Marseille is a team that doesn't have many stars, but the players are very practical. Even the teams that play in the Champions League don't dare to say that they will win when they go there.

There used to be a lot of big clubs who met Waterloo there.

Ruby also explained in the post-match press conference why he replaced Wu Sanshi.

'I just want him to rest and get ready for the next UEFA Cup.'

"Obviously, we have a chance on this battlefield as well, on two fronts, and I need to think about rotation. Everybody's performance was good, especially Garcia, who adjusted very quickly, he didn't play well in the first two games, but today it was much better, and he scored, which was a pretty important goal. He's totally ready. ”

'Callejon didn't play much but he was very positive and I believe he will be back in form after a while.

"As for Stone, he's already ready."

Talking about the opponents in the League Cup, Ruby first complimented Marseille.

"Marseille are regulars in the UEFA Cup and even play in the Champions League, they are a very strong team. They are one of the favourites. ”

"But I didn't have a chance."

Ruby is actually clear.

In the winter transfer of Ligue 1 in January, Marseille introduced Brazilian striker Blandao for 6 million euros, and also loaned old French international Wiltord, but both of them have played in Europe, and among the five strikers who signed up, two are young players of the B team, and the three strikers of the A team, Niang and Samasha, will be absent due to injury, and the other striker Koné only got rid of the injury last week. Marseille's attacking midfield is also plagued by injuries, with Ben Arfa playing on and off since December, with many games coming off the bench and Cana also missing out through injury.

So the Spaniards have a chance.

Of course, if you play away, you won. Ruby doesn't necessarily have to win the game, but he does see the possibility of winning.

Shouldn't Marseille think a little more when they face so many injuries?

Marseille have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3 in their last 8 games, scoring 6 goals and conceding 6 goals, which is three consecutive wins against Espanyol, and the two teams are in diametrically opposite form.

Even when Spinach opened the handicap for this game, it was only Marseille that made it half a draw, and the water level has been rising.

I believe that after Espanyol won Valladolid away, the handicap is estimated to continue to change.

Shunsuke Nakamura played for Celtic in the Champions League in the first half of the season, and this does not affect his playing for Espanyol in the UEFA Cup in the second half of the season, and the two competitions are not related to each other. This is fundamentally different from the players at Marseille.

And it was Shunsuke Nakamura who improved the overall level of Spain, as anyone who has watched the Espanyol game should know.

On Sunday afternoon, Ruby also gathered the team together to watch a video of the game in Marseille.

The whole team was very impressed with Niang and Wiltord.

But unfortunately, neither of these Marseille players can play. Niang is injured and Wiltord is not eligible to play, and the only striker they can use is Koné, who has just returned from injury.

In fact, their biggest threat is midfielder Ben Arfa, who is the equivalent of Espanyol de la Pena.

Ruby believes that by cutting off Ben Arfa's passing lane, the Spaniard could make a big difference.

The club also took the game very seriously, and the Spaniard travelled to Marseille on Monday afternoon.

It was 11 o'clock in the evening when the team bus arrived in Marseille.

Their arrival did not attract much attention.

Espanyol don't have any real stars, that's normal.

However, Marseille TV reported on the Spaniard.

Ginola, a famous French football legend, talked about Spaniards when he was a guest on a TV show.

"The Spaniards, though their stars are dim, are certainly not here to visit France. If we ignore their prowess because of their fame, it will be fatal for Marseille. ”

Ginola has obviously gone through a lot of preparation and investigation.

'This team has been in good form lately, especially in the last game, where they showed a lot more quality.

'There are a lot of important players in this team, their goalkeeper is Casilla from Real Madrid's academy, Jarque who is on the bench in this year's La Liga line-up, De la Pena who used to play for Barcelona in midfield, and Shunsuke Nakamura, a former Scottish Premier League footballer.

"And Rieira and Tamudo, who have been selected for the Spanish national team."

"Eventually, Stone has the fourth highest scorer in La Liga, and this player can easily break through the goals of Barcelona and Real Madrid. He has scored 22 goals in all competitions this season, so is there such a player in Marseille? ”

"And on the bench were Real Madrid academy player Callejon, as well as former Spain international Luis Garcia."

"And they're now fourth in the La Liga table."

"If such a team can't get the attention of Marseille, it means that defeat is not far away."

Originally, Marseille fans really didn't have any concept of the Spaniards, but after Ginola said so much, those Marseille fans sitting in front of the TV gasped.

It's terrifying!

What a terrible Spaniard......

It seems that their strength is far stronger than their fame.

"It looks like it's strong."

"That stone is so powerful?" It was mainly the names of Real Madrid and Barcelona that scared them......

"It seems to be really hard to fight!"

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The next day, Ruby pulled the team to the field, and the turf made him a little unhappy.

Marseille is also a big club, and the stadium has hosted the World Cup, why is the quality of the turf so poor? It's like a vegetable patch.

It's certainly not suitable for a technical team like Espanyol.

He canceled the team's on-the-field training and led the team to a local second-division training ground for daily training.

Here, almost no one knows them, no one pays attention to them, and the atmosphere of preparation is quite relaxed. Only journalists from Spain, China and Japan came here to take pictures.

Out of the city of Barcelona, they are really just a civilian team.

After the training, Wu Sanshi went shopping with his teammates, and no one paid attention to them, but Wu Sanshi was finally recognized.

Because they ran into a huge number of Chinese fans.

"Who's that guy? So many people around. ”

"I don't know, maybe it's an Asian star, I often see such an oriental face."

"No, I think he's a little familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere."

"Hey, I remember, I saw it on TV last night."

"Well, it's him, Stone, he's a player for Espanyol."

"Just him? It's not like how good it is, but this body can still score goals? ”

"It's still very popular......

'I don't believe he can score.'

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