The green devil

The national team match day is called the FIFA virus by the giants.

Because every time after playing the national team game, the players in the team are either injured or tired, and the next league game is often either a draw or a loss.

The FIFA virus has the greatest impact on the rich teams, which are almost all national teams, and even the substitute players are international players.

The Espanyol is a middle-lower team with very few international players. Even Asensio, one of the twin stars, has not been called up by the national team. The national team match day has little impact on them.

Even so, the head coach Sergio did not let Zhao Yang participate in the training on the second day, and asked him to follow the assistant coach for physical recovery.

The day before the match against Malaga, after training, Sergio went to find Zhao Yang himself, saying that his opponent, Malaga, was not weak. If the Spaniard wanted to win, he might not be able to rest, at least he would He has to be on the substitute list, depending on the situation, he may not be able to play.

In fact, Zhao Yang wanted to rest. He had just played professional games for half a year, and his physical fitness was not very good. He was able to hold on, mainly because he was young.

During this ten-thousand-mile flight, he played two games in a row, and he had to win both games. The pressure was very high. Zhao Yang could be said to be physically and mentally exhausted, and he really wanted to rest.

However, this round, Real Madrid and Barcelona will have a national derby. At present, Real Madrid has 24 points and the Spaniard has 22 points. If Real Madrid loses and the Spaniard wins, then the Spaniard may enter the top three in the standings.

I don’t know how many years ago the Spaniard reached the top three in the standings last time. If it can be done, it will be a great encouragement to the team and fans.

In this situation, how could Zhao Yang say to rest, how could he rest.

So Zhao Yang said that he is not tired yet, everything will be arranged by the coaching staff.

In fact, Malaga is not only not weak, but actually very strong.

Malaga was No.9 last season, with better results than the Spaniard. It is also a veteran mid-range team, and it is also one of the Spaniard's opponents competing for European qualification.

In the first half of this season, Málaga was a bit broken. They played 11 rounds in the league. They lost 6 games, drew 1 game, won only 3 games, and ranked 17th in the league.

But no team dared to underestimate Malaga because of this.

Malaga, with such poor results, beat Barcelona away last season, drew with Real Madrid this season, and lost to Barcelona by 1 goal. This is not something that ordinary teams can do.

Malaga was able to draw with the giants, mainly because their defense was quite good, and there was also a super goalkeeper, Cameroon international Kameni.

Malaga coach Javier Gracia took over the coach from the German Schuster last season. Gracia is good at training defense. His usual formation is 4-4-2, and his coaching style is stable. host.Last season, relying on a solid defense and a quick sneak attack to counterattack, the team defeated the giants Barcelona in an away game.

This season is so weak that they are not defending. The main reason is that the head striker Juanmi moved to Southampton in the Premier League, resulting in a decline in attack power.

In this round of the league, Malaga, who is on the defensive line, will challenge the Spaniard, who has superior offensive power, in an away game.

Zhao Yang, who had previously scored 11 goals in 9 rounds of La Liga, scored 12 goals in two games for the national team.Zhao Yang's firepower was so ferocious that even the people of Malaga were terrified.

Before the game, Malaga coach Gracia said that one point from the Spaniard at home is a victory, and the Spaniard has the ability to qualify for the Champions League this season.

This is obviously flattery.

Although the Spaniard has been outstanding this season, it is still very difficult to get a seat in the Champions League. You can imagine a seat in the Europa League.

Al Thani, the owner and chairman of Malaga, said more truthfully. He said: "Malaga and the Spaniard are of equal strength. Last season, we had a No.9, a No.10, and a good at attacking. One is good at defending, and whoever wants to win the game depends on who plays better on the spot."

Both Gracia and Al Thani also talked about Zhao Yang.

Gracia said: "Zhao Yang is a legend. His experience will surely inspire countless teenagers to go to the professional football field. Zhao Yang has comprehensive skills and superb shooting skills. He is a dangerous killer. We will take special care of him."

Al Thani said: "I scored 12 goals in two games. I couldn't believe it was true after watching the game highlights. I am very envious of the Espanyol team's insight and knowledge, and they have dug such an outstanding talent from West C. Such a It is difficult to stop the striker, but not impossible, I believe Gracia will have a way to deal with Zhao Yang."

Espanyol head coach Sergio was fascinated before the game. He told reporters that Zhao Yang was too tired, and the jet lag was not reversed. The team doctor suggested that Zhao Yang should rest.Zhao Yang himself hopes to play in this game. Considering the long-term prospects of the team, he will communicate with the team doctor and assistant coaches to see if Zhao Yang will be sent to play.

Sergio did not forget to praise Asensio, who was depressed for not being in the national team.

"Even if Zhao Yang can't play, we still have Asensio, he is also a genius who can change the game. Malaga has not been in a good state recently, and I believe we have a chance to beat them at home."

Sergio's smoke array did confuse Gracia a bit, because Zhao Yang was not even on the squad at the beginning, and was added later, but the starting list has not been announced until an hour before the game, Malaga did not know, Zhao Yang Did not start, but sat on the bench.

The derby of the century between Real Madrid and Barcelona started two hours before the match between Espanyol and Malaga.

When the Espanyol and Malaga game kicked off, the Real Madrid and Barcelona game was over.

Although Messi did not play in this game due to injury, Barcelona still swept Real Madrid away with a big score of 4:0, continued to lead the standings, and widened the points gap with rival Real Madrid to 6 points.

Although Barcelona is the Spaniard's rival in the same city and Real Madrid is the Spaniard's ally, but this time Barcelona won, the Spaniard is a little happy.

Because the Spaniard definitely has no hope of winning the championship, it doesn't matter who wins the championship, but if Real Madrid loses, the Spaniard sees the hope of reaching the top three in the standings.

So after the game started, the Espanyol players and fans were very excited, wishing they could eat Malaga in one bite.

Malaga's offensive power is not good, and the away game is even worse. They have played 11 rounds this season, and Malaga has not scored too many points in the away game. It is a typical away game bug.

However, it is not so easy for the Spaniard to break through Malaga's goal quickly.

Facing the onslaught of the Spaniards, the Malagasy sniped tenaciously in the midfield to prevent the Spaniards from easily attacking their penalty area.

Even so, the Spaniard still found a chance to score. In the 5th minute of the game, midfielder Perez broke through from the right. After entering the penalty area, he dunked the defender and volleyed the lower left corner of the goal.

This was almost a chance to kill, but Cameroon international Kameni reacted quickly and blocked the ball with his foot.