Less than 10 minutes into the game, a yellow card was already issued, and Zhao Yang was bleeding.
Later, when the score is tense and the emotions are intense, bad fouls and red and yellow cards will definitely be inevitable.
Asensio's free kick was cleared by Barcelona. The Spaniard sent the ball from the sideline and continued to attack Barcelona.
The ball passed to the feet of veteran captain Lopez.
Lopez did not pass back, but passed forward to Asensio.
After passing the ball, Lopez waved his hand forward, indicating that while the opponent's morale was not stable, he continued to attack.
The Espanyol team has been suppressed for so long. They not only want to take the lead in the score, but they also don't want to be too ugly on the scene.
Asensio's thinking is different from that of an old man like Lopez. He has only been loaned to Espanyol this season. He is here for training and also wants to show his strength so that he can return to Real Madrid as soon as possible.
The Spaniard has little hope of winning this game, and Asensio naturally hopes that he can perform well in the game.
Asensio just got the ball, and Suarez pressed over immediately.
Asensio was able to pass the ball before Suarez arrived, but he dunked the ball and changed direction past Suarez.
Obviously, Asensio has someone's holy intention at this time.
A young boy wanted to use himself as a backdrop. Of course Suarez didn't accept this trick. After he was dunked, he stretched out his foot and kicked Asensio down from behind.
This was in the Spaniard's half, and the foul was not serious. The referee did not give a card, but only awarded a free kick in the backcourt.
After the defender took the free kick, Asensio did not dare to dribble the ball at will. He passed the ball to Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang treated the injury outside the court and wrapped his head with white gauze, looking as if he was attending a funeral.
Zhao Yang is the target of Barcelona's focus, and Iniesta has always been very close to Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang took the ball, and Iniesta quickly approached to prevent Zhao Yang from dribbling forward.
Although Iniesta is not a defensive midfielder and is older, he is a master of midfield. Iniesta can tell what his opponent wants to do with the ball at a glance.
Zhao Yang has a good habit of catching the ball. He feinted his upper body, pulled the ball and turned to the other side.
Turning around, Iniesta was already standing in front of Zhao Yang.
Iniesta did not fail to press forward, but waited more than two meters away from Zhao Yang to prevent Zhao Yang from speeding up the ball.
In front of Iniesta, Zhao Yang naturally didn't dare to do any fancy tricks, and he didn't have the distance to do fancy tricks. He made a bicycle motion, moved the ball to the side and forward, and directly used his speed and body to beat it.
Great simplicity!
Sometimes, the simpler, the more effective it is.
Iniesta was not fast and physically weak to begin with, but now he is older and has dropped even further. Zhao Yang directly attacked like this, and Iniesta had no better way besides risking steals and fouls.
Iniesta stepped forward and stole the ball.
This is actually a blocking foul.
Zhao Yang found it difficult to avoid Iniesta's cross-cutting body while accelerating.
boom!
The two bumped into each other.
Zhao Yang was taller and heavier, and he was moving forward, while Iniesta was moving sideways, and was knocked to the side by Zhao Yang.
However, Iniesta also touched the ball, and the ball escaped Zhao Yang's control and flew to the side.
When Zhao Yang caught up and tried to control the ball again, Busques' flying tackle came again.
Zhao Yang had no choice but to give up possession of the ball.
The ball was scooped in front of Rakitic.
Rakitic received the ball and turned around, quickly advancing along the wing.
Derby is war, and the Spaniards will obviously not be polite to Barcelona players.
Rakitic didn't take a few steps before Perez rushed towards him aggressively, looking more like a robbery than a grab for the ball.
Barcelona just got a chance to counterattack, and Rakitic naturally didn't want a free kick that was not a big threat.
Rakitic crossed the middle and found Busques who had just stood up.
Zhao Yang immediately rushed over and tackled Busquez, wanting to avenge the previous tackle.
Zhao Yang's tackle was a bit unwise. What Busques is best at is passing the ball.
Zhao Yang tackled the ball and Busques passed the ball.
Busques was tackled, but the ball had already reached Iniesta's feet.
The referee saw that the offense was advantageous and did not call a foul, allowing the game to continue.
Iniesta quickly passed to Messi.
Messi dribbled the ball laterally towards the center of the penalty area, and Suarez crossed and switched to the side.
Messi's personal ability is really strong, and he attracted many Spaniards to double-team.
Even so, Messi's ball was not intercepted.
Messi was surrounded by a heel and passed the ball to Suarez's feet.
Full-back Alves went down, attracting the Spanish full-back to follow.
Suarez smoothed the ball into the penalty area.
Center defender Alvarez quickly came over to block the ball.
Suarez spiked the ball outwards with his left foot, stopped suddenly, got rid of Alvarez, and used the arch of his right foot to launch a curling ball into the back corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Lopez was so focused that he jumped up and slapped the ball to the wing with one palm.
Barcelona's full-back Alba had already assisted. He crossed into the penalty area and headed the ball towards the goal.
Alba is a bit short, and the arc of the ball's flight was too high. Alba hit the top of his forehead, and the ball flew high above the baseline.
This wave of attacks was like a rabbit rising and a falcon falling, it was so tense that it was suffocating.
It wasn't until the ball flew out of the baseline that the fans at the scene let out a long sigh of relief.
"What a pity!"
“What a great opportunity!”
"The full-backs still need to be taller!"
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The Espanyol fans just breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the referee Gonzalez walking towards Zhao Yang, and they remembered that Zhao Yang had just tackled Busques.
The hearts of the Espanyol fans immediately rose again.
The game has just begun, Zhao Yang must not take any cards.
Although Zhao Yang is an offensive player, he is also responsible for counter-attacking. If he takes the card, he will definitely feel burdened later.
But now that Zhao Yang has become famous, Espanyol fans still hope that the referee will give him some face.
However, the fans' hopes were dashed. Referee Gonzalez came to Zhao Yang and directly showed him a yellow card.
Just now, Suarez kicked Asensio over and gave him a free kick without a card. Zhao Yang was naturally unconvinced. He argued to the referee, but due to the language barrier, Zhao Yang could only point at Suarez and repeat, "It's not fair."
unfair."
The referee could understand, but he ignored Zhao Yang and turned around and left.
Zhao Yang still wanted to chase Gonzalez to explain, but was stopped by Diop.
"Don't explain, we people will definitely not be welcome, not to mention this is Camp Nou."
Zhao Yang also knew that explanations were useless. He was just angry for a moment. He clenched his fists and said: "Then do it. It's not that easy to win against us!".