Two days later, Xu Genbao received a call from Wu Lei to him.

The phone number is very simple. Wu Lei told his mentor that he wanted to play football abroad.

Xu Genbao began to introduce the specific situation to Wu Lei: "I have learned about it there. They did not plan to sign a Chinese player because they suddenly had a Chinese boss. They did not want to use the signing of you to advertise in China. It is said that they have been observing you for half a year, and the arrival of the Chinese boss has strengthened their confidence in signing you. However,... if you go there, you may suffer some economic losses. They still owe a lot of debts. The salary they offer you will definitely not be too high, and it should be lower than what our club gives you... There is no guarantee that you can play the game once you go. You have to think about it yourself."

"I have thought about it all, coach Xu. There will definitely be risks and difficulties when going out, but if you don't go out because you are afraid of risks and difficulties, it means you have no future. You can earn less money. I don't play football for money. I will work hard in training and strive to play the game as soon as possible." Wu Lei said with the phone.

While he was doing this, his wife in the distance coaxed the child in her arms, while looking up from time to time at her husband, staring affectionately with a smile on her lips.

"There is another question. Xiaobei has just been promoted to a child. It's not a matter of ten days or half a month left. Have you considered the family factors clearly?"

"I discussed with Xiaobei, and she supports me in playing football abroad."

"Xiao Bei is such a good girl..." Xu Genbao sighed. "But she wants to take care of her children in China, and you are the only one there. You can only come for life. Take good care of your life and don't let life affect your condition on the court... That's all I can say. If you are abroad, I can't help you. I hope you don't give up easily. It's not easy to go out once. Giving up is easy, but it will be difficult to go out again..."

"I know, Director Xu. I have considered all these." Wu Lei said calmly.

But Xu Genbao felt Wu Lei's determination in peace.

"The club will definitely give you convenience. I look forward to your outstanding performance there."

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The domestic media and fans' attention is still on Gao Zheng, and no one knows that Wu Lei is going to study abroad.

His club did indeed do this confidentiality work very well.

Wu Lei began to learn Spanish, learn about the situation in Spain, watch the Spanish game video, and prepare for going to Spain.

At the same time, he gave more time to his wife and children.

Because he knew that he might not see them in half a year after he went there.

He naturally had to compensate them more before leaving.

But at the same time, his heart has flown to the distant Spain. He found that as the days of parting get closer, he can't wait to go to that brand new football world. He longs to be able to play in the Spanish, and he even longs to be able to play in the La Liga with Gao Zheng. On April 9 next year, next year, the 32nd round of the league, Espanyol will face Atletico Madrid at home.

If Wu Lei had already played in the game with Espanyol at that time, he would have a Chinese derby with Gao Zheng in the La Liga.

He knew that he could not be compared with Gao Zheng. Espanyol's strength was too weak compared to Atletico Madrid, but he still wanted to show him his abilities in front of Gao Zheng.

In fact, he had many fantasies about where to go abroad before.

He has considered the Premier League, Serie A and Bundesliga, but what he wants to go the most is La Liga.

If he can choose, he will choose La Liga.

The reason is very simple, because the mountain is there... no, because Gao Zheng is there.

He hopes to compete with Gao Zheng on the court.

This is only possible after going to La Liga.

So when he heard that it was a La Liga club, even though he knew almost nothing about Espanyol before, he was willing to go.

When he thought about the possibility of confronting Gao Zheng in the future, he was even a little excited...

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On December 30, 2015, in the 17th round of the league, Atletico Madrid challenged Vallecano away.

In this game, Atletico Madrid regained its form and swept Vallecano 4:0 away. Gao Zheng scored one goal and assisted twice, and was elected the best in this game after the game.

In this round of the league, Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 3:1 at home, and Barcelona, ​​who participated in the Club World Cup, also defeated Real Betis 4:0 after returning.

After the New Year, Barcelona drew 0:0 with Espanyol in the first La Liga game in 2016. It is really worthy of being a Catalonia derby. It seems that the strength of the two teams is very different, but Barcelona actually failed to defeat Espanyol away.

This is the charm of the derby - in the derby, the saying that football is round is magnified to the greatest extent, and nothing is possible.

Derby can often break people's common sense and subvert people's conventional cognition.

Barcelona was dragged back by their city rivals, and at the same time Real Madrid was tied 2:2 by Valencia on the road.

But Atletico Madrid did not seize this opportunity, and they were tied 0:0 by Levante at home.

The players seem to be not very comfortable with this game rhythm that has no winter break at all.

They were listless on the court, as if they hadn't woken up.

From Barcelona to Real Madrid, and then to Atletico Madrid, the top three in the league were tied, which is definitely not a coincidence.

This fully illustrates the current problems encountered by the three teams.

Atletico Madrid is still seven points ahead in the standings. Although the lead is very large, it is a big regret that it failed to take advantage of this opportunity to continue to widen the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid's performance has not been stable enough during this period. They have won, draw and lost in the last three games.

Why are few teams able to threaten Real Madrid and Barcelona in the past because they are not stable enough compared to the two giants.

When other teams' performances are as fluctuating as their heartbeat, the real Western Premier League duo is as stable as the pulse index curve of a dead person.

In a long league, nothing is more important than stability. The league is not about who makes eight goals and ten goals in one game, but who makes fewer mistakes than other teams in the long league.

Of course, Real Madrid and Barcelona are not stable enough this season. They have too many games not able to win. Barcelona lost three games and tied three more games, while Real Madrid lost four games and tied three games.

Atletico Madrid did better than them at this point. Atletico Madrid lost almost the same number of games as theirs, and there were three games, but Atletico Madrid still failed to draw one game. This led to them winning three more games than Barcelona and four more games than Real Madrid.

But in this round of the league, Atletico Madrid was tied by Levante and encountered its first draw in the league this season.

Such performance has made some people worried whether Atletico Madrid can maintain stability under the pressure of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Chapter completed!