Domestic sports media also got excited collectively, with the titles being more exaggerated, and they praised Xia Rufei overnight. Xia Rufei became the savior of Chinese football.

Some media have edited out every touch of Xia Rufei in this game, especially the three goals with a very high level of excitement, and they have never missed the slow-motion replay of each angle.

This highlight has also spread very much on the Internet. Many fans watched it over and over again, but they felt that they couldn't read it enough.

The weakness of Chinese football has made Chinese fans' expectations for outstanding players far exceed those developed football countries. Wu Lei, who had finally played in La Liga, was nicknamed "the hope of the whole village" by fans. Now Xia Rufei is born again, and his performance is even more eye-catching than Wu Lei. How can fans suppress their excitement?

There were even fans on the Internet who formed a group to leave a message under the official account of the China Football Association, asking to recruit Xia Rufei to join the China National Team to compete in the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup that will start next year.

In fact, the China Football Association is also confused. Over the years, many of the China Football Association's styles have been criticized by people, such as laymen, leaders, bureaucracy, administrative intervention, etc., and the referees have directly brought Chinese football into the darkest decade.

But this time, the Chinese Football Association's reaction was actually quite fast.

But they were completely unaware of the situation - Xia Rufei is not a registered player of the China Football Association, he registered directly in Spain; in addition, Xia Rufei is not a person in the football circle at all, and the Football Association even doesn't know how to contact Xia Rufei.

They finally found that Xia Rufei was actually a celebrity on the Internet in China, but she had never had any relationship with football before, and she also opened a company, which can also be said to be an internet celebrity company.

After soliciting opinions from the technical committee, the Chinese Football Association really had the idea of ​​summoning Xia Rufei. However, on the one hand, Xia Rufei had almost no intersection with the professional football circle, and on the other hand, he had no agent or something. In addition, the Asian qualifiers will start in the second half of next year. Before that, the national football team had no major competition tasks, so the time was not very urgent.

So the Chinese Football Association tried to fax a official letter to Taoyuan Company, hoping to establish a working relationship with Xia Rufei - this is also a relatively cautious approach. After all, Xia Rufei only played one game, and there was no video of the game for reference. If it was directly recruited, it would be a bit of a joke.

However, Taoyuan Company did not respond to this, and the Football Association had no choice. Faced with the appeal of netizens and fans, they could only use their best tricks - pretending to be invisible.

No matter how enthusiastic the netizens left messages, the Chinese Football Association did not reply.

In fact, in addition to the Chinese sports media, the Spanish media also reported on this originally very ordinary La Liga.

Because the game between Espanyol and Valencia was the earliest game to start in this round of La Liga, and the matches of Real Madrid, Barcelona and other strong teams were held the next day, so everyone naturally focused their reports on this wonderful showdown.

The goal battle, defeating the strong with weak, super world waves, and geniuses coming out of the football desert... There are so many highlights in this game.

The Daily Sports Daily reported on the front page with the title "Famous One Fight!" and included a large picture of the game. After Xia Rufei hit the wonderful half-turning and volleyball, he stood there and shouted. The number of No. 25 jersey behind him was very clear. Apart from him, the other backgrounds were blurred, making the back look taller and more majestic.

In this report, Daily Sports News wrote: We have seen too many goals in the football world to become famous, and we have seen too many geniuses, but I want to say that Espanyol's No. 25 must be the brightest among the stars. This player from China conquered the fans in just one game. Three goals were scored, each of which is worth our careful savoring. Each of them can still be talked about many years later, and each one is enough to be recorded in the history of football!

Marca also reported on the front page almost a full page of the game - to be precise, Xia Rufei's amazing performance.

"Marca" also quoted post-match interviews.

Espanyol head coach Ruby said: Xia Rufei is the most talented and most accurate and stable player he has ever seen. His contribution to the team is unquestionable, and he will be an important member of the team.

Ruby also did not hesitate to praise Chinese player Wu Lei. Ruby said: Wu Lei's speed in adapting to La Liga exceeded his expectations. Compared with the previous game, Wu Lei performed more calmly and confidently in this game, which is something that the whole team likes.

Whether it is the process or the result, it is obvious that Espanyol coach Ruby is quite satisfied.

In contrast, Valencia's head coach Marcellino seemed a little disappointed - the three-pointer he got first turned into one point, then he couldn't even save a draw, and had to accept the result of losing to the weak team Espanyol at home. Any coach would feel very disappointed.

However, Marcellino is still very graceful. He also praised the two Chinese players of Espanyol: "There is no doubt that the two Chinese players of the opponent dominate the game today! No. 24 is very spiritual, and his frontcourt running has caused us a lot of trouble; and No. 25 summer's performance today is even more phenomenal. It can be said that he completely uses his personal ability to turn the team into victory. If you want to ask me where we lost today, I only want to say one thing: that is, Espanyol has summer, but we don't!"

Also complimenting Xia Rufei for Espanyol are Espanyol players, such as Xia Rufei's "fan" Mark Roca, who said directly in an interview: "Mr. Xia is my idol! His arrival effect is immediate, and it can greatly improve the strength of Espanyol!"

There are also Espanyol's official center Iglesias, captain Lopez, main center back Naldo and others who highly appreciate Xia Rufei's performance when facing reporters - in addition to the fact that Xia Rufei is a club shareholder, it is more important that he has completely conquered the hearts of fans and teammates in one game.

The players also expressed enough kindness to Wu Lei, who also came from China. They all said that due to language barriers, they did not communicate much with Wu Lei, but they could feel that Wu Lei is a very good person, and everyone is becoming more and more tacit understanding during training.

Mark Roca also made a small note: When everyone sees Chinese billboards or posters, Wu Lei will teach everyone the Chinese pronunciation in the advertisement. Now many players on the team have learned a few simple Chinese.

In short, the atmosphere in the Espanyol team can be said to be harmonious.

Of course, there are also people who are not very welcome to Wu Lei's arrival, such as Melendo and Puado, produced by Spanish Youth Training.

Puado was replaced early because of his poor performance, but Wu Lei, who replaced him, performed wonderfully. He was already biased against Chinese players, which made him even more unhappy.

Although Merendo doesn't say it, he actually despises Wu Lei a little. Merendo is a little sticky on the court, and often the rhythm will slow down after the football is transferred to his stage, and he rarely passes the ball to Wu Lei. However, his performance in the last game was also very bad, especially after the second half, he almost became invisible.

The poor performance of the two obviously further highlights the excellence of Xia Rufei and Wu Lei.

How could they feel comfortable!

But with this dissatisfaction, they naturally would not accept media interviews. Even if they were asked about Wu Lei and Xia Rufei, they would not dare to express their dissatisfaction publicly - otherwise it would destroy the stability of the locker room. Both of them were just young players and their weight was too light. What's more, Xia Rufei was also a club shareholder. Even if they were dissatisfied, they would not dare to make it publicly.

In addition to reporting on these post-match interviews, Marca also interviewed coaches and celebrities from other La Liga teams to make comments on Xia Rufei.

Real Madrid coach Zidane said: "After yesterday's game, many people called me and asked me to see Xia's goal. Many people are like you, hoping that I will evaluate this goal. What I want to say is that there are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same, and the world of football is the same. It is precisely because of the infinite possibilities that football has great charm that attracts us! Indeed, Xia's wonderful world wave is somewhat similar to the goal I scored back then, but it is also unique! If I have to compare two goals, I even think... Xia's goal is even more exciting!"

After giving Xia Rufei the highly vocal evaluation of the half-turned-turned-out-of-the-world volley, Zidane further commented on Xia Rufei, saying: "It's a flash in the pan? No, no! I don't think so! In fact, I spent more than an hour today, starting from Xia being replaced, and watched all the videos of that game. From the perspective of a head coach, Xia's wonderful performance was not just those three goals, each of his touches was very reasonable, his vision was very broad, and his physical fitness was stronger than most players. I think he is an extremely outstanding player, capable of B2B's midfield commander role, and plays a very important and even decisive role on both ends of the team's offense and defense! In the following season, Espanyol's opponents will have a headache, of course, this also includes our Real Madrid!"

Zidane's evaluation of Xia Rufei can be said to be quite high, even beyond many people's expectations. After all, Xia Rufei only played one game and was on the bench. Despite his extremely impressive performance, many people still have an attitude of scrutiny. In some games and even a certain season in history, it is not uncommon for players who soon became obsessed with the public. Xia Rufei's performance in just one game, no matter how outstanding it is, after all, the persuasiveness is not that strong.

But Zidane, a legendary star who was very successful during his time and had a very high starting point during his head coaching age, had a different perspective from that of ordinary people. As he said himself, after carefully analyzing Xia Rufei's game, he saw many things that ordinary fans and even coaches could not see, so he made such a judgment.

In addition to Zidane, Marca also interviewed the head coaches of several other La Liga teams and some well-known stars in the La Liga. They also praised Xia Rufei, especially the three goals, which were repeatedly mentioned.

Barcelona's head coach Valverde even publicly stated: A player as outstanding as Xia should have a bigger stage, such as the Camp Nou...

Of course, the authenticity of Barcelona head coach extends an olive branch to Xia Rufei is also questionable.

As the Spanish mortal enemy in the city, Barcelona naturally doesn't mind disgusting the Espanyol team. If it can shake the opponent's morale, it would be better.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Barcelona really became interested in Xia Rufei. After all, any head coach with sufficient professionalism will have a stunning feeling about Xia Rufei's strength after carefully analyzing that game.

Faced with the open poaching of Barcelona head coach Valverde, Ruby was very calm. He said: "I think Mr. Valverde must have not woken up! Espanyol players join Barcelona? He must be telling a cold joke... In addition, Mr. Xia Rufei is a non-sale product of Espanyol, now, in the future... will always be!"

Ruby's response was quite firm, of course, this was also a normal attitude as a mortal enemy in the city.

However, both Ruby and other Espanyol players were intentionally or unintentionally avoiding one problem in the interview, that is, it is impossible for Xia Rufei to play for Espanyol all season. At most, he can come to support some key games. From now until the end of the season, it is estimated that there will be only three or four games at most. If there are more, it will be inappropriate.

After all, Xia Rufei is mostly in China. Every time he appears for Espanyol, he has to fly long distances across the Eurasian continent. Moreover, he is a shareholder of the club. Who dares to let the boss run back and forth like this?

But Ruby and the others deliberately did not mention this matter, that would be a bit interesting.

In the next few rounds of games, Espanyol's opponents will definitely spend a lot of effort to study Xia Rufei and arrange targeted defensive tactics.

Ruby even planned to include Xia Rufei in the roster as a smoke bomb - anyway, there are twenty-three people on the roster, and the only one who can really play is fourteen people, and it doesn't matter if you lose one spot.

However, Espanyol's opponents did not realize that Xia Rufei had not made the starting lineup at all and had not even come to the stadium. The expressions on their faces must have been quite exciting at that time.

The key is that many of the tactics I had arranged before were useless, just like a boxer who had accumulated enough strength to punch and punched him, but found that the opponent suddenly disappeared. This punch in the air can easily hurt yourself.

This is the case with these teams. At that time, the players can implement the tactics temporarily. Will there be loopholes in cooperation? This is very likely.

This is what Xia Rufei can still play for the team even if he doesn't play.

Xia Rufei ignored these troubles in La Liga.

The day after the game, he had already boarded the Taoyuan private plane and was about to fly back to China.

Of course, there were employees of Taoyuan Company such as Xue Jinshan on the same plane.

In addition, there is an additional employee who is unlucky and needs to take a civil aviation plane to return to China, because Zhou Leiyun also decided to return to China, and he hopes to take a "suspension plane".

Xia Rufei naturally would not refuse, so he could only ask Xue Jinshan and the others to draw another "unlucky guy" to take a civil flight.

On Sunday afternoon local time, Taoyuan soared into the air at Barcelona Airport and flew towards the east...
Chapter completed!