Even with Lu Wenbin, the team was still tied by Barcelona and failed to win all derby games like last season.
In addition, Real Madrid was ahead of Barcelona in the standings, and everyone was very angry.
A few days after the King's Cup, there was another league derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
On March 2, in the 26th round of La Liga, Real Madrid faced Barcelona at home.
In this game, Real Madrid burst out with great fighting power amid the cheers and cheers of home fans.
Especially Lu Wenbin, who scored four goals, including a counterattack goal, a free kick, a header in the penalty area, and a corner kick.
Lu Wenbin scored four goals in a row again after more than three months, leading Real Madrid to a 5-1 home win over Barcelona, finally avoiding the fact that they were tied by their opponents in the second round of the King's Cup semi-finals and were overtaken in the standings.
The key point is that this game allowed Real Madrid to regain the points they had just lost to Deportivo La Coruna and tie the score with Barcelona.
With the same points, Real Madrid has surpassed Barcelona to top the standings with its absolute superiority of defeating Barcelona twice in both rounds of the league this season.
However, two consecutive fierce national derby games have been very exhausting for both Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Not to mention Barcelona, on the Real Madrid side, Ronaldo, Alonso and Pepe are injured and need to rest for a while, Ramos and Khedira have accumulated yellow cards and will be suspended for the next league game, which is definitely a serious injury.
The only thing that Real Madrid should be thankful for is that Lu Wenbin is still like an iron man and has no injuries, so he can continue to lead Real Madrid forward.
Fortunately, the next game is the Champions League, and Ramos and Khedira's suspension in La Liga will not affect their appearance in the Champions League.
Moreover, in the first round of the Champions League round of 16, Real Madrid won 4-1 away from home. As long as they don't lose by a big margin at home, they will be able to advance to the quarterfinals.
Therefore, although this game cannot be said to be abandoned, it is definitely not in Mourinho’s key game plan.
Ramos and Khedira, who were available to play, did not appear. Real Madrid used most of the substitutes, with only Lu Wenbin starting the game to maintain the deterrence against opponents and the team's ability to launch quick counterattacks.
Lu Wenbin only played for half the game, scored a goal and had an assist, and then was substituted off at halftime.
Real Madrid finally drew 2-2 with Shakhtar Donetsk at home, and Mourinho advanced to the quarterfinals at almost the lowest cost.
The fans are naturally dissatisfied with such a game, but Mourinho doesn't care so much about them. He focuses on the overall situation.
As long as they advance to the quarterfinals and give many main players a rest, he won't care about a draw in a game.
After playing the Champions League, Real Madrid returned to the league. On March 10, in the 27th round of La Liga, Real Madrid challenged Celta away.
Although many of Real Madrid's main players were suspended due to injuries or accumulated yellow cards, Real Madrid still won 3-1 away from home under the leadership of Lu Wenbin and continued to lead the standings.
Although Barcelona defeated their opponent and kept the score close, they were unable to surpass Real Madrid and could only finish second in the standings.
After the match with Celta, Lu Wenbin left Spain and went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony.
There is no doubt that Lu Wenbin once again won the Laureus Best Male Athlete Award for his various super performances in 2012, including the triple crown, six crowns, London Olympic gold medal, 168 goals of the year, etc.
This is the third consecutive year that Lu Wenbin has won this award.
Some people think that there will be no need to choose the Laureus Best Male Athlete Award in the future, because Lu Wenbin will definitely win the award in the end anyway.
Although this was a joke, it also fully demonstrated Lu Wenbin's current popularity and achievements, making it impossible for Lawrence not to give him the award.
In addition to individual awards, Real Madrid also won the Best Team Award, which was a tribute from the Laureus Committee to Real Madrid's six-time championship last year.
Returning to Spain with the Laureus Award, on March 16, in the 28th round of La Liga, Real Madrid easily defeated Mallorca 4-0 at home and continued to lead the standings.
After this game, the league was suspended and entered the international football match day period. Lu Wenbin had to return to China to prepare for the seventh round of the top ten matches.
This is a crucial match that determines whether the Chinese team can qualify from the top ten and advance to the Brazil World Cup finals.
After the first six group matches of the top ten matches, the Chinese team ranked first with 15 points, Japan ranked second with 10 points, Australia ranked third with 5 points, Oman ranked fourth with 2 points, and Iraq ranked last with 1 point.
In the seventh round, as long as the Chinese team wins, they can get 18 points and advance in advance.
Even if Australia wins, their points will rise to 8. Even if they win the next three rounds, they will only have 17 points. In theory, there is no possibility of Australia surpassing the Chinese team.
As long as the Chinese team wins this round of games, they can advance directly from Group B of the Asian Top Ten Tournament to the Brazil World Cup finals regardless of the results of any other teams' games.
Therefore, as early as after the sixth round of the top ten games last year, domestic media began to hype the news that the Chinese team might qualify for the next game in advance.
Now, when all major leagues have been suspended and entered the international match day stage, Chinese media have begun to hype this game.
In the seventh round, although the opponent is the strongest Japanese team in Group B, the Chinese team has Lu Wenbin and is playing at home, so the chances of winning and qualifying are quite high.
Many media outlets directly titled this match the Chinese team’s “qualifying battle” and hyped it up.
The venue of this game is Tianjin Olympic Sports Center and the game time is March 26, but more than a week ago, fans from all provinces across the country began to gather in Tianjin.
The Tianjin Municipal Government attached great importance to this and early on deployed security controls in the Olympic Sports Center and the surrounding squares, parks, hotels, inns, bars, restaurants, etc. to ensure that no safety issues would arise.
At the same time, regulations have also been made on hotel and inn occupancy during the competition, and they are not allowed to take the opportunity to increase prices.
There are only 60,000 seats in Tianjin Olympic Sports Center, and they have long been sold out.
However, it couldn't stop countless excited foreign fans from flocking to the game.
Their idea is very simple. They don't necessarily have to go into the stadium and watch the Chinese team beat Japan and qualify early, but it is always good to accompany the Chinese team in Tianjin and qualify early.
It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of foreign fans will flock to Tianjin at that time. For Tianjin, this will be both a challenge and an opportunity to promote Tianjin.
Except for Tianjin, large, medium and small cities across the country are similar.
Countless squares, hotels, bars, late-night snack stalls and food stalls have used the name of the Chinese team's qualifying battle to attract fans and spectators to go and spend money.
Although they know that the price will increase, the fans just want to see more people and watch the game in a lively manner.
China's national consumer spending on March 26 will definitely surge, and beer and beverage suppliers must prepare in advance.