Before the start of this season's five major European leagues, many fans expressed concern about the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, after Benzema left the team, he never signed a strong center, so that their lineup is unbalanced, but under the tutelage of tactician Ancelotti, and under the leadership of Mr. Bellingham, the Galaxy Battleship performed well, the Spanish Super Cup defeated Atletico Madrid and Barcelona in a row to win the championship, the first 31 rounds of La Liga, and also led the standings, the Champions League in midweek 1/ 4 decisive second leg, Real Madrid was not optimistic at all before the game, in the Etihad Stadium to withstand Manchester City's 120 minutes of bombardment, and in the penalty shootout relying on the brave play of the goalkeeper Lu Ning, eliminated the defending champion Manchester City, and entered the Champions League semi-finals! After a short rest, Real Madrid will usher in the national derby with Barcelona at home in the 32nd round of La Liga.
In the national derby, Real Madrid had the advantage
Football giants can't escape the fate of feng shui rotation, today's Barcelona no longer has the terror reign of the dream team at its peak, and this season is also a multi-line rout, the Spanish Super Cup lost to Real Madrid and was runner-up, the Copa del Rey lost to Athletic Bilbao to stop the quarterfinals, and the Champions League was also won away in the first leg, and was beaten by Paris at home, and was reversed and missed the semi-finals.
The upcoming Spanish national derby, Barcelona does not have any advantage, one of the two La Liga heroes in the just-concluded Champions League 1/4 finals of the life and death performance is diametrically opposite, Real Madrid will be the biggest champion favorite Manchester City, the morale of the whole team is high, and Barcelona is in a low period of reversal, and the second in the last 2 direct dialogues between the two teams, Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-1 and 4-1 respectively, which also gives them the upper hand in mentality, plus this campaign at home, the probability of victory of the Galaxy Battleship is very large.
An Shuai wants to win a double championship and destroy Xavi's last hope
Before this game, Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the top two of the La Liga standings, and the Galaxy leads by 8 points, if this Spanish national derby allows Real Madrid to get three points, then they will extend their lead to 11 points with six rounds left in the league, completely ending the La Liga title race this season, so that Real Madrid can lock up the Spanish Super Cup and La Liga two championship trophies.
But if Barcelona overturns the Galaxy on the road, Xavi will see the hope of leading the team to avoid a season with four empty seasons, with six rounds left in the league, only 5 points behind Real Madrid, and the Galaxy will be distracted by the Champions League next, as long as Xavi can lead the team to a full victory, there is still a glimmer of hope to stage a comeback to win the championship.
And from a technical and tactical point of view, Real Madrid also occupies the initiative, this Spanish national derby, Ancelotti can accept the result of the draw, and Xavi has no other choice, his team must let go of the hands and feet to attack at the Bernabeu, which is bound to give the Galaxy Battleship the opportunity and space to counterattack, with Barcelona's defensive level, it is difficult to retreat from the away side!