In the end, after 90 minutes, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid with a score of 4:2 and became the champion of Spanish Super Cup in the 2021-2022 season.
This is also Li Mingyu's second championship trophy in 2021.
After the game, the Real Madrid players came to the edge of the court dejectedly.
The players of Barcelona, as well as their staff, all came to the middle of the stadium and celebrated excitedly.
The staff of Royal Spanish Football Federation began to arrange the podium in the center of the stadium.
Haaland was squatting alone on the sidelines, looking at the podium with envious eyes.
Although Haaland became famous at a young age, he has not won any honors in the club.
Golden Boy Award, Norway Footballer, they are not important to him.
Seeing the nearest champion Spanish Super Cup pass him by, Haaland also had some tears in his eyes.
In this game, Haaland was already working very hard, but his luck was unlucky. In addition to the sneak goal, Haaland also had two very beautiful shots, both of which hit the goal post, which made him very upset.
Amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, all the players of Barcelona held hands and walked onto the makeshift podium.
As the captain, Messi received the Spanish Super Cup championship trophy from Royal Spanish Football Federation official.
Barcelona's players began to celebrate crazily on the podium.
Last season, this award was taken away by the Athletic Bilbao team. In that game, Messi won the first Red Gem Promotion Card of his club career. After the game, many Barcelona players were unconvinced and shed heroic tears.
This season, Barcelona made a comeback and took back the trophy from the powerful Real Madrid.
FC Barcelona won the first championship of the 2021-2022 season. Next, there will be several championships waiting for them in the near future.
After the game, the focus of public opinion was still the performance of Li Mingyu and Haaland.
However, one day later, an announcement was posted on Real Madrid's official website that Hazard announced that he would be out of action for the season due to an injury to his left ankle.
For a moment, the entire Real Madrid fell into sighs again.
King Hazard just played a few games and was reimbursed for the season again.
It is estimated that the value of Hazard will plummet. Even if Real Madrid wants to sell Hazard, no team may choose to take over.
It's so confusing!
Real Madrid spent a total of 200 million euros on Hazard in the past two years, only getting 10 goals and 3 assists.
This "goods" is too expensive!
Immediately afterwards, Roberto Martinez, the head coach of the Belgium national team, severely refuted Real Madrid on his Instagram.
Regarding Hazard's season reimbursement, Busquets also rushed to Real Madrid's central hospital to visit Hazard.
Hazard did not blame Busquets, but his forced smile also showed that he was not very peaceful inside.
This injury made all his previous surgeries in vain and caused more serious consequences.
If it is really not handled well, it is estimated that Hazard will never be able to play football again in the future.
Injuries are a common thing in sports.
For any superstar, skills, status, etc. are secondary. The most important thing is to have a strong body and be able to avoid serious injuries in a short career of more than ten or twenty years. This is the most important point of becoming a superstar.
In the entire sports world, countless superstars have fallen due to injuries.
The famous star of Brazil, the Alien Ronaldo, if it were not for two serious knee injuries, it is estimated that his current status in the football world is absolutely unmatched.
For Li Mingyu, he has a unique advantage, that is, the system gives him no trouble from injuries when playing Camp Nou.
For a player, this is simply great news.
Moreover, Li Mingyu also received some plasters to resist injuries and speed up recovery from injuries during several check-ins.
Li Mingyu would not dare to take out such a black technology thing for others to use casually.
Back in the league, the games in December were still very intensive, with one game played every four days, and Barcelona's team also suffered some strains caused by fatigue.
In the four consecutive league games, Barcelona did not face much resistance and won the game cleanly.
Since Sevilla has been blocked by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid one after another, the current four games have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, and the league ranking has directly dropped to fourth place.
Real Madrid won all four matches and achieved an impressive record of 13 wins and 1 loss in the first fourteen rounds, ranking first.
Barcelona also won all four games and rose to second place in the ranking, just 1 point less than Real Madrid at the top.
Atletico Madrid lost to Villarreal in the away game, 2 points less than Barcelona, currently ranked third.
After playing the game in December, the time has come to December 31, 2021.
For Espanyol, the most important day every year, besides Christmas and Holy Week, is January 1st every year, which is equivalent to China's New Year.
On this day, Li Mingyu's home is also brightly lit.
Since there is no one in Li Mingyu's father's home, all the relatives who came here on this day are Li Mingyu's mother's relatives.
Li Mingyu's grandmother has passed away, but my grandfather is still in good health. However, my grandfather has always been very dissatisfied with his little daughter marrying a Chinese.
He is not discriminating against Chinese people, he just thinks that the living habits and customs of the two people are different, how can they be happy!
But the reality is that Li Zhenfei and Sonia are very happy after getting married.
Grandpa Alexander has nothing to say, but he has always been lukewarm towards Li Zhenfei.
But I like Li Mingyu and Alexander very much.
However, what makes Alexander very confused is that he has always been a fan of the Espanyol team, but his grandson actually joined the rival team.
This is also one of the important reasons why he has not had contact with his daughter's family.
This time, Li Mingyu personally drove to his grandpa's house and invited his grandpa to his villa.
Looking at his handsome grandson, Alexander felt very proud, but when he thought of his identity, the smile on his grandfather's face faded.
He couldn't forget that in the first game of this season, facing the Espanyol team that had just been promoted to La Liga, Li Mingyu didn't show any weakness and directly used a hat trick to tell them who was the king of the derby.
Alexander, who was watching TV at home, was very confused. His grandson scored a goal. He wanted to cheer, but he couldn't. He was so angry that he scolded his daughter who called her on the phone.
Li Mingyu's mother Sonia was also confused at the time and didn't know why she was scolded. Later, she found out the reason for being scolded when she learned that her son had scored three goals in a row and defeated the Spaniard in the Barcelona derby.
Li Mingyu's grandfather has three daughters in total, Sonia is the youngest. She also has two sisters, but they have all married out of town.
This time, Sonia's two sisters returned to Barcelona with their husbands and children, preparing to celebrate the New Year together.
Alexander looked at the happy family and showed a happy smile.
"Cousin, it turns out it's really you. Oh my god, Abel, it turns out it's my cousin!"
Li Mingyu's aunt's child is a boy. He is 25 years old this year and his name is Andre.
Because he is in college, he has not been back to Barcelona for a long time.
He had always known that his cousin played football, but after not seeing him for several years, Li Mingyu's appearance was already very vague.
And Li Mingyu's name is too hard to pronounce. He has always called Li Mingyu Spain by his name, Abel.
However, this name is only used among relatives of Li Mingyu.
Outside, Li Mingyu always uses his Chinese name.
Li Mingyu said with a smile, "Cousin Andre, we haven't seen each other for many years!"
Andre currently lives in Madrid Region and is a big fan of Real Madrid.
El Clasico and Andre's hatred for Li Mingyu has reached the highest level twice, and I can't wait to eat its flesh and sleep on its skin.
But, today, when he knew that Li Mingyu was his little cousin, Andre immediately rebelled.
"From today on, I, Andre, say that I am a fan of Barcelona. No, I am a fan of Abel."
Looking at Andre who had fallen into madness, Li Mingyu also helplessly shrugged his shoulders and looked at the quiet girl sitting beside him.
This girl is very beautiful, with a typical Spain beauty appearance, deep eye sockets, and gem-like eyes that seem to be able to speak. There are two small dimples on her face. A slight smile can make people drunk in her dimples.
This beauty is the daughter of Li Mingyu's second aunt's family, and her cousin Bella.
Bella is not a football fan, and is not too curious about Li Mingyu's identity, but he is still very interested in having such a powerful person among his relatives.
"It's getting late. Come on, everyone sit down at the dining table. We're going to have our final prayers!"
Grandpa Alexander's voice sounded, and everyone came over quietly.
Everyone sat at the dining table and looked at the big clock in the middle of the living room.
This clock looks like an old object at first glance. The sound of the pendulum is very clear. In a quiet room, everyone can hear the sound of the pendulum swinging.
The time has come to 11:59 on December 31, 2021.
There is a small plate in front of everyone, and there are 12 purple grapes on the plate.
When the time came to 0 o'clock on January 1, 2022, the clock rang the New Year's bell.
With the New Year's bell, everyone picks up a grape and puts it in their mouth when the bell rings.
12 bells, 12 grapes.
In the whole Spain, the most lively place is on Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
At this time, tens of thousands of people gathered here, all waiting for the arrival of the New Year.
Eating grapes during the New Year is a custom that originated from Spain.
There are several theories about the origin of this custom, among which the more popular ones are:
In 1909, there was a bumper harvest of Alicante grapes in the southeastern part of Spain. In order to sell unsalable grapes, local farmers invented the concept of "good luck grapes". In conjunction with the arrival of the New Year, they combined eating grapes on New Year's Eve with good luck in the coming year, and made a very successful event marketing. Even to this day, Alicante's "Uva Aledo(Uva Aledo" is the first choice for "good luck grapes" in the New Year.
This custom has spread throughout European and American countries where Spanish is spoken, but in some places, grapes are not eaten during the New Year, but raisins are eaten.
In the villa of Li Mingyu, after the 12 bells ended, all the grapes on the plates in front of everyone were eaten.
Everyone put their hands together and prayed devoutly.
"May everyone be safe and sound in 2022!"
Grandpa Alexander's prayers are the most simple.
Li Mingyu prays that he can win the championship of Champions League in the new year. If possible, World Cup's championship will not be too many.
After eating the grapes, the whole family took some colorful candles and went outdoors. In their own yard, everyone got the candles of the color they wanted and lit them separately.
This is also a custom of Espanyol. Candles of various colors represent different wishes.
The yellow candle represents wealth and career luck, the red candle symbolizes love luck, the white represents light, the green brings physical and mental health, and the meaning of the orange candle is to maintain wisdom.
Li Mingyu looked at the light yellow candle in front of him, emitting bursts of faint light, with a satisfied smile on his face.
Andre originally wanted a yellow candle, but his father handed him a red candle, looked at him seriously, and said, "Andre, you are 25 years old, you should start a family!"
Andre took the red candle with a look of helplessness. In the narrow eyes of Li Mingyu and Bella, he lit it unwillingly and muttered without knowing what he was saying.
Bella lit an orange candle. As a top student, Bella believes that his wisdom is the most important wealth.
After the candles were burned, the family returned home, sat at the dining table, picked up the wine glasses, and began the final toast ceremony.
Finally, at around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, the New Year's celebration finally came to an end.
Grandpa Alexander has already returned to the house to rest.
The other family members also hugged each other after drinking the last glass of wine, giving each other a loving hug and hoping that everyone would be happy and contented in the new year.
Li Mingyu looked at the stars outside the window and said with a smile, "Hello, 2022!"