Chapter 89: Take the opponent lightly

In the first 30 minutes of the game, Villarreal easily led Sparta Prague with a score of 2:0.

However, Sparta Prague, the dark horses of this Europa League, were not an underdog for any team to win easily, and after being two goals down, they launched an attack in the final ten minutes of the first half that was enough to suffocate the Yellow Submarine fans.

Dai Zhiwei didn't feel the pressure up front, after all, Sparta Prague had a back three and rarely stepped forward to attack.

In fact, for the Yellow Submarine, Dai Zhiwei standing near the center circle line is already the biggest defense, after all, the two goals scored before are relying on the speed of his counterattack, so as long as he is in the half of Sparta Prague, the opponent does not dare to let the three defenders rest assured and boldly step forward.

Just as Sparta Prague were surging on the attack, Villarreal had another chance to counter-attack, with Bruno making a steal in midfield and then quickly delivering a low ball.

Dai Zhiwei picked up the instep of his foot outside the front court and tried to pass the ball, but the ball passed through the left side of Matejowski, but the latter blocked Dai Zhiwei's path with his body.

Matejowski's height and weight are the same as Dai Zhiwei's, and it was really difficult for Dai Zhiwei to squeeze the opponent's opponent, so he had to pull the opponent's jersey with his hand, and then accelerated suddenly, successfully surpassing Matejowski's defense.

Dai Zhiwei wanted to continue to dribble the ball, but the referee's whistle blew and he was punished for pulling people behind his back for a foul.

"Did I foul?"

Dai Zhiwei looked very innocent at the referee, and his "acting skills" also rose sharply under the words and deeds of Gao Lin and other old fritters, but unfortunately the referee did not appreciate it.

"Well, it seems that I don't have this talent!" Dai Zhiwei shook his head and retreated.

In some ways, he's definitely a talker, and sometimes even talks to himself during games, so he likes to chat with the referee – even if the referee is always ignoring this strange guy.

Villarreal's defence has improved considerably this season, but it still can't be as seamless as the world's top defence.

Just as the first half was about to end, Sparta Prague midfielder's Dochkar found Konate in front with a long pass, and by this time Juris had already pulled up to the right wing.

Konate stopped the ball and carefully prepared to pass Mario, and Uuris quietly flanked the middle to wait for a pick-up.

Konate got the ball to Uuris and immediately went down quickly to lead Mario to the baseline.

Juris picked up the ball near the right flank and Bruno followed closely. Juris flicked his left foot, took advantage of the time difference to avoid Bruno's block, and passed the ball to the far corner of the goal.

By this time, Bailly and Krejic in the middle were all ready to fight for the ball, and Asenjo was already in front of goal to pick the ball.

But at the moment when Bailly was about to jump up and fight for the top, a black shadow rushed in from outside the penalty area, kicked the ground and jumped high, and his body was completely stretched out in the air.

Asenjo had already prepared for Bailly to push the ball out of the box, but he didn't expect the ball to be grabbed by Fridick, and then watched the ball change direction, and then Krejic in front of the goal struck the ball into the net with a clever right foot.

Towards the end of the first half, Sparta Prague pulled a goal back, much to Marcelino's frustration, and narrowing the lead was a small matter, and giving an away goal was the big problem.

However, Marcelino only reminded his disciples to pay attention at halftime, after all, the strength of the team is still beyond the opponent.

Unfortunately, his reminder doesn't seem to have much effect.

At the beginning of the second half, Sparta Prague's attack continued to create danger for Villarreal's defence, and Juris's rush in the middle made Ruiz feel like a big opponent many times, and it was clear that they did not expect Sparta Prague to attack at the beginning of the second half.

As Bruno stepped up his support on both sides, Castillejo retreated to the back to defend and finally managed to stabilize the situation.

Because Villarreal was passive on the field, Dai Zhiwei also fell silent for a while.

But on the pitch, a flash of brilliance can change the outcome of a game.

Just when Sparta Prague was still waiting for their equaliser, Dai Zhiwei received a through ball from Trigueros on the edge of the penalty area, distributed it to Mario on the right before Matejowski could post it, and then quickly cut forward.

Mario faced Nhamonesu's defence and moved slowly down the middle. When Dai Zhiwei rushed to the penalty spot and passed the ball with the outside of his right foot, Nhamonesu hurriedly turned around and pursued.

However, Hamonesu had just taken two steps before stopping, and it turned out that Mario's pass was just a cover, and he made a bicycle feint with his right foot and crossed the middle.

Mario's pass was naturally given to Dai Zhiwei, and the two completed an alternative one-two.

Before Matejowski could catch up to fill in the position, Dai Zhiwei shot directly with his left foot, and the ball turned in an arc and ran to the far corner at high speed.

All this came very suddenly, Dai Zhiwei's shot was not only fast, but also the ball speed was unresponsive.

It's a pity that Dai Zhiwei didn't adjust his pace this time, and the shot was with his left foot, and Bissick, who was standing well in front of the goal, quickly stepped back, saw the opportunity to get up and poked the lower part of the ball with his fingers, and lifted the ball off the crossbar.

This was Villarreal's first shot in the second half within the range of the goal, but unfortunately it was saved by Bissick, Dai Zhiwei also shook his arm fiercely, muttered twice, he also had great hopes for this shot.

The two sides exchanged attacks and defenses on the field, Sparta Prague's counterattack, Krejic broke through with the ball, Triguros followed by his side and carried it fiercely on his shoulder, he staggered to protect the ball, turned around and passed back to Dochkar behind him, and by the way, he glanced at Triguros again.

Dochkar moved directly to Konate on the right, who tried to break through Mario's defense with a feint, but before he could make a move, Bruno, the captain of the Yellow Submarine, quietly rushed over and broke the ball off his guard.

After the successful steal, Bruno did not stick to the ball, and directly kicked up a long pass, although it was not so accurate, but it was won by the speed, and the Sparta Prague players did not have time to return to the defense.

Dai Zhiwei and Lados started at the same time, but because he was very close to the first drop of the ball near the midfield, he rushed to get ahead of Lados to grab the ball.

Laddos pounced directly on the front tackle like a tiger, but Dai Zhiwei directly kicked and broke through the facing Laddos with this very simple human ball, and Laddos, who was chasing over, also hurriedly turned back to chase after him.

Dai Zhiwei ran in front, Lardos chased behind, and Brabek was already the next line of defense before the Sparta Prague goalkeeper.

Brabek carefully adjusted his pace, hoping to slow down Dai Zhiwei's speed.

However, Dai Zhiwei, who was running wildly, didn't play any skills with Brabek at all.

Brabek only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and the football and Dai Zhiwei burst through his two sides.

At this time, he broke through Brabek, Dai Zhiwei had stepped on the penalty line, and Sparta Prague goalkeeper Bissick also saw that the situation was not good, and gave up defending in front of the goal and chose to attack.

Dai Zhiwei just shot with ease, and the ball almost grazed the top of Bissick's head that rushed out of the penalty area, and the ball slowly fell in the air and fell directly into the empty goal.

3:1!

Dai Zhiwei used his eighth goal in the Europa League this season to extend Villarreal's lead again!

After the goal, he once again made a blow gun gesture – which he already saw as his own celebration.

The Yellow Submarine, who scored a goal, was even more imposing, substitute Dos Santos broke through several people on the flank and moved quickly with the ball, Brabec, who had been waiting in midfield, quickly stepped forward to intercept, and Hamonesu made up for the leak in the middle.

Before Brabec could press forward, Dos Santos crossed to the middle, and Dai Zhiwei received the football at the first time, and only Nhamonesu, who was dragging in the backfield, was in front of him.

However, Dai Zhiwei did not choose to break through with the ball, but unexpectedly chose the hanging door outside the penalty area.

Nhamonesu was stunned and followed the trajectory of the ball, only to see that Bissick had run out of the ball without knowing when, and was chasing the ball back with all his might.

However, this time the ball did not penetrate the goal as before, but hit the crossbar and was cleared by the timely return of Ladors.

"It's just a little bit, it's just a little bit!" Dai Zhiwei also scratched his hair after seeing the missed goal.

The most disturbing thing is this kind of shot that hits the goalpost and crossbar, it's just too much, just a millimeter of feeling, it's really not good!

At the end of the game, Villarreal beat Sparta Prague 3:1 at home in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals, and Dai Zhiwei also continued to maintain the lead of the top scorer in the Europa League with his goal in this game.

The only fly in the ointment was that Sparta Prague "stole" a valuable away goal.