At this moment, the Riazor Stadium is almost full.
Deportivo La Coruña and Espanyol have been on the rise recently. Zhao Yang's popularity is unparalleled for a while. Even Messi and Ronaldo can't suppress him.
So many Deportivo fans came. In addition to wanting to see this battle, they also wanted to meet Zhao Yang, the player who is like the protagonist of the novel.
Deportivo fans alone cannot occupy all the seats. Today, Espanyol fans also came, with almost three to four thousand people coming.
For a mid-tier team like Espanyol and a rival in the same city like Barcelona, the home attendance is only over 20,000 people, but 4,000 people for away games is very impressive.
Among these 4,000 people, there are almost 1,000 Chinese. They are preparing to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with Zhao Yang at the stadium.
Zhao Yang walked onto the Riazor Stadium again, feeling very excited.
Fortunately, it was the devil's home stadium of Super Depor back then.
During the adaptability training in the morning, Zhao Yang finally signed in here successfully and acquired the two skills of "cycling pass" and "rainbow pass" from the Brazilian genius Dejaminha.
This added two more weapons to Zhao Yang's arsenal for showing off in front of others.
Zhao Yang is preparing to bring a fresh Mid-Autumn Festival gift package to the fans who support him today.
After the whistle blew, Deportivo, who kicked off the ball first, launched a massive attack.
After continuous passes in the midfield, Juan Fran made a pass, and Spanish defender Alvarez cleared the ball out of the baseline.
Deportivo took a corner kick and after the ball was pushed out, midfielder Sanchez grabbed the ball and passed it to Asensio.
Asensio volleyed with his left foot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was saved by goalkeeper Paul.
Then midfielder Alberto passed the ball through, forward Lucas received the ball, turned around, and shot.
The ball missed the goal post slightly.
In the 10th minute of the game, Deportivo midfielder Boggs intercepted the ball and passed the ball long. Asensio jumped up and tried to block the ball, but the ball hit Asensio's arm and bounced out.
The referee directly showed Asensio a yellow card.
Asensio was not convinced and went to argue with the referee, but was pulled back by his teammates.
Asensio is the main offensive point of the Espanyol team. At the same time, Asensio's defense is also good. After losing the ball, he often counterattacks on the spot.
Now receiving a yellow card will probably have a certain impact on Asensio's subsequent games.
At home, Deportivo seems to have endless magic.
Less than three minutes after Asensio received a yellow card, Deportivo launched an attack. Boggs passed the ball in the middle. No. 9 forward Liela passed by Diop and was about to cross the ball. Diop kicked him over.
The referee awarded a free kick from the wing.
Forward Lucas took the free kick and lobbed it directly towards the goal.
Espanyol center back Alvaro made a mistake when he tried to clear the ball with a header while running, and the ball flew directly into his own net.
0:1
Espanyol unexpectedly fell behind on the road.
The Riazor Stadium instantly turned into a sea of joy.
Deportivo fans were pleasantly surprised. They originally thought it would be a tough game, but they didn't expect their opponent to give a big gift at the beginning.
With such a start, Deportivo will be easy to fight from behind.
coaching bench
Espanyol coach Sergio was so angry that he punched the windshield.
He came to Riazor with great ambitions. Unexpectedly, the main midfielder received a yellow card at the beginning and the defender was "undercover". He gave his opponent a big gift at the beginning.
A lost goal may be easy to catch up with, but an own goal has a huge psychological impact on the players. Sergio doesn't know if Alvaro can adjust later.
Is this turning on hard mode?
Sergio thought sadly.
On the field
Alvaro watched the ball hit the net and covered his head in frustration.
The other players of the Espanyol team just looked at their main defender Alvaro with resentful eyes. Only Diop was outspoken and complained: "Your clearance is like a shot."
Although Alvaro and Diop are both black, Alvaro was still very angry and said: "Am I watching the ball fly over my head?"
Zhao Yang pushed Diop and said: "Alvaro didn't clear the ball, and Deportivo No. 12 behind him headed the ball over."
Alvaro glanced at Zhao Yang gratefully and said, "Yes, I can't pass this position."
Zhao Yang said: "Don't think about this ball anymore, prepare for the game, otherwise you may lose another ball later."
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The game started again, and soon Zhao Yang's prediction came true.
Less than 6 minutes had passed since the first goal.
Deportivo No. 7 forward Lucas Perez received the ball from the wing, picked the ball past Diop, carried it horizontally to the center, passed the ball to another forward Liela, and quickly inserted himself into the right rib of the penalty area.
At this time, Spaniard defender Alvaro should be following Lucas, but after Alvaro scored an own goal, he was a little distracted and actually attacked Liela with Diop.
Liela immediately passed the ball through the gap and passed it to Lucas.
Lucas was not offside and led the ball into the penalty area. Facing goalkeeper Paul Lopez, he volleyed into the far corner. Paul couldn't make the save and the ball went into the net.
2:0
Just 20 minutes into the game, Deportivo took the lead by two goals.
After scoring, Lucas ran to the sideline passionately and raised two fingers to the fans to celebrate the goal.
“goalgoalgoal…”
The on-site commentator was shouting.
"Lucas Perez! A beautiful goal! 2:0! Deportivo's magical two-goal lead! Lucas! Lucas' passing, movement, and shooting are all perfect! Today
Lucas is in great form! Does he want to challenge the Spaniard’s twin stars Zhao Yang and Asensio?”
"Oh, today is China's Mid-Autumn Festival. It seems that Zhao Yang and the Chinese fans will not have a good time during this Mid-Autumn Festival. Deportivo is really good at disrupting things."
The applause at the Riazor Stadium had not completely stopped, but it was loud again at this moment.
"Lucas Lucas Lucas..."
Deportivo started shouting the name of the hero who scored the goal and made waves.
Deportivo's head coach Sanchez was so happy. When Alvaro scored an own goal, Sanchez didn't celebrate too much. For the current Espanyol team, a goal is never safe. Real Sociedad scored three goals in the last game.
Was overturned.
But after Lucas scored another goal, Sanchez became excited. He roared and shook his fist fiercely.
With a two-goal lead at his home court, Sanchez will never be as stupid as Real Sociedad and be overturned by Espanyol again.
Espanyol coach Sergio was furious when Lucas scored across the pitch.
"Asshole! Are you just a piece of wood? You can't even move!"
"Have you forgotten all your usual training stuff at grandma's house?"
"Don't you want to win this game?"
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The Spanish players were also very upset. They didn't know why they made so many mistakes, as if they were under a curse.
"This Riazor stadium is poisonous!"
Zhao Yang was even more depressed. He knew how many Chinese fans were waiting to watch this game. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the second major festival in China after the Spring Festival, the Spaniards played like this with themselves, not to cause trouble for the Chinese people.
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Seeing that his teammates were all dejected, Zhao Yang thought to himself, no, I can't lose this game today, I have to do something.