Chapter 1008 Holy Family Stadium
Hulay stood in the tunnel of the Holy Family Stadium with his teammates.
He is in the heart of this world-famous stadium.
In a few minutes, he will step onto the court with his teammates from here.
He did not look carefully in the tunnel like a curious baby like he did when he went to Stan Park.
Because the player tunnel of the Holy Family Stadium is not filled with photos of famous players in their club's history - Hulay has been in Europe for two years, and Stan Park is really the only stadium he has been to that loves to show off his club's history. of the stadium.
The Sagrada Familia Stadium actually has a long history. This stadium, named after the famous landmark Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, has been in use for 76 years since it was put into use in 1950. After many reconstructions and expansions, it can now accommodate 120,000 people watching games at the same time, making it the largest professional football stadium in Europe.
When the stadium was full, the atmosphere was extremely scary.
However, for today's game, the stands at the Holy Family Stadium were not full.
After all, this stadium is usually full only during the Barcelona Derby, El Clasico, and some very important games.
The seats for 120,000 people are not so easy to fill...
But even if the Holy Family Stadium is not full, it is enough to bring huge pressure to any visiting team.
For example, right now, Leeds City players are standing in the tunnel and can clearly hear the noise coming from outside.
For today's game, Catalan United is bound to win, and Catalan United fans are also bound to win.
They are using the collective singing of the Catalan United song to declare their "sovereignty" to the Leeds City players and tell them who they are fighting here.
In addition, the Holy Family Stadium is nearly 60 meters high and has an extremely steep slope. On the highest level of the stands, without binoculars, you can almost only see some black spots running around on the turf, and you can't see the specific movements at all. Looking up from the court to the top of the stands, it even gives people the illusion that the huge stands are squeezing toward the middle and may collapse at any time.
It is said that this was done intentionally by the designer in order to put huge psychological pressure on visiting team players who were unfamiliar with this stadium. When they look up to the stands during the game, they will find that Catalan United fans are overwhelmingly pressing towards them from the air and from all directions, which will bring great shock and disturbance to them.
This affects their performance.
Of course, this statement has never been officially confirmed and is limited to "secrets" circulating on the Internet.
But if you think backwards from this statement, you will find that it really means something like that...
The stands of the Holy Family Stadium are indeed steep, and the visual effect is indeed tightened and concentrated inward, giving people a psychological hint of being surrounded.
If Leeds City's first Champions League game is an away game against Catalonia United, with such a home atmosphere and the strong strength of Catalan United, Leeds City may lose miserably here.
But for the Premier League champions who have already been to the Gulf Stadium to challenge the Turkish giants Gulf Lighthouse, in terms of the terrifying atmosphere at home, the Holy Family Stadium is actually a bit worse than the more original Gulf Stadium.
Moreover... Leeds City captured Stan Park Stadium, which has been unbeaten for 90 consecutive games in all competitions. No matter how famous the Holy Family Stadium is, Catalonia United has not been unbeaten for 90 consecutive games at this stadium.
Today's Leeds City is no longer the country bumpkin who has never seen the market, and is not so easily intimidated by some bluffs.
Just like their head coach Tony Clark reminded them before taking the field:
"...Always remember that you are not just some lucky cats and dogs who only came to participate in the qualifying rounds. You are the Premier League champions and one of the eight seeded teams! You are participating in the Champions League by relying on the championship! So you and the Champions League There is no difference between the other teams and there is no Worse than them! What Vesuvius did here, we can do the same! Score their goals and fight them in the way we are best at! We can win the league championship by relying on offense! Attack and face them here!"
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Diagonally behind Hulay, Mario Salado, who started the game, was staring fiercely at him.
He is observing his opponent in this game.
Although in terms of team performance, Catalonia completely defeated Leeds City, Salado, the talented player of Catalonia, did not feel the slightest joy.
Because in the private contest between him and Hu Lai, Salado is currently at a disadvantage.
After four rounds of the Champions League group stage, Salado still failed to score a goal, but had two assists...
Hell, if I had known earlier, I would have assisted Huraibi!
As for Hulay, he scored in his first Champions League game, and then in the last round of the group stage, Leeds City also scored a goal in a 2:3 home defeat to Vesuvius.
That's two Champions League goals.
In terms of goals scored in the Champions League, 2:0, Hulay temporarily leads.
Salado focused his attention on Hulay and put aside distracting thoughts. He decided to compete with Hulay in just this game.
He has no control over other games, but this kind of direct dialogue is more valuable.
Before the game, he had a phone call with his good friend Valero, who, as he had promised, would come to watch the game.
And he must keep his promise and dedicate goals to Valero in the game.
He has already found out where Valero is in the stands, and after scoring the goal, he will rush to find Valero no matter where he is.
At the same time, he also believes that with the support and blessings of good friends, he will definitely be able to score the first Champions League goal in his career in this game!
He will never let Valero down!
Leeds City's riddled defense can't stop his "Super Mario"!
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"Although the Holy Family Stadium is not full today, there are still 80,000 people by visual inspection... It is very stressful to play in such an environment." In front of the TV, Yong Jun said with emotion as he looked at the aerial footage of the Holy Family Stadium. .
Zhang Qinghuan sat beside him without saying a word.
Although he is in Barcelona and very close to this stadium, he has not played in this stadium yet... The first leg of the Barcelona derby this season is at Saria's home court, and he will have to wait until at least the second half. Only during the season do you have the opportunity to play in this world-famous stadium. It still depends on whether his performance in this half-season can completely impress head coach Casas and earn a place for himself in the team.
Now that I think about it, what a wonderful thing it would be if I could compete in such an environment by then!
Well, after playing a Barcelona derby, Zhang Qinghuan did not find the away atmosphere intimidating. Instead, he was eager to try and gear up.
After all, this was one of his important purposes for traveling all the way from China to play in Spain.
Only by competing against masters and strong teams can we make progress.
For example, this time he went to play in the World Cup. Although it was only three group matches, he felt that he had benefited a lot.
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Zhang Qinghuan and Yong Jun were definitely not the only ones watching this game in front of the TV.
Xia Xiaoyu, Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi also watched the live broadcast of the game in front of their TV sets at home.
In the past, when they played in China, due to the time difference, they were basically unable to watch the Champions League games that kicked off around three o'clock in the middle of the night.
Because staying up late is a taboo for professional players.
During the non-office period, they must maintain a good routine at all times so that they can stay energetic during the next day's training and competition.
Speaking of which, they have to come to Europe before they can pursue the Champions League without losing a game.
As players, they are temporarily unable to participate in this highest level of football competition, but this does not prevent them from increasing their knowledge and deepening their understanding of European football by watching Champions League games.
After all, when they were in China, as long as the time was right, Qin Lin would take them to watch Hu Lai's Premier League games to learn. So they are all familiar with this matter, and they can also cheer for Hu Lai.
Also waiting for the game to start is Li Qingqing.
She sat cross-legged on the sofa holding her doll, staring at the TV screen seriously.
In the picture, Hulay and his teammates walked out of the player tunnel to the sound of the Champions League theme music.
The shouts were deafening.
The largest stadium in Europe is opening its arms to Leeds City's players, but it is definitely not to embrace them, but as if a giant beast is trying to swallow them all.
In the close-up shot, Leeds City's top scorer looked calm, showing no signs of nervousness. He followed his teammates out of the tunnel, holding the caddy in his hand. He looked up naturally and cast his gaze on the famous steep stand of the Holy Family Stadium, without any fluctuation in the expression on his face.
Seeing this, Li Qingqing slightly let go of the doll in his arms, with a smile on his face. They can't scare you, Hu Lai, your heart is... big!
(End of chapter)