Prominence in Football Community

Chapter 396 Kickoff Time

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In fact, Atlético de Madrid's three consecutive league championships is definitely something worth mentioning, but because of the Barcelona media's revenge on Gao Zheng, they were completely overwhelmed...

Perhaps this is the real purpose of the Barcelona media?

In order to prevent the media in Madrid from having the opportunity to hype Atletico Madrid's three consecutive championships and embarrass Barcelona, ​​​​so just use another thing to cover up the limelight of this matter?

If you think about it carefully, there is really such a possibility.

But honestly it doesn't help.

Because after people get tired of the original topic and aesthetic fatigue, they will still return to the matter of Atletico Madrid's three consecutive league titles.

The criticism of Gao Zheng from the Barcelona media didn't last long. In less than three days, the heat was almost over.

After all, there are more important things that need their attention.

That's the Golden Boot.

As long as the suspense of the Golden Boot is not over for a day, the topic heated up by the Barcelona media will not last long.

A week later, this suspense ushered in the final scene.

In the thirty-eighth round of the league, Atletico Madrid will face Celta Vigo at home, while Barcelona will challenge Granada away.

Most people don't care much about the outcome of these two games.

It really doesn't matter what the results of these two games are.

Celta Vigo has 60 points and is currently ranked fifth, but they are still four points away from Villarreal, who is fourth in the league. Even if they beat Atletico Madrid away in the last round of the league, they cannot let them The league ranking rose to fourth and could not qualify for the Champions League.

That being the case, what's the point of winning or losing?

Even if they lose the game, eighth-ranked Malaga will not be able to catch up.

In other words, Celta Vigo's qualification for the Europa League has already been obtained in advance. This last game, regardless of the outcome, will not affect their final results. How about desperate in the game?

Many Celta Vigo players may be thinking about where to go during the holidays.

The situation of Barcelona's opponents Granada is very similar to that of Celta Vigo.

At present, Granada has 39 points, ranking 16th in the league. Although Sporting Gijon, which is ranked 18th in the relegation zone, is only three points away from them, due to the fact that in the two games played by the two sides this season, Granada has the upper hand with one win and one draw, so even if Granada loses to Barcelona in the final game, and Sporting Gijon wins again, it will not cause Granada to be relegated.

On the contrary, Getafe, which ranks first than Granada, is likely to become a scapegoat...

The outcome of these two games is not important, the only important thing is the number of goals scored.

Both Gao Zheng and Suarez have scored 37 league goals. Whoever can score more goals in the final game will win the La Liga Golden Boot this season.

The last round of La Liga is different from what many people imagined, and not all games are played at the same time.

From May 13th to 15th, it was played in three different time periods.

The first game was Valencia vs. Real Sociedad, while the last game was Vallecano vs. Levante.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement by La Liga officials.

Barcelona's away game against Granada and Atletico Madrid's home game against Celta Vigo were scheduled to kick off on the same day and at the same time.

On May 14th, at 4:00 pm, at 11:00 pm on May 14th, Beijing time.

For Chinese fans, although this time is not as good as the prime time at 8 or 9 o'clock, at least they don't have to stay up too many nights, and it's less than one o'clock after watching the game, so they don't delay sleep much.

Besides, the next day is Sunday, so if you don't go to work or school, you can sleep in.

So La Liga officially arranged these two games at this time, which is really considerate.

Chinese fans can't help but wonder whether La Liga officials are trying to curry favor with the vast Chinese market...

However, if La Liga's official website really wants to please the Chinese market, then they should arrange this game at 11:00 noon, which is 6:00 pm Beijing time, which is more convenient for Chinese fans to watch. They can even play on Saturday Call friends in the afternoon, come to your home, order a bunch of takeaways, prepare a case of cold beer, and watch the game while drinking. You can also go to the big-name stalls, drink cold beer, eat skewers, and cheer for Gao Zheng with fans you don't know around you.

This round of the league match between Malaga and Las Palmas at home was scheduled to kick off at 11:00 noon local time.

This time point is really weird, after all, this time is regarded as morning in Spain - Spaniards usually have lunch at two o'clock in the afternoon and dinner at nine o'clock in the evening.

The reason why the Spaniards eat so late is that they are in the same time zone as the United Kingdom, but the time they use is the time in Central Europe, which is synchronized with Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, which is more than 2,500 kilometers east of the capital Madrid.

This is very strange. Why use the Central European Time, which is far from your own, if you don’t use your own national standard time?

All this was caused by Franco, the head of state of Spain. In order to flatter Hitler at the time, he asked Spain to change to Central European time to keep the time consistent with Germany.

But the Spanish people are very dissatisfied with this adjustment, and they cannot change the policy of the top of the country, so they can only use their own way of life to fight against this stupid policy.

So while the pace of their lives hasn't changed, the time has. Lunch at one o'clock turned into two o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner at eight o'clock turned into nine o'clock in the evening.

Over time, everyone has become accustomed to this lifestyle where the actual time and the announced time are completely inconsistent.

And one hour later than the correct time zone, it also means that the sun will rise later and set later, and this Spain brings a later sunset.

This sunset, which is an hour later than that in the UK, has become an advantage for Spain, so Spain has also become a holiday destination for many European nationals.

But for the vast majority of Spaniards, living in the wrong time zone can lead to a host of problems, such as lack of sleep. Because their living habits are carried out according to the correct time zone, but the legal time is one hour earlier, which means that their nightlife does not start until ten o'clock in the evening of the legal time, and at that time Spain has just sunset. But at nine o'clock in the morning of the legal time, Spaniards will start to go to work. Many Spaniards may not go to bed until one o'clock in the morning. They have to get up in advance to prepare, have breakfast, and go to work according to the legal working time. Insufficient problem.

As a result, the Spaniards have developed a tradition that is rarely seen in Europe, that is, taking a nap.

If you don't take a nap, it is impossible for most Spaniards to stick to a full day's work. According to a survey, 18 percent of Spaniards take a regular lunch break, and nearly 60 percent of Spaniards don't even eat lunch at all.

So although the Spanish government began to discuss changing the time back to the standard time zone this year, it was opposed by the vast majority of Spaniards because it would deprive them of their lunch break...

It's ironic. When Franco insisted on revising the time, the Spanish people objected and resisted by continuing their customary rhythm of life.

But after seventy years of changes, after everyone got used to this distorted time, they objected to changing back to the normal rhythm of life...

After understanding this special custom in Spain, you can understand why every time a La Liga game kicks off at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, it will cause dissatisfaction among so many fans and clubs.

Because at this time, the Spaniards were eating lunch or taking a nap, but you asked the players to run for 90 minutes under the scorching sun, and asked the fans to give up their lunch break to watch the game.

Whether it is playing football or watching football, I am afraid that they are not energetic...

The current kick-off time at 11:00 noon is not much better... The professional league played in the morning is considered rare in the world.

As for the kick-off time of Atlético de Madrid, four o'clock in the afternoon is the time when the Spaniard just woke up from a nap. In fact, it is not a very good time for the game. best condition.

In fact, those games that kick off at two or three o'clock in the morning Beijing time are the traditional kick-off time of La Liga.

It’s just that with the advent of the era of globalization, the influence of La Liga has gradually expanded. In order to open up a broader market, La Liga must make such changes. Same.

As time goes by, don't you get used to it...

Maybe in the next few years, the Spaniards will get used to various kick-off games at 11:00 noon and 3:00 p.m., but they never imagined that this was a commercial consideration made by La Liga in the first place to please the fans in the Far East...

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