Chapter 46: Malaga

Back in early June.

In the last match of Granada's La Liga, we will visit the Stadio La Rosaleda to challenge Malaga, who were relegated from La Liga last season!

After the summer transfer window, Granada led the top spot ahead of Osasuna, who are top of the table, and finally finished 21 wins, 13 draws and 4 losses after 38 rounds, accumulating 76 points. Due to the main rival Osasuna lost 0:1 at home to Las Palmas, Granada won the La Liga championship and qualified directly for La Liga 4 rounds in advance!

Granada is back in La Liga after two years!

In the winter transfer window, Wu Lei, the "goalscorer king" of the Chinese Super League, played in all 17 games after joining the team, and achieved 11 goals and 5 assists. And Adrian Ramos, the striker with the most goals in the team, scored 17 goals in the entire La Liga because he was 2 goals ahead of the opponent Osasuna striker Rodriguez, unless Rodriguez scored twice in the last game, he basically locked the trophy of the La Liga Golden Boot!

However, more media and fans believe that Wu Lei, who has only played for half a season, is the top scorer in their minds!

Wu Lei has scored 11 goals in 17 games, while Ramos has played 36 games, which is more than twice as much as Wu Lei! If this efficiency is really calculated, then if Wu Lei really has so much game time as Ramos, he can get more than 22 goals!

Although the account must not be calculated in this way, but the media and fans of good things love to mention it, so a series of news about Wu Lei is overwhelming.

"There were a number of scouts at Menes Stadium, and they were from these clubs!"

"Shocked! Wu Lei's outstanding performance has attracted the covetousness of the giants, and the next stop has been determined! ”

"Ramos and Vuray broke out in the locker room, and that's why!"

"Who is the Golden Boot of Xiyi! You'll know after reading the data! ”

In short, Wu Lei appeared on the media page again, and the domestic fans ate melons while celebrating, and were surprised to find that these foreign media were also "title parties" and "marketing numbers", which made them feel a little blushing when they saw it.

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"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the final round of the Spanish Serie B, where Granada will take on Malaga! ”

"Granada has performed bravely this season, with 23 wins, 14 draws and 4 losses in 41 rounds of league so far, accumulating 83 points and topping the table, locking the status of the Spanish second division champion in 4 rounds in advance!"

"It also means that next season we will be able to see Granada in La Liga!"

"It is worth mentioning that in this winter transfer window, Granada brought in Wu Lei, a player from China, who made 17 appearances in 17 games in the second half of Granada, started 13 games and came off the bench in 4 games, and scored 11 goals and 5 assists, which was quite perfect!"

"The most important thing is that in the 17 league games after Wu Lei joined, Granada has 10 wins and 7 losses without defeat!"

"Among them, Wu Lei is indispensable!"

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Before the start of the game, the domestic commentators talked eloquently with the script that had been prepared long ago, and generally speaking, it revolved around one sentence, Wu Lei Cowhide!

And the fans who stayed in front of the TV and the computer before the game started were also happy to listen to the commentary and blow the thunder, and even gave the commentary the nickname "Master of the Martial Arts Hall".

As Granada's opponent, Malaga's performance this season is also remarkable! After being relegated from La Liga last season, Malaga has worked hard, with 21 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses this season accumulating 74 points, although there is no chance to lock in the two places for direct promotion to La Liga, but they can also participate in the play-offs from 3rd to 6th place to compete for the remaining places!

Speaking of which, Malaga and Granada also have a lot of connections!

In 2015, Sports Weekly reported that a mysterious Chinese business group signed a commercial agreement with representatives from Malaga, Spain, and a well-known Chinese capital consortium officially launched a comprehensive acquisition of Malaga, which was still in La Liga at the time.

It is understood that this super acquisition, codenamed "Made in China", includes several important steps.

First, the Chinese business group will acquire more than 95% of the shares of the Malaga club, becoming the absolute de facto controlling owner of the club, and retaining a small stake in football celebrities and families such as Málaga-born and former Real Madrid defender Hierro.

Second, in the next three years, Chinese professional sports marketing companies will work together with the best Spanish agencies to build a Champions League team and a club that has reached the best level of competitive business development in Europe.

The third is the most important of the acquisition theme, the Chinese investor group will build a first-class sports city on the side of the Sunshine Coast, which is famous in Europe, to provide the best youth training base for the future local and Chinese prospective "Isco", and at the same time to provide a good environment for Chinese basic and professional football coaches to learn, further study and practice.

Fourth, actively look for and sign Chinese players who can play in the first or second team of Malaga as soon as possible, and provide talent training and reserves for Chinese football in Málaga, which is like spring all year round.

Real Madrid star Isco, who played for Málaga, also said after the news: "I will never forget where I came from, and I sincerely hope that Málaga will be successful, because I feel that the choice of Málaga by Chinese businessmen is a wise decision in itself." ”

It looks like a takeover of a foreign club by a Chinese consortium and has nothing to do with Granada.

However, the chief representative of the Chinese business group in charge of the entire acquisition process is Jiang Lizhang, the current president of Granada, and in the end, Malaga was not bought by Chinese investors, but is still in the hands of the Qataris.

A year later, Jiang Lizhang announced the acquisition of Granada.

However, these "grievances" did not affect the relationship between the two clubs, so Málaga did not have the slightest carelessness about Granada, which has shown absolute dominance this season, even if it was to prepare for the play-offs after the final round of the league, they still sent a full main squad to play.

However, they also showed respect for the Granada league champions.

Before the start of the game, when it was the turn of the players from Granada, all the players from Malaga lined up on the sidelines to welcome and salute the champions! Almost all the players in Granada have never experienced this scene, but they have only seen it on TV, and they are both a little proud and a little overwhelmed, even if it is Wu Lei, it is the first time that a big girl has been in a sedan chair!

In the season when Wu Lei helped Shanghai SIPG win the championship for the first time, the FA, Bundesliga Hamburg and Sao Paulo of the Brazilian Liga all sent congratulations, but the Chinese Super League was only Wuhan Zall, let alone lined up to welcome the champion.

Since there is no precedent for the Chinese Super League, and FIFA has no hard and fast rules, even if Guangzhou Evergrande has won seven consecutive championships, it has not enjoyed the welcome treatment of the team.