When he saw Zhao Yang celebrating, Zhao Yansheng realized that it was a goal. He jumped up from the table, rushed to the window, and applauded violently toward the stadium.
Other senior Spaniards also stood up and applauded, praising Zhao Yang. Although they did not see clearly how the goal was scored.
Even Cao Fei, a fan and shareholder invited by Alan Saval, stood up and applauded Zhao Yang with joy.
Only Eibar chairman Alain Savard still sat quietly, but he applauded politely.
Leading a small club like Eibar to reach La Liga, Alan Zabal has exhausted his passion, and now he is calm and unfazed by anything he faces.
His compatriot scored a goal, and it was a very crucial goal. Cao Fei just subconsciously stood up and applauded without thinking too much.
Seeing Chairman Eibar still sitting, Cao Fei felt that he had lost his temper.
After all, he was a distinguished guest invited by Eibar, how could he congratulate his opponent so heartlessly.
Cao Fei said to Alan Saval with some embarrassment: "It's incredible. A young man from La Liga has scored 40 goals in one season. It's comparable to Eibar's promotion to La Liga."
Alan Saval said calmly: "It's all a miracle, but we did it through our own efforts, and Zhao is a genius."
Alain Savard has seen many geniuses.
Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldinho, Messi...
When he was young, he admired the performances of these geniuses, but now he just appreciates them.
Cao Fei said: "I hope he won't be a flash in the pan."
Wang Bin retorted from the side: "Zhao Yang will not be a flash in the pan. He scored more than ten or twenty goals. It may be luck. Zhao Yang scored 40 goals in the league alone. This is definitely not luck."
Cao Fei hurriedly said: "I'm not cursing, I also like Zhao Yang very much. I'm worried that the media and fans will praise him. He is still young."
Alain Sarval smiled and said: "No, real geniuses will not be praised and killed. Those who can be praised and killed are not considered real geniuses."
Wang Bin gave a thumbs up and said: "What the chairman said is that being praised and killed shows that he is flawed."
At this time, Chen Yansheng also returned to his seat. He smiled and said to Alan Sarval: "We have to thank Sarval for winning the top scorer. The game was very open, otherwise Zhao Yang would not have scored so quickly.
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Alan Saval smiled and said: "Chairman Chen, you don't really think we can stop Zhao from scoring. Since we can't stop it, why not give the fans a beautiful game."
Chen Yansheng gave a thumbs up and said, "You still have to be open-minded."
In the stands, among the fans celebrating enthusiastically, there were also Zhao Yang's parents and prospective girlfriend.
Watching their son score a goal live and seeing tens of thousands of fans applauding their son, Zhao Jianguo and Li Yun's hands were almost numb with excitement.
Among the fanatical fans, Gao Han also lost her usual reserve and calmness. She and Ye Min jumped and clapped and cheered together, like two star-chasing fans.
On the field
After the celebration, Eibar kicked off the ball from the center circle, and the two sides continued to launch an offensive battle.
Eibar has a good relationship with the Spaniard. The player also has a good impression of the Chinese and is unwilling to cause too much trouble for Zhao Yang to win the Golden Boot.
But Eibar also doesn't want to let Zhao Yang score goals at will and become the background for Zhao Yang to win the top scorer.
After Zhao Yang scored, Eibar stepped up his defense against Zhao Yang.
Eibar didn't make any bad moves, he just double-teamed and fouled, denying Zhao Yang a chance to shoot.
After scoring a goal, Zhao Yang was 3 goals ahead of Suarez, which was a huge advantage. Zhao Yang also relaxed mentally and no longer rushed to get the ball to score. He was roaming in the frontcourt like a hunter, waiting for good opportunities to appear.
There was a lot of back and forth between the two sides, wonderful passing and cutting coordination, beautiful dribblings, endlessly, but no one was able to score again.
In the 20th minute of the game, bad news came from another venue. Suarez scored and Barcelona led Granada 1:0.
This is after Alba and Neymar cooperated, Neymar passed a nanny ball to Suarez, and Suarez scored an empty goal.
Obviously, in terms of the ability to create opportunities, Barcelona is more than one step ahead of the Spaniards.
It doesn't matter whether Barcelona leads or not, the key is that Suarez scored.
In this way, Suarez also scored 38 goals, and was only two goals away from Zhao Yang.
The players on the bench told the players on the field the news when the ball was dead.
Upon hearing the news, the mood of the Spanish players on the field immediately changed.
Asensio and captain Xavi Lopez both asked their teammates to speed up the tempo, boldly assist, and strive to let Zhao Yang score another one, ensuring that the top scorer remains in the Espanyol team.
The Spaniard suddenly accelerated the tempo, and the Eibar people knew that it must be Suarez on the other side who scored the goal.
Eibar did not shrink his defense and just competed with Spain in the midfield.
However, Eibar also kept an eye on it and consciously strengthened the interception of Zhao Yang's passing line when the Spaniard attacked.
Sure enough, this wait-and-see tactic worked well, destroying or intercepting the Spaniard's passes to Zhao Yang several times.
In the 30th minute of the game, Eibar intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Borja and Adrian hit the wall in the frontcourt to cooperate. After Adrian entered the penalty area, he was brought down by Alvarez. Referee Hill awarded a penalty kick.
Eibar's top scorer, striker Borja, who scored 17 goals, successfully took a penalty kick and helped Eibar equalize the score.
While the Eibar people were celebrating, news came again from another venue. Suarez scored a header and scored twice.
This news made the Espanyol players nervous.
After Suarez scored this goal, his number of goals reached 39, and he was only 1 goal behind Zhao Yang.
The first half is not over yet. With Barcelona's attacking power and the breakthrough abilities of Messi and Neymar, it is definitely easier to create two or three scoring opportunities for Suarez than it is for the Spaniard to create scoring opportunities for Zhao Yang.
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The fans in the stands were basically watching the match between Espanyol and Eibar while watching news about another match on their mobile phones.
Seeing Suarez score twice, the fans in the stands were also anxious. Led by the die-hard fans, the Spanish fans shouted together: "Zhao Yang! Score one! Zhao Yang! Score one!"
In the VIP box, Chen Yansheng could not sit still. Every time the Spaniard made a shot or made a mistake, his mood would change.
Eibar Chairman Alain Sarval couldn't help but smile and said to himself: "It is said that Chinese people are indifferent to emotions and anger, but this Mr. Chen is actually a man of good temperament."
Wang Bin also saw that Chen Yansheng was anxious, so he comforted him and said: "The game is very open, Zhao Yang will definitely score, you have to believe in Zhao Yang."
Chen Yansheng also realized that he had lost his composure, took a sip of water, calmed down, and said: "Haha, if it has nothing to do with you, it will be chaos. How can I doubt Zhao Yang's ability? I believe he can perform in such a game.