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

The content of the call was 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. They didn't plan to sign a Chinese player because they suddenly had a Chinese owner. They didn't want to use 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. But...you may suffer some financial losses when you go there, and they still owe you a lot. As for the debt, the salary I will give you will definitely not be too high, it should be lower than what our club gives you... There is no guarantee that you will be able to play games when you go, you have to think about it yourself."

"I've thought about it, Director Xu. There must be risks and difficulties in going out, but if you don't go out because you are afraid of risks and difficulties, it is useless. You can earn less money. I don't play football for money. I will Work hard in training and try to play the game as soon as possible." Wu Lei said on the phone.

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

"There is another question. Xiaobei has just promoted her child. It is not a matter of ten days and a half months for you to leave. Have you considered family factors clearly?"

"I discussed it with Xiaobei, and she supports me to play football abroad."

"Xiaobei is such a good girl..." Xu Genbao sighed. "But she wants to take care of the child in China, and you are alone there. You have to live on your own. You have to take care of your own life and don't let life affect your state on the court... that's all I can say Now, when you are in a foreign country, I can't help you. I hope you don't give up easily. It's not easy to go out once. It's easy to give up and come back, but it's hard to go out again..."

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

But Xu Genbao felt Wu Lei's firmness in his calmness.

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

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

His club has indeed kept this secret very well.

Wu Lei started to learn Spanish, understand the situation in Spain, watch the Spanish game video,

Prepare to go to Spain.

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

Because he knew that after this trip, he might not see them in half a year.

He naturally wanted to make up for them before he left.

But at the same time, his heart has already flown to far away Spain. He found that as the day of parting is getting closer, he can't wait to go to that brand new football world. In the competition, he is even eager to play against Gao Zheng in La Liga-on April 9 next year, the 32nd round of the league, the Spaniard will face Atletico Madrid at home.

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

He knew that he could not be compared with Gao Zheng, and the Spaniard was too weak compared to Atletico Madrid, but he still wanted to show Gao Zheng his ability.

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

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

If he could choose, he would choose La Liga.

The reason is simple, because the mountain is there... no, it's because Gao Zheng is there.

He hopes to be able to compete with Gao Zheng on the court.

This is only possible if you go to La Liga.

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

He was even a little excited when he thought of the possibility of confronting Gao Zheng in the future...

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

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

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

After the New Year, in the first La Liga game in 2016, Barcelona drew 0:0 with the Spaniard in the away game. It's really a Catalan derby. It seems that the strength of the two teams is very different. As a result, Barcelona failed to win the Spaniard in the away game.

This is the charm of the derby-in the derby, the saying that football is round is magnified to the greatest extent, and everything is possible.

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

Barcelona were dragged back by their city rivals, while Real Madrid were also held to a 2-2 draw by Valencia away.

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

The players don't seem to be quite used to this kind of game rhythm without a 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, it is definitely not a coincidence that the top three in the league have all been tied.

This fully illustrates the problems that the three teams are currently experiencing.

Atletico Madrid still leads the standings by seven points. Although the lead is large, it is a great pity that they failed to take advantage of this opportunity to continue to widen the gap with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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

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

When the performance of other teams fluctuates like a heartbeat, the real Western Super League duo is as stable as a dead man's pulse exponential curve.

In the long league, nothing is more important than consistency. The comparison in the league is not about who pours eight goals or ten goals in a game, but who makes fewer mistakes than other teams in the long league process.

Of course, Real Madrid and Barcelona are not stable enough this season. They didn't win too many games. Barcelona have lost three games and drawn three, while Real Madrid have lost four and drawn three.

Originally, Atletico Madrid did better than them at this point. Atletico Madrid lost almost as many games as them, also three games, but Atletico Madrid has not yet drawn a game. That resulted in them winning three more than Barcelona and four more than Real Madrid.

But as a result, in this round of the league, Atletico Madrid was tied by Levante and suffered the first draw in the league this season.

Such a performance has some people worrying about whether Atletico Madrid will be able to maintain stability under the pressure of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

After all, everyone expects them to break the monopoly of Barcelona and Real Madrid on La Liga.