Fox in the Penalty Area

Hou Lai, who scored from a penalty kick in the first half, was finally substituted at halftime.

Now that he's done scoring goals, there's little point in remaining on the pitch.

After Hu Lai left the field, the Madrid Pirates, who played in the rotation lineup, still played very anxiously at home against Pamplona.

French midfielder Damian Dia extended the lead for the Madrid Pirates in the second half.

But in the 79th minute, the Madrid Pirates' goal was still broken by Pamplona.

Pamplona was inspired by only one goal, and launched a fierce offensive in the last ten minutes, hoping to draw with the Madrid Pirates away.

Fortunately, no matter how the rotation is, the main goalkeeper Jonathan Hewell still starts the game.

The last ten minutes became his show.

He followed up with high blocks and made two very good saves to keep the goal clean.

The Madrid Pirates were finally able to defeat Pamplona with a score of 2:1 and won the league's six consecutive victories.

However, because the Catalan United defeated Sebastia 4:1 at home in this round of the league, the Madrid Pirates can still only rank second.

The Catalan United want to get rid of the Madrid Pirates, and they can only count on their mortal enemy King Madrid to be stronger in the next round of the league.

As long as the King of Madrid can beat the Madrid Pirates, while the Catalan United beat the Phoenicians away, they can extend their lead to three points.

As the defending champion of this season, Cathay-Thailand naturally hopes to win the championship again.

Originally, they did not regard the Madrid Pirates as a competitor for the league championship, but they were wary of the Madrid King.

I didn't expect the Madrid Pirates to be in such a good state after the start of the season... Of course, the main reason is that the new aid Hu Lai is in good condition. He seems to have no adaptation and running-in period at all, seamlessly connected, and directly killed the Quartet after coming to the Madrid Pirates.

Hou Lai's goal directly brought three games to the Madrid Pirates:

Hou Lai's hat-trick in the first round of the league helped the team beat Seville Navigator 4:1 away; in the third round of the league, Hou Lai scored twice, and the Madrid Pirates defeated Sebastia 2:1 away; In the sixth round, Hu Lai scored a penalty kick and opened the scoring for the team. In the end, the Madrid Pirates beat Pamplona 2:1 at home.

In these three games, if Hu Lai's goal is not counted, the Madrid Pirates' results will be two draws and one loss, and they can only get two points.

Hu Lai alone helped the team score seven more points.

Besides, this is a simple elementary school arithmetic problem. But the football game is not so simple, without Hu Lai's goal, the morale and mentality of the team will be completely different, and the final result is likely to be very different from the present-a game that was originally a draw turned into a defeat...

His importance to the Madrid Pirates is self-evident.

So now basically no one cares about Maxi Carey's recovery from injury.

If this were changed to last season, the injury Maxi Carey suffered before the World Cup, the media had been discussing him until he returned from injury. Even if he performed poorly after returning from injury, he has always been the focus of media attention.

Because of Carey's injury, the Madrid Pirates had no results in the league, Copa del Rey and Champions League last season, and all three fronts were completely defeated.

The impact of his absence on the team can be seen.

And this season, while Kyrie was also injured and absent, the Madrid Pirates made great strides all the way, clinging to the defending champion in the league.

The only thing that can stop them may really be the next King of Madrid.

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"Let Meli play."

Standing on the sidelines, watching the 1-1 scoreline on the big screen, King Madrid coach Jimmy Rowiwi gave instructions to his assistant coach Fernando Gonzalez.

Meli Banega, who was warming up before, quickly stood on the sidelines, ready to play.

The commentator said: "Roywe finally couldn't hold back and put Meli on the field. Now the King of Madrid has encountered Aiger's tenacious blocking in the away game.

We really need a blaster like Melly..."

Like Parotti of the Madrid Pirates, Royvi also adjusted the rotation of the king's starting lineup for this game.

Their purpose is the same, for the same city derby on the weekend.

And their opponent is similar to the pirate's opponent, and their strength is not strong. It is Aihl, who is ranked seventeenth.

But Aihl was just as tenacious as Pamplona, ​​who was one place below them.

Seeing that there are only more than 20 minutes left in the game, the King of Madrid still cannot take the lead, and Roy Wei can't sit still.

The King of Madrid not only wants to win Saturday's city derby, but also wins the championship. So even if the rotation is not the reason why Aihl can't win away.

Before Meli played, Roewe had already used up a substitution spot and replaced the main center Ryan Vandenberg.

However, he was replaced not to allow Van den Berg to score, but to strengthen the control of the King of Madrid in Aiger's penalty area.

Belgian international Vandenberg is a physically strong center with top-notch ball handling ability, but slightly poor scoring ability.

But the King of Madrid didn't expect him to score. When he partnered with Serrados before, he was a tactical center who was responsible for attracting the opponent's defensive firepower to Serrados and at the same time assisting him with passes.

So although there are times when Van den Berg can't score against an empty goal, which has attracted criticism and ridicule from many fans, his position is very stable under Roewe.

This season, Royvi adjusted the formation of the King of Madrid to 433, and brought Meli, who was originally in the midfield, to the front line. Van den Berg not only has to serve Serrados, but also to play for Meli. Valley

In this game, Meli and Van den Berg were both on the bench, and the main starter was only captain Serrados.

Now with Meli's appearance, the king's main striker has finally assembled.

Royvi was going to give Aihl a fatal blow.

Returned to the home court with three points to face the sworn enemy Pirates.

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Meli retreated to get the ball in the frontcourt.

After being pushed up front, he often drops back into midfield to get the ball like this.

This is his playing habit, and it is also what coach Roy Wei asked him to do.

Although nominally he is a striker, but sometimes he is more like a frontcourt free man.

Interspersed back and forth on the left and right and front and back, using his dribbling to drive the team's offense and create chaos.

Hu Lai has scored goals in this afternoon's game, scoring nine goals in six league games, ranking first in the league scorer list.

Meli naturally didn't want to be left behind.

After retreating to get the ball, he turned and rushed forward.

After attracting enough Aihl players, he pushed the football forward to center van den Berg.

After passing the ball, he didn't stop, but moved a little sideways and then continued to rush forward.

On the edge of the penalty area, Van den Berg received the ball with his back to the goal. He used his physical advantage to resist Aihl's central defender and knocked the football sideways.

Melica came up at this time, took the football in front of him, and shook away the central defender of Aihl who hastily shoveled.

Amidst the exclamation and screams of the Aihl fans, Meli, who broke into the penalty area, shot a low shot!

The football sprinted toward the far corner of the goal against the turf.

Although Aihl's goalkeeper fell to the ground to save and stretched his hands as far as possible, he was still a step too late!

The football rolls into the goal against the far post!

"Meli-Banega!" the narrator roared in a drawn-out voice. "Meli! Meli! Beautiful! He has scored again! He has scored in two league rounds in a row! This is his seventh goal in six league rounds! He is chasing Hu!"

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Alfonso Candela, who watched the game live on TV, saw Meli celebrating wildly after scoring a goal, and thought of the conversation Meli had with him before.

It's true that Meili...was stimulated by Hu Lai.

Such a Mellie had never been seen in Kendela's memory.

Last season was the best season for Meli in terms of statistics. He scored a total of 38 goals in the league plus cups and the Champions League. Even so, he did not score seven goals in the first six rounds of the league...

Coupled with the brace in the Champions League, Meli has scored nine goals in seven games.

If this momentum can continue, Meli's goals this season can definitely break through 40 goals easily.

Candela really wants to thank Hou Lai, and even more thanks to the Madrid Pirates.

If they hadn't cut off the king and snatched away Hu Lai, how could there be Meili like today?

If Hu Lai had joined the Kings, with Hu Lai's scoring ability, how could Roy Wei have allowed Meli to get so many shooting rights?

At that time, Melly might become an assistant who assists Hu Lai...

Even if Meli can break through and dribble the ball again, it will still be Hu Lai who gets the limelight and scores in the end.

To be honest, this may be a good thing for the King of Madrid team.

But for Mei Li himself, it is definitely not a good thing.

This is what is most beneficial to Melly now.

The King of Madrid club will tilt all resources to Meli, and Meli himself is also working hard.

Candela believes that as long as Meli can achieve good enough results, the next generation of "Four Heavenly Kings" must be Meli Banega!

Although Hu Lai can score goals, he is far less entertaining than Meli... Don't take that barb goal as an example, as Klein said, such a goal is a gift from God. All goals are rare cases.

Therefore, in terms of the enjoyment of playing football, Hu Lai must be inferior to Meli.

At that time, Meli will not only be able to score goals, but also very entertaining, winning both honors and fans...

Simply invincible!

As Melly's agent, Candela couldn't help but get excited at the thought of that future.