The next morning, Zhao Yang continued training with the team at Dani Halke Sports City.
Wang Lei, Gao Han and other fans continued to tour under the leadership of Xu Bing in the morning, and came to the Sports City in the afternoon to watch the Spaniard's pre-match training.
Deportivo La Coruña is not ranked high, but it is a talented player.
Facing such a team, the Spaniards did not dare to be careless and prepared very seriously before the game.
Later in the training, when conducting targeted tactical drills, Sergio asked the staff to kick out the fans and reporters.
Although the fans were very dissatisfied with this, they could only go out obediently.
Some went back to the hotel to wait for the game to start in the evening, while some fans simply went directly to El Prat Stadium to watch the training of their opponent Deportivo La Coruna.
Deportivo La Coruña was generous, conducting open training and not prohibiting fans and reporters from watching.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the match between Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna officially kicked off.
Deportivo coach Sanchez is obviously very aware of the strength of his team, and has arranged a 4-2-3-1 formation, preparing to compete in the midfield and defend a point in the away game.
At this stage of the game, every team has no secrets.
The Spaniards are strong up front.
Needless to say, Zhao Yang is the number one shooter on the list.
Even Caicedo and rookie Moreno are the main players in the relegation team.
With this trident on the front line, it's definitely impossible to defend just by relying on the defenders.
The Spaniard's weakness is the midfield and backfield.
The Spanish defense is average, and Deportivo does not have a strong forward.
Therefore, learning from other teams' tactics of defeating or drawing with Espanyol, Deportivo decided to compete with Espanyol in the midfield.
The Spaniards naturally have a way to deal with it, which is to put Zhao Yang in the shadow forward position.
Moving forward, Zhao Yang can attack the city.
Going backwards, Zhao Yang can help Asensio control the midfield.
This is simply using Zhao Yang as a donkey.
However, in the absence of an outstanding midfielder, this is the Spaniard's only option.
After the Spaniard's details were revealed by his opponents, it was through this change that he was able to remain in the top four in the standings.
With five midfielders versus Espanyol's three midfielders, Deportivo had the numerical advantage.
In addition, Deportivo will focus on midfield today.
After the game started, the Spaniards, who were playing at home, fell into a passive position.
In the 3rd minute, after Deportivo's midfielder stole the ball, he passed the ball directly to forward Lucas Perez.
Deportivo is a lone forward, and Perez is closely guarded.
Seeing that there was no chance to shoot directly, Perez did not try and directly passed the ball back to midfielder Alberto.
After receiving the pass, Alberto took a step forward and volleyed with his right foot from the front of the penalty area.
The Spanish defender did not have time to block it, but Alberto did not suppress it either, and the ball flew towards the stands.
The Spaniard suffered a disadvantage in the midfield, as the players moved closer to the center, and the wings soon showed flaws.
In the 5th minute, Deportivo full-back Juan Forlan advanced to the frontcourt with an assist. After receiving a pass from the center, he made a move to get down and suddenly passed the ball across the front of the penalty area.
Central midfielder Faisal arrived just in time and volleyed in front of the penalty area.
This was a very difficult shot. Faisal's footwork was average and the shot went over the crossbar again.
These two shots did not pose much of a threat, but giving the opponent a chance to start calmly was a problem.
Head coach Sergio shouted from the sidelines, asking the players to keep an eye on people.
Fans from China sit above the players' tunnel.
This was their first time to watch the Spaniard's game live. Everyone was excited and anxious, fearing that the Spaniard would lose.
Both Gao Han and Ye Min were asking "expert" Wang Lei whether the Spaniards could win.
Wang Lei is also a senior fan and can see that the Spaniard is at a disadvantage, but it is still too early to talk about victory or defeat.
But Wang Lei couldn't say that. He wanted to give Ye Min, Gao Han, and these Zhao Yang fans confidence.
Wang Lei smiled easily and said: "This is a wild shot from Deportivo! It's useless! The victory must still belong to the Spaniards! This season, except Barcelona and Real Madrid, who can definitely beat our Spaniards."
Wang Lei's ease infected the people around him, and everyone cheered loudly. They began to applaud with the local fans and chant Zhao Yang's name.
The Chinese language was very different from the Spanish spoken in the audience. When Zhao Yang ran past the passage, he could distinguish this familiar accent.
Zhao Yang turned his head, waved to the stands, and continued to play.
Seeing Zhao Yang's response, the fans roared with even higher decibels.
The Chinese commentator at the scene also noticed the Chinese fans on the field.
"There are actually Chinese fans! This is the Spring Festival, they should be international students and local overseas Chinese!"
Fang Jiandao.
He Wei shook his head and said: "They should be domestic fans. I saw the banner. The Qizhou Zhao Yang support team is from Zhao Yang's hometown."
Fang Jian also noticed it, "I also saw it. There were quite a few people. Zhao Yang is a die-hard fan and came to Spain to watch a game during the Chinese New Year."
He Wei smiled and said: "That's what you think. Today's young people don't attach as much importance to the Spring Festival as we do, and they don't love their families as much."
Fang Jian sighed: "The tradition is almost lost."
On the field
After being hit by consecutive shots from the opponent, the Spaniard stepped up the fight in the midfield and also stepped up the marking of forward players.
The Spaniard was already stronger than Deportivo La Coruna, and after making targeted tactical changes, they quickly reversed their disadvantage on the field.
In the 12th minute of the game, Asensio passed Zhao Yang through the middle.
Zhao Yang was stared at by his opponent and had no room to turn around and shoot.
Zhao Yang did not stop the ball, but directly rubbed the ball. The ball passed over his head and passed behind him.
So far in the league, Zhao Yang, Caicedo and Asensio have already developed a tacit understanding of their cooperation.
Seeing Asensio passing the ball to Zhao Yang, Caicedo was ready to run.
When Zhao Yang was rubbing the ball, Deportivo's defenders didn't know what Zhao Yang wanted to do and thought Zhao Yang was going to stop the ball. But Caicedo had already made a diagonal pass behind them.
In less than a second, many things can be decided.
Understanding that Zhao Yang was going to pass the ball, Deportivo's defender quickly turned around.
The defender had just turned around and Caicedo was already in position.
Deportivo goalkeeper Lux was also a step late in attacking. As soon as he reached the penalty area, Caicedo grabbed the spot.
He hit the ball laterally with his chest to avoid the attacking goalkeeper Lukes. Before the ball hit the ground, Kaiser turned around and volleyed, and the ball flew straight into the net.
In order to ensure accuracy, Caicedo's shot was not powerful, but goalkeeper Lux failed to go back, and the shot hit an empty goal.
Without any suspense, the ball hit the net.
1:0
In the first 12 minutes, Zhao Yang and Caicedo broke through Deportivo's goal through a wonderful combination.