Chapter 38: Sagrada Familia Stadium

Hu Lai stood in the player tunnel of the Sagrada Familia Stadium, with his teammates.
He is in the heart of this world-famous stadium.
In a few minutes, I will set foot on the court with my teammates from here.
He didn't look carefully in the aisle like when he went to Stan Park, like a curious baby.
Because the player passage of the Sagrada Familia Stadium is not full of photos of their club’s history-Hu Lai has been in Europe for two years, and Stan Park Stadium is really the only one he has ever visited that loves to show off his club history. Of the stadium.
The Sagrada Familia Stadium is actually a long history. This stadium named after the famous landmark of the city of Barcelona, ​​the Sagrada Familia, has been in use for 76 years since it was put into use in 1950. After many reconstructions and expansions, it can now accommodate 120,000 people watching the game at the same time. It is the largest professional football stadium in Europe.
When the stadium was fully occupied, the atmosphere was terrifying.
However, in today's game, the stands of the Sagrada Familia Stadium were not full.
After all, it is usually only when the Barcelona derby, the Spanish national derby, and some very important games, this stadium will be full.
The seat of 120,000 people is not so easy to be filled...
But even if the Sagrada Familia Stadium is not full, it is enough to bring huge pressure to any team that comes here.
Just like now, the Leeds City players are standing in the player tunnel and can clearly hear the noise coming from the outside.
For today's game, Catalonia is bound to win, and the fans of Catalonia are also bound to win.
They are using the collective chant of the Catalan United team to declare their "sovereignty" to the players in Leeds and tell them who they are fighting here.
In addition, the Sagrada Familia Stadium is close to 60 meters high and has an extremely steep slope. At the highest level of the stands, you can barely see some black spots running around on the turf without using a telescope, and you can't see the specific actions at all. Looking up from the court to the top of the stands, it can even give people an illusion, as if a huge stand is squeezed in the middle and may collapse at any time.
It is said that this is done deliberately by the designer, just to put great psychological pressure on the visiting players who are not familiar with this stadium. When they look up to the stands during the game, they will find that the Catalan fans are pressing against them from the air, from all directions, and it will bring them great shock and disturbance.
Thus affecting their performance.
Of course, this statement has not been officially confirmed, and is limited to the "secrets" circulating on the Internet.
But if you go backwards from this statement, you will find that it is really a bit so interesting...
The stands of the Sagrada Familia Stadium are indeed steep, and the visual effect is indeed to tighten and concentrate inward, which will give people a psychological hint of being trapped in heavy encirclement.
If Leeds City’s first Champions League game is an away challenge to Catalonia, this home atmosphere coupled with the strong strength of Catalonia, maybe Leeds City will lose miserably here.
But for the Premier League champions who have been to the Gulf Stadium to challenge the Turkish giants Gulf Lighthouse, in terms of the horror atmosphere at home, the Sagrada Familia Stadium is actually a bit worse than the more primitive Gulf Stadium.
And... Leeds City has captured the Stan Park Stadium, which has been unbeaten for 90 consecutive games. No matter how famous the Sagrada Familia Stadium is, Catalonia has not been unbeaten in this stadium for 90 consecutive games.
Today's Leeds is no longer the hillbilly who hadn't seen much in the market at the time, and he was not so easily frightened by some bluffs.
Just as their head coach Tony Clark reminded them before he played:
"...Always remember that you are not a cat or dog who can only come to participate in the qualifying rounds. You are the champions of the Premier League and one of the eight seeded teams! You are dignified by the champions to participate in the Champions League! So you are in the Champions League. The other teams are no different, not worse than them! What Vesuvius does here, we can do the same! Score their goals and play against them in the way we do best! We get it by attacking. The league champions, we can also rely on offense to face them here!"
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Obliquely behind Hulay, Mario Salado, who started the game, is pinning his fierce gaze on him.
He is observing his opponent in this game.
Although in terms of team performance, Catalonia has overwhelmed Leeds, but Salado, a talented player of Catalonia, did not have the slightest joy.
Because in his personal contest with Hu Lai, the current Salado is at a disadvantage.
After four rounds of the Champions League group stage, Salado still missed a goal, but had two assists...
Damn it, I've known it a long time ago and assisted with Hulaibi!
As for Hulay, he scored in the first Champions League match, and then in the last group stage, Leeds City also scored a goal in the 2:3 home defeat to Vesuvius.
In this way, two Champions League goals have been scored.
In the number of goals in the Champions League, 2:0, Hu Lai temporarily leads.
Salado focused his attention on Hu Lai, while putting aside distracting thoughts, he decided to compete with Hu Lai only in this game.
He doesn't care about other games, or this kind of direct dialogue is more valuable.
Before the game, he had a phone call with his good friend Valero, and Valero would come to watch the game as he had promised before.
And he must keep his promise and dedicate his goal to Valero in the game.
He has already inquired about the position of the stands where Valero is, and when he scores the goal, no matter where he is, he will rush to find Valero.
At the same time, he also believes that with the support and blessings of good friends, he will definitely score his first Champions League goal in his career in this game!
He will never let Valero down!
The Leeds city's riddled defense line don't want to stop him from "Super Mario"!
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"Today, the Sagrada Familia Stadium is not full, but there are still 80,000 people... in such an environment, the pressure is great." In front of the TV, Yong Jun looked at the aerial footage of the Sagrada Familia Stadium and said with emotion. .
Zhang Qinghuan sat beside him without saying a word.
Although he is in Barcelona and is very close to this stadium, he hasn't played in this stadium yet... The first round of the Barcelona derby this season is Sarria's home game. He has to wait until the second half at least. Only this season has the opportunity to play in this world-famous stadium. It also depends on his performance in this half of the season whether he can completely impress the head coach Casas and earn a place in the team for himself.
Now think about it, if you are also playing in such an environment by then, what a wonderful thing it would be!
Well, after playing a Barcelona city derby, Zhang Qinghuan didn't feel that such an away atmosphere was daunting. Instead, he was eager to try.
After all, this is one of his important goals for traveling from China to Spain to play.
Only by playing against the masters and against the strong teams can you make progress.
For example, playing in the World Cup this time, although it was only three group matches, he felt that he had benefited a lot.
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Zhang Qinghuan and Yong Jun are definitely not the only ones watching this game in front of the TV.
Xia Xiaoyu, Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi also watched the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV in their homes.
In the past, when they played in China, due to jet lag, the UEFA Champions League game that kicked off at about three o'clock in the middle of the night was basically impossible to watch.
Because staying up late is a taboo for professional players.
During the non-truce period, they must maintain a good schedule at all times so that they can stay vigorous in the training and competition the next day.
Speaking of them, after they came to Europe, they could not catch up with the Champions League.
As players, they are temporarily unable to participate in this highest level of football competition, but this does not prevent them from watching the Champions League games to increase their knowledge and deepen their understanding of European football.
After all, when they were in China, as long as the time was right, they were taken by Qin Lin to watch Hu Lai's Premier League games to learn. So they are all familiar with this matter~EbookFREE.me~ and they can also cheer on Hu Lai by the way.
Also waiting for the game to start is Li Qingqing.
She sat cross-legged on the sofa holding her doll, staring at the TV screen earnestly.
In the picture, Hu Lai and his teammates walked out of the player channel amid the sound of the Champions League theme music.
The shouts at the scene were deafening.
The biggest stadium in Europe is opening its arms to the players of Leeds City, but it is definitely not about hugging them, but like a giant beast, about to swallow them all.
In the close-up, the top scorer of Leeds City has a calm face, not the slightest nervousness. He followed his teammates out of the aisle, holding the little caddy in his hand, looking up naturally, casting his gaze on the famous steep of the Sagrada Familia stadium, the expression on his face did not fluctuate at all.
Upon seeing this, Li Qingqing slightly loosened the doll he was holding tightly in his arms, with a smile on his face.
They can't scare you, Hu Lai, your heart... is big!