After returning to China after playing the Champions League, on February 18, in the 24th round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Vallecar 3-0 at home, extending their unbeaten streak in La Liga to 66 games.
Lu Wenbin scored three goals, and his consecutive scoring streak in La Liga reached 21 games.
On February 23, in the 25th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Deportivo La Coruna away.
Because in three days there will be the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Barcelona, again away from home, and then there will be the second leg of the league and national derby against Barcelona.
After two consecutive games against Barcelona, which were away games, Mourinho made rotations in the game against Deportivo La Coruna. Even Lu Wenbin sat on the bench, and Ronaldo was not even included in the roster.
Despite this, Deportivo La Coruna has performed poorly this season and is currently ranked last in the league. No one thinks they can beat Real Madrid, even if Real Madrid's lineup is mostly substitutes.
Mourinho and Real Madrid players think so too.
But I never thought that football is so unpredictable.
In the first half, Ozil assisted Higuain to score the first goal for Real Madrid. In the second half, Deportivo La Coruna equalized the score with a free kick.
The tie lasted until the 74th minute, when Mourinho felt something was wrong, so he substituted Lu Wenbin to strengthen the attack.
On the one hand, we need to suppress Deportivo La Coruña’s offensive, and on the other hand, we need to see if we can score a goal and win.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenbin had very bad luck in scoring goals today. He didn't score a goal in the 20-minute game until the end.
In the 82nd minute, Lu Wenbin cut in from the wing and shot, but the ball hit the post and went out of the bottom line.
In the 87th minute, Lu Wenbin broke through again and won a free kick in the frontcourt. Although the free kick he kicked with his special skill hit the goal frame, the Laco goalkeeper miraculously predicted and moved in advance and saved it.
Lu Wenbin ran to take the next corner kick and wanted to shoot at a zero-degree angle, but he kicked the ball high and flew over the crossbar.
The 1-1 tie continued until injury time.
In the 92nd minute of stoppage time, Deportivo La Coruña scored a corner kick through a counterattack, forcing Adán to save the ball from going out of bounds.
Midfielder Pizzi took a corner kick, and there was chaos in the penalty area.
In the crowd, Deportivo center forward Ivan Riki jumped up, overpowered Pepe and got the first point with a header.
The ball flew into the goal in the blink of an eye. The distance was so close that Adam had no time to react. He just waved his hands and caught nothing.
Deportivo La Coruna scored the winning goal in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, and was about to defeat the Galacticos Real Madrid.
The commentators in the commentary booth started to scream:
“Goooooooooooooooooooal…”
"Goal, Ricky, Ricky, Ricky scored!"
"A great goal, Super Laco is about to defeat Real Madrid!"
"Real Madrid's unbeaten streak in La Liga will soon come to an end at the Riazor Stadium!"
"After three seasons, a team finally stood up and ended the Galacticos' unbeaten record in La Liga!"
"Remember, this team is Deportivo La Coruna! This is Super Deportivo La Coruna!"
“Even if they are ranked last, they can still overthrow the Galaxy Battleship led by Lu Wenbin!”
In addition to the commentary booth, the entire Riazor Stadium was instantly boiling, and countless La Coruna fans jumped up from their seats and celebrated wildly.
A La Coruña fan fell from the stands, waving the La Coruña flag and ran past Lu Wenbin, Higuain and others, showing off his power, which caused even louder and more excited applause and screams from the stands.
It was not until the fan rushed across the field from the stands to the other side that he was held down by the stadium security.
Lu Wenbin suspected that the Deportivo La Coruña stadium security guards deliberately waited until the fan had finished showing off in front of them before holding him down and taking him away.
Deportivo La Coruña's celebration and fans often delayed the game, so the referee awarded two minutes of extra time.
But even so, Real Madrid failed to score a goal to equalize the game.
After 5 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and the Deportivo La Coruña fans who had been singing and celebrating in the stands suddenly burst into even louder cheers.
In the 25th round of the 2012/2013 La Liga season, Deportivo La Coruña defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home, bringing Real Madrid's unbeaten streak in La Liga to an abrupt end, and Lu Wenbin's La Liga scoring streak also came to an abrupt end.
Everything happened unexpectedly.
Originally a league match between the top team and the last-placed team which did not attract much attention, caused a huge uproar after the game.
Finally, a team stood up and ended Real Madrid's unbeaten record in La Liga.
Real Madrid's unbeaten record in the league is the glory of Real Madrid, and naturally it has become a shame for other La Liga teams.
Deportivo La Coruña's victory immediately became a carnival for other La Liga teams. Countless people sang praises for Deportivo La Coruña, and the call for Super La Coruña continued.
Perhaps, Deportivo La Coruña may be boosted with confidence by this victory, and it is not certain that they will succeed in relegation.
Real Madrid, which lost the game, was naturally criticized everywhere.
From the arrogance of Real Madrid stars who looked down on the last-placed team, to Mourinho's overconfident rotation of the lineup in away games, to his decision not to replace Lu Wenbin until the 74th minute of the second half, all became the focus of media criticism.
But Mourinho firmly claimed that Real Madrid created the longest unbeaten record in the top five leagues with 66 La Liga games. This defeat was irrelevant to the overall situation. Real Madrid under him will always be the most brilliant and successful team in the world.
In fact, Mourinho is tough-talking, and this game has a lot to do with the outcome.
Because Barcelona won again, Real Madrid, which lost the game, was pushed to the second place in the standings, and Barcelona once again took the top spot.
Real Madrid's road to defending the La Liga title this season is really dangerous!
One win, one loss and the changes in the standings have made the second leg of the King's Cup semi-final on February 26 very hot.
On February 26, at the Camp Nou, in the second leg of the 2012/2013 Spanish King's Cup semi-final, Real Madrid played away against Barcelona.
Real Madrid won the first round 4-2, and Real Madrid has a higher chance of advancing in the second round.
But Barcelona certainly doesn't want to see their arch-rivals reach the final, even if their chances of advancing are lower.
After all, Barcelona has the advantage of two away goals. If they beat Real Madrid at home with a score of 2-0 or 3-1, they can still use the away goal advantage to eliminate Real Madrid and advance to the final.
Real Madrid naturally will not allow themselves to be eliminated by their arch-rivals Barcelona. It would be hard to accept being overtaken by their rivals in the league standings and being eliminated from the Copa del Rey even though they were leading in the aggregate score.
As a result, the two teams fought a life-and-death battle at the Camp Nou, and the entire game resulted in 7 yellow cards, 2 red cards, and three players being injured.
In the end, the score on the big screen was 3-3. Barcelona tied with Real Madrid, but still lost on the total score and watched Real Madrid advance to the King's Cup final of this season.