At 3 a.m.
Beijing time on September 4, 2003, and at 9 p.m. on Wednesday local time on September 3, 2003, Deportivo La Coruna sat at home to face the Basque Lions, Athletic Bilbao.At a press conference before the game, a reporter asked whether the Chinese foreign player who had just won many awards in Finland would appear in this game, Irueta was vague, but it proved that Wang Ai was selected for the 18-man squad for this game.Just this sign, the Chinese media are happy, which means that Xiao Wang has the opportunity to land in La Liga for the first time as a Chinese player!
CCTV Sports Channel also made a careful analysis that Xiao Wang's state has been recognized by the club, otherwise he would not be included in the list of 18 people, because Xiao Wang has hardly practiced with Laco, and it is difficult to rely on his excellent personal condition.But in fact, what Irueta thinks about it, Wang Ai is not clear.Of course, Wang Ai is happy to be selected into the squad so soon, but he doesn't have much hope for whether he can appear on the stage, and he is not in a hurry anyway, he is still a little disadvantaged at his age, and it doesn't matter if he plays early or late.To put it bluntly, to be in the first team at this age is a victory, and to train with a player like Belleron every day is a victory."
You can't hide me anyway!"
Wang Ai still knows this point.It is not only a matter of personal ability, but also the impact of his arrival on Laco's popularity, advertising cooperation, etc., which determines that Laco cannot give up on himself, unless, the performance is very bad.Sure enough, before the start of the game, Irueta announced through captain Pablo did not have Wang Ai in the starting list, and Wang Ai sat on the bench on the sidelines, quite far from the coach's position.As the last to come, he has not yet participated in the pre-game training camp, although he is not well-known, but he has not yet proved himself in La Liga, Wang Ai consciously went to guard the water dispenser.Not to mention, this feeling is quite novel.While watching the match between Athletic Bilbao in the crimson jersey and Laco in the blue and white jersey, Wang Ai pondered, when was the last time he played as a substitute?
Oh, and not less.In the Asian Games, it is a substitute all the way, well, in the World Cup, it is also a substitute.However, at those times, Wang Ai had the ability to appear at any time, unlike now, whether he could play or not was almost a sentence from the unfamiliar head coach.The two sides played very intensely on the field, although Laco's peak gradually passed with the aging of personnel, but after all, he is not old enough to play, and Athletic Bilbao promoted Valverde as head coach from the second team this season, and the pre-season warm-up performance was good, and this season is ambitious.And this pure-blooded Basque team has always been not short of fighting spirit, so the game between the two sides is very fierce.In the 22nd minute of the first half, the home team's right winger Luke received a pass from Belleron and headed into the net, leading 1:0.Coming back in the second half, despite the frequent attacks of Athletic Bilbao's two strikers, Huran Guerrero and Esquero, they failed to return in front of the solid Mauro Silva and Pablo's defense.Instead, it was Pandiani in the 31st minute of the second half, receiving De Jaminha's wonderful pass into the corner of the goal.Deportivo fans waved blue and white flags and gave tsunami cheers in the stands as always, and Laco now has won two in a row with a narrow win over Zaragoza.Seeing that the time was almost the same, Irueta replaced Bellerón and Pablo, replaced Scaloni and Sergio, although it was just the beginning of the season, but Laco on three fronts, the game is very heavy, and he often has to rotate.At this time, the Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast in the early morning were a little impatient, and they didn't see the head coach standing on the sidelines glance at Wang Ai.Wang Ai was happy to be free, watching Meizizi on the bench, it was a little cold, and he was wrapped in a thick coat, and the bag was tight, it seemed that he was not ready to play at all, and he didn't even do a warm-up action.But Iruetta's train of thought was incomprehensible to ordinary people, and when the time came to the fortieth minute, and everyone was no longer looking forward to Wang Ai's debut, he called a timeout and suddenly turned his head, looked at Wang Ai, and stretched out his hand.The sideline camera caught his substitution accurately, and even with five minutes left, it still caused a small response from the fans.Laco fans originally thought that Wang Ai could be seen in the pre-season warm-up games and training matches, until they inquired with the club, Wang Ai was far away in Finland in Northern Europe, and two months have passed since the news was announced, and Wang Ai has never performed in front of Laco fans.Laco fans have been looking forward to Wang Ai for too long.Wang Ai took off his coat and jumped on the spot to Irueta's side, it was too sudden to change, Wang Ai didn't have time to warm up, and after saying hello to Luke, the right winger who scored a goal in this game, Wang Ai ran on the lawn lightly.No matter how much he said about Wang Ai's debut before the game, Wang Ai has played too many games after all, and his mood at the moment is very calm, and he doesn't even have the idea of trying to score goals and shock Laco.The left midfielder is Fran, who has been playing for Laco for many years, so Wang Ai has come to the position of right midfielder.Wang Ai is really not familiar with this position, although Wang Ai can do it with both left and right feet, and has consciously exercised his left foot since he was a child, but his right foot is no problem, but he has to choose the left forward in order to take care of his teammates in each team.I don't know what Irueta thinks, but anyway, for the first time, I came to the relatively unfamiliar right midfield.At this time, both sides have basically given up the idea of continuing to attack, and Athletic Bilbao, who is two goals behind, has no ambition to chase two goals in five minutes, and it is basically impossible to do it in the face of the veteran Laco, and Laco also wants to save some physical strength, so the offensive and defensive rhythm has slowed down.Just wait for the referee to blow the whistle, and everyone goes home for dinner.Wang Ai ran back and forth on the right flank, trying to steal the opponent, but there was no chance, and at this time, Sergio, who also came on as a second-half substitute, passed the ball through the middle with a diagonal pass.Wang Ai clearly heard a low cry from the Laco fans in the stands behind him.Sergio in the middle of the road ran forward as he looked in Wang Ai's direction.Wang Ai understood, rushed forward with the ball, and his run scared the opposing Bilbao defenders, it was really this Chinese teenager who rushed very fiercely.He hurriedly stepped forward to intercept, Wang Ai bullied him for his age, pushed the football along the sideline with his right foot, and his body bypassed his left.The exclamations of the Laco fans were even louder.Wang Ai did not choose to go down, but rushed diagonally to the penalty area at high speed, and when the central defender stepped forward to intercept, Wang Ai made a horizontal dribble, shook off the opponent's center of gravity, and went straight to the goal.In front of the Bilbao gate, there was a lot of chaos.Just when the goalkeeper thought that Wang Ai was about to shoot with his feet, Wang Ai suddenly crossed in front of the goal, Sergio and Forlan both killed, Sergio grabbed the point to shoot, and was blocked with his hand after the opponent's goalkeeper fell to the ground, and Forlan on the other side hit the shot.3:0！
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