Golden Greenery

Sitting on the bench of the Anoeta Stadium, Zhuo Yang was still absent-minded. These days, he has never determined where the next stop of his football journey will be.

San Sebastian is an important town on the Atlantic coast of the Basque Country, adjacent to France, but it can be seen from the word 'Royal' in the name of the Real Sociedad Club that it competes with Athletic Bilbao, the flag team of the Basque Country. The political stance is completely different, just like Barcelona and Real Espanyol.

In the 2002-03 season, Real Sociedad suddenly emerged and has always occupied the top spot in the La Liga standings. Unfortunately, it vented its anger at the last moment, allowing Real Madrid to reverse and win the championship. Since then, Real Sociedad has been in dire straits, struggling to avoid relegation every year.

Real Sociedad was relegated in 2007 and did not return to the unfamiliar La Liga arena until this season. At the Camp Nou in the first half of last year, Real Sociedad was beaten 5:0 by Barcelona. Zhuoyang, who was aiming to score points, scored four goals.

Today is the 34th round of La Liga in the 2010-11 season. 20 teams are fighting each other, and there are not many 38 rounds left. Barcelona, ​​which is at the top of the league standings, is 11 points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid. In yesterday's game, Real Madrid unexpectedly lost 2:3 at home to Zaragoza.

In other words, if Barcelona can defeat Real Sociedad today, it will win the La Liga championship four rounds in advance.

Although this championship is already in hand, it is naturally a happy event to be sure of it early. Even so, Guardiola still planned to have a full substitute lineup for this game. The original plan was to have only Xavi as the core main force, and the other big tigers would be on the bench.

Real Sociedad is weak on the one hand. The second leg of the Champions League semi-finals with Real Madrid four days later is the highlight. Although the 2:0 lead is reassuring, Real Madrid has never been a fuel-efficient lamp.

In fact, Real Madrid also reserved their strength to prepare for the second round yesterday and played more than half of the substitutes. Only then did Jingzhou accidentally capsize against Zaragoza. Among these substitutes, Kaka, who had just won a thousand pieces of gold, played the entire game.

Luca and Isabella, a son and a daughter, Kaka said to Zhuo Yang on the phone: My life is complete.

Although his words were full of joy, Zhuo Yang could hear a hint of old-fashionedness for some reason. Today, Kaká has flown directly to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to visit his wife Caroline and the little cotton-padded jacket whom he met for the first time. He is not on Mourinho's squad for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Zhuoyang was forced to sit on the bench by Guardiola today to recharge his batteries. He had nothing to do with Boss Mei at first, but he took the initiative to ask for a starting spot. After some thought, Guardiola agreed to his request because he had been training in the past few days. Messi's condition is obviously not good, so it might be useful to let him feel better in this game.

Zhuo Yang didn't know whether Messi knew about Mei's father's request beforehand, but it didn't matter to him. Zhuo Yang didn't want to think about it at all.

Zhuoyang has not told anyone in the team about his decision to leave Barcelona. Before he has determined his whereabouts, he does not intend to make it known to everyone. Especially in the most critical final stage of the season, when he thinks about heaven and hell in the Champions League, it makes him sad. It's not a good thing for teammates to have too many ideas.

So far, this decision is only known to the family, Coco and agent Mino Raiola. My sister is in the United States and Fatty is in Brazil. They made an appointment with Zhuo Yang to gather in Barcelona for further discussions after the second round with Real Madrid.

Zhuoyang's heart was calm, and his performance was the same as usual. He was already a veteran in transfer matters. Leaving Barcelona was not as worrying about him as being separated from Kou Kou.

Boss Mei has been somewhat silent in the past two days. Fortunately, he is not usually a talkative person. No one noticed any big difference in his mood, but the state he showed in training was indeed a mess.

When it comes to playing football, who hasn’t experienced ups and downs? Although it is not common for Boss Mei to be in such a sluggish state, it is not unusual among professional players. It may have passed in two or three days.

Guardiola thought the same way, so Messi's request for a fight seemed very reasonable to him, so he let him make adjustments during the game.

The other starters, with the exception of Xavi, were all regular substitutes, and even the old Pinto was used as the goalkeeper.

Jose Pinto was suspended for seven games by UEFA for attacking Real Madrid assistant coach Cendo in front of the referee. At the age of 36, this also means that he has basically bid farewell to the European competition.

Old Pinto didn't care at all, because being on the bench for 10,000 games would not make him more popular than these two slaps. Jose Pinto became famous, and that was the most important thing.

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Although Real Sociedad has been in the middle of the standings this season and has no worries about relegation, the gap in strength between them and Barcelona is naturally obvious. With Messi and Xavi, plus Keita, Mascherano, Afellay and Pinto are all famous players, and Guardiola thinks he has no worries in this game.

In the first half, teenager Thiago's goal gave Barcelona a 1:0 lead in the away game, which seemed to prove this point.

In the 28th minute, Messi was dribbling in the frontcourt. Vergara's pressing was not very powerful, but the boss Messi mixed the ball at his feet and knocked the football on his right foot. It is rare for this kind of thing to happen to Messi.

However, the mistake led to a magical assist. The football just rolled down to Thiago's feet in the penalty area. The 20-year-old youngster pushed the ball behind him. Although Chilean goalkeeper Bravo blocked it with one palm, he still could not stop the football from hitting the crossbar and then running away. Go into the net.

Dribbling errors are just the epitome of the boss Mei's game. The ball was intercepted, offside, impatient in shooting, and stubbornly stuck to the ball. It makes people feel that this is not the boss Mei in the past at all, but like some bad guy pretending to be.

But the more this happens, the more important it is for him to stay on the court and adjust himself. After all, the appearance of a well-formed boss in the Champions League is of great significance to Barcelona. But in this way, Barcelona will suffer.

In the 49th minute of the second half, Messi was intercepted by Zulutusa in the midfield. Real Sociedad took advantage of Barcelona's defense to be caught off guard and counterattacked. Uruguayan forward Ilran not only equalized the score, but Barcelona center back Xiao Milito also made a flying tackle due to haste. I hurt myself again.

Pique replaced Xiaomi, who was holding his knees and wailing. Barcelona now has five injuries in the team, four of which appear in the defense, including General, Coffe, Abidal, Xiaomi, plus one Bojan.

After 1:1, the situation did not change. Boss Mei played more impatiently and made more mistakes.

In the 69th minute, Boss Mei made another passing error, allowing French forward Griezmann to overtake the score. Barcelona fell behind 1:2.

Although this loss does not affect Barcelona's championship season, it is not pleasant to have long nights and dreams. Guardiola stroked his bald head in annoyance, and the sparse short stubble on it has become less and less popping up recently.

Zhuoyang said: "Pep, let me go."