Walking into the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Escriva suddenly felt the weight of the weight on his shoulders.

In a sense, it was only after taking charge of Villarreal this season that Eskriva first ignited the idea of wrestling with Real Madrid in the league.

Today's match against Real Madrid away is the fifth round of La Liga, in the last round of the league, Villarreal, who just won the Champions League group stage opener, beat Real Sociedad 3-1 at home.

Facing Real Sociedad at home, Villarreal played smoothly and ended the suspense of the game at half-time.

In the 16th minute, Ruli fouled Dai Zhiwei in the penalty area, and Dai Zhiwei personally took the penalty, which was achieved overnight, 1:0!

In the 22nd minute, Soriano made a direct pass, and Dai Zhiwei single-handedly pushed into the net from 12 yards, 2:0!

3 minutes later, Castillejo stole and passed, Dai Zhiwei shot directly at the half-time, and shot into the net from a distance, completing his first hat trick of the new season, and also extending the advantage to 3:0!

Real Sociedad pulled one back in the 35th minute when William Hesse passed the ball and Yuri fired a powerful shot into the far corner from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area to make it 3-1 – the final scoreline.

Five days after beating Real Sociedad, Villarreal will travel to Real Madrid away.

The Galacticos have lost just one of the last 11 league meetings between the two sides and have never lost at home to the Yellow Submarine in league history.

To Escrivá's displeasure, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both overcame injuries to return to the starting line-up, with Danilo, Raphael Varane, Kroos and Kovacic rotating into the game.

The only thing that reassures him is that Dai Zhiwei is still in good shape in pre-match training, and it is also the biggest hole card that Escriva is confident that he will not lose at the Bernabeu.

In less than a month so far this season, Dai Zhiwei has contributed 16 official goals - 2 goals in the UEFA Super Cup, 5 goals in the Champions League (including 3 goals in the Champions League play-offs), 6 goals in La Liga, and 3 goals in the national team world preliminaries.

Among them, the Champions League, La Liga and the three top scorers in the Asian region of the World Preliminary Tournament are all ranked first!

In his pre-match interview, Escriva said in an interview that the team is in a great position right now, the team is in good shape right now, they have gone through the toughest difficulties in the early part of the season, he believes that the team can show better form in the coming period, and he believes that the team will be able to delight all the Yellow Submarine fans at the end of the season.

However, Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid team was not a team that could keep their opponents happy, and the Yellow Submarine suffered a blow at the start of the game.

In particular, this match is the first meeting between the two sides after the European Super Cup, and it has also been hyped by the outside world as a revenge battle for the Galaxy Battleship.

In the 17th minute of the game, Real Madrid, with a vengeful mentality, took the lead and took the lead.

Bale's wide-wing break left Costa disheartened, and then his baseline cross was met by Karim Benzema, who used his keen nose to spark a powerful header past Villarreal.

0:1, the yellow submarine is behind!

Dai Zhiwei encountered great difficulties in the first half, and Kovacic and Ramos were uncomfortable with the double marking, and several shots that should have been safe were kicked away by him.

For example, in the 42nd minute, Trigueros sent the ball to the side with a long diagonal pass, Cheryshev's quick break down the right flank tore through Real Madrid's defence, and the subsequent cross gave Dai Zhiwei the chance to get on the scoresheet.

But under the pull of Ramos, Dai Zhiwei hit this close shot on the body of Real Madrid goalkeeper Casilla and missed a good opportunity.

Complaining about Ramos fouls?

Dai Zhiwei admitted that the opponent's pull was really not enough to award a penalty.

Complaining about the opposition goalkeeper playing well?

He didn't think Casilla had just made some magical saves.

I can only blame myself.

"Wouldn't it be much better if my left foot was a little better and I didn't have to adjust to my right foot to hit the goal?" As the technology becomes more and more perfect, Dai Zhiwei is more and more concerned about his remaining shortcomings.

It's like the original test with 80 points, and the remaining 20 points of the question can't be done, so it's fooled.

But now that he has been able to score 99 points, the remaining 1 wrong question has become a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.

After the break, Real Madrid continued to press in the second half, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had returned from injury, tried a long-range shot from 30 yards shortly after the break, but it was deflected wide.

In the second half, Villarreal still played very passively, in fact, they did not have the strength to win against Real Madrid head-on, and the victory of the UEFA Super Cup was just taking advantage of the strong to take a nap, and there were many unexpected elements.

However, there is nothing to be inferior to, this season's Real Madrid has reached its peak, and only Barcelona can be undefeated, and other teams are lacking.

Just when everyone thought that this game would be Real Madrid pressing Villarreal to the ground and rubbing it, another player of the Yellow Submarine, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke out.

As a veteran of Real Madrid, Cheryshev is certainly the player with the strongest desire in this game, but unfortunately he was almost invisible in the first half of the game against his old club, and basically did not make any eye-catching moves in the first half of the second half, and even Escriva is already thinking about who to replace him, and the Real Madrid players' defensive attention to him has also dropped significantly.

But in the 75th minute, Cheryshev suddenly attacked, he tore apart Real Madrid's defense with a sharp dribble wide break, and then handed a through ball to Dai Zhiwei, who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area.

Dai Zhiwei appeared in the position where he should have appeared when he was needed the most.

In the face of Cheryshev's nanny ball, he did not "spit cake" and hit Casilla's ten fingers with a powerful shot.

1:1！

Seventy percent of the credit for this goal goes to Cheryshev, but the flashing lights on the field will only shine on Dai Zhiwei, who blows the gun to celebrate after the goal!

After the equaliser, Villarreal began to retract their defence, and the 1-1 score was enough to satisfy them, and Escriva came close to putting a bus in front of the goal.

In the ensuing moments, Real Madrid went on the offensive and they couldn't afford to watch Villarreal retreat at the Bernabeu.

In the 83rd minute, Danilo crossed diagonally from the left side of the penalty area, Lucas Vazquez's shot was blocked by Costa in time, and Ramos fell near the top right corner of the small penalty area under the defense behind Soriano, but the referee refused to award a penalty.

Obviously, Ramos's domineering Real Madrid boss cannot affect the referees of La Liga.

One minute later, Kroos fired a long-range shot from the edge of the area from a corner and a scuffle into the arms of Asenjo.

In the 89th minute, Carvajal made a low cross from the right, and Ronaldo's first shot from 12 yards was saved by Asenjo.

By the end of the game, Real Madrid had not been able to change the score again.

Real Madrid were stunned by the silence at the Bernabeu Stadium, a draw that was a big blow to them and a bit of a shadow over their title prospects, as their rivals Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both won in this round, widening the gap on Real Madrid.

After a hard-fought draw away to Real Madrid, Villarreal welcomed League dessert Osasuna at home.

Just 5 minutes into the opening game, Castillejo passed the ball, Pato scored with a header, and scored his first goal in La Liga, 1:0!

In the 24th minute, Dai Zhiwei took a penalty kick to expand the score, 2:0.

After becoming Villarreal's No. 1 penalty taker this season, Dai Zhiwei's goals increased rapidly, and he was also very competitive, taking penalties without missing a penalty!

In the 39th minute, Castillejo and Pato cooperated and passed directly, and Saint-Sonet scored his 9th goal in La Liga this season, continuing to dominate the league scorer list, 3:0!

In first-half stoppage time, Osasuna's Roberto Torres pulled one back from the penalty spot.

However, this is no longer the big picture, and in the end, Villarreal is in suspense at half-time, and the league is still unbeaten.

The Yellow Submarine is riding high in La Liga, but there are some ups and downs in the Champions League.

In the second match of the Champions League group stage, they ushered in the challenge of "pharmaceutical factory" Leverkusen.

Last season, the two teams met in the Europa League, so this time they met and were not strangers.

At the start of the game, Villarreal's midfield ran unusually aggressively, which also made Leverkusen look more and more restrained away from home.

However, Dai Zhiwei's condition today was average, and he couldn't even kick a 30-yard free kick opportunity that he was more sure of.

Yibian fought again, I don't know what Coach Leverkusen said to the players at halftime, the pharmaceutical players in the second half really seemed to be taking medicine, and they were mainly anti-guest!

In the 73rd minute, Bayer Leverkusen formed a tacit cooperation in the front court, creating opportunities for Javier Hernandez, and "Little Pea" calmly shot and took the lead.

0:1, Villarreal unexpectedly fell behind at home!

After falling behind, the players on the field of Villarreal woke up like a dream, and Dai Zhiwei, who realized that his foot was not going well today, stopped shooting and began to create more scoring opportunities for his teammates.

In the 90th minute, it was Dai Zhiwei who took the ball at the edge of the penalty area to break through the inverted triangle pass that attracted most of the attention of the Leverkusen backline, and substitute Bakambu got rid of the defense and volleyed vigorously to score a goal for Villarreal, and the two sides returned to the same running line.

1：1！

In the end, Villarreal had no choice but to draw 1:1 with Bayer Leverkusen at home and gain one point.

In this game, Villarreal had a slight advantage on the field, leading slightly with 53% possession. Villarreal had 18 shots on goal, five of which hit the woodwork.

On the other side, Bayer Leverkusen had just eight shots on goal, four of which hit the woodwork.

Dai Zhiwei failed to score against Bayer Leverkusen and appeared to be in a goal drought, and he was also unable to find a goal for his side in the subsequent La Liga game against Espanyol.

And due to Dai Zhiwei's lack of strength, Villarreal had to accept the result of a 0:0 draw with Espanyol away.

After the match with Espanyol, the reporter did not see Dai Zhiwei, because after a brief wash after the game, he had rushed to Barcelona Airport as soon as possible.

The third round of the Asian round of 12 matches between China and Syria will start in 60 hours, and from Barcelona to Xi'an, it will take at least 20 hours with a stopover.

The reason why Dai Zhiwei's time is so urgent is entirely because Villarreal will not let him go, and neither Escriva nor Dai Zhiwei thinks that the Syrian team will cause too much trouble for the Chinese team playing at home.

However, what about the facts?

0:1！

Dai Zhiwei, who sat on the bench and didn't have a jet lag, watched the team lose at home to the domestic or war-torn Syria!

Before this game, the Chinese team accumulated 4 points with 1 win and 1 draw in the round of 12, ranking first in Group A, and defeated the strong rival Iranian national team at home in the last round.

Syria is currently ranked 5th in the group with 1 draw and 1 loss, and a 0-0 draw at home to South Korea in the last round is already their pinnacle.

The Chinese team and the Syrian team have played each other 9 times in the A-level competition, and the Chinese team has 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, scoring 21 goals and conceding 7 goals, with an obvious advantage.

Perrin replaced the previous two games with a 4-4-2 formation and the desire to take all three points was strong.

Compared with the previous round against Iran, the biggest change is that Gao Lin replaced Dai Zhiwei, partnered Zhang Yuning to form a double striker, and Zhang Xizhe started the game.

In the first half, the offensive ideas of the Chinese team were not very clear, and at the end of the half, the two sides exchanged blanks.

After the start of the second half, the Syrian team used a long pass on the counterattack to disrupt the defense of the Chinese team, and the goalkeeper Gu Chao made a mistake and was attacked by the opposing player Mawas, and the Chinese team fell behind 0:1.

After conceding the goal, the Chinese team quickly adjusted, successively replaced Zhang Yuning and Yu Hai, who had mediocre performance, with Wu Lei and Yang Su, and changed the formation of three forwards to give it a go, but there was no way to break the goal, and finally the Chinese team lost 0:1 to the Syrian team.

"It's funny, isn't it?" Dai Zhiwei grinned, but he couldn't laugh.

Before the game, Perrin also told Dai Zhiwei, who only returned to the team at noon today, that he should watch his teammates win the game on the bench.

However, now Dai Zhiwei can only bow his head silently, without a face.

The Chinese team lost miserably, and some foreign netizens who paid attention to the match between China and Syria expressed their thoughts on the Internet-

"The Chinese population is 1.357 billion, and Syria is in its sixth year of civil war. It's incredible!"

"China 0:1 Syria...... The god of football favored Syria today and was lazy with the other team. ”

"Former Australian footballer Ned_Zelic: Syria beat China 1-0, the situation is incredible!"

"Who would have thought that a country that had gone through such hardships could make such an impression?"

"Through football, I'm really confident – maybe that's what every Syrian person is saying."

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