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Chapter 396 Kick-off time

In fact, Atletico Madrid won three consecutive league championships, which is definitely worthy of being a big book. As a result, it was completely overwhelmed by Barcelona media's revenge on Gao Zheng...

Perhaps this is the true purpose of Barcelona media?

In order to prevent the Madrid media from having the opportunity to hype Atletico Madrid's three consecutive championships, Barcelona felt embarrassed, so they just used another thing to overshadow the limelight of this matter?

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

But to be honest, this is useless.

Because after people get tired of the initial topic and become aesthetically tired, they will still return to the three consecutive championships in Atletico Madrid.

The criticism of Gao Zheng by Barcelona media did not last long. In less than three days, the popularity was almost over.

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

That is the battle for the Golden Boots.

As long as the suspense of this Golden Boot does not end for the day, the topics that Barcelona media has hyped will not last long.

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

In the 38th round of the league, Atletico Madrid will face Vigo Celta at home, and Barcelona will challenge Granada away.

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

The results of these two games are really not important.

Vigo Celta is 60 points and is currently ranked fifth, but they are still four points away from Villarreal, the fourth in the league. Even if they beat Atletico Madrid away in the last round of the league, they will not be able to get their league rankings to fourth and will not be qualified for the Champions League.

If that's the case, what's the point of winning or losing?

Even if they lose the game, Malaga, ranked eighth, can't catch up.

In other words, Vigo Celta's UEFA Cup qualification has long been awarded in advance. This last game, no matter the winner or lose, will not affect their final results. So what reason is there to make the players fight desperately in this game?

Many Vigo Celta players are probably thinking about where to go during the holidays.

Barcelona's opponent Granada is very similar to Vigo Celta.

Currently, Granada has 39 points, ranking 16th in the league and 18th. Although Sporting Gijon, who is ranked 100% in the relegation zone in the deep, is only three points away from them, but in the two matches this season, Granada has the upper hand, so even if Granada loses to Barcelona in the last game and Sporting Gijon wins the ball, it will not lead to Granada's relegation.

However, Getafe, who ranks first in 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.

Gao Zheng and Suarez, both of them are now 37 league goals. Whoever can score more goals in the last game will be able to win the La Liga Golden Boot this season.

The last round of La Liga matches was different from what many people imagined, and not all matches were played at the same time.

From May 13th to 15th, the kicks were completed in three days and different periods.

The first game was Valencia's home match against Real Sociedad, while the last game was Valencia's home match against Levante.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or the official arrangement of La Liga.

Barcelona challenged Granada away, and the two games against Atletico Madrid against Vigo Celta at home were arranged to kick off at the same time on the same day.

May 14th, 4 pm, 11 pm Beijing time.

For Chinese fans, although this time is not as good as the prime time at eight or nine o'clock, at least you don't have to stay up too long. After watching the game, you won't delay sleeping much.

Besides, the next day is Sunday, and you can sleep in without going to work or school.

So it is really considerate that La Liga officials have arranged these two games at this time.

It made Chinese fans wonder if La Liga official is pleasing the vast Chinese market...

However, if the official La Liga station wants to please the Chinese market, then they should be scheduled for this game at 11:00 noon, and that is 6:00 pm Beijing time, which is more convenient for Chinese fans to watch the game. They can even call friends on Saturday afternoons, order a bunch of takeout, prepare a box of cold beer, and watch the game while drinking. They can also go to the big brand stall, drink cold beer, pick up skewers, and cheer for Gao Zheng with fans whom they don’t know around.

In this round of league match, Malaga played against Las Palmas at home, and was scheduled to kick off at 11:00 noon local time.

This time is really weird. After all, in Spain, this time is considered as Spanish people usually have lunch at 2pm and dinner at 9pm.

The reason why the Spaniards had dinner so late is that they were in the same time zone as the United Kingdom, but the time they used was in central Europe, which was synchronized with Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, more than 2,500 kilometers east of the capital Madrid.

This is very strange. If you don’t need time to put your own national standard, why do you need Central European Time, which is far from you?

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

But the Spanish people are very dissatisfied with this adjustment. They cannot change the policies of the upper class of the country, so they can only use their own lifestyle to fight this stupid policy.

So although their pace of life has not changed, the time has changed. It turned out that lunch was at one o'clock noon, and that dinner, which was originally at eight o'clock, also changed to nine o'clock in the evening.

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

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

This sunset, one hour later than the UK, became an advantage for Spain, and thus Spain has also become a resort for many European citizens to take vacations.

But for most Spanish people, living in the wrong time zone will lead to a series 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 only begins at 10 o'clock in the evening at the statutory time, and that time, Spain just started to work at 9 o'clock in the morning. Many Spanish people may go to bed at 10 o'clock in the morning, and they also have to get up in advance, eat breakfast, and go to work according to the legal time, which causes the problem of insufficient sleep time.

Therefore, the Spanish developed a tradition that is rare in Europe, which is nap.

If you don’t take a nap, most Spanish people will not be able to work all day long. There is a survey that 18% of Spanish people have regular lunch breaks, while nearly 60% of Spanish people don’t even eat lunch at all.

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

It's really ironic. When Franco insisted on revising the time, the Spanish people opposed it and used the way to continue their habitual rhythm of life as a resistance.

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

After understanding this special custom of Spain, you can understand why every time there is a La Liga game that triggers the dissatisfaction of so many fans and clubs when they kick off at two or three in the afternoon.

Because at this time it was originally time for Espanyol to have lunch or take a nap, you asked the players to run in the scorching sun for 90 minutes and asked the fans to give up their lunch break and watch the game.

Whether you play football or watch football, you may not be energetic...

Now the time for kickoff at 11:00 noon is not much better... The professional leagues played in the morning are considered rare worldwide.

As for the kickoff time of Atletico Madrid, four o'clock in the afternoon is the time when Espanyol just woke up and took a nap, which is actually not a good time for the game. After all, no one will be in the best state after waking up.

In fact, those games that kick off at two or three in the morning Beijing time are the traditional La Liga tee time.

However, 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, which will lose some of its benefits, but just like Franco forced the time to change it.

Over time, aren't everyone getting used to it...
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