The team bus was already waiting at the exit of the tunnel. When Xia Ruofei and Ruby attended the post-match press conference, the other RCD Espanyol players also packed up and got on the bus to wait for the two of them.
Although this away game was in the same city, the team had to take the bus back to the training base before disbanding.
RCD Espanyol, like the vast majority of European clubs, implemented a walking training system for the First Team. The players usually stayed at home and attended training on time every day.
In fact, everyone's cars were parked in the parking lot of the training base. They had gathered at the hotel the day before the game.
After Xia Ruofei and Ruby got on the bus, the players cheered and applauded to welcome them.
RCD Espanyol was in a good mood from top to bottom after defeating their powerful rival, Barça. The team bus slowly started and drove out of Camp Nou.
Groups of Barça fans could be seen on the road, and it could be seen that they were very depressed.
This defeat was not as simple as losing to their rival in the same city. In fact, Barça only led Real Madrid by three points at the end of the last round. Real Madrid won this round easily, but Barça unexpectedly overturned their boat in the "gutter" of RCD Espanyol. As a result, the points of the two teams were actually the same. Barça only managed to retain the top position because of the advantage of goal difference.
They could not afford to lose any of the following games. Even if they had led for more than half of the season, as long as they lost a game, Real Madrid was very likely to catch up and eventually snatch the league title.
What made the Barça fans gnash their teeth the most was that RCD Espanyol lost cleanly against Real Madrid with almost no resistance. But when they faced Barça, it was as if they had been injected with chicken blood and finally won against Barça.
In other words, RCD Espanyol not only robbed Barça of three points, but they also gave Real Madrid three points a few rounds ago. They were really rivals in the same city! It was simply too infuriating!
When the Barça fans saw RCD Espanyol's bus coming, many people stopped and booed at the bus. Some people even made very indecent gestures. In short, everyone's eyes were very unfriendly.
If it were not for the police car escort, some people might have done something irrational.
Of course, the police car escort was not a privilege. It was an arrangement made by the Barcelona Police Station for safety reasons. Every time Barcelona and RCD Espanyol had a derby in the same city, it made the Barcelona police officers sweat profusely. Their work pressure was also very high.
Although they could see the Barça fans booing and giving them the middle finger from time to time outside the car window, the mood of the RCD Espanyol players on the bus was not affected at all. They talked loudly about the details of today's game along the way, especially Xia Ruofei's reverse hook in the last minute, which was mentioned the most by everyone.
Later on, no one knew who started it, but the players began to sing loudly in the bus. The atmosphere in the bus was very warm.
Wu Lei sat next to Xia Ruofei. He said to him, "Brother Xia, the teammates want to celebrate tonight. They asked me to invite you to join them."
Although Xia Ruofei's identity was also a RCD Espanyol player, after all, no one could ignore his other identity — a major shareholder of the club. Therefore, when the players faced Xia Ruofei, they were more or less nervous. Because Wu Lei and Xia Ruofei were compatriots and the two of them had a good personal relationship, they asked Wu Lei to invite him.
Xia Ruofei thought about it and said with a smile, "I'm not going! If I go, they won't be able to let go. But Lei Zi, you need to participate. This is a good opportunity to integrate into this group and get closer to your teammates. "
"I understand!" Wu Lei nodded and said.
"Drink as little as possible. You must not drink too much!" Xia Ruofei said with some seriousness.
In the European arena, there had been a few players who were addicted to alcohol. In the end, their professional careers were seriously affected. Although Xia Ruofei did not expect all the players to be as self-disciplined as Cristiano Ronaldo, he still had a bottom line in his heart.
There were no games in the next few days, and Ruby had given the team a day off. It was completely reasonable for everyone to celebrate their victory tonight and relax a little. However, it was not advisable to drink and have fun without restraint.
Wu Lei said with a smile, "Don't worry, Brother Xia! I don't drink! "
"That's even better!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
The bus returned to the Daneyhalke training base. The players took their cars and left. The club sent another car to take Xia Ruofei back to the hotel.
When Xia Ruofei walked into the hotel lobby, he saw Zhou Leiyun sitting on the sofa in the reception area and waiting.
He walked up with a smile and asked, "General Manager Zhou, are you waiting for me?"
Only then did Zhou Leiyun notice Xia Ruofei. He quickly stood up and said, "Boss Xia, you're back! I'm really thankful for this game! Of course, the most important thing is to thank you! If you hadn't come all the way back to participate in the game, I'm afraid our team would have been badly beaten by Barça today! "
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "You don't have to thank me. After all, I'm now a shareholder of the club. What's more, I've heard so many thanks today that my ears are about to grow calluses … "
Then, Xia Ruofei asked again, "General Manager Zhou, you didn't wait in the hotel lobby just to say thank you to me, right? Say it! What do you want from me? "
Zhou Leiyun asked Xia Ruofei to sit on the sofa in the reception area. Then he said, "Although I didn't come here specifically, I actually sent your two friends to the hotel. Then I thought you would be here soon, so I decided to wait here for you, Boss Xia. I wanted to talk to you for a while …"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Talk to me? Sure! Say it! "
Zhou Leiyun asked cautiously, "Boss Xia, you responded to the netizens' call for you to be drafted into the national team on Weibo and in the headlines. I want to know … Have you changed your mind?"
Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "I'm not a three-year-old kid. How can I change my mind? Besides … It's an honorable thing to serve the country! Why should I change? General Manager Zhou, we have a good relationship. If there's anything you want to say, just say it! Don't beat around the bush, okay? "
Zhou Leiyun smiled awkwardly and said, "Boss Xia, it's like this. The Huaxia Football Federation … They hope to meet with you in person to understand your thoughts and discuss some specific details. The people from the Football Federation have already arrived in Barcelona. They didn't contact you in advance because they didn't want to affect your training and preparation. Instead, they came to me … "
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