Fox in the Penalty Area

Luo Kai sat on the turf on the sidelines, and the stretcher had been removed.

He was surrounded by Tramed's team doctor and head coach, as well as assistant coaches.

Team doctors are briefing head coach Kevin Lock on the situation

"...His ankle is sprained, but I can't tell how his ligaments are now. He said that he has not lost the feeling of his ankle, and the ligaments should not be broken...I performed simple treatment on his ankle... To be honest, I am more inclined not to let him continue to play, otherwise the injury may worsen..."

While the team doctor was telling the story, Luo Kai sat slumped on the ground with his head lowered, showing no enthusiasm to play again.

He has actually made a choice in his heart.

He is unwilling to force the game and aggravate the injury. He still wants to participate in the World Cup.

This decision made him feel very sorry for the club that paid him wages, and made him feel that he had become a shameful deserter.

After listening to the team doctor's introduction, Kevin Locke lowered his head and looked at Luo Kai.

"I know," he said.

Then he put his hand on Luo Kai's shoulder and pressed it.

"Get some rest, Luo."

This brings the matter to an end.

Hearing these words from the head coach, Luo Kai felt relieved, but at the same time he felt ashamed of his choice, so he raised his hands and covered his face.

However, in the eyes of He Feng, who didn't know what he was doing, his actions had a different meaning.

He Feng exclaimed:

"Luo Kai covered his face...it looked like he was seriously injured! This is simply..."

He resisted the urge to curse.

What are you really afraid of?

In He Feng's experience, when players cover their faces with their hands, it basically means they know their injuries are serious.

After all, you know the extent of your injuries. If you weren't really seriously injured, who would make such desperate movements and expressions?

Sure enough, Tramed soon made substitution adjustments, and the injured Luo Kai was replaced. It was obvious that he could no longer insist on continuing the game.

He Feng felt that he didn't even have the time to explain the game properly.

He now wished that the game would be over immediately, and then he would know the results of Luo Kai's detailed examination at the hospital.

Tramed, who lost Roquet, was indeed weakened offensively.

As Tramed's main offensive player on the right this season, Luo Kai's importance is self-evident.

At the critical moment when the team needs to work hard to defeat Catalonia United, without Luo Kai, the "Red Witch" who originally flew with both wings has become an "old witch with broken wings."

However, Catalonia also paid a price - their main left back Calderon was directly sent off with a red card for fouling someone from the side and behind!

Even if Catalonia can reach the Champions League final, Calderon will be unable to participate due to suspension.

Catalonia United are still very dissatisfied with the result of this penalty.

Both the players and the coaching staff protested fiercely after the referee showed Calderon a red card.

For this reason, Catalan United assistant coach Steyn van Hoyzen also received a yellow card.

Obviously Catalonia is also very aware that losing Calderon will have a serious impact on the team's offensive and defensive system...

With one less player, Catalonia United shrunk in all aspects in the subsequent games and played very conservatively.

England commentator Matthew Cox said sarcastically: "It's incredible. Is this the Catalan United? Is it the Catalan United that always talks about "beautiful football"? God, I thought today and The Tramed match is against the Turin Bulls!"

The sky above the red-domed stadium was filled with boos.

Amid huge boos, Tramed's entire team launched a fierce charge towards the Catalan United goal.

And scored another goal in the 77th minute.

The goal this time was Portuguese star Ricardo Barea.

He cut inside from outside the penalty area and then shot from long range to score a goal.

Thai United goalkeeper Tone Schulman's fingers closed.

After the goal, Tramed center Papbonet, who wanted to rush into the goal to pick up the football, also clashed with Catalan United goalkeeper Schulman. At that time, Schulman's quick eyesight and quick hands immediately picked up the football from the goal and pressed it under him. If you didn't see the specific position of him lying down, you would have thought that he had saved the ball...

Bonnet, who wanted to kick off the ball quickly, could only grab it from Schulman's arms.

His rough behavior aroused the reaction of the Catalan players who had been waiting for an excuse to provoke a conflict, and they quickly surrounded him.

At the same time, Tramed's players also came up to support Bonnet.

After Calderon tackled Luo Kai, the two sides had another physical conflict.

In the end, the referee ended the conflict by giving Bonnet and Salado a yellow card each.

Football was still given to Tramed players, but Catalonia's goal has been achieved. Not only did they not allow Tramed to kick off the ball quickly, they further disgusted their opponents and made Tramed players lose their minds.

Just listen to the more violent boos from the home team fans in the stands. It reflects the aspirations of the Tramed fans well and will also profoundly affect the Tramed players on the court.

Sure enough, until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Tramed failed to score again.

In fact, they only needed to score one more goal to send the game into overtime.

But even this ball seemed like a chasm for Tramed.

In the end, they were eliminated by Catalonia United at home with a total score of 2:3!

Catalan United players hugged each other amid boos in the red-domed stadium.

Congratulations to Catalonia United! They became the first team to reach the Champions League final! "The commentator of Catalan TV said excitedly.

Renaldo Lima cheered and rushed to Kabangka, hugging him and celebrating: "That's great! We are in the final!! Target championship! Champions League championship!"

He only won the Copa Libertadores in Russell last year, and he will win the Champions League in half a year, which can be regarded as a legend in football.

The only regret is that there is no Club World Cup champion between the two. Otherwise, it would be unprecedented to have three continental championships in one year.

Next to the cheering Catalan United players were the Tramed players who collapsed on the ground.

"Although Tramed performed very bravely at home and defeated Catalonia United, the gap of two goals behind in the first leg was really too big... This situation is in the quarter-finals, or even in the quarters. It’s possible to come back even in the finals. In the semi-finals where there’s a strong dialogue, losing two goals in the first round would be too difficult, almost impossible... "

Matthew Cox was in the commentary box and sighed as he looked at the scene of joy and sorrow in the field.

He truly felt sorry for Tramed.

Because this team performed really well in the second leg.

If it weren't for Luo Kai's injury, maybe Tramed could really score another goal?

The television broadcast scanned Tramed's players in turn.

Some of them were lying on the ground, covering their faces with their hands. Some people stood there with their hands on their hips, staring numbly at where they were.

Then the broadcast camera stayed on Luo Kai on the bench for one second longer, and this second gave him an ice pack wrapped around his left ankle.

Seeing this shot, He Feng said in a low voice: "I hope it's not a big problem... I hope it's just a false alarm..."

For a long time after Luo Kai was injured and was replaced, He Feng was not in the mood to explain the ongoing game.

Although the competition was very intense, his tone revealed a sense of indifference.

No matter who you love, it doesn’t matter if there is no Luo Kai, whether Tramed or Catalonia reaches the final.

He repeatedly mentioned the impact that Luo Kai's injury might have on the Chinese team's World Cup journey.

In He Feng's view, not only Hu Lai, but everyone in the current main lineup of the Chinese team is indispensable.

They couldn't lose Hu Lai, they couldn't lose Luo Kai, they couldn't lose Zhang Qinghuan, they couldn't lose Xia Xiaoyu... they couldn't lose anyone.

Everyone has an irreplaceable and important role.

When Ricardo Barilla scored the team's second goal, narrowing the total score difference to only one goal, Luo Kai on the bench was very excited.

Although he couldn't rush out to celebrate like his teammates, he still sat on the bench and waved his fist vigorously.

At that moment, he really regained hope of advancing to the finals.

Although even if the team reaches the finals, he will most likely not be able to catch up. But if he really reaches the finals, he will feel less guilty about the club - at least it won't be because of his departure that led to the team's failure.

He desperately hopes that Ricardo Barea can steal all the limelight, become a god, and lead the team to reverse the promotion.

But all his fantasies and longings came to nothing in the end.

After the final whistle was blown, he sat blankly on the bench's chair, silently looking at the cheering Catalan United players in the field.

Falling down at the closest place to the Champions League final, I still don’t know if I can participate in the World Cup...

Since entering professional football, he has suffered many setbacks:

When he was in Hedong Thunder, he was seriously injured due to training too hard, which interrupted his upward momentum; he finally transferred to the giant Tramed, but his performance was poor in the first season when he was loaned to Veronica, and he became everyone's favorite. A negative example of human beings; his beloved goddess fell in love with the clown he despised, and it turned out that he himself was the clown...

Every time he tried to regard these setbacks as a test for himself, but today for the first time he felt that fate was a little...too cruel to him.