Fox in the Penalty Area

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In addition to Hou Lai's amazing goal in the game, there are still many discussions in the media about the Madrid Pirates' 3:2 home defeat of Catalan.

The main focus is on what this game means to the two teams.

On the face of it, the Madrid Pirates won. However, many experts and journalists believe that the Catalan United actually won.

First of all, from the point of view of the score of this game, the Madrid Pirates just beat Catalan United by one goal.

Secondly, from the perspective of the game process, the victory of the Madrid Pirates can only be called a "narrow victory".

It can be clearly seen that the Madrid Pirates did not have the same dominance as last season when facing the Catalan United.

In the first two seasons, except for that 0:0 game, the remaining three confrontations scored 4:1, 4:1 and 5:3.

Not to mention the process, just looking at these scores can make people know how easy it is for the Madrid Pirates to play Catalan.

And indeed it is.

So even though the Madrid Pirates still won this game, many people think that what the Catalan United showed in this game is a very positive signal.

It shows that the Catalan United, which has changed its head coach this season, has indeed improved significantly compared to before.

What Reilly Vicente said after the game was definitely not a bluff, or a scene that he couldn't afford to lose.

A well-organized Catalan United can indeed threaten the Madrid Pirates.

There are also the King of Madrid and Meli Banega who are currently in good shape. This season's La Liga championship competition, I believe it will definitely be more intense than the previous two seasons.

But the league is not too important right now. After all, the league is a long marathon, and the result of one or two games may not determine the final result. It's too early to say who will win the league and who won't.

The most important game before the eyes of the three Western Super League giants is the Champions League.

Whether the league championship or the Champions League championship is more important, let them say for themselves, it must be both.

But in the minds of many people, the Champions League championship is still more valuable than the league championship.

Because the champions of the Champions League compete with the top giants in Europe, the league champions... fight back and forth,

In fact, they are all entangled with those two old opponents, which is really a bit aesthetically fatigued.

It is definitely less difficult for the giants of the Western Super League to win the league championship than to win the Champions League.

Therefore, it is self-evident which champion is more important.

After the third round of the league, the UEFA Champions League group stage of the new season officially begins.

The Sevilla Navigators, Madrid Pirates and Catalan United, who are in the upper half of the Champions League group, will make their debut.

The Sevilla Voyagers were the Europa League champions last season and became the seeded team in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season.

Their first round group match will be against Turkish giants Mehidia at home.

There is also a game in the same group that Chinese fans are very concerned about, that is the match between Athletic Amsterdam and Borg Athletic, the fourth team in the group.

It's just that the Chinese fans are a little bit in a dilemma. This game conflicts with the time of the Madrid Pirates - the time of the Madrid Pirates' away game against the Lyon Lions is the same as the game time of Amsterdam Athletic.

Both kick off at 2:45 am on Wednesday, September 19th, China domestic time.

The domestic broadcaster CCTV’s countermeasure is that the Madrid Pirates’ away game against the Lyon Lions will be broadcast live on the free sports channel, while the Amsterdam Athletic home game and Borg Athletic’s game will be placed on the Fengyun Football Channel, which requires a fee.

It is clear at a glance which game has attracted more attention and is more important in the eyes of Chinese fans.

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In this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, the group where the Madrid Pirates belong is called the "Group of Death". In this group, except for the Madrid Pirates themselves, the remaining three teams are all strong players in their respective leagues.

I won't say anything about Insoubre. Last season, he fought against the Turin Bulls until the last moment, and finally finished runner-up.

The Lyon Lions were also the runner-up in Ligue 1 last season.

That is to say, Weiserdorf is slightly worse, but it is also a strong team in the Bundesliga.

As the defending champion, the Madrid Pirates cannot easily qualify from this group.

If they are too proud and underestimate the enemy, it is possible to overturn in this group, and the chances are not small.

Many things in the football world are difficult to explain with a simple "strength comparison".

For a team last season, gods descended to earth, gods blocked and killed gods, Buddhas blocked and killed Buddhas, no one could stop them. After winning all the championships that can be won, it is very likely that they will suddenly wither in the next new season.

After all, a team is composed of twenty or thirty people, and there are as many as eleven people playing the game, and if there are substitutes, there are even more people.

And people are the most unstable factor in this world.

As long as the football game is still played by humans, it will be full of accidents that are difficult to explain clearly with scientific principles.

This is exactly the charm of football.

Uncertainty and suspense are the most important reasons for so many teams to strive for the championship.

Otherwise, only look at paper strength and experience

Go to the data performance, then directly award the championship trophy to the strongest team.

In reality, the defending champions are often not as good as last season.

In both the Champions League and the World Cup, there are often examples of the defending champion falling into the sand, and it is not uncommon.

Not to mention the World Cup, for a while, "the defending champion couldn't get out of the group stage" became a curse...

After the restructuring of the Champions League, so many years have passed, and no team has successfully defended the title.

If there is a four-year gap between each World Cup, the team lineup has changed in the middle, and it is difficult for the players to maintain the same state in four years.

What about the Champions League?

The Champions League happens every season.

Shouldn't it be a continuation of the excellent state of last season, a vigorous effort in the new season, persistent efforts, and a successful defense of the title?

But the fact is that no matter how good the team that won last season performed and how amazing their results were, they just couldn't successfully defend their title.

The most recent example is the King of Madrid last season.

They beat the Stan Park Rangers last season and won the Champions League.

They also performed very well last season, reaching the Champions League final.

But in the final, they met Hu Lai who was in full form, and they were almost defeated by Hu Lai alone.

In hindsight, the failure of this game was really a bit "metaphysical".

After all, who would have thought that after the King of Madrid led the rivals in the same city 3:2, Hu Lai could use the kick-off opportunity to score a goal directly in the middle circle to equalize the score?

In the dark, it seems that there is a pair of invisible hands, stopping every team that tries to reach the top of Europe for two consecutive seasons.

Although the Madrid Pirates are the defending champions, when the new season of the Champions League begins, all the glory they won last season will disappear. In everyone's eyes, they are not even as good as other competitors.

Because everyone knows that the defending champion often means "failure to defend the title".

This time, he was assigned to a "death group", and the road to defending the title was even more difficult.

Under such circumstances, the Madrid Pirates team arrived in Lyon, France two days before the game to challenge the Lyon Lions, who were runner-up in Ligue 1 last season.

For the first game of the new season's Champions League, the host Lyon Lions are naturally well prepared.

Their head coach Benoit Raponi said in his pre-match press conference:

"I know Hu is a player who is very good at scoring goals, but our whole team has studied his game seriously and found a way to curb his goals. We will definitely not let Hu score in this game!"

At that time, a reporter asked him if he could roughly reveal how he prevented Hu Lai from scoring.

Benoit Raboni smiled mysteriously: "Don't try to deceive me about our tactical secrets!"

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"The Lyon Lions did have a very strict mark on Hou Lai. No matter where Hou Lai is, there will be a Lyon Lions player by his side..."

After observing the game for nearly twenty minutes, He Feng said that it sounded like he admitted that the Lyon Lions' defense against Hu Lai was effective.

But then he changed the subject:

"But there doesn't seem to be anything special about this kind of defense? It's no different from the defensive tactics and strategies adopted by other teams against Hu Lai..."

After speaking, he looked at Yan Kang.

Yan Kang affirmed his judgment: "That is indeed the case."

He Feng hesitated for a moment, but said it out: "Then what exactly is Raponi's so-called 'method to curb Hu Lai's goals'?"

Yan Kang half-jokingly said: "At least so far, the game has been played for almost 20 minutes, and it is true that Hu Lai hasn't scored yet."

He Feng laughed and said: "You are right!"

The two were joking with ease, because the competition was not intense.

It can even be said to be a little dull.

The Lyon Lions really tried their best to contain Hou Lai's goal, so even though they were at home, they actively shrunk their defense after the game started.

At the same time, foul tactics were used to prevent the Madrid Pirates' offense from running smoothly.

In this way, the process of the game is naturally not exciting, and it is relatively dull.

This is also the main reason why the two commentators still have time to chat - just because there are not so many exciting scenes in the game, they don't need to comment on the game frequently, so they have time to ramble.

But when they were chatting, Hu Lai, who was still in the restricted area, suddenly ran back and left the restricted area!

Of course, this is not surprising, because now Hu Lai always has a movement like this.

He will not always be at the top, and when he is marked by the opposing defender, it is impossible to stay in the penalty area all the time.

Only this time, while he was running backwards, Kamara, who was holding the ball in his ribs, also tacitly passed the football over.

Because the timing of the pass and run was so tacit, when the football was passed to Hou Lai, there was not a Lyon Lions player beside him!

In other words, the players of the Lyon Lions haven't had time to pounce.

Of course, this is not a big problem.

Because someone is already doing it.

Two Lyon Lions players are running for Hu

Lai, their reaction was fairly quick, and they didn't completely lose track of their target.

As long as Hu Lai stops the ball and makes a slight adjustment, they will stick it up, completely restricting Hu Lai's next move...

But Hu Lai didn't stop the ball!

He swung his right leg directly to face the ball from Kamara!

Non-stop half volley!

The football is like a cannonball, flying directly to the goal on the penalty area line!

The goalkeeper of the Lyon Lions rose into the air to make a save.

But it was still beyond his reach, and he failed to touch the ball!

Soccer hits the net!

"Hu Lai—hey, beautiful!" Yan Kang shouted. "The goal has been scored! Hou Lai opened the scoring for the Madrid Pirates, and now the Pirates are leading the Lyon Lions 1-0 away!"

He Feng followed with a big laugh and said, "So the Lions of Lyon don't have any 'methods to stop Hu Lai from scoring goals' at all!"

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