Chapter 160 Narrow warm-up area
It is indeed a rare thing that an Europa League event that is not very concerned at all in China suddenly attracted huge attention in China.
Of course, this is Xu Qi's first official game after joining the Donetsk Miner, and he has also entered the roster, which has indeed excited countless fans. Many domestic fans are looking forward to Xu Qi's success and soaring into the sky.
However, when they stayed up late and turned on the TV or computer to watch the live broadcast of the game, they regretfully found that Xu Qi was just a member of the bench, and the TV broadcasting camera could not be scanned at all.
They could only vaguely look at Xu Qi's figure from behind Lucescu when the camera was given to miners' coach Lucescu.
Xu Qi was expressionless and sat on the bench, staring at the situation on the court as if someone else had owed him hundreds of dollars.
In fact, Xu Qi was not very angry or unhappy. He just wanted to play the game very much, and at this moment he could only sit on the sidelines and watch his teammates play the game. It was really hard to laugh.
He is very eager to show off his training achievements over the past period of time in such a crucial game.
During this period, he has been diligently training in his use of the external instep and has achieved some success in his ability. In his opinion, the accuracy of his external instep passing ball has exceeded his usual normal pass.
If you can play, your level of external instep will definitely cause great trouble to Tottenham Hotspur.
However, he can only sit on the bench now.
Xu Qi was helpless, and the fans who hoped to see Xu Qi's wonderful performance were also helpless.
Originally, a large number of fans were optimistic that Xu Qi could have a wonderful performance in this game, but the reality also brought most domestic fans out of their fantasy. Obviously, through rational analysis, we can know that it is difficult for Xu Qi to become the main player of this European powerhouse in a short period of time.
In fact, it is not easy for him to be on the 18-man list.
Zhou Haibin, who studied abroad with Xu Qi, is now in Eindhoven. After joining, Eindhoven has played several games in the Dutch Eredivisie, but Zhou Haibin can't even enter the 18-man roster.
So in comparison, it would be good that Xu Qi could be included in the 18-person roster.
Some people saw that Xu Qi had no starter at all, so they dragged their tired body and turned off the TV and went back to their room to sleep. Some people still had some expectations for Xu Qi and planned to keep seeing the end of the game, and maybe they could wait until the moment when Xu Qi came on the court.
In the center of White Hart Lane Stadium, the two teams each wore their own home jerseys.
Tottenham are as always white tops and black shorts, while the Miners are their traditional orange-black jerseys.
Xu Qi found that he was destined to be orange, so he wore an orange jersey in Luneng. When he arrived in Europe, there were still a lot of orange on the jersey.
The orange jersey is still a relatively rare jersey color. The most famous orange jersey team is naturally the Dutch national team. Sometimes some coincidences are really interesting.
With the referee's whistle, the two teams began a very fast-paced Europa League battle.
Tottenham sent almost half of the main players in this home game. They did not underestimate the Donetsk miners, after all, their opponents are not very famous.
Including Bale, Dos Santos, and Gilberto, who were particularly concerned by the team before the game, all players who needed special attention were on the court.
Most of the Tottenham teams are famous players who have been in the Premier League for many years, and this team has always burst out with extremely terrifying energy at home, so more people are optimistic that this British powerhouse can easily destroy the Donetsk Miners at home.
At the beginning of the game, the pace of both sides was extremely bright.
In Xu Qi's opinion, the Donetsk Miners team is already a team with a very fast pace of game, which is very consistent with the football style of Eastern European teams who have always played fast.
But obviously, Tottenham Hotspurs is faster!
To be quick, Dottham Hotspur is one of the fastest in the Premier League.
So, in terms of rhythm, the miners were actually at a disadvantage.
Tottenham Hotspur also began to make fans' voices through their continuous rapid offenses.
During the game, the faster the pace of the game, the more fierce the defense between both sides will become.
After all, during the tension-filled game, many players' emotions are always easier to be mobilized. During high-speed running, flying shovels and holding and falling fouls also seem to be more likely to occur.
Some flying tackles caused the situation of people falling back and forth in the first half, and it seems that some injuries may occur in such a game.
Their substitute players must always be ready to play as a substitute at any time.
The short and fat old white-haired man Lucescu looked at Xu Qi who was still sitting on the bench and pointed to a small area on the sidelines: "If you have nothing to do, warm up, don't sit all the time, and be ready to play the game at all times."
After hearing Lucescu say this, Xu Qi immediately understood and then got up and started to warm up on the sidelines.
Warming up with the away team is indeed a bit tormenting, because the distance between the fans' stands and the stadium is too close.
Xu Qi was even one or two meters away from the Tottenham fans at the scene. The group of fans wearing Tottenham jerseys saw a substitute player wearing the Miners jerseys warming up on the sidelines, and began to constantly use their London accent to send sarcastic words to Xu Qi's ears.
Xu Qi finally realized that he was not very good at learning English, because he could basically understand the abuse of these guys.
"Damn, these fans, even scold me as a substitute, are there any intimidation?" Xu Qi complained helplessly, and Xu Qi was naturally mentally prepared for this situation.
Compared with domestic stadiums, the biggest difference between professional stadiums in Europe and domestic stadiums is the distance from fans.
Also, the warm-up area is too narrow and does not have a wide track like a large stadium...
Xu Qi did not show off his skills on the sidelines, but just did some stretching movements.
From time to time, he looked at the stadium, observed the game, and then speculated when he could play.
"But it may be a bit difficult to play in the first half. If you want to play, you usually have to wait for the second half." Xu Qi looked at the court helplessly, pretending to be unable to hear the voices of Tottenham fans in his ears, and continued his warm-up activities.
What Xu Qi didn't know was that because he got up to warm up this time, he received the first time he was taken care of by the TV broadcast camera.
Seeing Xu Qi, the No. 14 player wearing an orange-black jersey, get up to warm up, many Chinese fans suddenly stared at the field. They might think that Xu Qi is about to appear.
Chapter completed!