On March 18, the 29th round of La Liga continued. Atletico Madrid take on Villarreal away and Barcelona host Athletic Bilbao. Valencia faces Alaves at home.

Captain Gabi, who missed two games due to injury, is officially back in this game. In fact, Gabi's state in the last game has already met the requirements for playing, but considering that the opponent's strength is not strong. Simeone didn't risk him on the pitch, but Gabi took the starting midfield position as soon as he returned. Forming Simeone's confidence and trust in him.

The Catalan media sincerely hope that Villarreal will be able to upset Atletico Madrid and help Barcelona regain the lead at home, just like the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

However, Simeone's pre-match words can be said to have poured cold water on Barcelona: "Even the second-to-last relegation team can't win, Barcelona first think about whether they can win, we don't need them to worry about it." ”

The Catalan media is indeed salty and careless. They probably forgot that Villarreal's home win over Atletico Madrid was called an upset by the entire Spanish media.

What is an unpopular?

A single occurrence is a small probability event. In layman's terms, the explosion of character and the luck of a blind cat meeting a dead mouse are likely to occur once.

It is clearly unrealistic to expect Atletico, who are in good form, to make mistakes against the same opponent in a row.

Compared with the Copa del Rey visit to the Ceramic Stadium, Atletico are much more cautious and serious, and the tension in the title race does not allow them to be paralyzed in their minds in the first place.

Villarreal is big on this game. First of all, they are eager to avenge the reversal of the Copa del Rey at home. Secondly, they are now sixth in La Liga, on the verge of Europa League qualification, just three points ahead of seventh-placed Eibar and could be squeezed out of the top six at any moment.

However, Atletico Madrid quickly proved with practical actions that the objective gap in strength cannot be made up by fighting spirit.

In the opening seven minutes, Villarreal central defender Bonella made a mistake in passing, Wen Zhihao broke through after a steal in the front, and in the face of goalkeeper Asenjo's attack, Wen Zhihao calmly shot low and broke through the small goal between Asenjo's legs, and Atletico Madrid got off to a dream start.

“GOOOOAL!!!!” Garcia exclaimed; 'Atletico had a longer break and didn't let their form slip down, as evidenced by Winn's goal. They are striding towards the championship! ”

He Wei was pleased not only that Wen Zhihao scored his ninth goal of the season, surpassing Yang Chen's eight goals in a single season during his Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, and becoming the Chinese player with the most goals in a single season. At the same time, Wen Zhihao's own form is definitely good news for the national team.

After this game, Wen Zhihao will return to China for training and will participate in the second China Cup in Nanning, Guangxi, which is the most important training before the start of the World Cup. However, seeing Wen Zhihao's hot state, everyone's worries are superfluous. With Wen's self-discipline and professionalism, I have every confidence that he will keep this form until the end of the season and into this summer's World Cup. ”

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It's hard to get started. With Wen Zhihao's goal to set the perfect start, the fighting spirit of the whole Atletico team was stimulated, Griezmann received a pass from Gabi in the 28th minute, and rushed to shoot before the opposing defender fell to the ground to block, but the ball flew into the corner like an eye, grazing Asenjo's left hand on the ground.

With a two-goal lead, the suspense of victory and defeat has basically been ended.

Wen Zhihao was substituted at the beginning of the second half for the first time, and He Wei couldn't help but praise Simeone for taking the initiative to protect Wen Zhihao. But even Wen Zhihao himself doesn't know. This is the result of the active communication between the Chinese Football Association and Atletico Madrid before the game. It is hoped that the preparation of the national team will be facilitated without affecting the club.

Simeone really only let Wen Zhihao play half the game, saying that it was to save face for the Chinese Football Association, but it was better to say that Simeone himself loved Wen Zhihao from the bottom of his heart. After being substituted because of Simeone's previous concession. Wen Zhihao didn't wait for the game to end, went directly to the locker room to sort out his package, and then stepped on the flight back to China and reported to the national team.

According to the arrangement, the national team will organize a ten-day training camp in Nanning, Guangxi, during which it will participate in the second China Cup at the Nanning Olympic Sports Center.

Speaking of the China Cup, this is a very young competition, which was promoted by Wanda Group, the second shareholder of Atletico Madrid, after becoming a sponsor of FIFA, in order to strengthen the exchange and learning between the Chinese football national team and the world's strongest teams. Held once a year, it is held in China. After being filed by FIFA, it is also an A-level event recognized by FIFA. That is, the results of the match will be counted towards the FIFA points ranking.

It can be seen from the purpose of the establishment of the China Cup that the level of the participating teams will not be low. They are basically the top 30 teams in the world. In the first China Cup last year, the three opponents of the Chinese team were Iceland, Chile and Croatia.

The original meaning of the China Cup was to consider that it would be difficult for the national team to enter the World Cup in the short term, so we simply paid for it ourselves and invited these world-ranked teams to play at the airport in China.

However, with the Chinese team's counterattack to advance to the World Cup, the significance of this year's China Cup has been very different. It has become the most important training opportunity for the national team before the World Cup, and it is also for the Lippi coaching staff to scout the fringe internationals. The performance of the China Cup will be an important basis for Lippi to finalize the 23-man squad for the World Cup.

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Wen Zhihao originally thought that he would be intercepted by a large number of fans and reporters at the airport, but he was ready to avoid the media, bought a peaked cap that could press the brim very low, and put on a pair of sunglasses, and quickly followed the crowd through the terminal, so that he could basically avoid all the cameras.

Wen Zhihao was ready for everything, but when he arrived at the airport, he was surprised by what he saw.

There were indeed a large number of media and fans present, but before I arrived, everyone was already in circles and circles.

Wen Zhihao is curious, who is so pompous? Could it be a little fresh meat in the entertainment industry?

Wen Zhihao also understands the domestic environment to some extent, and entertainment stars are still more popular than sports stars. There are a lot of brainless fans among young people, and if they are handsome and pose, they can attract countless fans, which is thousands of times more efficient than sports stars who are tired and tired and rely on performance to attract fans.

However, this is just right, so that Wen Zhihao can "escape" under the noses of the media and fans.

However, Wen Zhihao had just trotted two steps when he suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting: "Hey! Zhihao, wait for me. ”

Wen Zhihao and all the reporters and fans turned their heads at the same time, taking this opportunity, the person who was surrounded by heavy pressure finally squeezed out.

Wen Zhihao saw clearly, isn't this Liang Xin?

But at this time, the two didn't have time to joke and say hello, Wen Zhihao quickly said: "Get rid of them first!" ”

Liang Xin immediately came back to his senses, and then followed Wen Zhihao's example, while smiling and waving to everyone, but his pace was not slow at all, fortunately, there were many taxis waiting at the airport gate, and the two quickly got into an empty car, which successfully shook off a large number of followers.

The two chatted in the car, and it didn't take long for them to arrive at the hotel where the national team was staying.

After reporting to the coaching staff, the two originally wanted to pack up their things first and then go to greet the other teammates, but in the hotel corridor, the two heard a greeting at the same time: "Liang Xin, Zhihao!" ”

Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin turned around at the same time, and saw the owner of the voice behind them, and they were all surprised: "Ruofan!" How did you...... No, you're also in the national team? ”