Chapter 81: In good shape

If you want to ask who is the most dazzling player in Spanish football from the end of February to the beginning of March, in addition to Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez and other famous players, you must also fill in a relatively unfamiliar name in European football -

Villarreal, Dai Zhiwei!

In the 26th round of La Liga, Villarreal hosted Levante. In the 12th minute, Bruno passed, Dai Zhiwei stood out with his speed, and shot into the near corner from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, opening the scoring for the team!

In the 30th minute, Dai Zhiwei broke through the middle and passed the ball and assisted Castillejo to shoot a low shot into the bottom right corner from 14 yards.

At the start of the second half, Dai Zhiwei continued his coquettish performance, receiving a pass from Triguros, he single-handedly broke through two defenders and pushed into the bottom right corner of the net from 12 yards, scoring twice.

With Dai Zhiwei's two passes and one shot, the Yellow Submarine defeated Levante 3:0.

In the 27th round of La Liga, Villarreal went away to challenge Celta, and just as the game was about to end with a 0:0 draw, it was Dai Zhiwei's angry shot outside the penalty area, which changed the team's result from 1 point to 3 points!

In the 28th round of La Liga, Villarreal welcomed Las Palmas at home.

In the first half, Las Palmas headed home from a corner kick from the left by David Garcia from a corner kick from Vieira's tactical corner from the left.

In the following 60 minutes, Villarreal, who were sitting at home, launched a frantic counterattack, but unfortunately could not break the opponent's defense. Until the 83rd minute, Dai Zhiwei broke through in the penalty area and was tripped by a Las Palmas defender.

Dai Zhiwei personally took the penalty kick to equalize for the team and defend the honor of the Love Song Stadium!

In 3 rounds of La Liga, Dai Zhiwei scored 4 goals and 1 assist, but his shine did not stop there, and he still did not stop moving forward in European competitions.

In the first leg of the Europa League 1/8 finals, Villarreal played at home against the old Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen.

In the 4th minute of the game, Soldado picked up a pass, and Dai Zhiwei shook off two away defenders and burst into the penalty area and then faced Leno with a push to score, 1:0.

In the 56th minute, Leverkusen's corner kick attack failed, the submarine quickly counterattacked, Dai Zhiwei began to drive straight into the middle with the ball, strode into the penalty area and pushed the goal to expand the score, 2:0.

While raising his goals in the Europa League this season to 6 goals, Dai Zhiwei also gave the team the absolute initiative to advance.

Villarreal, who has been soaring in La Liga and Europa League, finally planted a heel in the 29th round of La Liga.

In this away game against La Liga giants Sevilla, the yellow submarine fell into passivity early - in the 23rd minute, Sevilla's Gameiro burst into the left side of the penalty area and crossed unselfishly, Ibola pushed the goal in front of the small penalty area, and Villarreal fell behind by one goal.

However, Dai Zhiwei quickly scored two goals in a row to lead the team to overtake, and in the 29th minute, Lukavina's cross from the right was blocked, and Dai Zhiwei made a clever follow-up shot and pushed the goal from 12 yards.

7 minutes later, Bakambu picked up a pass on the line of the penalty area, and Dai Zhiwei volleyed into the far corner of the net at a small angle from 8 yards on the left side of the penalty area, completing a brace!

Unfortunately, Dai Zhiwei's flash alone could not save the team, and Sevilla scored three goals in the second half to take the lead again.

In stoppage time, Dai Zhiwei received a direct pass from Leao, and after successfully countering offside, he shook the goalkeeper and pushed the empty goal, completing his first hat-trick after joining Villarreal.

However, his third goal came too late and he couldn't avoid a defeat for his team.

After the game, Dai Zhiwei also made a special trip to find the referee to take the game ball as a commemoration of a hat trick he scored after staying abroad.

Dai Zhiwei's personal goal this season is 20 goals, and now it is only mid-March, and he has already scored 16 goals, including 10 in the league and 6 in the Europa League, and it seems that the number of 20 is still a bit conservative.

Despite the team's loss, Marcelino was not depressed at all, "Dai Zhiwei played really well in this game, he made the opposing defenders completely lose confidence, if he joined the team at the beginning of the season, I think he could even compete for the La Liga Golden Boot this season." I believe that in the Europa League match against Bayer Leverkusen in 3 days, he will still be the biggest headache for the opponent! ”

Villarreal qualified for the fourth round of the Carabao Cup in midweek after beating Reading in midweek to reach the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, and soon after that, the eighth round of the Premier League will be played against Marcelino's Bayer Leverkusen, who have set a goal of taking all three points.

The 2:0 in the first leg gave Villarreal a lot of advantages, but no one would underestimate Leverkusen's willpower.

Only 50 seconds into the opening game, Dai Zhiwei received a cross from Gaspar in the front of the penalty area and turned around to take the ball and prepared to rush to the penalty area.

Therefore, Papadopoulos mercilessly chose to foul Dai Zhiwei who turned around with the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and he almost used judo throwing skills to put Dai Zhiwei outside the penalty area.

However, the tactical foul did not hurt anyone, and Dai Zhiwei did not get angry after Papadopoulos pulled him up from the lawn, but slapped his opponent on the back.

Trigueros took a free-kick but it wasn't straight on goal, and Bruno's powerful shot from 25 yards after receiving a diagonal pass from Gaspar was parried away by Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno.

Leno drove the ball out vigorously, although it was a hand-tossed ball, but it was also half the court, and the arm strength was amazing!

Bellaby didn't stick to the ball at her feet after receiving the ball in midfield, and a little insight into the situation up front was a long pass, and Kiessling suddenly stepped forward to find an opportunity on the right side of the penalty area, and the non-stop ball was a volley.

The action was quite dashing, but unfortunately the shot was too difficult, far out of the goal, and on the other side, the "little pea" Hernandez, who was waiting for the pass, shook his hand in disappointment, and if the ball could have been passed by Kiessling, Hernandez would have faced almost an empty goal.

Compared to Bayer Leverkusen's forward partner, Villarreal's two strikers are clearly better together.

After Soldado burst into the penalty area with the ball, he flicked a clever pass with his ankle when the angle of the shot was not large, and Dai Zhiwei understood that his powerful shot on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper Tal Feifei.

Dai Zhiwei, who missed this good opportunity to score, also regretted it, and then he also reciprocated, after combining with Gaspar to cross from the left, Soldado's first scramble shot was blocked by Bayer Leverkusen defender Henrichs.

In the 28th minute, Soldado passed, and Dai Zhiwei's powerful shot after the penalty spot was blocked by Leno again, but unfortunately his tiger shot was not easy?

Dai Zhiwei's powerful shot still flew towards the goal after being saved by Leno, but unfortunately Leno's save changed the trajectory of the football after all, and the ball grazed the right post of the goal and missed the bottom line, but this was enough to surprise the Leverkusen goalkeeper in a cold sweat.

"It's a pity, it's too positive!" Dai Zhiwei also shook his head again and again, if the angle of this ball was a little trickier, the opponent would not even have time to save.

However, Villarreal, who had already controlled the situation on the field, had a lot of chances, Leverkusen attacked when Brandt made a mistake in the midfield, and Soldado passed directly to Dai Zhiwei.

He directly overtook Papadopoulos with superior speed, but the angle of the shot was already small.

Dai Zhiwei is not a lone wolf, after making a quick stop to dodge Papadopoulos's pursuit, he gently knocked back on the football with the back heel of his left foot, and Soldado, who had just passed the ball to him, just caught up at this time.

The Spanish striker was not going to turn down such a good opportunity, and his right-footed shot easily sent the ball into the back of the net.

1:0!

Dai Zhiwei assists Soldado in front of the goal to open the scoring!

At the beginning of the second half, Bayer Leverkusen, who was unwilling to lose, gradually began to exert strength in attack, and midfielder Velarabi's cross from the left flank, Hernandez seized the opportunity this time, and stabbed the football through Areola's ten fingers before Ruiz, who was out of time.

1:1, the overall score is 3:1, and the yellow submarine still has an absolute advantage.

Bayer Leverkusen, who pulled the ball back, went on the offensive and Brandt won the ball and burst into 20 yards to force a good save from Areola.

Brandt's long pass then showed Kiessling a juggling right-footed outside of the instep hook in front of Areola, but the ball grazed the left-hand post and went wide.

Seeing that the team actually fell into the second half, Marcelino began to adjust the unfavorable situation on the field with substitutions, replacing Trigueros with Pina.

Pina's introduction added vibrancy to the Yellow Submarine midfield, and it was his through ball in the 77th minute that allowed Dai Zhiwei to swing continuously in the box before flashing an angle and blasting into the net from the edge of the middle of the box.

2:1!

Villarreal took the lead again in this game, and the aggregate score of 4:1 also sealed the promotion place in advance.

Dai Zhiwei was then replaced by Bakambu, with Marcelino apparently starting to stay in La Liga for the weekend.

In the end, Villarreal defeated Bayer Leverkusen twice and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of this season's Europa League.

Their next game will be the 30th round of La Liga against Barcelona!

And Dai Zhiwei, who is in good shape, is preparing to make a big fuss!