After 14 rounds of La Liga, Zhao Yang scored 13 goals. In 2 games of the Copa del Rey, Zhao Yang scored 3 goals, averaging one goal per game. This goal efficiency is second only to Ronaldo and Messi, and is far higher than
Suarez is second on the scorer list.
The most eye-catching thing is that while completing 16 goals, Zhao Yang also had 7 assists. Moreover, his Espanyol team flourished on both fronts, ranking 4th in the league, and reaching the top 16 of the Copa del Rey.
In other words, Zhao Yang is not a data brusher. His goals and assists bring real results to the team, rather than the whole team helping Zhao Yang brush up data.
During this period, Zhao Yang's performance can be said to be brilliant. Even Ronaldo and Suarez's performance was not as good as that of Messi. Not to mention Messi is recovering from his injury.
Although fans, media and opponents all doubt whether Zhao Yang can maintain this crazy state, there is no doubt about one thing, that is, no newcomer has ever performed as well as Zhao Yang in his first season.
"Marca" first pointed out, "If you don't look at Asians through colored glasses, maybe Zhao Yang is the third super genius in football after Ronaldo and Messi.
"World Sports News" said: "Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi who were born in the 1980s have not yet aged, and Zhao Yang, who was born in the 1990s, came out of the blue again. If Zhao Yang continues to maintain this state, maybe the two prides will compete in these years.
It will become a tripod."
"Daily Sports" said, "Zhao Yang is breaking the dominance of Ronaldo and Messi in football over the years. At the same time, he is also breaking the prejudice of world fans against Asian players. Zhao Yang's nickname is the Big Devil, and he is indeed like
Like a devil, he is destroying all records in football and breaking all kinds of prejudices against Asian and Chinese players."
The fans' eyesight is bright.
Before the media correctly recognized and evaluated Zhao Yang, the number of Zhao Yang’s Twitter followers had already surged to 5 million. This happened even though Zhao Yang didn’t play Twitter much.
Although Zhao Yang’s number of Twitter followers is less than one-eighth of Ronaldo’s, it has been less than half a year since Zhao Yang landed in La Liga. In such a short period of time, an Asian player can have so many fans on Twitter, which is enough to show that Zhao Yang
Yang's recent performance has been so outstanding.
On YouTube, the number of views of one Zhao Yang's extraordinary video exceeds 6 million, which shows that fans pay attention to and love Zhao.
Domestically, after the World Cup qualifying match against Hong Kong Island, the number of Zhao Yang’s Weibo fans increased by almost one million per day. It won’t be long before Zhao Yang may become the person with the most Weibo fans.
Regrettably, although Zhao Yang's status in the hearts of fans has increased rapidly, it was too late for Zhao Yang to become famous. Coupled with Europeans' prejudice against Asian players, Zhao Yang was even a candidate for the Golden Globe Award and Golden Boy Award.
No one was included in the list.
Otherwise, with Zhao Yang's current momentum, he is very likely to surpass Martial, who is currently the most popular, and win the European Golden Boy Award.
In the German transfer market, Zhao Yang's value is also increasing day by day. As of last weekend, Zhao Yang's transfer value has reached 20 million euros. This figure is ten times the transfer fee of Zhao Yang's transfer from St. Andrews to Espanyol.
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Zhao Yang has not been dazzled by the praise from the outside world. He knows that these reputations come easily and go quickly.
Just like Denilson, the king of cycling back then, had just transferred to Real Betis and was known as the king of dribblers. Because of the team's poor performance, he immediately became the king of showmen.
The first thing now is the team's performance, followed by personal data.
Don't look at the fact that Espanyol currently ranks fourth in the standings. In fact, there is only 1 point difference between Celta Vigo and Espanyol, and only 2 points between Yellow Submarine and Espanyol. Deportivo La Coruna and Bilbao follow.
The Spaniard's points difference is also within two games.
In other words, as long as the Espanyol team does not win two games, their ranking in the standings may reach 8th, which is outside the European theater.
This is no different from the Spaniard's previous rankings.
Therefore, there is not much pride and complacency in the current Espanyol team. The Espanyol players are still on the rise, and each of them has a strong ambition and fighting spirit.
The 15th round of the league is very important for the Espanyol team. In this round, the Espanyol will have a direct dialogue with Celta, the competitor for the Champions League seat.
Celta was eighth in La Liga last season, one place short of qualifying for the Europa League.
But this is not necessarily a bad thing for Celta.
The last time Celta Vigo was relegated, it was because they successfully reached the top 16 of the Champions League and fought on two fronts. In the end, Celta was dragged down and fell into Segunda División.
Since then, the team has wandered between La Liga and La Liga, and has participated in La Liga for 5 consecutive seasons.
Celta was able to return to La Liga in the 2012-13 season. Celta was so explosive that it avoided relegation one season and immediately reached 8th place in La Liga the next season, which was the team's second best result in the past 10 years.
This season, Celta Vigo's record is even better. If it weren't for the Spaniard's extraordinary performance, Celta Vigo would be in the top four now.
The former coach of Celta Vigo was Enrique, who is currently the coach of Barcelona. After being poached by Barcelona last summer, the Argentinian Beriso took over the coach of Celta Vigo.
Belliso's coaching career started with the Chilean national team as Bielsa's assistant coach. Since then, Belliso has coached the Aerie A team Estudiantes de La Plata and the Chilean team O'Higgins, and led the team to win the 2013
Chilean Spring Champion and 2014 Chilean Super Cup Champion.
Beriso's coaching style is deeply influenced by crazy Bielsa, advocating offense, playing at a fast pace, and focusing on overall coordination. Under his leadership, Celta has become the most offensive team in La Liga outside of the Western Premier League.
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Celta Vigo's forward line underwent a major overhaul in the summer, selling three forwards, leaving only the star Nolito, and buying two forwards, Aspas and Guidetti.
Nolito came from La Masia's youth training camp. He scored 13 goals and 13 assists last season and is the absolute core of Celta Vigo.
After 14 rounds of the league this season, Nolito scored another 4 goals and completed 3 assists.
Nolito's performance can only be considered satisfactory, but the young player Aspas bought by Celta Vigo performed even more bravely than Nolito. He scored 5 goals in 14 league rounds and became a part of Celta's front line.
A shining new star.
For a coach who advocates offense and gets two forwards who can score more than ten goals each season, it is really difficult to think of Celta's performance as bad.
The core of Espanyol's midfield has just been injured and is about to go away to challenge Celta Vigo, a team with strong strength and super offensive power. This will be a great test for Espanyol.