After only ten minutes of playing professional games, Zhao Yang became famous in the Spanish Third Division.
Many fans know that the St. Andrew's team has a Chinese player who is very good at passing the ball and is even better at free kicks.
What is even more legendary is that Zhao Yang dared to steal the free kick from captain and core player Verano when he came on the bench for the first time.
He even scored.
There are two versions of the story.
One is that Zhao Yang and captain Verano are now at odds with each other.
Secondly, not only did Verano not blame Zhao Yang for this, the two of them cherished each other and became friends.
In any case, Zhao Yang has achieved some status in the world.
In the 33rd round, St. Andrew's team challenged Granollers away from home. Not surprisingly, Zhao Yang was selected into the squad again.
Granollers is ranked 8th and still has the possibility of reaching the play-offs.
In this game, the St. Andrew's team was not sure of winning and could only strive for three points.
Zhao Yang performed well in the last game. Many fans thought that Zhao Yang would start in this game. Many fans even went to the away game with St. Andrew's team.
But head coach Pablo still put Zhao Yang on the bench.
This is not because Pablo is too conservative. He believes that with Zhao Yang's physical fitness and skills, he can have more impact as a substitute.
Granollers is ranked eighth, with 6 points less than the fourth place. If they want to advance to the play-offs, they must win the game against their rival St. Andrew's.
After the game started, the Granollers team took advantage of the home court advantage and launched a fierce attack on the St. Andrew's team.
The St. Andrew's team formed a 451 formation, with forward Santiago in front as a bridgehead for defensive counterattacks.
The strength of the two teams is about the same.
St. Andrew's is slightly stronger, while Granollers has home field advantage.
The two sides played inextricably at the beginning, and it was difficult for anyone to break through the opponent's door.
The surprise came suddenly in the 20th minute of the game.
The Granollers team broke through from the wing and made a pass from the bottom.
Three players in the middle flanked the St. Andrew's penalty area.
St. Andrew's defender Serge saw the opponent's fierce attack. He did not dare to neglect and wanted to kick the ball out of the baseline.
The ball was too fast, and Serge kicked the ball in a hurry and missed the right spot. The ball was kicked toward the goal.
St. Andrew's goalkeeper failed to react in time and the ball flew past him and into the net.
1:0
The St. Andrew's team scored an own goal to help their opponent open the scoring.
After the goal, the Granollers team stepped up their offensive and took advantage of the situation to pursue.
The morale of the St. Andrew's team was hit, and they were beaten by their opponents and could only parry without the ability to fight back.
Pablo on the sidelines was very anxious.
St Andrew's are three points adrift of fourth place.
If you lose this game, your destiny will no longer be in your own hands.
"Attack attack."
Pablo stood up and gestured forward towards the players.
Encouraged by their coach, the St. Andrew's team fought back vigorously.
The Granollers team played very hard. They fought hard in the midfield, disrupted St. Andrew's passing and receiving, and waited for opportunities to counterattack.
St. Andrew's was impatient, had low morale, and had no plan in attacking. It seemed that they had the upper hand, but they did not create any decent opportunities.
At the 42nd minute of the game, Granollers' center back got the ball and looked ahead.
Forward No. 9 is making a move.
A big kick passed behind the St. Andrew's defender.
The Granollers team had a tacit understanding of passing and running, and No. 9 suddenly accelerated, successfully countered offside, and inserted behind the defender.
St. Andrew's defender failed to turn around, and Granollers No. 9 entered the penalty area and scored with a push shot.
2:0
The Granollers team cheered.
Leading by two goals, the victory was almost sealed.
Conceding two goals in less than half-time, St. Andrew's people seemed to have received two sap blows.
The defender covered his face in frustration.
The goalkeeper and forward complained angrily.
Everyone was a little lost.
After the celebration, there was not much game time left. The St. Andrew's team only played one attack and the first half was over.
During the intermission, Pablo called Zhao Yang over with a serious look.
"Zhao Yang, come on in the second half, break through more from the wing, shoot less, and create more opportunities for your teammates."
Is this... an order in times of crisis?
Zhao Yang felt heavy in his heart.
He didn't speak, just nodded heavily.
After explaining to Zhao Yang, head coach Pablo analyzed the problems that occurred in the first half between his own team and the opponent, allowing the players to seize the opponent's weaknesses and attack.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Zhao Yang finally appeared in the eyes of the fans.
He plays left midfield.
The yellow-skinned Asian face caught the attention of the Granollers players.
Now, Zhao Yang has become somewhat famous in the Spanish League C.
The players of the Granollers team knew that there was an Asian player in St. Andrew who was good at breaking through and could also kick the ball.
"Pay attention to No. 18, that's Zhao!"
"Pay attention to No. 18, that's Zhao!"
"Don't let him get the ball easily!"
"Don't rob at will!"
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The head coach of Granollers shouted from the sidelines, but few people heard him.
The Spanish Third Division is only the fourth tier league, there is no television broadcast, and few people record videos on social media.
The players of Granollers have only heard of Zhao Yang's name and are not familiar with his technical characteristics.
In the first minute of playing, captain Verano passed the ball to Zhao Yang.
This pass also overturned many fans' speculation that the two had conflicts.
Zhao Yang caught the ball, and the Granollers players paid great attention to it, and the two came over to grab it.
The distance between the two defensive players is a bit large.
Zhao Yang saw the right moment, pushed the ball and dodged a defensive player.
Another "fried meatball", accelerating, leaving the defensive players behind.
Breaking through the first wave of defense, Zhao Yang rushed towards the opponent's bottom line at high speed along the wing.
The right back of Granollers did not dare to neglect, blocked the inside line, fought and retreated, and waited for his teammates to come to support.
Zhao Yang was approaching at high speed, and when he was approaching the penalty area, Zhao Yang pretended to pass the ball, and suddenly made a "Cruyff turn," dribbling the ball horizontally towards the front of the penalty area.
Zhao Yang's fake moves are so realistic that even La Liga players may not be able to see through them.
There is a fourth-level league defender who has never encountered such extraordinary skills, and was stunned by Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang has broken through the interceptions of three defensive players.
This caused Granollers' players to be on high alert.
Three Granollers players quickly came to surround him.
As the saying goes, only three things come true. Zhao Yang was not dazzled by the successful dribble. He saw captain Verano cutting in at high speed.
Zhao Yang pushed with the arch of his foot and handed the ball to Verano
Verano had a long shot against Atletico Horta in the last round, but it was blocked by the defender with his hand.
This time, the portion given by Zhao Yang was just right.
Verano adjusted his steps and followed up with a blast.
The ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal like an arrow from the string.
The ball is extremely fast and the angle is extremely tricky.
The Granollers goalkeeper failed to react.
The ball flew into the net between the goal post and the crossbar.
1:2
Zhao Yang assisted Verano to get a goal back.
Verano passed the ball to Zhao Yang. Unexpectedly, not only did he not lose it, but he assisted himself with a goal.
The last bit of Vilano's resentment against Zhao Yang disappeared.
"Good pass!" Villano shouted, ran towards Zhao Yang, and gave Zhao Yang a bear hug like a comrade-in-arms.