On the evening of January 10, the Ibiza team departed from Ibiza airport on a chartered flight and arrived in Barcelona.

The whole team had a solemn expression, and now everyone has learned about the old chairman Javier. Nieto. News of Mr. Alfonso's sudden death.

Mata, Reuss, Alba, Lewandowski and other new signings who joined the team last summer did not feel much, but the 'old' players who have played for Ibiza for many years are very sad, especially the players trained by Ibiza themselves such as Clement, Farreco and Simon Wright, are very sad, and Farreco Jr. can't help crying.

When he was not born, the boss of Ibiza was the old Alfonso, Fareco began to enter the Ibiza youth at the age of 9, and later attracted attention because of his outstanding talent, the old Alfonso loved this talent cultivated by Ibiza himself, the old Alfonso has no grandchildren, and almost treats this little guy as his grandchild, very pampered.

Arrive at the Reberto hotel chain in Barcelona and arrange for the players to stay.

Fang Jue received a call from Miss Papa, Manchester City has agreed to let Sun Jihai leave, because Sun Jihai's contract in Manchester City expires in half a year, in order to thank the Chinese veteran for his contribution during the six years of Manchester City, Manchester City also did a favor, did not plan to earn a transfer fee on Sun Jihai, agreed to terminate the contract with Sun Jihai half a year in advance, and sent Sun Jihai to Ibiza.

Of course, Sun Jihai only has half a year left on his contract, and he is 'old', even if he charges a transfer fee, that is, hundreds of thousands of euros, but the attitude of the Manchester City team is good, Manchester City does not want a transfer fee, then, Sun Jihai joins freely, and in the salary negotiation, Ibiza will take proper care.

In addition, Li Zihua has already been introduced by an intermediary to Sun Jihai and his agent, who is interested in joining a Chinese-funded institution and a Chinese head coach in La Liga.

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Outside the Rebeto hotel chain, a lot of reporters gathered.

"Ronaldinho is here!"

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

"Messi is here!"

Ronaldinho appeared at the Reberto hotel chain and then left in a hurry, followed by several Barcelona stars, including Barcelona captain Puyol, Barcelona Golden Boy, Messi, who had just finished second behind Kaka in the selection of the Ballon d'Or, and other Barcelona stars appeared at the Reberto Hotel, which attracted the attention of the local media in Barcelona.

As he left the hotel, Puyol was surrounded by reporters.

The Barcelona captain admitted that he had come to show up for Ibiza coach Fang Jue.

A reporter half-jokingly asked if it was to cheer Ibiza on them and encourage them to beat Espanyol in the Copa del Rey.

Puyol naturally denied it, saying that Espanyol is Barcelona's team, and at this moment, although Espanyol is Barcelona's derby rivals, he still hopes that Barcelona's local team can win.

Puyol said the purpose of his trip was to pay his respects.

"I am friends with Fang and I also know the president of Ibiza FC, Mr. Alfonso, and we are saddened by the passing of Mr. Alfonso, because there is no old man in football who really loves football."

Journalists only then learned the news of the death of the old president of the Ibiza club, yes, although at this moment, the whole island of Ibiza is immersed in grief, but Alfonso is not famous in Spanish football, and these reporters will not care about and understand the death of an old man, but now it is because of the visit of the Barcelona stars, and some media are also in unimportant corners, reporting the news of the death of the old president of Ibiza.

"Obviously, this is a difficult time for Ibiza, their old president, Javier. Nieto. Mr. Alfonso has passed away and they will face the mighty Spaniards at the Stadio Olimpico in Barcelona......" Daily Sport.

"Ibiza coach Mr. Fang Jue is friends with many Barcelona stars, including Puyol, Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi, and our captain personally visited the visiting Ibiza team to express his condolences and ......condolences," reported Le Monde Sport...... Ibiza's young Chinese coach has become a magical coach in La B, it is worth mentioning that he and many players of Real Madrid actually have a good relationship, last season's promotion play-offs in La B League, Ibiza was a guest at the Bernabeu, and some reporters also photographed Casillas chatting with the young Chinese coach, it is said that he and Zidane are also friends...... The manager, who worked at Ibiza before becoming head coach and was a craftsman selling his own handicrafts on the beach, is said to be as popular with some female customers as he is. ”

Yes, Alfonso's death was only briefly mentioned by the media, and in their eyes, the death of this old man was not as valuable as reporting on the interesting story (gossip) of the young manager of Ibiza.

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January 11, evening, 8:40 p.m.

Barcelona, Stadio Olimpic.

In the fifth round of the 2007/2008 Spanish Copa del Rey and the first leg of the 1/8 finals, Espanyol's home match against Ibiza is about to begin.

Players from both sides have entered the stadium.

Before the start of the game, a moment of silence was held to mourn the memory of the former president of the Ibiza club, Javier. Nieto. Mr. Alfonso.

The camera swept over the players in Ibiza, and the little Farreco on the bench burst into tears, everyone was solemn, and Fang Jue's expression was extremely serious.

On the big screen at the Olin Poker Stadium in Barcelona, a picture of Mr. Alfonso is shown.

The moment of silence ended.

The Spanish fans stood and applauded, giving the visitors the utmost respect and comfort.

The starting lists of both sides were also shown on the big screen of the stadium.

Ibiza:

Goalkeepers: 1-Simon Wright;

Backline: 20-Abate, 15-Koscielny, 2-Ayala, 16-Alba;

Midfielders: 5-Clement, 4-Mark. Croosas, 7-Mata, 17-Reuss, 10-Deisler;

Forwards: 25-Lewandowski;

Spaniard:

Goalkeepers: 1-Kameni;

Backline: 8 - Zabaleta, 21 - Halke, 19 - Torrejon, 6 - Clement. Rodriguez;

Midfielders: 22-Moises, 25-Smijanic, 7-Baldo, 11-Riera;

Forward: 10-Luis. Garcia, 23-Tamudo;

"The Spaniards really look up to us and play us like Real Madrid." Fang Jue put down his hand and got the starting list of the Spaniards, shook his head and said.

Fang Jue has a good memory, he has studied the Espanyol very thoroughly, and immediately remembered that today's Espanyol starting lineup and the 8th round of La Liga, Espanyol's home and Real Madrid's lineup are exactly the same, in that game, the Spaniards defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home with goals from Rieira and Tamudo, giving the Galaxy Battleship its first defeat of the new season.

"The Spaniards take the Copa del Rey very seriously, they are going to decide the winner one game at a time." Ceballos said.

Fang Jue nodded, he was a little disappointed in his heart at the same time, he thought that the Spaniards would pay special attention to the league and would not pay attention to the Copa del Rey, you know, in the La Liga three days ago, the Spaniards had just finished a focus battle, and the third-ranked Spaniards defeated the fifth-ranked Villarreal 3-0 at home. The Spaniard seems 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, and the starting lineup of the Spaniards is indeed very strong.

Goalkeeper Kameni is a Cameroon international who played in the 2006 World Cup.

Right-back Pablo. Zabaleta is a young Argentine international, Fang Jue is deeply impressed by this player, Argentina won the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, Messi is the number one star, Zabaleta is the captain of Argentina.

The full-back is both offensive and defensive, adept at sprinting and has a decent long-range shot.

The reason why Fang Jue paid attention to Zabaleta was because he watched the game of the Chinese national youth team, in that World Youth Championships, the Chinese national youth team under the leadership of German coach Krauchen, the Chinese team won all three games in the group stage and defeated Turkey, Ukraine and Nama respectively, won all three games in the group stage and scored 9 goals to qualify for the first place in the group, and finally, unfortunately lost to Germany 2:3 in the quarterfinals and stopped in the round of 16.

Centre-back Dani. Halque is a graduate of the Espanyol academy and was at the heart of the defence in 2006 and 2007 as part of the Copa del Rey and runners-up in the UEFA Cup, also as a Spain international.

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

Smijanic in midfield is a Serbia international; Albert. Riella, a Spanish international, made his debut in Mallorca, although he is close to 190 cm tall, Riella is not slow and has excellent foot skills.

Luis on the forward line. Garcia, produced by Real Madrid Castilla, is also an active Spanish international, and 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, and the Real Madrid No. 7 who has been loved by thousands since his debut, Tamudo looks mediocre, has a simple style of play, and was not noticed in his youth.

Tamudo joined Espanyol at the age of 14 and went through two loan spells before finally gaining a foothold in 1999/2000. In his first full La Liga campaign, he scored 10 goals in 34 games and reached the Copa del Rey final with the team. In the final, a sneak goal in the opening two minutes helped Espanyol defeat Atletico Madrid with a final score of 2:1 to win the title. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Tamudo reached the final as a member of the Spanish youth team and finished second.

Over the next nine seasons, Tamudo became a Spaniard legend, never scoring less than 10 league goals per season, and gradually became the banner of the Parrots.

In the 2001/2002 season, the young Tamudo captained Espanyol and scored 17 goals that season, making him joint fourth in the scorers' charts.

In the 2003/2004 season, Tamudo, who broke out again, finished third in the scorers list with 19 goals. This kind of result is the foundation of Espanyol's foothold in the middle of the table and occasionally attacking the top six, and it is never easy for a striker to maintain such a goalscoring efficiency.

Since the beginning of the youth era, Tamudo has played for Espanyol for 13 years, and since returning from loan in the summer of 1999, he has scored 118 La Liga goals in nine years, which is also a team record for Espanyol.

And, it is worth mentioning that Tamudo is one of the least favorite rivals of Barcelona fans, and in derby matches, Tamudo is Barcelona's most feared Espanyol star, especially on June 9, 2007, Raul. Tamudo scored his 112th and 113th goals for RCD Espanyol in the Barcelona derby to draw 2-2 with Espanyol to leapfrog Rafael. Maranhão became the club's all-time leading goalscorer. It is worth mentioning that Tamudo's stoppage time stunner at Camp Nou also ruined the dream of the city's rival Barcelona to win the championship. At the end of the season, Barcelona are tied with rivals Real Madrid on 76 points, but are at a disadvantage due to the win-loss relationship.

Yes, Tamudo's name is Raul. Tamudo, the namesake of Madrid's Seven, the Galactic Battleship has its own Raul, and the Spaniards also have their own Raul, which is so amazing.

Just looking at this starting line-up, the Spaniards are now third in La Liga, just one point behind Barcelona, and they deserve it, this is a very strong team.

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In addition, in the eyes of many media, the Spaniard has the most important thing that they have a talented manager: Esneto. Valverde.

Before the game, there was a report in the Daily Sports newspaper that praised Espanyol coach Esnetto. Valverde.

Valverde took over Espanyol last summer, and when he took over, the Spaniard's situation was not good, and in the critical moment, Valverde chose to trust the young man. The average age of the team is only 23.8 years old. The main players at the back include 23-year-old Dani Halke, 21-year-old Zabaleta, 20-year-old Torrejon; On the offensive end, there is more experience, with Pandiani and De la Pena 30 years old, Rufitte 29 years old, Tamudo 28 years old, Luis Garcia 25 years old and Riera 24 years old.

It's a perfect match between a talented star and a well-known veteran.

Valverde's Spaniards set off a youth storm last season, and it is true that Espanyol did not perform well in La Liga, with only one win, six draws and three defeats in the first ten rounds, and finished in 11th place at the end of the season. However, Valverde's storm of youth brought the team to the final of the UEFA Cup.

Under his leadership, the Spaniards won all of their group stage matches against Ajax, Austrian Vienna, Sparta Prague and Belgium's Wilshire; In the knockout rounds, they won all at home and were unbeaten away, and eliminated Livorno, Maccabi Haifa, Benfica and Werder Bremen in succession to reach the final.

Daily Sport praised Valverde and listed many of the stars and talents who fell to Spain last season: Stekelenburg, Vermaelen, Sneijder, Huntelaar (Ajax), Amelia, Lucarelli (Livorno), David. Louis, Rui. Costa, Calagounis, Simão, Nuno. Gomez (Benfica), Wiese, Frijns, Diego, Almeida, Klose (Werder Bremen).

Finally, "Daily Sports" looked forward to the match between Espanyol and Ibiza, and compared Valverde and Fang Jue, both of whom like to reuse young players, set off a youth storm in their respective leagues, and achieved remarkable results, Spain ranked third in La Liga, and Ibiza ranked first in La B, however, the newspaper finally said that Fang Jue was too far behind in front of Valverde, and Valverde led Espanyol to the runner-up of last season's UEFA Cup. The gold content of the third-place finish in La Liga is also much higher than that of Fang Jue's Ibiza.

"This game is a good opportunity for the young Chinese coach to learn, and Valverde will teach this young over-the-top coach a good lesson."

For this argument of "Daily Sports", the famous Fang Jue licked the dog "Catalonia Evening News" reporter Fernando refuted, he said that Coach Fang Jue is a very talented coach, and the side that won this game must be Coach Fang Jue, and then, Fernando Balabala said a lot of things that seem to make sense, but after careful analysis, there is no nutritional words, and finally concluded: Fang Jue must win, Ibiza must win, Valverde is not as good as Fang Jue!

At this moment, Fernando is in the media seat, he thinks of the ridicule caused by his report, and his heart is happy, he is looking forward to it, expecting Ibiza to lose, preferably a fiasco, and then he will argue for Fang Jue and pull hatred...... Tsk, just imagine it's beautiful.

Who would have thought that Fang Jue's licking dog was an undercover agent!

I'm so talented!

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In the stands at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.

Sun Jihai and his agent Yu Haotao hurriedly sat down.

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

"Ji Hai, I still think you should think carefully." Yu Haotao said that he does not support Sun Jihai to play in Spain, Yu Haotao has been persuading Sun Jihai to join Sheffield United in the Championship after the season, on the one hand, because he believes that Sun Jihai has played in England for many years and is familiar with the football environment in England, however, because of an important reason, Yu Haotao is also one of the leaders of the cooperation between Sheffield United Club in the Championship and Chengdu Sheffield United, and he has planned that Sun Jihai will play in Sheffield United for a year, and then return to Chengdu to play, This will help Sheffield United develop the Chinese market, and at the same time, it will also help the development of Chengdu Sheffield United, although he can reap certain benefits in it, but Yu Haotao feels that he has a clear conscience, and he is indeed thinking about Sun Jihai, and this plan is also very helpful to the players.

However, after Sun Jihai learned that a La B team was interested in him, and after learning that Ibiza's majority shareholder was Chinese and the head coach was also Chinese, he became more interested, especially after inquiring and learning that Ibiza is now the leader of La Liga, and is hopeful of being promoted to La Liga at the end of the season.

If he can play in La Liga, Sun Jihai is still very interested, now, the money factor is not his first consideration, in the final stage of his career, to feel a different football, to be able to play in La Liga, he wants to try.

Moreover, after getting to know the Ibiza club first, Sun Jihai was also very surprised, the German international Deisler and the old Argentine captain Ayala were all in this team, which made him even more curious about Ibiza.

Of course, he was more curious that a young Chinese could coach Ibiza with great success.

Therefore, Sun Jihai did not care about the dissuasion of his agent's old friend, and insisted on coming to Barcelona, he wanted to watch the team's game live and observe the team up close.

"Brother Tao, what do you think of this game?" Sun Jihai asked.

"The Spaniards won." Yu Haotao said, "It may even be a big victory." ”

"Brother Tao is so unoptimistic about Ibiza?" Sun Jihai asked.

"There is a huge gap in strength between the two sides." Yu Haotao analyzed, "Espanyol has a Cameroon international, two Argentina internationals, a Serbian international, four Spanish internationals, coach Valverde is also very capable, they were the Spanish Copa del Rey champions last season, the UEFA Cup runner-up last season, and now they are the third place in La Liga. Except for Deisler and Ayala, Ibiza has other players, which are not worth mentioning at all, the gap is too big. ”

Talking, talking, Yu Haotao suddenly felt that he should not stop Sun Jihai from coming to Barcelona to watch this game, after watching Ibiza suffer a defeat or even a heavy defeat, maybe Sun Jihai will realize that this La B team is not a good place to go, and he will change his mind.

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Fang Jue stood on the sidelines, his eyes staring at the arena.

The Spaniards were extremely aggressive from the start of the game, they pressed the Ibiza fans and it was clear that, as Ceballos said, the Espanyol manager Valverde and Confident, he wanted a game to be decided.

Fang Jue's eyes fell on the Espanyol's Cameroon international Kameni, who seemed very idle after the start of the game, the Spaniards took the initiative and once formed a half-court siege posture against Ibiza, which made Kameni have nothing to do, even a little bored, I don't know if it was intentional or really sleepy, the Cameroon international even yawned, which also caused cheers from the Spanish fans in the stands: they were very proud.

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