The first month of 2022 is simply a journey to hell for FC Barcelona.
Throughout January, there were a total of 7-8 games, 6 league games, and 1 Copa del Rey. If Copa del Rey advanced, there would be another Copa del Rey quarter-finals waiting for him a week later.
Spain Copa del Rey is Spain's very famous cup. Its full name is "Spain Champion-His Majesty the King's Cup Football Tournament", referred to as "Copa del Rey" or "Spain Cup".
This competition was originally a knockout match between clubs from the four leagues of Spain, regardless of high or low. It was reviewed by the media as a cup to assist small clubs.
Class B, Class C and Class D clubs that have passed the qualifying rounds have the opportunity to compete with Class A clubs. This has a stimulating and promoting effect on the development of local football and the operation of small clubs. Many Class C teams can earn enough "food rations" for a year by just one game against the La Liga team.
Because Copa del Rey games are usually played at the home stadiums of low-level league clubs, the ticket revenue is enough for them to support them.
However, since the 2005-2006 season, the Copa del Rey competition system has been reformed.
Mainly because for the first-division teams, the first few games were like useless.
Especially the strong teams in the La Liga league will basically send their reserve teams and even their youth teams to play games. It doesn't matter even if they lose, which greatly reduces the enjoyment of Copa del Rey.
Therefore, Royal Spanish Football Federation allowed the teams in the La Liga league to avoid the previous rounds of games.
The teams in the lower leagues need to go through some knockout rounds before they can meet the teams in the La Liga league.
This also greatly reduces the possibility of upsets, but for some small clubs, it is basically difficult to encounter teams in the La Liga League, which greatly reduces their income.
In the current competition system, if Barcelona wants to win the championship of Copa del Rey, it will take at least 6 games of Copa del Rey.
In the two league games before Copa del Rey, Barcelona defeated its opponents without any blood and still ranked second.
Real Madrid's status was not affected by the New Year celebrations. He also won two games and ranked first.
The Copa del Rey competition has finally arrived.
After the draw, FC Barcelona's opponent was the mid-range team Rayo Vallecano in the second division.
Rayo Vallecano also played in the La Liga league, but it was a small club after all and did not have good financial support. After playing in the La Liga league for a few years, it returned to Segunda Division again.
In this game, Li Mingyu started the game, and Messi did not go with the team to Madrid.
Li Mingyu scored two goals in the first half and assisted Griezmann to complete a beautiful anti-offside kick.
In the second half, Li Mingyu did not play again. This kind of game is simply not challenging for Li Mingyu.
The final result was that Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano 5:0 in the away game.
After the game, just as Li Mingyu was about to leave the game, two forward players from Rayo Vallecano found Li Mingyu, hoping to get Li Mingyu's signed jersey.
Facing these two players who refused to give in an inch, Li Mingyu also had a headache.
For the first time in my life, I was asked for my jersey by two opposing players at the same time.
The two players from the other side were about to start fighting over each other's jerseys.
For the sake of the internal unity of their team, Li Mingyu had no choice but to ask the staff to go to the locker room, get his other spare jersey, sign it, and give it to the two of them.
In the end, both players left with satisfaction.
Li Mingyu looked at the backs of the two people with helpless expressions on their faces.
I came to play a game and even bought two jerseys. What a big loss!
Little did they know, this scene had already been faithfully recorded by the nearby camera and transmitted to the TV screens of thousands of Barcelona households.
Barcelona fans are very proud, because it is not uncommon for the other team's players to regard you as their idol.
But it's very rare for two players to come and ask for autographed jerseys at the same time.
I still remember that the jersey of Messi was also fought over by the opposing players.
That was in 2012, in the knockout round of Champions League, Bundesliga's powerful team Bayer Leverkusen was defeated by Barcelona 3:1 at home.
In this game, a very funny scene occurred.
At the end of the first half of the game, Czech Republic's national footballer Kadlec, played by Bayer Leverkusen, took the lead and rushed to Messi's side when the referee blew the whistle for the first half, expressing his admiration for Messi and hoping to get Messi's jersey.
Messi has been playing football for so many years, and this is the first time that he came to ask for his jersey as soon as the first half was over.
But the kind-hearted Messi did not reject his little fanboy. He readily took off his jersey and gave it to Kadlec.
Kadlec was very excited and returned to the locker room with the jersey.
But his behavior angered one person in the Bayer Leverkusen team, Friedrich, the vice-captain of Bayer Leverkusen at the time.
Friedrich originally planned to exchange jerseys with Messi after the game.
But Kadlec's behavior made him very angry.
So, in the locker room, Friedrich "bullied the small" and snatched Messi's jersey from Kadlec's hands, and the two had a fierce quarrel in the locker room.
The most shocking thing is that at the end of the game, Kadlec shamelessly came to Messi and offered to exchange jerseys.
Messi Although it felt a little strange, he kindly complied with the wishes of his die-hard fan and exchanged jerseys again.
This time, Kadlec was finally satisfied. In the post-match interview, he held the jersey of Messi and showed it to everyone excitedly, saying that this jersey would be placed in the most important position in his collection.
But after this kind of "meaningful" and "insulting to the national system" incident occurred, the Germany media were all outraged.
"It's simply a shame. In the first round of the Champions League knockout round, some people didn't think of anything more important than exchanging jerseys!" <Bild> said that such an incident has brought shame to the Germany football community.
"It seems that for these two millionaire players, the most important thing is to compete for Messi's jersey, rather than paying attention to Sanchez's goal before the end of the first half. <Sueddeutsche Zeitung> even mocked: "Compared to the identity of Messi's opponent, Bayer Leverkusen is more like a fan of Messi."
The top management of Bayer Leverkusen was very angry about the incident where two of their players almost had a conflict over Messi's jersey.
Bayer Leverkusen director Voller said that this incident was a shame for Bayer Leverkusen. 90% of the players on the court were focusing on the game, and only the two of them were thinking about how to exchange jerseys.
Moreover, Voller also said that the Messi jerseys obtained by these two people will not become their collections. The two jerseys will be auctioned and the money will be used for charity.
For Kadlec and Friedrich, it's really a loss for both their wives and their troops!
Today's scene happened again in Barcelona's team. What was even more exciting than that game was that two players asked Li Mingyu for their jerseys at the same time.
However, the Mallorca club did not punish these two players. After all, they are both Spain players. It is normal to worship Barcelona and Li Mingyu.
This incident has also become an interesting story in Spain football.
However, this incident shows that now Spain, many players, their idols have changed from Messi to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu has conquered a large number of fans with his outstanding performance.
Among FC Barcelona, the sales volume of Li Mingyu jersey is second only to Messi, and the upward trend is very obvious.
Last season, Barcelona's jersey sales ranked first among clubs around the world, while Messi's jersey sales accounted for 70% of Barcelona's jersey sales. This is a very scary number.
And this season, due to the super performance of Li Mingyu, the sales of Barcelona jerseys have reached a higher level.
Now Messi's jersey sales account for 50% of Barcelona's jersey sales, and Li Mingyu's jersey sales have reached nearly 30%.
The two of them already account for almost 80% of Barcelona jersey sales.
However, it is difficult for Messi's jersey sales to make any big breakthroughs, and the popularity of Li Mingyu is rising crazily. If nothing else happens, Li Mingyu's jersey sales next season may be on par with Messi.
Due to Li Mingyu's Chinese identity, the sales of his jerseys in Asia, especially China, have gradually become equal to those of Messi.
Li Mingyu is now Barcelona's new cash cow.
The sixteenth final of Copa del Rey is over.
The top four teams in the La Liga league successfully entered the next round of Copa del Rey.
After Copa del Rey ended, Barcelona received good news in the weekend league. In the first game, Real Madrid lost an upset 0:1 to the Espanyol team.
Wu Lei scored a wonderful goal during the game, giving Real Madrid a defeat.
At this critical moment, I have to thank my mortal enemy!
Two hours later, Barcelona defeated the Granada team that had fallen into the relegation zone in an away game, and kicked the opponent hard into the abyss of relegation.
With the victory in this game, Barcelona once again topped the La Liga league, beating Real Madrid by 2 points.
Spain Copa del Rey's game is coming again. This time, Barcelona's opponent is Sporting Gijon, a team from the Spanish Second Division.
This team had already played against Barcelona in a friendly match before this season.
The score of this game was exactly the same as that of the friendly match, 3:1. Barcelona still slacked off at the last moment and was caught by the opponent in a defensive marking mistake and scored a goal.
Although this ball had no impact on the game, it made head coach Koeman very annoyed.
We have been playing for half a season, but the defense still makes such low-level mistakes.
However, Barcelona still entered the top eight.
Barcelona Copa del Rey's opponent in the quarter-finals turned out to be Atletico Madrid.
The Devils' road trip in January is all over. FC Barcelona completed the task perfectly, winning all 8 games.
In February, the competition became even more intensive.
On February 1st, Barcelona defeated the visiting Athletic Bilbao team at their home court and still maintained their leading position.
On February 4th, Barcelona came to Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, the home stadium of Atletico Madrid, to face his opponent in the quarter-finals of Copa del Rey, team Atletico Madrid.
Both sides have reached the quarter-finals, and basically there is no thought of giving up Copa del Rey.
Before this game, the two sides had already begun to speak harshly during the interview session.
Ibrahimovic: "Atletico Madrid is in very good shape now, and I have fully integrated into this team. Our team has the greatest head coach, the best fans, and outstanding teammates. Today, we will definitely beat Barcelona hard at our home court to let them know how great Atletico Madrid is!"
When Li Mingyu was interviewed, although he didn't say much, he was very powerful.
"This year, our goal is very simple, to win all the championships we can see, Spanish Super Cup has already won it, the next one is Copa del Rey, and there is also the league championship, Champions League championship, we want them all!"
Li Mingyu's words attracted crazy support from Barcelona fans, but also attracted dissatisfaction from other teams.
The official Instagram of Real Madrid directly explained their attitude with a curled-up expression.
The interviews with other players were also very popular, and even the low-key Messi spoke out in support of Li Mingyu for the first time.
Barca The two popular kings of Rona expressed their attitudes at the same time. We all want to win this year's championship.
For a time, the eyes of the entire Europe and even the entire world were focused on Barcelona.
Could it be that Universe Team, which swept Europe, is back?
Arriving at Madrid's FC Barcelona, we were greeted by huge boos and protests from Atletico Madrid fans.
Sitting in the bus, Li Mingyu put on headphones and closed his eyes to relax.
Messi on the side was also wearing headphones, shaking his head leisurely.
Koeman, who was sitting in the front row, looked back at the two "big guys" and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The controversy caused by these two people before the game put Barcelona at the forefront of the storm.
Now not only the team of Spain wants to stop Barcelona, but even the teams of Champions League are gearing up, eager to replace AC Milan and become Barcelona's opponent.
However, AC Milan was very honest and did not make any remarks.
I guess the AC Milan players are still complaining crazily in their hearts. You will make sarcastic remarks. If you have the ability, you can trade with us. We don't want to fight Barcelona!