After topping the league standings, Real Madrid will face Valencia away in the second leg of the Spanish King's Cup quarter-finals on January 23.
After winning the first leg 5-1 at home, Real Madrid made rotations and even Lu Wenbin and Cristiano Ronaldo were not on the field.
Valencia does not want to lose two home games in a row in the league and the King's Cup. Although a comeback is unlikely, they can strive to win a single game!
Therefore, although Valencia did not field all of its main players in this game, it fielded most of the main players, and the players on the field were quite fighting.
In the end, Real Madrid lost the second leg 1-2 away from home, but still advanced to the semi-finals of the 2012/2013 Spanish King's Cup with a total score of 6-3.
Back to Madrid, on January 27, in the 21st round of the La Liga, Real Madrid faced Getafe at home.
After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 3-0, and Real Madrid defeated their fellow satellite city team 3-0 at home.
After scoring a goal in the first half, Lu Wenbin was substituted at halftime.
However, his streak of scoring has reached 18 games, surpassing the record of 17 games set in Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, setting a new record for the longest consecutive scoring in the top five leagues.
At the same time, Real Madrid's unbeaten streak in La Liga has extended to 63 games, surpassing the 62-game unbeaten record set by Scottish Celtics from 1915 to 1917, becoming the second longest league unbeaten record in all European national leagues.
As for the 104-game unbeaten record of Steaua Bucharest, the top-ranked Romanian League team, it should be impossible for Real Madrid to surpass it.
Even so, as the second longest unbeaten streak in Europe and the longest in the top five leagues, Real Madrid's 63-game unbeaten streak in La Liga is already shocking enough.
What's more, no one in the world of football cares about Steaua Bucharest's 104-game unbeaten streak. Most people only remember Real Madrid's longest unbeaten record in the top five leagues.
Just like most people only remember AC Milan’s 58 unbeaten games, few people remember Steaua Bucharest’s 104 unbeaten games.
That's enough.
Three days later, on January 30, in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, the Spanish national derby was staged again, with Real Madrid facing Barcelona at home.
After leading for half a season, Barcelona was overtaken by Real Madrid in the standings, and everyone was holding their breath.
Barcelona was in high spirits throughout the game and played quite well.
Messi scored twice and assisted Iniesta to score a goal. Barcelona scored 3 goals at the Bernabeu Stadium.
But unfortunately they met Lu Wenbin, and Messi and Barcelona ended up losing in the end.
Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick, including a direct goal from a corner kick. In addition, Ronaldo and Ozil scored a goal each.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona 5-3 at home, laying a good foundation for the second leg of the semi-final.
Next, on February 2, in the 22nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid won 4-0 away, and Lu Wenbin scored a hat trick.
On February 9, in the 23rd round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Sevilla 4-1 at home. Lu Wenbin scored two goals and one assist, directly creating three goals.
After two league games, Real Madrid's unbeaten streak in La Liga has extended to 65 games, and Lu Wenbin's consecutive La Liga scoring streak has reached a terrifying 20 games.
In addition, Lu Wenbin's goal tally for Real Madrid has surpassed the 200-goal mark, reaching 201 goals.
It took Lu Wenbin 86 games to score these goals, averaging 2.3 goals per game, which is amazing.
Countless Real Madrid fans held up banners saying "200 goals" and various blessings in the stands, hoping that Lu Wenbin would stay in Real Madrid and preferably continue playing until he retires.
After the league match with Sevilla, it is time to start the European war.
On February 14, in the first round of the 2012/2013 Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid challenged Shakhtar Donetsk away.
Shakhtar Donetsk advanced to the knockout stage by squeezing out Premier League Chelsea in the group stage, and their advancement was quite thrilling.
The Shakhtar team and Chelsea had the same points. After comparing their head-to-head results, they had one win and one loss against each other, and the number of goals was also the same. The Shakhtar team advanced to the knockout stage with a slight advantage of one more away goal than Chelsea.
Of course, after entering the knockout stage, Shakhtar's Champions League journey also ended. No one believed that they could eliminate Real Madrid, except their own die-hard fans.
The Shakhtar team naturally knows that it will be difficult for them to eliminate Real Madrid and advance to the quarterfinals in the 1/8 finals. Their only chance is to win at home and defend away.
Therefore, at Shakhtar's home stadium, the Shakhtar Stadium, with the cheers of the home fans, the Shakhtar launched a crazy attack on Real Madrid, which mainly relied on defensive counterattacks.
They want to score goals, win games, and win at home to try their luck at that slim chance of advancement.
But the facts proved that facing Real Madrid, which was already strong and focused on defensive counterattacks, their proactive attack was self-destructive.
In the 13th minute, before the Miners scored a goal, Real Madrid took advantage of Diarra's steal and launched a successful quick counterattack. Finally, Lu Wenbin assisted Ronaldo to score the first goal.
Real Madrid leads Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 away from home.
After falling behind in the score, the Miners naturally refused to accept defeat and continued to attack, only to suffer another heavy blow more than ten minutes later.
In the 31st minute, Lu Wenbin intercepted the ball in the midfield and then ran into the penalty area, passed the goalkeeper, and then successfully shot into the empty goal.
Real Madrid leads 2-0 away from home.
The home fans in the stands were silent, only some die-hard fans were still cheering for the team with all their might.
Then, in the 39th minute, the Shakhtar team took advantage of Pepe's clearance error in a corner kick and scored a point.
The score between the two sides is 1-2, with the home team in front and the visiting team behind.
After seeing that they had pulled one point back and were only one goal behind, the players and fans of the Shakhtar team were greatly encouraged, as if they saw hope of equalizing or even reversing the game: it was not impossible for them to break through Real Madrid's goal!
In the next few minutes, neither team scored a goal and the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-2.
In the second half, the Miners continued to attack aggressively, trying to equalize or even reverse the score.
However, even the goal in the first half was a lucky shot. The gap in strength between Shakhtar and Real Madrid was too big.
In the 62nd minute, Ozil broke through the wing and made a cross, Benzema headed the ball, and Lu Wenbin volleyed the ball from the penalty area line to penetrate the Miners' goal again.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and Real Madrid led 3-1 away from home.
In the 78th minute, Lu Wenbin broke through on the right and suddenly made a long pass to the unguarded Ronaldo on the left. The ball landed accurately in front of Ronaldo.
After Ronaldo unloaded the ball, he dribbled past the defender who came to grab the ball and then cut inside. He made a shooting gesture at the corner of the penalty area, shook off the central defender and then passed the ball across the middle.
Midfielder Diarra made a rare rush forward and volleyed the ball into the blind corner of the goal.
Real Madrid took a 4-1 lead away from home.
This score basically ended the suspense of this game and the entire 1/8 finals. Mourinho began to make substitutions and strengthen defense.
Although Shakhtar struggled until the end of the game, they did not score any more goals. Real Madrid defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 and won the first round of the Champions League round of 16. Not only did they lead by three goals in the total score, but they also had four away goals.
Basically, the Shakhtar was eliminated and Real Madrid's advancement to the quarterfinals was settled.