Fox in the Penalty Area

The latest website: Pirates Park is full of voices.

The stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, was packed.

This is the normality of the Madrid Pirates' home games, and their stadium is rarely able to see empty seats in the stands.

According to statistics, the average attendance rate of the Sea Island Park Stadium is the highest among the five major European leagues.

Whenever there is a Pirates home game, even if they gather two kilometers away, they can hear the hustle and bustle from this stadium.

You must know that there are residential areas around here, which means that every home game will be disturbed by noise.

But there has never been a single complaint against Pirates Park for this reason.

All the people living here are Pirates fans, how could they think their home court is too noisy?

They even wish they could be louder, so that they can create enough noise and pressure for their opponents.

Anyway, on the day of the home game, not many people around here will stay at home.

Even at home, listening to the noise coming from a distance, and with the TV broadcast, watching the game has a special sense of presence.

The noise in the stadium is not because the Madrid Pirates scored a goal. In fact, nothing special happened on the field.

Just a normal game scene, the players of the Madrid Pirates are in possession of the ball.

In fact, this is also the norm when Sea Island Park is at home.

This level of noise is commonplace for the Pirates players playing here, and they are used to it.

And the players of the visiting team have to get used to it, otherwise they will face tremendous pressure.

The opponents of the Madrid Pirates in this game are the newly promoted Phoenicians. They were still in La Liga last season and were promoted to La Liga through play-offs.

But this is not their first visit to Sea Island Park.

Four seasons ago, they were still in La Liga and were no strangers to this stadium.

Facing the powerful Madrid Pirates here, the Phoenicians did not put on a defensive formation to deal with the home team slowly, but insisted on their characteristic football,

That is... against the Madrid Pirates!

No matter what opponent they face, they choose to attack indomitably.

This is not because they have courage, but mainly because they only know this...

Unlike Valero, who is good at defense, the Phoenicians are good at offense.

They emphasize delicate skills and ground coordination... This is also the characteristic of Spanish teams. Regardless of their strength or club size, the players' skills on the field are generally higher than those of the Premier League players.

This technical advantage is almost like a gene, it is innate.

The Phoenicians used their offensive expertise to get third place in La Liga last season, won the qualification to participate in the play-offs, and had the last laugh in the play-offs.

They scored 74 goals in La Liga, more goals than the top two champions and runners-up who directly qualified for promotion, which shows how fierce their offensive firepower is.

After coming to La Liga, the Phoenicians did not change their style of play because of the improvement of their opponents, but instead gave full play to their own characteristics.

In the first three rounds of the league, they scored two goals in each game, and scored a total of six goals. Two draws and one loss accumulated two points, ranking fourteenth.

Offensive firepower is definitely not to be underestimated.

This game is a guest at Sea Island Park Stadium. Facing the top teams of the West Super League, they are not stage frightened. They still hold high the banner of attack and attack the goal of the Madrid Pirates from the beginning of the game.

The Madrid pirates were also polite and confronted the Phoenicians.

This game is naturally exciting and beautiful, and the atmosphere is very enthusiastic.

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From Hu Lai's point of view, although the Phoenicians play offensive football, their offense is not crazy enough or pure enough.

They insist on attacking because they can only attack, not because they like to attack.

In this regard, it is a little different from Leeds City. Leeds City has also experienced this initial stage, but later evolved to an advanced stage, that is... I like to attack from the bottom of my heart, and enjoy the stimulation of attacking with all my strength regardless of the space behind me. , and enjoy the hearty feeling of either being beaten to death by the opponent or killing the opponent.

Because of this difference, the Phoenicians' offensive threat is not as great as Leeds City.

Although the Pirates will sometimes be attacked by the Phoenicians, they will not feel tremendous pressure and panic like their opponents in Leeds City.

After withstood the Phoenician's opening three axes, the Madrid Pirates began to counterattack with a stronger overall strength.

Since there is no midfield organizer, the Madrid Pirates' offense relies more on the two wings, especially the left.

Tonini flew back to Brazil to participate in the national team game. The journey was too far and the physical and energy consumption was too great. He was temporarily on the bench for this game. He was replaced by a young Croatian player Luka Celovic, who can play as a left winger or a left midfielder. In the team, he mainly serves as a substitute for Tonini.

Although Ion Martinez also participated in the Spanish national team, he came off the bench in the national team. The combined playing time of the two games did not exceed half an hour, so this round of the league still started.

The combination of Silvilio and Irazusta on the right has not changed, and they continue to start.

There was a rotation in the middle of the midfield. Captain Juan Ramirez returned to the club after playing the national team and still started, but Joaquin Bella was put on the bench, and another midfielder replaced him. Player Damian Daya.

Because of the national team game, Parotti rotated the starting lineup.

However, the two strikers did not change, and it was still Hu Lai and Di Kunzo who partnered.

After Maxi Carey was injured, Parrotti didn't have to worry about the striker, but he relied more on the current two forwards.

It's not that the Pirates don't have other forwards, but their strength is far behind these three.

Forwards are not like midfielders, they only have two or three starting places, and it is impossible to rotate them frequently. They change a different set of personnel every game. Therefore, there is no need to hoard too many high-level forwards, which is a double waste of manpower and financial resources. Players who have been unable to play for a long time will also be impressed by the stability of the locker room and the atmosphere in the team.

For Parrotti before Carey was injured, it was enough to have three excellent forwards in the team, Hou Lai, Di Kunzo and Carey.

The remaining forwards are basically just making up the numbers. Naturally, there is no need to spend a lot of money to sign very powerful forwards. After all, forwards with that level will not be willing to play as substitutes in the team.

Therefore, in addition to the three of Hu Lai in the striker lineup of the Madrid Pirates, the substitutes are either young people promoted from the youth team, who can endure loneliness. Or it is a role player with mediocre strength and a clear self-positioning. Even if he sits on the bench for a long time, he will not be impetuous.

As for talented and young strikers, the team will not put them on the bench, but will go out on loan to exercise, accumulate experience and grow.

For example, Corola Baikal, who was loaned to La Liga B before the start of this season, is only 22 years old. The young striker trained by the Pirates youth training is quite talented.

After Carey was injured, Hou Lai and Di Kunzo's playing time increased greatly, and the tasks were also heavier.

The team is already considering whether to end Corola Baikal's loan contract during the winter break and call him back to the Kings.

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Hu Lai turned around and sprinted away, throwing off the Phoenician defenders who were following him.

At the same time he raised his hand for the ball.

The specialty of the Phoenicians is offense. They are good at offense, but defense is not flattering.

According to Hu Lai's own feelings, the defense against him is not so strict. The tactical arrangements and the personal abilities of the players are not so good.

This gave him a chance.

Ramirez put the football straight in, and Hu Lai didn't choose to dribble the ball into the penalty area. Instead, he stopped the football with the outside of his right foot and then moved to the side.

There, right back Irazusta has completed the lap.

Hu Lai passed the ball very carefully. He didn't pass it directly to Irazusta's feet, nor did he pass it in a hurry and press, but it was just right.

Obviously it is the result of his training with the team for so many days.

Irasusta doesn't even need to slow down, he can pass directly!

He did the same, picking up his pace as soon as the ball was passed, and ended up delivering a quality cross.

The Phoenician defenders in front of the goal focused their attention on Di Kunzo. Unexpectedly, Hou Lai, who had passed the ball before, went straight to the front and suddenly made a shovel shot!

He shoveled the ball passed by Irazusta directly to the goal!

The Phoenician goalkeeper's original defense focus was also in the middle, and he was unprepared for Hu Lai's forward tackle.

It's too late when you see Hu Lai hit the football and then pounce back!

The football rolled against the front post before he could reach it!

"Hu——! Beautiful! In the opening 23 minutes, he opened the scoring for the Pirates and broke the deadlock! This is his fourth consecutive La Liga game!"

In Sanchez's loud shouts, Hu Lai did not run to the corner flag area to do his celebration this time, but went straight to the bench!

He still remembers what the captain told him before the game.

The first ball of the game is dedicated to the injured Maxi Carey!

The other teammates followed him and ran back to the bench. At the same time, Joaquin Bella, who was sitting on the bench, had already found out the Kyrie jersey he had prepared a long time ago, and handed it to the runner. Holly is back.

Hu Lai took the jersey, shook it off, and showed it to the camera.

He shook his jersey, and his teammates yelled at the camera:

"I wish you a speedy recovery, Maxi!"

"Come on! Maxi!"

"We'll be waiting for you, MAX!"