On July 20th, the sun was shining in Barcelona.

In the midst of his hustle and bustle, Hu Xuefei ushered in his 20th day as the club's first-team manager, and it was also the first official meeting with his players.

Brand Garden, in the red brick house, after Hu Xuefei woke up from his sleep, he carried out the daily grooming steps step by step, Hu Xuefei took out his suit when he participated in the press conference, sorted out every corner of his clothes in the mirror, looked at himself in the mirror, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: A complete Armani suit, coupled with my outstanding appearance, has an excellent bodybuilding body that has been mixed in the club's free gym all year round, chirp, what a perfect person!

Hu Xuefei took out a pair of Rossini watches from the drawer and put them on his hands, which his mother bought for Hu Xuefei, and his mother couldn't get used to seeing her child holding a mobile phone every day, and even used a mobile phone to see the time, so she simply bought a watch for her son.

Since he had this Rossini watch, it is naturally more convenient to see the time than his mobile phone, not to mention his mother's kindness, so Hu Xuefei has not taken this watch out without taking it out when he returns to Barcelona from home.

After dressing neatly, the young man in the mirror suddenly became a successful person who was elegant and extraordinary.

Hu Xuefei packed up his things, and after confirming that he had not missed anything, he went out to Darhark Stadium.

"Lalala, I'm a little expert in selling newspapers," humming a song in his mouth, holding the handle in his hand, and Hot Wheels under his feet, Hu Xuefei stepped on a mountain bike he bought yesterday, and went to the base in a hurry.

This mountain bike is yesterday after Hu Xuefei and his coaching team after a meeting in the evening, I feel that I should buy a car to travel, now I live close to the base, the team's home Corneira-El Prat stadium Although there is some distance, but the club has its own bus, so Hu Xuefei decided to buy a mountain bike without a driver's license and without a car.

After buying a bicycle, Hu Xuefei realized that he didn't have a parking space at the base, and it seemed that there were few people in the club who commuted by bicycle, and after thinking for a while, Hu Xuefei decided to apply for a parking space for the parking lot administrator.

The parking lot manager thought that his head coach had finally bought a car, so he quickly and happily went through the procedures for Hu Xuefei and found one for Hu Xuefei in the parking lot.

Hu Xuefei rode his high-end mountain bike, and under the surprised eyes of the base security guard, the parking lot security guard and a group of club staff, he stopped between the football director Peralnau and the vice chairman Ponte, and the two Volkswagen were sandwiched between a high-end mountain bike.

Hu Xuefei looked back and forth at the two cars, looked at his petite bicycle again, and suddenly sighed: "Hey, brother, you really have face, two high-end Volkswagen escort you, it seems that no one dares to steal you." After sighing, Hu Xuefei was still angry.

After patting her baby's bicycle, Hu Xue flew to the office and walked.

Today is the team's assembly day, and Hu Xuefei came to the training ground in advance, waiting for the arrival of his players.

From time to time, there will be Academy youngsters around the pitch and they know it's the first day of first-team training for their club, so they are eager to catch a glimpse of the head coach and the club's new signings.

Espanyol did not hold a ceremony for the debut of new signings, there is not much need, and even in recent years, the results have not been good, resulting in the loss of fans, and holding the debut ceremony of new signings will also embarrass the club.

The first to catch Hu Xuefei's sight were Rika and Rosales. Rosales is the first transfer of the team's former head coach Flores, and the loan deal was finalized in the first few rounds of last season, so Hu Xuefei could not interfere with anything.

Both of them are from Málaga in La Liga, and they happen to be full-backs on the left and right, so they have a good relationship in Malaga, and now they are coming to a new club together, so it can be said that the two are very happy.

The two of them hooked shoulders and didn't know what they were talking about, and they would laugh from time to time, but at this time, the head coach of the team standing in the center of the court, Hu Xuefei, they hadn't noticed it yet.

The first to discover head coach Hu Xuefei was his new signing, Federico Rika. As soon as Rika saw Hu Xuefei standing in the middle of the court early, he immediately dragged Rosales to greet Hu Xuefei together.

"Hello coach, isn't the training time 3 p.m.? It's only 2 o'clock, why are you here so early. "Rica is obviously more familiar than Rosales, and he doesn't talk to Hu Xuefei so much.

"It's just a habit of coming early." replied to Rica lightly, Hu Xuefei waved their hand and motioned for them to go back to the locker room to change clothes, but they didn't come to change their clothes in the locker room, which was a bit unusual.

Rika smiled embarrassedly, originally they came to the club two days ago just to greet the club's senior management, and did not come to the training ground, so they came so early today, just to feel the quality of the turf on the training ground first, but they didn't expect their head coach to come earlier.

"Hey, Rika, our head coach is so young, I guess even Garcia is younger, right?" Rosales waited for the two of them to be a little away from Hu Xuefei before chatting with Rika again.

"I don't know if it's 35 or 36 years old, but it doesn't seem to be much different from Garcia." Rika thought for a moment before answering Rosales.

"I signed on loan from the previous manager and I guess I'm going to be on the bench this season." Rosales thought about Hu Xuefei's grim expression just now, and thought of his loan status, and couldn't help but feel depressed.

"Hey, Rosa, don't think about it, I know your strength, now the only right wing-back positions in the team are Gavi Lopez and Victor Sanchez, both of whom are over 30 years old, old, as the game goes on, you will always have a game to play, not to mention that I don't think these two people are stronger than you."

"I hope so!"

Maybe it really came a little early, except for the two of them just now, the rest of the team did not appear again, under the scorching sun, Hu Xuefei couldn't stand it a little, he was nervous, so he came down early, but he didn't expect that today's sun was too poisonous, Hu Xuefei couldn't stand it, so he had to surrender and go back to his air-conditioned room office.

When the time came to 4 o'clock, Hu Xuefei went to the training ground.

Under the scorching sun, the players of the team are seeking refreshment in a shady place, whether they are new signings or old players, the conversation between them is very cheerful, and there is no unnecessary problem for Hu Xuefei because of the language barrier.

Iglesias and Rika are Spaniards with more outgoing personalities, and they quickly mingle with the team's veterans in a few sentences, and Dadel was the team's midfielder last season, not to mention his status in the team.

The only ones that stood out in the crowd were Naldo and Rosales, Naldo was not very fluent in the language, so it was a little difficult to communicate, but this is Naldo's second season with Espanyol, and the relationship between the players is naturally very harmonious.

Although Rosales is a Spaniard, his personality is not as extroverted as Iglesias and Rika, so the players are not familiar with each other, and Rosales will subconsciously support Rosales between conversations, which makes Rosales a little out of place, but this will slowly get better over time.

When Hu Xuefei, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, came to the training ground, captain Gavi Lopez immediately set an example, urging the players to immediately stand in line and prepare to start training.

Hu Xuefei is very satisfied with the attitude of the team's players, at least he will not despise himself because he is a new coach, which reflects the professionalism of the Espanyol team, of course, there is also a big reason that almost half of the people here are from the Espanyol Academy, so they knew Hu Xuefei early.

Standing in front of all the players, Hu Xuefei cleared his throat, then faced everyone in front of him with a serious face, and said sharply: "Congratulations on winning the eleventh place in the 2017-2018 La Liga season, 11 points behind the European zone!" ”

Hu Xuefei's irony made almost all the players lower their heads and dare not look directly into Hu Xuefei's eyes.

No one dared to talk back, firstly because they played really badly last season, and secondly, because they either didn't know or understood Hu Xuefei, and they were afraid that they would open their mouths and become the second fire of Hu Xuefei's new office.

"Remember the place of our club museum? It was the second floor of the base, with just a handful of trophies in the space, and the one I was most proud of, but now stands out to me, was the 2007 Europa League runners-up medal.

We've been away from Europe for 11 years, 11 years, how many 11 years have you played, so for the sake of the team, for the sake of the club, I set the expectation for our team this season, which is to qualify for the Europa League. ”

As soon as Hu Xuefei's words fell, the originally silent crowd suddenly stirred, and the players whispered about Hu Xuefei's words just now.

Hu Xuefei frowned and shouted: "If you have an opinion to say it, put it on the surface, I can accept it, don't make a small report behind my back, this is the thing I hate the most." ”

Hu Xuefei's shouting made the players quiet down again, they had doubts in their hearts, but they didn't want to ask questions now, it was obvious that their head coach was going to cut them, so they wouldn't be stupid enough to question the head coach on the first day of training, they still wanted to play.

Most people think so, but not the team's vice-captain Sergio Garcia, who is already retiring next season and is fearless, so let this unflattering role be up to you.

"Coach, are you sure we can qualify for Europe? We were 11 points off last season, eight points off last season, 17 points off last season, we're always that bad, can we afford to qualify for Europe? ”

"Very well, finally someone dares to ask questions, and since you have asked sincerely, I will tell you with all my heart, you can, you can, you are fully capable of achieving this goal.

Every season, you fall out in the middle of the league, why? Because of the schedule? Or is it because of your strength? It's neither, it's because of your mental quality.

Why can't you believe yourself, Pochettino once led Espanyol to win Barcelona as manager, can you believe this fact? Don't dare, because even Pochettino says it's a fairy tale, but it proves that we can win Barcelona and is it more difficult to qualify for Europe than to win against Barcelona?

Who will tell me if it will be difficult to qualify, or if it will be difficult to win against Barcelona. ”

Hu Xuefei's question made the players look at each other, and in their hearts, it was obvious that winning Barcelona would be much more difficult.

The player's expression had already told Hu Xuefei the answer, Hu Xuefei curled the corners of his mouth, and said proudly: "Then we have a reason to fight for European qualification, this is our goal." ”

Despite Hu Xuefei's best words, the players were at a loss, and apart from a few new signings and a few aspiring players, few would believe that this goal could be achieved.

And Hu Xuefei doesn't care, now he just wants to set this goal, let them catch up, and wait for the game, that is Hu Xuefei's play, if there is really hope to qualify for Europe, this goal will make them more ferocious to pursue.