Since there is a three-point competition, there was only a change of leader 6 out of 28 times compared to the first round.
Barcelona are already the 2022-2023 LaLiga winter champions. Real Madrid and Real Sociedad tied and with one game to go, the Blaugrana have ensured they finish the first round of the championship as leaders, whatever happens in their postponed game against Betis and Real Madrid on Wednesday Thursday against Valencia.
After this, the Catalans bind they made sure to finish the first lap as leaders with a day lead and five points ahead of Ancelotti’s team, his most direct pursuer.
Since the new three-point-for-win LaLiga scoring system was introduced in the 1995–96 season, 22 of the 28 champions of the Spanish tournament have become national champions after finishing the first round as leaders and receiving the honorary title of champion of winter. .
The first change of leadership was in 2001-2002, Real Madrid was first with 35 points on matchday 19 and Valencia eventually won LaLiga from Rafa Benítez, who was two points behind at the time. To the the ensuing course, it was the whites who staged the great comebackas they finished the first round five points behind Real Sociedad who were the leader and eventually took the title on the final day with a 2 unit lead over the Basques.
In the 2006-2007 season, the Whites were again the protagonists of the comeback in Fabio Capello’s famous Burning Nail League. The Whites finished the first round third behind Sevilla and Barcelona, but with only one point difference. At the end of the championship, the whites finally won the title with the same points as the culés, but thanks to the fact that they won the goal average in the classics, winning 2-0 in the first leg and drawing 3-3 in the second leg in Camp Nou.
We had to wait 7 years to see another change of leaders compared to matchday 19 with matchday 38 and Atlético de Madrid was just the beneficiary. Simeone’s first and so far only League came after the rojiblancos finished second in the first round with 50 points, the same as Tata Martino’s Barça. On the famous final day, Cholo’s team confirmed the title by drawing 1-1 at the Camp Nou, finishing the tournament with 90 points and the Catalans with 87.
A year later, Luis Enrique’s Barcelona pulled out the thorn and came back to steal LaLiga from Real Madrid, right from Carlo Ancelotti. The first round ended with Blaugrana’s team in second place, four points behind their eternal rivals, who also won the Clásico 3–1. However, Barça added 50 of the 57 contested points in the second round and finally sang the alirón with 94 points among the 92 of the meringues.
Since then, only Real Madrid in the 2019-2020 season, marked by the interruption due to the pandemic, has been able to change the trend and take the lead of Barcelona from Quique Setién and finally win the title from Zinedine Zidane. to fetch. A similar comeback is now needed for Ancelotti’s men.
The list of all winter champions and champions since LaLiga introduced the three-point victory system
Source: Goal
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