Fox in the Penalty Area

Leonardo Lima sat on the bus and looked at the street scene outside the bus.

This is a very prosperous and modern city. In his opinion, it is more modern than his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, because of the towering skyscrapers, which are everywhere.

His hometown is a very beautiful city, but in terms of the degree of modernization, this city in the south of China is better.

They have just arrived here by plane from another modern big city to prepare for the final of the Club World Cup to be held at the Lotus Stadium.

The tiredness of the journey increased their exhaustion.

But no way, who made the Madrid Pirates the host in the semi-finals? Of course, it will be arranged in the city where the host is located.

So where the Madrid Pirates have an advantage over them is one less flight and one more day off.

The Brazilian media are complaining about the Copa Libertadores champion Russell, believing that the Champions League has the advantage of being at home - because their star Hu Lai is a Chinese player, so the Madrid Pirates have all the treatment equal to the home team.

But Reynardo Lima doesn't care about this, and it won't be too tiring to fly one more time. A day off is nothing but an excuse for cowards.

Like he doesn't need excuses.

He was already eager for this final.

After winning the Copa Libertadores, I was looking forward to meeting the Pirates of Madrid.

Brazil's freshly-baked talent, Reynardo Lima, played in the Russell first team last year when he was under 17 years old, and then gradually became the main force of the first team this year.

At the age of seventeen, he can become the main force in the traditional Brazilian giant Russell, and Lima's ability can be imagined.

The data also support this conclusion.

Up to now, in less than two years, he has scored 39 goals in all competitions on behalf of the Russell first team.

Considering that this is a statistic for a player who has not yet reached the age of 18, it is amazing enough.

Lima's outstanding performance naturally attracted attention from Europe.

After a fierce battle, La Liga giants Catalan won the ownership of Lima.

However, because Lima was not yet 18 years old at the time, according to Brazilian domestic law, he could not sign a work contract with Catalan United, and naturally he could not go abroad to play football.

The two teams, Catalan United and Russell, conveniently agreed to complete the transfer in January 2030, after the winter transfer window opens, when Lima turned 18.

In fact, the Catalan United initially hoped that Lima could go directly to Barcelona in the summer. Although he is not yet able to represent the Catalan United, he can train with the first team and adapt in advance.

But Russell refused to let him go. Because they have to hit the Copa Libertadores champion.

Lima himself also prefers to stay in Russell and finish the Copa Libertadores.

He thinks that he needs a champion with enough weight to prove his ability, so that he will have a better way to go to Europe.

It turned out that Lima was right because he stayed in Russell and helped the team win the Copa Libertadores!

Eighteen-year-old Lima scored twice in the final, not only becoming the best player in that final, but also the biggest contributor to Russell's victory.

Obviously, staying in Russell to make some achievements is far more important than going to the Catalan United to train with the first team for half a season.

Although the latter can adapt in advance, with the honor of MVP in the Copa Libertadores final, does Lima still need to worry about his status after going to Catalan United?

Because he has joined the Catalan United in advance, Lima's home team in La Liga is naturally the Catalan United.

He is highly concerned about the team's performance in La Liga and the Champions League.

In fact, the performance of the Catalan United so far this season is very good.

Champions League group first qualifying.

First in the league, three points ahead of the second-place Pirates.

Only one loss in sixteen rounds, all other fifteen rounds were won.

It is currently the most victorious among the five major European leagues.

But the only game they lost was the away game against the Pirates of Madrid.

The Pirates of Madrid are a team that makes it hard for Reynardo Lima to ignore, not only because the team has won every title they can this past year, but also because of the Pirates' star, Hu Lai.

The man who was dubbed by the media as "breaking all the scoring records in the history of human football".

As a striker, Lima can also score goals.

Fast and skilled, he also has a very good sense of smell in front of goal, and in addition to heading the ball, he is versatile with both left and right feet.

After winning the Copa Libertadores champion and determined to participate in the Club World Cup, Lima began to look forward to meeting Hu Lai in the Club World Cup.

If he can beat Hu Lai in the final, he will give his new club Catalan the best gift ever.

The bus carrying the members of the Russel team was driving on the road of Lingnan, a super metropolis in southern China. The high-rise buildings on the side of the road were lined with colorful neon lights and billboards.

He saw Hu Lai's giant billboard in it.

This was not the first time he had seen Hu Lai on the building wall.

From the landing of the plane, there are advertisements for products endorsed by Hu Lai on the walls of the bridge connecting the planes.

The airport terminal, the billboards along the highway, the light box on the bus stop, the bus itself... Hu Lai's unattractive face is everywhere.

In fact, not only in Lingnan, but also in Shanhai, another city where they play.

There are traces of that man all over the country.

So what's better than beating him here?

Eighteen-year-old Leonardo Lima couldn't help but think so excitedly.

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“After the Madrid Pirates defeated the South China Tigers in the semi-finals, they joined the Copa Libertadores champion Russel in the final... The European team has won this honor for 13 consecutive years. And Russel is considered the most promising to break the European football. A team monopolized by the team, this Brazilian giant has a strong lineup and also has a talented player like Reynardo Lima... The eighteen-year-old Lima has been spotted by the La Liga giants Catalonia, and after playing this world After the Club Cup final, he will go to Barcelona to report to the team..."

"...In the semi-final with Al Ayan, Lima performed well, with one goal and one assist, helping Russell easily defeat the AFC Champions League and advance to the final. However, at the Lotus Stadium in Lingnan City, Nanling Province, China, I am afraid that It will be the home ground of the Madrid Pirates. After all, they have Hu, a Chinese superstar, who is very popular in China... At that time, there may be 75,000 of the 80,000 fans in the audience who will be fans of the Madrid Pirates... "

"But Russell's talent, Reynardo Lima, said it didn't bother him, it made him more excited. 'I'm enjoying playing in this beautiful stadium...Away? It doesn't matter. We also won the Copa Libertadores away...' Lima said in an interview."

"Igor, next time you remind Reynardo not to say that..."

Kabonca pointed to such news to his agent Arauyo.

Igor Arauyo is a famous Brazilian agent, so he is both the agent of Cabanca and the agent of Renardo Lima. It is precisely because of this relationship that the Catalan United will finally defeat many European giants, including the sworn enemy King Madrid and the Bundesliga giants Blue and White Munich, and sign Lima.

Araoyo laughed: "It's not that you don't know, he has such a personality, and it is the same in Brazil. As a genius who is madly robbed all over Europe, he must be a little confident."

"Confidence of course, I just want you to remind him that when you meet Hu next time, don't speak harshly to Hu before the game, there's no need. He can do this to everyone else, but to Hu... it's really unnecessary. ." Kabonka said, shaking her head.

"Uh..." Araoyo didn't expect Kabangka's reason to be this, so he really couldn't refute it.

Because... Countless **** precedents are there.

In the thirty-seventh round of the league last season, before the Catalan United challenged the Madrid Pirates away, Carlos Cordero, then the main goalkeeper of the Catalan United, ranted to Hu Lai at the pre-match press conference. www.uukanshu. com said he would end Hu Lai's streak of goals.

The results of it?

Hu Lai had a big four in that game, helping the Pirates of Madrid beat the Catalan United 5-3.

Despite Kabangka's outstanding performance, two goals and one assist, he failed to save the defeat.

If Cordero didn't challenge Hu Lai before the game, was it really possible to beat the Madrid Pirates away with Kabonca's state at the time?

"But... that's fine." Kabangka changed the conversation. "Rather than telling him these things, it's better for him to experience it himself. Some truths are always understood only after suffering."

"You don't think Russell will win?"

"It's been thirteen years in a row that no American team has won the Club World Cup, and it's the same for the fourteenth year." Kabonka replied succinctly.

"Brazil's domestic media analyzed blindly. Those so-called experts said that Hu has already scored 100 goals to make history, so he will definitely be discouraged and his form will not be as good as before. This is just nonsense. They don't understand Hu at all. , I have absolutely no idea what kind of person Hu is. To me, on the contrary, Hu, who has already scored 100 goals, is the most terrifying. There are only two games left, and there are not many opportunities left for him, so He will do everything possible to score as many goals as possible and set a record that has never been achieved before and will be difficult to achieve in the future."

Kabangka said seriously.