The last game whetted the appetite of St. Andrew's fans.
In this important match against Espanyol B team, 700 to 800 St. Andrew's fans poured into the Danihalque Stadium.
This is an away game, this is the Spanish Third Division.
There are less than 3,000 fans of Espanyol B team at home.
St. Andrew's fans are one-third as many as Espanyol fans.
This is definitely not normal.
The reason for the abnormality, Younis, the head coach of the Espanyol B team, knows that it is because of the rising star of the St. Andrew's team, Zhao Yang.
On the green field, what attracts fans most is not the skillful skills and tactics, not the goals, not the confrontation, but the stars full of personal heroism.
In the past two games, Zhao Yang can be called a star with his performance.
He is a super star born in the Spanish League.
The presence of so many visiting team fans must be a great encouragement to the St. Andrew's players.
This game is also very important for Espanyol B team, they have basically locked their place in the play-offs.
But Yunus and the players would rather get promoted directly than go through the complicated and dangerous play-offs.
They must win this game.
Facing a team ranked sixth, oh, already fifth, they have the confidence and ability to defeat them.
Yunas made careful preparations for the game.
He specifically found some videos of Zhao Yang for research.
It's been a long time since Yunus studied the players in the third division.
After watching Zhao Yang's video, Yunus was shocked.
He is not good at dribbling and passing and receiving, but his passing skills are very good; his shooting is average, but his free kicks are amazing.
These advantages and disadvantages are generally not concentrated on a professional player.
But amateur players do.
Because dribbling and shooting can make you look good in front of others, you have to practice hard. However, basic skills such as dribbling and passing and receiving are not conducive to pretense and can naturally be ignored.
Yunus thinks he knows amateur players.
Little did he know that this was the sign-in system causing trouble.
Yunas also made targeted arrangements based on Zhao Yang's characteristics.
Keep an eye on them, suppress them, and don’t give them any space to pass; reduce fouls at the front of the penalty area, and don’t give them direct free kick opportunities.
The biggest variable in this game is Zhao Yang.
If you keep an eye on Zhao Yang, you will easily get three points.
However, Yunus ignored the psychology of his players.
What kind of team is Espanyol? Its full name is Real Espanyol. It has been active in La Liga and is a quasi-first-class team that can wrestle with Barcelona.
Most of the Espanyol B team will join Espanyol and play in La Liga in the future.
They are so arrogant and arrogant that they would never take an amateur player from a semi-professional team seriously.
What about scoring 4 goals in two games and what about a hat trick?
That's because the opponent is too weak.
When they meet us, they are all scum.
After the game started, the players of Espanyol B team immediately threw all the coach's words behind their heads.
In the right midfield, the Asian Indonesian Irawan even singled out Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang couldn't ask for it.
With a flick of his left foot, the ball went to his right foot.
Fried meatballs! Irawan sneered, tilted his center of gravity to the left, and prepared to intercept.
Zhao Yang saw Irawan's heart moved, and instantly moved the ball back to his left foot. He put the ball up with his left foot, and Zhao Yang broke through from Irawan's right side.
Although Irawan was prepared, Zhao Yang used one and a half "fried meatballs" to fool him completely.
This idiot!
The head coach Yunus on the sidelines was so angry that he stamped his feet.
I wish I could go up and give Irawan a slap in the face to make him wake up.
Zhao Yang broke through Irawan, with only the right back in front.
Isaias, the midfielder of Espanyol B team, did not dare to let Zhao Yang single out the defender, so he could only cover the defense from the side.
Facing a powerful enemy, Zhao Yang was particularly excited today.
The moment Isaias moved, the ball suddenly changed direction and moved sideways to the center.
Although the distance was far away, Isaias was still shaken by Zhao Yang and almost fell to the turf.
Zhao Yang quickly dribbled the ball toward the front of the penalty area. Isaias adjusted his center of gravity and quickly came up to intercept.
Zhao Yang made a cross pass to captain Verano, made a "Cruyff turn" and dribbled the ball straight into the penalty area.
This move was done so smoothly that before Isaias could react, Zhao Yang rushed in from the corner of the penalty area.
At this moment, the center back of Espanyol's B team panicked and rushed towards Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang didn't take any credit and directly passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area.
Verano had been waiting there for a long time. When the ball came over, he pushed the ball with the arch of his foot and accurately sent the ball into the blind corner of the goal.
1:0
Less than three minutes into the game, St. Andrew's scored and took the lead away from home.
Espanyol fans were stunned.
Many fans had just entered the stadium and the ball was scored before they knew what was going on.
They thought it was the goal scored by the Espanyol B team, and were about to applaud and cheer, when they suddenly found that the opponent's fans were happier than themselves, and then they realized that they had misunderstood.
It's a fantastic start.
The St. Andrew's players, who were a little nervous at first, immediately became more confident.
The opponent is nothing more than that.
Not much better than St. Andrew's.
Head coach Pablo raised his arms and shouted on the sidelines.
He didn't think about a fierce attack at the beginning, he wanted to play a defensive counterattack.
But the arrogance of their opponents gave them their best chance.
The St. Andrew's fans who came to support were surprised and delighted.
Breaking through the gate of Espanyol B team in three minutes is definitely something to be proud of.
Even if we lose the game in the end, this goal is still worth the money.
Younis, the head coach of Espanyol B team, was furious.
He laid out so many tactics before the game and emphasized repeatedly to keep an eye on Zhao Yang.
But his team members listened with the left ear and heard with the right ear, so they didn't pay attention at all.
This led to the goal just now.
Boss Chen in the stands watched Zhao Yang make consecutive passes and assist his teammates to score goals.
I was very excited, as if I had discovered a new world.
This kid has a future!
Although he plays in the Spanish Third Division, he can definitely gain a foothold in a higher-level league if he polishes his skills.
If he can play for Espanyol, he will definitely attract a large number of Chinese fans.
In just three minutes, Boss Chen took a liking to Zhao Yang.
When the game started again, the Espanyol B team did not learn the lesson of conceding the first goal, and still arrogantly attacked St. Andrew's in the half-time.
The Spanish fans also kept shouting, cheering for their team with shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
The St. Andrew's team had the ball in hand and played unhurriedly, constantly pressing, reducing the quality of the opponent's passing and receiving, disrupting the opponent's rhythm, and waiting for opportunities to counterattack the Espanyol B team.
Ten minutes of the game.
The St. Andrew's defender intercepted the Spaniard's pass and passed a long ball forward.
St. Andrew's forward Santiago grabbed the header and pushed it backwards.
Just pass it to the core midfielder Verano.
Verano took the ball, saw Zhao Yang coming in from one side at high speed, and immediately made a diagonal pass to Zhao Yang.