In the run-up to the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final between Villarreal and Sparta Prague, head coach Marcelino highlighted the attitude of his players, repeatedly reminding them that they must pay enough attention to Sparta Prague, and bluntly said that if they looked down on their opponents, it would be their biggest mistake this season.

However, Dai Zhiwei found that before the start of the game, there was still no tension in the team.

Who is Sparta Prague?

I'm sorry, but the soldiers of the Yellow Submarine are indeed very unfamiliar with this team, and they are completely nobodies.

Dai Zhiwei was also relaxed, chatting and laughing with Soldado as he waited for kick-off near the center circle.

When he first entered Villarreal, he felt that any team was a strong team that crushed Evergrande, and every opponent was an AFC Champions League MVP player, but more than 3 months later, he felt that in addition to a number of giants in Europe, the rest of the teams were just like that, except for individual stars, the rest of the players were just like that.

It's not that he's arrogant, it's the confidence he should have as he gains experience in the game.

Sparta Prague today has a somewhat special line-up, with a 3-1-4-2 formation, which is obviously particularly unique, and Dai Zhiwei is also the first time to see such a formation.

"Looks like Conte loves this formation?" He shook his head, not quite remembering.

As the referee's whistle blew, Sparta Prague's Krejic pushed the ball to his teammates, and Uuris knocked it back to his own backfield.

At the beginning of the game, the internationals of various countries obviously consumed too much energy in more than a week of national team matches, and Villarreal, which has a large number of international players, is in poor condition on the field, except for Dai Zhiwei, who is still in good shape, but Sparta Prague who came from afar occupies a comprehensive initiative at the Love Song Stadium.

Sparta Prague's Konate took the ball and took two steps forward and passed it to Juris in the middle, and Bruno and Trigueros hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Juris pulled and dunked with his right foot under Bruno's close defense, evaded Bruno's defense, faced Trigueros's siege, pushed with his left foot, and the ball passed between Triguros and Bruno to Kreich in front.

Krejic quickly followed, leaning on the outside of his right foot with the outside of his right instep, then with a buckle of his foot, and then with a flick of the outside of his foot, Hawume Costa shook his head and hooked a small arc with his right foot at the top of the arc of the penalty area.

The speed of the ball is not fast, but looking at the situation, it is going to the dead corner.

Fortunately, the speed of this kick was not fast, and Asenjo in front of the goal was very steady, saving the ball from the bottom line with one palm.

Corner kick!

Just one minute into the game, Sparta Prague's Juris used his feet to attract the duo of Bruno and Soldado and then plugged through, and striker Krejic used his personal skills to almost get rid of Haoume Costa's defense with a close-range shot, and Sparta Prague showed a strong desire to win from the start.

Dai Zhiwei was scared into a cold sweat when he looked at the ball flying out, obviously this Eastern European team can become the dark horse of this season's Europa League, and its own strength is naturally good.

From the corner, Asenjo took the lead to take the ball into his arms and put an end to the opponent's attack.

Before the Spartan Prague players could run out of the box, Asenjo quickly kicked the ball away.

Dai Zhiwei did not choose to stop the ball when he passed the ball, but headed the ball, directly to the top of the ball in front of him, and then started rapidly, like a lightning flint.

Sparta Prague had only heard of Villarreal's extremely fast striker before, but had not experienced it firsthand, but now after seeing Dai Zhiwei's speed, he immediately panicked.

Matejovsky was closest to Dai Zhiwei and tried to intercept him with a brisk walk.

But, sorry, after a right-angle prosthesis, Dai Zhiwei left Matejovsky far behind – the latter couldn't even stop him for half a second.

In the blink of an eye, Dai Zhiwei had already sprinted to the front of the Sparta Prague penalty area, and at this time, Brabek and Lados, who were left in the backfield by Sparta Prague, surrounded him one after another, intending to keep him even if he fouled.

Sparta Prague goalkeeper Bissick in front of the goal also changed his position with the running position of Brabek and Rados, so that even if Dai Zhiwei can break through the two defenders, he can't escape the attacking Bissick.

Shot?

Dai Zhiwei suddenly had such a choice in his mind, but Brabek, who rushed to the front, was already less than 3 meters away from him, and the angle of the shot was not big at this time.

Breakthrough!

He directly changed direction and rushed to the right, and after dodging a trace of space, he bent his bow and arrows!

Seeing the situation, Brabec made a direct sideways interception, and Lardos also rushed over, and at the same time, Bissick, who was in front of goal, also focused his attention here.

"Huh!" Dai Zhiwei chuckled lightly, did not choose to shoot, but knocked the ball horizontally to the left side of the penalty area, and the ball flew past Brabec's toes, where it was empty!

Lost?

Just when someone was puzzled, a player in a yellow jersey ran wildly, and a falling tackle shoveled the football into the other side of the goal!

1:0！

This series of breakthroughs, passes, and shovels were all completed in a few breaths, so fast that even many commentators in the live broadcast room were a little unable to react.

"I knew you kid was fast enough!" Castillejo rolled over and got up from the front of the goal and was hugged by Dai Zhiwei.

Castillejo has the general characteristics of a Spanish attacker, good technique, in addition to being very good at running, although his explosiveness and start are far less than Dai Zhiwei, but his running can be maintained at medium and high speed for a long time, and he is also one of the few submarines in the color change submarine formation who can barely keep up with Dai Zhiwei in the fast attack.

"Thanks to you for passing so comfortably! I won't be able to catch up any sooner! Castillejo laughed, "I love you to death!" ”

This is the improvement of Dai Zhiwei's overall offensive ability after the current increase in passing ability, if it is changed to before, or it is a hard burst to be put down by the opposing defender, in exchange for a free kick; Otherwise, if you just shoot with your feet, the goal rate will not be higher than 30%.

Although this kind of improvement is difficult to see in terms of statistics, at most five or six assists in a season, it is a great improvement for the overall strength of the players.

Just three minutes into the game, Villarreal managed to knock on Sparta Prague with a counter-attack, and everything was going according to their plan.

After the restart, Sparta Prague deserved to be the dark horse of this Europa League, and did not rush to equalize and attack aggressively as soon as it came up, but did not rush after taking the ball, and wanted to stabilize the rhythm before starting to attack.

Sparta Prague had a beautiful plan, but the Villarreal players didn't give them a chance to pass the ball leisurely, they were as fast as a hungry tiger, and even Dai Zhiwei stayed on the passing line between Sparta Prague's midfielder and defenders.

He is also aware of his defensive qualities, so he is more likely to hope that the opposition will make mistakes, such as a 5-metre stop from the ball, which is common in the Super League.

Perhaps it was really the bad luck of Sparta Prague, defender Hamonesu played with fire at his own back, and rushed to the flank of midfield without seeing Dai Zhiwei's position.

Of course, it may also be that Hamonesu thinks that Dai Zhiwei is not so fast and cannot intercept his pass.

However, in fact, Dai Zhiwei is so fast!

He intercepted Hamonesu's return pass halfway through and then didn't hesitate to dribble along the flank.

After coming to the front of the penalty area, in the face of Brabek's defense, Dai Zhiwei made a rapid change to cut inward, and then temporarily flashed a vacancy, and set up a battery on the right side of the front of the penalty area before Lados stepped forward to block.

Dai Zhiwei didn't have much time to prepare, and he shot from a distance by relying on the inertia of the running ground, so he hit a little positively.

Even if the Tiger shoots on goal, the power is big enough and the speed is fast enough, such a long-range shot is not enough to pose much of a threat to Sparta Prague goalkeeper Bissick.

Seeing that the ball had flown into the penalty area and was getting closer and closer to him, Bissick's heart gradually relaxed.

But at this moment, a yellow figure suddenly came out from behind Rados, and Bissick's eyes shrank sharply and he was about to step forward to hold the ball, but unfortunately this ball was a low flat ball, and it was a little difficult for the tall goalkeeper to receive the ball with a low body.

Just as he leaned over to hold the ball, Soldado was already riding over.

The Spanish striker stabbed the ball from Biswick's hands with a poke of his toe, and then Soldado pushed the ball with his left foot and rolled it off the goal line.

2:0！

Dai Zhiwei laughed and rushed to the small penalty area to hug Soldado, his somewhat blind long-range shot turned into an assist, which made him extremely happy.

He has contributed at least 2 assists in two consecutive games, which is simply a dream for Dai Zhiwei!

After all, no one would have imagined that after an international break, the former "lone wolf" would turn into an assister?

It's incredible!

However, Dai Zhiwei created the existence of accidents in this way!