The RCD Espanyol players completed their pre-match warm-up under the boos of the home fans. Relatively speaking, the younger players, including new players like Wu Lei who were experiencing the Derby de Catalunya for the first time, were more or less nervous. Some of their movements were out of shape during their passing, shooting, and other training. Wu Lei even kicked an anti-aircraft gun, which caused the fans in the stands to laugh.
Xia Ruofei was very calm throughout. He did not show any nervousness, did not deliberately play tricks, and did not provoke the home team fans. In his view, this was the most ordinary pre-match warm-up, no different from the pre-match warm-up of other games.
Xia Ruofei completed the warm-up training in accordance with the rules and then walked out of the stadium with Wu Lei on the shoulder. As he walked, he covered his mouth with his hand and said to Wu Lei, "Lei, when the game starts in a while, the atmosphere on the field will be ten times hotter than it is now. You must not be weak in the knees!"
Now, many players were used to covering their mouths to speak under the camera lens because some television stations would find lip-reading experts to interpret what the players said on the field. The fans were also very interested in this interpretation.
Although it was unlikely that the Spanish television stations would find a lip-reading expert who understood Chinese, Xia Ruofei still followed suit and covered his mouth to speak to Wu Lei.
Wu Lei nodded and said, "I got it, Brother Xia!"
…
At this time, there was still almost an hour before the game kicked off. Night had just fallen in Barcelona, and far away in the eastern hemisphere, Huaxia, it was already one o 'clock in the morning.
Although it was already late at night, the live broadcast of PP Sports was still in full swing. The staff were all busy, and the live broadcast had already started half an hour ago. There were all kinds of pre-game analysis, commentary, and various pre-prepared short videos, all of which were warming up for the game.
This time, PP Sports' live broadcast was still free. Since Wu Lei joined the RCD Espanyol team, PP Sports set all the games with the RCD Espanyol team free of charge, which saved them a lot of reputation among the fans. Previously, some of the major games in the Huaxia Premier League were set to be paid for, and they needed to buy a membership to watch, which was criticized by many people.
In addition to the two hosts, a male and a female, the live commentary section was still very familiar to the fans, the "main and vice hall masters" Shen Fangjian and Jia Tianning.
When the RCD Espanyol players were warming up before the game, the live broadcast also cut into the live signal in time. The two commentators introduced the situation to the fans watching the live broadcast late at night according to the live image.
"We saw the Huaxia players Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei appear on the field!" Shen Fangjian said with some excitement. "According to the starting list before the game, Wu and Xia Ruofei will be in the starting lineup today. This will be the first time the Huaxia players step on the Camp Nou turf. will they score? If they do, it will make history! "
Jia Tianning said, "Wu Lei has been in good form recently. His legs are very smooth! And although Xia Ruofei only played half of the game, we still have a lot of confidence in him. From what he showed in that half of the game, anyone who knows a little about football can see that his ability is very strong. He is even better than many players on the field. So, whether it is Wu Lei or Xia Ruofei, they have a good chance to score today! "
"We also hope that they can make history!" Shen Fangjian said, "No matter which one of them scores a goal, they will be the first Huaxia player to break through Barça's goal!"
Jia Tianning joked, "In fact, it is the dream of many players to be able to compete with Messi on the same field! Before Wu Lei joined the RCD Espanyol, none of us dared to imagine such a scene, but it is going to happen today! And there are two Huaxia players on the field at the same time! "
"Huaxia fans really don't have it easy …" Shen Fangjian sighed, but he also knew that this topic was a bit sensitive. It did not matter if he complained in private. After all, it was a live broadcast, so he quickly stopped and did not continue to say.
After some forward-looking analysis, the screen cut back to the field. At this time, the RCD Espanyol players were leaving the field and returning to the locker room.
Shen Fangjian said with a smile, "The camera captured the scene of Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei. We saw the two of them whispering to each other, but Xia Ruofei covered his mouth. The sound recording equipment is not nearby, so we don't know what the two of them are talking about!"
"Xia Ruofei must be giving Wu Lei instructions!" Jia Tianning joked. "Maybe they are planning a blitz game, hoping to give Barça a head-on blow?"
A lot of fans had gathered in the comment section. Although there was still almost an hour before kickoff, everyone could not wait.
After listening to Jia Tianning's words, the fans also started to discuss in the comment section.
"Sure enough, he is the hall master of Wu Chui Tang! He dares to say this! "
"These two are obviously from Xia Chui Tang, okay? The way they flattered CEO Xia during the last competition, that's what you call mushy! "
"When facing Barça, shouldn't they first stabilize their defense? Every opponent who goes head-to-head with Barça dies miserably! "
"That's right! When did my Xa become a pushover? Hall Master Jia is really arrogant … "
Nowadays, live broadcast technology was very developed. Jia Tianning and Shen Fangjian did not need the director to remind them. They could see the real-time comments of the netizens on the screen in front of them. The two men looked at each other and tacitly ended the topic.
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At this time, the Camp Nou stadium was almost full. At least 90,000 fans poured into the stadium that could accommodate 100,000 people. The influence of the Campeonato Catalan derby in this stadium was no less than the El Clásico derby between Barça and Real Madrid.
In the visiting team's locker room, Ruby was loudly encouraging everyone's morale with a passionate tone.
The tactical arrangements had already been laid out. Now what he had to do was to eliminate everyone's nervousness.
In fact, the Campeonato Catalan derby did not need to be mobilized at all. The players were all full of fighting spirit.
Xia Ruofei sat next to Wu Lei and temporarily acted as his interpreter. Xia Ruofei was encouraging the players' morale. He spoke quickly and in a very passionate tone. With Wu Lei's current level of Spanish, it was a little difficult to understand.
The singing on the field outside could still be heard in the locker room. Although the game had not yet started, the Barça fans had already begun to entertain themselves, especially in the north stands directly behind the northern goal area. This was the area where the die-hard Barça fans gathered. They were now singing and dancing.
In the front of the stadium in the rostrum area, there was a box reserved for the visiting team's executives.
At this time, the chairman of the RCD Espanyol club, Zhou Leiyun, was in this box.
Song Wei and Ling Qingxue were naturally invited by Zhou Leiyun to watch the game together.
In addition to the three of them, there was also a middle-aged Huaxia man in a navy blue woolen coat sitting next to Zhou Leiyun.
At this time, the broadcast's camera swept to this box. Because Zhou Leiyun was the owner of the RCD Espanyol team and there were two Asian beauties in the box, Ling Qingxue and Song Wei, the camera deliberately stayed for a few seconds.
This scene immediately attracted the attention of Shen Fangjian and Jia Tianning, who were far away in the Huaxia studio. However, the first thing they noticed was not Song Wei, Ling Qingxue, or Zhou Leiyun, but the middle-aged man in the woolen coat.
Shen Fangjian said in surprise, "We saw Mr. Zhao Zhenghao, the vice-president of the Huaxia Football Association, in the box in the stands at Camp Nou! He is sitting with the chairman of the RCD Espanyol club, Zhou Leiyun. This is really an unexpected discovery! "
"We can make a bold guess. Could Vice-President Zhao have gone to Spain specifically for Xia Ruofei?" Jia Tianning said, "A few days ago, netizens called on the Football Association to recruit Xia Ruofei. The Football Association has also shown a positive attitude. Xia Ruofei himself has also expressed his willingness to play for the country, but some details need to be discussed. Today, we saw Vice-President Zhao appear in the stands at Camp Nou. Could he have gone to Spain specifically to meet Xia Ruofei?"
"I think it's more likely!" Shen Fangjian said, "After all, the national team is not playing at the moment, and we haven't heard any news of cooperation between the Football Association and Spain. Vice-President Zhao could have gone to Spain for Xia Ruofei!"
Speaking of this, Shen Fangjian said with emotion, "It seems that we can look forward to the scene of Xia Ruofei wearing the national team uniform! Huaxia football needs a hero to lead us out of adversity! Could Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei be this hero? I think it's very likely! "
The fans in the comment section were also excited. It was just a scene from the pre-match broadcast, but the fans could not help but start to imagine how much the national team's fighting power would be improved with Xia Ruofei.
A fan listed out the changes that could be brought about if Xia Ruofei joined the national team. Once Xia Ruofei joined the national team, the position of the first free kick player would definitely belong to him. Everyone saw his performance in the last game. Moreover, when Wu Lei was interviewed by the media later, he revealed that Xia Ruofei had no opponents in the Spanish team with a precise free kick during training. Everyone unanimously recognized Xia Ruofei's free kick skills.
In addition, Xia Ruofei was also fully qualified for the striker position. He was fast, had a strong dribbling ability, and was very accurate in shooting. He had all the qualities of a good striker. There also seemed to be no problems as an attacking midfielder. Xia Ruofei performed many passes without looking at people in the last game, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. This showed that his vision was very good and he had a strong view of the overall situation.
In the end, everyone found that it seemed that, except for his height, he was not particularly outstanding and might not be suitable to play as a center forward, but he could play in any other position in the front field. He was definitely better than the current players in the same position in the national team.
As a result, the Huaxia fans watching the game were already collectively excited before the game started.
There were also fans who greedily said, "It would be great if there were five Xia Ruofei. With Wu Lei, the attacking power of the national team in the front field would be heaven-defying!"
A fan joked, "Why don't you give us 11 Xia Ruofei?"
The fan in front replied seriously, "I don't think Boss Xia can be a goalkeeper. Besides, we don't have to bother Boss Xia with the dirty work! Although the national team's defense is also very bad, if there are five Boss Xia in the front field, and one Boss Xia in the back, two Boss Xia will be enough! "
"Haha! I think what the poster said is very reasonable! "
"I can't refute it!"
…
At the Camp Nou stadium.
The referee had already blown the whistle outside the locker room, calling the players to get ready to play.
Ruby stopped his spittle flying speech and patted each starting player on the shoulder one by one. He said, "Boys! Give Barça a memorable lesson! I believe in you! "
With that, he put on his jacket and took the lead to leave the locker room and go to the substitutes' bench on the sidelines.
Xia Ruofei, Wu Lei, and RCD Espanyol's starting players also filed out of the locker room and went to the players' tunnel.
On the other side of the home team's locker room, Barça's starting players also came out. They would gather in the players' tunnel. After a short stay, they would play together under the guidance of the referee team.
Xia Ruofei took a look and found that Barça had sent out their strongest lineup without any suspense, including Messi, Suarez, Busquets, Rakitic, Coutinho, and so on. Every one of them was a famous star player. It could be said that they were star-studded. The Cosmos team lived up to its reputation.
Especially Messi, who was recognized as one of the two most powerful players on the planet. The other was naturally Cristiano Ronaldo. Unfortunately, he had transferred to Juventus in Serie A this season.
Because the two teams were rivals in the same city, the players on both sides were also very unhappy with each other. Everyone in the players' tunnel did not greet the familiar players of the opposing team like in other games. Everyone stood in place with a cold face, waiting for the time to play.
In fact, everyone was making a living in La Liga. There were certainly players on both teams who were familiar with each other. Some of them were even teammates of the national team. However, at this time, it was certain that they would not exchange pleasantries. There were also cameras in the players' tunnel. What happened here could be seen on the big screen outside the stadium and on the television broadcast.
Whoever talked intimately with the opposing players at this time would be drowned by the fans' saliva.
After a short wait, the four referees led the players of both teams out of the tunnel.
As soon as the starting players of both teams appeared, there was a deafening applause in the stadium. The applause was naturally for the home team, Barça's players.
The captains of both teams chose sides, exchanged team flags, and took a photo with the referees.
Then, the starting lineups of both teams also took a photo together. Then, everyone returned to their respective positions. They stretched their bodies while waiting for the referee to blow the opening whistle.
Xia Ruofei's position was behind the center forward, Iglesias, on both sides of Iglesias. On the left was the number 23, Granello, and on the right was the number 24, Wu Lei.
Wu Lei and Iglesias stood in front of the ball. RCD Espanyol kicked off in the first half.
Wu Lei turned his head to look at Xia Ruofei and found that Xia Ruofei made a subtle gesture, indicating that the ball should be passed to him.
Wu Lei immediately nodded slightly to show that he understood.
At this time, the referee pressed the timer on his wristwatch and blew the whistle to start the game.
The explosive derby in the Catalan region had officially begun!
Iglesias poked the ball and passed it to Wu Lei. Then, he ran toward the front field.
Wu Lei did not hesitate at all. He used the arch of his foot to push the ball to Xia Ruofei, who was not far behind him. Then, according to Xia Ruofei's instructions before the game, he strode toward Barça's backfield.
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