prince's green

Chapter 196 The King's Cup Derby
Ringer strained the outer thigh muscle during training, which quickly became a big news in Spanish football.

In La Liga this season, Ringer is the fastest rising star. Although he is still difficult to threaten Melo's position, many people have admitted that he is currently the most famous star in La Liga besides Melo.

For more than half a season, Ringer has run a lot in every game, but he has remained healthy. The Spanish media have begun to give him the title of Iron Man, and now the Iron Man is finally injured.

"Lin is just a slight thigh strain, it only takes a week or two to heal, and it won't have much impact." This is a statement made by Atletico Madrid.

Although Ringer was injured, the game continued.

On January 1, in the second round of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Atletico Madrid went away to challenge Athletic Bilbao.

Relying on the goals of Raul Garcia and Costa, Atletico Madrid defeated the Basque team 2:1 in the away game, and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 3:1.

The day after the quarter-finals, the Spanish Football Association organized a draw for the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

This year's Copa del Rey semifinals are Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad.

Since Barcelona and Real Madrid are all there, Atletico Madrid has a half probability of drawing a strong team.

The result is very happy to hear and see, Atletico Madrid draws Real Madrid, and the schedule is first away and then host.

Originally, as Simeone said, Atletico Madrid has no important games recently, but now that Real Madrid is drawn, this is a Madrid derby, and that is a very important game, and Ringer will miss it, at least the first round.

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Not two days after the results of the Copa del Rey draw came out, another major event happened in Spanish football. Luis Aragones, the famous Atletico Madrid, former head coach of the Spanish national team and known as the wise man, suffered a sharp deterioration of blood cancer and died in Madrid. died in a hospital.

Aragones is not only a star of Atletico Madrid, but also the rising point of Spanish football dominating the world. He led Spain to win the European Cup in 08, and since then opened the beginning of Spanish domination of football.

The death of Aragones immediately occupied the headlines of all Spanish media, and no one cared about Ringer's minor injury.

On February 2, in the 2nd round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid played against Real Sociedad at home.

Before the start of the game, a memorial ceremony for Aragones was held at the Calderon Stadium.

After mourning the celebrity, Atletico Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-0 in one fell swoop with high momentum.

More importantly, both Barcelona and Real Madrid made mistakes in this round.

Barcelona was reversed 3:2 by Valencia and lost the game at home, while Real Madrid was tied 1:1 by Athletic Bilbao in the away game. Ronaldo also received a red card for conflicting with the opponent.

Therefore, in the current La Liga standings, Atletico Madrid ranks first with 59 points, Barcelona and Real Madrid both have 54 points, and Barcelona relies on the relationship between victory and defeat to overtake Real Madrid and rank second.

Atletico Madrid's lead has expanded to 5 points, exceeding the gap of one game. This is already a big gap. Even the major European media have begun to pay attention to the big changes in the La Liga standings.

Moreover, Ronaldo's red card will be suspended for several games, which is also a matter of great concern.

In La Liga, red cards can be appealed, and there are many precedents for appeals to cancel suspensions.

But this time when Ronaldo was sent off, he satirized the referee. This action would make it impossible for his red card to be canceled by appeal, and he would even be suspended. It is a matter of great concern to competitive fans, because the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey will soon be played.

According to the current rules of the Spanish Football Association, if a player is suspended for less than 3 games (including three games) in domestic games, the suspension only applies to the same type of games.In other words, the suspension of the league is only the suspension of the league, and the suspension of the cup is only the suspension of the cup.

However, if a player is suspended for more than three games, the suspension will roam, and all domestic games will be suspended together to achieve the goal of quickly completing the suspension.

So if Ronaldo is suspended for more than three games, he will not be able to appear in the Madrid Derby in the Copa del Rey. If it is not more than three games, then he will only suspend the league, and he can continue to play in the Copa del Rey.

Although they are mortal enemies with Real Madrid, I believe that all Atletico Madrid fans will know how powerful Ronaldo is. If he can not appear in the Copa del Rey, it will definitely be good news for Atletico Madrid.

Soon, the Spanish Football Association announced the news that Ronaldo's red card itself was suspended for one game, and two more games were added for mocking the referee, for a total of three suspensions.

The Spanish Football Association is very good at playing, and it just got stuck at the point of three games, so that Ronaldo can appear in the Copa del Rey Madrid derby that has attracted much attention.

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On February 2th, the day of the first round of the Copa del Rey semi-final, the Atletico Madrid team went to the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid.

Ringer has rested for a week. According to the arrangement of the team doctor, he has started adaptive training, but he did not appear in the squad for this game.

Although he cannot play, he will still go to the Bernabeu to support the team.

Before the start of the game, the two teams once again mourned Aragones together.

However, after the game started, Ringer regretted coming to the Bernabeu to watch the game.

Because of Ringer's absence, Simeone changed to a 4231 formation at the Bernabeu, allowing Costa to play as a single striker.In fact, in the last league game, Simeone used the 4231 formation, and the effect was not bad. He beat Real Sociedad 4:0 at home.

But this time at the Bernabeu, Simeone's formation changes failed to have the desired effect.

Just 15 minutes into the game, Pepe's shot made full-back Insua score an own goal.

The main left-back Felipe was also injured in the last league game, so the Argentine Insua was allowed to play in this game. I didn't expect him to "break the goal" so quickly.

Own goal is only one aspect. What is more troublesome is that Real Madrid played very proactively at the Bernabeu, threatening Atletico Madrid's goal continuously, while Costa was a bit helpless, completely lost in front of Real Madrid's tight defense line, and could not threaten Real Madrid's defense line at all. , Casillas was so idle that he almost dozed off.

Barely defended in the first half and did not allow the score to be expanded.

But at the beginning of the second half, Di Maria made a cross from the left, and Real Madrid's recently popular monster Jesse stabbed the goal in the penalty area.

More than 10 minutes later, Di Maria's pass forced Godin to score an own goal.

3:0, the numbers on the scoreboard show that Atletico Madrid suffered the biggest defeat of the season at the Bernabeu.

In fact, if it wasn’t for Simeone’s rage on the sidelines at the last moment, yelling non-stop, Atletico Madrid players would not hesitate to foul more yellow cards. At the same time, Real Madrid is also relatively satisfied with the score of 3:0, and the score may even be expanded. possible.

Even the score of 3:0 is enough for Atletico Madrid to lose hope of the Copa del Rey final.

Losing three goals in the away game while still not getting an away goal, this is indeed a score that is difficult to comeback.

Ringer went to the court to hug and comfort his teammates after the game, and was immediately caught by Spanish reporters asking questions.

"Lin, you lost 0:3 in the away game. Do you have anything to say about this score?"

"0:3 is a very difficult score, but we will not give up, and we will be an unbeatable team back in Calderon."

Although Ringer also knows that the Copa del Rey is mostly cold and the defending Copa del Rey is impossible, he must not admit defeat.

"Then will you play in the second leg of the semi-final?"

"Of course I will, actually my strain is almost healed."

(End of this chapter)