When Zhao Yang walked out of the players tunnel, he heard a roar of applause.
This applause is not for Zhao Yang and the Espanyol team.
At the Calderon Stadium, only Atletico Madrid can win this honor.
Atletico Madrid's opponents could only receive boos and curses.
Players from both sides shook hands and exchanged team flags and emblems.
The on-site DJ introduced the lineups of both sides. At this time, the Espanyol players finally felt the pressure from the home team fans.
Every Spanish player's name was followed by five seconds of harsh boos, and the boos continued until the last player - Zhao Yang.
Obviously, the DJ at the scene deliberately placed Zhao Yang at the end, and also deliberately called Zhao Yang his nickname, the Big Devil.
Sure enough, after hearing about the big devil, the Atletico fans at the scene burst into laughter, followed by even louder and harsher boos.
Atletico Madrid has always been rich in super forwards, from Torres to Diego Forlan, Aguero, Falcao, Diego Costa. Torres, who has the lowest scoring efficiency, can score a goal in less than three games.
Falcao, the most efficient player, scored 70 goals in 91 games, averaging one goal in 1.3 games.
Moreover, Atletico Madrid plays against superstars like Messi and Ronaldo many times every year. Atletico Madrid fans are well-informed and do not take short-lived players like Zhao Yang seriously.
The green devil is just a joke in the eyes of Atletico Madrid fans.
This is the first time Zhao Yang has been humiliated like this since he became famous.
In other games, the home team fans also booed him, but the boos were filled with fear and jealousy.
That's a kind of reverse respect.
Today, at the Calderon Stadium, the boos were filled with contempt and sarcasm.
After entering the professional arena, Zhao Yang had a smooth ride, with flowers and applause all the way. This was the first time that he was looked down upon.
Zhao Yang was very angry.
He felt that if he didn't score three goals for Atletico Madrid, he wouldn't be able to comfort his wounded heart.
As the referee blows his whistle, the game begins.
The first to kick off was the visiting team Espanyol.
Caicedo passed back and the ball reached the feet of midfielder Asensio.
Atletico Madrid forwards Vietto and Griezmann quickly rushed through the center circle and went straight to Asensio.
Asensio, the genius who is loaned to Espanyol from Real Madrid.
Real Madrid is Atletico Madrid's rival in the same city.
Therefore, in today's game, Asensio's desire to perform is no less than Zhao Yang's.
Faced with the opponent's tackle, Asensio did not panic. He tried to pass back and easily dunked past Griezmann who was rushing towards him.
Griezmann did not fight back and continued to advance.
The Atletico midfielder from behind has arrived and continues to press Asensio.
Asensio had no choice but to pass the ball back to full-back Fuentes.
Atletico Madrid players advanced quickly and passed the ball back to Fuentes. Griezmann had already reached the edge of the penalty area. Fuentes had no passing line and could only pass the ball back to goalkeeper Lopez.
Griezmann continues to press the goalkeeper.
Goalkeeper Lopez wanted to pass to the wing again, but found that the opponent's forward Vietto had moved forward, trying to cut off the passing line between him and the wing.
At this time, it was already very dangerous to pass the ball to the side. Lopez did not dare to be careless and directly drove towards the frontcourt with a big kick.
Caicedo failed to compete with Atletico Madrid center back Godin for a header, and Godin tipped the ball to Saul.
Saul was not pressed by the Espanyol players when he got the ball. The Espanyol was playing away from home and was weaker than Atletico Madrid. They did not press heavily. They just hoarded heavy troops in the midfield and backcourt to prepare for Atletico Madrid's counterattack.
Saul dribbled the ball forward to near the center circle, and Espanyol midfielder Perez met him.
Saul is assigned to Cork.
Koke forced the ball through the gap and passed it to Griezmann.
Spaniard midfielder Diop got ahead of Griezmann, fell to the ground and scooped the ball away.
The ball just rolled towards Zhao Yang. Seeing Zhao Yang running to get the ball, Atletico Madrid midfielder Thiago tackled him from a few meters away.
This is Hongguoguo's threat.
As long as Zhao Yang wants to control the ball, there is a high probability that he will be tackled. It would be a pity to give up the ball.
Zhao Yang ran to the ball and had no choice but to brake and watched Thiago shovel the ball out of the sideline.
There is no way, unless Zhao Yang risks breaking his leg to get the ball.
The Spaniard's sideline ball was thrown vigorously by Zhao Yang to Asensio who came over to respond.
Asensio stopped the ball with his chest and wanted to pass the ball to Zhao Yang who was running away after serving the ball, but Koke slammed into his arms like a mad dog, knocking the ball away and almost hitting Asensio.
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Asensio shouted angrily: "Hit someone! Foul!"
The referee Del Cerro ignored it and allowed the game to continue.
It was normal for the referee not to blow the whistle because the ball flew towards Espanyol defender Fuentes.
Fuentes was a little surprised by the sudden mid-high ball. He hurriedly tried to stop it with his chest, but the ball missed his ribs.
Just as the ball was about to fly out of the sideline, Atletico Madrid full-back Juanfran rushed over, stopped the ball forward, took a step, and passed it straight to midfielder Oliver.
Spanish center back Alvaro quickly made a move, but Oliver was quicker. He pushed the ball to the side, and Alvaro missed it.
Oliver chased the ball and saw Spanish full-back Xavi Lopez rushing over. He immediately dunked the pass into the penalty area.
Oliver's pass was right on Griezmann's path.
But it was also facing the Spanish center back Andia. Even if Griezmann got the ball, he would not have the time or space to shoot.
It can be said that this is not a good pass.
Andy had already raised his foot to kick the ball out of the sideline, but before Andy could touch the ball, Griezmann rushed over, one-tenth of a second ahead. He rubbed the ball with the inside of his toe.
This time the processing is absolutely world-class.
The ball rolled right between Andia's legs, drew an arc around goalkeeper Lopez, and flew to the back corner of the goal.
In this flash of lightning, goalkeeper Lopez couldn't react and could only watch the ball rolling into the net.
1:0
At 2 minutes and 57 seconds into the game, Griezmann opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid with a clever shot.
Griezmann looked back and saw the ball go in. He opened his arms, ran towards Oliver and jumped directly on him.
Seeing the ball hit the net, Atletico Madrid fans were so excited that more than 50,000 people stood up almost at the same time, applauding and cheering toward the stadium.
"Anthony! Anthony! Anthony..."
Antoine Griezmann's name echoed throughout the Calderon Stadium.
Coach Simeone opened his arms immediately, ran to the stands, and waved his arms vigorously, calling on the fans to cheer for the players.
The bandit coach is very charismatic. Under his leadership, more than 50,000 Atletico Madrid fans waved their arms and shouted wildly, and the magnificent Calderon Stadium was like a group of demons dancing.