Fox in the Penalty Area

"...Okay guys, I finally made it to Pirates Park..."

Han Shuyu used the camera to take pictures of the scene inside the stadium, and introduced at the same time.

"The Pirates Park Stadium is a very old stadium. It was built in the 1950s and was built intermittently for ten years. It was not completed and put into use until 1961...so the outer wall of the stadium looks very historical and far away. It looks like a huge factory building... But in fact, the interior was renovated in 2015, and it is still very modern..."

Although I am a King of Madrid fan, since I want to come to the Pirates Park to watch the game, I still have to do my homework.

After all, she is also an up host who watches football vlogs.

"During the renovation, some people proposed to build an underground parking lot under the Pirates Park Stadium to solve the problem of parking for everyone to watch the ball, and they can only walk one or two kilometers to the stadium. But this proposal was rejected in the end. Because for the Madrid Pirates fans, walking to the stadium to watch the game is more like a special ceremony, and they don't find it inconvenient. Through this ceremony, all of them, regardless of their age or gender, are closely related. united together... I believe everyone should have felt it through my video just now... To be honest, when I was in it, heard those songs, and saw those waving flags, I really got goosebumps, real!"

"Everyone knows that I am a King of Madrid fan, but at that time, I was moved by the enthusiasm of the Pirates fans. It is not an exaggeration at all. I even felt that I was actually a Pirates fan... Ha! Stop talking, let's move on Let's go, I'm almost at my stand area... Tickets for today's game are very hard to get. I've been trying to grab tickets on various ticketing websites for a long time without success. I'm about to give up this vlog recording plan …Thanks to a generous friend of mine who is a Madrid Pirates fan and gave me the ticket to a King Madrid fan…”

Han Shuyu said as he patted, and climbed up the stairs at the same time.

The camera was focused on the steps under her feet, and with her exclamation, the camera was lifted up.

Pirates Park is in the shot.

The Pirate Park Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, is almost half full.

At the entrance and exit of each stand, there is a constant stream of blue people pouring in.

Just like being turned on to the largest faucet, the "water" is poured into the stands of the stadium, flowing down the slope of the stands, and gradually filling the stands.

Seeing the scene in front of her, Han Shuyu even had an idea—she should find a higher corner where no one would disturb her, and use a tripod to prop up her phone.

Take a time-lapse video.

In the time-lapse video, the scene must be more spectacular.

Han Shuyu stood there and moved his mobile phone, taking pictures of the whole circle of stands.

In her shots, no matter how far or near, there will always be a burst of red popping out of the stands.

That is China's five-star red flag.

Although tickets are hard to get, many Chinese fans came to this game.

They entered the field carrying the national flag, injecting red firepower into this blue ocean.

She pans the camera up again to the roof of Pirates Park.

A row of national flags hung down from the ceiling. Han Shuyu found the most familiar flag and zoomed in on the camera.

"Have you seen these national flags? These flying national flags represent the nationalities of all the players who have played for the Pirates. Now, for the first time, our five-star red flag is on the ceiling of the Pirates Park Stadium!"

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As soon as Han Shuyu took his seat, he saw a Spanish uncle next to him who always turned his head to look at her, and his heart pounded when he saw her—won’t this uncle think of me as a King of Madrid fan?

The color of the Madrid King's home jersey is red, which is the representative color of the Spanish royal family.

They used this method to express the club's inextricable relationship with the Spanish royal family. The Spanish royal family has always been a supporter of the King of Madrid. For example, the current King of Spain is a fan of the King of Madrid.

And Han Shuyu wore a red Chinese team jersey in this game, with the number 14 on the back, which is Hu Lai's number-as a King of Madrid fan, she really couldn't persuade herself to pass on the Pirates jersey, which would make her The devotion to the King of Madrid has come to seem like a joke. But she really can't wear the King of Madrid jersey to watch the Pirates' game, she is still afraid of being beaten... So in the end, she made a compromise, and she chose to wear the red home jersey of the Chinese team to express her support for Hu Lai. He didn't betray the King of Madrid, and he was loyal and filial.

If you don't look carefully, just look at the color of the jersey, it is indeed easy to be recognized as a fan of the King of Madrid.

Just when Han Shuyu was feeling uneasy, the uncle next to him suddenly asked, "Are you here to see Hu?"

Han Shuyu nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, I am a Chinese fan!"

She took the opportunity to point out the national flag on the left chest of her jersey to the Spanish uncle, for fear that he might misunderstand.

"Welcome to Pirate Park." The uncle grinned at Han Shuyu, "I hope you have a happy afternoon."

Han Shuyu said: "If I can be happy, then you can be happy too, uncle. Because it means that Hu Lai has scored again!"

The uncle thought it was true, so he clapped his hands happily: "Everyone is happy, everyone is happy!"

Then he pointed to Han Shuyu's cell phone and stabilizer and said, "Are you recording a video?"

Han Shuyu nodded: "Yes, I'm a vloger. I want to record Hu's debut at the Pirate Park and share it with my fans in China..."

After she finished her brief introduction, the uncle joked, "You should have said it earlier, so I can trim my beard properly."

After speaking, both he and Han Shuyu laughed.

Han Shuyu took advantage of the situation and asked, "Uncle, is this your first time watching Hu's game?"

But the uncle shook his head and said: "Actually, this is not the first time I have watched Hu's game live."

Han Shuyu was surprised, her eyes widened: "Where have you seen it before?"

"Olympics. I was there for the match between the Spanish Olympic team and the Chinese Olympic team. But I was there to cheer for the Spanish team. But Hu scored a goal in that game, and I was very impressed with him... ..."

Han Shuyu didn't expect that a pirate fan he met by chance had such a relationship with Hu Lai.

She simply started interviewing the uncle.

The uncle was also very excited about talking, and he never refused to answer Han Shuyu's questions, and answered them very seriously.

"...But to be honest, at that time I didn't think he would have any connection with our pirates. Especially after the Olympics, it was reported that the King of Madrid was pursuing him...There are not many young players in the world who can say that the pursuit of the King of Madrid No. He might become a player for the Kings—that’s what I thought at the time—if he became a player for the Kings, it would have nothing to do with me. Unexpectedly, Hu turned down the Kings and chose to go to the Premier League Ha! To tell you the truth, little girl, I started paying attention to Hu at that time. I just think that a player who dares to say no to the king, even if he does not play for us pirates, deserves respect and attention ..."

As a Kings fan, Han Shuyu's heart was bleeding when he heard the Pirates fans tell him about the past, but he still had to force a smile on his face.

If Hu Lai did not join the King of Madrid at the beginning, who is the saddest person is undoubtedly a double fan of the king and Hu Lai like Han Shuyu.

How much she hopes that Hu Lai can join the King of Madrid, so that she has double support and expectations for Hu Lai, a match made in heaven!

It turned out not to...

Everyone knows what happened afterwards.

Hu Lai has achieved success in Leeds City, and everyone no longer regrets that he was not able to go to the King.

Later, Hou Lai left Leeds, rejected the King again, and chose to join the Madrid Pirates.

Han Shuyu was speechless. She didn't know why Hu Lai rejected the king again, but since she had already rejected, as a Chinese fan, she couldn't yell at Hu Lai's choice, let alone feel resentment.

She still supports Hu Lai as always, and then hopes that Hu Lai can break the king's goal when the pirates and the king meet in the future, but the pirates lose the game...

Well, this is her last stubbornness and persistence as a King of Madrid fan.

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Hu Lai stood in the player tunnel with his pirate teammates.

Surrounded by Valero players who came out one after another.

The Valero team has a bit of a relationship with Hu Lai-the 2024 Madrid Olympics, the Chinese Olympic team came to Madrid in advance to prepare for the game, and it was at Valero's training base for training.

Valero left a deep impression on Hou Lai, because the club turned out to be hidden in a residential area.

You can't tell from the outside that there is actually a professional football club behind rows of residential buildings.

At that time, he was amazed by the Spanish football culture and the extent to which football has penetrated into the grassroots in Spain. I also know the real reason why people are strong in football.

With such a rich soil, how can there be a shortage of football talents?

At that time, Valero was still a team in La Liga, and now Valero ranked eleventh in La Liga last season, firmly in the middle.

It is quite good for a small team to achieve such results.

Just as Hu Lai was looking around in the aisle, he heard a sudden silence in the stadium stands that had been noisy outside.

Immediately afterwards, the voice of the live DJ came from the radio:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the paradise of pirates - Pirates Park!"

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The uncle who was chatting happily in the stands stopped chatting with Han Shuyu when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the big screen.

Han Shuyu also knew that it was time to announce the starting rosters of both sides.

This is one of the most exciting parts of every home game.

Han Shuyu had learned through the Internet before that Hu Lai was selected for the starting lineup of the Madrid Pirates in this game, so his photo will appear on the big screen after a while, and his name will be shouted out by all the Pirates fans.

Maybe we can infer Hu Lai's status in the hearts of the pirate fans from the cheers of the pirate fans...

So she pointed the phone camera at the big screen in the distance.

Every time a picture of a pirate's starting player appears above, the live dj will lead the fans to shout his name in unison.

"Jonathan—"

"Hywell!!"

"Kepa—"

"Amanteji!!"

"Juan—"

"Ramirez!!"

Each name received the warmest cheers from the audience.

But there is no way to tell who is the most popular from the volume of cheering.

Perhaps in the minds of Madrid Pirates fans, all players who play for the Madrid Pirates deserve to be liked and respected, and there is no need to compete.

So when Hou Lai's picture appeared on the big screen, even though he completed a hat-trick in the first round of the league, he received the same cheers as his previous teammates.

"Hu--"

"Lai!!"

Han Shuyu yelled along with the uncle beside her, hoping to make Hu Lai's cheers a little louder... She can only make such a small contribution to Hu Lai.

After reporting the names of all the starting players of the home team, there was a pause in the Madrid Pirates home broadcast, and then there was a shout from it:

"United! People! Never! Undefeated!!"

"United! People! Never! Undefeated!!"

Hearing these two shouts, all the fans at the scene cheered more than ever before.

Then the cheers quickly disappeared again, and Han Shuyu noticed that the Spanish uncle standing beside him also had a solemn expression at this time, standing still, with his head held high.

She remembered - this is the regular procedure when the Madrid Pirates home players enter the field:

All the fans will sing the team anthem in unison!

The singing sounded on the radio, as if it was the lead singer, and then all the pirate fans followed:

"Get up! Sing! Let's go to victory!!"

"The flag of unity is already moving forward!"

"Come on, too, and march with me!"

"You will see, singing and flags flying!!"

Han Shuyu once again felt the shock and throbbing when she followed the crowd to the Pirate Park Stadium this afternoon, and couldn't help but want to sing along.

But she suddenly remembered that every time she sang, there would be complaints about "don't talk to your own people" in the barrage.

She didn't want her tone-deaf singing to ruin the moment.

So she remained silent, and just moved her phone back and forth to record the scene of all the pirate fans singing "Song of Uniting the People" together.

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Hearing the singing of mountains and tsunami outside, Joaquin Bella patted Hu Lai's shoulder from behind: "It's time to play, Hu."

The front captain, Juan Ramirez, slapped his hands hard, and shouted to his teammates: "Come on! Guys! Come on! Let's go forward with singing! Go forward, pirates! Our battlefield!!"

"Ooooh—!"

Everyone uttered all kinds of roars and strange calls, walked in unison, and with the accompaniment of huge singing, they set foot on their first home court of the new season.

This is a scene that Hu Lai has never seen in the last round of the league away game against the mortal enemy Navigator...

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"And now to fight, to arouse countless people—"

"Cry out with a loud song: 'Onward!'"

At this point in the song, the Spanish uncle beside Han Shuyu suddenly screamed with all his strength, and his voice was only one of the 75,000 shouts in the stadium.

Everyone "sang" with a roar:

"United! People! Never! Undefeated!!"

"United! People! Never! Undefeated!!"

Han Shuyu found that the players of the Madrid Pirates came out of the tunnel. Amidst such deafening shouts, they were like soldiers carrying guns and walking onto the battlefield.

They are going to fight for this team of workers and people at the bottom.

Han Shuyu shifted the camera from the pirate players on stage to the stands, and the Spanish uncle beside her was waving his fists and shouting.

A few rows in front of her, there were elderly white-haired grandmothers who also waved their fists and shouted to the rhythm.

Farther away, in the stands of the entire stadium, except for the thousands of Valero fans, all the Pirates fans were punching and singing in unison, singing and shouting:

"United! People! Never! Undefeated!!"

"United! People! Never! Undefeated!!"

It's not that Han Shuyu has never seen the entrance ceremony of the Madrid Pirates' home team on live TV, but when she was in it and became one of the 80,000 people, she heard the thunderous shouts in her ears...

She felt the insignificance of herself alone, but because of being integrated into this huge group, her blood was surging, as if she was omnipotent.

It was an indescribably wonderful feeling.

She, a King of Madrid fan, couldn't help but feel flustered.

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In addition, both "Song of the International Column" and "Song of Uniting the People" have been added to QQ Music's "Fox of the Forbidden Zone" playlist.

Among them, "Song of the International Column" can only be replaced by the German version because there is no Spanish version in QQ Music.