The day before the game against Real Madrid, Espanyol head coach Sergio Gonzalez announced the 18-man roster for the next day. Zhao Yang and Diop were both on the list, and the talented boy Asensio was
There is an avoidance rule and he cannot play in the game against Real Madrid.
The Chinese fans were all delighted, and many immediately decided to go to Barcelona to watch the game live.
A Chinese face will finally appear in La Liga. The Chinese media almost all reported the news on important pages, saying that this will create the history of Chinese football.
Zhao Yang's mobile phone, WeChat, QQ, Twitter, Facebook and other communication tools and social software are almost full of messages, all congratulating Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang was excited, but not surprised.
Before the roster was announced, head coach Sergio talked to Zhao Yang.
"Who will play and who will not play? This coaching staff has its own test. The reason why you were not included in the squad for the first two games is due to tactical needs. You may have a chance to play in tomorrow's game. I hope you prepare well."
Sergio told Zhao Yang with a cold face.
Sergio also knows the outcome of the game against Real Madrid. It is impossible for the Espanyol team to defeat Real Madrid, so Sergio also plans to train newcomers such as Zhao Yang and Diop.
I just heard that team CEO Guasco said that Zhao Yang's agent put pressure on the team and asked Zhao Yang to play. Sergio was a little unhappy and planned to exclude Zhao Yang from the roster again to teach his agent some lessons.
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But Guasco implicitly said that the club's boss Chen was very concerned about this game and had afternoon tea with him.
Sergio understood what it meant as soon as he heard it. Although he was unhappy, he did not dare to confront the boss. He had to pinch his nose and put Zhao Yang into the 18-man roster, but he was determined not to give Zhao Yang a chance to play for even one minute.
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When Zhao Yang heard Sergio say this, he knew that he was unhappy with his agent Martinez putting pressure on the team.
It's just that Zhao Yang is also very helpless. He has been on the bench for two games. If he doesn't take the initiative, he may not be able to make the squad for this game with Real Madrid. As for the rest, let's wait until after the game.
The next morning, Real Madrid came to the Espanyol's home stadium, Cornela El Prat Stadium, for adaptive training.
Real Madrid is indeed the greatest club of the last century, and their away adaptation training attracted thousands of fans to watch.
The opponent was too weak, and he was his younger brother. Naturally, Real Madrid couldn't keep up their spirits, and their training was just a show-off.
But Real Madrid fans don't care, they are satisfied if they can see their idol.
After the training, head coach Benitez accepted an interview with reporters. He said that Espanyol is an excellent team. Real Madrid did not take too much advantage against Espanyol in the away game. In the evening game, Real Madrid must
Only by working hard can you win.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo also accepted an interview with reporters.
Cristiano Ronaldo hopes he can score a hat trick in this game. He said: "I have scored 225 goals for Real Madrid. As long as I score 3 more goals, I can tie Raul with 228 goals and become Real Madrid's all-time league leader."
The player who scores the most goals, I like to break records and be the best. Of course, it would be better if I can score four goals, I don’t like to share the honor with others.”
Cristiano Ronaldo's words obviously stimulated the Espanyol players. At the pre-match press conference, captain Xavi Lopez, who attended with head coach Sergio, said rudely, "Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't want to be with us."
We won't give him any chance to set a record on him, he should just set a record on his next opponent."
Subsequently, the head coaches of both sides announced the starting lineup of 11 players.
The Espanyol team started with a 4-4-2 formation with a balanced offense and defense.
Goalkeeper 13-Paul;
Four backs: 23-Albila, 22-a-Gonzalez, 15-Ciani, 3-Duarte;
Four midfielders: 4-Victor Sanchez, 16-Xavi Lopez, 5-Alvarez, 8-Seville;
The midfielders are: 14-Casemiro, 19-Modric, 22-Isco, 11-Bale, 7-C Ronaldo
Forward:9-Benzema
Zhao Yang knew that he would not be able to enter the starting lineup, and the best he could do was play in the second half.
However, Zhao Yang was still a little disappointed when he saw that his name was not included in the starting lineup.
At 10:30 in the evening, the match between Espanyol and Real Madrid officially kicked off.
The Spanish team playing at home kicked off first.
In the first and second rounds, the Spaniards wanted to win but were afraid of losing, so they always played very conservatively.
In this game, the Espanyol team had no baggage and launched an attack on Real Madrid from the first minute.
Real Madrid are not in a hurry to play against their opponents. They are not Barcelona. Defensive counterattacks are what Benitez and Real Madrid are best at.
With the strength of the Espanyol team, if Real Madrid seizes the opportunity, the counterattack will be accurate.
Sure enough, just five minutes into the game, Real Madrid seized the opportunity.
The Espanyol attack failed, and Real Madrid defender Pepe intercepted the ball and passed it to Modric.
After Modric stopped the ball, he sent a long pass from the backcourt.
Ronaldo has been running horizontally next to the defender and saw Modric passing the long ball.
c Roma suddenly changed from horizontal running to vertical running, and reversed behind the defender.
Ronaldo was so fast that neither of Espanyol's two central defenders could keep up.
Cristiano Ronaldo successfully broke into the left rib of the penalty area after countering offside, and faced goalkeeper Paul with a low shot from the far corner with his right foot.
1-0 Real Madrid takes the lead!
After Ronaldo scored a goal, he jumped up high, roared, and made a very unique look.
The Espanyol fans booed, while the Ronaldo fans cheered with little stars in their eyes.
After Real Madrid scored a goal, they immediately turned around and turned from counterattack to active attack.
This change of pace was something the Spaniards did not expect.
In the 10th minute of the game, Real Madrid made continuous passes and cooperation at the front of the Spaniard's penalty area. Bell broke into the penalty area and was knocked down by Gonzalez. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick and showed Gonzalez the first yellow card of the game.
The penalty kick was taken by Ronaldo.
Facing goalkeeper Paul, Ronaldo hit a powerful volley, Real Madrid 2-0, Ronaldo scored twice in ten minutes.
Espanyol were beaten.
Although they knew they couldn't win this game, they didn't expect to lose the ball so quickly and violently.
However, the game did not stop. Just when the Espanyol players looked confused, Real Madrid launched a counterattack.
Bell took the ball and ran all the way down the left wing. No one on the Espanyol team could keep up with him.
After Bell reached the bottom line, he made a pass. Cristiano Ronaldo entered the penalty area at high speed, got ahead of Duarte, and flew the ball into the door. Just 15 minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldo performed a hat trick, and Real Madrid led 3-0.