After returning from the national team, Dai Zhiwei was not affected by the fatigue of the journey, and brought his good form and luck back to Villarreal.

After returning from the international break, Villarreal's first match is against Malaga in the third round of La Liga.

Although the match was played at the home stadium of Malaga, Villarreal, or Dai Zhiwei, did not save a trace of face in front of the home team's fans, and ended the suspense of the game at half-time.

In the 33rd minute, Dai Zhiwei cut into the right side of the penalty area and passed, and Cheryshev shot into the top corner of the net from 14 yards, 1:0!

5 minutes later, Dai Zhiwei burst into the penalty area again and was brought down by the Malaga defender to win a penalty opportunity, and then he took the penalty in one fell swoop, 2:0!

In the 44th minute, Trigueros passed, and after Dai Zhiwei's powerful shot from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper, he shot into the net smartly in front of the goal, 3:0.

Dai Zhiwei also completely killed the suspense of the game after scoring twice, and was replaced by head coach Escriva at halftime.

After the 3-0 win over Malaga, Dai Zhiwei was given the entire second half of the break, but after a slight adjustment, he had to meet his first Champions League trip without stopping.

After reversing Monaco and successfully qualifying for the Champions League group stage, Villarreal drew a perfect draw in the Champions League group!

On August 25, the draw for the 2016-17 Champions League group stage and the UEFA European Player of the Year award ceremony took place at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monte Carlo.

In the end, Barcelona, Manchester City, and Borussia Mönchengladbach were in the same group, and Guardiola and the newly transferred goalkeeper Bravo played against their old club; Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet for the fourth time in five seasons, while last season's semi-final rivals Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid also meet in the narrows. Paris Saint-Germain are in the same group as Arsenal, while Premier League champions Leicester were drawn against Porto, who eliminated Roma.

Villarreal, on the other hand, have been drawn to the most evenly balanced Group E, against CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur.

It's a fairly even group, with Tottenham and Villarreal being in the third and fourth pots even better than CSKA Moscow and Bayer Leverkusen.

The high-profile Europa League champion Villarreal finally returned to the Champions League after many years of unsuccessful impact, and the first and second teams met CSKA Moscow and the "pharmaceutical factory" Leverkusen are already good signings, but the addition of Tottenham Hotspur, a strong team in the third pot, has added some "troubled water" to this group out of thin air.

Compared with other groups, CSKA Moscow and Bayer Leverkusen, the first and second pots this time, can be said to have almost no advantage in qualifying.

CSKA Moscow has lost Moussa, Bayer Leverkusen core Calhanoglu has been mired in transfer rumours, and Tottenham's youth team has improved significantly, and Villarreal has also proved its quality after the change of manager and the Champions League play-off against Ligue 1 powerhouse Monaco.

If you want to talk about the "strange game" of the third and fourth gear teams qualifying, it is really possible to happen in this group.

Villarreal's first Champions League group game will be against Tottenham Hotspur, who may be the strongest in Group E.

Last season, Tottenham missed out on the title, with 19 wins, 13 draws and 6 defeats in the league, with 70 points and third in the Premier League, 11 points behind eventual champions Leicester City, scoring 69 goals and conceding 35 goals.

However, third in the league is already the highest ranking of Tottenham's Premier League career.

Pochettino has kept all of his squad this season and has added to it, and their goal this season in the Champions League is definitely not just to experience it.

Pochettino still sticks to the usual 4-2-3-1 formation, emphasizing passing when he has the ball, requiring the front four players to constantly cross and change positions, disrupting the opposition defence, and one of the two midfielders will also actively move forward, with Rose and Walker on either side of the flanks having considerable speed and explosiveness, and they are extremely involved in attack. Defensively, Pochettino asked his players to run relentlessly, fight aggressively, and put strong pressure on the opposition, especially the players with the ball.

So far, Tottenham are unbeaten with two wins and two draws after four rounds of Premier League matches.

Although the first round of the Champions League group stage was played at Tottenham's home stadium, the atmosphere at their home stadium was not strong at all due to Tottenham's move to Wembley Stadium this season.

During the pre-match warm-up, the Villarreal players were in a relaxed mood and the atmosphere was not at all as tense as in the away game, and Dai Zhiwei also tried two curvilinear shots in the center circle.

Both sides started in the same line-up, playing 4-2-3-1, with Tottenham led by Harry Kane and Villarreal led by Dai Zhiwei.

Tottenham line-up: Lloris; Kyle Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Ben Davies; Dale, Ali; Lamela, Eriksen, Son Heung-min; Harry Kane

Villarreal line-up: Asenjo; Mario Gaspar, Musacchio, Ruiz, Costa; Trigueros, Bruno; dos Santos, Castillejo, Cheryshev; Dai Zhiwei

"Hey!"

In the players' tunnel, Sun Xingmin deliberately said hello to Dai Zhiwei, both of whom spoke English anyway.

Because of the participation of the two of them, this game is also known as the "Asian Derby" by the outside world.

"In this competition, we are going to take the victory!" Sun Xingmin said with a smile, obviously he is not relieved that the South Korean team in the top 12 did not win the Chinese team at home.

"Hehe, you stole my lines!" Although Dai Zhiwei was quite disgusted with sticks, he had a good sense of Sun Xingmin, and he responded with a smile, but there was no hint of weakness in his words, "It must be us who wins this game!" ”

However, after the start of the game, Tottenham's attack almost turned Dai Zhiwei's declaration into a cannon.

Under Tottenham's opening attack, Dai Zhiwei looked at the crumbling yellow submarine back line in the front, and had to temporarily give up the attack, and first hurriedly returned to the midfield to assist in defense.

Although the top midfield duo of Bruno and Trigueros were aggressive in midfield, it did not stop Tottenham Hotspur's attack, and Villarreal's midfield was somewhat disheveled in the face of the rapid attack of the Premier League side.

When the game reached the 4th minute, Son Heung-min broke through the cross on the side, and Harry Kane in the middle grabbed the shot but failed, but Mario Gaspar made a mistake in the middle of the game, stopped the ball and made a mistake, and directly touched the ball in front of Harry Kane.

Harry Kane and Ruiz fell to the ground at the same time to grab the ball, but Harry Kane was a little faster, and while Ruiz was not completely on the ground, he poked the ball from Ruiz's armpit to the goal with his toes.

Please praise the yellow submarine door god Assenjo at this moment!

If it weren't for Asenjo's transcendent reflexes at this moment, stretching his toes and kicking the ball out of goal, Villarreal would have fallen behind on the road not long after the game began.

Assenjo got up from the ground and yelled at the Yellow Submarine's backline, and even Musacchio was washed in the face by Assenjo's saliva, which shows how dissatisfied he really is.

After all, not every goalkeeper is Deria.

The game continued, Villarreal fullback Costa took advantage of the chaos to clear the ball in the backfield, Dai Zhiwei rushed to the football with Ali behind his buttocks, but Costa's clearance power was too great, and the ball flew directly out of the sideline.

Dai Zhiwei was so tired of chasing the ball that he didn't even have the idea of giving Costa a thumbs up to comfort him.

"The weakness in midfield has caused a slump in attack and defence, and the attack and defense are all disconnected." The assistant coach stood beside Escriva and whispered his opinion.

Eskriva frowned and didn't speak, Villarreal has a few players who have played in the Champions League, but Eskriva is a complete new coach for the Champions League, and he doesn't understand the difference between the Champions League and La Liga.

Fortunately, Escriva was entangled there, and the thinking of the players on the field was still very clear.

As the captain of the team, Bruno actively fought in the midfield, and after combining with Costa to cut off Lamela's ball, Dai Zhiwei quickly cut forward, only to see that Costa's pass was blocked by Lamela on the sideline as soon as he turned around to ask for the ball.

Costa was also a little embarrassed, and after mistakes on both passes, he himself felt blushing and made an apologetic gesture at Dai Zhiwei.

Seeing Costa's embarrassed look, Dai Zhiwei was in no mood to complain about him anymore, and gave him a thumbs up.

In the 11th minute, Bruno took the ball in the midfield and made a series of combinations with dos Santos, Bruno picked up a pass in the corner of the penalty area, and Dai Zhiwei in the middle finally showed a rare presence after more than half an hour after the opening, and followed up on the left side and hit Lloris's body to pop up the bottom line.

"My left foot is still a little bit off." Dai Zhiwei originally wanted to use the outside instep to pick a far corner to bypass Lori, but his dominant foot is the right foot, and the control of the left foot is still a little worse.

Dai Zhiwei knows that although he is now approaching the level of an epic player, and the number of people in today's football is higher than his own, he still has a very big drawback, that is, the problem of backfooting.

At present, he can only be regarded as a player with a better balance of left and right feet, and he still relies more on his right foot, and his right foot is far better than his left foot.

You can see it from his stats: his right foot reaches a good value of 86, while his left foot has a normal value of 75.

Messi's habitual foot is much better than his non-dominant foot, his left foot is definitely one of the best in the history of world football, of course, his right foot is not bad, but the gap is very big compared to his left foot, causing others to know that Messi is basically cut inward to the left.

Of course, knowing and being able to prevent it are two different things.

"Let's go back and discuss with the big air wing and see if there is any quick solution in the system." Dai Zhiwei has also practiced with his left foot before, otherwise he would not have reached a score of 75, but he spends more time practicing skills such as right-angle fake body and curve shooting with his right foot.

Five minutes after Dai Zhiwei's shot was blocked by Lloris, Trigueros broke through quickly after a break in midfield, and his high-quality ball in the middle gave Dos Santos a quick opportunity to cross the bottom, and Dai Zhiwei headed it back.

Dai Zhiwei, who has cultivated the skills of "El Sido Pierre's Eiffel passing" to the stage of Xiaocheng, has become more and more aware of assists and ability, and this time the middle knock back allowed Castillejo to kick a difficult outside volley on the line of the penalty area.

The ball spun in a strong rotation and was accompanied by a sudden drop to the top corner of the goal, and just as it was about to burrow into the corner, a large hand suddenly appeared in front of the goal.

I saw the soccer ball hit the big gloved hand and popped up the post, and then Lori flew out and fell on the lawn.

Castillejo regretfully held his head in his hands, although he also had the ability to shoot accurately from a distance, but he also relied on good luck to hit a high-level shot on goal, this time he couldn't score, who knows when it will be the next time.

Two consecutive goals were blocked by Lowry, Dai Zhiwei was also a little unable to calm down, sometimes as a striker, he encountered this kind of open opponent goalkeeper, and he was really depressed to death.

I don't know why, he always has an ominous premonition, "It's not going to keep going on like this, is it?" Give me a way to live! ”

"What a perfect life it would be if you could meet Karius in the Champions League final every time!" He muttered as he searched for space in the penalty area.

On the other side, Trigueros slowly walked in the direction of dos Santos and quickly ran towards the corner when the Tottenham players were not looking.

Dos Santos immediately whipped in a tactical corner for Trigueros, who took the ball and glanced at the box before crossing with his feet.

The ball was fast and flat, straight to the back post and far away from Lloris's defence.

Trigueros was Villarreal's number one free-kick master before Dai Zhiwei mastered the curve shot, and his long-range shooting ability was extremely strong, just when people thought he was going to hit the back corner to shoot, Dai Zhiwei in the middle suddenly came out and smashed his head into the rapidly spinning football.

Dai Zhiwei did not have the interference of defenders around him this time, and the movements of jumping and shaking his head were very stretched, and the violent impact made the speed of the football faster, and he changed the trajectory and flew towards the goal with a "bang".

Lloris, who was standing on the goal line, was about to move to the back post, and saw Dai Zhiwei's header hit the goal halfway, and in less than half a second, he made a sideways body and his arm was out, and he was able to block the ball off the crossbar on the goal line.

It was one step away from the line of the six-yard penalty area, and a header from such close range was magically blocked by Lloris that Villarreal fans were almost desperate.

"I'll go, this is taking medicine, right?"

Dai Zhiwei stared blankly at Lori, who was like a divine help, and in addition to sighing or sighing in his head, how could he not overcome this last line of defense?

(End of chapter)