For four consecutive competitions, Spain National Team has failed to achieve satisfactory results, and all Spain fans are complaining.
In the previous qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup Europe zone, Spain National Team was placed in a group with Sweden, Greece, Georgia, and Kosovo.
Originally, in this group, Spain should be the strongest, and the chance of being ranked first in the group is very high.
However, in the four games in the first round, Spain had two wins, one draw and one loss, which was still unacceptable to Spain fans.
The first home game was a 1:1 draw with Greece.
The second game was away from home, reversing the underdog Georgia 2:1.
In the third game, they defeated Kosovo 2:0 away from home.
In the fourth game, they lost 0:2 at home to Sweden National Team led by Ibrahimovic.
Now Group B situation is very unfavorable for Spain.
Sweden: Ranked first in the group with 3 wins, 1 loss and 9 points.
Greece: Ranked second in the group with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and 7 points.
Spain: 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points. Due to the low goal difference, we are ranked third.
Georgia, with 2 wins, 2 losses and 6 points, followed closely behind.
The last one is Kosovo who lost all four matches.
Spain National Team, whose star is dim, is too old and too young to form a decent team.
It is said that Luis Enrique, the head coach of Spain National Team, has begun to consider the plan to recruit Li Mingyu.
After the restart, Espanyol also started to attack.
In defense, Espanyol's lineup was 4-5-1, but in attack, Espanyol changed back to their best 4-4-2 lineup, placing Wu Lei in the familiar forward position, partnering with their main forward De Tomas to form a double forward lineup.
Espanyol's offense is very layered. When facing Barcelona's high-position press, they are also very disciplined and will never play the ball randomly.
Barcelona's defense in the midfield did not pose a sufficient threat to Espanyol.
The integration of new players and the entire team is still in progress.
Wu Lei was very active in Barcelona's frontcourt, dropping back to get the ball from time to time, hoping to pull away Barcelona's defense.
Li Mingyu also retreated more than ten meters in front of the penalty area to defend, using his high-speed running to force Espanyol's players to speed up their ball movements.
Li Mingyu's return to defense caught Espanyol's players by surprise.
Because Li Mingyu last season hardly participated in defense.
However, after special training, Li Mingyu's physical strength can fully support him to play the entire game.
Espanyol's attack in the frontcourt was forced by Li Mingyu to pass the ball backwards.
Moreover, they have to be careful with Li Mingyu's speed. They almost don't dare to pass that kind of very dangerous cross pass, for fear that Li Mingyu will suddenly steal the ball and directly counterattack.
Under the pressure of Li Mingyu, the opponent's midfielder passed the ball with a little more force. Wu Lei, who received the ball, failed to stop the ball and the football was a little further away from his body.
Li Mingyu rushed over quickly and collided with Wu Lei who was about to throw the ball.
Wu Lei felt as if he had hit a wall. While he was shocked by Li Mingyu's confrontation and strength, the football was also destroyed by Li Mingyu.
Throw-in in the frontcourt.
Li Mingyu stretched out his hand and pulled Wu Lei up. Without any expression on his face, he continued to run over and prepare to steal.
Wu Lei was also inspired by Li Mingyu and reached out for the ball.
However, Espanyol's attack ended here.
The player who was surrounded was successfully intercepted by Barcelona.
When Li Mingyu saw this scene, he immediately started running towards Espanyol's half.
Soon, the football was passed to the feet of De Jong who stepped in at midfield.
De Jong is very conscientious when defending and almost never leaves the vicinity of the penalty area.
But when attacking, as soon as there is a good opportunity, De Jong will quickly step in, adding an extra passer to Barcelona's midfield.
De Jong passed Wu Lei who came to press, and passed a very concealed through ball to the feet of Messi.
After Messi got the ball, he quickly started to attack the opponent's defense.
Li Mingyu and Griezmann have been plugged in quickly.
Griezmann leaned tightly against the opponent's central defender and made a gesture of asking for the ball.
Messi flicked his ankle, and the football was directly passed to Griezmann's feet.
After Griezmann got the ball, he made a move to turn around.
The defender behind him was leaning against him, and the defender next to him also rushed up quickly, trying to complete the steal.
Who knows, Griezmann suddenly made a heel pass, and the football passed between the defender's legs and passed directly into the penalty area.
A figure suddenly broke in from Espanyol's defense and got the football in one step.
Single ball!
The person who got the ball was Li Mingyu hidden in the Espanyol defense.
Seeing Li Mingyu in such a dangerous position, all Espanyol's defenders were in panic, and they raised their right hands to signal that Li Mingyu was offside.
But the linesman's flag had no intention of raising it, and the referee didn't give any indication.
Goalkeeper Oier moved quickly, trying to block Li Mingyu's shooting angle.
Li Mingyu used his favorite action.
Swinging his upper body like a pendulum, Oier seemed to have been immobilized. He could only watch as Li Mingyu walked past him and sat down on the ground.
After Li Mingyu passed the goalkeeper, he kicked the ball into the goal without making any sloppy moves.
In the 20th minute of the first half, the score reached 2:0, with Barcelona taking the lead.
After scoring the goal, Li Mingyu came directly to Griezmann and jumped on his back.
Griezmann deserves more than half of the credit for this goal.
It is because of Griezmann's beautiful back-heel pass, which is extremely concealed, that Li Mingyu has such a good opportunity to score the ball directly in front of the goalkeeper.
Espanyol's players' mentality exploded when faced with this situation.
What a waste, we just went to Segunda Division for one season. How come when we come back and face Barcelona, we not only have to face Messi, but also this guy!
Now Li Mingyu has given all the head coaches of the La Liga team a headache.
In this year's La Liga league, how to face Real Madrid with Haaland and how to face Barcelona with Messi and Li Mingyu have become the biggest problems.
Atletico Madrid's head coach, Simeone, wants to resign from Atletico Madrid.
Sure enough, I guessed it right. Atletico Madrid really overturned in Sevilla. I predicted it again. I won't say it anymore. I will reward myself with an extra update! (Chapter 21, but the score was not predicted correctly!)