The war of words between Espanyol and Barcelona started at the end of the 17th round and lasted until the day before the start of the game.
Not only the players and celebrities from both sides participated, but later even the fans also participated.
There are "battles" between Espanyol fans and Barcelona fans everywhere on major forums, Twitter, and Facebook.
The day before the game, Espanyol head coach Sergio was worried that the excessive hype and praise from the outside world would affect Zhao Yang's performance, so he finally came out to relieve Zhao Yang.
Sergio told reporters: "This is a match between Barcelona and Espanyol, not a match between Zhao Yang and Messi. They are not players of the same level."
"Zhao Yang and Wu Lei have not reached Messi's level in terms of technology or status. We can see if he can reach it in the future. He is an excellent player, and Zhao Yang is not our Messi. Such a comparison
That's incorrect. Espanyol is a civilian team, and we rely on teamwork to win."
The fire has started, and it is obvious that Sergio cannot put it out by pouring a basin of water on it.
The major media's attention to the Catalan derby and their pursuit of Zhao Yang has not diminished at all. By the day the game started, at least 150 Chinese journalists came to the Camp Nou stadium to cover the scene.
In addition to these more than 150 Chinese reporters, there are also a steady stream of Chinese fans from China and all over Europe who come to Barcelona to watch the Catalan derby.
La Liga officials did not ignore this "Zhao Yang craze". They deliberately arranged the Catalan derby on Saturday at 3:15 pm local time in Spain, which is 10:15 pm Beijing time that night. This is a very interesting moment for Asian fans.
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Two hours before the game, the starting lineups of Espanyol and Barcelona were freshly announced.
The starting 11 of the Espanyol team are goalkeeper Paul Lopez; the four backs are: Xavi Lopez, Alvaro, Loco, Alvarez; the five midfielders are: Diop, Jordan; Hernan-
Perez, Zhao Yang, Asensio; lone forward: Caicedo.
This is a 451 formation. Considering Barcelona's strong ball control ability, it is useless to add more forwards. Sergio asked Zhao Yang to retreat to the midfield to assist Asensio in creating shooting opportunities.
Facing the Espanyol team known as the strongest in history, Barcelona has the strongest lineup: goalkeeper Bravo; four defenders Alves, Pique, Mascherano, and Alba; three midfielders: Rakitic
, Busquets, Iniesta; three forwards: Messi, Suarez, Neymar.
One hour before the game, the Espanyol team bus arrived at the Camp Nou.
The moment the bus entered the Camp Nou stadium, the familiar voice of the sign-in system sounded in Zhao Yang's mind.
(The location where the host is currently located has profound earth resources and can be checked in repeatedly...)
(Does the host sign in today...)
You can sign in repeatedly.
Zhao Yang was overjoyed.
Zhao Yang had made speculations before.
Since some golf courses have shallow football skills and cannot be signed in, can golf courses with deep football skills be able to sign in repeatedly?
Facts have proved that a five-star dream theater like Camp Nou can indeed sign in repeatedly, but I don’t know how many times it can be repeated.
Zhao Yang said silently in his heart, "System, sign in for me."
next moment.
(Congratulations to the host, he successfully signed at Camp Nou and acquired the football skill ‘pendulum pass’.)
The system prompt sounded in Zhao Yang's mind.
At the same time, Zhao Yang had some more skills in pendulum style passing and the timing of using this skill in his mind.
Zhao Yang has long been famous for his pendulum pass. This is the unique skill of the alien Ronaldo.
When counterattacking, the effect of this stunt is not ordinary.
It is also highly entertaining. The reason why the aliens were able to win the World Footballer title without any honors was indispensable to this stunt.
What makes Zhao Yang even more happy is that Ronaldo later moved to Barcelona's arch-rival Real Madrid. If Zhao Yang used the alien Ronaldo's skills in this game, what kind of mood and expression would the Barcelona fans at the scene have?
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When we arrived at the visiting team's locker room, everyone found their seats, changed their jerseys, put on protective gear, and prepared to go to the court to do some warm-up activities.
At this time, head coach Sergio once again relieved the pressure on the players and said with a smile: "For those who have never been to Camp Nou, let's feel the atmosphere first. This place is twice as big as our home stadium. There are more than 100,000 fans.
The boos may make you thunder. But don't be afraid, no matter how many fans there are, Barcelona will not let one more person, it will still be 11 people against 11 people."
Sergio's jokes were not bad, but the players were very nervous. The players smiled reluctantly and their smiles were very stiff.
Sergio sighed, knowing that he could not relax just because he wanted to. Even he himself was experiencing the Catalan derby for the first time, and his mood was not much more relaxed than the players.
What it would be like to be booed by 100,000 fans, the Espanyol players could only imagine before arriving at Camp Nou.
When they walked out of the player tunnel and walked onto the Camp Nou stadium, bursts of muffled boos suddenly sounded in their ears. The Spanish players who came to the Camp Nou stadium for the first time, including Zhao Yang, were shocked and turned pale.
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Zhao Yang instantly remembered the famous saying in China: Thousands of people point their fingers at the target, but they will end without a cure.
A thousand people can scare someone to death, but the feeling of being booed by a hundred thousand people can only be even more terrifying.
Now, Zhao Yang can understand why Camp Nou has an unbeaten record of 34 games in La Liga.
There are so many crazy fans, how big a heart you have to have to function normally.
Fortunately, the game hadn't started yet. After the Barcelona fans gave the Spaniard a blow, the Barcelona fans started singing and dancing again, and even played solitaire.
It's not that there are no Espanyol fans at the scene, and there are much more than the original away fans. When Espanyol came out, the Espanyol fans also applauded and cheered for the Espanyol players.
However, there were too many Barcelona fans, and the Spanish fans were like a drop of water in the sea, completely submerged.
This disappoints the Chinese fans who have traveled thousands of miles to come to Barcelona.
They came to cheer Zhao Yang, but now it seems that they can't even make Zhao Yang feel his presence.
For such a highly publicized battle, almost all major TV stations and video websites sent commentators.
China Central Television invited two famous commentators, He Wei and Fang Jian, p Sports invited Lu Dong, and qq invited Huang Jian.
Even La Liga Joydo, Tang Duo and Li Huan, who are already the owners of Espanyol's third-division club, also came to the scene to provide live commentary for fans for free.
Before the game started and the players were warming up, the commentators introduced some allusions and statistics of this Catalan derby to the fans to warm up the game.