Espanyol head coach Sergio Gonzalez encountered a problem.
The new owner of the club personally gave instructions and requested a warm-up match with the St. Andrew's team in the second division B.
The season is about to start, and the Espanyol team's warm-up match has actually been arranged. Another one will definitely have some impact on the team's training plan.
Moreover, the St. Andrew's team is too weak. How can a newly promoted team from Segunda B give the Espanyol team any training?
Of course, the main reason is that the Chinese boss interfered in the team's affairs as soon as he arrived, which made Sergio, a head coach with a Spanish youth training background, unhappy.
Sergio knew that the boss was motivated by business interests.
There is a Chinese player in the St. Andrew's team who has been in the limelight recently. He has scored a lot of goals in the third division and scored four goals in the warm-up match just now.
I guess the boss just wants to take advantage of this popularity to attract the attention of Chinese fans.
Of course, it's not possible to refuse directly, unless he no longer wants to be the head coach of Espanyol.
You can't refuse directly. As a head coach, you must have a way to express your thoughts.
Sergio Gonzalez decided to use pure substitutes and a few youth team players that day to cope with it.
As for winning or losing, Sergio didn't think about it at all.
Because even as a substitute for Espanyol, he is a superstar in Segunda B. How could he lose to St. Andrew's?
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The St. Andrew's team was shocked when they received the news that the Spanish team was going to play a warm-up match against them.
Everyone is wondering what kind of virtue and ability the St. Andrew's team has to let a La Liga team take the initiative to invite them to play a warm-up match.
You know, when they were in La Liga C, their biggest hope every season, besides promotion, was to draw a La Liga team in the Copa del Rey, and then make a small fortune by selling tickets and advertising.
Now, the opportunity to make a fortune has come to your doorstep.
Even if it's crowded, you still have to find time to take on the challenge.
The St. Andrew's team immediately agreed to the Spaniard's request and did not make any time requirements. The only condition was that the game should be played at the home court of the St. Andrew's team.
The purpose of the Espanyol team was to inspect Zhao Yang and advertise. It didn't matter where he played, so he readily agreed to the St. Andrew's team's request.
After the match date was finalized, both Espanyol and St. Andrew's began advertising to China.
The gimmick is the alternative Chinese derby between Zhao Yang and Chen Yansheng, the first game of Chen's Espanyol team.
Under Boss Chen's money offensive, famous sports media such as "World Sports News", "Daily Sports News", "Marca" etc. all reported on it.
Not to mention domestically, Boss Chen’s navy has almost captured all major football websites, and many domestic institutions are also preparing to broadcast and report this unique Chinese derby.
At the same time, fans and media from all over the world have also devoted unprecedented enthusiasm to this game. Many domestic fans have even spontaneously organized to watch the game on site. The scale of the pre-game warm-up is no less than that of an ordinary La Liga game.
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Zhao Yang was not very clear about the purpose of this warm-up match because Wang Bin was worried that it would affect Zhao Yang's performance and did not tell him.
However, Zhao Yang knew that this warm-up match had a great impact in China, and many friends had already called him to ask about this warm-up match.
Even if this warm-up match has no impact, Zhao Yang still hopes to perform well and see what kind of performance he can have against top teams.
Espanyol and St. Andrew's are both in Barcelona, and the publicity effect is even more prominent. One hour before the game started, fans filled the St. Andrew's Stadium.
The vast majority are fans from St. Andrew's, and a very small number are fans from Espanyol.
But there were a lot of scouts, agents and reporters coming.
All the senior officials of the Espanyol Club were present.
After the game started, the St. Andrew's team began to defend and counterattack, without any intention of taking the initiative to attack. Facing a team two levels above itself, the St. Andrew's team was still deeply wary even if it was playing at home.
Although the Espanyol team played as substitutes, they were still confident when facing the Segunda B team and launched an unscrupulous attack on the St. Andrew's team from the beginning.
The players of the Espanyol team are very arrogant. They plan to seal the victory in the first half. In the later time, don't get injured and just have fun.
When Zhao Yang touched the ball for the first time, the game had already gone on for one minute.
This is Espanyol forward Burgi's long shot, which was blocked by the goalkeeper, and he passed the ball to Zhao Yang.
Another striker Moreno quickly stepped forward to press Zhao Yang.
If it was a player from La Liga C or La Liga B, Zhao Yang would just make a move to get past him, but he was a little wary of these top league players. Before Moreno could pounce, he passed the ball to Verano.
The Espanyol team pressed hard from the high post, and before Verano could get the ball, the opponent's midfielder Seville pounced on him.
Verano was also a little scared and passed the ball back to the defender.
When St. Andrew's team passed the ball twice, the Spanish team's frontcourt players almost all pressed forward, forcing St. Andrew's team to take big shots.
The defender of the St. Andrew team did not dare to be careless and drove the ball forward to find his forward Santiago.
With such a hasty forward kick, how could Santiago get it? The ball was passed to his teammates by the Espanyol defender, and the Espanyol team continued to attack.
After the Spanish team passed a cross from the wing and was pushed out by the St. Andrew team, the Spanish midfielder Sanchez grabbed the ball, quickly broke through to the edge of the penalty area, made a fake shot and passed the ball to Burgi.
Burgi broke into the penalty area, faced the St. Andrew's goalkeeper, and pushed the ball. The ball hit the post and bounced back. The St. Andrew's defender quickly kicked out of the sideline.
The Spanish team launched a violent attack at the beginning, and the St. Andrew team was beaten to the point where they could only parry but had no ability to fight back.
The fans of the St. Andrew's team were horrified to see it, and any trace of luck they had in the hope of an upset was now gone.
Just don't lose too badly, almost all St. Andrew's fans think so.
The Spaniard's bench is filled with the main players.
However, the attention of these main players was not on the court. They were playing with their mobile phones, chatting, eating snacks, and completely regarded this game as a leisure and entertainment activity.
The Spanish team sent a sideline ball, left back Fordson threw the ball to midfielder Sanchez, and Zhao Yang quickly rushed over to press for it.
Sanchez wanted to wait for the ball to come over and gave the header to his teammate Burgi.
However, Zhao Yang jumped high and headed the ball to Santiago, who returned to his own half to defend.