Vol 4 Chapter 223: Crystal Palace

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Compared with the coast and the south, Xi’an, which is located in the interior, has a slight lag in development. This is a fact that does not need to be disputed, but there are not many new things in China as a whole.
When Zhuo Yang was born in 1985, a novel hotel was built on Jinhua Road in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an. It became the first five-star hotel in Xi'an that deals with foreign affairs.
Here is an explanation. Among the population of old Xi’an, outside the city gate, or at most to the gate of Yizhan Road, are called'suburbs', but this suburb is not another suburb, not in the usual sense. Suburban concept. When people in Xi'an talk about the real suburbs, they will call the place names directly.
The hotel on Jinhua Road is named after the place, and the hotel is called Jinhua Hotel. Its architectural form is nothing unusual. The difference is that the entire building is covered with bright glass. It looks like a building made of glass, which is shining from a close up and a long distance.
At that time, people didn't see many strange things. The Golden Flower Hotel quickly became a landscape that Xi'an people came to pay special attention to, and it has become one of Xi'an's landmark buildings for a long time.
Not to brag about it, Zhuo Yang made a special trip to see it when he was young, and was held by Zhuo Tongtong and Yang Hong. The Old Zoo in Xi’an is on Jinhua Road. At that time, the children went to see the monkey, lion and the glass house.
It now appears that this kind of onlooker behavior that has never seen the world is very low, but such a beautiful western-style building suddenly appeared in the hinterland of the inland during the early period of reform and opening up, and the impact on people's vision and soul can even be explained in philosophical level.
Westerners are just a little bit early, but they are only more exaggerated in the face of new things.
The world's first all-glass curtain wall building appeared in London. The first World Expo, also known as the International Industrial Fair, was held in Hyde Park in 1851. The royal gardener Joseph Paxton designed and built a huge exhibition hall with steel as the skeleton and covered with transparent glass, which caused a sensation.
The melon-eating crowds from London and even the whole of the UK flocked to see this transparent and bright glass exhibition hall. After seeing it, they will talk about it for a long time, and they can laugh at people they haven't seen in an extremely ostentatious tone: Tubao, you are too low.
This building named ‘’ became the most eye-catching place at the first World Expo. The enthusiasm of Londoners watching it is enough to make Xi’an people a hundred years later.
Many London workers who participated in the construction of ‘’ are deeply proud of this experience, and reciting anecdotes on the construction site has become the table culture of their families for a long time.
The appearance of ‘’ has influenced and glorified London for generations.
Fifty years later, in 1905, a football club was established in South London. Most of the players came from the ‘’construction workers’ families back then. As a result, after everyone's vote, the team was named the ‘’ of the same paragraph, and even everyone came to hold the establishment ceremony under the glass roof.
-Crystal Palace.
Earlier, there was only "Crystal Palace" on the Crystal Palace club logo, and the eagle was added later. The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park was destroyed by fire in 1936. Churchill called it "the end of an era". The Crystal Palace Club has survived stubbornly to this day. However, the 10th place in the 2013-14 Premier League standings is the highest ranking in the history of their team.
Speaking of Crystal Palace, Chinese fans will think of General Fan Zhiyi, who played for the League of Legends (second level) Crystal Palace for three years and wore the captain's armband. In fact, many people have forgotten that they went to the Crystal Palace with Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai at that time. The transfer fee for the two combined was 1 million.
It's just that Sun Jihai was not as good as the old Fan at the time. He returned to China 10 months later and went to Manchester City a year later.
Many years later, the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace, I don't know if Sun Jihai will watch it.
After the International Game Day in November 2016, the Premier League reignited war. Manchester City's opponent in the 12th round was Crystal Palace, located in Selhurst Park in the southern suburbs of London.
Manchester City players came back from all over the world with fatigue, and even some individuals brought back minor injuries. This is a normal phenomenon for big teams. With Manchester City's personnel reserves, it is not impossible to fail, so Guardiola made a small rotation in the away game against Crystal Palace.
Zhuo Yang is still a substitute, warming up the cold bench with Silva, Sabaletta and others. Stones, Gundogan and Clichy are directly outside the list.
The captain Kompany, who returned from injury, led the defense, but the most interesting change for Manchester City was that Yaya Toure was finally ‘forgiven’ by Guardiola and started this game.
33-year-old Toure was counseled, even if the main reason for the contradiction was not him, but the situation was so compelling that he had to counsel, even though he was very wronged.
During the International Game Day, Toure again publicly apologized in the media, the words were very sincere, and this time he apologized specifically to Guardiola. At the same time, Toure’s agent Sacroru also retorted and said that what he said before was unfair and that it was not very appropriate for UU Reading www.uukanshu.com.
It's almost done. Don't make death feuds into world feuds. The careful Guardiola has the opportunity to borrow the donkey from the slope. Otherwise, his strength will be fully manifested, but it will inevitably attract criticism.
Killing the career of a famous general who didn't make a big mistake, the person who does this kind of thing is by no means a good thing.
Guardiola also pretended to ask Zhuo Yang's opinion. Zhuo Yangbai said at a glance: "Our midfielder at this stage is soft, both offensively and defensively. How old are you, don't you think about it?"
A word came to Guardiola's heart. Manchester City's current lineup has many shortcomings, but the tactical play is not smooth or unstable, in the final analysis is the midfielder. Toure is a B2B in his prime. Putting him out may not solve all problems, but it will inevitably increase many options.
Regardless of the previous suspicion, Guardiola responded very gracefully in the media: "The decision I made may be wrong, but in my position, a decision must be made. I respect all people who disagree with me, including pictures. mine."
"Now that everything is over, Toure's training state shows that he is a midfielder who can improve the competitiveness of our team."
In one step, Toure directly entered the starting list.
However, the Crystal Palace led by coach Alan Padu, known as the "life-saving madman", has not had a good record since the start of this season, but to be honest, they are very used to this situation, and as a senior middle and lower streamer. For the clubbing team, Crystal Palace also knows how to make it difficult for a strong team, especially at home.
After the game started, Manchester City didn't even make a shot in the first 15 minutes. The difficulty can be imagined. But today there is Toure, and fortunately there is Toure.