Golden Greenery

Chapter 673 Basque National Team

"Master Zhuo, do you think I look like a penguin?" Guardiola's bald head was indeed on fire.

"Frankly speaking, you don't look like it." Zhuo Yang said seriously: "Can you bray like a donkey?"

"You swear not to run around in the future, and I will imitate the donkey's braying for you now until you are satisfied."

Who cares about listening to you? Zhuo Yang hooked Lao Gua's neck: "Brother Gu, let me tell you, penguins are not only found in Antarctica, but also in South Africa. Unexpectedly?"

"Brother, am I smart? My wife wants to see penguins. Why doesn't it take a month to go to Antarctica? I had the idea to go to South Africa and do it in three days. I even admire my intelligence."

Guardiola looked at him like a fool. "Just looking at the penguins?"

"Yes."

"Just to see the penguins?"

"if not?"

There was sympathy in Guardiola's eyes, as if he was facing a mental retard.

"Then why the hell do you need to go to South Africa? There's it in the zoo, there's it in Manchester -"

Zhuo Yang: "..."

"Next time you want to see penguins, let me know. I'll book the Manchester Zoo for you. I don't know if it can bark like a donkey, but I can do neck roping and jump rope."

Guardiola shook his head and walked away, leaving Zhuoyang messy in the wind.

Lao Gua is quite interesting. If anyone else dared to leave the team without permission, he would definitely not be able to live with it. Zhuo Yang was just ridiculed and ridiculed by him with a few words of "idiot".

Fortunately, I finally made it back the day before the competition. Manchester City is about to face a devilish schedule for half a month. Each of the five games is important and cannot be careless.

Two international match days ago, the last game Zhuo Yang participated in was a 1:0 victory at the last moment of the second Premier League.

But after that and before the international break, Manchester City played two more games in which he was rested.

In the 1/8th round of the Champions League, Manchester City drew 2:2 at home with Basel, Switzerland. A few days later, the team went to the away game again. In the 30th round of the Premier League, Stoke City, Zhuoyang still did not accompany the team.

In the 8th round last year, when Manchester City was at home, Zhuo Yang performed the only hat trick in the Premier League so far this season.

Since then, Stoke City has been stuck in the relegation zone and will have to count on a miracle if they want to escape this season.

Jesus returned from injury and came on as a substitute during the game, but Aguero, who started the game, strained his thigh in the first half and missed Argentina's two warm-up matches.

David Silva scored twice and Manchester City won Stoke City 2-0 without incident.

In fact, after this game, Manchester City originally had a game in the 31st round of the Premier League, but because their opponent Brighton \u0026 Hove Albion had to play in the FA Cup quarter-finals, the game was postponed.

In the FA Cup quarter-finals, Wigan Athletic, who upset Manchester City, failed to create another miracle. They were eliminated by Southampton and Brighton also lost to Manchester United. Saints, Red Devils, Chelsea and Tottenham reached the semi-finals.

The schedule is a bit messy, but just remember that Manchester City need two more wins to win the 2017-18 Premier League title.

Now it's just a question of how far ahead, not if.

There are only two and a half months until the opening of the World Cup, and only 78 days left before the Chinese team's first game in France. The European season has reached the stage of preparation for its conclusion.

Starting from the last day of March, Manchester City will face five fierce battles in 15 days.

The 32nd round of the Premier League is away to Everton, the 1/4 first leg of the Champions League is away to Liverpool, the 33rd round of the league is away to Manchester United, the 1/4 second leg of the Champions League is at home to Liverpool, and the 34th round of the Premier League is away to Tottenham.

This is a schedule that can make people peel off their skin.

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Zhuoyang returns to the team, and all Manchester City players are here.

On the international match day that just passed, except for Mendy, almost the entire Manchester City team was recruited by their respective national teams, including Foden from England U21 and Dias from Spain U21, as well as Debich from France and Delph from England. Both men were summoned when the tide rose.

Even though Aguero had a minor thigh injury, he reported to Argentina, but he just didn't play.

All the international players performed well this time, and Jesus, who has recently recovered from injury, has been the No. 9 starter in Brazil for two games.

In the first game, Brazil defeated Russia 3:0 in Luzhniki, and in the second game, it was Jesus' 1-0 revenge against Germany in Berlin.

What is weirder is French defender Laporte, who actually has a national team to go to.

This international match day is very important because it is the last one before the World Cup. The top 32 will basically rely on this performance to determine the roster.

Laporte is still waiting for a loneliness, which means that he will definitely miss the trip to Russia.

Facing the reporter's interview, Laporte was full of grievances. He once again reiterated that the rumors that he was a racist were pure nonsense.

"I have never been, never have been, not now, and never will be. Whether at Bilbao or Manchester City, I have a good relationship with all my teammates and we get along like brothers."

What follows is no longer human.

"How do I know if Deschamps is a racist? I don't know him."

France coach Deschamps had a big headache when someone spray-painted racist patterns on the exterior wall of his home a while ago.

Come on, as long as Deschamps is still there, Laporte will never want to join the French national team.

On the international break, Laporte packed his bags and went to the so-called ‘Basque national team’.

The Basque national team is actually the same as the Catalan national team. It should be called the 'Basque regional team', and 'national team' is their own name.

The Basques have unknown origins and a small ethnic group, but they are the oldest ethnic group in Europe and the most primitive ethnic group in the Iberian Peninsula.

Today, there are only about 1 million Basques in total, with a small number living in South America and most living in northwest Spain and southwest France, that is, the Spanish Basque and French Basque regions north and south of the Pyrenees Mountains.

Spain's Basque Country is also fighting for independence, but not as ruthlessly as Catalonia. Just like Barcelona and Catalonia, football in the Basque region of Spain is centered on Athletic Bilbao.

Bilbao only recruits Basque players. This is the biggest insistence of the Basque Lions in football and a unique feature. But after all, the population is too small. It is basically wishful thinking to rely on such a narrow population base to survive in La Liga.

In order to survive, Bilbao also made some changes to this policy.

The first step is to have Basque blood in your ancestors, no matter how thin it is. But there are still few people and not enough.

The second step is to be born in Spain or the Basque Country of France and receive youth training from a club in the Basque Country.

In this way, although the 'bloodline policy' seems to be self-deceptive, it can finally guarantee the selection of candidates.

Laporte, who was born in Agen in the Basque region of France and received youth training at the Agen Sports Federation, meets Article 2 and is therefore eligible to enter Bilbao.

After entering Bilbao, we Basques are the recruitment target of our Basque national team. Laporte has become the Basque ‘national footballer’ since a few years ago.

But this status does not affect participation in the serious national team. The Basque team has a long history. Deschamps - he is a French Basque. Lizarazu and Alonso have all played for the Basques.

There is also the current Manchester City director Begiristain and assistant coach Arteta. They are all old Basque internationals, nothing surprising.

Today, the Basque international roster includes not only Laporte, but also Biba goalkeeper Kepa, Bayern Hama, Real Madrid Illarramendi, Manchester United Herrera and other famous players.

The current head coach of the Basque national team is Javier Irueta, the famous coach who created the "Magic Depor" in the past and now the manager of Biba Sports.

On this international match day, the Basque national team played two games with visiting Costa Rica and Panama, winning 2:1 in both games. Laporte played two full 90 minutes.

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After the 31st round of the Premier League, big Everton is obviously a tough host.

But compared to the entire "peeling schedule", the oncoming Everton is another appetizer that must be won.

Manchester City went to Goodison Park to play against the Toffees, ushering in the attention of the British media. However, the focus is not on whether Manchester City can win, or who wins and who loses, but on whether Zhuoyang can score.

More than 20 days ago at the City Stadium, Zhuo Yang scored his 34th goal in the Premier League this season in the 8th, tying the record shared by two legendary strikers, Andy Cole and Alan Shearer. Premier League season goalscoring record.

1 Cole, 1 Ben Shearer. It was not until 23 years later that Manchester City Zhuoyang touched this number again in the 2017-18 season.

Manchester City still has 8 Premier League games this season, and no one doubts that Zhuo Yang can break the record of 34 goals.

If you want to break it sooner or later, and if you want to sleep in in the morning, then break it tonight.

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