Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1893 The Final Begins

When Li Qingqing accompanied her father and future parents-in-law to the stands, the Tiedome in Munich was almost full.

At this time, there is actually an hour before the start of the game.

Players from both sides have just come out to warm up.

The fans of the two teams in the stands have already started a contest.

The Pirates fans played a TIFO of the whole team taking a group photo, but in the middle, the most conspicuous one is of course Hu Lai, which is the freeze frame of his iconic celebration.

Above this "big group photo", there is a row of words:

"Unite and hold high the banner of victory!"

In contrast, in another stand, the TIFO made by Catalan fans is full of Catalan elements.

The above is also a huge text:

"Fight for Catalonia!"

For Catalonia, who have always wanted to pursue that, the Champions League final is the best stage to promote their ideas.

The singing of the fans resounded through the sky, and the momentum was not weaker than after the game started.

"That's fine!" Li Ziqiang had to raise his volume slightly as he listened to the singing of the Pirates fans. "The players can get into the rhythm of the game as soon as possible from the warm-up time!"

Xie Lan took out the folded national flag from his pocket, shook it off, and waved it to the rhythm of the singing.

It was the second time to watch the Champions League final, and she enjoyed it quite a bit.

Hu Lixin saw her swaying to the rhythm of the music, so he held back and didn't ask her if she was not afraid of her son getting hurt this time?

When you are so happy, don't ask for trouble...

After the group of four settled down in their positions, Hu Lixin and Li Ziqiang stared at the players on both sides who were warming up on the field without saying a word, and observed carefully.

Xie Lan took out her mobile phone and started taking selfies. She also asked Li Qingqing to help her take a photo of herself holding the five-star red flag at the Iron Dome Stadium. She likes to post it on Moments.

It has been two years in a row, and this time is a great opportunity for her to reap the envy and jealousy in her circle of friends.

After posting to Moments, Xie Lan looked up happily, and saw Li Qingqing beside him staring at the audience in a daze.

She suddenly remembered that this season Li Qingqing's Madrid King women's football team failed to reach the Champions League final. They were eliminated in the semi-finals and failed to stage the three consecutive Champions League championships.

So seeing the Champions League final today, a little sad and lonely?

Thinking of this, Xie Lan put away her blooming mood and reached out to hold Li Qingqing's hand.

Li Qingqing, whose hand was held, turned to look at Xie Lan.

"Don't be sad, you will definitely be able to participate in the final next season."

Only then did Li Qingqing know why Xie Lan suddenly held her hand.

Although she wasn't really sad that she didn't make it to the final, she still smiled and expressed her gratitude: "Well, thank you Mom!"

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After the theatrical performance, players from both sides returned to the court.

The game is about to begin.

The scene that was so noisy before was also a little quieter.

Everyone is waiting for the referee to blow his whistle.

In the midst of much anticipation, the referee blew his whistle!

"The game has begun! CCTV! CCTV! Good evening, audience friends! Welcome to the 2029-2030 UEFA Champions League final. In this game, Catalan United, wearing a home red and yellow striped shirt, will face Catalan United, wearing a white away jersey. Pirates of Madrid... This game kicked off at 9 o'clock in the evening local time in Germany... The Catalan United took the lead in the first half, and they attacked from the left to the right of the screen. Lima passed the football back, to Kabanka..."

At the moment when the whistle sounded at the start of the game, the players of the Madrid Pirates rushed towards the half of the Catalan United like an arrow from the string.

Hu Lai and Kamara rushed over to Kabangka who was holding the ball.

Among them, Kamara ran fast and was almost approaching Kabanka. Hu Lai did not directly go to Kabanka, but turned slightly, and rushed towards the direction he thought Kabanka might pass the ball.

Kabanka turned around and passed the football back.

Hou Lai and Kamara kept their feet on the ground, passed by the Brazilian one after another, and then continued to rush forward, chasing the football and rushing towards the Catalan United's back line.

But this time it was replaced by Hou Lai who ran straight to the Catalan central defender Joel Jimenez who was about to catch the ball.

Kamara, on the other hand, ran diagonally towards Nunes Pereira, the left-back who pulled wide.

If Jimenez wants to pass the football to Pereira, he can steal it directly.

Of course, if Jimenez does not pass to Pereira, it is not a waste of time. At least it can make Jimenez lose one passing target, which will put him in trouble. Maybe Hu Lai will have a chance to counter-rob Woolen cloth?

Jimenez did not pass the football to Pereira.

In this game, Pereira got the chance to start because the main left back Calderon was suspended for a red card.

The Portuguese left-back, who is only 24 years old this year, is a little younger. It is normal for his teammates not to trust him at the critical moment of the final of this kind of competition, or they are unwilling to let the young man bear the pressure that does not belong to him at this time.

Anyway, Jimenez turned and passed the ball back to goalkeeper Toni Schulman in the penalty area.

Hou Lai still didn't stop, rushing past Jimenez who was a little surprised, and ran towards the goalkeeper Shulman.

Seeing this, Jimenez pulled away to one side, ready to receive a possible pass from Schulman.

But he quickly posted another Madrid Pirates player-Vukovic!

Jimenez looked at his central defender partner Paul Fortune again. Sure enough, there were pirate players beside him, starting forward Di Kunzo.

The Italian is also defending Fortune closely.

In such a situation, the goalkeeper Schulman can only pass the football horizontally to the team's right back Pablo Osqui, who is already drawing to the bottom line.

Osquel received the ball smoothly, but when he caught the ball, Di Kunzo immediately dropped Paul Fortune and rushed towards him.

At the same time, the Madrid Pirates' starting left midfielder Tonini also rushed towards Osqui.

Taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement of the two men had not yet formed, Osquick quickly passed the football forward to his team's defensive midfielder Van der Stern.

However, Van der Stern did not get rid of Joaquin Bella who was following him.

He just temporarily used his physical advantage to protect the football in front of him.

Seeing this, Kabangka hurried up to help.

Vukovic was already running past Joel Jimenez to keep pace with the Brazilian.

Kabangka still wanted the ball decisively.

Then when the football was actually passed, he pretended to catch it, but slipped the football between his legs, and turned around quickly!

Vukovic was shaken by him and couldn't keep up.

But Kabangka couldn't completely control the football, because just as he turned around, he saw Hu Lai rushing towards the football!

He hurriedly stepped forward to protect the football before Hu Lai.

But in this way, he also lost the opportunity and was reposted by Vukovic.

Now that he is one against two, it is even more difficult to get rid of.

He could only pinch left and right, trying to pass the football to central defender Joel Jimenez, who was already unmarked.

But along with his football, there is also Hu Lai.

This kid is like a mad dog, chasing football tirelessly on the field.

There are pirate players at all the contact points closer to Jimenez, and he has no choice. Fortunately, the Catalan strikers who pressed up before this time all withdrew.

So Jimenez passed the ball to Mario Salado, a dropped left winger.

But compared to passing to other people, the distance of this pass is still too long, close to 20 meters.

Under Hou Lai's pressure, Jimenez's pass was too powerful.

When Salado stopped the ball, he stopped it a little bit more... just a little bit.

Then Irazusta, the right back of the Madrid Pirates, posted up, stretching his foot to steal the ball!

Salado hastened to control the ball.

After the two kicked each other, the football went wide of the sideline.

The referee blew his whistle to give Catalia a throw-in - the ball ended up deflecting off the touchline on Irazusta's leg.

Although he did not concede the ball~www.novelmt.com~, the head coach of Catalan United, Reilly Vicente on the sidelines, looked rather unsightly. His brows were wrinkled and his expression was solemn.

The game had only just begun and he could already see that the Madrid Pirates were pressing high.

He had thought that the Madrid Pirates would just attack, as they did at home against Ruhr-Rhein, to the extreme.

Unexpectedly, the Madrid Pirates also got inspiration from Ruhr Rhine, and adopted this kind of high-level press against Catalan.

Facing the Catalan United, which is good at possession of the ball, pressing high is indeed a countermeasure, but it is so resolute...

Look at Hu Lai, he is a shooter, but he shuttles and runs back and forth after the game starts, just like a midfield engineer.

Not only Hu Lai, but all pirate players do this.

Salado returned from the frontcourt to the backcourt to respond, and Irazusta followed from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Although there was only one time, this level of pressure must have been requested by the head coach, and it was impossible for the players to act on their own initiative.

This is a little more troublesome...

(end of this chapter)