After the Espanyol team returned to the La Liga League again, they did not make any major changes to their lineup.
Head coach Vicente-Moreno changed his usual 4-4-2 lineup in Segunda Division to 4-5-1.
Facing the powerful Barcelona, Moreno certainly knew that if his team tried to attack, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg.
But facing FC Barcelona, it is not a wise move to pile up the defense like crazy. Therefore, Moreno arranged five midfielders in the midfield, trying to effectively contain Barcelona's offense in the midfield, and not letting the opponent get too comfortable in the front of its penalty area.
Before the game, Li Mingyu saw Chinese player Wu Lei in the player tunnel.
When Wu Lei saw Li Mingyu, his eyes lit up, he walked over and said in a slightly stiff Spain dialect, "Hello, Li, I am Wu Lei!"
Li Mingyu smiled slightly and said in fluent Chinese, "Hello, brother Lei, I am Li Mingyu!"
Li Mingyu and Wu Lei, who have been coming to Spain for many years, also know something about it.
He thought that Li Mingyu had grown up in Spain since he was a child, so he probably didn't speak very good Chinese. Who knew that Li Mingyu's Chinese proficiency was so low that he couldn't tell that he was a child who grew up in a foreign country.
Wu Lei also felt inexplicably relaxed. Being able to hear his mother tongue in a foreign country is a very heartwarming feeling.
The two chatted casually for a few words. After all, they were not familiar with each other and did not say much. Moreover, the two teams were serious rivals in the same city, so their chat could not be too unrestrained.
Li Mingyu and Wu Lei made an appointment to have a meal together after the game.
Wu Lei has been abroad for so many years, and finally met a "fellow countryman", and he happily agreed.
The two teams came to the pitch.
With the referee's whistle, Barcelona's opening match of the new season finally kicked off.
Messi turned the ball backwards and handed it to the midfielder Busquets.
Busquets Seeing the opposing player rushing up, he calmly distributed the ball to the wing Pedri.
Espanyol team's midfielder quickly stepped forward to press.
Since the midfielder lost De Jong's stable ball release point, Messi could only return to the center to sort out the team's offense.
Pedri passes to Messi who retreats to the center circle.
After Messi caught the ball, he quickly turned around and shook the midfielder Espanyol who was rushing towards him.
Messi's escape was very beautiful. He almost made a 180-degree circle on the same spot, shaking the opponent's player and almost falling down.
Messi dribbles the ball forward, and Espanyol's defense quickly tightens towards Messi.
Messi didn't stick to the ball either. Seeing the change in the opponent's defense, he made a cross pass and passed it to Li Mingyu who was responding from the left wing.
Li Mingyu After receiving the ball, a beautiful ball passed by and passed the defensive player in front of him cleanly.
Li Mingyu squeezed past the opponent like a sports car.
Today's Li Mingyu's physical fitness is no longer what he was a year ago.
Now, after he uses this kind of violent force to break through, the opponent's players may not be able to pull him down if they want to pull him for a foul.
The results of Li Mingyu's special training in the summer are most vividly reflected at this moment.
Wu Lei, who came to help defend, watched helplessly as Li Mingyu started to speed about three meters away from him. He desperately pursued him from behind, but he was shocked to find that he was getting further and further away from Li Mingyu.
The speed of Wu Lei is already fast enough, but the speed of Li Mingyu is even faster.
The entire Camp Nou gave out deafening cheers. Seeing the speed of Li Mingyu, all the fans felt their adrenaline begin to secrete crazily, and they couldn't help themselves with excitement.
I haven't seen such an exciting scene in several months.
Li Mingyu's high-speed running reminded the fans of their new top scorer La Liga last season. They hadn't seen him for a few months, but Li Mingyu's speed was actually much faster than they remembered.
Amid the cheers of the fans, Li Mingyu changed speed and cut inside, staggering the opponent's oncoming center back.
In everyone's shocked eyes, Li Mingyu swung away from the angle near the arc of the penalty area and fired a powerful and heavy right-footed volley.
The opponent's goalkeeper Oier could only make a reluctant save and watched the football slip past his hands and dive into the goal behind him.
Only five minutes into the game, Li Mingyu used his own side breakthrough to score Barcelona's first goal of the new season.
Wu Lei had long since stopped chasing and looked at his Chinese friend with shocked eyes. This speed, this explosive power, the final cut inside and the powerful shot, he is simply a monster!
Wu Lei couldn't help but think that if Li Mingyu could join the national team with him, would China football have the opportunity to join World Cup again?
However, Wu Lei smiled bitterly and shook his head, because this matter had been talked about by countless people in China during the summer.
"Will Li Mingyu join the national team and help the national team enter World Cup?"
But a basin of cold water was poured directly on the fans' heads.
"Since Li Mingyu has already represented Spain U20 National Team in FIFA World Youth Championship, there is no way for Li Mingyu to change nationality and join the China national football team."
In the 2019 2019 Poland U-20 World Cup, Li Mingyu was selected into Spain U20 National Team. Although he did not have any outstanding performance in the competition, this has marked him as Spain National Team.
(In fact, you should have participated in the adult group competition, so you cannot change your nationality. I will make some changes here and won't write about Chinese football. It's too annoying!)
However, Li Mingyu was not recruited by the new Spain National Team, which indeed caused a lot of controversy in Spain's country.
In recent years, Spain's performance in competitions has been unsatisfactory.
Since 2014, Spain National Team's performance in competitions can be described as a cliff-like decline.
In 2014, World Cup and defending champion Spain were beaten 5:1 by Netherlands National Team in the first group match, completely knocking Espanyol awake.
In the end, Spain National Team, as the defending champion, did not even qualify for the group stage.
Next is UEFA European Championship in 2016. Spain National Team learned from the experience and sent out its strongest lineup.
As a result, I qualified as second in the group, but was eliminated by Italy National Team, and missed the quarterfinals.
World Cup in 2018 ranked tenth. For Spain, it is not a result worth showing off.
In 2020, the team that UEFA European Championship and Spain belong to includes Sweden led by 39-year-old Ibrahimovic, Poland led by "World Yifeng" Lewandowski, and Slovakia, who is known for his tough playing style.
As a result, Spain failed to qualify in the group stage with three matches, two draws and one loss, and left this UEFA European Championship in shame.