Two days later, Xu Genbao received a call from Wu Lei.

The content of the call was very simple, Wu Lei told his mentor that he wanted to play football abroad.

Xu Genbao began to introduce the specific situation to Wu Lei: "I have learned over there, they are not planning to sign a Chinese player because they suddenly have a Chinese boss. They also don't want to use the sign of you to advertise in China. It is said that they have been watching you for half a year, and the arrival of the Chinese boss has strengthened the confidence to sign you. But what...... If you go over there, you may suffer some financial losses, and they still owe a lot of debts, and the salary offered to you will definitely not be too high, it should be lower than what our club gives you...... There's no guarantee that you'll be able to play if you go, you have to think about it yourself. ”

"I've thought about it, Coach Xu. There are definitely risks and difficulties in going out, but if you don't go out because you are afraid of risks and difficulties, it is useless. You can make less money, I'm not playing for money. I'm going to work hard in training and try to get into the game as soon as possible. Wu Lei said with the phone.

As he did so, the distant wife coaxed the child in her arms, and from time to time looked up at her husband affectionately, with a smile on her lips.

"There's another question, Xiaobei has just been promoted to a child. It's not a matter of ten days and half a month for you to go, have you considered the family factors clearly? ”

"I discussed it with Xiaobei, and she supported me to play abroad."

"Xiaobei is such a good girl...... Xu Genbao sighed. But she has to take care of the children in China, you are alone over there, you have to live or something, you have to take care of your own life, don't let life affect the state on the court...... That's all I can say, you're in a foreign country at that time, and I won't be able to help you much. I hope you don't give up easily, it's not easy to go out once. It's easy to give up and come back, but it's hard to get out again......"

"I know, Coach Xu. I've thought about all of this. Wu Lei said very calmly.

But Xu Genbao felt the firmness in Wu Lei's calmness.

"The club will definitely make it easy for you, and I'm looking forward to your excellent performance over there."

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The attention of the domestic media and fans is still on Gao Zheng, and no one knows that Wu Lei is also going to stay abroad.

His club has really done a very good job of keeping this secret.

Wu Lei began to learn Spanish, understand the situation on the Spanish side, watch the video of the Espanyol's game, and prepare for going to Spain.

At the same time, he devotes more time to his wife and children.

Because he knew that he might not see them in half a year.

Naturally, he had to make up more for them before leaving.

But at the same time, his heart has flown to distant Spain, and he finds that as the day of parting gets closer and closer, he can't wait to be able to go to that new world of football, he is eager to play at Espanyol, and he even longs to be able to play with Gao Zheng in La Liga - next April 9, in the 32nd round of the league, Espanyol will face Atletico Madrid at home.

If Wu Lei had already played against Espanyol at that time, then he would probably have a Chinese derby with Gao Zheng in La Liga.

He knew that he couldn't be compared with Gao Zheng, and the strength of the Spaniards was too weak compared to Atletico Madrid, but he still wanted to show him his ability in front of Gao Zheng.

In fact, he had a lot of fantasies about where to stay in the ocean before.

He has considered the Premier League, Serie A and Bundesliga, but he wants to go to La Liga the most.

If he had a choice, he would choose La Liga.

The reason is simple, because the mountains are there...... No, it's because Gao Zheng is there.

He hopes to be able to compete with Gao Zheng on the court.

Only by going to La Liga can such a possibility.

So as soon as he heard that it was a La Liga club, even if he knew almost nothing about the Spaniards before, he was willing to go.

At the thought of the possibility of fighting Gao Zheng in the future, he was even a little excited......

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On December 30, 2015, in the 17th round of the league, Atletico Madrid challenged Rayo Vallecano away.

In this game, Atletico Madrid found their form, swept Rayo Vallecano 4-0 away, Gao Zheng scored a goal and provided two assists, and was voted the best of the game after the game.

In this round of the league, Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 3-1 at home, while Barcelona, who participated in the Club World Cup, also beat Real Betis 4-0 after returning from the club.

After the New Year, in the first La Liga game of 2016, Barcelona drew 0-0 away from home. It really deserves to be a Catalan derby, and it looks like there is a huge difference in quality between the two teams, but Barcelona failed to beat Espanyol on the road.

That's the beauty of the derby – in the derby, the saying that football is round is magnified to the fullest, and anything is possible.

Derby can often break people's common sense and subvert people's conventional perceptions.

Barcelona were held back by their local rivals, while Real Madrid were held to a 2-2 draw away at Valencia.

But Atletico Madrid didn't take that opportunity as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Levante.

The players don't seem to be quite comfortable with this rhythm of the game without a winter break at all.

They were listless on the pitch, as if they hadn't woken up.

From Barcelona to Real Madrid to Atletico Madrid, it is no accident that the top three in the league have all been held to a draw.

This speaks volumes about the problems that the three teams are currently experiencing.

Now Atletico Madrid is still seven points ahead in the standings, although the lead is very large, but it is a big pity that they cannot take advantage of this opportunity to continue to open up the point gap with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid have also been inconsistent during this period, with one win, one draw and one defeat in their last three matches.

Why have so few teams been able to threaten Real Madrid and Barcelona in the past, because they are not consistent compared to the two giants?

While the performance of other teams is like a heartbeat, the real Western Super League duo is as steady as the pulse index curve of a dead man.

In a long league, nothing is more important than consistency. The league is not about who scores eight or ten goals in a game, but who makes fewer mistakes than any other team in the long league process.

Of course, Real Madrid and Barcelona have not been consistent enough this season. There are too many games they haven't been able to win. Barcelona lost three games and drew three, while Real Madrid lost four games and also drew three.

Atletico Madrid did better than them at this point, Atletico Madrid lost about the same number of games as them, also three, but Atletico Madrid still has not drawn one. This has resulted in three more wins than Barcelona and four more than Real Madrid.

But as a result, in this round of the league, Atletico Madrid was forced to draw by Levante and suffered the first draw in the league this season.

Such performances have led some to worry about whether Atletico Madrid will be able to maintain stability under pressure from Barcelona and Real Madrid.

After all, everyone is counting on them to break the monopoly of Barcelona and Real Madrid on La Liga.