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2022 Season China League One:

Played 15 games in the league, scoring 11 goals and assisting 1 time;

In the 2023 season, China League One:

Played 29 games in the league, scored 30 goals and assisted 2 times;

Played 7 games in the FA Cup, scoring 11 goals and assisting 1 time;

The national team played 3 games and scored 5 goals (Note 1);

The Olympic team played 3 games and scored 3 goals;

2024 Chinese Super League:

Played 23 games in the league, scoring 30 goals and assisting 1 time;

AFC played 10 games, scored 12 goals and assisted 1 time;

Played 1 game in the Super Cup and scored 1 goal;

National team played 1 game;

The Olympic team played 13 games, scoring 18 goals and assisting 1 time;

2024-2025 Premier League season:

Played 15 games in the league and scored 11 goals;

The national team played 3 games and scored 2 goals;

2025-2026 Premier League season:

Played 36 games in the league, scoring 32 goals and assisting 3 times;

The national team played 13 games, scored 14 goals and assisted 1 time;

2026-2027 Premier League season:

Played 27 games in the league, scoring 21 goals and assisting 5 times;

International Champions Cup played 3 games and scored 2 goals;

1 Community Shield appearance;

Played 5 games in the Champions League and scored 5 goals;

Played 9 games in the Europa League, scoring 13 goals and assisting 1 time;

The national team played 16 games and scored 17 goals;

2027-2028 La Liga season:

Played 37 games in the league, scoring 36 goals and assisting 4 times;

Played 1 game in the Copa del Rey and scored 1 goal;

1 appearance in the Spanish Super Cup;

12 appearances in the Champions League,

Scored 16 goals and assisted 2 times;

The national team played 6 times and scored 9 goals;

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☆As of the statistics, Hu Lai's national team has played 42 games, scoring 47 goals and assisting 1 time.

Played 85 games for Flash Star, scoring 95 goals and assisting 6 times.

Played 96 games for Leeds City, scoring 84 goals and assisting 9 times.

As of the end of the 2027-2028 season in his career, he has played a total of 290 games in various competitions, scoring 300 goals and assisting 23 times.

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Note 1: Although the Olympic team is sent to participate in the 2023 East Asian Cup, it is still the national team in name, so it is counted as the national team data.

Although the coaching staff all agreed to let Hu Lai enter the squad, in fact, when he returned to the team and started training with the team, there was only one day left before the second round of the league.

Therefore, being selected for the competition squad is enough to prove Hu Lai's status in the eyes of the team's coaching staff - for ordinary players, if they can't even make the competition squad, they will honestly rest at home.

As the core midfielder of Sarriah, Zhang Qinghuan did not return to Madrid at all, and others are still on vacation in China... He will not return to Saria until he has participated in the top 12 of the national team.

After all, not everyone has Hu Lai's quick recovery ability.

Before the home game against the newly promoted Malo plus United, Parotti said at the pre-match press conference that although Hou Lai was selected for the squad, he would not let Hou Lai start the game.

As for whether Hu Lai can play, it also depends on the situation of the game.

Despite this, in the second round of the league, the fans of the Madrid Pirates still filled the stands at the Parc de la Isla.

"Brothers! The new season has begun! The new season has really begun!"

In the stands of Sea Island Park Stadium, Han Shuyu said excitedly while holding up his camera to record.

In fact, the new season has already started, and the first round of the league was just finished a week ago.

But for Han Shuyu, seeing Hu Lai is the beginning of a new season.

Most of the fans of the home team in the stands of Pirate Park also had the same thoughts as Han Shuyu.

That's why there are so many fans for this game - and not just because it's the first home game for the Madrid Pirates this season.

Hu Lai, who was sitting on the bench, was frequently visited by TV cameras.

In this game, the Madrid Pirates' striker partners are Kyrie and Di Kunzo.

Although it has been proved that the two of them can't pee in the same pot, there is no better alternative, and the only starting striker combination that allows them to start the game at the same time is Di Kunzo and Ruiz, but the effect is mediocre, and Ruiz was injured in the 66th minute and was replaced early. Although the injury was not serious, it was just for the sake of insurance in this game, and Parotti did not arrange for Ruiz to continue to start.

Instead, let Carey and Di Kunzo be two partners. Parrotti doesn't expect any sparks between the two of them, as long as they can each play their own level.

With just eleven minutes to go, Maxi Carey took advantage of a direct free-kick to score.

Scored the first goal of the season for the Madrid Pirates.

It seems to indicate that in this game, the Madrid Pirates will easily beat a newly promoted team like Loga United at home.

But the good times didn't last long.

In the 33rd minute, Loga United equalized the score.

In this game, Danny Drew, like Hu Lai, did not play the game, and he did not even enter the game squad.

Because he came to the team for too short a time, he was one day earlier than Hu Lai...

He and his teammates are not familiar enough, Parotti naturally did not arrange for him to play.

He may have to wait until after the national team matchday if he wants to play for the Madrid Pirates.

The starting central defender of the Madrid Pirates in this game is the combination of Riva Moreno and Antonio Bettia in the final stage of last season.

As for the old central defender Kepa Amantegui, who was seriously injured last season and was reimbursed for the season, he is still in the recovery period and currently cannot meet the requirements for playing games.

For Antonio Betia, this was a chance for him to turn around. If he can perform well in games where Drew has not been able to play, maybe the future Pirates central defender combination should be him and Drew.

But it's a pity, judging from this conceded goal, whether it is mentality or strength, he still can't meet the requirements of being the main force of the pirates※※The two sides drew 1:1 in the first half.

In the second half, they changed sides and played again. Loga United, who played away, shrank their defense and placed a bus in front of their own goal.

It looked like the goal was to hold that score.

Los Angeles United also has the confidence to do so.

As newly promoted horses, they were promoted to the First Division as champions of the Second Division.

In the first round of the league, they defeated last season's fifth place Sebastian 1: 1 at home, breaking an upset.

In that game, Loga United scored a goal at the end of the first half, leading Sebastia 1:0.

Facing Sebastian's indiscriminate bombardment in the second half, they froze and defended.

In the end, a small victory with one goal, won the first La Liga victory in team history and the first La Liga points.

In this game, Los Angeles United obviously wanted to repeat the old tricks.

In the second half, after the Madrid pirates bombarded the goal of Loga United for nearly 20 minutes, they still couldn't score, and Parotti finally decided to make a substitution.

A huge cheer erupted from the home stands as Hou Lai walked to the sidelines with the fourth official.

"Hu Lai is going to play! Beautiful!! Thank you Luo Jialian!!" Han Shuyu shouted happily from the stands.

The other Madrid Pirates fans around her were just as excited, but they probably wouldn't be chanting "Thank you Roja United"....

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"Hu Lai is about to play! He has just finished the Olympic Games, and immediately appeared in La Liga. This somewhat makes people worry about his physical fitness..."

He Feng, who also just finished the commentary for the Olympic Games and then returned to China and began to commentate La Liga non-stop, said.

"But it also shows how important Hou Lai is to the Madrid Pirates... As the top scorer in La Liga last season, the Madrid Pirates really can't do without him. Parotti announced before the game that Hou Lai will be included in the squad for the game , is really a wise decision... I don't know what performance Hu Lai can show in La Liga after just finishing the Olympic Games. Is it to continue the excellent state in the Olympic Games, or is it affected by fatigue in the Olympic Games? Of course, China The fans must hope that he can continue his excellent form."

Parotti replaced Hou Lai, naturally hoping that he could help the team win the game.

It can be said that he carries the expectations of countless fans and is also under tremendous pressure.

However, in the close-up of the TV broadcast, Hu Lai had a calm expression, standing on the sidelines still twisting his buttocks, waiting for Di Kunzo, who was replaced, to come down and hand over to him.

Di Kunzo was disappointed because he was the one who was replaced. This means that in the mind of head coach Parotti, the person who can partner with Hou Lai is not him, but Maxi Carey.

As long as Kyrie is not injured in the future, he will definitely be a substitute.

He ran off the field in a low mood, gave Hu Lai a high-five, and then walked to the bench with his head down.

When passing by the coach's bench, Parotti reached out to shake his hand, and he just touched it briefly without any communication.

It seemed a little indifferent.

This kind of performance may lead to many speculations from the media after the game.

But now no one is paying attention to Di Kunzo's side, and everyone's eyes are all on Hu Lai.

As he ran onto the pitch, Spanish commentator Alvarez Sanchez enthused:

"Welcome back to your 'promised land', your own stage - a La Liga field! After a successful summer, I hope you haven't forgotten what it's like to score goals in the league... Ms. Gentlemen! Top scorer in La Liga last season

-Hu! Here we go! "

Amidst the loud cheers at the Pirate Park Stadium, Hu Lai ran to his position and gave his teammates a thumbs up.

※※※Ismail Kamara laughed when he saw him giving himself a thumbs up.

It was his second game with the Pirates of Madrid, but he felt as if his pirate career had just begun.

The difference is that there was no Hu Lai in the first game, but there is in this game.

It's like a ship sailing in the dark sea, suddenly found the lighthouse, saw the land, and then had the direction to go.

He also gave Hu Lai a thumbs up, telling him in this way:

Just run, Hu, I will definitely pass the ball to your feet!

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"Kyrie got the ball in the middle, he chose to split..."

The football was moved to the right by a long diagonal pass from Carey.

Ismail Kamara nearly stopped the football on the touchline.

After sprinting at high speed, he jumped up and raised his right leg as high as possible before intercepting the ball in the air.

It may be that it looks a little embarrassed and extreme, which gave Loga United's defensive players the illusion that "you can go up and break his ball now".

So when Kamara just stopped the football, the Loga United players rushed up and tried to steal the ball.

Unexpectedly, Kamara, who had just made an extreme stop motion, reacted very quickly, and immediately poked the football forward with his right foot!

Then he turned around to dodge the pressing of the Luo Jialian players, and accelerated the pursuit of the ball!

It's that simple to leave the opponent behind!

“Kamala! Beautiful!”

Kamala, whose starting speed is not inferior to Kabanka, threw the opponent far away in the blink of an eye. When the opponent turned around, he could not even see Kamala's "taillights"...

"Kamala! It's so fast!"

With the extreme stop and the sudden start, Kamara's movements are very fast, completely catching the opponent by surprise!

In a blink of an eye, he had already reached the edge of the penalty area. Facing the Logan United defender who came up to grab him, Kamara pretended to make an emergency stop and then cut inside, deceiving the opponent to brake. He gently pokes the football forward with the outer instep of his right foot, and the football enters the penalty area from between the opponent's legs.

Kamara himself started after an emergency stop and overtook from the outside.

The opponent has already turned to the inside, and it is too late to stop him.

When he came back, Kamara had already received the ball in the penalty area and was approaching the bottom line!

"Oh!!" Sanchez exclaimed, "The man with the crotch passed the ball!"

The cheers from the stands grew louder.

After Kamara approached the bottom line, he also approached the goal at the same time.

Loga United's goalkeeper quickly moved to the near post, blocking the angle of Kamara's shot.

But Kamara can't shoot at all, he raised his foot and passed the football!

An inverted triangle pass, accurately find Hu Lai who is inserted in the back row of the center!

"huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"

In the roar of Sanchez's drawn out voice, Hou Lai held the defender of Loga United and stretched out his feet to push the football towards the goal!

There is no suspense, the goal is scored!

"Hu Lai!! Hey! Beautiful! Hu Lai

! He just scored with his first touch! ! First goal of the season! Come so easy! This is due to his excellent running position, but also thanks to Kamara's nanny assist! Madrid Pirates take the lead again! This ball comes from the cooperation of two former Leeds City teammates! what! "

Holly, who scored the goal, ran to the corner flag area and made his iconic celebration, while the Madrid Pirates fans in the stands also shouted:

"huuuuu!!!

After landing, Hu Lai pointed to Kamara who assisted him, laughed loudly, and then opened his arms and waited for the opponent to pounce on him.

Kamala jumped up happily and hugged him to celebrate.

The French winger suddenly found the long-lost feeling.

When was the last time he and Hu Lai hugged and celebrated a goal?

In the first Madrid Pirates away game against Valero: a draw, he started the game, but his performance was not very good. He was substituted early in the 71st minute.

After the game, some media believed that he had not adapted to the rhythm of La Liga. La Liga and the Premier League are two completely different worlds.

At the beginning, Kamara thought so too. He needed time to adapt to the rhythm and methods of La Liga games.

But now he felt that might not be the case.

What is the difference between La Liga and the Premier League?

Anyway, it's just passing the opponent and passing the ball to Hu. The reason why he didn't play well in the first game was just because there was no guy in the game who asked him to pass the ball.

And now, he has a passing target.

Everything is so familiar...

Hu Lai and Kamala really have a tacit understanding. You must know that he hasn't even used the [Consonance Card] in this game.

Kamara knew how to run and how to pass for Hu Lai.

Hou Lai also knew that Kamara would pass the football to himself.

The two of them didn't seem to be unfamiliar with each other after a season, but the tacit understanding remained the same.

This is probably the biggest gain for the Madrid Pirates in this game.

It means that Hu Lai and Kamara don't need to find the rhythm of cooperation again, they can completely plug and play.

This will greatly shorten the team's adaptation period.

This is very important in the new season surrounded by strong opponents.

If the Madrid Pirates can't find a rhythm as soon as possible, they may be completely thrown off by their competitors-since they won the league championship last season, if possible this season, Parotti certainly hopes that the team can successfully defend the title.

If you lose the league title, you have to make a breakthrough in the Champions League.

So what kind of result is considered a breakthrough in the Champions League?

At least to reach the final, the best of course is to win slightly.

Defending the league title and winning the Champions League.

This is the goal of the Madrid Pirates this season, which can also be said to be the goal of a big gamble.

In the end, with this goal after Hou Lai came off the bench, the Madrid Pirates defeated Loga United 2:1 at home and won their first victory of the new season. , rose to sixth place.

The first place is still the Catalan United, and they are also the only team with two consecutive victories this season.

Although Kabangka has only played two rounds of the league, his role has already been reflected.

Cathay-Thailand United scored four goals in the two rounds of the league, and Kabanka scored two goals and one assist, contributing three-quarters of all four goals.

Especially in this round of the league, his goal helped the team win 1-0 away at Real Caterjon.

Like Hou Lai's transfer to the Madrid Pirates, Kabanka seems to have no adaptation period.

It is wise for him to give up participating in the Olympics as an overage player. He did not miss even one day of pre-season training for the Catalan United. Whether it is physical reserves or the team's technical and tactical training, he participated deeply throughout the process.

But that said, in fact, Hu Lai is still more adaptable than him.

Because Hu Lai only finalized his transfer to the Madrid Pirates at the end of July, he missed the physical training stage of the Madrid Pirates' early training, and also missed all the Madrid Pirates' warm-up matches.

Compared with Kabunka, Meli is a victim of the Olympics.

Although he didn't make it to the final, he still played all six games - because there is still a final for the third and fourth place.

So he left the United States not much earlier than Hu Lai and Hu Lai gave up the ten-day vacation, but Melly chose to take a vacation—it wasn't that he couldn't bear hardships, it was because of too much physical exertion, and he needed to rest.

The King of Madrid, without Meli, has one win and one loss in the first two rounds of the new season and is currently ranked tenth.

In the first round of the league, they defeated the newly promoted Moriles at home 2: without bloodshed, but in the second round they overturned in the away game and lost to Sebastia 2:4.

The King of Madrid tried unsuccessfully to seduce Ruhr Rhein's young centre-forward Janus Erdermann this summer. Ruhr Rhine beat people to death, although Edman himself was very interested in joining the King of Madrid,

There is no way, his contract with the club will expire in three years...

In the absence of winning Edman, Meli was also absent because of participating in the Olympics. It is normal for the King of Madrid to perform unsatisfactory.

"Why can Hu not take a vacation? Could it be that he participated in a fake Olympics?"

At home in Madrid, facing the news that Hou Lai came off the bench and scored with the first touch, Meli sent out such soul questioning.

Alfonso Candela, the agent sitting across from him, didn't know how to answer, because he also had the same doubts.

Meli has just finished playing in the Olympics, and he is very aware of how tired he is. Otherwise, with Melly's temper, he would definitely return to the team for training.

So Meli accepted the holiday honestly. After the Olympics, he went directly back to his hometown in Argentina and spent a short time with his parents before returning to Madrid yesterday.

As a result, when I got off the plane, I heard that Hu Lai came off the bench in the game. He scored a goal with the first touch of the ball after he came on the field, and he was already ahead of him in the top scorer list of La Liga.

Fortunately, Meli didn’t mix Zhihu, otherwise someone would definitely ask on Zhihu: “What do you think of Hu Lai’s first touch with the ball after coming off the bench against Los Angeles United and scored?” Then invite Meli to answer.

Then Merry could really answer:

Thank you for the invitation. I was in Madrid, and Meli didn’t get an answer from Candela just after getting off the plane, or he didn’t actually want to hear the answer.

He then announced: "After participating in the UEFA awards ceremony, I will return directly to the team to resume training."

Candela was a little surprised: "Has your body recovered yet?"

"Almost." Meli shook her head firmly and said, "Since Hudu can do it, so can I."

You two are different, Meli, I have heard that Hu's physical recovery ability is top-notch. Whether it is double matches a week or three matches a week, he can always recover quickly after the game. At once

For example, in this Olympic Games, with such a dense stadium, his physical condition in each game is very good, and he is completely unaffected by the last game... His body is like a mobile phone battery, as if he can recover after a night of sleep. full charge"

Candela tried to talk Melly out of the idea.

As he said, Meli is different from Hu Lai, so there is really no need to compete with Hu Lai in this matter.

Meli's skills are difficult for Hu Lai to learn, and Hu Lai's physical recovery ability is also difficult for Meli to master.

Hu Lai had a history of cramp due to physical exhaustion in a game, but it was rarely heard that his performance in the next game was affected due to exhaustion of physical energy in the previous game.

Not to mention Melly, there are probably not many people on this planet who can recover their physical fitness as quickly as Hu Lai.

It can only be said that Hu Lai's talent in some places is really high...

In Candela's view, this is probably one of the important reasons why Hu Lai was able to score so many goals.

After all, continuous combat ability is an important quality that determines how many goals a player can score in a season.

After all, if a player can't even guarantee the number of matches, how can he score goals?

After hearing what the manager said, Meli felt a little depressed—why am I different from Hu Lai?

But he still had to admit that his agent was right, at least in terms of physical recovery, he was indeed inferior to Hu Lai.

Although he doesn't understand why Hu Lai has such a strong recovery ability...

"I know, Alfonso. But I've had enough rest now, and now that I'm back in Madrid, let me stay at home and not be with the team, and I'm not used to it either."

Of course Candela knew why Melly was so persistent—he felt the pressure from Hou Lai.

Not just a league game.

During the entire Olympic Games, Meli felt the great oppression that Hou Lai brought him.

This kind of pressure has actually continued from last season to the present. Although Meli also eliminated Hu Lai in the semi-finals of the Champions League, the pressure did not disappear.

Because in general, Meli is still at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Hu Lai, especially in this Olympic Games, he once again lost in a direct dialogue with Hu Lai, and then watched Hu Lai ride away and beat the host The US team won the Olympic gold medal.

Candela has said before that for Meli, Hou Lai is a whip.

How could Melly, who was being whipped by this whip, be able to rest at home on vacation?

Thinking of this, Candela sighed: "Okay, but I still want to remind you, Meli, pay attention to your body and don't get injured. If you return to the team a few days later, you won't score fewer goals than Hu Lai. But if you get injured... But it's troublesome.

"I know. Thank you, Alfonso." Meli also knew that the manager was doing it for his own good. "I will be measured. Even if I return to the team, I will do physical recovery training first, so that my body can regain its feeling and rhythm."

Candela nodded with satisfaction after hearing what he said: "Yes, we must proceed step by step."

Then he changed the subject to a lighter one: "Congratulations first, the new European Ballon d'Or winner!"

"It's not finalized yet, Alfonso." Meli didn't smile.

No matter what Candela said, until he actually lifted the Ballon d'Or, he didn't think he could really win the honor he dreamed of.

This is not because he is humble, but because he is cautious. He doesn't want to be slapped in the face by reality after getting carried away...

After all, before the start of the Olympics, he uttered a bold statement that his goal was the Olympic gold medal, but in the end he was blocked from the final by Hu Lai. It hasn't been long.

After the Argentine Olympic team was eliminated, those black people on the Internet were mocking him for amplifying his words before the game,

Was slapped in the face after the game.

Melly has also learned to be good now, and it is not easy to stand up.

Just like Hu Lai, people said before the Olympics that the goal was to reach the semi-finals, but in the end they won the championship.

So there are some things that won't work if you say them out.

He cares so much about winning the Ballon d'Or that he has to be careful.

If you have any reflections, let's talk on the stage when he holds up the Golden Globe trophy!