Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2012 The ruins of the dynasty

"Damn it! UEFA just hates us!"

"It's over, we're over, this time it's really over..."

"Sigh, I really didn't expect that our dynasty era would end in such a way..."

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When Joaquin Vela's handball led to the execution of the Madrid Pirates, the Pirates fans in the stands booed and sighed pessimistically.

When Kabanka assisted Lima to score the leading goal, the fans of the Madrid Pirates were actually very frustrated and very depressed.

The total score is three goals behind, how can this game be played?

They thought that the Madrid Pirates, who had been in a bad state recently, had fallen to the bottom, but they didn't expect reality to give them a blow-with five minutes left before the end of the first half, they were awarded a penalty kick!

God knows that the Madrid Pirates team has repeatedly performed miracles and is extremely tenacious. I am afraid that they will not be killed with a single stick, so do they need to make another shot?

In the period of the Champions League three consecutive times, every process of winning the championship has a "jedi counterattack" drama of putting to death and rebirth.

This team has always had a tenacious temperament of "unbeatable".

It seems that no matter what kind of difficulty they face, they can solve it.

For example, the first champion during the three consecutive championships was cornered by Blue and White Munich in the second round of the semi-finals. As a result, Hu Lai chased three goals in six minutes to help the team eliminate their opponents and advance to the final.

He also fell behind several times in the final and evened several times.

In particular, Hu Lai scored directly from the kick-off from the middle circle, which is even more miraculous. It has become an eternal classic in the history of the Champions League final.

The second championship was also a semi-final. The Madrid Pirates lost 0:2 to Ruhr Rhine in the first round. With the absence of the captain injured and the overall state of the team in a downturn, they reversed their opponents in the second round and reached the final. And finally crushed the Catalan United in the final, becoming the first team to successfully defend the Champions League since the restructuring.

In the third championship period, because Ramirez aggravated his injury during the World Cup, he missed half a season. Everyone is not optimistic about what good results this team can achieve in the Champions League. They even think that the Madrid Pirates can be regarded as a success if they can finally get the top four in the league and qualify for the Champions League next season.

Unexpectedly, it was such an underdog team that made it all the way to the final in the Champions League and finally won the championship. It has become the first team to win three consecutive championships since the restructuring of the Champions League.

Of course, due to heavy betting on the Champions League, their performance in the league was not good, and they only got fourth in the league in the end. But so what? Still, as the defending champions, they became the seeded team for next season's Champions League.

The process of winning these three championships was not a "crushing game". There were always problems and troubles of one kind or another, but the Madrid Pirates team was able to stumble and win the championship. It is difficult to explain it clearly with "good luck".

After the Madrid Pirates won three consecutive championships, many experts, famous journalists and fans have analyzed why this team can achieve three consecutive championships for more than 30 years.

They've drawn a lot of conclusions, some say because Hu Lai, a super-efficient shooter, is in the best period of his career.

Some people also say that the tactics of the Madrid Pirates team are very suitable for the performance of each player. When everyone can maximize their own level, then the three consecutive Champions League is not inconceivable.

Others say it's because Parrotti, a tolerant head coach, is able to unite the locker room around him without causing all kinds of messy scandals to split the team, and the split will definitely affect the team. fighting power.

Some people start with the objective laws of football development and analyze from the perspective that opponents are changing or declining.

These views are all correct, but they are too one-sided to take them out alone.

Of course, such a high degree of success cannot be due to a certain factor.

If we must briefly summarize it, it is that this team is particularly good at fighting tough battles. In encounters with powerful enemies, it is often the "brave" who has the last laugh.

But this is the Madrid Pirates in their prime.

The current Madrid Pirates don't have that ability.

So even the Pirates fans lost confidence when the team was cornered.

Almost everything that made the team successful is now gone, and if there is any, the effect has to be discounted.

For example, the unity and harmony of the dressing room atmosphere is gone, the conflict of interests between old players and new players, the differences between the club and the coaching staff brought about by Farias... division and conflict have become the main theme.

Parrotti's charisma was greatly damaged by this. "Good old man" at this time is not a compliment to praise him for being able to get along with the players and have fun, but to ridicule him for being indecisive and overindulging those veterans who are sleeping on the credit book.

He even played a starting lineup with an average age of 32.5 years old in the game. Among the eleven people, only Kamara is under 30 years old:

Central defender Riva Moreno, 37, captain Juan Ramirez, 36, Cardoso Tonini, 34, Jonathan Hewell, 34, José Irazusta and Ion Martínez, 33, Milos Vukovic, Joaquin Bella, 32, Danny Denny, also 30 Lu and Hu Lai.

Twenty-seven-year-old Ismail Kamara is the youngest player on this lineup…

The players are getting older, the lineup is aging, and the number of injuries is increasing. Regardless of the tactics, they will not be able to play to their full potential as before.

Hu Lai is still efficient. He has scored a total of 50 goals in various competitions this season, including 30 goals in the league, nine goals in the Champions League, two goals in the Copa del Rey, three goals in the pre-season warm-up match, and three goals in the national team. Match six balls.

Looks like this data is pretty good, right? But it can't be compared.

Compared with my craziest period, the efficiency has inevitably declined—the 2029-2030 season when Hu Lai had the highest efficiency, and the data in the same period was 71 goals...

Although the media praised Hu Lai's performance, saying that if it weren't for his 30 goals in the league and nine goals in the Champions League, it would be impossible for the Madrid Pirates to still be ranked third in the league and the Champions League would have been eliminated long ago out.

However, some people have calculated that if Hu Lai can still maintain the efficiency of his peak period, then the Madrid Pirates are now ranked first in the league, and the Champions League quarter-finals do not need to return to the home court for a back-to-back fight-even if there was a back-to-back game before, then After all, it is also in the semi-finals, not the quarter-finals...

But to be fair and objective, Hu Lai is like the "barometer" of the Madrid Pirates. His data ultimately reflects not his performance, but the team's performance.

If Hu Lai can really score goals as crazy as in the 2029-2030 season, it means that the Madrid Pirates team cannot still have so many nonsense things.

All Pirates fans do not have any hope for this season's Champions League results.

Many of them have even begun to comfort themselves like this:

It doesn't matter if we are eliminated from the Champions League, at least we can concentrate on the league... The league championship is definitely hopeless, but as long as we can keep the top four in the league, that can also be comforted. In any case, you have to keep your qualification for the Champions League next season.

Just when everyone began to lower the lower limit of expectations, they saw Hewell leaping in front of the goal and saving Kabanka's penalty!

At that moment, the thoughts of "it doesn't matter if we are eliminated from the Champions League" or "as long as we can keep the top four in the league" were all thrown out of the blue!

The pirates fans in the stands jumped up, raising their arms and shouting.

Huge cheers quickly swept across the entire stadium, as if they had turned into a physical storm, smashing the Catalan fans who were still arrogant before.

Even if the penalty is not scored, it may not affect the final result, but the Pirates fans just want to cheer and vent their inner backlog of emotions through this pounce. They just can't understand the way the Catalan fans get carried away!

"Good job, Jonathan!"

"Daddy loves me again!"

"This is a pirate park, this is a pirate's territory! Don't try to show off your power on our territory!"

After cheering, everyone turned to the stands of the Catalan fans, pumped their fists and roared loudly.

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In front of the coach's bench, Parotti, who was standing blankly, was embraced by his assistants from left to right.

They roared in his ears like two-channel stereo.

"Great! Ettore!"

"Jonathan did it! He is trustworthy!"

"Maybe it's a revelation! It's an omen!"

Parotti came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Enzo Naher who said so, and then nodded: "You are right, Enzo. This is a good sign. Jonathan's save saved the team's morale !"

also saved me...

The old man added in his heart.

"In the second half, we will do our best to fight Catalan!" Enzo Naher, who was approved, continued to shout.

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Everyone on the coaching bench and bench of the Madrid Pirates was cheering and crazy for Jonathan Hewell's save.

This is especially true for the Madrid Pirates players on the field.

After Heywell saved the football from the bottom line, the pirate players who rushed into the penalty area to defend did not stop, but continued to rush until they reached the goal line, pulled Heywell up from the ground, and then hugged him hard Him, slapping his back, head and shoulders.

The pressure and emotions accumulated in their hearts finally found a breakthrough, and they erupted violently like a volcanic eruption.

Even Farias, who didn't rush forward to hug the hero, shook his fist vigorously outside the penalty area, celebrating the penalty save alone.

"Heywell saved the penalty! He withstood the pressure at the critical moment! Look at the reaction of the Pirates players, they are very encouraged! This may be the turning point of this game, let the Pirates who had a bad first half play The players have regained their feeling and confidence!"

Chinese commentator He Feng is very excited~www.novelmt.com~ He really hopes that this save can help the team reverse the unfavorable situation.

He really doesn't want Hu Lai to bid farewell to the Champions League like this.

Although there will be World Cup matches after the end of this season, if they want to participate in the Champions League final, it will shorten the time for Hu Lai and the team to gather for training.

But he didn't expect Hou Lai to win the Champions League.

He just felt that even if he wanted to bid farewell to the Champions League, he couldn't be knocked out in such a humiliating way. He couldn't emotionally accept the collapse of the Pirate Dynasty just like that when he was blown out by his opponent at his own home court.

After the initial panic, the Catalan radio commentator loudly comforted the Catalan fans: "It's okay! It's not a big problem! Even if the penalty misses, we're still three goals ahead of them What! The lead of three goals is a natural barrier for the current Pirates! Even if their morale recovers, it will be difficult to cross the natural barrier! The footsteps of the Catalan United defending the title is to step on the footsteps of the Pirate Dynasty. On top of ruins!"

If it can end the pirate dynasty and become the second team after the pirates to successfully defend the Champions League after the restructuring of the Champions League, that would be the best arrangement of fate.

(end of this chapter)