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La Liga is almost halfway through, there is an extremely rare ranking situation in the standings, and atletico and Barca are not in the top 4, which is very incredible. The leader Real Madrid is far ahead, with 14 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, with 46 points, occupying the top position. For Real Madrid, the most threatening opponent is not Atletico Barca, but Sevilla. Sevilla won 11, drew 5 and lost 2 to score 38 points. Real Madrid play one more game than Sevilla, eight points ahead of Sevilla. Such a gap is not very large. However, for a team like Sevilla, it is still difficult to maintain such a good state throughout the season, and it is not easy to narrow the gap with Real Madrid in the future. No. 3 is Real Betis and No. 4 is Rayo Vallecano. The arrival of these two dark teams in the Champions League zone is also a surprise. As for Atletico, after a wave of four consecutive defeats, they only finished 5th with 29 points, while Barca ranked 7th with 28 points. Atletico and Barca are pulling their crotches, which is not a frequent occurrence.
Real Madrid's defeat dates back to the eighth round against Espanyol, when They lost 2-1. Since then, Real Madrid has entered the open and hanging mode, the two fronts are soaring, have been unbeaten in 15 games, too strong. The last time Real Madrid played Athletic Bilbao, it went very well, with Benzema scoring 2 goals early. Athletic Bilbao tried everything to barely score 1 goal without losing too ugly. And this victory also set a new record in real madrid's history, that is, the last 7 league away games against Athletic Bilbao remain unbeaten, the longest in the history of the team. Now Real Madrid has completely walked out of the negative impact of Ronaldo's departure, and many players have stood up to make Real Madrid continue to move forward with excellent performances, especially Benzema and Vinicius, both of whom have played at the top level, and they are also very stable and admirable.
Real Madrid can achieve such a good result, there is one person who is indispensable, he is the goalkeeper Courtois. Courtois conceded just 0.8 goals per game in the first half. Although Courtois was frequently questioned for his poor performance when he first joined the team, he has now become one of the strongest thighs of Real Madrid. Courtois conceded 100 goals in 118 games of his Real Madrid career, the third-most goalkeeper in Real Madrid's history to concede 100 goals, which shows how well he has performed. Courtois has made 49 league saves this season, saving Real Madrid with extreme saves on several occasions. Barca goalkeeper Ter Stegen, on the other hand, has only made 25 saves and conceded 22 goals, almost becoming a "shoot dead" in recent times. There is no doubt that Ter Stegen is now in Courtois. The two gates will have very different performances, which is one of the reasons for the huge gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona.