Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1869 "The Cornerstone" of the "Champion's Cornerstone"

Janus Erdelman looks out the car window at the flat, low cityscape of Madrid.

The city of Madrid is located on the flat Meseta plateau, and it feels like you can see the horizon at a glance.

"This scene is really familiar..." Edman said with emotion.

"You're talking nonsense, we only came here twenty days ago." John Seth beside him couldn't help complaining.

Edman laughed when he heard the words, and then he asked Seth, "John, did you read that interview with Hu?"

"I saw it, is there anyone who didn't see it?"

"Then what do you think? Do you think what he said is true or false?"

"Go all out? That must be true."

"No, I mean in the end, he didn't think two goals behind was too big to catch up."

John Setter considered it, and then said, "I think he's telling the truth."

"Really?" Edman's eyes widened. "But historical records tell us that only one team has done it since the Champions League was restructured..."

"You're talking about history, I'm talking about what Hu thinks. For Hu, what he said is indeed the truth, unlike our head coach who deliberately lied, so as to make the pirates misjudge." Seth Said. "Could it be that you still expect Hu Ta to admit defeat and surrender? According to historical performance, the team that trails by two goals in the first round of the semi-final will definitely not be able to advance to the final, so the Pirates will also lose this time?"

"Of course I didn't mean that..." Edman waved his hands again and again. "I'm just wondering if Hu really believes this? They can only attack at home. Hu's scoring ability is very good. They will definitely score us. But they press the attack, there are all empty spaces behind them, and there is no Rummy. The place in Lace Town... do they think our offense is bad?"

Edman said this with confidence.

His recent state does support his statement.

In the last three games, two league games and one Champions League, he has scored a total of seven goals.

More than two goals per game.

This kind of performance allowed him to completely shake off Becker in the Bundesliga scorer list. With the last round of the league remaining, there is no suspense for him to win the league Golden Boot.

In the Champions League scorer list, Edman also ranked second with 11 goals, second only to Hou Lai who scored 15 goals.

Considering that he was only twenty years old, such a performance was simply terrifying.

It's no wonder that the German media believe that as long as Edman is not injured, his future achievements will definitely be higher than Hu Lai.

In this World Cup, Edman is also very likely to partner with Becker in the German striker, so that the German chariot has the most terrifying striker firepower - but Soren Gribusch is absent due to injury, and the combat effectiveness of the German national team is huge. The loss may be difficult for Edman + Becker to make up for.

The German media believes that Edman's biggest advantage over Hu Lai is his better physical fitness, which gives him more possibilities and a higher ceiling than Hu Lai.

After all, physical condition is the greatest talent, and it is difficult to change it through acquired efforts.

For example, no matter how hard Hu Lai trains scientifically, it is impossible for him to grow to 1.89 meters tall, right? It is absolutely impossible for him to increase his weight to eighty-eight kilograms.

Hu Lai's advantage is that it is relatively flexible.

But if he has a domineering body like Edman, where does he need to be flexible?

In football, agility is nothing more than an alternative to not being strong enough.

Seth said to the young talent that the whole of Germany is optimistic about: "Isn't that good? Everyone plays against each other, they can score goals, and we can also score goals. And we still have two more goals than them, and the advantage is still there. our side."

Edman felt Seth was right.

Don't worry about what Hu Lai thinks, just as Parotti said, the whole world knows what the Madrid Pirates will do in the second round.

But the whole world does not know what Ruhr Rhine will do.

At that time, we will count their intentions and their intentions, and the chances of Ruhr Rhine to advance will still be greater.

Thinking of this, Edman turned his head and looked out the window again.

He could already see the tall walls of Pirates Park.

He also saw the Pirates fans walking towards the stadium densely by the side of the road.

They were dressed in blue, like flowing water.

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Li Qingqing was sitting in the box of the Pirate Park Stadium, looking around curiously.

"Is it any different from the box at the Crown Stadium?" Song Jiajia asked beside him.

Hu Lai did not let Li Qingqing come to watch the game alone, but asked Song Jiajia to accompany Li Qingqing.

After all, Li Qingqing is unfamiliar with this stadium, maybe she doesn't even know how to get to her box.

"There is no difference. They have everything you should have." After Li Qingqing finished looking at it, he turned his attention to the court again.

Just now, the players from both sides finished their last warm-up before the game and returned to the locker room.

Now there is no one else on the field except the staff who inspect the turf.

"A little nervous?" Song Jiajia asked again when she saw her staring at the empty lawn in a daze.

Li Qingqing nodded: "A little bit."

"Worried about the pirates getting knocked out?"

"No, I'm worried about Hu Lai getting hurt."

After Luo Kai was injured yesterday, everyone's concern for Hu Lai's health has increased by an order of magnitude. It is obviously a life-and-death battle for the Madrid Pirates, but Chinese fans are concerned about whether Hu Lai will be injured.

Some domestic pirate fans even expressed their willingness to sacrifice Madrid pirates in exchange for a healthy Hu Lai.

There are also fans calling for everyone to calm down and calm down. If Hu Lai really does not perform well in the game, don't scold him. It is normal to understand what Hu Lai has done at this time, even if he does not work hard, after all, no one wants to see Hu Lai get injured before the World Cup.

Some people also called on Chinese fans to unite. If after losing the game, there are remarks attacking Hu Lai abroad, they must go out and face them head-on. We must not let those people wantonly smear our football heroes!

But both Li Qingqing and Song Jiajia knew that if Hu Lai played, it would be absolutely impossible for him to work without doing nothing, and he would definitely do his best.

As he said in an interview before the game.

Since you have to work hard, the possibility of injury is particularly high.

Song Jiajia also had no way to reassure Li Qingqing, so she could only half-jokingly say: "Don't worry, that kid is a thief, he doesn't get hurt that easily."

Li Qingqing sighed: "Fortunately, the opponent in this game is not a Korean team..."

Song Jiajia asked with a question mark: "This is the Champions League, not the AFC Champions League."

"I know, I just want to blackmail the Koreans." Li Qingqing nodded.

Song Jiajia was speechless...

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Standing in the visiting locker room at Pirates Park, Leroy Kuhn is speaking to his players:

"I know that some fans and the media deliberately interpreted what Hu said in the interview before the game for fun. I admit that after being misinterpreted by them, things do become interesting. But you should It is very clear that today's game is not interesting at all."

When he said this, his expression was very serious, not funny at all.

Everything comes from the last sentence Hu Lai said in an interview:

"It's just two balls, not too big to catch up."

Then it was re-created by online fans and media...

Many people use secondary creations to get rid of yin and yang.

It's "only" two goals ahead after all...

—Ah, yes, yes, Catalan United also "only" led Tramed by two goals in the first round.

"In a sense, the **** is right. Two goals up, it's a delicate scoreline. It's not so big that the Pirates lose their fighting spirit, and it's not so small that everyone can see that our victory is not worth it. Steady...Today's game hasn't started yet, but we all know that the Pirates' offense will be very, very fast. But we are not weak! Believe in your own abilities, we can definitely go to Munich!"

Munich's Iron Dome is the venue for this season's Champions League final.

Kuhn told his players that they must be able to go to Munich, that is, they must be able to reach the final.

"If the Madrid Pirates think we're proud of our two-goal lead and they have a chance, let them try!"

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In the locker room of the home team at the Pirate Park Stadium, Parotti had already given his last instructions before the start of the game.

He told the players to keep their minds on the offense and not do anything that affected the offense. Don't argue with the referee, and don't be irritated by the opponent's malicious foul, so as to fall into the opponent's emotional trap.

If the Pirates score a goal, then everyone goes to put the football in the middle circle and let the Ruhrlein kick off quickly.

If Ruhr Rhein scores a goal, go and set the football up yourself.

Wait for the referee to blow the kick-off whistle.

In this game, the pirates' offensive firepower was squeezed to the extreme.

After Parotti finished speaking, he paused for a while, wanting to announce the next news, but at this moment, Hu Lai couldn't wait to stand up from his seat, and said to his teammates:

"I have a few words to say to everyone."

The chance of this happening to Hu Lai is very low, so when Parotti saw that it was Hu Lai standing up, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

I can only make the people outside the door wait a little longer.

Facing a room full of teammates who were looking at him, Hu Lai said: "First of all, I want to apologize to everyone. When the team needed to score the most, I failed to score in two consecutive games. These two games did not The games where the goals were scored brought bad results to the team... I did not fulfill my responsibilities and the expectations that were placed on me."

After speaking, he bowed seriously to everyone.

This surprised his teammates, including Parotti.

The latter said directly: "No, Hu. This is not your problem alone. In terms of responsibility, it is my responsibility that is greater..."

Hu Lai shook his head and rejected the consolation from the head coach: "Thank you for your kindness, sir. But I still remember what the captain said to me during the halftime break of the Champions League final last year. He said: 'Hu Lai, go for the We scored!' In those two most critical games, I failed to score for the team. But... I am here today to promise everyone, and I promise the captain, that I will do my best to score goals! I Not the kind of all-round player, I am not good enough in many aspects, but only in scoring goals, I have confidence."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, raised his head slightly, giving the impression that he was looking at people with his chin.

"I think that if we score goals in this game, we will win!"

"Well said! Huh! Well said!"

After Hu Lai finished speaking, Joaquin Bella, who had been impatient for a long time, also stood up. In fact, he stood up from his seat when Hu Lai talked about the halftime break of the Champions League final last season.

Now he simply jumped to the center of the locker room, expressed support for Hu Lai, and shouted to his teammates:

"They all say that the captain is the 'championship cornerstone', and they are right! Many times before, we won the championship by stepping on the shoulders of the captain. But now, it is our turn to carry the captain to the final and win the championship !The captain is the 'champion's cornerstone', and we must become the captain's 'cornerstone'!"

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After Parotti finished his speech, Juan Ramirez, who was standing outside the door, gently put his hand on the door lock handle.

He just waited to hear Parotti call his name, and he pushed the door open.

This was discussed by him and the coaching staff, and it was a "surprise" for his teammates~www.novelmt.com~ Before this life-and-death battle, he came to the locker room as the captain to cheer for his teammates.

Next, he will enter the locker room, cheer up his teammates one by one, let them cheer up, and prepare to fight the bayonet with Ruhrlein.

But he didn't wait for Parotti to call his name, instead he heard Hu Lai mention him.

He just stood outside the door, quietly listening to the speeches of the two young men in the locker room.

Then he whispered to second assistant coach Enzo Naher next to him: "Enzo."

"Huh?" Nahl responded.

"It seems that I don't need to appear. Tell them for me that I have already booked a ticket to Munich, and I will see them there."

After speaking, he turned around, and with the support of his wife, he walked slowly towards the entrance of the box.

Naher did not stop Ramirez, but turned his head to watch him and his wife leave.

Behind him, in the locker room across the door, was the crazy roar of the Madrid Pirates players.

(end of this chapter)