The heat for Mbappe to win the Ballon d'Or continues, but another voice has spawned on Chinese media websites, which is a grievance for Wen.

Domestic fans also understand that it is unrealistic for Wen Zhihao to be shortlisted for the final three, but he can't enter the 70-man squad, which makes everyone a little emotionally unacceptable.

The level of the Eredivisie was low, and Vitesse didn't pay attention to it at that time? Then Ajax's little Kluivert can be shortlisted, and he is also one of the main favorites of the 25-man, the main core of the Eredivisie champion, almost single-handedly carried Vitesse into the quarterfinals of the Europa League, is it really a problem of origin?

Many indignant youths with strong national feelings quickly deviated from the rhythm, and what was originally a good topic of the Golden Boy Award became a hundred forums for discussing history, politics, and comprehensive national strength.

Wen Zhihao wandered around the domestic website in the evening, glad that he did not express too much attitude towards the Chinese media about the Golden Boy Award, let alone confide in the goal in his heart, otherwise he didn't know how lively it was.

The degree of attention and support for himself in China, Wen Zhihao is clear in his heart, to be honest, this is a happy trouble, I feel that I am living in the spotlight all the time, many people want to live this kind of high-profile life, but for him, this is a kind of pressure that cannot be slackened, he set himself the goal of winning the Golden Boy Award next year, it is better to say that it is a psychological spur, and use the goal to promote his continuous progress.

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In late October, between the league and the Champions League, the Copa del Rey also reached the fourth round, and the first three rounds of La Liga teams all had byes, and from this round they began to appear. Atletico's next game is away to Elche in La Liga side.

The Copa del Rey adopts a two-legged elimination system of home and away, except for the final, which is a single game to decide the winner. Although Elche is in Spain's fourth division (note: La Liga has two divisions, La B and La B, which are different from other leagues), this team also won the La B championship in the 2012-13 season, which is a relatively bright team in the lower leagues.

The strength of the two teams is not at the same level at all, and Simeone's starting line-up put on four substitutes who have not played much in one go, allowing Wen Zhihao to retreat to midfield and play with a group of young people on the field. The first few rounds of the domestic cup were originally the rotation and training ground of the giant teams, and it was also the stage for these substitutes to play themselves.

Twenty minutes into the game, Simeone had his first discovery on the field, the young Barre who had just been promoted to the first team at the beginning of the season was active in the right midfield position, as a wide player, breaking through sharply, and the sense of cooperation with the midfield, unlike some young players on the wing, as soon as they got the ball on the side, they burst to the end, completely ignoring other teammates, and finally were either immediately broken or burst into a dead end.

Simeone and Boggs looked at each other, and each saw the other's satisfaction. He was used in the Audi Cup before the season, and he also scored goals. After the start of the season, he had to be put on hold due to the pressure of results. I didn't expect him to emerge again in a short playing time in the Copa del Rey. Simeone is already considering whether to give him more chances, and the Argentine Gaitan has not found his form since recovering from a serious injury, and Simeone has not dared to use him. Barre may be able to add a new stream of blood to the wing-back position.

Despite the momentum from the away fans and the stubbornness of the opponents, Atletico took an early lead in the 25th minute. Debuting left-back Sergio Gonzalez received a clear cross, Wen Zhihao ran forward in the middle of the back row, attracting most of the attention of the surroundings, but the ball flew to the back point, Thomas easily headed the ball into two meters in front of the goal, and the balance of the score was broken.

Wen Zhihao had a one-knife goal after that, but unfortunately the referee whistled for offside. In the first half, Atletico had only one goal advantage. It's not fun for those who slaughter to see Atletico's big score, but at least there are goals, and no one will believe that it's the final score.

But as soon as the second half came up, Atletico Madrid was first cheated by their own people. Elche played a quick counter-attack, Lucas Hernandez saw the opposition striker Lolo also take the ball into the box with the help of three people, and in a panic stretched out his foot to trip the opponent, and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot.

Seeing Hernandez arguing with the referee with an unconvinced face, Wen Zhihao hurriedly went over and pulled him aside, comforting in his mouth: "It's okay, I don't blame you, it's a big deal that I'll get a few more." ”

At the same time, Wen Zhihao also wondered in his heart, how could such a principled mistake in the penalty area dare to defend like this in the golden boy primary list on the players who were shortlisted?

Lolo himself took the penalty kick in one fell swoop, Elche made the score 1-1, and Elche erupted in unprecedented passion at home.

The Spanish commentator Garcia gloated a little: "This small team is off Atletico Madrid, and it will take care that the moment when they take over the game really starts at this time." ”

Scored a goal by a fourth-tier team, Simeone felt faceless, replaced Torres and Saul in one breath, and sent all the main players who went with the team to the field, an obvious strong offensive signal, obviously Simeone was angered by this small team.

Wen Zhihao was the first to grasp the signal of the head coach. Five minutes later, he received Barre's cross into the penalty area and scored a low shot to help Atletico Madrid take the lead again, Simeone breathed a sigh of relief and praised Wen Zhihao even more, able to understand his intentions, and make effective practical actions to respond, what does the coach want?

But this was only the beginning of Wen Zhihao's goalscoring performance, with a nod in the 63rd minute from a corner and a solo shot in the 68th minute, Wen Zhihao scored the first hat-trick of his Atletico career in 15 minutes, and Simeone replaced him with the last substitution in the 80th minute, which was an affirmation of the first hero. With a three-goal lead away, Atletico have unceremoniously ended all the suspense of this round ahead of schedule.

The La Liga teams that have appeared in this round have not missed, and the second leg of the game is like a chicken rib. It is no wonder that some media have suggested that the Copa del Rey should follow the example of the German Cup, and adopt a single-game winner-loss system to increase the suspense of the game, and at the same time reduce the burden on the strong teams with heavy tasks in the game.

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With a hat trick, Wen Zhihao temporarily ranked first in the Copa del Rey scorer list, but he himself didn't feel anything, although this hat trick can be seen as the beginning of the impact on the golden boy goal, but the opponent is not up to grade, lack of gold content, La Liga and the Champions League's first hat trick, maybe can also make himself feel a sense of achievement.