The green devil

The score fell behind, and Almere City was impatient. After the kick-off in the middle circle, they attacked aggressively, trying to equalize the score as quickly as possible.

If the Espanyol team is the main attack, because they are not familiar with the coordination, they are not in the state, and the effect is not good, but sitting in the backcourt, it is easy to counterattack the city of Almere.

The Espanyol has Zhao Yang, Reyes, and Baptistan in the frontcourt, and Jurado can also organize passes.

These people have only practiced together for more than ten days, and they may not be able to attack the tough ones, but it is easy to fight back against a dozen Dutch second teams.

Only 5 minutes after scoring the first goal, the Espanyol found a good opportunity again.

The city of Almere was unable to attack. The Espanyol defender intercepted the opponent's shot and passed the ball to Reyes. Reyes did not stick to the ball this time, nor was he greedy for credit.

During the counterattack, naturally no one stared at Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang took the ball and went straight to the penalty area.

Baptistan ran towards the ribs of the penalty area to open up space for Zhao Yang.

After Reyes passed the ball, he also followed closely to meet Zhao Yang.

There are still two defenders of Almere City in front of Zhao Yang.

Seeing Zhao Yang approaching, getting closer and closer to the penalty area, worried about Zhao Yang's long-range shot, the defenders dared not retreat, one of them did not retreat but advanced, stepped forward to press Zhao Yang.

The Dutch B underdogs didn't know how good Zhao Yang was. A defender came up to press him, thinking that he could restrain Zhao Yang, but as soon as he approached, Zhao Yang gave him a "fried ball" before he made any moves.

Another defender realized that it was not good, and hurried over to defend, but Zhao Yang decisively gave the ball to the unguarded Baptistan.

Baptistan was eager to make a contribution, took a step to catch the ball, raised his foot and pushed to the far corner.

It was too late for the goalkeeper of Almere City to get down to the ground. He reacted quickly and stretched out his foot to block the ball out of the baseline.

Although Jurado's corner kick did not go in, Almere City was already startled, and the attack below was much more careful, not daring to press the whole line.

The first half passed quickly with Almere City's hesitant attack and the Spaniard's sharp counterattack.

In the second half of the game, the Spaniard did not make any substitutions, and Almere City changed a midfielder and a striker to strengthen their offense.

Different from the first half, in the second half Almere City's offense was stronger and more determined, and they threatened the Spaniard's goal many times.

However, the Spaniard is known for his toughness in La Liga, and his defense is not strong, but it is not easy for the Dutch second team to break through.

Almere City got a lot of shooting opportunities, but the striker was not strong enough to grasp it.

On the contrary, in the 55th minute of the second half, the Spaniard once again broke through Almere's goal with a counterattack.

This counterattack was very simple. Almere City's shot was blocked by the Spaniard defender with his body, and then he sent a long pass forward.

Baptistan was very lucky and grabbed the spot. He saw Zhao Yang advance alertly, and immediately flew the header behind the defender.

Zhao Yang originally wanted to snatch the ball in the air, but when he saw that the ball was already within Baptistan's control, he immediately went forward and got the chance of a one-handed ball.

Zhao Yang drove straight to the penalty area.

Almere's goalkeeper strikes.

If it wasn't for a friendly match, Zhao Yang would have shot straight at the start.

But now, Zhao Yang continued to move forward, until the distance between the two sides was about five meters, Zhao Yang made a light flick, passed the goalkeeper, took the ball to the small penalty area and shot an empty goal, rewriting the score as 2:0.

After this goal, the Spaniard played more easily. After 10 minutes, relying on the counterattack of the frontcourt trio, the Spaniard broke through the gate of Almere again and turned the score into 3:0.

This time it was Reyes who scored the goal and Zhao Yang assisted.

Zhao Yang has already scored two goals, and one more goal can complete the hat-trick, but at the front of the penalty area, when facing the goalkeeper, Zhao Yang chose a cross, which gave Reyes his first goal after joining the Spaniard. ball.

Reyes is also a well-known star. After joining the Spaniard with a high salary, the fans have high expectations for him. They hope that he can replace Asensio and help the Spaniard achieve better results.

This is also the reason why Reyes played a bit alone in the first warm-up match.

After this goal, Reyes' pressure was greatly reduced, so his perception of Zhao Yang immediately improved, and he felt that this young man did not get carried away when he became famous, and he was a good teammate.

After Zhao Yang and Reyes scored goals, the Spaniard led by three goals, and the victory was confirmed. Sergio also made timely substitution adjustments.

Zhao Yang and Reyes rested, Caicedo and Moreno played, and Baptistan formed a triple arrow, still following the previous tactics.

Almere City was playing at home, and there were thousands of home fans watching the game. They were so embarrassed by the Spaniard that the players and coaches felt ashamed. In the last time, they gave it a go, hoping to save some face.

After the Spaniard led by three goals, he was also a little slack and was pulled back by Almere City.

However, the new Caicedo and Moreno are not ordinary people. Almere City has too many people in the attack and the defense is empty. The Spaniard seized the opportunity to counterattack. Moreno scored two goals in a row. In the end, they lost 1:5 to the Espanyol at home.

In the first warm-up match, the Espanyol only drew with Utrecht and only scored one goal. The team is in poor condition.

After the game, many media criticized the Spaniard's frontcourt combination, thinking that the newly introduced players were not as good as the original old players.

Reyes was abandoned by Atletico Madrid, and he is no longer the courage of the past. Baptistan is poor in confrontation and soft in style of play. Jurado has no talent in Asensio. Instead of reusing these three, it is better to let Zhao Yang Retreating into the midfield, Caicedo and Moreno acted as forwards.

In such a public opinion environment, not only Reyes and Baptistan are under great pressure, even the head coach Sergio needs a big victory quickly.

In the second warm-up match, the Spaniard won by 4 goals and scored 5 goals. Although the opponent was only the Dutch second team, it also made the Spaniard breathe a sigh of relief.

After the game, the Spaniard's new No. 10 Zhao Yang.

When the head coach Sergio was interviewed, he was very satisfied with the current state of the team and specially praised the three new players.

"We've gotten into the game and I'm sure going into the season we'll be better than last season."

"Reyes has rich experience, can pass and shoot, Baptistan is active in running, has a high golf quotient, and can connect the team. Jurado's mobilization organization is no less than Asensio. The Spaniard has these three players to join. , The strength has increased greatly, and we are confident that we will achieve better results in the next games."