Chapter 317: Nothing to be excited about

All eyes are on the La Liga title race, but Chinese fans are still watching Wu Lei's performance.

Also in this round of the league, Espanyol defeated Sporting Gijón 4-2 away to make it two consecutive league wins.

In this game, Wu Lei came off the bench in the second half and used his dribbling breakthrough to win a penalty for the team, and it was this penalty that allowed the Spaniards to overtake the score.

It's a pity that in La Liga's statistics, creating a penalty doesn't count as an assist.

However, Wu Lei's wonderful performance was still recognized by his teammates and praised by fans. Because in this game, his highlight performance was not only the penalty kick, but also several breakthrough runs with the ball.

For Chinese fans, it was a festive weekend as Gao Zheng scored in the Madrid derby to help Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 1-0 away to keep their hopes of winning the league title alive. Wu Lei also gave an outstanding performance in the league.

The wonderful performance of the two of them made everyone look radiant on the following Monday, which was completely different from the usual performance of frowning when they went to work on Monday.

Football can bring joy to people, and that's one of the proofs.

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The next round of the league didn't take long to wait, Tuesday came.

Because there is the European Championship this summer, the leagues in all countries have been accelerated, and there are many times when there are two matches in a week.

It's a tough test of the players' fitness.

That's why Manuel Blanco thinks Atletico Madrid will collapse.

Atletico Madrid's squad is comparatively not as deep as Barcelona's, and the main players play until the end of the season, which is prone to physical exhaustion.

Add to that the impact of the Champions League, and this could be magnified.

The only pity for Blanco is that Atletico Madrid is already out of the Copa del Rey, otherwise they would have suffered even more.

If Atletico Madrid get past Celta Vigo, they will have two more Copa del Rey games on February 4 and 11, just after the game against Barcelona, when their team was at its worst.

Now, Atletico Madrid was eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Celta Vigo, which may be a good thing, at least to reduce their burden.

On Tuesday, March 1, the 27th round of the league began.

The fixtures are indeed very intense, considering that the last match of the last round of the league is Barcelona hosts Sevilla, and that game was played on February 28, and the next round starts on February 29, March 1......

This match is at home to Atletico Madrid against Real Sociedad.

In the first eight minutes, Gao Zheng opened the scoring for the team and helped the team get off to a good start. It was also his 25th league goal of the season, and it also saw him catch up with Suarez. The two now score the same number of goals and are tied for the top spot in the league's scorers' charts.

Just a minute into the second half, Saul extended the lead again.

In the 61st minute, Antoine Griezmann sealed the win and ended the suspense of the match.

Before the Barcelona game was played, Atletico Madrid once again overtook Barcelona by two points and temporarily sat in the first place in the league.

Two days later, on March 3, Espanyol lost 0:3 at home to Real Betis, Wu Lei started the game, but his performance was mediocre and he was replaced in the 61st minute.

Barcelona then beat Rayo Vallecano 5-1 away, with Messi scoring a hat-trick and increasing his tally to 19 league goals for the season.

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Four days later, on Saturday, March 6, in the 28th round of the league, Atletico Madrid took on Valencia away.

It's not going to be an easy game.

Earlier in the same day, Barcelona took on Eibar away and there was little suspense in this game, and Eibar could not have stopped Barcelona anyway. Although they are one place higher in the league than Valencia......

In fact, Barcelona won 4-0 away from home, with Lionel Messi scoring twice and Luis Suarez and Munir scoring a goal each.

Once their game was over, the pressure shifted to Atletico Madrid's side.

However, Atletico Madrid is also a battle-hardened team, what kind of storm haven't you seen?

This was followed by a 3-1 away win over Valencia.

Although Gao Zheng did not score in this game, he had two assists, assisting Antoine Griezmann and Fernando Torres respectively, helping the team win this game.

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Gao Zheng did not score in this round of the league, but another Chinese player did instead.

The final match of the league round is Espanyol hosting Rayo Vallecano.

Because of the last game against Real Betis, Wu Lei started but had a mediocre performance, so he sat back on the bench in this game.

He came off the bench in the 70th minute, when the score was 1-1 and Espanyol and Rayo Vallecano were tied.

As a result, in the 77th minute, Wu Lei's clever run, coupled with a wonderful pass sent by teammate Asensio, he successfully countered offside and formed a single knife!

In the face of the attacking goalkeeper, he calmly pushed the ball into the bottom right corner and the ball flew past the feet of Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper Rodriguez and rolled into the goal!

This is Wu Lei's first goal in La Liga!

His goal also made everyone's hanging hearts fall back - after the game against Real Betis, there were many worried voices, worried that Wu Lei would lose his place in Espanyol because of this performance. But now with that goal, everyone can relax for a while.

Wu Lei himself was not very excited, he didn't even run wildly to celebrate after the goal, he just trotted to the corner flag area, and then turned around and high-fived his teammates who came up one by one.

"There is the wind of a general!" He Ping praised Wu Lei's mature mentality. "We were all excited, but he himself was very calm!"

It's just that he may not know that the moment Wu Lei scored the goal, he actually looked like he was celebrating.

But he suddenly thought of Gao Zheng in his mind, and thought of Gao Zheng's calm smile after scoring in the Madrid derby, and he suddenly felt that he didn't need to be so excited.

Gao Zheng has scored so many goals, and he scored in the Madrid derby, he is not excited, what else do I have to be excited about?

Calm and composed!

Wu Lei admonished himself in his heart, while unconsciously imitating Gao Zheng's style, smiling and high-five his teammates, as if this was not his first La Liga goal, but the thirtieth La Liga goal......

However, the Spaniard fans in the stands were more excited than him, shouting: "Wu Lei! Wu Lei! Wu Lei!! ”

After the game, the scene was also transmitted to the Internet in China, which made Chinese fans both surprised and proud.

In the end, with Wu Lei's goal, the Spaniards defeated Rayo Vallecano 2:1 at home and scored an important three points.