Fox in the Penalty Area

Hu Lai stood in the interview area, behind him was a background board full of Champions League sponsor logos, and in front of him were microphones and cameras.

"... I am grateful to the fans of the Blue and White Munich, who were willing to applaud me after I beat their team and achieved a new record. I was really touched... Really. I never thought I was able to enjoy such treatment... Tonight will definitely be the most memorable moment in my career. For me, being able to get applause from the opponent's fans is a greater honor than breaking the record..."

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After the game, the home team locker room was dead silent.

Losing the semi-finals and being eliminated from the competition was a huge blow to the Blue and White Munich players.

They have worked hard for a season, but now they are in vain.

Everyone in the locker room didn't want to talk, they sat in their seats, staring at the ceiling, or the floor.

This was no ordinary Champions League semi-final defeat.

They were completely defeated by Hu Lai at their home court with three goals in six minutes.

As the Bundesliga giants, Blue and White Munich has never had such a tragic moment.

And now, they're making history.

It's just this history... It's hard to look back.

At this time, there are only players in the locker room, and all coaches and staff are not allowed to enter.

Because this is a "sad moment" that only belongs to the players.

If there are outsiders, their emotions cannot really be relieved.

Players need such a moment to lick their wounds alone.

The locker room door was pushed open again.

Captain Soren Gribusch walks in with a football.

He looked around, and then looked at the team's second captain, Tobias Schlitter: "Tobias, do you have a marker?"

Although Schlitter didn't understand what the captain wanted to do, he still replied, "Yes."

He dug out a black marker from nowhere and handed it to Gribusch.

After the latter took the pen,

He opened the cap of the pen and lowered his head to sign his name on the football he was holding.

After signing, he handed it to Schlitter nearby.

Schlitter looked at the football suspiciously, then looked up at the captain: "This is..."

"Help sign your name, Tobias," Gribusch explained. "This is the football I asked for from Hu..."

Hearing Hu Lai's name, everyone in the locker room bowed their heads in silence and turned a blind eye to what the captain did after he came in, all cast surprised and curious eyes on him.

Seeing everyone looking over, Gribusch simply said to the team: "This is the ball that Hu scored a hat-trick in the game. He wants to keep it as a souvenir. At the same time, it is the ball that he broke the record, so he wants to His teammates gave him an autograph. I happened to meet him, and I thought why only one team’s autograph could be signed. This game is obviously a contest between two teams... So I asked for the football on my own initiative. I hope everyone can sign their names on this ball."

Hearing what the captain said, a group of people looked at each other in blank dismay.

What is this operation?

It's normal for Hou Lai to want this ball as a souvenir.

It's normal for his teammates to sign him.

But as his opponent, why should we give him his autograph?

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Gribusch said: "Didn't you see our fans standing up and applauding for Hu after he scored the third goal? Since they can all applaud Hu , why can't we be more generous? Whether it is the record itself or the way he created the record, it really deserves our respect."

Hearing that the vice-captain Schlitt no longer hesitated, took the football and pen, and signed his name next to Gribusch's.

Then he passes it to the next teammate.

In this way, one by one, everyone signed on it one after another.

After Martin Losada signed, he would have wanted to pass the ball to the next guy.

But he looked at Mark Becker beside him and hesitated.

Having Becker sign this seems like stabbing him in the wound...

Just when Losada was hesitating, Becker reached out to take the football and pen, bowed his head, signed his name on it, and handed it to the next person.

Like beating a drum to pass a flower, the football was passed around in the locker room, and finally returned to the hands of the captain Gribusch.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Facts have proved that the blue and white Munich is not only because of the results."

After thanking everyone, Gribusch turned around holding the football and went out again.

He thought he had to go to the visiting team's locker room to return the football to Hu Lai.

Unexpectedly, just after opening the door, he saw Hu Lai standing outside anxiously.

For some reason, Gribusch suddenly thought of how he waited anxiously outside the delivery room when his first child was born.

And the football in his hand turned into a newborn baby...

The strong sense of disobedience made Gribusch throw this picture out of his mind.

Then he complained to Hu Lai: "What is your expression? Are you afraid that I will steal your ball?"

Unexpectedly, Hu Lai actually nodded: "Yes! If you don't come out again, I'm going to smash the door!"

Gribusch took a deep breath: "I kind of regret asking my teammates to sign for you..."

When Hu Lai heard the words, he also saw the dense names on the football, and he immediately put on a smile: "Thank you! I knew that you black people in Munich are very particular, and you can't just blackmail me with a broken football!"

He also gave Gribus a thumbs up.

Gribusch stuffed the football into Hou Lai's arms, turned around and went back to the locker room.

Originally, he wanted to show a gentleman's demeanor, but when he saw Hu Lai's face, he suddenly stopped thinking about it.

Hu Lai didn't care about Gribusch's sudden change of face. He carefully held the unsigned side of the football, hummed a song, turned and left.

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Soren Gribusch returned to his locker room, the second captain Schlitt came up, covered his mouth and said in a low voice: "Are you planning to brush up the favorability of the beard so that he will consider joining our team in the future? ?”

Gribusch turned his head to look at him, nodded and admitted: "I also got inspiration from those applauding fans. If he really considers leaving the Pirates in the future, then what happened here tonight might make him feel better in the future." When choosing a team, he was more inclined toward us emotionally..."

"I guess so...but who knows when he'll want to leave the pirates."

"No matter when, there is no harm in selling favors now."

Schlitter gave his captain a thumbs up. He really admires this captain who is always thinking about poaching for Blue and White Munich.

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"I'm very happy that I managed to break the record with a hat-trick. After Becker's goal, the only thing we could do was give it a go...We gave it our all and finally got a happy result...at this moment , I have too many people to thank, please allow me not to repeat them here, this is not an award ceremony after all...but the only person I want to thank is our head coach Mr. Ettore Parrotti , He gave me the greatest tolerance and the highest trust. He is a respected head coach, and our team likes him very much. Leading the team to the Champions League final is the best embodiment of his work. Next we will The whole team will work hard to win the Champions League and we have this confidence under the leadership of Mr Parrotti...he is our head coach and the 'captain' of this team."

After reading the German subtitles of the interview with Houlai, Michel Stadt said to Hantczek:

"He's trying to speak for Parotti on purpose."

Hantchek shrugged: "He is a player brought in by Parotti. If he doesn't speak for Parotti, why should he speak for me?"

"Bjorn, I feel that this time you almost lost your goodwill in the heart of the Pirates fans. It was originally for winning, but now we are still eliminated..."

At the post-match press conference, a reporter asked Hantchek what he thought of Parotti leading the team to accomplish something he hadn't done when he was coaching the Pirates before—reaching the Champions League final.

Hantchek said with his usual unruly attitude: "I congratulate Parotti and his team, but I must also say that the final is just the beginning, not the end. The idea of ​​celebrating when you reach the final is dangerous. Yes. If you lose the final, it seems to me the same as stopping in the semi-finals..."

"Actually, you don't need to say that, you just need to congratulate your old club. The game is over, there is no need to fight any more psychological warfare. I can imagine how the Spanish media will scold you tomorrow, saying that you cursed your old club Losing the final..."

Stud persuaded his old partner.

Hantcheck asked suddenly: "Michelle, do you know why I didn't renew my contract with the Pirates?"

Stud didn't understand why Hantchek suddenly mentioned this matter, but he really wanted to know, because Hantchek didn't tell anyone the reason why he didn't renew his contract, even his partner.

So he asked, "Why?"

"In the season we lost to the Turin Bulls, we were also empty-handed domestically, and we only won one Copa del Rey in the next season. After I reviewed the game, I felt that although this team was more effective than before, they I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the Champions League. It's not that I don't have confidence in myself, it's that I don't have confidence in this team. I feel that my stuff doesn't quite apply to this team..."

Hantcheck said.

"Stay in the pirates, the team will not win the championship because of my stay, and I will lose the opportunity to become the world's top coach. I think it is a lose-lose. So I decided not to renew the contract with the club, regardless of their What conditions were offered. As a result, I won the treble in my first season at the Blue and White Munich, and it turned out that I was right not to renew my contract with the Madrid Pirates."

Michel Stadt asked: "So you think the Pirates won't win the Champions League?"

Hantcheck shook his head:

"No. I mean... now I think they can win."

After speaking, he smiled at Stud.

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