomas smiled awkwardly, but his worries didn’t dissipate. He then asked, “I’m serious, Wen. In order to get closer to you, I’m learning Chinese and Chinese culture in private. Don’t you have a saying that a twitching right eyelid proves that something bad has happened? To tell you the truth, my right eyelid has been twitching a lot these days...” Thomas also propped his right eyelid up on purpose, looking quite happy.

Wen Zhihao couldn't help but rolled his eyes at the same time.The left eye jumps into wealth and the right eye jumps into disaster. This is a saying that grandparents believe more.Wen Zhihao thought to himself that even my parents didn't believe me, so he lied to a little black like you who doesn't understand anything.

Wen Zhihao could only comfort him: "What are you afraid of? You are a defensive midfielder, and the possibility of being targeted is small. If you are unlucky, it is because I have a big grid with Little Diego. But they probably won't do this."

"Why?" Thomas wondered.

After a two-second pause, Wen Zhihao said slowly, "They will be convinced to lose!"

Thomas froze for a moment, then gave a thumbs up.Regardless of whether it can be done or not, at least Wen Zhihao's tough expression made him feel somewhat at ease.

On the board, Atletico Madrid is slightly inferior to Barcelona, ​​but for the first time the two sides played against each other, Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona instead.Sometimes at this delicate and critical juncture, the preparations of the head coaches of both sides will be meticulous, and the media and experts dare not easily assert that Barcelona will be able to retreat at home.

The handicap and odds offered by the famous William Hill bookmaker for this game are very interesting.Even Barcelona is not optimistic about keeping a tie at home. Atletico Madrid scored in the second half, and the odds of winning by one goal are the lowest!
The fans of Barcelona united to set off a wave of condemnation. William Hill's approach seemed very unwise, and stood on the opposite side of one of the largest fan groups in the world.The day before the start of the game, the CEO of the gaming company spoke out.

The CEO explained the reason for such an opening: "Of course we don't want to be against Barcelona fans all over the world. But for the benefit of the majority of lottery players, we can only obey the results revealed by big data. Atletico Madrid is really good at scoring goals in the second half. We have no intention of favoring anyone. The results are already here. Ernesto Valverde can also do something to avoid the results coming true."

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In the contest before the game, apart from the war of words in the media, the most critical thing is the game between the coaching staff.

Compared with Simeone, who is a challenger as a guest, Valverde is under more pressure.The lore in the away game has made him face criticism from the media and fans, and this crucial "six-point game" does not allow him to make mistakes.

Valverde admitted in his heart that when he faced Atletico Madrid for the first time, he underestimated the personal strength of individual Atletico Madrid players, such as Wen Zhihao who sent the lore.Now he has the chance to make up for his mistakes.

"In the next game, let Sergio Busquets and Paulinho play together, and we must guard against this Chinese!" Valverde arranged this way at the preparatory meeting the first afternoon.

"What about Griezmann and Costa? It's not safe to leave them all to the defense line, right?" Assistant coach Aspiasu was a little afraid of the strength of the other two.

Valverde snorted softly: "Among the three, Wen Zhihao is the real core, the one who passes the ball to those two."

Wen Zhihao still didn't know that he was going to face the joint strangling of his former teammate who was most familiar with him and the world's number one midfielder.But for Wen Zhihao, who only cared about victory, even if he knew it in advance, he would at most just laugh and play as he wanted.

(End of this chapter)