On the evening of January 10, the entire Ibiza team set off from Ibiza Airport and arrived in Barcelona.

The whole team had a solemn expression. Now everyone has learned about the sudden death of the old chairman, Mr. Javier Nieto Alfonso.

Mata, Reus, Alba, Lewandowski and other new players who joined the team last summer did not feel much about it. However, the "old" players who have played for Ibiza for many years were very sad, especially those who have trained Ibiza's youth training like Clement, Fareco and Simon Letter were very sad. Fareco couldn't help crying.

Before he was born, Ibiza's boss was Old Alfonso. Fareco started to enter the Ibiza youth training at the age of 9. Later, due to his outstanding talent, Old Alfonso loved the genius Ibiza himself cultivated. Old Alfonso had no grandson and almost treated this little guy as his grandchildren, and he loved it very much.

Arrived at the Rebeto hotel chain in Barcelona and arranged for players to check in.

Fang Jue received a call from Miss Papa. Manchester City had agreed to let Sun Jihai leave because Sun Jihai's contract expired in half a year. In order to thank the Chinese veteran for his contributions at Manchester City for his six-year period, Manchester City did a favor and did not intend to earn transfer fees from Sun Jihai. He agreed to terminate the contract with Sun Jihai six months in advance and send Sun Jihai to Ibiza.

Of course, Sun Jihai only has half a year left in the contract, and he is already old. Even if he charges a transfer fee, it is only hundreds of thousands of euros. However, Manchester City's attitude is good. Manchester City does not need to transfer fees. Then, if Sun Jihai joins freely, Ibiza will take appropriate care of his salary negotiations.

In addition, Li Zihua has contacted Sun Jihai and his agent through the introduction of the intermediary. Sun Jihai is very interested in joining a Chinese-funded institution and the Spanish Second Division team coached by the Chinese head coach.

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There were many reporters outside the Rebeto hotel chain.

"Ronaldinho is here!"

"It's Puyol, the captain is here too!"

"Messi is here!"

Ronaldinho appeared at the Rebeto hotel chain and hurriedly left. Subsequently, including Barcelona captain Puyol, Barcelona Golden Boy, and just ranked Kaca in the Golden Balls selection, several Barcelona stars including Messi and others appeared at the Rebeto Hotel one after another, which attracted the attention of the local media in Barcelona.

When Puyor left the hotel, he was surrounded by reporters for an interview.

The Barcelona captain admitted that he was here to place Ibiza head coach Fang Jue on this trip.

A reporter asked half-jokingly whether it was to cheer Ibiza up and encourage them to defeat the Spaniard in the Copa del Rey.

Puyol naturally denied it. He said that Espanyol is Barcelona's team. At this moment, although Espanyol is Barcelona's derby enemy, he still hopes that Barcelona's local team can win.

Puyol said that his purpose of this trip was to pay condolences.

"Fang and I are friends and I also know Mr. Alfonso, the chairman of the Ibiza Club. We are sad about Mr. Alfonso's death. There is a lack of an old man who truly loves football in the football world."

The reporters then learned about the death of the old chairman of the Ibiza Club. Yes, although at this moment, the entire Ibiza is immersed in sorrow, Alfonso has no reputation in Spanish football, and these reporters will not care about or understand the death of an old man. Now it is because of the visit of Barcelona stars, and some media have also reported on the death of the old chairman of the Ibiza in an unimportant corner.

"Obviously, this is a difficult time for Ibiza. Their old chairman, Mr. Javier Nieto Alfonso, unfortunately passed away, and they will also face the powerful Espanyol at the Barcelona Olympic Stadium..." "Daily Sports Daily".

"Ibiza head coach Mr. Fang Jue is friends with many Barcelona stars including Puyol, Ronaldinho and Messi. Our captain personally visited the Ibiza team to express comfort and condolences..." "The World Sports reported that, "...Ibiza's young Chinese coach has become a magical coach in the Segunda 2. It is worth mentioning that he has a good relationship with many players in Real Madrid. In the upgrade play-offs of the Segunda League last season, Ibiza was visiting the Bernabeu, and a reporter also photographed Casillas chatting with the young Chinese coach. It is said that he and Zidane are also friends... Before becoming the head coach, the head coach worked at the Ibiza club and was also a craftsman who sold his own handicrafts on the beach. It is said that his works are like him, and are very popular with some female customers."

Yes, the media only mentioned Alfonso's death slightly. In their eyes, the old man's death is not as valuable as reporting the interesting stories of the young head coach of Ibiza.

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January 11, 8:40 pm.

Barcelona, ​​Olympic Stadium.

In the fifth round and first round of the 1/8 finals of the 007/008 season, Espanyol's home match with Ibiza is about to begin.

Players on both sides have entered the court.

Before the game begins, a silence ceremony was held to mourn Mr. Javier Nieto Alfonso, the old chairman of the Ibiza Club who passed away yesterday.

The camera swept across the Ibiza players. Little Fareco on the bench burst into tears, everyone was solemn, and Fang Jue also had an extremely serious expression.

Alfonso's photo is given on the large screen of the Olympian Poker Stadium in Barcelona.

The silence ceremony ended.

Spanish fans stood up and applauded, giving the visiting team the greatest respect and comfort.

The rosters of both sides were also posted on the big screen of the stadium.

Ibiza:

Goalkeeper: 1-Simon Wright;

Defence line: 0-Abat, 15-Koscheerny,-Ayala, 16-Alba;

Midfielder: 5-Clement, 4-Mark Corosas, 7-Mata, 17-Royce, 10-Desler;

Forward: 5-Lewandowski;

Spanish:

Goalkeeper: 1-Cameney;

Defence line: 8-Sabaleta, 1-Harke, 19-Torrejon, 6-Clement Rodriguez;

Midfielder: - Moises, 5 - Smijanic, 7 - Bardo, 11 - Riera;

Forward: 10-Luis Garcia, 3-Tamudo;

"Espanyol really respects us and treats us as Real Madrid." Fang Jue put down his hand and got the Espanyol's list, shook his head and said.

Fang Jue has a good memory. He has a thorough study of Espanyol. He immediately remembered that today's Espanyol's lineup is exactly the same as in the 8th round of the La Liga. Espanyol's lineup is exactly the same as Real Madrid's lineup. In that game, Espanyol defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home with the goals of Riella and Tamudo, giving the Galaxy Battleships the first defeat in the new season.

"Espanyol attaches great importance to the Copa del Rey. They plan to decide the winner in one game." Sebalos said.

Fang Jue nodded, and he was a little disappointed at the same time. He thought Espanyol would pay special attention to the league and would not pay attention to the Copa del Rey. You should know that in the La Liga three days ago, Espanyol had just finished a focus game. Espanyol, ranked third, beat Villarreal, ranked fifth, three to zero. Fang Jue thought that after just playing a focus game, Espanyol would choose to rotate today. In the current perspective, this is not the case. Espanyol seemed to have a lot of ideas about the Copa del Rey.

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Although Fang Jue is eager to win, he has to admit that it is difficult. This Espanyol's lineup is indeed very powerful.

Goalkeeper Cameni is a national goalkeeper in Cameroon and played in the 2006 World Cup.

Right back Pablo Zabaleta is a young Argentine international. Fang Jue was impressed by this player. Argentina won the 005 Dutch World Youth Championship. Messi was the number one star and Zabaleta was the captain of Argentina.

This full-back is both offensive and defensive, good at sprinting, and has a good long shot.

The reason why Fang Jue has paid attention to Sabaleta is because he watched the Chinese national youth team. In that World Youth Championship, the Chinese national youth team, led by German coach Klauchen, defeated Turkey, Ukraine and Panama in three groups, and won 9 goals in three groups, qualifying with the first place in the group stage. Finally, unfortunately, in the quarterfinals, he lost 3 to Germany and stopped in the quarterfinals.

Central defender Dani Hark is produced by Espanyol youth training. In 2006 and 2007, he helped the team win the Cup of Kings and the runner-up in the UEFA Cup. This is also a Spanish international.

Left-back Clement Rodriguez, also an Argentine international, won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics.

Smijanic in the midfield is a Serbian international; Albert Riella is a Spanish international. Riella debuted in Mallorca. Although she is close to 190 cm tall, Riella is not slow and has excellent footwork skills.

Luis Garcia on the forward line, produced by Real Madrid Castia, is also an active Spanish international. Another striker, Tamudo, is also an active Spanish international. Tamudo is the captain of Espanyol. In the Spanish national team, he is considered to be the substitute for Real Madrid captain Raul. Unlike Real Madrid No. 7, which has been favored since his debut, Tamudo looks average and has a simple style of play, and has not attracted attention in his youth.

Tamudo joined Espanyol youth training at the age of 14 and finally gained a foothold in 1999/000. In the first complete La Liga journey, he scored 10 goals in 34 games and followed the team to the final of the Copa del Rey. In the final, a sneak attack of two minutes of the game helped Espanyol beat Atletico Madrid to win the championship with a final score of 1. In the subsequent 2000 Sydney Olympics, Tamudo reached the final as a member of the Spanish national youth team and won the runner-up.

In the next nine seasons, Tamudo became a legend of Espanyol. His league goals in each season have never been less than 10 goals, and has gradually become the banner of the Parrots Legion.

In the 001/00 season, the young Tamudo became the captain of the Espanyol team and scored 17 goals that season, tied for fourth place in the scorer list.

In the 003/004 season, Tamudo, who once again exploded, won the third place in the scorer list with 19 goals. Such a result is the foundation of Espanyol, which occasionally hit the top 6 in the middle. Similarly, maintaining such goal efficiency is never an easy task for a striker.

Since his youth training period, Tamudo has played for Espanyol for 13 years. Since returning from loan in the summer of 1999, he has scored 118 La Liga goals in 9 years, which is also the Spanish team history record.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that Tamudo is the most disliked player of Barcelona fans. In the derby battle, Tamudo is the most feared Espanyol star of Barcelona. Especially on June 9, 2007, Raul Tamudo scored his 11th and 113 goals in the Barcelona derby Espanyol: in the game draw with Barcelona, ​​and surpassed the legendary Rafael Maranian to become the club's first scorer in history. It is worth mentioning that Tamudo's final victory in Camp Nou in stoppage time also ruined the dream of winning and winning against Barcelona in the same city. After the end of the season, Barcelona scored 76 points with his rival Real Madrid, but he was at a disadvantage in the win-loss relationship between each other and could only take second place.

Yes, Tamudo's name is Raul Tamudo, which has the same name as Madrid's No. 7. The Galaxy Battleship has its own Raul, and the Spaniards also have their own Raul, which is so magical.

Just looking at this lineup, this Spaniard can now rank third in La Liga and only one point behind Barcelona. It is indeed worthy of being. This is a very powerful team.

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In addition, in the eyes of many media, the most important thing about Espanyol is that they have a talented head coach: Esneto Valverde.

Before this game, the Daily Sports newspaper reported that praised Espanyol's head coach Esneto Valverde.

Valverde took over Espanyol last summer. When he took over, Espanyol was not in good condition. In a critical moment, Valverde chose to trust young people. The average age of the team is only 23.8 years old. The main players in the defense include 23-year-old Dani Harke, 21-year-old Sabaretta, and 20-year-old Torejon; the offensive end paying more experience, Pandiani and De La Pena were 30 years old, Rufitt 29 years old, Tamudo 28 years old, Luis Garcia 25 years old, and Riella 24 years old.

This is a perfect match between talented stars and well-known veterans.

Valverde's Spaniard set off a youth storm last season. Indeed, Espanyol's performance in La Liga was not outstanding. He only scored 1 win, 6 draws and 3 losses in the first ten rounds, ranking 11th in the end of the season. However, the youth storm caused by Valverde brought the team into the UEFA Cup final.

Under his leadership, Espanyol maintained a complete victory against Ajax, Vienna, Prague, and Will County, Belgium in the group stage; they won all the home games in the knockout stage, unbeaten away, and successively eliminated Livorno, Maccabi, Benfica and Werder Bremen to enter the finals.

The Daily Sports Daily praised Valverde and also listed many stars and talented players who fell at the foot of Spain last season: Stecklenburg, Vermalen, Sneijder, Hunteral, Amelia, Lucarelli, David Luis, Rui Costa, Caragunis, Simon, Nuno Gomez, Viz, Flins, Diego, Almeida, and Cloze.

Finally, Daily Sports Daily looked forward to the game between Espanyol and Ibiza, and compared Valverde and Fang Jue. Both of them like to reuse young players, set off a youth storm in their respective leagues, and achieved remarkable results. Spain ranks third in La Liga and Ibiza ranks first in the Segunda League. However, the newspaper finally stated that Fang Jue was far behind Valverde. Valverde led Espanyol to the runner-up in the UEFA Cup last season. Now the third-placed La Liga results are much higher than Fang Jue's Ibiza.

"This game is a good opportunity for young Chinese coaches to learn. Valverde will teach this young and overly-deserved coach a good lesson."

Regarding this argument in Daily Sports, the famous Fang Jue licked the dog "Catalonia Evening News" reporter Fernando refuted it. He said that Coach Fang Jue is a very talented coach, and the party who won the game must be Coach Fang Jue. Then, Fernando Barabala said a lot of things that seem reasonable, but after careful analysis but lacks nutrition, he finally came to the conclusion: Fang Jue will win, Ibiza will win, and Valverde will be worse than Fang Jue!

At this moment, Fernando was in the media table. When he thought of the ridicule caused by his report, he felt happy. He was looking forward to Ibiza's loss, preferably a crushing defeat, and then he would argue for Fang Jue and raise hatred... Tsk tsk, just imagine it would be so beautiful.

Who would have thought that Fang Jue’s dog licking dog is an undercover agent!

I am so talented!

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In the stands at the Barcelona Olympic Stadium.

Sun Jihai and his agent Yu Haotao sat down in a hurry.

At this time, the competition had already started for more than ten minutes, and they were in a traffic jam and were late.

"Ji Hai, I still think you should consider it carefully." Yu Haotao said that he did not support Sun Jihai to play in Spain. Yu Haotao has been persuading Sun Jihai to join the Championship Sheffield United after the end of the season. On the one hand, he believed that Sun Jihai had played in England for many years and was familiar with the football environment in England. However, for an important reason, Yu Haotao is also one of the leaders of the cooperation between the Championship Sheffield United Club and Chengdu Sheffield United. He has planned that Sun Jihai will play in Sheffield United for a year and then go back to Chengdu to play football. This will help Sheffield United develop the Chinese market and also help the development of Chengdu Sheffield United. Although he can gain certain benefits in it, Yu Haotao feels that he has a clear conscience and he is indeed considering Sun Jihai. This plan is also very helpful to the players.

However, after Sun Jihai learned that a team in the Spanish Second Division was interested in him, and after learning that Ibiza's major shareholder is Chinese and the head coach is also Chinese, he became interested, especially after inquiring about Ibiza's current leader in the Spanish Second Division, he has a great hope that he will be even more interested after upgrading to La Liga after the end of the season.

If he could play in La Liga, Sun Jihai was still very interested. Now, the money factor is not the first priority. In the last stage of his career, he would like to try it out to experience different football and be able to play in La Liga.
To be continued...