Injuries are more serious than tigers! Barcelona has suffered a large-scale injury wave. Real Madrid’s central defender has been injured all over. Let’s see who is tougher in the championship.

After the long vacation, I have nothing to do and talk about La Liga.

Before the international match day, La Liga had just finished its 8th round. In the standings, Real Madrid ranks first with 21 points with 7 wins and 1 loss, Barcelona ranks second with 19 points with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and Villarreal ranks third with 16 points with 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Atletico Madrid is on the right track after overcoming a sluggish start. After two consecutive victories, Atletico Madrid moved to fifth place with 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, with 13 points.

This is the current situation of La Liga. Basically, it is still the old way of two players playing Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and Atletico Madrid interfering. However, judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that it will be a two-man game between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Real Madrid was bloodbathed by Atletico Madrid in the 7th round, suffering their first defeat of the season and losing the top spot. Barcelona did not laugh for long as they were beaten by Sevilla in the 8th round and fell from the top spot after only one round. The top spot changed so quickly that it was unexpected, but the battle for the La Liga title this season is definitely more suspenseful than last season.

In the summer window of this year, Real Madrid spent 168 million euros to introduce Huizen, Carreras, Mastantono and Arnold. Among them, Arnold was a prostitute for free, and he reluctantly paid 10 million euros to Liverpool for the Club World Cup. Except for Mastantono, who is a forward, the rest are all defenders, which can be regarded as targeted reinforcements.

Barcelona, ​​constrained by financial difficulties, only spent 25 million euros to introduce goalkeeper Garcia, and then loaned Rashford from Manchester United, thus starting the road to defending the title.

Although the total investment is less than a fraction of that of their mortal enemy, Barcelona was the more promising side at the beginning of the season. After all, Barcelona's success has never relied on signings, but on its own youth training. Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona's lineup is younger and has deeper reserves.

However, man’s calculation is not as good as God’s calculation. At the beginning of the season, Yamal struggled to fully devote himself due to repeated injuries. Although he scored 2 goals and 3 assists in the 4 games he played, it was completely different from last season's state of blocking and killing. Yamal is the most important link in Flick's tactics. If his injury cannot be completely cured, Barcelona's offense will be greatly affected.

In addition to Yamal, Rafinha, Fermin, De Jong, Balde, Garvey and Garcia all have injuries to varying degrees. There is also a more important point, that is, Lewandowski is really old. Barcelona suffered a disastrous defeat against Sevilla and suffered their first defeat of the season precisely because Lewandowski missed a key penalty kick.

Therefore, Barcelona will definitely face more difficulties this season than last season, and it will be much more difficult.

Real Madrid currently ranks first, but there are many problems.

After Alonso corrected Mbappe, the team's offense has become smoother, but the hidden dangers of the defense, especially the central defender, still exist. The disastrous defeat in the Madrid derby and the unbeatable victory since the start of the game were shattered because they could not withstand Atletico Madrid's tough press. Real Madrid's defense could not stand at all.

What’s interesting is that injuries focus exclusively on the center back position. Militao, Heizen, Rudiger, and Alaba are all injured, and Alonso has not yet deployed the strongest defense line.

In short, these centuries-old rivals each have their own advantages, troubles, and problems. This season, they have to fight hard.