Fox in the Penalty Area

Salado was still staring at the big screen. Although the picture on the big screen had already been switched to other people, it seemed that he hadn't woken up from the absent-minded state just now.

Just now, he saw his "enemy of life" Meli Banega go straight to his "enemy of this year" Hu Lai, and the two of them said something.

But he could see that Meili had a faint smile on his face, but after he said a few words, his expression changed.

Then Hu Lai suddenly laughed.

The exchange between the two sides ended soon.

No one knew what the two of them said and why their expressions changed like this.

Salado is now very curious about what Melly and Hou Lai talked about.

And it was Hu Lai who Meli took the initiative to find!

You must know that Salado himself, in the La Liga match against Meli, never spoke to Meli, let alone let Meli take the initiative to come to him...

In Salado's mind, if Meli can really take the initiative to communicate with himself before the game, he will definitely regard it as Meli's recognition of himself, which means that Meli regards him as an opponent!

Thinking of this, Salado's eyes suddenly widened—doesn't this mean... Does Melly regard Hu Lai as an opponent? !

hell!

How can he do this? !

Obviously I was the first...

Huh, no...

Fortunately, Salado's sanity was still there. He suddenly realized that it was not him who was the first - at the Madrid Olympics two years ago, Meli seemed to have indeed fought against Hu Lai in front of him, and... lost!

Salado suddenly remembered the old incident.

The 2024 Olympic Games will be held in Madrid, Spain.

At that time, although Mario Salado had already played in La Liga, he had very few appearances and had never met the King of Madrid. Most of the time he trained and played with the youth team.

So it is impossible for him to play against Melly earlier than Hu Lai.

After that game, he read the news and learned that the Argentine Olympic team with Meli Banega did not even qualify for the group stage.

was eliminated.

He still remembers how he couldn't believe it at the beginning, thinking that he was watching "onion news"-this kind of spoof news will always tell a piece of fake news as true, using exactly the same reporting method as real news , phrasing and arrangement, and make up a fake news in an extremely serious way. People who don't know it can be easily deceived.

But when all the news he saw that day were reporting that Melly was eliminated from the Olympics and his dream of competing for the Olympic gold medal was shattered, he realized that this matter turned out to be true...

After remembering this incident, Salado suddenly understood why Melly went to find Hou Lai.

But……

Salado still finds it a bit unbelievable - the Olympic Games are just a game, and the gold content and importance of the Olympic football game is not even as good as the Europa League...

It's just that he lost to Hu Lai in the Olympics. As for making Meli think about it for so long?

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Hu Lai and Williams walked into the venue slowly, found their seats and just sat down when they were suddenly photographed behind them.

When he turned around, he saw a smiling face and a sentence in Dutch: "Hi, Hu. Xing asked me to say hello to you."

"Xing?" Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, "Chen Xingyi?"

"Ha! Yes! Let me introduce myself, Danny Drew, from Athletic Amsterdam, and Xing is a teammate." The people behind offered to extend their hands to Hu Lai.

After shaking Hou Lai's hand, he reached out to Williams, who was sitting next to Hou Lai.

"Pete Williams." Williams introduced himself very simply.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Drew grinned, and then asked Hu Lai: "What did Melly tell you just now, Hu? Of course, it's okay if it's a secret."

He raised his hands.

"There's nothing you can't say." Hu Lai told the truth, "He wants to take revenge on me. Isn't it because I won him once in the Olympics? Sigh, you say this person..."

Drew suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a grievance during the Olympics..."

Hu Lai thought that Drew was sitting behind him, but he didn't expect that someone was coming next to him, and Drew stood up to make way for him. Only then did he know that Drew had come to say hello to him.

Drew got up and smiled at the visitor: "Hi, Albertazzi."

The other person who was about the same height as him nodded, and simply responded, "Hi, Drew." He didn't say anything more, and sat down on the chair that Drew had just sat on.

"I'm just here to say hello to you, just to get to know you." Someone next to me couldn't continue the chat, Drew patted Hu Lai on the shoulder, "I hope we can meet in the Champions League, Xing said you are very difficult to deal with, I look forward to playing against you."

After speaking, Drew greeted Williams again, then turned and left.

Williams watched Drew leave, turned his head and said to Hu Lai: "I know him, the super genius of the Dutch national team. He missed a goal against Meli in the World Cup... What did he talk to you about?"

Hu Lai sighed: "He also sent a letter of war to me..."

Williams looked at Holly with a hellish expression.

Hu Lai could see what he wanted to say from his expression, and quickly explained: "It's true, I didn't make it up."

"Damn, Hu. How did I not find you so popular before?" Williams complained.

"Is this welcome, Pete? Is there something wrong with 'welcome'?"

The two of them were arguing when someone patted Hu Lai on the shoulder from behind again.

He looked back and saw the tall man who had just sat down: "Get to know Mauro Albertazzi."

The tall man spoke to Hu Lai in Italian.

Hu Lai smiled at Alberta Qi: "Hello, my name is Hu..."

"Hu Lai, I know you." Albertazzi nodded.

"Thank God, you didn't call me 'Laifu'..." Hu Lai muttered to himself.

Albertazzi ignored Hou Lai's complaints, and he continued: "Unfortunately, my team can't participate in the Champions League, but can only play in the Europa League. So there is no way... But I think we will have the opportunity to meet on the court in the future .When the time comes...you can never score against me."

After speaking, he stretched out his big palm like a cattail fan and handed it to Hu Lai.

Seeing his appearance, Hu Lai asked, "What are you doing?"

"Handshake," said Alberta Qi, expressionless.

Hu Lai sighed, so he had no choice but to extend his hand and hold the other's big hand together.

His hand was almost completely covered by the opponent.

Albertazzi nodded with satisfaction: "If one day we meet in a match, please go all out."

Hu Lai rolled his eyes, he didn't expect this talented Italian goalkeeper to be quite... Secondary.

"Okay..." He replied perfunctorily.

Albertazzi was very concerned about his attitude: "Don't be so reluctant. Because if you don't give your best, you will lose. Do you like to lose, Hu Lai?"

Seeing the other party say this, Hu Lai's face was slightly solemn: "No, I don't like it."

Albertazzi nodded: "I don't like it either, because losing means I lose the ball. I hate losing the ball."

Hu Lai was shocked: "Have you never conceded a ball in your career?"

Albertazzi did not expect that Hu Lai's brain circuit was so different. His emotions just now were completely destroyed by surprise, and his serious image disappeared. He stared at Hu Lai: "How is it possible?!"

"Then you haven't lost your depression all these years...it's really not easy..."

Albertazzi was at a loss for words for a moment, and the words stuck in his throat, not knowing what to say next.

He looked at Hu Lai who was staring at him with sincere doubts, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down his emotions. The calm and calm expression before changed on his face: "Anyway, if I meet you, I won't let you score a goal."

Hu Lai said: "Then I can pass the football to my teammates and let them score. Tell you that I will assist my teammates with the ball!"

"Then I don't care, anyway, you don't want to score with me." Albertazzi said.

"It's not big brother... I didn't offend you before, did I?" Hu Lai was particularly puzzled where Albertazzi's obsession came from, and would rather let his teammates score than let him score.

Albertazzi smiled slightly: "The striker and the goalkeeper are sworn enemies. Besides, you stole my 'number three ball'."

"Honestly...you can't get it without me, right?" Hu Lai spread his hands.

The smile on Albertazzi's face froze slightly, and then he snorted: "Anyway, you are ready to face me not scoring a goal, Hu Lai."

After finishing speaking, he put his whole body back, leaned on the back of the chair, looked up at the direction of the stage, and stopped talking to Hu Lai.

And Hu Lai also turned around.

Williams asked him: "Don't tell me that Albertazzi also challenged you..."

Hu Lai glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Not this time."

"Oh..." Williams was obviously relieved, and then asked: "Then what did you talk about?"

"He said he admired me and that I was his idol, so he came here to shake my hand..."

Williams' eyes widened: "Really?"

"I lied to you as a puppy!"

Williams looked at Hu Lai with a sincere face, and frowned: "Forget it, you should say that Albertazzi will fight you too..."

"Tsk, why don't you believe me, Pete? Really, Albertazzi said he grew up watching me play football..."

Williams ignored him and just muttered, "I should ask Delphine again if she knows Italian..."

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The award ceremony was very tight and lively.

This award has been awarded for so many years, and everyone is familiar with the process. And unlike FIFA's World Footballer of the Year Awards, there are many cultural performances.

The European Golden Globe Awards actually focus on professionalism and authority. During the awards ceremony, they naturally focused on this side, emphasizing professionalism and not engaging in those fancy things to attract attention. In order to create an exclusive "award setting" for the Golden Globe Awards.

In fact, they did so with very good results. Now when everyone mentions the European Golden Globe Awards, they will think of labels such as "professional" and "authoritative".

The only entertainment attribute may be the occasional gag between the male host and the beautiful host.

The awards go to everyone.

Of course, Li Qingqing did not win the best female football player in Europe award. The one who won her was Annabel Evans, an American female football player who played for the London Bridge women's football team. Helping London Bridge win the Women's Football Champions League and the Women's Premier League, so they deserve this honor.

That's why the Chinese media don't think that Li Qingqing can win the best player, because the opponent is too strong...

But there are also surprises:

Although Li Qingqing did not win the Women's Football Ballon d'Or, she stood out from the five-man shortlist and won the third place, receiving a bronze ball award.

This is also the highest individual honor she has received in her career.

The best player award for men's football is the highlight, the finale.

For this reason, it is the best young player award.

There is no difference from what the media had speculated before: Hou Lai, who played for Leeds United, won the Best Young Player Award in Europe last season.

Amid polite and warm applause, Hu Lai, dressed in formal attire, got up from his seat and walked onto the stage.

Then take over the Golden Globe trophy the size of the three-ball.

Countless eyes fell on him, with different meanings.

People like Mario Salado, Mauro Albertazzi and Danny Drew have sharp eyes, full of yearning and fighting spirit.

The figure standing on the stage seemed to be a mountain waiting for them to climb.

These proud sons in their respective countries and clubs felt a great sense of crisis.

They, a group of geniuses from football-developed areas, lost to a person from the far east. And this person was never heard of before the age of twenty...

It was as if when they were fighting for this award, suddenly a stranger quickly overtook the car from the side, and then easily took away the trophy they dreamed of, and then walked away, leaving them bruised and swollen. .

At this time, all the grievances and grievances before can be put aside, everyone is in the same hatred, first grab the trophy from that kid's hand and then talk about it!

When those young players were staring at Hu Lai and feeling ruthless in their hearts, Li Qingqing, who was sitting on the other side, looked at Hu Lai with a smile on her face, thinking of the first time she saw Hu Lai.

Under the setting sun, the clumsy boy chasing football.

Now I finally stand on this stage, although it is only the third ball...

But Li Qingqing was still happy for him.

Congratulations, Holly!

One day, ball three will become ball five!

come on!