Football irons are burning

Chapter 418 Barcelona Derby
The winter break ended soon, and Li Tie still had a good time in more than half a month.

After returning to Barcelona, ​​Li Tie also quickly met his new teammates.

Needless to say, Del Horno is very familiar with Li Tie, and the two have no scruples in communicating.

Pique is also a talkative person. After a few words, he followed Li Tie's ass, completely a small follower.

Kongka was a bit shy, but Li Tie's generosity quickly made him smile, and he blended well with his teammates.

These three people are definitely beneficial to the strength of the Espanyol team. Pochettino's vision is of course not wrong.

It was his suggestion that the club bought the three players.

And after a training session, Del Horno, Pique and Conca have all entered the main lineup!
On January 1, La Liga resumed the war.

The Espanyol team attracted a challenge from the Huelva team at home.

Pochettino played the double forwards of Lewandowski and Tamudo, Conca played the midfielder, Li Tie and Figo, who had returned from injury, served as the double midfielders, with Del Horno and Wu Xi on both sides, and three defenders Pique, Zabaleta and Vidic.

This lineup is indeed pretty good.

After the start of the game, Kongka was very active, and there is no tradition of rookies not adapting.

His foot skills are simply eye-opening.

In the 9th minute, Kongka suddenly knocked horizontally after consecutive breakthroughs, Li Tie followed up with a strong volley and scored, 1:0!

"Wow, Xiao Kong, you passed the ball well." Li Tie ran to Kongka with a smile, and ran to the sidelines with him shoulder to shoulder to celebrate.

Kongka also smiled brightly. It seems that his integration speed is quite fast.

And this pass was indeed very good. Li Tie shot it quite comfortably from the opponent's three.

The midfield dominance tactics advocated by Pochettino now seem to be gradually taking shape.

These five players are all quite strong, with a balanced offense and defense. In this way, the Espanyol team can definitely play better.

In the following games, the Huelva team had no power to fight back, and the three new foreign aids of the Espanyol team also had a period of time to get in touch with the team, and it is not very tacit right now.

Therefore, the final score is still not too big, 2:0, the Espanyol team won 17 consecutive victories in the league and continued to lead strongly.

After the game, Pochettino was very satisfied with the three rookies, especially for Conca.

Indeed, Kongka's skills drove the team's offense. Behind him was Li Tie, who didn't think about defense at all. Therefore, he completely released his offensive talent and made the opponent's defense exhausted.

Li Tie also admires Kongka: "Konka's skills are excellent. He is a representative of artistic football. He is very creative. I am happy to pave the way for these newcomers and see them grow. This is also a kind of enjoyment. Of course, if the team cannot break the deadlock, I will still go up. This is my duty!"

In the middle of the week, the UEFA Cup round of [-] also came out. The Espanyol team drew the Serie A team Livorno. This is really a good draw.

However, the Espanyol team needs to deal with the Barcelona derby this weekend first, and then go away to Livorno for the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

The coming week can also be regarded as a critical period for the Espanyol team.

If Barcelona passes this level, then all teams will be at the feet of the Espanyol, and the rise of the league this season will be unstoppable.

Before the derby, there was a lot of discussion in the media.

However, this time most of the media are optimistic about the Espanyol!
After all, Li Tie is in the Espanyol team, and this is the biggest reliance.

In this regard, the Barcelona players were interviewed, and they were a little unconvinced.

"Li Tie is very powerful, but there is only one Li Tie in this world, and our overall strength is not weaker than them. We will definitely win the game!"

Although Eto'o respected Li Tie, he still refused to accept Eto'o's words.

Eto'o scored a lot of goals in Barcelona and became a world-class striker here. His views represent the thoughts of most people in Barcelona.

The other two attacking players, Adriano and Messi, also said that they should use goals to make Li Tie proud of them. Both of them can be regarded as coming out of Li Tie's club, and they have cultivated kindness in it.

Iniesta said: "Li Tie is indeed a well-deserved number one star, but we also have many excellent players, and we are many points behind them. This time we must seize the opportunity to narrow the gap. Every league will have his differences. Perhaps, this game will become their Waterloo, and the suspense of the league championship may also be reignited."

Harvey also said: "We all respect Li Tie, but we will never back down in this game. See you on the field!"

On January 1, a highlight of the 14th round of La Liga was played at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.

Fans from both teams cheered as players from both teams stepped onto the pitch.

Of course, Figo has enjoyed different treatment. He was once the favorite of Barcelona fans, but now, he is here with his rivals in the same city.

In the past, Barcelona did not pay attention to the Espanyol team, so there was no such a strong derby atmosphere at that time.

But this season the Espanyol team has sprung up suddenly, which immediately mobilized the hostility of Barcelona fans.

Looking at the slogans on the stands, Figo was indeed calm. He had seen all kinds of scenes, so naturally he didn't take it to heart at the moment.

Li Tie and Li Datou are also shoulder to shoulder, and it seems that the atmosphere of the game seems to be very harmonious.

Li Datou has now become Barcelona's field captain. He has developed very well over the years. He was originally strong. After Li Tie's plug-in transformation, he has grown into the world's top central defender step by step.

In Barcelona, ​​his defensive combination with Puyol has hardly changed.

However, after the start of the match, everyone realized that what had happened before was all an illusion, and the fight between the two sides was quite fierce and intense.

In the 2nd minute, Eto'o took Harvey and broke into the penalty area. Pique wanted to shoot directly, but Pique knocked him to the ground and stabbed the ball.

The referee ignored it, which made Eto'o very dissatisfied lying on the ground.

One minute later, Tamudo was also directly carried out of the baseline by Puyol in the penalty area, and the referee still did not award a penalty.

It seems that today's penalty scale will be a little bigger.

In the 8th minute, Messi broke through consecutively, but Li Tie didn't guard against it, so he could only follow him closely.

Messi then changed direction and then sent an overhead ball.

Adriano received the ball, turned around and volleyed in one go. The ball was subconsciously pushed by Hildebrand, concentrated on the crossbar and bounced back.

Eto'o made a supplementary shot, which was destroyed by Pique again.

"Xiaopi, well done!"

Li Tie came over and slapped Pique hard.

Pique grinned and said, "Boss, don't worry, I won't make it easy for him!"

(End of this chapter)