Fox in the Penalty Area

After reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, there is no need to draw lots to decide the matchup. Based on the distribution of the upper and lower halves, everyone will know which two teams will meet in the semi-finals.

The Kings of Madrid and the Madrid Pirates were placed in the top half of the quarter-finals draw, and according to the rules, they will meet in the semi-finals.

This is also the first "Madrid Derby" in the history of the Champions League.

These two rivals in the same city have never met in the Champions League before.

Two weeks later, it’s the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Before that, they still need to play two rounds of league games each.

The league is also important to them because they are also competing for the league title...

The good news is that in these two rounds of the league, the opponents of the Madrid duo are not strong, and can even be said to be "weak".

But the bad news is that their opponents are all fighting to avoid relegation, so the game may not be as easy as supporters of both teams hope.

On Saturday, April 8, in the 33rd round of the league, Catalonia United challenged the 15th-ranked Real Huelva away. On the same day, the Madrid Kings faced the 19th-ranked Phoenicians at home, while the Madrid Pirates traveled south to challenge the 18th-ranked Getafe 1326.

The top three teams in the league, Madrid Pirates, Madrid Kings and Catalonia United, have 82 points, 80 points and 78 points, with the largest point difference of four points.

Their opponents, Getafe 132, have 30 points and Real Huelva has 34 points. The maximum point difference is also four points.

The top three are fighting for the championship, and they are fighting for relegation.

Getafe, the opponent of Madrid Pirates 132, is a professional team in the southern municipality of Getafe. It is very young and is an absolutely young junior in La Liga.

In order not to lose momentum to other opponents, Getafe did a very strange thing at the beginning of its establishment:

If other teams add a year number after their name, it usually represents the time when the team was founded. For example, a certain team was established in 1900.

To show that their team has a long history.

If Getafe added 1970 to the name of their team,

The momentum is much weaker. In European professional football, Team 1 is simply inferior to their opponents.

So Getafe Club made a cunning move. They added the time when the city of Getafe was founded to the end of its name. Getafe is 132 AD. All football clubs in the world were founded earlier.

So Getafe 1326 was born.

Some people who don't know the truth are surprised when they see this name. Was the Getafe team founded seven hundred years ago? !

People who couldn't figure out the situation were confused but also in awe.

Getafe 132.

But in fact, despite the fact that the name of this team is very bluffing, the real strength of this team is very weak.

Since their establishment, most of their short 58-year history has been spent in low-level leagues.

It was not until eleven seasons ago that it was promoted to La Liga for the first time, and then fell back to the Second Division a year later.

After struggling for three seasons, they were promoted again. This time they were not relegated, but their goal every season was basically to fight for relegation.

Last season was their highlight moment. Under the leadership of Getafe 132 Sueta, they achieved fifth place in the league, the best result in team history, and reached the Europa League.

However, after achieving this achievement, the meritorious coach Ursueta left the team and was poached by Atletico Malaga with a high salary.

Getafe's 132 result, which lost Ursueta, was two-way. It did not reach the knockout stages of the Europa League and was only ranked 18th in the league, in the relegation zone. Maybe it will be relegated back to the second division...

As for Ursueta, who was poached by a high salary, he is actually no better than his former club.

After he went to Atlético Malaga, he magically disappeared.

Atlético Málaga recruited him, originally hoping that he could lead the team to qualify for the European competition. They were impressed by Ursueta's 132-record record of Getafe, which was not strong.

As a result, Ursueta coached the team for twenty rounds, and Atletico Málaga was only ranked fourteenth, including a five-game losing streak.

So halfway through the league, Juan Ursueta, the 132-time head coach of Getafe, was ruthlessly fired by Atlético Malaga.

This is really Getafe 132...

In the first half of this season, Getafe stole 132 points and was beaten 7:0 by Madrid Pirates.

Hu Lai scored a goal in that game and also contributed an assist.

But the man of the match was not him, but his strike partner Dikunzo. The Italian striker scored a hat-trick in the game.

That "tragedy" also became Getafe's 132 points.

Before that game, Getafe was 132-5, also in sixth place at the time, with no sign of collapse.

After losing to Madrid Pirates, Getafe dropped to 132, and they were winless in fifteen league games.

If they had not defeated Valentia 3:1 in the Champions League quarter-finals against Madrid Pirates while Valentia was distracted, their winless streak would have continued to this day.

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Because they had just played in the Champions League, Parotti continued to rotate the team's lineup.

Maxi Carey, a member of the "Atmosphere Team" who came on as a substitute in the last ten minutes of garbage time in the Champions League, played in this league game.

Hu Lai did not. After all, he has played in four consecutive games in the past two weeks. No matter how strong his physical recovery ability is, Parotti feels that Hulay needs to rest.

So Kyrie's partner in this game is DiCunzo.

This was also the forward combination used by Madrid Pirates for most of the second half of last season.

But this combination doesn't work well.

There was no spark between the two last season.

Although there was a reason for Kyrie's poor return from injury at the time, it is also true that the two people's playing styles are indeed incompatible.

Because both of them are players who can only perform well if they have the football at their feet. They appear at the same time. If no one sacrifices himself, there will be overlapping styles and conflicting functions.

Today's match against Getafe was 132. Maxi Carey and Di Kunzo really couldn't pee in the same pot.

However, Getafe 132, which aims to avoid relegation, is very proactive and seizes the opportunity that the Madrid Pirates have just finished playing in the Champions League and are a little tired. The two main strikers cannot cooperate with each other and frequently create threats.

As long as they have a forward who is better at seizing opportunities, they might take the lead in the first half.

In the 40th minute, it was Madrid Pirates center back Riva Moreno who took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt, headered the ball in the penalty area, and successfully scored, breaking the deadlock for Madrid Pirates.

At halftime, Parotti replaced Dikunzo with Hulay.

The effect may be better if Hu Lai and Kyrie, who do not occupy the ball, are paired together.

After the start of the second half, Getafe, which was only one goal behind 132, conceded a goal at the last minute. Perhaps their head coach re-energized the players' fighting spirit and morale during the halftime break.

In short, even after the Madrid Pirates took the lead, they failed to rush past and completely suppressed Getafe 1326.

The latter fought for survival and broke out with extremely high combat effectiveness on their home court.

Because they fought too hard, their main midfielder, Venezuelan international Angulo Castro, even received a second yellow card in the game and was sent off with a red card.

Despite having one less player, Getafe 132 continued to grit their teeth and deal with the Madrid Pirates. Moreover, they did not shrink back and set up a bus in front of the goal just because there was one less player. Instead, they were able to use counterattacks to threaten the Madrid Pirates' goal.

Commentator Sanchez lamented: "Getafe 132..."

He Feng lamented: "You have to wait until you are about to be demoted before you can unleash such fighting power. What have you been doing!"

His subtext is that you should not drag Hu Lai down just to save yourself from relegation! If they had performed well earlier, there would be no need to fight to avoid relegation now, and there would be no need to fight so hard against Madrid Pirates. We are all from Madrid, why don't we save some face for each other?

Getafe 132 is a team from the same city? We are the team of the municipality of Getafe!

Then in the last ten minutes of the game, they pressed forward with all their strength and attacked crazily, not caring that the large amount of space behind them might be seized by their opponents.

At this moment, they are no longer qualified to look forward and backward.

So Getafe, who was pressing all the way, was counterattacked by the Madrid Pirates in the 84th minute.

Carey made a long pass from behind the center circle and accurately found Hu Lai who was penetrating forward.

The latter used his chest to stop the football forward to the top of the penalty arc outside the penalty area, facing Getafe's 132-point attack.

The football rolls into the goal!

He sealed the victory for Madrid Pirates!

"Oh oh oh oh! HUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!! He scored again! At the same time, this is the second consecutive league game where Kaili has given assists to Hu! Even though in the last ten minutes due to poor physical fitness, Kaili has rarely pressed forward, but he You can still contribute to the team's offense with your excellent skills and awareness! This long pass is not only accurate, but also decisive!"

"Hu Lai! The 31st goal in the league! He is only one goal away from the league record of 32 goals he set in Leeds City!" After confirming that the Madrid Pirates won, He Feng was more concerned about Hu Lai's success. personal performance.

Now it seems that Hu Lai is very likely to win the La Liga Golden Boot after just landing in La Liga!

In front of the visiting team's coaching bench on the sidelines, Parotti applauded and said to Valentin with a smile: "Call it! Replace Kyrie and let him have a good rest! He will be a substitute in the next league game against Aher."

Valentin was a little surprised when he heard this: "Are you going to let him play in the Champions League against the Kings?"

Parotti smiled slightly: "Why not?"

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