In another Champions League group match that was taking place at the same time, Dortmund beat Ajax 1-0 at home.
Therefore, after the first round, Real Madrid ranked first with 3 points and 2 goal difference, Dortmund ranked second with 3 points and 1 goal difference, and Ajax and Manchester City ranked third and fourth respectively.
After playing the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid returned to the league and challenged Rayo Vallecano away on September 24.
Although it is an away game and the previous game was just the Champions League match against Manchester City, there is enough rest time because there is a gap of 6 days between the two games.
Therefore, Real Madrid played with all their main players in this league away from home, and directly slaughtered Rayo Vallecano 4-0 away from home, extending their unbeaten streak in La Liga to 47 games, two games away from Arsenal's 49 unbeaten games.
Lu Wenbin completed a hat-trick in the 64th minute and was then replaced by Mourinho.
If he hadn't been substituted, Lu Wenbin might have scored another goal and Getafe would have lost by a bigger score.
Six days later, on September 30, in the sixth round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Deportivo La Coruna at home.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 6-1. Real Madrid continued to slaughter their opponents with a big score and extended their unbeaten La Liga streak to 48 games.
Lu Wenbin scored four goals and had an assist in this game, continuing his amazing performance.
However, after this round of the league, the league will be suspended and a Champions League group match will be played first.
On October 3, in the second round of the Champions League group stage, Real Madrid challenged Ajax away.
Ajax, who lost to Dortmund in the first round, naturally fought hard in this game and wanted to get points at home.
But the gap in strength between the two sides is quite large.
The Premier League champions Manchester City can still compete with Real Madrid, but the Eredivisie champions are far behind.
Just in the 7th minute of the game, Real Madrid used a beautiful team cooperation to knock on Ajax's goal, and the goal was scored by Lu Wenbin.
After disrupting Ajax's defense through the team cooperation in front, he completed a wall pass with Benzema at the front of the penalty area and then broke into the penalty area and shot directly into the near corner without stopping the ball.
Goalkeeper Vermeer was unable to catch the ball and could only watch the ball go into the net, giving Real Madrid a 1-0 lead away from home.
If Ajax wants to qualify from the group of death, they will have to fight hard in every game. Now that they are behind in the score and at home, they have to attack aggressively.
Real Madrid's 4231 defensive counterattack was just right, and there were many opportunities.
In the 24th minute, Lu Wenbin made a wonderful pass to Benzema. Benzema only needed to get past central defender Alderweireld to get a one-on-one chance.
Benzema almost succeeded in breaking through, but was tackled from the side by Alderweireld just as he was about to succeed.
Although Benzema failed to break through, he won a free kick for Real Madrid.
Lu Wenbin activated his special skill and kicked a beautiful elevator ball, which brushed the bottom edge of the ball and went into the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and Real Madrid led Ajax 2-0 away.
In the following games, Real Madrid played more easily.
Before the end of the first half, Lu Wenbin received a pass from Alonso with his back to the goal at the front of the penalty area, and then used his genius heel to knock the ball through the Ajax defense.
C Ronaldo cut in from the wing and received a wonderful pass from Lu Wenbin in the open space at the corner of the small penalty area. He shot the ball into the near goal without stopping.
Real Madrid led 3-0 away from home and basically won the game.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the first half of the game ended and both sides rested for 15 minutes before changing sides and continuing the game.
In the second half, Ajax was still the main attacker and Real Madrid was the main defender, but it was Real Madrid that created more threatening attacks.
Lu Wenbin has made great contributions to Real Madrid's overall strength on both offense and defense.
In the 59th minute, Di Maria broke through the wing and made a cross, Lu Wenbin followed up in the middle, rushed into the penalty area and jumped high, overpowering two Ajax defenders to grab the first point and headed the ball into the goal.
Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick and Real Madrid led 4-0 away from home.
With the score at this point, no one believed that Ajax could turn the tables. At most they could score one or two goals to save face.
Because the next game was the 7th round of the league and the Spanish national derby against Barcelona, Mourinho replaced Lu Wenbin in the 65th minute and replaced Ronaldo in the 78th minute to save strength for the national derby.
After Lu Wenbin left the field, Xabi Alonso scored another long-range goal for Real Madrid.
However, Ajax also scored a face-saving goal in the 83rd minute.
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Ajax 5-1 away and won the second round of the Champions League group stage.
In another match that was taking place at the same time, Manchester City was tied 1-1 by Dortmund at home.
Last season, Dortmund was able to beat Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga championship. It turns out that they are not a pushover.
So, after the second round, Real Madrid won both games and scored 6 points to occupy the first place in Group D standings, Dortmund ranked second with 4 points, Manchester City ranked third with 1 point, and Ajax ranked fourth with 0 points.
The situation is starting to look increasingly grim for Ajax, and Premier League champions Manchester City are also facing a bleak future.
The group of death is indeed worthy of its name.
Returning to Spain, on October 7, Real Madrid once again went on the road to challenge Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
This is the first Spanish national derby of the season.
Last season, Barcelona was defeated six times by Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, La Liga and Spanish King's Cup, without winning a single game or even a draw. This was the most shameful season in the history of the Spanish national derby.
Therefore, after the end of the season, although Guardiola, who had lost all his face, wanted to renew his contract and stay in office to get back at Mourinho and Real Madrid, the Barcelona top management had no intention of keeping him.
Thus, Guardiola ended his coaching career at Barcelona, and the position of Barcelona head coach was taken over by former assistant coach Tito Vilanova.
Since Barcelona B team, Vilanova has been Guardiola's assistant coach and has been responsible for the team's daily training for a long time.
Vilanova's understanding of players may be deeper than Guardiola's.
This is also the reason why Barcelona’s top management dared to give up Guardiola and let assistant coach Vilanova serve as head coach.
Since the start of the new season, Vilanova has done a very good job.
In the first six rounds, Barcelona won all six games and is currently the only team in La Liga to maintain a six-game winning streak with 18 points.
You know, Real Madrid, which has Lu Wenbin and Ronaldo, is currently ranked third with only four wins, two draws and 14 points, and above it is Atletico Madrid, which has five wins and one draw.
Compared with the results of its arch-rival Real Madrid, Barcelona's start to this season can be said to be outstanding.
Next, it will depend on whether Vilanova can lead Barcelona to defeat Real Madrid in the league and avenge last season's humiliating defeat.