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

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

They are central defender Chen Xi and full-back Wang Yuhao. It is time for them to study abroad.

Of course, there is also Lu Yunlong's transfer. Cai Jian hopes to operate Lu Yunlong's transfer in this transfer window.

Moreover, Cai Jian learned through the rumors that some clubs have indeed taken a fancy to Lu Yunlong.

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

Just to be on the safe side, they sent a scout to inspect.

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

Before we knew it, it was April, and Cai Jian followed it to Spain.

Because Sevilla ushered in the UEFA Cup, he met Basel in the previous round of 16.

Although Basel is a Swiss giant, it is still much worse than Sevilla.

In the end, Basel was eliminated 3-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

After coming to the quarterfinals, I met Athletic Bilbao who was also in La Liga.

Athletic Bilbao is also the strongest opponent since the UEFA Cup.

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

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

Although this restriction has been relaxed now.

But it must still have a great impact on the team's strength, and even so, Athletic Bilbao still scored into the UEFA Cup.

Cai Jian is also very familiar with Athletic Bilbao's head coach.

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

In fact, his early coaching results were pretty good, and he led Barcelona to the La Liga championship in his first season.

In the Champions League that season, Barcelona beat Roma 4-1 in the first leg of the Champions League, and was turned around by Roma in the second leg.

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

But coincidentally, in the first leg of the Champions League, he defeated Liverpool 3-0.

In fact, he was turned over by Liverpool in the second leg, and then lost to Valencia in the final of the Cup of Rey.

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

Finally, Barcelona announced that Valverde was officially dismissed.

Although he won the La Liga championship twice, the UEFA Cup was reversed for two consecutive years.

After losing in the Copa del Rey final and being defeated by Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona's senior management completely lost patience against Valverde.

Cai Jian looked at the Athletic Bilbao roster and was full of players with strong but not very famous.

"Hello everyone, everyone! Welcome to today's game. Today we bring you the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals. The two sides are Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao. I am today's commentator Shao Shengyi." Shao Shengyi commented at the opening.

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

"Sevilla is temporarily ranked 7th in La Liga, while Athletic Bilbao is ranked 6th."

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

"And both sides met once in La Liga before, and Sevilla won easily."

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

"I will introduce the starting lineup of both sides. First of all, Athletic Bilbao, the official gave a 4-3-3 formation:

Goalkeeper: 13 Erelin;

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

Midfielders: 5 Eraso, 7 Echebaria, 6 San Jose;

Forwards: 15 Williams, 20 Aduris, 19 Munyain.”

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

Goalkeeper: 31 Soria;

Defenders: 2 Tremulinas, 5 Kolozesak, 3 Rami, 23 Cork;

Midfielders: 7 clone Deli, 15 Enzonzi, 19 Banega, 4 Crichoviak, 10 Lu Yunlong;

Forward: 9 Gamero.”

It was raining a lot today, but it could not stop the fans' passion.

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

The bad weather did not affect the players' mentality, and they were all ready with the winning mentality.

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

The game officially began soon, and after the game began, both sides tried to test each other.

Today's heavy rain has a great impact on players on both sides, but long 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 Valenciaga's defense.

After Lu Yunlong made continuous bicycles, he decisively cut inward and then shot directly from a long shot.

His long shots are of good quality, and because it was raining, goalkeeper Ellein could not hold on to the football at all.

Fortunately, Gamero did not grab the second point, and Erelin hugged the football the second time.

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

As time passed, the rain began to decrease.

Before I knew it, the first half was over, and the score was still 0-0.

So far, the playing on the court has been relatively dull, and both sides are relatively rigorous in both offense and defense.

But so far, Sevilla still has a greater advantage.

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

However, in terms of strength, Sevilla is still stronger, and Valverde has done his homework in this regard.

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

This did limit Lu Yunlong, and Athletic Bilbao launched an attack soon.

They got a chance to set the ball, positioned 45 degrees to the right outside the penalty area.

In this position, the midfielder Echebaria was responsible for taking the penalty.

Echebaria sent a set ball, and the football drew an arc and flew into the penalty area.

He had a little power and fell down from the penalty spot.

But forward Aduris is nearby and he runs toward the landing point of the football.

Then he jumped high and his running position was excellent.

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

This header was solid and completely supported by strength.

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

Unfortunately, he didn't touch the football, just when he thought the ball had entered.

Only with a "dou" sound, the football hit the post hard.

Then the bottom line popped up and the ball hit the post!
Chapter completed!