Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 169: Why kill a chicken with a bull's knife?

The Madrid Pirates' attack failed. Tonini wanted to pass the ball to Hulay, but Danny Drew, who saw through his intention, moved first, got stuck in position, and successfully intercepted the ball.

Hu Lai looked back and saw the football being snatched away by Drew. He waved his hand regretfully, but he still didn't forget to give Tonini a thumbs up.

No matter how the ball was passed, as long as it was passed to him, he would always praise the person who passed it well.

Only in this way can you make more friends, and more and more teammates will be willing to pass the ball to you.

If you always complain about why your teammates don't pass the ball to you or why the pass is not good, you will become a loner sooner or later.

Hu Lai, who entered professional football, is deeply aware of the importance of this issue. From the Stars to the Pirates, he persistently praises his teammates who pass the ball to him.

Even if his teammates actually pass the ball poorly.

Then he would like it even more...

The teammate who is praised in this way will feel embarrassed and pass the football to him no matter what next time.

He only paid one like, but received countless passes.

This is the survival wisdom of a pie fronter.

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After Drew intercepted the ball from Hu Lai, he did not dare to let the football stay at his feet, but quickly passed it forward.

Head coach Munster specifically explained before the game that the team must be quick when switching from defense to offense and try to play forward instead of passing back and forth or back-footing.

This is the key for Atlético Amsterdam to deal with Pirates at home.

Speed up, use all means to increase the speed.

Speed is Sporting Amsterdam's strength.

And Chen Xingyi is the key to speeding up.

So he's bound to get a lot of passes and chances.

Soon Chen Xingyi received the ball from his teammate again.

This time Silverio was stuck at a very suitable distance. He neither pounced on him rashly nor was he too far away to give Chen Xingyi a chance to get around him and get rid of him.

So before Chen Xingyi caught the ball, he wanted to throw the football out and speed around Silverio, but found that he couldn't do it.

He could only keep the football at his feet.

But stopping at his feet doesn't mean that Chen Xingyi has no options.

After all, if Silverio just takes the lead, Chen Xingyi still has a chance.

He has quick feet and a quick mind. Even if his opponent makes a move before him, he can come first, take the first step to push the football away, then dodge and accelerate, and get rid of the opponent in one go.

But unlike what Chen Xingyi expected, Silverio did not come up.

He was stuck at a distance that made Chen Xingyi feel uncomfortable.

Of course Chen Xingyi can also stand still, but in this case, Atlético Amsterdam will not be able to show its speed.

So Chen Xingyi couldn't stand still.

Either he passes the football, or he drives forward with the ball.

Chen Xingyi chose to dribble the ball himself.

Soon he met Silverio. The latter did not try to steal the ball, but cut in and got close to Chen Xingyi and ran with him.

There were still movements on his hands that kept interfering, making Chen Xingyi unable to pick up his speed.

After Chen Xingyi took a few steps, he realized that he could not get rid of the defense in a short period of time. If he continued like this, he would either lead the ball into a dead end, or the opponent would intercept it and start a counterattack.

So he braked suddenly, turned around and passed the football back.

"Well done!" Pirates captain Ramirez loudly praised Silverio's defense in the middle.

This is the right thing to do.

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After the football was passed around, it came to Chen Xingyi's side again.

This time, relying on the overall advancement, Chen Xingyi received the ball in the 30-meter area of the Madrid Pirates.

So as soon as he caught the ball, two Madrid Pirates players, Silverio and Irazusta, were stuck in front of him, one behind the other.

The distance between the two of them was very good.

Whether Chen Xingyi wants to use his advantage in starting speed to take off Silverio, or whether he wants to throw the football far away and eat his opponent alive with speed, it is impossible.

Even if he can get past the Portuguese, there is no room to get past Irazusta, who is not far behind Silverio.

Chen Xingyi gave it a try. As soon as he rushed forward with the ball, the two people gathered around him in perfect agreement.

He tried to get out of the gap between the two men again, but the football he pushed out was blocked by Silverio.

Although Atlético Amsterdam got a throw-in opportunity in the frontcourt, Chen Xingyi fell to Silverio twice in a row.

This made Chen Xingyi frown, and then he began to think about one thing. Before this game, the coaching staff of Amsterdam Athletic asked Chen Xingyi to get to know his opponent Silverio on the wing. They knew that the Portuguese winger did not He is not a player who is good at defense. Although he can return to defense, he is not good at it and he is not active enough.

At the very least, he would never defend himself consciously.

But now the game has only started ten minutes, and he has already encountered the opponent's pressing defense twice in a row.

This can only explain one problem:

The reason why Silverio defended so hard was because the head coach asked him to.

Then Chen Xingyi thought of what Hu Lai said in the group last night...

Hold! Isn't it? Did they really treat me like Mellie?

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The next step seemed to be to prove that what Hu Lai said was true. Chen Xingyi found that he was obviously being taken care of by his opponent.

If he tries to switch positions to the right, he will still be targeted by the Pirates.

Their approach to themselves is very simple: to interfere with themselves and prevent them from speeding up. But he will not step down to steal the ball, because he knows that his foot frequency is faster. If he steps first, he may be passed by.

Videos of Chen Xingyi playing in the Eredivisie are not uncommon, even though the Eredivisie is not one of the five major leagues in Europe and is not the center of European football.

How could a player who can play the main role in one of the top clubs in the Eredivisie not attract the attention and vigilance of his opponents?

With a little effort, you can collect a lot of videos and analysis of his playing football. Some fans on the Internet are relatively hardcore. They like to make highlights of players' performances and analyze them at the same time. They use various video methods to tell the audience and fans that this player is How football is played on the field.

Generally speaking, not every player will enjoy such treatment.

But if you have been in good condition recently and performed very well, then you are almost ready to be made into a video by such hard-core vloggers.

Hu Lai, for example, is a frequent visitor to this type of video.

Especially after he scored a hat trick against the Kings of Madrid, there were video producers, both at home and abroad, who edited his performance in this game into videos, and then told the audience how awesome Hulay was from different angles.

Does Chen Xingyi have such a video?

Maybe, maybe not.

But even if not, with the professional ability of the Madrid Pirates coaching staff, it is not difficult to analyze his characteristics.

Since it has characteristics, we can make a fuss about such characteristics.

So Chen Xingyi was targeted like this.

So why didn't the Madrid King's coaching staff find a way to contain Hulay?

Is it that the coaching staff of the Madrid Kings is not as good as the coaching staff of their city rivals?

Of course not. Even hardcore fans can analyze Hulay's characteristics. Would the coaching staff of the Madrid Kings know?

But so what if you know?

Hu Lai is one of those players who can win without any tricks. Even if you know his characteristics, it is difficult to make targeted defensive arrangements.

Because he is a player without the ball.

He is the greatest threat without the ball.

A player's time without the ball in the game is much more than the time with the ball. After the entire game, a player may only have the ball for three or four minutes, and the remaining 80-odd minutes are all time without the ball.

Hulay is such an off-ball player who continues to torture defensive players for more than 80 minutes of game time.

How do you guard against a player like this?

Chen Xingyi is different, he is a ball player.

The threat is not high when he doesn't have the ball. It's too late to defend him when he gets the ball.

Generally speaking, players with the ball are easily targeted for defense. Unless their personal abilities are very strong and their condition is very good, then the opponent's defensive arrangement will lose its effect.

Therefore, players with the ball will be more tiring to play than players without the ball. When the players play with the ball, they are more enjoyable to watch, and it is easier to win popularity and honors.

Just like the argument between Igovara and Montiel.

Montiel has scored many more goals in his career than Igovara, but he has a higher status in the hearts of fans. The person who is often praised and praised is Argentina's "Eagle King" rather than "France" "Cannon" Montiel.

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After finally getting the ball and getting rid of the first wave of defense, Chen Xingyi was pushed to the ground mercilessly by Joaquin Vela.

The referee did not show Bella a yellow card, but only gave him a verbal warning.

Chen Xingyi got up from the ground and confirmed that the Madrid Pirates were indeed treating him as Merry.

Because of such defensive intensity and merciless fouls... he saw Pirates players do it to Melli in the last Madrid derby...

Damn it, that bitch Hu Lai didn’t lie to me? !

Brother, how can I be so virtuous and capable? !

I'm not Merry, no!

Chen Xingyi collapsed a little. He was very angry at the pirates' behavior:

Bastard!

How can you kill a chicken with a knife? !

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