Chapter 489: Returning to Hometown (1)

"I'll do it!" Pep Guardiola took Vilanova's words, "Weishenme Atletico Madrid defended Poigele when attacking wide crosses, it was Thierry Henry instead of central defenders Puyol and Marcos. In fact, in all four of Atletico's goals, we can find those directly responsible in the Barcelona backline: Puyol, Marcos, Valdés. ”

Pep Guardiola rarely names players like this, not to mention the captain of a team like Puyol, the players are too big to come out, Guardiola continued: "Although the back line is responsible, the hidden danger comes from the midfield, Atletico Madrid got too many counter-attacks and opportunities to attack our hinterland. ”

Han Sen's heart lit up, sure enough!

"In midweek, we take on Mallorca in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. Guardiola suddenly turned his eyes to Han Sen, "handsome, I know you haven't been back to Mallorca yet!" ”

Looking at Guardiola's gaze towards him, as well as the gazes of his teammates around him, Han Sen thought to himself: No! Pep Guardiola, can't you find a better reason for me to play? Now forcing me to go back to St Mois to show myself, is this what it means for me to slash my old boss and then make a name?

In contrast to the huge gimmick of Hanssen returning to Mallorca to face his old club, which was handled by Barcelona in an extremely low-key manner, the club's official announcement that Iniesta has passed a medical examination and is expected to play in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Mallorca on Wednesday. The club claim that Andres Iniesta's return to Barça, who played second only to Alves after the league restart in 2009, will provide more options for Barca's midfield. Whether Barcelona regains their momentum in the league or next week's Champions League second leg against Lyon, Iniesta's return will play a crucial role.

Han Sen thought to himself. It seems that he is destined to compete with Iniesta for the headlines during this time. However, for this matter, Han Sen still attaches more importance to the return to Mallorca. After all, this is a springboard for you to land on a wealthy family, and it is also the starting point for you to set sail. You know, the medals of honorary citizens of Mallorca are still in your own home!

Xu Yun heard that Han Sen was going to Mallorca this week, and hurriedly said that he would go with him. Han Sen said that he followed the team, and there was no way to take Xu Yun to visit the old one, and besides, the house where the two lived must have changed hands. This time. Binyan, who is doing good things, appeared and claimed that he could take Xu Yun to fulfill his wishes.

The plane landed slowly at Mallorca Airport, and the moment he walked out of the airport with the Barcelona stars, Han Sen really returned to the scene when he first arrived in Mallorca. A year ago. It was also this spring in March, when the Mediterranean sun and the sea were warm and flooding, and I was alone, walking on this nowhere to go, and I was received by a Chinese piano student, a physical trainer and assistant of the Mallorca club. Manzano's words allowed him to practice 300 free-kicks on the training ground every day until the evening. And myself at that time. It is both lonely and happy. At that time, Mallorca had a large number of players, and even Guiza, the top scorer of La Liga's Golden Boot, could go around with him every night to draw lots and eat. And Xu Yun's visits from time to time, and CCTV's frequent visits, also brought him infinite expectations and joy. As for now, although in a famous city like Barcelona, with a high salary, a luxury car, and a bungalow, it is indeed missing some of the original happiness, competition for positions with teammates, rare player contacts, and the direct intervention of Godfather Cruyff, it is difficult to truly integrate into the team fundamentally. I have to say that the transfer remarks that Binyan Xingzhi made really touched his heart at a certain moment, but where else can he go if he really leaves Barcelona? Where else is the high salary here?

The Spanish Copa del Rey (Spanish: CopadelRey) is an annual knockout football tournament held in Spain. The tournament was first held in 1902 when former Real Madrid president Carlos Padrós proposed a football tournament to celebrate the accession to the throne of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. The original format of the Spanish Copa del Rey was rated by the media as a cup to assist small clubs because of the knockout round of the four levels of Spanish clubs "regardless of whether they are high or low". The second-division, third-division and D-division clubs that have passed the qualifying round have the opportunity to compete with the first-division clubs, which stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs, and many third-division teams can earn enough "rations" for a year with a single game against a La Liga team.

However, the Copa del Rey format in the 05-06 season has been reformed, and the lower divisions have to go through several knockout rounds before meeting the first division teams, which reduces the number of games played by La Liga teams and reduces the likelihood of upsets, but at the same time, it will also greatly reduce the income of many lower-division teams. The reformed Copa del Rey format is complex: in the first round, the 18 teams will be decided in a knockout round between the C and D teams; The second round of matches will be played in La Liga, where the top 20 teams from last season will decide 10 teams. In the third round, the 10 teams that won the second round and the 18 teams in the first round, 4 teams relegated from La B and 2 designated teams from La C were mixed with 34 teams to draw lots to determine 17 teams; In the fourth and fifth rounds, 7 teams from 17 teams plus 11 La Liga teams that do not have to participate in European competitions will be decided after two knockout rounds. In the sixth round, the above seven teams plus the nine teams in La Liga that have participated in the European competition form 16 teams, from here the two legs of home and away matches will be played until the winner is decided.

Barcelona hold Spain's record for winning the prestigious tournament with 24 Copa del Rey so far, not followed by Real Madrid but Athletic Bilbao with 23. It just so happened that Athletic Bilbao had already beaten Sevilla in the other semi-final. Then, as long as Barcelona, who have led 2-0 in the first leg, can successfully cross the threshold of Mallorca, then in this season's Copa del Rey final, there will be a battle between two teams to compete for the Copa del Rey winning record!

Just before following the Barcelona bus to the stadium, there were already fans outside the stadium who played a slogan with the word "handsome", which made Han Sen, who was sitting on the bus and saw all this, feel warm. Alves, who was alive, sat in the front row of Han Sen and saw this slogan, turned around and said to Han Sen with a smile: "You start today, face your old club, don't be merciful!" ”

Han Sen fought back quietly: "When you fought Seville, why didn't you see you say this." ”

The conversation between the two immediately caused a burst of laughter in the bus.

For the first time since landing in La Liga, Han Sen sat in the away locker room at St. Moïse Stadium, although it is not much different from the layout of the home team's dressing room, but the tone and atmosphere are more rough, at least, the No. 13 seat that was exclusive to him at the beginning, is not visible here. A feeling that things are not human arises spontaneously.

In this game, Barcelona's lineup is still 433: goalkeeper No. 13 Pinto, defenders No. 20 Alves, No. 3 Pique, No. 5 Puyol, No. 2 Cáceres, midfielders No. 24 Toure, No. 28 Busquets and No. 13 Hansen, forwards No. 21 Hleb, No. 11 Bojan and No. 8 Iniesta. In this game, Han Sen rarely got rid of Xavi and served as the central playmaker alone, although Iniesta also played, but he was recovering from injury, and he was also playing the position of a striker, so he may not have much conflict with Han Sen.

Mallorca's players Arango, Weber, Castro and Josemi are also teammates of Han Sen last season, although this season is not the first time to meet, but standing in the player tunnel at the San Moise Stadium, Han Sen and Mallorca's players still can't hide their memories and chat.

The moment he walked into the St. Mois Stadium, Mallorca was full of red flying and noisy, if it wasn't for the yellow Barcelona away jersey on his body, if he didn't stand behind goalkeeper Pinto to enter, I'm afraid that Han Sen would feel back to his memories of galloping in the St. Moiss Stadium in an instant.

It was easy to hear cheers and shouts about the pronunciation of "handsome" from the stands, and Han Sen knew that even if he faced his old master, even if it was a second-leg match that was already one step ahead, as long as the game was not over, then he would not be able to put on a look of glory like a star game, so he could only deliberately purse his lips and be as bright as the rest of the team.

But the big screen at the St. Moyse Stadium was dry, and from beginning to end, the screen was aimed at Han Sen's camera, waiting for the fans to cheer. (To be continued......)