The green devil

Chapter 217 The Compliment of the Opponent

The last time the Spaniard beat Barcelona and reached the top of La Liga, almost the entire European football world was shaken.

The sports media in almost all countries reported the news with great fanfare.

The Spaniard has become the biggest dark horse in European football, and Zhao Yang has become the supernova who is most likely to end the era of Messi and Ronaldo.

But this time Barcelona defeated the Spaniard in the Copa del Rey but did not cause much repercussions.

This is the same as when a man biting a dog is news, but a dog biting a man is not.

Cosmic team Barcelona's 3-goal victory was also expected by everyone.

The Spaniard's last game against Barcelona was just accidental.

The only surprise is that the Spaniard was sent off two people in one game, and they were still two very important people, one was captain Harvey.Lopez, a midfielder Diop.

This also means that the second round of the Copa del Rey lost its suspense.

The Spaniard, who was originally weak on the bench, will not fight Barcelona in the second round after losing two main players.

Now, the Spaniard, who is temporarily number one in the standings, will definitely focus on the league. The dream of competing for the championship may be a bit big, but it is by no means too much to grab a place in the Champions League.

The Spaniards certainly think so.

In the first round of the Copa del Rey, they did not intend to give up at the beginning.

It's just that the situation is better than others. They are behind by a large score and have not yet scored an away goal. Advancement is already a luxury.

So after Diop was sent off, head coach Sergio decided to give up the Copa del Rey, save his energy, and prepare for the next 19th round of the league with Eibar.

After the game, the Espanyol management also realized that there was nothing to do in the Copa del Rey, and set the goal of this season to achieve good results in the league.

As for whether the goal is to compete for the league championship or for the Champions League, the Spaniard's management believes that it will wait until after the game with Eibar before seriously discussing it.

The Spaniards take Eibar very seriously.

Last season, Ebar was only ranked 18th and should have been relegated to West Second Division. However, due to the arrears of taxes and club staff salaries at No. 17, Elche was ordered to be relegated to West Second Division by the Spanish Professional Football League. Fortunately, I stayed in La Liga.

Ebar cherished this opportunity very much. After 18 rounds of the league, they actually ranked 8th in the standings, only 6 points away from No.2 Celta. If it weren't for the amazing Spaniard, Ebar would The biggest dark horse in La Liga this season.

Eibar played tough last season and liked close combat, a bit like a Spaniard. After coaching Eibar this season, the defensive master Mendilibal has retained the fierce style of play from last season and at the same time incorporated his own defensive counterattack This style of play has greatly improved Ebar's combat effectiveness.

Of course, this is not the only reason for Ebar to turn around. Another reason is that Ebar is similar to the Spaniard. They were extremely lucky to find a super striker in the Second Division: Borja Bastogne.

Borja is 191cm tall, was born on August 1992, 08, and was trained by Atletico Madrid. After joining the team, he broke the scoring record of Torres in each echelon of Atletico Madrid.

Last season, he performed well on loan to Real Zaragoza in the Second Division, scoring 23 goals and winning the Bronze Boot of the Second Division.

The summer transfer was favored by Eibar, and he joined Eibar on loan.

Borja has also performed very well in Ebar this season, scoring 18 goals in 10 rounds, and is one of the biggest contributors to Ebar's top 8.

In addition to Borja, Ebar's Japanese international Ganguishi also performed very well.

Although Gan Guishi has not scored a goal in Eibar so far, he created a lot of opportunities for Eibar on the left, which partially made up for the gap left by Saul.

In the final battle of the half, the Spaniard aims to win and keep the half-time leader. Ebar, who has won two consecutive victories at home, also hopes to win the Spaniard and reach the top six in the standings.

However, Ebar is very low-key on the surface. They take the initiative to put themselves in the position of the weak. The head coach Dilibal said that the Spaniard is the leader, and Ebar can score a point at home is a victory.

Even the young striker Borja said very modestly that this is not a contest between him and Zhao Yang. He is still incomparable with Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang has scored 21 goals and is the top scorer. The popular candidate, and he is still far from it.

The Japanese national team player also praised Zhao Yang before the game, "Zhao Yang is the pride of Asian football. He has scored 21 goals in the middle of the league. Since Messi and Ronaldo, no player has achieved that." , against the Spaniard, I only hope that his ball handling is not good and he scores fewer goals."

The Spaniard has always been a relegation team. It is common to be despised before the game, but it is extremely rare to be complimented and revered.

When the media and fans are optimistic and the opponents are also afraid, it is impossible for the Spaniard not to drift.

In the eyes of the Spaniards, Eibar is ranked high, but his strength is mediocre, and Eibar played in the Copa del Rey like the Spaniards in the middle of the week.

The Espanyol Copa del Rey has not done its best, and Eibar and Palmeiras played for 90 minutes, and finally lost the score 2:3, almost double consumption of physical fitness and morale.

Although Eibar has home court advantage, but other than that, the Spaniard can't see what Eibar can do to beat them.

On January 1, the Spaniard's bus arrived in Eibar in the Basque Country.

This is a small town with a permanent population of less than 3 people. There is only one professional stadium in the town, which is the Ipurua Municipal Stadium.

The stadium can only accommodate 5000 spectators.

Obviously, it is very difficult for Zhao Yang to count on what skills to sign in this stadium.

Zhao Yang didn't get any prompt from the system when adapting to the venue at Ipurua Municipal Stadium.

Zhao Yang is not worried. Even if he can't sign new skills, the skills accumulated before should be enough. After all, no matter how strong Eibar's home court is, it is impossible to compare with Camp Nou.

Eibar's fans seemed to be playing the Spaniard and Zhao Yang too. When the Spaniard stepped on the field, many Eibar fans came to watch and applaud them.

This puts the Spaniard in a more relaxed mood.

However, after the start of the game, the Ebars suddenly showed their fangs and made a high-intensity press on the Spaniard from the first minute.

This season, Ebar is the third-ranked team in the number of steals among the 20 La Liga teams. No.1 is Atletico Madrid and No.2 is the Spaniard.

But today's Spaniard is too relaxed, and he can't compare with Eibar in terms of pressing and running.

Under the pressure of the Ebars, the Spaniard made frequent mistakes in cooperation and was constantly counterattacked by Ebars.

The Spaniard coach Sergio suddenly realized that Ebar had used arrogance before the game.

Sergio yelled from the sidelines, making the players nervous and running, don't be like sleepwalking.

However, the Spaniard has relaxed since the beginning of the Copa del Rey, where Sergio can get nervous with a few words.

The on-site commentator He Wei was worried, "The Spaniards are too relaxed. If this continues, it is inevitable that they will lose the ball."

Another commentator, Fang Jian, was very relaxed and said: "It may be a good thing to lose the ball. Only by losing the ball can they be stimulated."