Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 2025 I am looking for Hu

"Nestor, have you talked to Parotti?"

Farias got a call from his agent, Augusto Ayala.

"Talk, Augusto."

"How did you talk? Did he still insist on starting you against Vesuvius?"

"We didn't actually talk about this..."

"No? Then what did you guys talk about?"

"Uh..." Farias still feels a little unbelievable when he thinks about it now, so his tone is also a little hesitant.

Manager Ayala was keenly aware of the hesitation in Farias' tone: "What? Your talk broke down?"

"No, no... On the contrary, Augusto Parotti... showed me a video of my best performances in the last three games... and then he took this video and put I complimented..."

"Ah?" Ayala exclaimed, probably full of question marks now. "He... praised you?"

"Yes, every highlight segment, he can say a bunch of reasons to prove that I did the right thing. You know, even the professional media, reporters and columnists think that I have done well in the past three games. I acted like a piece of shit, but Parotti picked out the good side of me..."

To Ayala's ears, Farias' voice sounded a little ethereal, and he didn't know whether it was caused by the poor signal of the mobile phone, or Farias' current mood was more erratic.

"So...will you start the next game?" Ayala was going to ask the result directly.

"He didn't say it, but I think it should."

Hearing this answer, Ayala was silent for a while, he was a bit confused about what Parotti wanted to do.

Although the relationship between the two is tense, they will praise Farias when everyone criticizes him.

Public opinion has called for Farias to be replaced in the next game. This is simply a logical opportunity to remove Farias from the starting lineup.

Just like last season, everyone called for Farias to start, and Parotti let him start. But after his poor performance in the game, the public opinion began to turn, and he followed the call of public opinion by removing Farias from the starting lineup.

This made it impossible for Farias to complain to the outside world, because not many people would support him at that time.

From previous experience, Parotti was clearly a smart guy who knew when to do things with minimal controversy.

But this time, his choice is completely different from the previous style.

This had to make Ayala think a little more.

Then he said to Farias: "Nestor, I'm a little darker inside..."

His words were interrupted by Farias: "No, it should not be what you think."

"I haven't finished my sentence yet, do you know what I'm thinking?"

Farias didn't answer his question: "Also, we don't necessarily lose."

"Okay..." Ayala had nothing to say.

It seems that Farias does know what he wants to say...

After hanging up the manager's call, Farias' cell phone screen returned to the screen displayed before the call—it was the highlight video that Parrotti sent him today.

He clicked play and continued watching.

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Wang Guangwei: "@贱人, I suddenly thought of something."

Hu Lai: "What's the matter?"

Wang Guangwei: "Your Farias performed so poorly in these three league games, will he not start in the next Champions League semi-final?"

Hu Lai: "??? No, is spying on the military situation so open and aboveboard now? Old Wang, you asked so naturally. I thought our Champions League semi-finals would not be against your Vesuvius."

Chen Xingyi: "I also had this illusion for a moment - I thought we were not fighting the King of Madrid in the semi-finals, but the Pirates of Madrid..."

Xia Xiaoyu: "[cover face]"

Morikawa Junpei and Zhang Qinghuan: "Hahahaha!"

Wang Guangwei: "Spying! I wouldn't have thought of this unless you told me..."

Hu Lai: "The top spies often appear as harmless to humans and animals, pretending to be crazy."

Wang Guangwei: "..."

Xia Xiaoyu: "[cover face]"

Everyone: "Hahahaha!"

Hu Lai: "You don't need to waste your time, Lao Wang. I won't tell you whether Farias will start or not! You can't pry my mouth!"

Wang Guangwei: "...I'm just curious. Facing this super genius who just looks at you, don't you have any idea?"

Hu Lai: "Good guy, if you fail to spy on the military situation, you should try to sow discord, right?"

Everyone: "Hahahaha!"

Xia Xiaoyu: "[cover face]"

Wang Guangwei: "Hu Lai, you are 30 years old, can you be more mature!"

Hu Lai: "'××you f**k' is Brother Huan's special sentence pattern, Lao Wang, you plagiarized! Plagiarism is shameful! Brother Huan, I am not a troublemaker!"

Zhang Qinghuan: "Don't beat me up!"

Wang Guangwei: "Oh, I have been talking about him. It seems that he is really secretive. Farias really makes you feel threatened. When he can be as good as Meli, he can score goals like you. Younger than you, who do you think the Madrid Pirates will favor in the end?"

Hu Lai: "Hey... What you said, Lao Wang, is right. This is what I am worried about. Let me tell you the truth. I have already told the general manager of the club that there is me without him, and there is him without me. The two of us In the locker room, everyone thinks that the opponent is empty. So you don’t have to worry about Farias being able to cooperate with me. In fact, our team is also very pessimistic about the semi-finals with you...”

When Wang Guangwei saw such a large string of words written by Hu Lai, he could still laugh at first, but then he couldn't.

At first he laughed because he thought Hu Lai was kidding himself. The more he said that, the more it meant that he and Farias had no problem.

But just smiling like that... Wang Guangwei suddenly realized something was wrong.

Based on his understanding of Hu Lai, this **** is particularly good at saying serious things in an indecent tone.

Especially this kind of obvious nonsense, maybe it hides his real intention...

Thinking of this, the smile on Wang Guangwei's face disappeared—could it be true what he said? Or, how much is true and how much is false? Which ones are true? Which ones are fake?

He stared at the phone screen and frowned, lost in thought.

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"Hmph! Fight me!"

Seeing that there was no message from Wang Guangwei in the group, Hu Lai snorted triumphantly.

Li Qingqing, who witnessed the battle of wits and courage between two heart-wrenching people, couldn't help giving Hu Lai a blank look when he heard Hu Lai's words: "You guys are so boring! Smoke bombs of this level are useless at all..."

"What you saw was Lao Wang who made the first move. I was just forced to fight back in self-defense!" Hu Lai explained.

Li Qingqing ignored Hu Lai's unreasonable words, but asked: "Actually, I also want to ask, you should be able to see that Farias wants to replace you in the team, why do I feel that your behavior towards him seems completely Don't worry, no, don't you care at all?"

"What should I care about?" Hu Lai spread his hands. "Just like I will never be able to pass people like Meli, Farias will never be able to score goals like me. I am not bragging, comparing goals, no one can compare to me. "

Li Qingqing thought for a while: "That's right... This season, the Pirates are in such a state, you can still score more than 50 goals..."

Speaking of this, she laughed again: "There are still people on the Internet saying that you have gone down the mountain, and you don't even have half the strength of your peak."

"Listen to their nonsense!" Hu Lai pouted.

Some fans are like this. They evaluate the players one after another, only looking at the surface and data, and not exploring the reasons behind it.

If you care too much about the opinions of the fans, the players will continue to fall into the cycle of "smugness" and "self-doubt".

Li Qingqing finished laughing and said: "But if Farias is always like that, it will be more dangerous for you to play Vesuvius. Vesuvius has the defense that Italy is good at, but also has a great offensive passion. Farias is off Will the game still start?"

"I think so." Hu Lai said, "The league didn't play well before, and the head coach still insisted on letting him start. And Ion told me that the decision to let Farias start was Tonini himself. The coach's request..."

"But Farias' performance on the court is not good. Can Parotti withstand the pressure and let him start? Isn't the relationship between him and Farias very tense?"

"I feel that the manager still hasn't given up on Farias. He probably still feels that it would be a pity if Farias can't fully realize his talent..."

Li Qingqing sighed: "Parotti is really a 'good guy', after all this, he is still thinking about Farias."

Hu Lai nodded and said: "Isn't it? He is indeed a very charismatic person... If not, how could I use the reason of giving him a championship gift to revive everyone's fighting spirit and reverse the elimination in the second half?" What about Catalan United?"

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"Honey, don't you call Farias?"

Silvia Banega said so suddenly at dinner.

"Why did you call him?" Meli was very surprised.

"If he can't show a good performance in the game and the Pirates are eliminated, won't you be unable to meet Hu in the Champions League final again?"

Meili smiled: "If I just called and the problem was solved, then I would have called. It's useless for me to call him. He was very polite to me on the surface, but he never listened to it in his heart My advice. Farias has a mind of his own and I cannot and cannot interfere."

Sylvia sighed: "It's a pity, you are in such a good state this season, if you still meet Hu in the Champions League final, you will have a chance to avenge him..."

Since the 2028-2029 season Champions League final, Meli and Hou Lai have never met in the Champions League final.

This also gave Meli no chance to avenge Hou Lai-beating Hou Lai in the knockout stage is not considered revenge, only defeating Hou Lai in the Champions League final and stepping on his corpse to step on the championship podium.

Meli smiled and comforted his wife: "It's not that I'm only in good shape this year, nor is it that I or he will retire after playing this season. I will have many opportunities to play against him in the future."

Sylvia was not easily persuaded by her husband this time, instead she asked a question that stunned Merry.

"What about the World Cup? Farias looks like this, can he still help you in this year's World Cup?"

Mellie was questioned.

The problem my wife said is really serious.

But Meli hadn't thought about it at all before.

This is because the performance of Farias before was not as extreme as in the recent period.

Especially in the national team, although he was self-willed sometimes, he didn't make too many troubles in the South American qualifiers.

Although independence is true independence, it is still "independence" within the normal range anyway-Farias, a player who plays independence, is not the only one, let alone the first person in history.

Farias, who played in the Madrid Pirates recently, has been more like a dead end, and then he can't turn out, either breaking the wall blocking him or killing himself.

He thought for a while, and it seemed that this transformation of Farias happened after "like the door".

Obviously, the kid fell into a state of confrontation with the team, and went a little crazy.

He seems to be suffocating to prove to his teammates and coaches that he is right, that he can succeed in his own way and conquer them.

The goal against Catalan United seems to be strong evidence.

But the next three league games gave him three slaps.

Especially in this last game, the Madrid Pirates challenged Valentia away.

Farias' problem is no longer "not fitting into the system" and "lone wolf".

Rather, being out of state at all is like sleepwalking.

Until he was replaced, he didn't even have the performance of dribbling into the dragon's lake and tiger's den a few times in the first two games. Before, everyone always scolded him for playing football alone, and brought it to the end of time. Now he doesn't even have the qualifications to be a "solitary force".

This indeed proves that something is seriously wrong with Farias.

Silvia was right, such a Farias could not help himself in the national team, but would drag the whole team down.

Just like he is dragging down the entire Madrid Pirates team now~www.novelmt.com~ As a professional player, Meli has already won all the championships that should be won at the club level.

Even the honor of the national team is still zero. No Olympic gold medal, no America's Cup champion, no World Cup champion... let alone.

Now four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is another World Cup year.

He doesn't know how many times he can participate in the World Cup, and there are not many opportunities left for him to realize his wish.

He will be thirty-five in four years, and logically speaking, this World Cup will be the one he is most likely to win.

If because of Farias, I can't realize my dream...

Meli thought about it, and indeed felt that her mentality of watching fire from the other side was wrong.

So he picked up his phone.

Seeing his action, Silvia asked happily, "Are you going to call Farias?"

"No." Melly shook her head, "I'm looking for Hu."

Sylvia: ? ? ?

(end of this chapter)