Chapter 206 Athletic Bilbao

The end of the season is getting closer and closer. After the end of this season, Cai Jian will enter a busy day again.

First of all, there are two players in the Chinese Super League who will study abroad in the next transfer window.

They are center back Chen Xi and full back Wang Yuhao, and it's time for them to study abroad.

Of course, there is also the transfer of Lu Yunlong. Cai Jian hopes to use Lu Yunlong to transfer during this transfer window.

Moreover, Cai Jian knew through the gossip that some clubs had already taken a fancy to Lu Yunlong.

Now Lu Yunlong is no longer an unknown junior, he is now a star.

Just to be on the safe side, they sent scouts to investigate.

These two things are the next two most important jobs for Cai Jian.

Before I knew it, April came, and Cai Jian came to Spain.

Because Sevilla ushered in the Europa League, they met Basel in the round of 16.

Although Basel is a giant in Switzerland, it is still a lot worse than Seville.

In the end, they eliminated Basel with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

After coming to the quarter-finals, he met Athletic Bilbao, who was also in La Liga.

Athletic Bilbao is also the Europa League so far, and Sevilla has encountered the strongest opponent.

Athletic Bilbao is also a very special existence in La Liga.

The club only uses Basque players and there are no commercials on the shirts.

Although this restriction has been relaxed a bit now.

But it must still have a great impact on the strength of the team, and even under such circumstances, Athletic Bilbao still scored in the Europa League.

And Cai Jian, the head coach of Athletic Bilbao, is also very familiar with it.

He is the Spanish local coach Valverde, that is, Valverde who will coach Barcelona in the future.

In fact, his early results in coaching were not bad. In the first season of coaching, he led Barcelona to the La Liga championship.

In the UEFA Champions League that season, Barcelona defeated Roma 4-1 in the first round of the Champions League, and was reversed by Roma in the second round.

The following season, Valverde once again led Barcelona to the La Liga title.

But coincidentally, in the case of a 3-0 victory over Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League.

It was turned over by Liverpool in the second round, and then lost to Valencia in the Copa del Rey final.

Then in the third season, Barcelona lost its dominance in his hands.

In the end, Barcelona announced that Valverde was officially dismissed from get out of class.

Although he won two La Liga titles, the Europa League has been reversed for two consecutive years.

After losing the Copa del Rey final and being defeated by Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, the Barcelona executives completely lost patience with Valverde.

Cai Jian looked at Athletic Bilbao's roster, and they were all capable but not well-known players.

"Hello, audience friends! Welcome to today's game. Today I bring you the first round of the Europa League quarter-finals. The two sides are Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao. I am today's commentator. Shao Shengyi." Shao Shengyi said at the beginning.

"This game is an internal fight in La Liga. Judging from the current La Liga standings, the strength of the two sides is evenly matched."

"Sevilla temporarily ranks seventh in La Liga, while Athletic Bilbao ranks sixth."

"But in terms of overall strength, Sevilla may be the stronger side."

"The two sides met once in La Liga before, and Sevilla won easily."

"But today is Athletic Bilbao's home game, so the result is unpredictable."

"Let me introduce the starting lineups of the two sides. First of all, for Athletic Bilbao, the official 4-3-3 formation is given:

Goalkeeper: 13 Erelin;

Defenders: 24 Valenciaga, 16 Echeta, 2 Boveda, 10 De Marcos;

Midfielder: 5 Erasor, 7 Echebarria, 6 San Jose;

Forwards: 15 Williams, 20 Aduriz, 19 Muniain. "

"Then Sevilla, the official gave a 4-2-3-1 formation:

Goalkeeper: 31 Soria;

Defenders: 2 Tremullinas, 5 Kolozesak, 3 Rummy, 23 Cork;

Midfielders: 7 Clone Deli, 15 Nzonzi, 19 Banega, 4 Kerry Jowiak, 10 Lu Yunlong;

Forwards: 9 Gameiro. "

It's raining a lot today, but it can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

A full 40,000 spectators came to the scene, cheering for their team.

The bad weather did not affect the mentality of the players, they were all prepared with the mentality of winning.

Sevilla is looking forward to winning the Europa League again, and Lu Yunlong is also full of passion for this.

Soon the game officially started, and the two sides tested each other after the game started.

Today's heavy rain has a great impact on the players on both sides, but long-range shots in such weather often have good results.

After the game started, Lu Yunlong got the football on the right side outside the penalty area and faced Balenciaga's defense.

After Lu Yunlong's continuous cycling, he cut in decisively and then directly hit the goal with a long shot.

His long-range shots are of good quality, and because of the rain, although the goalkeeper Erelin threw the football, he couldn't hold the football at all.

Fortunately, Gameiro did not grab the second point, Errelin hugged the football for the second time.

Lu Yunlong's long shot is also the most threatening attack so far.

As time went by, the rain started to decrease.

Unconsciously, the first half of the game is over half, and the score is still 0-0.

So far, the game has been relatively dull, and both sides have been relatively rigorous in both offense and defense.

But so far, Sevilla still has a bigger advantage.

Although in La Liga, Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla have similar records.

But in terms of strength, Sevilla is still stronger, and Valverde has done enough homework on this.

He knew the importance of Lu Yunlong to Sevilla, so he arranged defensive tactics against Lu Yunlong.

This really restricted Lu Yunlong, and soon Athletic Bilbao launched an attack.

They were given a set-piece opportunity at 45 degrees to the right outside the penalty area.

This position cannot directly hit the goal, and midfielder Echebarria is responsible for taking the penalty.

Echebarria took a set kick and the football flew across an arc into the penalty area.

He made a penalty with a little less power and fell in front of the penalty spot.

But striker Aduriz was nearby, running towards where the ball landed.

Then he jumps high and his movement is excellent.

There was no defensive player to guard him, and he headed directly towards the falling football.

This header is solid and full of power.

The football flew towards the goal, and goalkeeper Soria flew to save it.

It's a pity that he didn't touch the football, just when he thought the ball was scored.

There was only a sound of "dang", and the football hit the post hard.

Then the bottom line popped out, and the ball hit the post!

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