The green devil

The Spaniard was able to reach the semi-finals this season. Not only has his strength improved greatly, but he has also been reborn mentally, and he has the temperament of a strong team.

If it was last season, with 3 minutes left in the first half and a two-goal lead, there is a high probability that the Spaniard will not attack again.

But now, the Spaniards will not forgive others when they have reason. Under the leadership of the young Zhao Yang and Asensio, they suddenly pressed the whole court, as if they were going to seal the victory in the first half.

Athletic Bilbao conceded two goals in a row, and their morale was low. Seeing that the game was coming to an end, they had no intention of fighting. Under the pressure of the Spaniard, they lost their positions.

In a panic, Athletic Bilbao did not dare to pass in the backcourt, and drove towards the frontcourt with a big kick.

The ball was pushed to the wing by Spaniard defender Rocco and passed to Perez, who then passed to Moreno. Moreno did not stop the ball, nor did he go down to the bottom, and passed it across to the penalty area.

The Spaniard's Zhao Yang and Caicedo in the middle, and Cheryshev on the side, rushed towards the penalty area together.

Under normal circumstances, this is a pass without much threat. Athletic Bilbao's players are still near their own penalty area, and their defensive position has not been lost.

However, Athletic Bilbao had just conceded two goals. The players not only had low morale, but also lost courage, like a frightened bird.

Seeing the opponent shoot three arrows and rushing to the penalty area together, the Athletic Bilbao players hurriedly headed the ball to clear the siege. Unexpectedly, they made a mistake in their haste. The central defender Laporte, who has always been known for his stability, wanted to shake his head and make a clearance to the sideline. Headed the ball towards his own goal.

Goalkeeper Elisos was concentrating on defending the Spaniard's players, but he didn't expect that there was an undercover agent in his team.

Fortunately, Laporte's top position was somewhat upright, and Elisos subconsciously jumped up and slapped the ball with one hand.

Elisos saved his teammate and prevented Laporte from scoring an own goal.But it helped the Spaniard's winger Cheryshev.

Cheryshev saw that Laporte had grabbed the spot and was about to withdraw to the side. When he found that Laporte had "shot", he stopped to watch the excitement.

At this moment, goalkeeper Elisos patted the ball towards him.

This is a big gift bag hit on the head!

Cheryshev headed the ball almost subconsciously, and the ball flew steadily into the unguarded goal.

3:0.

Cheryshev did not expect to score a goal at all. After the goal was scored, he stood there in a daze before he could react.

The other players of the Spaniard reacted quickly and rushed to Cheryshev immediately, hugging him to celebrate the goal.

The Espanyol fans in the stands were surprised and delighted, and couldn't believe their eyes.

After being stunned for a moment, he began to applaud wildly.

Sergio on the sidelines calmed down after Cheryshev scored the third goal, just smiled and applauded without doing much celebration.

Valverde, the coach of Athletic Bilbao, squatted on the ground angrily.

Although he bears a lot of responsibility for the conceded goal, he should have made appropriate adjustments and even criticized a few words when he conceded the second goal, but Valverde did not make any changes.

However, the direct cause of the conceded goal was Laporte's "header", followed by Cheryshev's goal.

Conceding three goals in the first half, Valverde knew that the game was basically a confession. All he could do was to prevent the team from collapsing and being beaten by the opponent with an embarrassing score.

In the commentary booth, the commentators all praised the Spaniard's performance in the first half.

"3:0 at halftime! The Spaniard is so strong!"

"Athletic Bilbao is not considered an underdog. As a result, the Spaniard scored three goals in halftime. The Spaniard is really strong this season. If the bench is deep enough, they may even have a chance to compete for the league championship."

"Although Zhao Yang's performance was not as dazzling as the start, he is indispensable for every goal. He is the well-deserved core of the Spaniard."

After this goal and celebration, there was really no time in the first half.

After the kick-off in the middle circle, the referee gave Athletic Bilbao a chance to attack, and then blew the whistle directly, ending the first half of the contest.

During the 15-minute intermission, the Spaniard did not make any adjustments to the lineup and tactics, and still played according to the tactics of the first half.

Athletic Bilbao made major adjustments, changing a striker and an attacking midfielder, preparing for a Jedi counterattack in the second half.

The Espanyol, with three goals in hand, played very easily on the counterattack. They continued to attack Athletic Bilbao's defense with counterattacks.

Although Athletic Bilbao can cause some troubles for the Spaniard's defense from time to time, the Spaniard's counterattack has caused more damage to Athletic Bilbao.

Under the sharp counterattack of the Spaniard, Athletic Bilbao did not dare to go all out offensively, and the game was very difficult.

In the 50 minutes of the game, Athletic Bilbao scored a goal with great difficulty. The Spaniard immediately counterattacked and the teenager Moreno scored another goal.

Athletic Bilbao deserves to be called the Basque Lions. In such a predicament, they still did not give up, continued to counterattack the Spaniard under pressure, and scored a goal in the 80th minute to tie the score at 4. : 2, once made the game tense.

However, the Spaniards played very maturely. At the last moment, they did not fight against Athletic Bilbao. They played steadily and kept the lead until the end of the game.

After defeating Athletic Bilbao 4:2, due to the draw between Villarreal and the leader Barcelona, ​​the Spaniard led Villarreal by 12 points, and they almost locked a Champions League seat.

In the subsequent game, due to Atletico Madrid's big upset, they lost to Sporting Gijon, which allowed the Spaniard to tie Atletico Madrid in points and only ranked third with a goal difference.

If Atletico Madrid continues to lose the chain later, and the Spaniard can continue to be strong, maybe they can overtake Atletico Madrid, reach the top two in the standings, and get the chance to directly enter the Champions League.

Only after this game, the international match day arrived, and the league needs to be suspended for two weeks to make concessions for the national team.

Originally, this time is a happy day for small clubs like the Spaniards, because they don't have many main players of the national team in their teams, so they can recharge their batteries and wait for the league to start.

The players of the rich clubs are basically the main players of their national teams and will return to their home countries to compete.

After returning from the national team game, the players are exhausted even if they are not injured.

After the international break, the rich teams are mostly weak, and they all call this the FIFA virus.

But this time the Spaniards were not spared. Their core players Zhao Yang, Asensio, and main striker Caicedo will all participate in the national team competition. It can be said that this time they not only have no way to wait for work, but have to accept the test of the FIFA virus up.