The green devil

Soon, Zhao Yang knew that he was famous.

Not only in China, but also in Barcelona, ​​walking on the street, people often recognize him and point at him, saying that he is the Chinese who scored twice against Real Madrid.

During training, there are also fans who come specially for him, but most of them are overseas Chinese students and tourists.

Even just entering the industry, Zhao Yang understands that this reputation is illusory, and if he cannot continue to perform well in the future, this reputation will soon disappear.

Just like King Dong in those days.

In the fourth round, the Espanyol's opponent is Real Sociedad.

The Royal Society is also known as the Royal Underworld in China because of its tough and rough style of play.

Real Sociedad ranked 12th last season, which was worse than the Espanyol, and they were eligible for relegation.

In the first three rounds of this season, Real Sociedad performed poorly, with two draws and one loss, and only two points.

Although they are all from the royal family and their relationship is not bad, but it is about relegation, and no one will show mercy to their opponents.

Last season, the Espanyol and Real Sociedad each scored three points at their home courts, which was a great joy.

This season, the Espanyol team has lost a lot of blood. Zhao Yang can only be regarded as a blind box. He does not know what will happen next. The introduction of Moreno and Perez from Villarreal and the loan of Baldi from the international team are definitely tasteless.

In addition to the fact that Real Sociedad loaned last season's parallel import king Finn Boasson to Greece, only Ayrstone had one more main player to leave the team. In terms of signings, they spent 720 million euros to buy the efficient killer Jonatas and rented the Portuguese international to fly to Greece. Wing Bruma and Porto defender Diego Reyes, the strength of the lineup has been significantly improved,

In terms of coaching, head coach Moyes took over from Alazat as the firefighting coach last season. He successfully led the team to relegation and rebounded to the mid-range ranking. He also defeated Barcelona. His coaching ability and experience are better than Sergio.

Fortunately, Real Sociedad is a club that likes to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Last season, they beat Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Atletico Madrid. However, in close matches that should have been an important source of points, the winning rate barely exceeded 10%, the highest in La Liga. Poor.

Judging from the first three rounds of competition, it seems that Real Sociedad is no longer robbing the rich, but still helping the poor.

In the away game against Real Sociedad, Zhao Yang is basically sure that he will play, but Zhao Yang is not sure whether he will be the main player or a substitute.

In this week's training, head coach Sergio increased the running-in between Zhao Yang and the main lineup, but he also spent a lot of time with the substitutes.

Sergio attaches great importance to Zhao Yang, but he is not close, and basically does not communicate in private.

On Saturday, before the Espanyol went to Real Sociedad's home stadium Anoeta, head coach Sergio announced the squad for the fourth round, and Zhao Yang appeared on the list as expected.

Perhaps out of the plan to control violence with violence, Zhao Yang's only friend Diop in the team has also entered the squad again.

The team came to San Sebadian, stayed in the booked hotel, and went to the Anoeta Stadium in the evening to adapt to the venue.

For the Anoeta Stadium, Zhao Yang is still full of expectations. He hopes that he can sign here.

Real Sociedad was established around the same time as the Spaniards, but judging from the record, Real Sociedad is better than the Spaniards. Not only have they won two championships, but they have also set a record of 38 unbeaten games in La Liga.

How can there be no ball accumulation in such a stadium?

However, after walking into the stadium, no reminder sounded in my mind, which also means that there is no ball accumulation in the Anoeta Stadium and I cannot sign in.

Zhao Yang was a little depressed.

After the adaptive training was over, when he returned to the hotel, the head coach Sergio called Zhao Yang to his room.

Zhao Yang's heart tightened, he didn't know whether Sergio was here to tell him whether he was the starter or the substitute.

Sergio pulled the chair over to let Zhao Yang sit down, and said to Zhao Yang, "How do you feel about the recent training, do you cooperate with your teammates tacitly?"

Zhao Yang said: "The training is okay, the coordination is much better than before."

Sergio nodded and said: "You came too late, and it will take time to cooperate. Have you watched the video Antonio gave you? What do you think?"

Zhao Yangdao: "I have studied the video coach Antonio gave me. I think Real Sociedad is not easy to play. Their style of play is similar to that of West C. It is simple and rough, with strong impact."

Sergio nodded, realizing that Zhao Yang must have really watched the video.He coughed and continued to Zhao Yang: "You performed quite well in the last game and helped the team relieve the pressure. Originally, you should have started this game against Real Sociedad, but the analysis by the coaching staff found that your physical fitness It’s still a little weaker, and coming off the bench can give full play to your role. In addition, Real Madrid’s social style of play is very aggressive. The coaching staff thinks, first kill their physical fitness and fighting spirit, and then you go up to attack? What do you think?”

Hearing that he could not start, Zhao Yang was a little disappointed. After all, starting is also an honor, which represents the main position. Now it seems that the head coach Sergio does not trust him so much.

"I obey the coaching staff's arrangement in everything." Zhao Yang tried his best to squeeze out a smile.

Sergio was very happy. He was a little afraid that Zhao Yang would do something wrong again, such as find an agent to put pressure on the team.

"Okay, it's good that you can understand. It's not that the substitute can't make contributions, just like the last game, go back and have a good rest, and there will be a game tomorrow."

Zhao Yang said goodbye to Sergio and went back to his room.

As soon as he arrived in the room, Diop, who lived with him, asked Zhao Yang, "Why did the coach ask you? Are you going to start?"

Zhao Yang smiled wryly and said, "Starting? If you think too much, it's better to be a substitute."

Diop said in surprise: "No, you performed so well last time."

Zhao Yang said: "Why did I lie to you, I will find out tomorrow."

Diop said happily: "It's best for us to appear on the stage together tomorrow. You attack and I defend. The effect will definitely be very good."

Zhao Yang said: "Why think so much, maybe we won't have the chance to play."

Diop said sadly: "You will definitely play, so I can't say."

Zhao Yang said: "Don't think so much, don't you know tomorrow? Go to sleep."

The next morning, at the press conference, Espanyol coach Sergio announced the starting list for the match against Real Sociedad, and Zhao Yang did not appear in it.

Zhou Xing, a Chinese reporter who attended the press conference, questioned Sergio on the spot, which made Sergio very unhappy. He reprimanded Zhou Xing and said, "It is my right to arrange which player to start. It is necessary to explain to the outside world. Zhao Yang is an excellent player, and the coaching staff has their own considerations for using him. I hope that I will not ask such a question again next time, otherwise, I will refuse to answer your question.”