Chapter 161: The Atmosphere of Parting

On May 21, the final round of the 2016-17 La Liga season is about to start, and the most eye-catching of them is the competition for the Golden Boot and who will win the third place, in addition to the "two-person turn" of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

In the last round, Villarreal's opponent is the old powerhouse Valencia, but unfortunately the Bat Army has not been in good shape in the past two years, and Valencia is currently ranked 12th in the standings, which can be said to be more than enough.

Before the game, according to local media in Valencia, with one round of the league remaining, many of the team's main players have already packed their luggage and are ready to enjoy the holiday life as soon as the game is over.

Therefore, Valencia will not have much incentive to pose too much of a threat to the Yellow Submarines, who aspire to finish third in La Liga.

It's hard to say Dai Zhiwei's golden boots, and he still has to fight for it himself.

In order to get all three points in this game, Escriva played offensive football and discharged all the main players of the team.

Before the game, Dai Zhiwei gave the gifts he prepared to all members of the team, including his teammates in the first team, members of the coaching staff, team doctors, etc.

The gifts were not expensive, each of them was given to a pair of magic headphones, and the coaching staff and team doctor were given a Tissot watch, all worth more than 700 euros.

Although Dai Zhiwei said that he was thanking him for the gift of helping him sprint for the Golden Boot, everyone knows that this is a separate gift - next season, he will definitely no longer belong to Villarreal's team.

Everyone realizes that having a star with such a performance is not something that a small club like Villarreal can keep.

"Thank you, Francisco, for your help this season, I will always remember it." Dai Zhiwei gave Escriva separate gifts outside the locker room and gave them a big hug.

"Dai, it's a great honor to work with you." Escriva also sent his blessings, "I believe that no matter where you go, you will have a very bright future, and I am proud to have coached you!" Today, grab your golden boots and go! ”

Dai Zhiwei's parting gift added a touch of parting sentimentality to the Villarreal team before the game, and many players were also touched by the situation - because there must be many current teammates who will leave the Yellow Submarine next season, but this emotion has made the team more united.

However, while Valencia are hopeless relative to Villarreal, they don't want to be a stepping stone to Villarreal's victory at home.

In the third minute, United veteran Nani won the ball in the middle and got the ball to Parejo before Bruno could block it, and the latter's low shot was held by Fernandes.

The gap between third and fourth in La Liga does not look huge, and both can qualify for next season's Champions League, but the third place in the league will earn a direct place in the Champions League, while the fourth place will go to the play-offs - Villarreal may not be able to win the two-legged play-offs without Dai Zhiwei next season.

Moreover, playing in the play-offs means that Villarreal will have to assemble at least two weeks earlier next season, which is something that no one in the team wants – after all, no one has a grudge against the holidays.

In the next 3 minutes, Dos Santos and Castillejo frequently cut inside to the middle, a heavy bombardment was stopped by the opponent's players, a hidden ball plug, Dai Zhiwei's rubbing was defused by the opponent's goalkeeper.

The two sides played a lively game, and after the opening fifteen minutes, Valencia's attack gradually weakened and turned to defensive counter-attacks.

Trigueros' excellent management in the middle, coupled with Castillejo and Dos Santos on the wings, forced Valencia midfielders Perez and Mario Suarez to focus most of their energy on defense, unable to pose much of a threat to Villarreal in attack, so that Valencia's attack was completely suppressed by Villarreal.

Football fell to Villarreal's players for most of the time, and as Villarreal's attacking wave after wave set off, Valencia's defense became more and more strained, and it looked like Villarreal could score in the next second.

Obviously, the Yellow Submarine players are also hoping to score early to seal the win and start their holiday life.

The players in Valencia's backline don't have much fighting spirit, and if it weren't for good luck, I'm afraid they would have been blown up by Villarreal by now.

Listen to the commentary of the Spanish ESPN live broadcast, and you can get a glimpse of the dangers of Valencia -

"Oh! Dai Zhiwei, Dai Zhiwei came over again, he was too fierce, his speed was too fast, and the pass was ...... Oh, alas......"

"Trigueros passes, Dai Zhiwei comes in, shoots...... Damn it! Just raised the beam at the height of a hair's head! ”

Costa continued to play as a full-back today, and with his team-mates constantly pulling and pinning up front, he was able to make the most of his attacking prowess and frequently cut in crosses from the flanks.

Unfortunately, either Costa didn't pass well, or Bakambu didn't catch it, allowing Valencia to escape several times.

However, Costa is not a youngster either, and the experienced man quickly changed his passing strategy, no longer looking for space in front of the penalty area, but paying attention to the movement of Dai Zhiwei and Bakambu in the box.

In the 29th minute of the game, Castillejo received Trigueros's through plug in the middle on the left side of the penalty area, and quickly started and dribbled to the opponent's penalty area.

Mangala and Pérez teamed up again, quickly outflanking Castillejo's wings.

Castillejo skillfully carried the football, controlled the ball lightly between the two of them, and was looking for a breakthrough space, when a soft sound came from behind him.

Castillejo knew that it was Costa and immediately pulled the football with his left foot, moved his body back, and threw the outside of his left foot to his teammate.

Like a bolt of lightning, Costa quickly rushed past Perez's side, and the football appeared in front of him at the right time.

Accurately unloading the pass, Costa accelerated suddenly, and with a light buckle, he quickly shook off Perez who was rushing up, and then without a trace of hesitation, quickly passed the ball into the penalty area.

However, this time Costa learned to be a thief, not passing to the front of the middle of the penalty area that had passed the ball many times before, but to a slightly deeper position.

However, Dai Zhiwei did not form a tacit understanding with Costa this time, he thought it was the old position, so when he saw Costa's passing route clearly, he found that he had run a little.

When he realized this problem, his body slammed suddenly, and in less than half a second, he was stunned in the process of rushing forward, and then started in the opposite direction, rushing towards the football.

At this time, the defenders in the entire Valencia penalty area had quickly settled down when Dai Zhiwei came in, Perez and Mario Suarez had appeared in Dai Zhiwei's line of sight, and another defender Adellan was also rushing towards the football quickly, and there were midfielders Parejo and others who were chasing back, waiting for Dai Zhiwei to unload the ball.

However, Dai Zhiwei did not unload the football first and then break through to hit the goal as they thought.

Because Costa was about to send it to the outside of the penalty area, he passed not a low ball, but a half-high ball, which was very powerful, and flew quickly through the left side of the penalty area.

Dai Zhiwei felt that the players around Valencia were coming, because he had run before, the time was delayed, and he realized that if he unloaded the ball again, there would be no chance to break through, so he simply hit the goal directly.

He stared at the soccer ball during the flight and made up his mind, "No matter!" Come on! ”

On the green field, sometimes there are too many choices, too much consideration, it is not necessarily a good thing, often there is no choice to bet on the result but can still be surprisingly successful!

Dai Zhiwei threw up his left foot, stepped on his right foot violently, and rushed out, and at the moment when his body left the ground, he started like a flying eagle and went towards the football.

The football fell on his side, he followed this force, the waist and abdomen violently exerted, the head, upper body, and lower body formed a terrifying twist, the left foot and head rushed to the direction of the goal, and most of the body rushed forward, and glanced at the goal between the corners of the eye, and the left foot that had been swung up quickly swung out, and was heavily pumped in the middle of the football, completing the whole action in an instant.

With a loud "bang", the football quickly flew diagonally towards the goal, and in the air, Dai Zhiwei opened his arms, almost at a corner of 90 degrees from the football flight path, and in the whole process of hitting the goal, his people stretched like an eagle falcon pounced on food.

If someone compares the cartoons of football players, they will find that Dai Zhiwei's shooting at this time is exactly the same as the posture of the big air wing curve shot, but the big air wing is stepping on the ground, while Dai Zhiwei is in the air!

The shot was so fast and arcing that Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves didn't even react.

It was a shot that flew straight to the far end of the goal, at a tricky angle, with so much power and speed that he never thought anyone would hit such a ball.

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

"Dai Zhiwei! Dai Zhiwei! Dai Zhiwei! Oh my God, it was his 37th league goal, it's incredible! The Spanish ESPN commentator was also crazy, and he couldn't contain his excitement in front of the camera!

The commentator quickly added: "According to the director's prompt, in another Barcelona game that started at the same time, Messi has not scored yet, and now Dai Zhiwei is ahead of Messi by 2 goals." ”

"If Messi can't complete a hat-trick in the next 60 minutes of the game, then Dai Zhiwei's La Liga Golden Boot this season is decided!"

Escriva on the bench saw the goal, his face was stunned for a moment, and then he opened his mouth and laughed, and then hugged the assistant coach next to him, bouncing together, without the majesty of a manager at all.

Because at this moment, Escliva has realized that the possibility of Villarreal winning this game is very high, and after winning this game, Villarreal doesn't care about the result of Atletico Madrid's game, as long as they win, they will definitely be third in the league!

After the goal, Dai Zhiwei did not choose to do his classic blowgun celebration, nor did he roar, but raised the Villarreal team emblem on his chest, bowed his head and kissed it gently.

"I'll never have a chance to kiss you again, will I?" Dai Zhiwei was also a little sad.

Although he has decided to leave Villarreal this summer to join a top team, his love for Villarreal will not diminish in the slightest.

The growth, honors, joys, etc., all the bits and pieces of his growth and glory here in this one-and-a-half-season are a very crucial step in his career and an indelible journey in his life.

"Well done, Dai!" Villarreal's players also pounced on Dai Zhiwei, as the captain of the team, Bruno hugged Dai Zhiwei for the first time, followed by Triguros, Castillejo, Mousacchio, and then teammates who jumped into the crowd one after another.

Villarreal celebrates for a very long time, and everyone is cheering and jumping because they don't know if there will be such a moment to hug and celebrate together.

In addition to Dai Zhiwei, who will definitely leave, including Castillejo, Musacchio, Dos Santos and others, it is very likely that they will leave the team this summer.

Whether there will be a chance to meet next time is unknown.

In the end, the referee had to step in to get the Villarreal players to stop celebrating and get back on the pitch as soon as possible.

When the game restarted, Valencia's players were completely deflated, they just didn't want to be completely reduced to a stepping stone to Villarreal's victory, and they lost their fighting spirit after the goal was breached, especially most of the players in Valencia and the Yellow Submarine players are still friends, and they have no reason and need to block the opponent when their own victory is useless.

What's more, at this moment, Valencia's players have already begun to focus on how to enjoy the holiday.

It is with this mentality that Valencia, who is playing at home, soon faces the danger of conceding a goal again!

In the 42nd minute of the game, Dos Santos advanced to the front with the ball and sent it to the feet of Dai Zhiwei, who got rid of the defense.

Trigueros came to pick up the first time, and Castillejo also plugged in at the same time, and the third-line attack unfolded, and the running of the two instantly tore apart Valencia's defensive line a lot of gaps.

Dai Zhiwei did not choose to send the ball to the two of them, nor did he choose to play in the low post, but played smartly, took the ball with his right foot, and sent it directly to the side of Gaspar, which no one ignored.

Gaspar's shot after cutting inside doubled the lead for Villarreal.

2:0!

Whether it is Escriva on the sidelines or the yellow submarine players on the field, they have already realized that Villarreal has basically won this game!

This means that they are about to break the monopoly of the "top three in the Spanish Super League" and seize the third place in La Liga!

(End of chapter)