Chapter 097: The Showdown of the European Golden Boy (First Update)
"It's the knockout rounds of the 2012/2013 Champions League, the first leg of the quarter-finals, the Rose Garden in Malaga, Basel away to Málaga, a direct clash between the two dark horses." He Wei said with a little excitement.
The starting lists of both teams were shown on the big screen.
Basel (4-5-1):
Goalkeepers: No. 1 Sommer;
Defender: No. 29 Marcus. Steinhofer, No. 6 Alexander. Dragovic, No. 13 Kovac, No. 3 Park Joo-ho;
Midfielder: No. 20 Fabian. Frey, No. 7 David. Degen, No. 10 Giles. Yappie, No. 22 Muhammad. Salah, No. 24 Cabrral;
Forward: No. 27 Jiang Chenxi;
"Basel's lineup has hardly changed from what the media expected, Jiang Chenxi is once again a single striker, and he will shoulder the heavy responsibility of Basel's attack."
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Malaga (4-2-3-1): 13-Willy. Caballero/2-Jesus. Gamez, 5-Demichelis, 21-Sergio. Sanchez, 25-Antunes/8-Tulalang, 6-Ignacio. Camacho/7-Joaquín, 22-Isco, 17-Duda/10-Baptista.
"This Malaga team is very strong, many of the team's famous players have been famous for a long time, in the goalkeeper position, Caballero is an Argentine international, even the backup goalkeeper Kameni is also a Cameroon international, the veteran Demichelis is transferred to Malaga from Bayern Munich, and the two full-backs are Antunes and Jesus. Gámez, the former is a Portugal international, and the latter is now rumoured to have been eyeballed by Atletico Madrid. He Wei said.
"Malaga is partnered with Demichelis today with Sergio. Sanchez, this is because the captain of the team, Villedon, was injured in training yesterday. Hey, hey, hey. Zhang Lu said with a smile that the absence of the Malaga captain with an injury is good news for Basel.
On the sidelines, Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini looked a little helpless, in yesterday's training, captain Villedon didn't know which tendon was wrong, and made a cameo appearance as goalkeeper on a whim, but fell and injured his shoulder when he saved the ball...... Pellegrini had a feeling of beeping something.
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"The midfield is the strongest in Malaga, former France international Tulalang joined Malaga from Lyon in 2011 for a transfer fee of 11 million euros, and since coming to Malaga he has been the team's main midfielder, his defensive positioning is reasonable, and his interception ability is very strong." "In fact, at the height of his prime, it was rumored that Real Madrid were going to buy him. ”
"Ignacio. Camacho is a fringe international for Spain with a tough style and good defensive ability. ”
"Joaquín is very familiar to everyone, the talented Joaquín joined Malaga in the summer of 2011 for 4.2 million euros, and although Joaquín is no longer in his peak form at the age of 30, the former Spain international is still one of Malaga's thighs."
"Former Portugal international Duda is also very familiar to everyone, although he is 35 years old, but his ability to play long balls and wide crosses is good.
"Isco is the number one star of Malaga, relying on his outstanding performance in this year, (9 goals and 1 assist in La Liga, 2 goals and 3 assists in the Champions League), Isco won the Golden Boy Award, Jiang Chenxi only ranked third with a difference of 6 points, this is also where many of our fans pay attention to this game, the duel between Isco and Jiang Chenxi is the biggest highlight of this game."
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"Today's single striker in Malaga is Baptista, which is also a very familiar player, Baptista, who once played for Real Madrid, became famous at a young age, and many years have passed, Baptista's name is very domineering, and his figure is also very domineering, and when he debuted, he gave people a feeling of midfielder Baptista because of his name, and finally found out that he was Adriano in the midfield. Today his position is as a center forward. ”
"In addition, on the bench of Malaga, there are also stars, former Barcelona star Saviola, as well as Malaga on loan from Manchester City center Santa Cruz, and Portugal international Ezelio, it can be said that although Malaga and Basel are dark horses, but from the perspective of player configuration, Malaga is much stronger than Basel." He Wei said rationally.
The Chinese fans in front of the TV were very surprised, they didn't know much about Malaga, and many fans only noticed Isco, who 'robbed' Jiang Chenxi's European Golden Boy Award, but they didn't expect that there were so many stars in Málaga that they were familiar with.
At this moment, many people are worried about Basel, and Málaga's strength is a bit surprisingly strong.
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With a whistle from referee Webber from England, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals began.
At the beginning of the game, it was played in a kind of high-tempo and high-confrontation.
Before the game, the media was hyping that this was a matchup between the European golden boy and the prospective golden boy.
The Spanish media also intercepted the report of the Chinese domestic media, and diverged thinking, reporting that Jiang Chenxi is generally believed to be the well-deserved European golden boy in China, and Isco's golden boy is famous, and Jiang Chenxi will be justified in this game!
This caused discontent among the Spanish media and fans, especially those in Malaga, Isco is the team's number one star and their big baby, who cannot tolerate such statements.
As Basel's number one star, Jiang Chenxi has endured the anger of Malaga fans from the beginning of the game - they don't care about those remarks are just media hype: there are wrongs and debts, and the anger of Malaga fans is naturally vented at Jiang Chenxi.
From the moment the game began, as long as Jiang Chenxi touched the ball, the crazy boos of the Malaga fans were dedicated to Jiang Chenxi.
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Jiang was not affected by the boos at all...... Malaga fans wanted to express their disgust with Jiang Chenxi in this way, but this method was completely ineffective for Jiang! Because this is a young player with a big heart! Swiss commentator Hansen said, "Look at his goals in the Champions League, even against Manchester United, Jiang is fearless, but will play very well." ”
In this kind of booing, Jiang Chenxi is not afraid, no matter who he is, he has experienced an injury that almost ruined his career, in such a difficult situation, he persevered, worked hard, and returned to the court, his psychological quality is unimaginable to ordinary people.
The boos couldn't hurt a single hair of his hair.
Anyway, it was impossible for these fans to jump from the stands and beat him.
There's only one way to silence these booing home fans: and that's to score!
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In fact, the Spanish media is also very interested in the duel between Isco and Jiang Chenxi, two young stars who are in the limelight.
Both youngsters are currently the hottest young stars in all of Europe.
All of them have just turned 20 years old!
They are the number one stars of the team they play for!
The media and fans in other countries are also very interested in this, and they also want to know which of these two young people is better.
And this Champions League knockout match between Malaga and Jiang Chenxi is simply the best opportunity.
So when the race started, everyone's attention was on the number 27 in Basel and the number 22 in Malaga.
After the start of the game, both Jiang Chenxi and Isco worked very hard in the game, and it can even be said that they were very desperate, obviously, whether it was affected by the media hype, or their inner thoughts, the two showed one thing in the game and fighting spirit: neither of them wants to lose to each other.
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Just three minutes into the game, Isco had a good breakthrough when he first changed direction from a high-speed dribble past Fabian. Frey, and then there was an emergency stop to give way past David. Degen, and then shot straight from a distance, but it was missed.
However, the fans in Malaga still gave a round of applause to the team's number one star for the breakthrough goal.
Just two minutes later, Jiang Chenxi returned the color with a half-turn volley from a penalty area, his shot was saved by Malaga goalkeeper Caballero and bounced to the ground, Jiang Chenxi rushed up to make up for the shot, and the football was pounced on by Caballero in embarrassment.
Interestingly, the camera captured that the two young stars glanced at each other intentionally or unintentionally after completing this attack.
"We seem to feel the sparks in the eyes of two people looking at each other." He Wei said.
"Two proud young men, neither of whom is willing to admit defeat! It's a battle for theirs! Zhang Lu said.