Three days later, the entire Villarreal squad set off for the northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza, where they will face their opponents in the eighth round of the league, Real Zaragoza. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Real Zaragoza FC is not a veteran team in La Liga, they were founded in 1932, and the team history is only more than 70 years, which is really shallow compared to the hundreds of years of history of many teams.

Like them, Zaragoza have never been a powerhouse in La Liga, in fact, they spend more of their time playing the role of a 'lift', going back and forth between the second division and the first division.

Of course, the team is more than a step better than Villarreal in terms of honors, in fact, there are really few teams in the whole of La Liga that are worse than the Yellow Submarine, Zaragoza not only won the Fairs Cup in 1964 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1995, but also won the La Liga del Rey six times in total.

That's not all, there have been many well-known stars in the history of Zaragoza Club who have stayed for a short time, in the early days there were legendary superstars such as Rijkaard, Cafu and Chilavert, and later there were also big Lisandro, Joker Aimar, Diego. Milito and other stars who are in their playing years play.

It can be said that Zaragoza's team lineup is not bad, at least compared to many mediocre La Liga teams, they are still outstanding in terms of hard strength. But football is really not a thing to say, you don't have good players and good coaches to get good results, like Zaragoza, they have a nickname called "millionaires", the metaphorical irony is that they pay high prices for players, pay high salaries to attract players, and the results are terrible.

Since the beginning of the season, Zaragoza's results have been as stable as ever, after seven rounds of league games, they have only won two games, lost not many games, only two, but the remaining three games are all draws, they have now got nine league points, there is no danger of relegation for the time being, but if this form continues, then there will definitely be a place for them in the relegation army.

For such an opponent, Villarreal is naturally bound to take all three points, and despite playing away, they are still full of confidence in victory. In terms of strength, the Yellow Submarine is obviously better than the home team, in terms of form, the record of six consecutive wins in the league is here, and then in terms of rankings, Zaragora does not say, Villarreal is now the league leader, which is completely uncomparative.

With so many advantages in all aspects, Villarreal will really make people laugh if they just want to take a point away from home.

But this game is a good interpretation of an indestructible truth to the world, that is, football is round, and everything is possible.

Before the game, both newspapers and professional football commentators were optimistic about Villarreal's three points away from home, including Villarreal's players, but not long after the game started, the reality slapped everyone hard.

In the third minute of the opening game, Zaragoza, who was playing at home, launched a very threatening offensive in the front, and the Argentine midfielder, known as the "Joker", Aimar, made a series of successful breakthroughs in the front court, attracting a lot of defensive attention, and suddenly stuffed the ball straight to his teammate Diego in the national team. Milito, the Argentine striker shot directly on the penalty line without stopping, and the football went straight to the upper left corner of the goal, but fortunately, Barbosa's attention was very concentrated, and he leaped forward and hit the ball to the bottom line with a dangerous palm.

Although the shot did not score this time, it still scared a cold sweat into a cold sweat for all the away team players, and there was a little luck mentality in their hearts.

However, this fluke mentality did not yet show, and then Zaragoza took a corner, and Diego. Milito beat captain Alvarez to get on the spot, and a powerful header blasted past Villarreal's goal.

In the opening four minutes, Villarreal were in the predicament of falling behind.

If an unexpected goal miss was a difficulty, Alvarez's injury and departure made it even worse for the visitors. When fighting with Milito, Alvarez accidentally sprained his ankle after landing, and after holding on to the court for a few minutes, he couldn't bear it, Alvarez took the initiative to sit on the ground and made a substitution gesture to the sidelines.

Godin, who has been transferred from Uruguay National this season, was sent out by Manuel Pellegrini on an emergency basis without any warm-up, making his La Liga debut, but he did not expect it to be at such a critical moment.

The score is behind, and the team's main central defender leaves the field due to injury, such a situation is really critical for Villarreal. Before the game, they still wanted to continue the team's winning streak to move forward, after all, they are now creating new history with every step they take, but the current situation has cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

To be honest, although Villarreal is now the leader of the league standings, it is definitely not as glamorous as the outside world sees, and to put it bluntly, they are just a small club in a small seaside town, and the background and staffing are often stretched, as if it is now, the team only has a few injured soldiers, and it is a little broken.

In addition, the international break has just passed, and several of the main players of various European national teams have just experienced the big battles of the national team.

After falling behind, Villarreal wanted to pick themselves up and start a counter-attack, and for the next ten minutes or so, they did take the initiative on the pitch and had a couple of dangerous shots, but the threat was not sustained, and after this wave of attacks, they showed signs of weakness.

This is the sequelae of the "FIFA virus", most of the players are in a trance, not active enough, and even make mistakes again and again, Pellegrini shook his head again and again off the field, but there is no good way, and the lack of strength is the truest portrayal of the team at this moment.

The most active player on the field is Fan Bizhuang, he has no national team task to play, the recent game is also to make him more and more confident, his feet are hot and hot, when his teammates are not in good shape, almost a person carries the offensive banner of the team's front, his back and forth sprint not only makes the opponent tired, and his large-scale activities, but also connects the front and back, so that the team always maintains the threat to the opponent, and it is precisely because of this that Zaragoza failed to take advantage of the victory after scoring the goal, I can only cope with it.

But a person's good performance is difficult to have a decisive help for the overall situation, after figuring out Fan Bizhuang's routine, and realizing that Villarreal's overall condition is not good, Zaragoza is very targeted to divide at least two defenders to follow Fan Bizhuang, and in other places, it is crazy running and pressing, and soon, Villarreal is once again caught in the sea of the home team, and the situation is also developing in favor of the home team.

Fan Bizhuang also gradually disappeared, without the support of his teammates, he could only be helpless alone.

Villarreal could only switch from attack to defense and began to fend off Zaragoza's ferocious onslaught.

However, the submarine had good luck today, although Zaragoza took the initiative on the field and attacked like a tide, but there was always a lack of luck in the last kick, and even once the football hit the post, Barbosa gave up resistance, and the football finally popped off the bottom line.

At the end of the first half, Fan Bizhuang finally broke free from the cage set by the home team in the front court, he used his speed and continuous quick dial to change direction, shook off two defenders, and made a precise diagonal long pass on the side to find Diego who was cutting forward in the penalty area. Fran, the Uruguayan deftly unloaded the ball and drove into the penalty area, and then under the opposition defender Gabriel. Milito suddenly fell to the ground under the interference.

The referee blew the whistle and ignored the home team's explanations and complaints and awarded Villarreal a penalty.

In the team's first penalty shooter, Kierme took it himself, easily deceived the goalkeeper and scored the ball.

The score became 1-1 and Villarreal were lucky enough to pull the game to the same line, which was also the final score of the first half.

At half-time, Manuel Pellegrini made changes to his squad and changed his strategy, with Carney replacing Cazorla, who had been invisible in the first half, and wing-back Abarena and Capdevilla coming on. Both players have just played through their respective national teams and their form is obvious, terrible.

Manuel Pellegrini told his players that in the second half they would focus on defending and counter-attacking, and that they should not easily pull out and play against their opponents.

It's embarrassing for the league leaders to be beaten by a team on the verge of relegation and have to defend themselves with defensive counter-attacks, but that's the truth, and on the other hand, there's no shame in being able to bend and stretch, and it's all about picking points.

The second half was almost a repeat of the first, and despite the adjustments and changes, Villarreal's overall slump put them at a disadvantage, and Zaragoza saw the weakness of the submarine and did everything they could to attack and get all three points.

For a team like them, struggling on the brink of relegation, every point counts, and there is a chance to get three points, so why give up?