In the early morning of February 7, Beijing time, the 23rd round of La Liga ended two focus battles, Real Madrid defeated Granada 1-0 at home, and Atletico Madrid lost 2-4 to Barcelona, la Liga this night staged a night of tragedy and joy.
This season, Real Madrid, led by Carlo Ancelotti, currently tops la Liga with 50 points in 22 rounds. Recently, Real Madrid's number one champions rival Sevilla suffered 3 consecutive draws, lost 6 points, and now has 47 points to play more than one round behind Real Madrid by 3 points, and the championship is lost.
In this round, Real Madrid sat at home against the relegation team Granada, who accumulated 24 points in 22 rounds, ranking 16th, and led the relegation zone by 6 points in the less round, and the relegation pressure was not large.
Real Madrid controlled the game in the first half, a fraction of a centimeter away from the goal, and did not break the Granada goal. In the 73rd minute of the second half, Kroos hoisted the ball into the box, the defender was not far from the siege, Asensio took to the front of the box to shoot from a distance, directly out of the world wave, helped Real Madrid break the deadlock 1-0, Asensio stripped madly to celebrate, was shown a yellow card.
In the end, Real Madrid won 1-0 over Granada, scoring a key 3 points, reaching 53 points, leaving Sevilla in second place by 6 points and sitting in the first place in the table.
A focus battle that ended earlier, Barcelona at home against Atletico Madrid, was a four-game tie. In the end, Barca relied on the joint goals of Alves, Alba, Garvey and Araujo to reverse 4-2, ending the humiliating record of five consecutive wins over Atletico in all competitions, and also allowed Simeone to lead the team to the Camp Nou for 15 consecutive times without winning, with a record of 7 draws and 8 losses.
After winning, Barca reached 38 points, surpassed Atletico Madrid with 36 points, returned to the top four of La Liga, occupied the initiative to compete for a Place in the Champions League, and Atletico fell behind the top of the table by 17 points, almost hopeless to defend the title.
Atletico's defensive ability this season is too poor, conceding 30 goals after 23 rounds, and only Atletico have conceded 30 goals in the top 10 teams in La Liga, which is also a shameful record since Simeone has coached Atletico.