Hulay stood in the tunnel of the Sagrada Familia Stadium with his teammates.
He is at the heart of this world-famous stadium.
In a few minutes, you will step onto the court with your teammates from here.
He did not look carefully in the tunnel like a curious baby like he did when he went to Stan Park.
Because the player tunnel of the Holy Family Stadium is not filled with photos of famous players in the history of their club. It has been two years since Hulay came to Europe, and Stan Park is really the only stadium he has ever been to that loves to show off the history of his club.
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The Sagrada Familia Stadium actually has a long history. This stadium was named after the Sagrada Familia Cathedral, the famous landmark in Barcelona. It has been in use for 76 years since it was put into use in 1950. After many reconstructions and expansions, it is now able to
It can accommodate 120,000 people watching the game at the same time, making it the largest professional football stadium in Europe.
When the stadium was completely full, the atmosphere was extremely scary.
However, for today’s game, the stands at the Holy Family Stadium were not full.
After all, this stadium is usually full only during the Barcelona Derby, El Clasico, and some very important games.
The seats for 120,000 people are not so easy to fill...
But even if the Holy Family Stadium is not full, it is enough to bring huge pressure to any visiting team.
Just like now, Leeds City players are standing in the tunnel and can clearly hear the noise coming from outside.
For today's game, Catalan United is bound to win, and Catalan United fans are also bound to win.
They are using the collective singing of the Catalan United song to declare their "sovereignty" to the Leeds City players and tell them who they are fighting here.
In addition, the Holy Family Stadium is nearly 60 meters high and has an extremely steep slope. Without a telescope on the highest floor of the stands, you can almost only see some black spots running around on the turf, and you cannot see the specific movements at all. Looking up from the stadium to the stands
Looking from the top, it even gives people the illusion that the huge stands are squeezing towards the middle and may collapse at any time.
It is said that this was done deliberately by the designer in order to put huge psychological pressure on the visiting team players who are not familiar with this stadium. When they look up at the stands during the game, they will find that Catalan United fans are coming from the air.
, overwhelmingly pressing towards them from all directions, it will bring great shock and disturbance to them.
Thus affecting their performance.
Of course, this statement has never been officially confirmed and is limited to "secrets" circulating on the Internet.
But if you extrapolate from this statement, you will find that it does mean something like that...
The stands of the Holy Family Stadium are indeed steep, and the visual effect is indeed tightened and concentrated inward, giving people a psychological suggestion of being surrounded.
If Leeds City's first Champions League game is an away game against Catalan United, with such a home atmosphere and the strong strength of Catalan United, Leeds City may lose miserably here.
But for the Premier League champions who have already been to the Bay Stadium to challenge the Turkish giants Bay Lighthouse, in terms of the terrifying atmosphere at home, the Holy Family Stadium is actually a bit worse than the more original Bay Stadium.
Moreover... Leeds City captured Stan Park Stadium, which has been undefeated for 90 consecutive games in all competitions. No matter how famous the Holy Family Stadium is, Catalan United has not been unbeaten in this stadium for 90 consecutive games.
Today's Leeds City is no longer the country bumpkin that has never seen the market, nor is it so easily intimidated by some bluffs.
Just as their head coach Tony Clark reminded them before taking the field:
"...Always remember that you are not just some lucky cats and dogs who only came to participate in the qualifying rounds. You are the Premier League champions and one of the eight seeded teams! You are participating in the Champions League by relying on the championship! So you and the Champions League
There is no difference between other teams, no worse than them! What Vesuvius did here, we can also do! Score their goals and fight them in the way we are best! We just rely on offense to get them
The league champions, we can also rely on offense to face them here!"
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Diagonally behind Hulay, Mario Salado, who played in this game, was staring fiercely at him.
He is observing his opponent in this game.
Although in terms of team performance, Catalonia completely defeated Leeds City, Salado, the talented player of Catalonia, was not happy at all.
Because in his personal contest with Hulay, Salado is currently at a disadvantage.
Four rounds of the Champions League group stage, Salado still failed to score a goal, but had two assists...
Hell, if I had known earlier, I would have assisted Huraibi!
As for Hulay, he scored in his first Champions League game, and then in the last round of the group stage, Leeds City also scored a goal in a 2:3 home defeat to Vesuvius.
So that’s two Champions League goals.
In terms of the number of goals scored in the Champions League, 2:0, Hulay temporarily leads.
Salado focused his attention on Hulay and put aside distracting thoughts. He decided to compete with Hulay in just this game.
He has no control over other competitions, but this kind of direct dialogue is more valuable.
Before the game, he had a phone call with his good friend Valero, and as he promised, Valero would come to watch the game.
And he must keep his promise and dedicate goals to Valero in the game.
He has already found out where Valero is in the stands, and when he scores the goal, he will rush to find Valero no matter which side he is on.
At the same time, he also believes that with the support and blessings of good friends, he will definitely be able to score the first Champions League goal in his career in this game!
He will never let Valero down!
Leeds City's riddled defense can't stop his "Super Mario"!
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"Although the Holy Family Stadium is not full today, there are 80,000 people by visual inspection... It is very stressful to compete in such an environment." In front of the TV, Yong Jun said with emotion while looking at the aerial footage of the Holy Family Stadium.
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Zhang Qinghuan sat beside him without saying a word.
Although he is in Barcelona and very close to this stadium, he has not played in this stadium yet... The first leg of the Barcelona derby this season is at Saria's home court, and he will at least have to wait until the second half.
He will only have the opportunity to play in this world-famous stadium during the season. It still depends on whether his performance in this half-season can completely impress the head coach Casas and earn himself a place in the team.
Thinking about it now, what a wonderful thing it would be if I could compete in such an environment by then!
Well, after playing a Barcelona derby, Zhang Qinghuan did not feel that the away atmosphere was intimidating. Instead, he was eager to try and geared up.
After all, this was one of his important purposes for traveling all the way from China to play in Spain.
Only by competing against masters and competing against strong teams can we make progress.
For example, this time he went to play in the World Cup. Even though it was only three group matches, he felt that he had benefited a lot.
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It is definitely not just Zhang Qinghuan and Yong Jun who are watching this game in front of the TV.
Xia Xiaoyu, Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi were also watching the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV sets at their respective homes.
When they were playing in China, due to the time difference, they were basically unable to watch the Champions League games that kicked off around three o'clock in the middle of the night.
Because staying up late is a taboo for professional players.
During the non-truce period, they must maintain a good routine at all times so that they can maintain their energy for the next day's training and competition.
Speaking of which, they have to come to Europe before they can pursue the Champions League without losing a game.
As players, they are temporarily unable to participate in this highest level of football competition, but this does not prevent them from increasing their knowledge and deepening their understanding of European football by watching Champions League games.
After all, when they were in China, as long as the time was right, they were taken by Qin Lin to watch Hu Lai's Premier League games to learn. So they were all familiar with this matter, and they could also cheer Hu Lai on.
Also waiting for the game to start is Li Qingqing.
She sat cross-legged on the sofa holding her doll, staring at the TV screen seriously.
In the picture, Hulay and his teammates walked out of the player tunnel to the sound of the Champions League theme music.
The shouts at the scene were deafening.
Europe's largest stadium is opening its arms to Leeds City's players, but it is definitely not to embrace them, but as if a giant beast wants to swallow them all.
In the close-up shot, Leeds City's top scorer has a calm face, without the slightest hint of nervousness. He follows his teammates out of the tunnel, holding the ball boy in his hand, looking up naturally, and casting his gaze towards the famous stadium of the Holy Family.
The expression on his face did not fluctuate at all.
Seeing this, Li Qingqing slightly let go of the doll in his arms, with a smile on his face.
They can't scare you, Hu Lai, your heart is... big!