There are no underdogs in La Liga.

Dai Zhiwei finally experienced this sentence firsthand.

After losing 2:3 to Real Madrid, Villarreal made another mistake in the 35th round of La Liga, drawing 0:0 at home by Real Sociedad.

In this game, Villarreal had a whopping 26 shots on goal, of which Dai Zhiwei alone contributed 7 shots on goal, 4 shots on target, but unfortunately no goal was scored.

Fortunately, the chasers in the standings were not very strong, allowing the yellow submarine to maintain its lead in the safe zone of 8 points.

The Yellow Submarine soldiers, who accidentally dropped points, have not had time to think about a Champions League place as they face Liverpool in the Europa League semi-final just three days away.

This is the first meeting between the two sides in European history.

Villarreal has played 13 times against clubs from England in European history, with 3 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, and the last 10 games, 6 draws and 4 defeats without a win, but the Yellow Submarine defeated Liverpool's city rivals Everton with two 2:1 scores in the 2005-06 Champions League qualification; The most recent meeting with an English club was in the 2011/12 Champions League group stage, where Villarreal were beaten 3-0 at home and 2-1 away to Manchester City.

Liverpool and the Spanish club have met 32 times, 13 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses have a slight advantage, but the last 4 games, 1 win and 3 losses are at an absolute disadvantage, the last time they played with the Spanish club was in the Champions League group stage last season, Liverpool was 0:3 at home and 0:1 away by Real Madrid.

Away to Spain, Liverpool lost 0:1 to Madrid in their last two games, but won four and drew one of their previous five games, beating Real Madrid, Barcelona, Betis and Deportivo La Coruna away from home.

Klopp wants to replicate Manchester United's Europa League victory last year and qualify for next season's Champions League, and it will be difficult!

In this Europa League semi-final battle, the managers of both sides did not make any strange moves, and put on their current strongest teams.

Villarreal line-up –

Goalkeeper: Asenjo

Defenders: Mario Gaspar, Ruiz, Bailly, Costa

Midfielders: Suarez, Pina, Bruno, dos Santos

Forwards: Soldado, Dai Zhiwei

Liverpool line-up –

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defenders: Moreno, Lovren, Chloe Toure, Klein

Defenders: Joe Allen, Lucas

Defenders: Lallana, Coutinho, Milner

Forward: Roberto Firmino

In fact, in the offseason, Klopp also planned to get Dai Zhiwei, after all, after leaving Suarez, the Reds' forward players have not been very good, but Dai Zhiwei does not want to go to Liverpool, because of the existence of Firmino and Benteke, it is difficult for him to compete for the main position as soon as he goes, and it is even very likely that he is only the third and fourth choice of the team's forward line, and can only get scattered playing time.

Liverpool seemed to be a little slow to warm up after the opening kick-off amid the frenzied boos of the fans at the Love Song Stadium, with Villarreal at home taking control of the situation.

Villarreal took the lead in the second minute when full-back Mario Gaspar cut in and crossed the ball down the right flank, and Pina's effort from the edge of the middle of the box was saved by Mignolet, who was so focused from the start.

"Yo, it's not Karius yet, is it?" Dai Zhiwei originally rushed forward at the moment of Pina's shot, ready to make up for it, but unfortunately Mignolet was not the famous Red Army goalkeeper Karius who resounded in football with low-level mistakes.

Villarreal came close to taking the lead three minutes later when Lucas tripped Suarez on the edge of the box before Pina whipped in a free-kick that went narrowly wide.

Dai Zhiwei ran without the ball in Liverpool's half, and used his high-speed switchback run to make Joe Allen, who is known as "can't run to death", also out of breath.

However, Liverpool are not vegetarians, Firmino dribbles the ball forward, and Ruiz fills in at the crucial moment to defuse the danger.

Asenjo received Ruiz's return pass and made a long pass directly to Dai Zhiwei in the midfield, Dai Zhiwei heard a sound behind him and knew that Joe Allen had posted it again.

I saw that his left shoulder moved, and after a false shot attracted Joe Allen's attention, he suddenly dropped the ball on the outside of his right foot, and turned sharply to circle the opponent.

"Nice stop-ball turn!"

The sports channel of Huaxia TV, which has always been very proud of this game, did not choose to broadcast it live, but now many domestic fans are used to watching live broadcasts on the Internet, and at this time, Huang Ping, who is live broadcast by Penguin, can't help but praise Dai Zhiwei's extraordinary actions.

Nowadays, there are many Dai Zhiwei blows in China, and he blows as if he is crushing the existence of Melo, but China still eats this set, after all, Chinese football is really weak for a long time!

Dai Zhiwei did not continue to dribble the ball after turning, and in order to speed up the counterattack, he directly stuffed the ball to Soldado, who retreated on the forward line, and then continued to run wildly.

No matter how good the dribbling is, there is still a gap between the speed of running with the ball and running without the ball, and Dai Zhiwei, who sprinted with all his strength without the ball, instantly threw off Joe Allen, who had not yet turned back - Joe Allen couldn't catch up with Dai Zhiwei when he was dribbling, let alone his off-ball running.

Liverpool were not able to organise an effective defence, and Soldado knocked the ball back to Dai Zhiwei without stopping, and did not give Kolo Toure a chance to foul.

Dai Zhiwei ran with the wind in his ears, and Joe Allen followed closely behind him, but the distance was getting bigger and bigger.

At this time, he was about to enter the big penalty area, and only Kolo Toure stepped forward to make up for the defense, and when he and Kolo Toure were side by side, Soldado's pass also happened to come as expected.

Dai Zhiwei bumped Kolo Toure with his shoulder during the run, squeezed the Liverpool centre-back to the side, received the ball, and was about to enter the penalty area.

As soon as Kolo Toure saw that Dai Zhiwei was about to enter the penalty area, and there were only his central defender partner Lovren and goalkeeper Mignolet in the penalty area, he naturally did not dare to let Dai Zhiwei go.

Dai Zhiwei protected the ball very well, and he had no way to cut it off directly, and even affecting the opponent's shot may not be effective, so Kolo Toure immediately decided to pull the opponent down, and it was a big deal to give Villarreal a free kick at the edge of the penalty area.

However, Dai Zhiwei's explosiveness and speed were so fast that Chlo Toure's fingers could only catch the breeze from his jersey.

Kolo Toure couldn't do it, and Lovren quickly stepped in to break the ball.

However, he didn't know enough about Dai Zhiwei's speed in the track and field field.

Lovren watched Dai Zhiwei get closer and closer to the ball again, as if the ball was flying to the ground instead of himself.

He didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly stepped forward to catch up.

"Bang!" As soon as he stepped into the penalty area, Dai Zhiwei shot directly and vigorously!

The moment Chloe Toure put the tackle, all he saw was the grass clippings that Dai Zhiwei carried when he jumped after his shot, and Lovren in front of Dai Zhiwei subconsciously turned his head and let go of this earth-shattering shot.

"Whew!"

The wind swept by, and Lovren's face ached, which made the Liverpool defender can't help but congratulate himself on avoiding the shot.

Mignolet didn't have enough time to react to Dai Zhiwei's burst of shots, and had to watch as the opposition fired a powerful shot from 20 yards into the net from his left side.

"The ball is in! Nice squirting! Huang Ping, who claims to be Dai Zhiwei's No. 1 fan, completely steals the spotlight today and roars again!

The entire Love Song Stadium was boiling, and the Haitian fans felt that the shouts could not express their excitement, so everyone jumped wildly.

At this time, only a small part of the Liverpool fans came from afar, and their silence did not affect the joy of the whole stadium.

The Villarreal fans were all hoarse and screaming loudly, as if they couldn't vent their emotions if they couldn't vent their emotions any lower.

Dai Zhiwei frantically walked along the sidelines to ask the fans in the stands for his own cheers, ran to the stands, and stood in front of these most loyal Villarreal fans, doing blowgun celebrations.

In the stands, thousands of Villarreal fans also responded with blowguns - although he has only been in the team for 4 months, Dai Zhiwei has completely conquered the fans here!

Marcelino was also proud and happy that he had brought in Dai Zhiwei - apparently he subconsciously ignored at this time that Dai Zhiwei's joining was completely a request from the club's manager and sponsors!

On the other side, Klopp on the Liverpool bench was depressed to death, without the slightest resentment, and some were just deeply helpless.

1:0！

Villarreal took the lead in the 13th minute after the opening kick-off, with Dai Zhiwei's 11th goal of the season in the Europa League giving the Yellow Submarine the lead, making Liverpool's trip even harder.

However, Dai Zhiwei's goal ignited the enthusiasm of the Love Song Stadium, but it also provoked the anger of the Liverpool players.

Jurgen Klopp stood up and walked to the sidelines, no longer scolding his players on the pitch, but gesturing calmly and directing his team to react.

At this time, Liverpool is no longer the same team of previous years after the arrival of Klopp, and the Reds will never rush in the face of a goal behind, while his opponents should be careful!