Fox in the Penalty Area

The relegation team is really difficult to play. Don't think that Madrid Pirates sealed the victory at the last moment just to show off.

Catalonia's performance wasn't much better, and they didn't have the distraction of the Champions League, so they almost overturned in the away game.

Just sixteen minutes into the game, Real Huelva took the lead.

Then he shrunk back and started setting up buses on his home court.

Catalan United bombed the game indiscriminately in the remaining time.

After such a long siege, it was not until 70 minutes that Catalonia's top scorer Emond Pettersson equalized the score for the team.

But if it is just a draw, Catalonia United will be completely unacceptable.

After being eliminated from the Champions League, Catalonia only has the league and the Copa del Rey to compete for - they have already met the King of Madrid in the Copa del Rey final.

The Copa del Rey is a bit tasteless, the league championship is the most important.

With the Madrid Pirates winning, if Catalonia cannot win Real Huelva away from home, they will be further and further away in the standings.

Before this round of the league, Catalonia was four points behind Madrid Pirates. The Madrid Pirates have already won this round. If Catalonia United only draws with Real Huelva, the point difference between the two teams will be widened to six points.

This will make the final round of their home dialogue with Madrid Pirates directly meaningless. .

Because even if they beat Madrid Pirates at home, they would not be able to win the championship. In turn, they might be able to beat their mortal rivals, the Kings of Madrid. Catalan United and the Pirates of Madrid are not mortal enemies. Their only rivals are the Kings of Madrid and Saria. .

In the same way, the mortal enemies of the King of Madrid are Catalonia United and Madrid Pirates.

Everyone has a rival in the same city.

Unlike Catalonia, Real Huelva can accept a draw.

Because none of their direct competitors for relegation have won, even if they draw, they will not fall into the relegation zone.

Although they won the game and may be ranked higher, compared with the risk of being defeated by Catalan United in order to win, a home draw with Catalan United is not unacceptable...

So Royal Huelva began recycling,

Hope to be able to shake hands with Catalonia United at home.

But this actually reduced the pressure on Catalonia's defense, allowing Catalonia to attack with all its strength in the last twenty minutes of the game.

With Catalonia's offensive strength, when they let go, the threat immediately increased.

The result was that in the 78th minute, Pettersson scored twice to help Catalonia turn defeat into victory.

The giants from Barcelona scored three points without any danger.

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Of the three teams competing for the league title, only the Madrid Kings have it easier.

They defeated the Phoenicians, the second-last team in the league, 4-0 at home.

Melli started the game and played the entire game. He scored twice and was the main contributor to the team's easy victory.

Twenty-five league goals also allow him to closely follow Hu Lai in the league scorer list.

There are five rounds left in the league. Not only does he have to defeat Hu Lai in the league championship, but he will not give up to Hu Lai in the personal honor of top scorer!

The gap of six goals, he felt, was not an insurmountable chasm in his current state.

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"Hey, Merry, do you want to practice shooting again?"

After the training, some teammates asked when they saw Melli staying on the court.

"Yeah." Melly replied simply.

"But your shooting skills are already very good..." Everyone was half-joking. "Leave us a way to survive! Haha!"

Melly laughed first, then shook his head and said, "Not yet, I'm still far from it."

The team's left back Rafael Fonseca exclaimed: "Twenty-five goals in the league, is it still far behind?"

He was obviously following the joke just now and continuing to joke.

But Melli's response surprised other Madrid Kings players, including him.

He nodded and said: "I'm not the top scorer yet."

"Huh?" Rafael Fonseca's smile froze on his face. "You... want to compete for the Golden Boot?"

Seeing the Brazilian left back's expression, Melly asked: "Do you think I can't do it, Rafael?"

Fonseca was a little unaccustomed to Melli's aggressiveness. He was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head awkwardly: "No, no. I just... uh, hell, Hu has already scored thirty-one goals... …”

He still had nothing to say:

Did Hu Lai not score a single goal in the remaining five rounds?

Obviously it's impossible.

Melly said seriously: "Of course I know this is difficult. But anything is worth doing just because it is difficult."

After that, he stopped chatting with Fonseca, but turned and walked towards the goal, preparing to start his shooting training.

The conversation between Fonseca and Melli just now caused the originally joyful atmosphere on the training ground to suddenly cool down.

Everyone didn't know what to say, so they could only leave one after another.

Regarding the fact that Melli wants to compete with Hu Lai for the top scorer, they must all have their own opinions in their hearts, but there is no need to say it out.

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Cerrados was telling his daughter a bedtime story in her bedroom when the cell phone in his pocket rang.

He looked and saw that it was a call from his agent Joseva Olmo, so he refused to answer the call and then sent a message back: "Wait a moment, I will call you later."

Then he continued to tell his daughter a story.

After telling the story, he kissed his daughter on the forehead: "Good night, little darling."

"Good night, daddy." The daughter replied in a low voice while lying on the bed, pulling up the quilt, revealing only a pair of bright eyes and a smooth forehead.

Cerrados stood up and turned off the lamp, then walked out and gently closed the bedroom door.

Then he went straight downstairs, walked to the yard, sat down on a reclining chair, then took out his mobile phone and dialed his agent's number.

"Jose, what's going on?"

"I just heard something. Francis plans to go to Dortmund this week."

"Francis? What's wrong?"

"Don't you realize the problem yet, Alexandra? Don't you think your club's ambassador went to Dortmund just for a private trip? Ruhr Rheinland is in Dortmund. Let me remind you one more thing-- Francis also visited Leeds City Club in a private capacity during the season..."

Hearing what the agent said, Cerados fell silent.

No matter how slow he is, he can still figure it out.

After Francis went to Leeds City last season, the Madrid Kings Club began to pursue Hulay enthusiastically.

So this time Francis goes to Dortmund, it must be to visit the Ruhr-Rhine Club.

What was he doing in the Ruhr-Rhein?

The answer is already obvious.

Of course it is for the young center Janus Edman who has gradually become famous in Ruerrhein in the past two years.

Although the rules prohibit clubs from privately contacting players under contract, there are always ways to circumvent the rules. Everyone does this, so he naturally doesn't think that his club will be so "law-abiding".

In silence, Olmer continued: "You are willing to take a salary cut and renew your contract with the club, but I don't think the club wants to renew your contract, Alexandra. Your contract expires next year, and you should probably think about it seriously. It’s the future.”

At the end of June next year, Alexandra Cerrados will be thirty-five years old.

For former professional players, they could retire at the age of thirty-five - twenty years ago, it was considered a decline from the age of thirty.

But now with the development of sports science, there are many people who can maintain their physical condition at the age of 34 and meet the requirements of professional football. Professional players after the age of 30 are in the golden age of their careers. They are physically aware, have rich experience, and have a calmer personality.

Many players can play until they are thirty-six or seventeen years old, and some even play until they are forty years old.

Age is no longer an important factor in whether a player retires, motivation to continue playing football is.

For Cerrados, that is.

If he has no motivation to continue playing, then it might not be a bad idea to retire with the Madrid Kings after his contract expires. He was even able to become an extremely rare player to retire with the Madrid Kings and become a legend of the Kings.

But if he still doesn't want to retire, then he should consider leaving the Kings and moving elsewhere, to a team that is not that strong, not that high in status, and not even a wealthy team. But this team can give Cerrados a more important tactical position and allow him to resume his role as a scorer instead of being a supporting player for others.

This is what Olmo has been urging Cerrados to do.

He is dissatisfied with the tactical adjustments made by the Madrid Kings this season.

Just to praise Melli, let a main scorer who scored 20 goals and assisted seven times in the league last season suddenly hand over the "right to fire" and become a green leaf for Melli.

In Olmer's view, this was an insult to Cerrados, one of the "Four Kings".

This is not how a wealthy club should treat its own legendary achievements.

But Cerrados said nothing, accepted the club's arrangement, and even refused to let his agent express any opinions on the club's actions in public.

Since Cerrados decided to compromise, Olmo naturally had no choice. However, during this season, he has been encouraging Cerrados to transfer and leave the Kings and go to a new team to prove himself again.

During this period, Cerrados was indeed tempted by Olmo.

From the initial "not considering at all" to the later "my bottom line is not to go to the Spanish team", it is a remarkable progress.

Now he specifically revealed the information he had learned from inside to Cerrados, hoping to strike the final blow. Let Cerrados know that the club has completely abandoned him, arousing his dissatisfaction with the club's practices, and thus completely determined to leave the team and start a new life.

Cerrados said after being silent for a while: "I used to be willing to cut my salary and renew my contract because I thought I could still be helpful to the team. But now I realize that I may really have no value to the team. .So I plan to retire directly after fulfilling my contract with the club."

This answer surprised Olmer, and his voice became louder: "What? Retirement? Are you crazy, Alexandra? Don't be hit by your performance this season. I always believe in changing the ball." Team, you will not only be the main force, but even the core! Your performance in the Madrid Derby proved that it is not that your strength has declined, but because you are no longer the offensive core of this team! But the reason why you You are not the core of the Kings' offense, and it has nothing to do with your strength! It is the result of human intervention by the club's senior management..."

After Cerrados quietly waited for his agent to finish speaking, he talked about another thing:

"You know, Jose? I saw Melli practicing shooting again on the training ground today. Fonseca asked him if he still wanted to compete for the top scorer, and he answered 'yes'. Many people said I was shocked by his answer..."

"He's going crazy, he's six goals behind Hu!" Olmer snorted. He didn't like the Argentine. Although everyone was impressed by the talent shown by Melly, he just didn't like it.

In Olmer's opinion, the reason why Melli has performed so well this season is only because Cerrados made way for him.

If Cerrados was given a fair chance to compete, Melly would never be able to achieve his current results.

At least he couldn't score twenty-five goals in the league.

Those Melli fans acted as if all twenty-five goals were the result of Melli alone, which made Olmer sick.

But Cerrados didn't care about Olmo's strong emotions and continued to say in a calm tone:

"Yeah, you see, Jose. For us 'old men', when we hear this, our first thought is 'a difference of six goals', while Melli's thought is 'Can't I do it?' .The young people nowadays are so scary...Hu is like that too. This is his first La Liga season and he has already scored thirty-one goals. And that Edman, he is not even eighteen years old yet , has already scored twenty goals in Ruerrhein..."

"Let's not talk about it for now, but Edman's twenty goals are counted in all the games he played with the first team of Ruerrhein. Two seasons of the league, the German Cup and the Champions League..." Agent Olmer interrupted Cerrados' emotion.

He also doesn't like Edelman because the Kings want to sign him to squeeze out Cerrados. He sees Edelman as a threat to Cerrados.

"That's pretty awesome, at least better than when I was eighteen. Every time I see young people like this, I wonder... when did I realize that I should quit? It was at this time - look When young people like Melly stubbornly compete with the whole world for a seemingly impossible goal, I feel..."

At this point, Cerados suddenly fell silent.

Olmo, who had been in a bad mood ever since he heard that Cerrados was retiring, opened his mouth, but in the end remained silent.

He also became quiet.

Until I heard Cerrados on the other end of the phone say:

"...Whether we want to admit it or not...our time has passed, Jose."