And there is a very important reason why a large number of fans travel to Spain to support Espanyol games.

That is China's two U16 players, Yuan Qiang and Gong Chenglong, who will be in action in this game.

With the addition of Wu Lei, there are three Chinese players who started today.

In the past, when only Wu Lei was present, many patriotic fans regarded the Espanyol team as their home team.

Now there are three Chinese players, one of the best players in the current country, and two future stars, of course, such a game needs to be paid attention to, and the ability naturally wants to come to the scene to cheer for these three Chinese players.

There was even a large waving five-star red flag in the stands.

At the pre-match press conference, a reporter asked Mourinho about Yuan Qiang and Gong Chenglong's starts.

Mourinho's expression was a little embarrassed, but in the end he expressed very tactfully that he, like most of the media, did not agree with such an approach, thinking that it was not good for 16-year-olds, after all, there is still a certain gap between their bodies and adults.

Of course, the reporter understood that this was the meaning of the club president again, but when the reporter deliberately provoked the relationship between Mourinho and Gao Hong, Mourinho was not fooled, claiming that he had not been suppressed in the club and that the relationship with the club president was also very harmonious.

Espanyol played against Athletic Bilbao today, and Espanyol lost 0-3 to Athletic Bilbao in the first half of the league.

In the first half of the league, Espanyol also fell to the bottom of the standings because of the match with Athletic Bilbao and was on the verge of relegation.

Back at home, Espanyol is no longer what it used to be.

But Athletic Bilbao from top to bottom, from the manager to the players, expressed their confidence that they would win this game and send Espanyol another 3-0.

A reporter asked the head coach of Athletic Bilbao what he thought of the Espanyol team's arrangement of two U16 players on the field, and the head coach of Athletic Bilbao said that this was the Espanyol team looking for an excuse for their defeat today, after all, there were two U16 players on the other side, so that Athletic Bilbao would feel that the victory was not strong.

After some talking, the game soon began.

The starting lineup of the Espanyol team really includes Yuan Qiang and Gong Chenglong.

They haven't been seen much in public for half a year, and their bodies are noticeably much thramper than they were in the last Groundhog Cup, and in terms of size, they are almost indistinguishable from adult players.

In the past six months, they have not shown much outside, but they are receiving a unique training plan formulated for them by Gao Hong.

In addition to their daily kicking training, they also have two to four hours of muscle training every day under the guidance of professional nutritionists and fitness coaches, so that their bodies have grown strong muscles and will not suffer too much in the physical confrontation with adult players.

Of course, Gao Hong personally operated them, and it would not give them too many opportunities to fight with the opposing players.

Yuan Qiang and Gong Chenglong played left and right wingers respectively in their positions on the field.

However, because the Espanyol team arranged the trident of Wu Lei, Chiro Immobile and Werner in the frontfield, their starting positions today were also adjusted, playing left midfield and right midfielder respectively, and formed the midfield of the Espanyol team together with forward Wu Lei and back Kante.

With Espanyol's current style of play, they mainly cooperate with the team's frontcourt attack, and the defensive pressure is not very great.

After the start of the game, Athletic Bilbao obviously learned from the coach of Real Sociedad in the last game, and did not put a bus in the backfield, but started pressing from the front court and started to attack Espanyol!

And Athletic Bilbao also came prepared, using two U16 players to play midfield against Espanyol, they deliberately strengthened the midfield, once Yuan Qiang and Gong Chenglong got the ball, they carried out a very vicious collision pressing, and they targeted the weakness of the Espanyol team.

Gao Hong was of course mentally prepared for this, he manipulated the two U16 players, dodged the collision of the opposing players with ease like playing bullfighting, and then passed the ball to Wu Lei or the two strikers in front of him with a very threatening pass, or directly kicked the ball, so that the heavy punch of Athletic Bilbao completely hit the cotton.

At the beginning of the first half, Athletic Bilbao attacked fiercely, and the backcourt was also very fierce, Gao Hong did not waste too much physical strength to attack them, but took a defensive position most of the time, and used his very clever operation to resolve the fierce offensive of Athletic Bilbao in the front court again and again.

Half an hour later, Athletic Bilbao's offensive slowed down, but Gao Hong operated the Espanyol team to suddenly switch from defense to attack, and the whole team suddenly began to pick up.

After the ball reached the front, the trident rushed forward in the middle, Gong Chenglong and Yuan Qiang, two full-backs flew together on both wings, and the ball was distributed by Chiro Immobile in the penalty area to Yuan Qiang on the side after a dazzling pass.

After Yuan Qiang received the ball, the opponent's rear immediately rushed forward to make up for the defense, and the goalkeeper also moved to the side where Yuan Qiang was, but Yuan Qiang had already stepped out in advance, and a low flat ball accurately passed the ball from the front of the goal to the side where Gong Chenglong was, although there were many defenders in the middle, but this pass happened to be on the line that their feet could not reach.

In the end, the goalkeeper and all the defenders of Athletic Bilbao could only watch as Gong Chenglong plugged in at high speed from the other side, and after receiving a low flat ball from Yuan Qiang's cross, he comfortably stabbed the ball into the goal opened by Athletic Bilbao.

The score on the field became 1-0!

Two Chinese U16 players had an assist and a shot on goal to complete this extremely wonderful goal!

This goal, like a heavy slap in the face, hit the faces of those domestic and foreign media and Internet Vs who were not optimistic about them before the game.

Who says Under-16s can't play on the pitch of senior players? Who says Under-16 players can't score goals on the pitch of senior players?

In Gao Hong's club, nothing is impossible.

Athletic Bilbao had a bit of confusion after scoring a goal, especially when it was scored by the Under-16s, who felt humiliated for their players, and after the kick-off in the centre circle, they pressed all over the line to attack Espanyol's goal.

Unfortunately, in the end, the ball was tackled by Pique in the box.

Gao Hong manipulated Pique to glance at the front court, and the Espanyol front court was extremely spectacular, with the front three and two Under-16s all ready to launch a fierce attack on the Athletic Bilbao goal.

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