Fox in the Penalty Area

"Fox in the Forbidden Zone"

The opening match of the 0708 La Liga season was between the defending champion Catalonia United and last season's 11th place Turias.

This summer, Catalonia United are pursuing Hulay and Kabangca at the same time.

As a result, Hulay chose Madrid Pirates, while Kabangca failed to join Catalonia because Manchester United did not agree to release him.

As a result, Catalonia United spent more than a month's efforts, but came up empty-handed.

This does not mean that they have gained nothing in the transfer market, but they have not made any important signings.

The important signing is naturally Hu Lai or Kabangka.

Of course, they have not given up on continuing to introduce Kabangka. After all, the transfer window has not yet closed. Before September 1, anything can happen.

After wresting a league title from the Madrid Kings, who had won three consecutive league titles, Catalonia United are ambitious. On the one hand, they want to stabilize their performance in La Liga. On the other hand, they naturally pursue a breakthrough in the Champions League and win the Champions League again. champion.

Neither of the two strong players won, which is not good news for Catalonia in the new season.

But for the talented player they trained themselves, Mario Salado, it is a major benefit.

Because this means that the team will give him more opportunities and rely more on him, and he will be able to fully get a stage to train and display his talents.

Salado suffered an injury last season and was sidelined for three months. This is the first major injury he has suffered since joining the Catalan United first team.

Fortunately, he recovered well and did not leave any sequelae. With the rapid recovery ability of his young body, he still performed well after returning to the court.

After missing three months due to injury, he scored 14 goals and provided eight assists for Catalonia in La Liga throughout the season.

Scored one goal and assisted three times in the Champions League.

Scored six goals and assisted one in the Copa del Rey.

In one season, he scored 21 goals and provided 12 assists.

The performance is outstanding.

Already regarded by the Catalan media as someone who can truly compete with Melli.

Catalan United also stepped up their efforts to train Salado even though they did not obtain Kabangka.

Of course, this does not mean that Catalonia has given up on Cabangka. They will definitely continue to work hard to win Cabangka.

And with Julay joining Madrid Pirates, Catalonia can even use this as bait to lure Capangca and help him make up his mind - Julay and Melly are both in La Liga. Don't you want to come to Catalonia to play with them? Is one person better or worse?

Although Hulay is far inferior to Melli in terms of personal honors and team honors, because of the transfer fee of 120 million, he has become the most valuable player among players under the age of 24.

So to a certain extent, he can indeed be compared to Melly.

It is recognized by public opinion that Hu Lai has become a leader among young people in world football.

At the same time, his every move after moving to Madrid Pirates will be closely watched by the media to see if he can live up to everyone's evaluation and expectations of him.

One hundred and twenty million euros, even in the entire European football world, is a huge transfer fee.

It is the only one among players under the age of 24.

This is not only a great honor, but also a huge pressure for Hu Lai.

If he performs poorly and is dissatisfied with La Liga, he will become the biggest parallel import in the history of Madrid Pirates Club. Even if it is put into the entire La Liga history, he can compete for the top spot.

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In the opening game of the league, Mario Salado, who started for Catalan United, was very active. He scored one goal and assisted two goals, helping Catalan United beat Turias with six goals at home.

As the 11th player last season, Turias's strength is good. After all, they are a small team, but their results in recent years have been stable in the middle. Even ranked sixth in 2005, thus qualifying for the Europa League.

So this eleventh place last season was achieved when they participated in the Europa League.

In this comparison, they are much better than Saria, who participated in the Europa League but caused the team to be relegated.

Such a team that is stable in the middle and can still compete for European qualifications was beaten 0:6 by Catalonia United in the first round of the league.

This shows the strength of Catalan United.

At the same time, it also allowed outsiders like Hu Lai to see the power of the "Western Super League".

The so-called "Spanish Super League" means that the three super giants in La Liga are obviously stronger than other teams. overtake". The other seventeen teams play in the First Division, one level below the Super League.

Similarly, England has many big ones.

But because there are as many as six giant teams in England, the competition between the giants is fierce enough, so there will not be a monopoly.

The top three of the Western Premier League are too far apart from other Spanish teams, forming a monopoly.

Historically, La Liga has gone through 117 years and produced 113 league champions - it was suspended for three years due to the Spanish Civil War.

Of the 113 league titles, Kings of Madrid have 35, Catalonia has 28, and Pirates of Madrid have 20.

The three Spanish Super League champions have won a total of 83 championships, accounting for 73% of the total number of La Liga championships.

It can be said to be very monopolistic.

And these three teams are also the only teams in La Liga history that have never been relegated.

That's why they can become the top three in the Western Premier League.

Of course, the reasons why these three companies have become giants are different.

The King of Madrid initially relied on the royal family, and later became the favorite of big capitalists, nobles, and wealthy people. They took the upper-class route.

Catalonia United is backed by all of Catalonia and uses the most economically developed regions to supply this team and develop a wealthy club.

The Pirates of Madrid really rely on the working class and the people at the bottom, relying on the fighting spirit, and using their own fighting power to win enough honors, so that they can be called the "Three Heroes of the Western Super League" with the first two. Of course, Madrid Pirates also had large capital injections in this process, and many of its presidents were also very wealthy. But without exception, these rich people are from the bottom, started from scratch, and worked hard.

For example, although Carlos Rombo, the current chairman of Madrid Pirates Club, is a rich man with assets of 800 million euros, he was originally from a civilian family in the south city of Madrid, and he made his fortune through hard work step by step.

He has been a die-hard fan of Madrid Pirates since he was a child. For an ordinary family like his, Madrid Pirates is simply their belief. So even if he becomes rich, he has not changed his beliefs and still loves Madrid Pirates. He loved it so much that he became the club president of Madrid Pirates.

Compared with those small teams that really come from the bottom, the Madrid Pirates are certainly behemoths. But if compared with the Madrid Kings and Catalonia United, it is indeed slightly inferior.

This can be seen from the net worth of the club presidents of the two rival teams in the same city:

As mentioned before, Carlos Rombo, the chairman of Madrid Pirates Club, has a net worth of 800 million euros and can only rank 50th on the Spanish rich list. Juan Benetto, chairman of the Madrid Kings Club, has a net worth of 2.5 billion euros and ranks among the top ten richest people in Spain.

If nothing else happens, the La Liga champions this season will also be born among the three Spanish Super League teams: Madrid Kings, Madrid Pirates and Catalan United.

It's hard for other teams to compete with them.

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After the match between Catalonia and Turias, the new La Liga season has completely kicked off.

Zhang Qinghuan also ushered in the first game of his second La Liga season.

Last season, Saria struggled to avoid relegation in the league. Unexpectedly, it soared in the end. At the end of the season, it finished seventh in the league. With the Copa del Rey champion, Madrid Kings already qualified for the Champions League and won the opportunity to participate in the European Champions League. Fed Cup tickets.

So this summer, Sarria Club first renewed the contract with the team's head coach Arno Casas, and then recruited new players to expand its strength. I hope they won’t make the same mistake this time and can not only achieve a breakthrough in the Europa League but also successfully stay in the First Division.

Although Saria strengthened the lineup, Zhang Qinghuan still won the trust of head coach Casas. He started the first game of the new season.

In the end, Saria drew with Samirspor in the away game.

Zhang Qinghuan did not score a goal or assist in the game.

As a midfield commander, his performance was quite satisfactory.

In fact, for many people, this performance is already qualified.

Because I made no mistakes.

As long as he doesn't make mistakes, he can earn a spot in this team's starting lineup.

Only if you can play consecutive games can you have a chance to perform well.

Moreover, Zhang Qinghuan, who is already a sophomore in La Liga, obviously attracted the attention of his opponents during the game.

Under such circumstances, it is really good to be able to perform like this.

You can't hold Hu Lai's standards to Zhang Qinghuan, they are completely different.

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The game between Sarria and Samirspor was played in the evening, and Zhang Qinghuan did not return to his home in downtown Barcelona until the next day.

After dinner with Uncle Yong in the evening, they stayed in front of the TV to watch another game.

The TV is showing the Madrid Pirates bus heading towards Sevilla Navigators' home stadium, the Windsurfing Stadium.

There were police escorts in front and behind the bus.

They are not here to help the Madrid Pirates show their majesty, but to protect the Madrid Pirates.

Because there are some private cars dotted just behind the bus and the police.

These are fans of Sevilla Navigators. They followed the Madrid Pirates bus, shouting and cursing all the way, and chased it all the way.

Zhang Qinghuan, who has played in La Liga for a year, has naturally seen this kind of scene. He laughed: "Haha! I wonder if Hu Lai can bear this 'meeting gift' from the Navigator!"

Then the broadcast screen switched to a close-up shot of the pirate's black bus.

It was Hu Lai who appeared in the car window in the camera.

I saw him holding his mobile phone and facing out the car window, seemingly taking photos or recording videos.

He regarded this noisy scene as a peep show! (To be continued)