Fox in the Penalty Area

"Ronaldo receives the ball in the box!"

Accompanied by the passionate roar of the commentator, the noise in Veronica's home stadium Volendam went up to a higher level.

This football stadium, which can only accommodate 6,000 people, is an inconspicuous small stadium in the Eredivisie League. Even if it is all full, it is difficult to compare with a giant team like Amsterdam.

But in the Dutch second league, the prestige created by a stadium full of 6,000 people is still very amazing.

In the Dutch second league, Veronica is a giant, and the Volendam Stadium is the "hell's home court".

As the commentator said, Luo Kai received the ball in the penalty area.

Facing the opponent's defender who came up to defend him, Luo Kai's right foot was steady, and he swung his left foot to make a movement of buckling the football to the right.

He tricked the opponent's defender into stretching out his foot to block it, but his left foot swayed from behind the football, and then quickly shook his ankle to swing it back, using the outside of his foot to gently push the football to the left.

Just like that, he shook the defender who came up to block his shot, and followed him to swing his left leg again. This time it was no longer a feint of a feint!

He hit the football firmly with the instep of his left foot!

Boom!

The football flew towards the goal like a fired shell!

The opponent's goalkeeper didn't even make a save - he just had time to raise his arm and the ball went in.

"Rororororororolo -!!! Amazing Rolo!! It's his third goal of the game! He scored a hat-trick! His three goals helped Veronica in the Leading 4-0 at home!!"

The roar of the narrator was quickly drowned in the thunderous cheers of 6,000 people.

Luo Kai, who scored the goal, turned and ran to the nearest stand.

There, Veronica's fans were already pouring down, waving at him.

Veronica's other players rushed to hug Luo Kai and celebrate his goal.

Luo Kai, who was surrounded by the crowd, smiled wildly, even ferociously, but it did not detract from his handsomeness at all, and even made him look more charming...

A uniform, deafening shout rang out over the packed Volendam Stadium: "Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

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"Ro! Ro!!! Ro----!!!"

Looking at Luo Kai who was hugging and celebrating with his teammates on the phone screen,

Yong Jun sighed softly: "Luo Kai has finally played. He has scored seven goals in only fourteen rounds of the Dutch second league. Maybe he can still compete for the Dutch second golden boot this season. It seems that last season was not in vain to adapt to the Netherlands..."

"So it's right for Luo Kai to choose to go on loan to Veronica - when the news came out, there were fans who thought that his going to the Dutch second division would delay his growth..." Zhang Qinghuan commented.

"It's caused by the marketing account's babble and rhythm. It's as if the level of the Dutch second league is very low." Yong Jun snorted and put his phone aside.

"Forget about others, Qing Huan. The next Barcelona derby is very important to you..."

Zhang Qinghuan spread his hands: "I may not be able to start, Uncle Yong."

"What if? Besides, if you don't start, you won't be ready? You have to be ready at any time on the bench, so that when the opportunity comes, you can seize it!"

Zhang Qinghuan nodded quickly: "Uncle Yong, you are right, I will be ready..."

"And let me tell you, Qing Huan. After the derby with you in the same city, the Catalan United will have to welcome Leeds City in the Champions League. This means that they will definitely be affected in the league. This is a good opportunity. Be sure to catch it!"

The time has come to mid-November.

La Liga has played 12 rounds, and Sarria is currently ranked 12th.

The performance is quite satisfactory, neither good nor bad, which belongs to Saria's normal performance.

Zhang Qinghuan has played a total of seven times in the past twelve rounds of the league, five of which were off the bench and started twice, but both were replaced early in the second half.

So far there hasn't been a game that has played the full 90 minutes.

If you only look at the data, it is easy to feel that Zhang Qinghuan's performance is not very good.

After all, in seven appearances, he only contributed one assist and no goals.

But in Yong Jun's view, Zhang Qinghuan is indeed gradually adapting to the rhythm of La Liga.

His performance is actually getting better and better-two starts are just recently.

Sarriah coach Arno Casas also gradually figured out the characteristics of Zhang Qinghuan during this process, and basically fixed him in the position of offensive midfielder, competing with several offensive midfielders of the team. In this way, Zhang Qinghuan doesn't have to compete with his opponent in a position that he is not suitable for, which is also a good thing.

Zhang Qinghuan's speed is not fast, and his physical resistance ability is also average. But his advantage is that he has good skills, can control the ball, and has a wide range of passing vision, so it is not impossible to find a position in Saria's formation.

But what makes Yong Jun very upset is that Zhang Qinghuan has to be frequently called up by the national team to play some friendly matches that he thinks are unnecessary during the critical period of integrating into the team.

The two games in September were said to be due to the appointment of a new coach, but all the overseas players who had just trained with the team for a short time returned to China and played two warm-up games from thousands of miles away.

In October, the Chinese Football Association opened its mind and knew that it would be a toss for everyone to return from Europe to play two meaningless friendly matches. So this time they decided to put the friendly match in Europe, instead of letting the overseas international players run back and forth, let the domestic players run.

The Chinese team lost in these two friendly matches.

A 1:2 loss to Croatia and a 0:3 loss to Switzerland.

After Dong Jianhai took office, he has already lost three consecutive friendly matches.

As for the two warm-up matches that have just been played recently, in order to prepare for the Asian Cup in January next year, the opponents selected for the warm-up matches are all Asian teams. It is impossible to go to Europe for training and training, so the overseas internationals can only run again. a trip.

Going back to China to play Thailand first, with the goals of Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi, and Hu Lai's brace, the Chinese team defeated Thailand 4:2, finally ending the embarrassing situation of three-game losing streak in friendly matches.

In the second friendly match, the Chinese team's opponent was Syria. The Football Association still took into account the hard work of the overseas players traveling back and forth, and decided to go to Qatar and Syria for the whole team to compete. This will make the time for the overseas internationals to return closer...

But they didn't think about it, shouldn't they spend time and energy on the journey from China to Qatar?

Therefore, the Chinese team did not perform well in this game. They shook hands with Syria 1:1 in the away game.

The only bright spot is that Zhang Qinghuan scored a goal in the game.

It proves that he is in good form recently.

It's just that this made Yong Jun feel even more pity for Zhang Qinghuan - because Zhang Qinghuan's recent state, if there is no interference from the national team game, he may actually start in the Barcelona derby against Catalan United.

As a result, Zhang Qinghuan, who flew tens of thousands of kilometers to play a friendly match with the national team, could only sit on the bench because of the Barcelona derby after the national team match.

Not only that, but on December 1, the Chinese national team will regroup and start a one-month training camp to prepare for the Qatar Asian Cup, which will open in January next year.

Although the overseas internationals don't have to join the national team so early, they still have to report to the national team on December 15th.

At that time, La Liga had not yet entered the winter break, and there were still two rounds of the league to be played...

You say no matter how good your performance is, which club head coach dares to trust a new player who just came to the team and will be absent for a month and a half?

Yong Jun once had some very "rebellious" ideas. He believed that this Asian Cup should be given up directly, or should not care about the results, and mainly participate in domestic players. Let all overseas players, especially the international players who have just gone abroad, feel at ease to adapt to the new team and new environment in the club.

In this way, it doesn't matter what the Asian Cup looks like.

But he just thought about it in his heart, he didn't say it out loud, let alone complained to Zhang Qinghuan.

He knew that his idea was really extreme.

After achieving good results in the World Cup, domestic expectations for this team are now high, and they all hope that they can achieve good results in the Asian Cup. Some people have already shouted the slogan of "winning the championship".

Although the players worked hard, they also looked forward to the Asian Cup.

As an agent, it is not suitable for him to say frustrating words in front of players.

So as not to shake the morale of the army...

It’s just that it’s hard for Zhang Qinghuan and the others. For them, their overseas career really started after the Asian Cup.

Hu Lai and Luo Kai are okay, they have passed the adaptation period.

Xia Xiaoyu was still training and playing in the reserve team, and he didn't make it to the first team at all.

Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi only got a few chances to play in their respective teams' domestic cups.

Seeing that 2026 is almost over, the tide of Chinese football studying abroad started vigorously, but now it is gradually falling into a low ebb.

Even Hu Lai's performance was much quieter compared to last season.

He scored seven goals in the twelve rounds of the league, which is not a small number, and he still ranks first in the league's scorer list.

However, he scored twelve goals in the same period last season, which has been considered a decline in terms of statistics.

Leeds City spent energy in the Champions League due to two-line combat this season, which dragged down their performance in the league.

The Premier League has played twelve rounds, and the defending champion is only ranked ninth.

After paying such a huge price, his performance in the Champions League was not satisfactory.

The Champions League group stage has played four rounds, and Leeds City is ranked third in the group with only three points.

Since they defeated the Bay Lighthouse 2:1 in the first round away game, they have never been able to score points.

In the second round of the group stage, they lost 1:3 at home to Cathay United. In the third group stage, they lost to Vesuvius 0:4 away. :3 lost to Vesuvius.

After the four rounds of the group stage, Cathay-Thailand has accumulated 12 points, and has secured the group qualification in advance.

Vesuvius ranked second with seven points. Because the goal difference and the relationship between victory and defeat are dominant, there are two remaining rounds of group matches. As long as they win one more game, they will lock in the remaining group qualifying places.

As for Leeds City, the best result is to participate in the Europa League knockout round-it depends on whether they can beat the Bay Lighthouse.

It can be said that last season's Premier League champions have lived in a very embarrassing life in the past two months.

There was even news that Tony Clark was leaving get out of class...

Because of Clark's appreciation and trust in Hu Lai, this also made Yong Jun very concerned about the coaching position of Leeds City.

Just over four months ago, when Chinese players went abroad one after another and were favored by European teams, everyone thought that these overseas players would have a bright future together with Chinese football.

Thinking back to the joy and anticipation of everyone back then, and looking at it now, it is somewhat...boring and frustrating.

So... It's not that when our players start to go abroad and play in Europe, the situation will get better, and our football will leap forward like taking a high-speed elevator.

Chinese football still has a long way to go...

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PS, I saw some readers asked about the song list in the book, so I took the time to make one.

I originally planned to do it on NetEase Cloud, because I listen to songs on NetEase Cloud. But copyright issues, many songs do not have.

So I had to switch to QQ Music, and used QQ Music to make a playlist called "Fox of the Forbidden Zone". You can directly search for "Fox of the Forbidden Zone" in QQ Music, and then select "Songlist" to see it.

That's right, it's the playlist whose cover is the green cover of "Fox of the Forbidden Zone", and whose creator is "Lin Hai Ting Tao".

Because there are duplicate names, so don't make a mistake.

Click on it to see all the songs that have appeared so far in this book.

You can also bookmark it, as long as there are new songs in the book in the future, I will put them in this playlist.

Of course, if I have missed anything, you are welcome to leave a message to add it, and I will add it to the playlist.