Chapter 74: Forge ahead

After scoring in two consecutive games, Dai Zhiwei managed to make Villarreal's starting line-up, and it was the famous Soldado who was squeezed out by him.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach, which is a common thing on the green field.

And Dai Zhiwei did not live up to the trust of head coach Marcelino, and in the 22nd round of La Liga against Granada, he was shining again!

In this game, Dai Zhiwei did not score or assist, but it was he who used his personal dribbling to break through into the Granada penalty area in the 55th minute, and was forced to foul Dai Zhiwei in the Babin penalty area, and was immediately sentenced to death by the referee.

Although the penalty was created by Dai Zhiwei, he did not step forward to take the penalty, but gave the opportunity to score to the team's first penalty taker, who is also the team's captain Bruno.

Bruno then converted the penalty.

In the end, Villarreal also won 1-0 against Granada with this goal.

Although there were no goals and assists in this game, the post-game rating gave Dai Zhiwei the highest score in the game.

Obviously, anyone can see who was the biggest contributor to Villarreal's penalty goal.

Dai Zhiwei's outstanding performance completely put him in the starting line-up, and the remaining forward spot was in contention between Soldado and Bakambu.

A week later, in the 23rd round of La Liga, Villarreal traveled to challenge Athletic Bilbao away.

Athletic Bilbao's San Mamés stadium is arguably La Liga's devil's home stadium, and it was a tough match for the Yellow Submarines, who are not good at playing on the road.

Because of Dai Zhiwei's continuous flash in 3 consecutive games, Athletic Bilbao has developed special defensive tactics for him, and he has also experienced the difference between La Liga and the Chinese Super League for the first time.

Although, his right-angle fake is still invincible, and the Tigers' shot is still sharp, but it failed to bring goals.

After Dai Zhiwei staged the battle of the trapped beasts, neither the starting Soldado nor the substitute Bakambu could give him much help, but fortunately, Villarreal's defense was also good, and the two sides finally shook hands, and 0:0 was the final result.

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The next morning, when Dai Zhiwei was still reading the domestic news in China, he saw something that made him unhappy in a Spanish newspaper that he was not very common: "Villarreal newcomers are in a goal drought, and the yellow submarine front is in danger"!

Dai Zhiwei looked at it carefully, this report still has some truth, first said that Dai Zhiwei's previous stunner and consecutive goals, and then said that after Dai Zhiwei played against Granada, he completely lost his sense of smell to break the goal, and did nothing in two consecutive games, and even said that Villarreal thought that Dai Zhiwei was not in good shape, and if it wasn't for the Chinese sponsors, he would not be able to be the team's striker. At the end of the article, it was conclusively judged that Dai Zhiwei was in a goal drought, and the record of not scoring in the past 190 minutes was to be extended.

"It's just that if I don't score in 2 games, I say I'm short of goals? Funny is coming! If a striker wants to be able to score almost every game, it is even better than Messi and Ronaldo in peak condition, where does the team think that I am not strong? Which sand sculpture media is this? Dai Zhiwei cursed.

"Pravda?" Dai Zhiwei was confused, because he only knew that there was a Pravda newspaper in Russia, but it was obviously the local Spanish media, "What bullshit!" ”

However, Dai Zhiwei was still a little depressed when he was accused by Pravda of falling into a goal drought, because he did not score in 2 consecutive games.

It's normal for other strikers not to score in 2 consecutive games, but for Dai Zhiwei, it is the first time, and it is inevitable that he will be a little depressed.

More importantly, Dai Zhiwei feared that Marcelino would put him back on the bench.

Fortunately, Marcelino is not one of those unscrupulous and ignorant editors, and in the 24th round of La Liga, Villarreal vs. Malaga still ranked Dai Zhiwei in the starting list.

The Yellow Submarine had a tough game at the Rose Garden, Malaga's home stadium, and their form was much worse than in the first half.

However, Villarreal, who were still superior on the pitch, took the initiative and had a good chance to open the scoring shortly after the game started, when Soldado headed back and Dos Santos' right-footed shot from outside the edge of the box on the left was saved by Malaga goalkeeper Kameni in the near corner.

However, Malaga at home did not completely fall into the situation, just after Villarreal showed a long-range shot, Malaga was forced to foul Bailly due to a front-court combination, I-Camacho free-kick into the right side of the box, but Vernals forced Bailly's header wide of the far corner.

Then came a flurry of attacking performances from Villarreal, starting with the exceptionally aggressive Dai Zhiwei stealing the ball in midfield and passing the ball before captain Bruno fired a long-range shot just wide of the top right corner from 30 yards.

Three minutes later, Villarreal made a comeback when Suarez's pass from the edge of the box was met and Soldado's left-footed shot from 12 yards on the left side of the box was quickly blocked by Kameni – a game in which Málaga's fragile backline gave Carmeni multiple opportunities to show himself.

In the 28th minute, Malaga defender Rosales fouled Dai Zhiwei in front of the penalty area, but Villarreal's free kick failed to threaten, and Trigueros' free kick was directly into the arms of Kameni, who was on the spot in time.

Seeing Kameni frequently playing in front of the Malaga goal, Villarreal goalkeeper Areola couldn't help but show off. Two minutes later, Fornals passed the ball and Charles' powerful shot from 18 yards on the right side of the box was saved by Areola in the near corner.

In the closing stages of the first half, Málaga created another good chance to open the scoring when Fornals passed the ball in midfield and I-Camacho's volley from the edge of the top right corner of the box was too angled and missed the near corner.

The first half was a close one, and after a fifteen-minute break, the two teams restarted after a draw.

At the start of the second half, it was Villarreal who took the lead, when Gaspar's cross from the right was met by Soldado's header from 15 yards down the middle.

Dai Zhiwei, who had already outflanked him at the back point, saw Soldado's outrageous shot and Marcelino on the sidelines, with the same toothache.

In the 58th minute, Dai Zhiwei finally got a good chance to shoot in the second half, but unfortunately under the interference of the opponent's central defender, his volley from a small angle from 14 yards on the left side of the penalty area did not press the football, and the final shot was also high above the crossbar.

Dai Zhiwei didn't know what others thought, but he believed that Soldado should be in a good mood.

After seeing the team's long-term failure to attack, Marcelino also began to relocate, with Brazilian striker Leo Carrillo coming off the bench.

"I really want to rip off his jersey!" Don't get me wrong, Dai Zhiwei is naturally not interested in men, but is eager for the "No. 10" that Leo is carrying.

The most meaningful jersey number in "Soccer Player" is undoubtedly "No. 10".

"Remember next season's Villarreal shirt No. 10 seems to be worn by Pato, right?" Dai Zhiwei recalled, "It seemed that I had a chance to get the number 10 jersey in front of Pato. ”

It is naturally not easy to get the No. 10 jersey, which usually symbolizes the core of the team's attack, so Dai Zhiwei quickly made a statement.

In the 72nd minute, Trigueros dribbled the ball on the left side of the penalty area and suddenly passed diagonally, Dai Zhiwei chose to miss an accident on the left side of the penalty area, flashed the marked central defender, and then caught up with the football He played a tiger shot with his left foot on the edge of the small penalty area.

The football was like a white lightning bolt into the corner of the goal, and in the face of this powerful volley that was close at hand, the unprepared Malaga goalkeeper Kameni did not react at all.

1:0!

Dai Zhiwei broke the deadlock on the field and opened the scoring for Villarreal!

"Didn't you say a goal drought? Goal drought your sister! Dai Zhiwei opened his arms and laughed in celebration.

Amid the cheers of only a thousand Villarreal fans who came from afar, the other Villarreal players immediately rushed towards Dai Zhiwei and began to celebrate together.

This is also Dai Zhiwei's third goal in five La Liga games, although he cannot be found in the top 15 scorers in La Liga this season, but if you only count the second half, it is second only to Suarez and Melo, who have been in great form this year.

The home side were naturally unwilling to lose at home, and after Dai Zhiwei's goal, Malaga launched a near-frantic counter-attack, and finally got a chance to shoot after the seventh minute, Kopp crossed back on the right side of the box, and Rosales fired a shot over the crossbar from 16 yards out in the middle of the box.

In order to stop Malaga's desperate attack, Villarreal frequently used fouls to interrupt the opponent's attack, but in the 79th minute, Suarez's foul on Fornals was also warned of a yellow card.

The best defense is still attacking, in the 83rd minute, Dai Zhiwei's shot from the edge of the box was blocked by a defender, and then he followed up and shot again, but unfortunately it was too straight and shot directly into Kameni's arms.

In the closing stages of the game, Málaga unleashed a couple of dangerous attacks, starting with a header from Kopp and I-Camacho deflecting a powerful shot from 25 yards that was deflected by Areola.

In stoppage time, it was I-Camacho who burst into the left side of the box and crossed, but unfortunately the ball was missed by the curling long-range tackle, and the home team missed the last chance to equalize.

In the end, Villarreal got their wish to take three points from the Stadio Rose Garden, home stadium in Malaga.

Of course, for Chinese fans, the most important thing is that Dai Zhiwei scored again after two games of silence!