Golden Greenery

Zhuoyang was very depressed. He didn't expect that the opening of the business in 2010 would be so difficult.

In the first game after the New Year, Barcelona ushered in the 16th round opponent of the league, Yellow Submarine Villarreal, at Camp Nou. Before the game, the two teams lined up outside the tunnel to welcome Zhuo Yang as he walked onto the stage holding the double-award trophy. Huang Qian gave him enough face, and the scene was also very joyful.

But that was not the case at the beginning of the game.

Messi and Xiaobai were recovering from injuries, but Guardiola did not dare to let them play. Keita and Toure returned to China to participate in the African Cup of Nations, and the midfield and frontcourt were immediately stretched.

Speaking of this African Cup, it is really a headache for the wealthy teams. The three biggest weirdos of the African Cup: First, due to climate reasons, the game was scheduled to be held in January, which conflicts with the schedules of the five major leagues; second, it is held every two years, and it is said that it must be held so frequently to improve the overall quality of African football. level. Thirdly, African national players have more headaches than wealthy clubs.

Many African national players are very resistant to the African Cup, because returning to participate will delay their competition in the club and affect their competitive status in the club. This is especially obvious among the second-tier teams in Africa. It is unlikely that they will win the championship anyway, there will be no honors, and the participation bonus is nonsense, so if you can push it, push it.

But these international players from the powerful African countries are still willing to go back. Maybe the higher the level, the higher the realm. Of course, except for Cameroon, the star players of the African Lions are all difficult to deal with. Eto'o is also reluctant to ask his grandfather to tell his grandmother. .

Keita and Toure are not absent. Fortunately, Barcelona still has Zhuo Yang, otherwise the midfielder will have to play second-team teenagers, such as Dos Santos.

Zhuo Yang, Busquets, and Xavi form the midfield, with Pedro, Ibrahimovic, and Henry in front. This is almost Barcelona's only midfield and frontcourt lineup, and the thin personnel reserve is evident.

The opponent Villarreal is not weak at all. They tied with Barcelona in the first two seasons here, and the year before that they even defeated Camp Nou.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the game ended with a score of 1:1. Pedro, the youngest in the attacking team, made another new contribution. It’s not surprising that Zhuoyang didn’t score, he’s a midfielder, and it’s not surprising that Henry didn’t score, he was born in the 1970s. It would be unreasonable for Ibrahimovic not to score a goal. He is the main attacking point, and people like Zhuo Yang are surrounding him. After a busy game, Ibrahimovic only received one yellow card.

The referee of this game, Gonzalo Vázquez, finally understood what it meant that Zhu Bajie was not a human being when he looked in the mirror. After the game, both teams denounced him. Barcelona thought his whistle was too soft and too biased, and he turned a blind eye to Huang Qian's many personal fouls; Huang Qian criticized him for missing two penalty kicks and deliberately favoring the home team.

Xavi, the famous La Liga good old guy, blocked Gonzalo Vázquez in the tunnel.

Pointing at his nose: "You are really a fucking talent!"

This draw prevented Barcelona from continuing its pride of winning the league at home in the new season. Fortunately, Real Madrid actually tied with lowly Osasuna 0:0, allowing Barcelona to stay at the top of the list.

Three days later, the New Year's feeling had not completely dissipated. Barcelona suffered a defeat at home. They lost to Sevilla 1:2 in the 1/8 match of the Copa del Rey.

In eleven days, Barcelona would play three consecutive games against Sevilla, two in the Copa del Rey and one in the league, but this first game gave their opponent a showdown.

Keita and Toure did not return, and Zhuoyang still guarded the midfield. Spanish media joked that Guardiola has prepared his jersey and is ready to put himself on the field at any time. Fortunately, Messi and Iniesta returned to the starting lineup, and they formed a trident with Ibrahimovic.

During the game, Zhuoyang recovered the defense to steal the ball and directly launched a long pass to counterattack. The football flew across the half-court accurately to the feet of Ibrahimovic, who was running with long legs.

Ibrahimovic took advantage of the situation and made a small diagonal shot. After passing the attacking goalkeeper Paplo, he volleyed from a small angle and scored.

The ball was scored with a fairy spirit, and Ibrahimovic was still cool as hell after scoring the goal. But today the 22-year-old Spanish international and left winger Diego Capel in the Sevilla team was a bit on fire. He led Sevilla to this victory.

First, he received an inverted triangle pass from Navas who broke through Puyol from the wing. He feinted forward and then quickly turned the ball around, dodging Max to the ground, and then pushed and shot past Pinto's goal with his right foot. .

This time it was the Mexican Max who was defeated.

Shortly after Ibrahimovic equalized, Sevilla counterattacked. The 173cm Capel made the 190cm Zygrinski embarrassed in the struggle for speed. In the end, his legs mixed with garlic and he fell to the ground, taking Capel with him. The ball was brought down, just inside the penalty area line.

Center Negredo, who came out of Real Madrid's youth training, scored another penalty kick against the old Pinto, and Barcelona lost 1:2.

Although the opponents were not weak in these two games, they had a draw and a loss, but they also exposed Barcelona's biggest shortcoming: lack of players. When the players are in poor condition, Guardiola's interchangeable pieces are pitifully poor. Not to mention substitutions, Guardiola's heart skipped a beat when he saw whoever fell on the field.

After two games, it is more important than the score that no one is injured.

Zhuoyang performed quite well in these two games, and he did not have much responsibility for conceding the ball. But because he is a freshly minted double-award man, a target of the fans and media, and because Barcelona's embarrassing score is there, Zhuo Yang's post-match rating is a bit shabby.

The same is true for Messi, but because Zhuo Yang is blocking him in front, the spittle can hardly be sprayed on him.

The game is not a big problem for Zhuo Yang, and it is not a final that determines the outcome. He can just come back next time. But what happened next made him furious because he lost something.

There will be three games against Sevilla, but after the first game there will be a game against Tenerife in the 17th round of La Liga.

Among other La Liga teams playing away games, Tenerife is almost the only place they need to go to on the first day, because it is too far away compared to Spain, which has a small country.

Tenerife is the largest island in the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, which is actually in Africa. It is more than 2,200 kilometers away from Barcelona, ​​which is equivalent to going from Beijing to Guangzhou. The northernmost point of the Spanish mainland is only 800 kilometers from the southernmost point, which is equivalent to Beijing to Zhumadian, Henan.

It takes more than three hours to fly from Barcelona to Tenerife, plus other scattered time. This one-way trip does not take five hours to get off. Obviously, you cannot go and play on the same day. Even if you are Barcelona, ​​you cannot be so confident.

So after training at Gamber Sports City this afternoon, the Barcelona players prepared to wash up, then take the team bus to the airport and rush to Tenerife to prepare for tomorrow's game.

However, when Zhuoyang finished washing and was about to change clothes, he opened his cabinet and found that the Cartier watch inside was missing.

Zhuo Yang has been wearing this Cartier Santos men's watch with a black belt and glossy surface for eight years, and it is also his only watch.

This was the first gift Li Xiaoqing gave him when he was in Hannover, a Christmas gift.