The two pieces of news that Xia Ruofei released on behalf of the RCD Espanyol in the press conference left the Sports Daily in a terrible state, Pablo in despair, and Mayes in desperation. The most depressed club was the Girona Club.
Xia Ruofei announced at the press conference that he would represent RCD Espanyol in the home game against Girona on the weekend. This made the hearts of the Girona club sink.
Since the beginning of the season, Girona had been struggling in the relegation zone. Now, with only a few games left, they were still third from the bottom. If they did not seize the time to fight for points, according to the promotion and relegation rules of La Liga, the last three teams would be relegated. The probability of Girona being relegated to Segunda División was very high.
Against a mid-tier team like RCD Espanyol, Girona should have had a chance to fight for points.
Even though RCD Espanyol had defeated Barça in the last round, on paper, Girona still had the strength to fight. Although RCD Espanyol's morale was high after their victory over Barça, and it was also a home game, Girona still prepared for the league game this weekend with the mentality of at least getting one point.
Of course, this was under the premise that Xia Ruofei did not play.
Although Xia Ruofei had only played one and a half games, his fame in La Liga was no less than the first-tier star players, so everyone knew about his situation. Everyone knew that Xia Ruofei, a "professional player," was not professional at all. He was a shareholder of the club and had a big business in Huaxia. He rarely trained with the team and only came back to participate in key games.
Therefore, Girona did not consider Xia Ruofei at all.
Otherwise, with the strength that Xia Ruofei had shown, their chances of getting points were quite slim.
Girona's coach and players were secretly glad that Xia Ruofei was not a regular player of RCD Espanyol. Otherwise, when the two teams met, the probability of winning would be too low.
They did not expect that in just a few days, Xia Ruofei would suddenly announce that he would stay for the game this weekend, and the reason was that the strength of Huaxia's players had been questioned by some reporters. Therefore, he wanted to use practical actions to prove them wrong.
The coaches and players of the Girona Football Club were on the verge of tears. They were completely unjustly implicated!
If there was a question of who hated Sport Daily and Pablo the most, RCD Espanyol's fans might not be the first, because the people of Girona's fans were definitely in the first place.
After watching the news, even some RCD Espanyol's fans were still cheering and thinking, please let the media question Xia and Wu as much as they want! Then Xia will be able to play for the team!
This was probably the first time that their own fans had hoped that their club's star players would be defamed!
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After an emergency consultation, the Sports Daily finally issued a statement in the afternoon.
This time, the statement was much more sincere. Although they still said that this was Pablo's personal behavior and that the newspaper did not know that Pablo had provided completely false news, they still sincerely apologized for their mistakes and sincerely apologized to RCD Espanyol, RCD Espanyol's fans, as well as Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei who had been hurt. They also said that they would strengthen the censorship of news materials in the future to prevent such things from happening again.
In addition, Sport Daily also strongly condemned Pablo's unethical behavior in the statement, calling Pablo "the scum of the journalist community" and calling on the media peers to ban Pablo.
At such a juncture, Sport Daily could only trample on Pablo. This was not adding insult to injury. At most, it could be said that they had a strong desire to survive in order to protect themselves.
In any case, Sport Daily's credibility had plummeted after this incident. Although they did not have much credibility in the past and were very biased towards Barça when reporting, it was the first time that they had created fake news out of nothing. No matter how they tried to shift the blame and said that they were completely unaware, the public would not believe them.
Speaking of which, Sport Daily was really somewhat wronged because they did not instruct Pablo to do so. It was just that the chief editor in charge of the review of the manuscript had a trace of suspicion when they reprinted it. However, they still reprinted it as soon as possible from the standpoint of being pro-Barça. Therefore, from this point of view, they had only themselves to blame.
The storm of public opinion was getting fiercer and fiercer. In addition to Sport Daily, other sports media in Spain and Europe seemed to be enjoying a feast. They constantly dug out news from various angles and reported on this matter, mercilessly beating down the dog that was down in the water.
In the evening, another piece of news appeared in the public's view.
It was a statement issued by the International Sports Journalists Association.
The English abbreviation of the International Sports Journalists Association was AIPS. It was the top professional organization representing the international sports media. It had more than 9,000 members around the world and represented the leading international daily newspapers, websites, periodicals, and radio and television channels on five continents.
AIPS was established in Paris in 1924 and was headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic capital. The presidents were Frantz Reichel, the president of the International Press Union, and Victor Boin from Belgium.
It could be said that this organization was an authoritative organization jointly formed by the sports media and was very influential.
The central meaning of the statement issued by AIPS was to severely condemn the falsification of news interviews by sports journalists. The statement said that this behavior, which completely lost basic journalistic ethics, should be spurned and boycotted by the entire industry. At the same time, it also severely criticized the problem of the media organizations not being strict enough. It could be said that the blame was placed on Sport Daily and Pablo at the same time.
As soon as this statement came out, it almost announced the complete end of Pablo's career.
After all, AIPS members were all over the world. Almost all well-known sports media were members of AIPS. This statement theoretically represented the common attitude of everyone.
Under such circumstances, which media would dare to risk universal condemnation to hire Pablo?
Major media outlets also rushed to report the incident and at the same time took the opportunity to trample on Sport Daily.
After this incident, Sport Daily had definitely suffered a great loss. This loss of credibility would be difficult to make up for for a long time in the future.
Mayes, one of the key parties involved in this incident, also suffered a great mental blow. In addition, many media outlets had been trying to interview him, causing him a lot of trouble.
In addition, Barça not only canceled his annual pass but also put him on the unwelcome list. In other words, even if he spent money to buy a ticket in the future, he would not be able to enter the Camp Nou stadium.
Mayes was also disheartened. The feeling of being abandoned by his beloved club was even worse than the time when his wife left him.
Disheartened, Mayes later sold the property and left Barcelona to live in another city.
Of course, this was all in the future.
Xia Ruofei, who had personally arranged all this and successfully ignited public opinion, did not continue to make any comments in the media after attending the press conference.
He was like a brilliant swordsman who left after defeating the enemy with one move.
RCD Espanyol's home game against Girona was in three days. Xia Ruofei's arrangements for these few days were very simple. He took half a day to practice with the players of RCD Espanyol and the other half to continue to accompany Song Wei and Ling Qingxue to tour this beautiful city with a long history.
RCD Espanyol's home game against Girona was scheduled for around one o 'clock in the afternoon local time.
This time was not very friendly for the players participating in the game or the fans watching the game live.
However, almost all of RCD Espanyol's remaining games were held at this time, and it was only recently adjusted by RCD Espanyol.
Of course, it was not that the RCD Espanyol was deliberately targeting RCD Espanyol. Their adjustment was completely out of consideration for the market.
Ever since Wu Lei joined RCD Espanyol and Xia Ruofei came out of nowhere, RCD Espanyol's exposure in Huaxia had greatly increased. In the past, Huaxia fans did not even know that there was such a team in La Liga. Now, after a few weeks, Huaxia fans were familiar with the names of RCD Espanyol's first team players.
In particular, the few players who were willing to cooperate with Wu Lei, such as Granello, Iglesias, and so on, became very popular in Huaxia.
Players like Merendo, who were very attached to the ball and were unwilling to pass the ball to Wu Lei, became the most hated players of Huaxia.
The number of people who watched the live broadcast of Wu Lei's first game in Huaxia reached tens of millions. There were also other channels to watch the live broadcast. The total number of people watching the game was even more than the population of Spain.
The RCD Espanyol was also stunned by the number, so they quickly adjusted the game time.
RCD Espanyol's games were all scheduled to kick off at around one o 'clock in the afternoon. It was just after seven o' clock in the evening in Huaxia, which was the prime time.
Three days passed in a flash, and it was soon the day of RCD Espanyol's home game against Girona.
As usual, PP Sports set RCD Espanyol's games to be free to watch, and the kickoff at seven o 'clock in the evening was simply too good for the Huaxia fans. After dinner, they could sit in front of the computer and wait for the game to start. Some fans got off work late, so they simply asked three or five friends to go straight to the bar after work, drinking and eating skewers while watching the game. It was quite carefree.
In Barcelona, although the game started at one o 'clock in the afternoon, RCD Espanyol's fans were still very enthusiastic. Before twelve o' clock, RCD Espanyol's home stadium, El Prat, had already gathered a lot of fans. Many of them were holding McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken paper bags in their hands. Obviously, these fans had not eaten lunch. They had bought some fast food and were ready to eat when they entered the stadium.
RCD Espanyol's players did not have much intensity in their training this morning. It was mainly to adjust everyone's condition and practice free kick tactics at the same time, so everyone was more relaxed.
The morning training also ended a little earlier than usual, and then the players ate together in the cafeteria of the training base. After eating, they rested for a while and then drove to El Prat.
Since Xia Ruofei had decided to participate in the game, he did not want to be special at this time, so he also moved with the team.
Song Wei and Ling Qingxue, accompanied by Zhou Leiyun, had lunch at the hotel where they were staying, and then drove to El Prat.
Unlike at Camp Nou, this was RCD Espanyol's home stadium, so RCD Espanyol naturally reserved the best box for their club president.
The box where Zhou Leiyun, Song Wei, and Ling Qingxue were in was the best box in the entire stadium to watch the game, and there was a special passage in and out, so they would not be disturbed by the outside world.
When they came to the box and sat down, RCD Espanyol's players were warming up on the field before the game. Ling Qingxue saw Xia Ruofei, who was fighting for the ball with Wu Lei, Iglesias, Mark Roca, and Granello at a glance.
The person in charge of snatching the ball in the circle was the tall and long-legged Iglesias. The football was passed quickly under everyone's feet, and Iglesias' long legs did not play a role at all. Because he was taller, he was more or less clumsy, and he almost snatched the ball every time.
In the end, it was a small mistake by Granello, who kicked the ball away. Iglesias was then freed, and Granello went in to snatch the ball.
Song Wei said with a smile, "Ruofei looks in good condition! How about we bet on how many goals he can score today? "
Zhou Leiyun thought about it and said, "It's not easy to guess! He can score two goals when he plays against Barcelona, and he even has an assist. Girona's defense is much worse than Barcelona's. Who knows how many goals he can score? "
Ling Qingxue said with a smile, "Guessing the number of goals is not interesting. Ruofei is going to score goals today. He will definitely score as many goals as possible!"
"Yeah!" Zhou Leiyun said. "I heard that he even asked Ruby for unlimited shooting rights. I guess the players will give him more balls today and let him shoot freely. It's really hard to say how many goals he can score in the end!"
Song Wei thought about it and said, "How about this … Let's guess how long it will take for him to finish his first goal!"
Ling Qingxue's eyes lit up and said, "That's a good idea! How about a meal? The best restaurant in Barcelona, a big meal! We'll each say a time, and the person with the biggest difference will lose! "
Zhou Leiyun said with a smile, "Okay! Then I'll say it first! I think … Within 20 minutes! Forget it … 15 minutes! I guess 15 minutes! "
"Director Zhou has too little confidence in Ruofei, right?" Ling Qingxue said, "I think he can score within 10 minutes! I'll guess 10 minutes! Weiwei, it's your turn! "
Song Wei glanced at Xia Ruofei, who had finished warming up on the field and was walking back to the locker room. He thought about it and said, "I think Ruofei is very murderous today. You guys are too conservative … I guess … eight minutes! I think Ruofei will definitely score within eight minutes! "
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