The green devil

That night, the Football Association held a big banquet to celebrate the team's promotion to the top 12.

It was almost ten o'clock when the game ended, and it was almost one o'clock after the banquet.

The next morning, when it was still daylight, Zhao Yang took the high-speed train to the capital and flew back to Spain from the capital.

Zhao Yang was unlucky. When he arrived in the capital, it rained heavily and all flights were grounded.

It rained heavily until the afternoon, Zhao Yang had to spend the night in the capital, and was able to return to Barcelona the next night.

At this time, all the Spaniard players have returned to the team, and Zhao Yang is the only player who is late.

Considering that Zhao Yang’s long journey was too hard, Espanyol coach Sergio gave Zhao Yang a day off to rest at home, and followed the team directly to Malaga the next day to challenge the Malaga team away .

Malaga is currently ranked eighth and is a mid-range team, but they have always been one of the most difficult mid-range teams to deal with.

This season, Malaga relied on its excellent defensive counterattack tactics to draw with the mighty Real Madrid.

Although the Spaniard defeated Malaga 3:0 in the first round, he did not dare to underestimate Malaga.

After all, Malaga at home is completely different from Malaga away.

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 often the next league game will either be tied or lost.

The last time the Spaniard played against Malaga was after the national team match day, and this time it was after the national team match day.

Compared with the first half, the Spaniard seems to be more "poisoned" this time, and the players participating in the national team game looked very tired during the game.

Especially Zhao Yang, not only was his footsteps slow, but his reaction was far worse than usual.

In the 8th minute of the first half, Asensio passed Perez obliquely. After Perez broke through the bottom line, he passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area to find Zhao Yang.

The ball was passed to the neutral position. As long as Zhao Yang got rid of the defender, he would have a chance to score.

However, Zhao Yang disappointed his teammates. He failed to get rid of the defense, and the ball was destroyed by the defender following him and went out of the baseline.

Then Asensio sent a corner kick, and Zhao Yang grabbed the landing point, but he didn't jump high enough, and the ball flew above his head and flew out of the baseline.

Malaga goalkeeper Ochoa was a little surprised, and he went over and patted Zhao Yang on the shoulder friendly.

The head coach Sergio on the sidelines couldn't help shaking his head, regretting that he arranged for Zhao Yang to start.

With Zhao Yang's current state, it is obviously more appropriate to play as a substitute.

The Malaga players saw Zhao Yang's weakness, and they became more unscrupulous when attacking.

However, Malaga is a team with strong offense and weak defense. Although the Spaniards are not in good condition and gave them many opportunities to attack, Malaga has not been able to grasp it.

Seeing that the first half was about to pass, Malaga launched a wave of fierce attacks at this time.

After consecutive passes from the wing, Miguel crossed the ball into the penalty area, looking for Horta who advanced forward.

Horta didn't stop the ball, knocked horizontally and passed it to forward Kopp.

Cope took the ball and wanted to shoot from an angle, but was bumped from behind by the Spaniard's midfielder Diop and fell down in the penalty area.

Under the denunciation of the fans, the referee did not hesitate to point directly to the penalty spot and showed Diop a yellow card.

Forward Kopp, who made the penalty kick, took the penalty himself. He swung Lopez past Lopez with a feint and pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.

1:0

Malaga took the lead towards the end of the first half.

When the ball was conceded, the Spaniard coach Sergio looked very ugly.

In yesterday's game, Atletico Madrid beat Betis with 5 goals. If the Spaniard loses this game, I am afraid there will be no chance to catch up with Atletico Madrid.

After Malaga's goal, the first half ended quickly.

The Espanyol players returned to the locker room. Head coach Sergio found Zhao Yang and said, "Zhao, how do you feel? Can you hold on in the second half?"

Although Zhao Yang was a little tired, but the team was still behind, he said, "Coach, I have no problem."

Sergio said: "Then I'm relieved."

After talking with Zhao Yang alone, Sergio said to the players: "I know that everyone has had a hard time playing the national team, but we must persevere. There are 7 rounds left in the league, and each round is very important. Don't think we are ahead of Villarreal by many points, anything can happen."

Afterwards, Sergio made simple adjustments to the tactics of the first half, mainly to adjust Zhao Yang's position, allowing him to move more on the side to avoid being surrounded by Malaga's heavy troops.

This adjustment is still very wise. Zhao Yang is not in good physical condition and is not suitable for entanglement with many defensive players in the middle.

After the start of the second half, the Spaniard quickly set off several waves of attack.

Top in the middle Moreno is in good physical condition, he messed up Malaga's defense in the middle

Although Moreno did not get a chance to shoot, he created opportunities for Asensio and Perez who advanced forward.

In the 64th minute of the game, Asensio split the ball, Zhao Yang made an inward cut, and made a 2-over-2 cooperation with Moreno in the middle, receiving the ball quickly to the bottom.

Moreno attracted troops in the frontcourt, and the Spaniard's midfielder advanced to grab points.

Zhao Yang's pass accurately found Asensio.

But Asensio's header was really ordinary, and he pushed the ball directly into the arms of goalkeeper Ochoa.

Ochoa ran two quick steps, threw the ball and launched a quick counterattack.

However, the Spaniard was very tight about the transition between offense and defense. As soon as the ball reached the frontcourt, it was cut off by the Spaniard's defender, and then launched an attack again.

This attack gave Malaga an unstable foothold. Asensio made a through pass to Moreno, and Moreno formed a chance to go to the meeting alone.

Malaga goalkeeper Ochoa made a decisive attack, rushed to the penalty area line, and destroyed the ball with his foot.

At this time, it was an excellent opportunity to equalize. Seeing Moreno's one-handed goal was destroyed by the opponent's goalkeeper, the head coach Sergio threw away the tactical board angrily.

In the 70th minute of the game, Zhao Yang took the ball from the wing and cut inside.

Perez slipped behind Zhao Yang.

Perez's forward drive created an opportunity for Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang dodged a defensive player at the front of the penalty area and shot directly.

When he kicked, Zhao Yang felt that the ball had the power and angle.

However, goalkeeper Ochoa has been in very good form recently. He has kept his opponent clean for two consecutive rounds.

Ochoa's performance drew cheers from the fans in the stands.

The Spaniard got a corner kick, Asensio and Zhao Yang played a tactical corner kick, and Zhao Yang passed the ball low to the penalty area.

At this time, the Spaniard's midfielder Diop inserted from the back row at high speed, and a powerful header broke through the gate guarded by Ochoa.

1:1

Diop unexpectedly equalized the score.

Both Malaga and the Spaniard were not happy with the draw, and a confrontation ensued.

However, Malaga's offensive power was weak, and the Spaniard was not in good condition. In the end, no one was able to score again. In the end, the two sides could only shake hands reluctantly.