Fox in the Penalty Area

"Fox in the Forbidden Zone"

After Hu Lai opened his eyes, he was still lying on the bed. His first move was to turn over and pick up the wirelessly charging mobile phone on the bedside table.

Sure enough, he received a message from Li Qingqing:

"I'm sorry, I didn't watch the live broadcast yesterday. I just finished watching the game highlights after I got up. Congratulations, Hu Lai! A hat trick in your debut! That's awesome!"

Hu Lai started to reply with a smile on his face: "Hey, let's play Navigator, average hat tricks per game, basic operations!"

In front of his girlfriend, he is not modest at all.

Li Qingqing soon replied: "Are you up? How did you sleep yesterday?"

"Not great. No one to hold me, so I didn't sleep well at all!"

"Well... oh, I'll be back in a few days, so just bear with it, ah?"

"I ended up falling asleep holding your pillow, and it smelled like you."

Li Qingqing sent a blushing and shy expression.

Hu Lai continued: "While I was lying on the bed tossing and turning yesterday, I suddenly had the idea to order a pillow that is 1:1 with you and print your photo on it. This way, if you are not here, I can hold you in my arms. Sleep with a pillow!”

"I always feel like your idea is a bit perverted..."

"It's a pillow, not an inflatable doll!" Hu Lai defended seriously.

"It's okay if you don't explain...Ignore you, I'm going to have breakfast, my teammates called me!"

"Go on, let me lie down for a while."

After teasing Li Qingqing, Hu Lai continued to lie on the bed and check his phone.

He just finished playing the game yesterday and didn't need to train this morning. Naturally, he didn't have to get up too early and could stay in bed for a while.

He wanted to see what everyone on the Internet and the media was saying about his debut.

In fact, he hasn't done this for a long time. This time it's because he changed places. Everything in Spain is very strange to him, and he is also familiar with Spain, so he is very curious about how the Spanish media and fans will evaluate him. .

Unlike in England, over time, he has been able to roughly guess what the media will say.

Open the social media network, click on the hot topic called "Hu's debut hat trick", and you will see a video going viral.

As soon as he opened the door, he heard the familiar shouts of Sevilla Navigator fans:

"Where is Hu?!"

He couldn't help but laugh.

Oh my, I feel so refreshed this early in the morning!

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"Where is Hu?!"

"Where is Hu?!"

When Matt walked into Clark's office while reading on his mobile phone, all the Leeds City coaching staff who had gathered in the office heard the shouts coming from his mobile phone.

The Sevilla Navigators fans shouted in Spanish, and Spanish and English are different.

But everyone still understood it, because they had heard this voice many times from various channels in the past night.

Even a person with no Spanish knowledge at all should know what this sentence means after hearing the same sentence so many times.

Clark looked at Matt, a little surprised: "Why are you still watching, Matt? Didn't you watch last night?"

Matt smiled and shook his head: "I watched it, Tony. I just want to watch it a few more times. This video is simply poisonous. Once you open it, you don't want to close it, haha!"

Assistant coach Sam Landill said with emotion: "The hat trick in his debut... Although he just left not long ago, he has become stronger again. I remember that he only scored one goal in his debut with us. Bar?"

"That's right. At that time, we all thought that his first performance was already very good and perfect..."

The coaches were buzzing.

In the first-team dressing room at the training base, Leeds City players were also discussing Hulay's debut for Madrid Pirates last night.

Whether it is the coach or the players, they feel more deeply about Hu Lai's performance.

Because they just played against Sevilla Navigators more than two months ago.

Hu Lai's emotion in yesterday's game is something they also feel at this moment.

"...In the Europa League final, we won so hard, but now the Madrid Pirates win so easily. I really don't know whether to say that the Madrid Pirates are much better than us, or that the Europa League hegemon has returned to the league and performed worse. It’s over…”

"Both, right? Pirates of Madrid are indeed better than us, they are a real giant. Playing in the league and playing in the Europa League for Navigators are indeed two different feelings."

"Hu's volley yesterday was so cool!"

"Sigh... I just had an idea when I was watching the game yesterday. It would be great if he was still on the team..."

"Don't think about this matter. In fact, after seeing his debut with the Pirates, you should know why he went to the Pirates. A wealthy family is still a wealthy family after all, it's different..."

Zhou Zijing did not participate in the discussion with his teammates because his English level was not enough for him to communicate smoothly with everyone. Until now, he can't even fully understand the English accents spoken by his teammates.

But he knew what was being discussed.

Hu Lai!

Just last night, Hulay became a star that shocked the whole of Europe.

He came on as a substitute against his arch-rivals and scored a hat-trick.

This was Julay's debut for Madrid Pirates, and it was like an epic blockbuster with a script.

Today, the entire European media is exclaiming about Hu Lai's performance. All kinds of complimentary words are thrown out casually as if they don’t require money.

Let those who see it think that Hu Lai is already a top young player as famous as Melli...

Last night Zhou Zijing and Morikawa Junpei watched the live broadcast of the game at home.

Let alone Europe, he himself was so shocked that he didn't say a word for a long time.

After the game, he left the living room silently and returned to his room.

When he was playing in the Chinese Super League, he watched Hu Lai killing everyone in Europe, and he always thought, "When I come to Europe, I can be like him."

But when he actually came to Europe and trained in Leeds City for more than a month, he had a completely new understanding of European football. Watching Hu Lai's game again, you will have different insights and experiences.

Also going to a new team, he can fully appreciate the difficulty and hardship of integrating into the team now in Leeds City.

And what about Hu Lai?

His time at Madrid Pirates was shorter than his time at Leeds City, but he was able to complete a hat-trick in just forty-five minutes.

I... I still don't know if I can make the 18-man roster for tomorrow's first round of the Premier League.

Moreover, Leeds City's teammates also have a relatively cold attitude towards him. Except for Junpei Morikawa, Jay Adams and several captains, most people don't pay much attention to him.

He was also booed by fans who blocked the gate of the training base...

All this is because of what he said in the first place.

Because he wants to challenge the mark Hulay left on this team.

Julay has left and started a new journey with Madrid Pirates.

But the shadow he left still exists, hanging over Zhou Zijing's head.

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Hearing head coach Kevin Locke read his name, Luo Kai clenched his hands hanging by his sides.

He was selected into the 18-man roster for tomorrow's first round of the Premier League!

Although he performed well in Veronica last season, it does not mean that he will definitely win the opportunity to play in Tramed.

After all, this team has gathered top players from all over the world. He only has successful experience in the second-level Dutch league. Among a group of top stars, he really can't use it.

Veronica's success can only prove that he can adapt to European football, but it does not guarantee that he can gain a foothold in a giant like Tramed.

So in order to get a chance in Tramed, Luo Kai did not even return to China.

After watching Hulay's Europa League final in Paris, he returned to Manchester and began to adapt to everything in the UK in advance, including the weather and diet.

At the same time, he also asked his agent, Uncle Sui, to hire a temporary physical trainer for him. Before the start of training in the new season, he would train first to ensure that his physical fitness could keep up with the requirements of the Premier League.

After the team started training, he also put in 200% effort in training, treating every training session as his last training session in Tramed, as if he would be kicked out if he didn't practice well. Just like sweeping out the door at any time.

After putting in so much effort, his performance in training finally impressed the coaching staff.

Being selected into the eighteen-man roster is a reward for his efforts.

He knows that being selected for the squad does not mean he will have a chance to play.

But Luo Kai has made all preparations. If he cannot play in this game, he will continue to work hard in training.

He believes that as long as he does this every time, sooner or later he will impress the head coach and let himself get a chance to play.

And once the opportunity arises...he will not let this opportunity disappear easily!

Just like Hu Lai.

Whether in Leeds City or Madrid Pirates, he scored goals in his first appearance...

"Hi Luo! Congratulations!"

Ricardo Barea rushed forward and patted Luo Kai on the back happily. The latter came back to his senses and smiled at the Portuguese super genius: "Thank you, Ricardo. But this is just for being selected into the big league." Make the roster, not play.”

"Your performance in training is seen by all of us. Even if you can't play in this game, you are not far away from actually playing."

Ever since he saw Luo Kai working hard in training, Ricardo Barria, who is also a training madman, fell in love with Luo Kai at first sight.

The two train together and supervise each other, but they also secretly compete with each other.

In this way, Baria became Luo Kai's first friend after coming to Tramed.

"I heard that Hu scored a hat trick in his Pirates debut yesterday... Come on, Luo, I believe you can catch him!"

"I will work hard towards this goal, Ricardo." Luo Kai nodded.

His youth was indeed over, but his battle with Hu Lai was far from over.

In this contest, he was not trying to snatch Li Qingqing away from Hu Lai, but simply wanted to defeat Hu Lai!

The chapters of "Fox in the Forbidden Zone" will continue to be updated.