In the 11th round of the league, the Espanyol drew with Athletic Bilbao away from home, reaching 22 points, one point ahead of the losing Celta Vigo, and occupying the first place in the standings.
After the game, the Spanish media praised the Spaniard's performance in this game. They believed that after the eleven rounds, newcomers such as Zhao Yang and Asensio gradually integrated into the team, and their cooperation became more and more tacit. The Spaniard became more and more like a team.
A strong team.
The Madrid media did not hesitate to praise the Spaniard's twin stars Zhao Yang and Asensio, believing that given time, the two might be able to compete with Messi and Ronaldo, who are about to decline.
The media in Madrid and Barcelona unanimously criticized Espanyol head coach Sergio, believing that Espanyol actually had a chance to win. It was Sergio who was too conservative and his tactics were too rigid, and he only got one point in the end.
"Aspen" reporter Lagos said: "If the Spaniards want to make a breakthrough in performance, there are two aspects that need to be improved. One is that their bench is not thick enough, and the other is that the head coach Sergio has no experience."
Whether the media criticizes or praises, this is their job, just listen. It is impossible for the club to manage and direct the team according to the media's wishes.
Besides, even if the media is right, the bench is not thick enough, Boss Chen is rich and can buy people during the winter break, but the team's performance is good and the upward momentum is good, it is impossible for the Espanyol team to fire head coach Sergio now.
Understand.
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Although the Spaniards failed to defeat Athletic Bilbao in the away game, Zhao Yang still performed well, and he was enthusiastically welcomed by the fans when he returned to China.
At Tanzhou Huanghua International Airport, almost a thousand fans came to pick him up.
These fans are all wearing Espanyol jerseys because Zhao Yang's jersey number in the national team has not yet been determined.
In the Espanyol team, Zhao Yang's jersey number is No. 30, but now Zhao Yang's reputation and strength are far different from those at the beginning of the season. Even the Espanyol team is considering changing Zhao Yang's jersey number, and the national team naturally can no longer
Give Zhao Yang the No. 30 jersey.
In the team, the most valuable numbers are 7, 9, 10 and 11.
But now the national team's No. 7 is Wu Lei, No. 9 is Yang Xu, No. 10 is Zheng Zhi, and No. 11 is Hao Jun. These four people are the absolute main players of the national team, and it is impossible to let them give up their jerseys directly.
Therefore, Zhao Yang's jersey number in the national team has not yet been decided. Perlan plans to wait for Zhao Yang to gather with the team before discussing the jersey with him.
The fans were very young and very fanatical. They blocked the entrance of the airport and surrounded Zhao Yang to ask for autographs and photos. The crowds gathered became more and more popular, so much so that it affected passengers from leaving.
If there are celebrities on the plane, airport staff will often arrange for these celebrities to go through the VIP aisle so as not to interfere with other passengers.
Now Zhao Yang is definitely well-known in the football circle, but not many people outside the circle really know about Zhao Yang, so the staff didn't pay attention, which resulted in the current passive situation.
Airport staff and security rushed over, pulled up a human wall, separated the fans, and assisted Zhao Yang and others to the parking lot.
In the parking lot, the commercial vehicle from the Chinese Football Association to pick up the airport had been waiting for a long time.
Zhao Yang, Peilan and the others got into the car and walked for almost half an hour before arriving at the Tongcheng Hotel where the team was stationed.
Zhao Yang's schedule was discovered by fans at the airport. Many fans who didn't realize it had no time to go to the airport waited for Zhao Yang at the entrance of the hotel where the national football team stayed.
Zhao Yang arrived and found that there were more fans gathered at the door than at the airport.
These fans held flowers, banners, and shouted slogans, blocking Zhao Yang and others at the door. They were so close that Zhao Yang and others could not enter the hotel.
Perrin was helpless with the fans' enthusiasm and could only signal Zhao Yang to deal with it first, and asked the hotel security to come out to help.
Zhao Yang signed autographs and took photos with the fans, and handed the flowers to Li Gang and Fu Bo. Li Gang and Fu Bo couldn't take them, so they had to give them to the translator and the foreign coach. In the end, including Peilan, his arms were full of flowers.
By the time security came to separate the fans, Perrin and others had been standing at the door for almost twenty minutes.
In the hotel lobby, other members of the national team and team leader Li Yu have been waiting for a long time.
They said they had arrived at the airport an hour ago, but after waiting for almost half an hour, Zhao Yang and others had not arrived yet. The players were a little impatient, so they all found a sofa to sit on and played with their mobile phones.
Peilan came in and found that the people sitting and lying in the hall were all national football players, and they were all playing with their mobile phones. This made Peilan feel that these people were too undisciplined.
Seeing Peilan, Zhao Yang and others coming in, the players all stood up to say hello.
Li Gang is an old man of the national team. He introduced all the current members of the national team to Zhao Yang one by one.
While shaking hands and greeting these teammates, Zhao Yang silently lamented that the changes in the past six months have been huge. He used to scold these national football teams every day, but now he is about to become one of them. If his results are not good, he will not be able to enter the World Cup finals.
, the person who is waiting for me is probably scolding him a lot.
After greetings, Zhao Yang returned to the hotel to rest.
As soon as he sat down, Zhao Yang received a call from Xu Bing.
"We're at the hotel, how does it feel to be a football star? Is the hotel not bad?"
"How did you know I arrived at the hotel?" Zhao Yang asked strangely.
Xu Bing laughed: "Of course I know, because I stayed in the same hotel as you."
Zhao Yang was even more surprised, saying: "Isn't the hotel closed and no other people are allowed to enter?"
Xu Bing laughed: "I'm here to stay, can the hotel give me some face?"
Zhao Yang asked: "Why did you come to this hotel?"
Xu Bing smiled and said: "Why, I must be asking you about the situation and solving problems."
Zhao Yang smiled and said: "What problem is solved? I just met the team, what problem is there?"
Xu Bing said: "The problem is your jersey number? What number do you want?"
Zhao Yang said, "The first choice is definitely No. 10, followed by No. 9 and then No. 11, but I guess they all have their names."
Xu Bing said proudly: "Of course there is an owner. Even No. 30 has an owner, but it's okay. After my efforts, I have done Yang Xu's work for you, and he promised to give you No. 9."
Zhao Yang said: "That's so bad. I just came here and haven't made any achievements at all."
Xu Bing said: "This is face, status, and even more profit. With your reputation and strength, you are the savior of the national football team. How can I really give you a nickname?"
Naturally, Zhao Yang didn't want an ordinary number, because it was not only about face but also profit. Because of jersey sales, good numbers will definitely sell better. He said: "Okay, thank you, Brother Xu."
Xu Bing said happily: "It's funny, the coach will ask you later, you should be No. 9."