Fox in the Penalty Area

"Kairi! Oh, beautiful! Wow!"

The reason why commentator He Feng expressed such admiration was that Kyrie used a very beautiful double-footed move to pull the ball and turn around, and got rid of the defense of two Madrid Kings players, Osei and Estrom.

"Melli! Melli! Melli - what a risk! What a risk! Bedia is two years older than Melli, but when facing Melli, he was as immature as a youth team player... There is no way, it would be difficult for any defender to face Melli like this..."

Betía had just been passed by Melli again. If Ramirez hadn't caught up in time and took advantage of Melli's opportunity to pass the ball past Betía and destroyed the ball with a fierce sliding tackle, Melli would have really been saved. Got the ball in.

After finishing, Ramirez got up from the ground and patted the dull Betia to show encouragement.

"Kairi!"

"Merry!"

"Kairi!!"

"Merry—!"

Xie Lan, who was sitting in front of the TV, felt veins pop out on his forehead.

Until Carey suddenly missed the ball and gave the football to Hu Lai from behind, who formed a shot. The commentator He Feng was praising Kaili again, and she finally couldn't bear it anymore:

"Keikeli Keli! Didn't you say that our son is Merry's opponent? Why does it look like this Kaili is the protagonist!"

Hu Lixin looked at his wife pointing at the screen angrily and said helplessly:

"Kyrie is the core of the Pirates' offensive tactics. He has a high appearance rate and is mentioned a lot by commentators. It's normal. And it's not like you don't know your son's football style... He just doesn't show up. The mountain is not exposed, but once it appears on the camera, it may create a threat. Are you still jealous of this?"

"What does it mean to be jealous?" Although Xie Lan was still a bit stubborn, she also agreed with her husband's statement, "Seeing them fighting lively makes me anxious!"

"Why are you anxious? Your son isn't even anxious. Besides, the better Kaili performs, the happier you should be."

"Why? I'm not Kaili's mother, why should I be happy?"

Hu Lixin was speechless: "Because the more active he is, the more he can help your son attract the King's defensive attention. Didn't you see the ball just now? It was Peralta who went up to defend Kyrie.

That’s why Kyrie leaked the ball to your son..."

Xie Lan remained silent.

What her husband said was right, but she still felt unhappy that her son had few opportunities to appear in the spotlight.

As her son's mother, she doesn't need to think rationally.

She just hopes that her son can perform well, and it is not the kind of excellence in the eyes of experts, it is best to be outstanding that even ball blind people can understand.

What does that look like?

Of course it’s a goal!

As a forward, scoring goals is always the highest priority criterion for measuring his performance.

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Dikunzo passed the football from the wing into the penalty area. Hulay ran towards the spot where the football landed, then jumped up and headed the ball.

But beside him, Peralta jumped.

The two men competed for the top spot. In the end, Peralta relied on his excellent strength advantage to squeeze away Hulay and clear Dikunzo's cross header.

"Peralta made a successful defense!"

Peralta, who completed the header to clear the ball, was not happy for his successful defense. Instead, he immediately turned back to Hulay to see his reaction.

He wanted to see Hu Lai, who had missed the opportunity, show a frustrated or annoyed expression. It would be better if he was anxious.

But he saw the opponent turn around and give a thumbs up to Dikunzo who passed the ball.

It was as if he didn't care about the failure of the attack at all. .

And not just this time, every time he interfered and defended him before... He never had any exciting performances since the goal in the first fourteen minutes... He didn't seem to care about these things. Same.

No.

How could you not take it to heart?

Unless he has no heart!

He must be trying his best to suppress the impatience and unhappiness in his heart and trying to keep himself calm...

Peralta really wanted to provoke Hulay with words and arouse the anger and impatience in his heart.

But he thought of another rumor, or "curse":

Any defender who talks to Hu Lai during the game will inexplicably perform abnormally, as if he was cursed by Hu Lai's language.

There is one thing that may prove that this "curse" is real and very scary:

During the two rounds of the Champions League match between Atlético Amsterdam and Madrid Pirates, although Hulay kept chatting with Danny Drew, Drew ignored him throughout the game.

These can be clearly seen from the live broadcast of the game.

Why did Hu Lai want to chat with Danny Drew?

Are you taking the opportunity to impose a "curse"?

Drew must have been afraid of being cursed, so he didn't even say a word to Hu Lai...

Although Athletic Amsterdam still lost the game in the end, at least Danny Drew's performance didn't have much to criticize.

However, the scene of Danny Drew always avoiding Hu Lai and chatting during the game fell into the eyes of many people, and he himself confirmed in an interview after the game that he intentionally did not communicate with Hu Lai.

As for why, he didn't say. He just said that he was focused on the game and didn't want to be distracted.

However, caring people on the Internet can always dig out some clues and finally piece together the "truth" - of course, the "secrets" of Hu Lai's early career contributed by Chinese fans are indispensable.

Because Hu Lai is a Chinese player, his fans in Europe are naturally also paying attention to information from the Internet. There are even people in Europe who help translate news reports about Hulay when he was playing in China and online articles mentioning him into English and Spanish.

With the help of these "enthusiastic people", everyone learned a lot about Hu Lai's experiences when he was still not famous. For example, he once scored five goals in nine minutes in a U23 game. Although this incident was reported by the European media at the time, the coverage was not extensive. Unless they are people who already pay attention to Hu Lai, others rarely hear about it. Now I know it, which makes many people sigh that Hu Lai has been so powerful for a long time.

For another example, everyone has heard a very strange term "cross talk football". When the translator faced this strange term, he didn't know how to translate it. So I started to learn more about the origin of the word. After knowing the ins and outs, the word was finally translated into "talk show football".

"Hu Lai is very good at using his super language talent to interfere with defensive players during the game." This matter spread and became a well-kept curse.

Before the match between Atlético Amsterdam and Pirates of Madrid, this so-called "curse" was just a gimmick for fans to entertain themselves on the Internet. It has not attracted the attention of professionals.

Until Danny Drew performed very deliberately in the game against Hu Lai...

Professional players are somewhat superstitious, because football games are always full of various elements of luck. Good luck and bad luck can sometimes bring completely different results to a game.

To be on the safe side, I'd rather trust it.

So Peralta suppressed the idea of ​​provoking Hulay with trash talk.

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In the 61st minute of the game, the Madrid Kings continued to launch attacks and finally won a corner kick.

However, after the corner kick was taken, it did not threaten the Madrid Pirates' goal.

The football was knocked out of the penalty area by Haywell's double punch.

The Madrid Kings controlled the second point and wanted to reorganize the attack.

However, when the ball was distributed to the wing, it was intercepted by Pirates' left back Ion Martinez.

After stealing the ball, Ion passed the football to Toni in front.

Before catching the ball, Tonini looked back twice to observe the situation behind him and grasped the position of Albin Eström, the Madrid King player who was guarding him. So when he caught the ball, he pretended to turn right and go outside.

But when catching the ball, he suddenly used his right foot to push the football inward, and at the same time, his body turned to the left!

Estrom was left behind by Toni in this way!

After Tonini caught up with the football after bypassing Estrom, he did not take the ball forward himself, but kicked the football directly into the huge space behind Estrom.

At the same time, Maxi Carey was cutting forward diagonally from the center, chasing the football!

Estrom and Madrid Kings right back Patin Garcia, who was defending in the center, simultaneously pursued Carey and the football.

Among them, Estrom chased back in a straight line, while Garcia cut back to defend.

The Madrid Kings fans in the stands booed loudly, adding to the excitement of the "racing match" on the court.

It has to be said that after two consecutive years of serious injuries and age, Kyrie's speed has dropped a lot.

Before he could catch up with the ball, Patin Garcia had cut back in front of him, getting between him and the penalty area.

At the same time, Estrom also approached Carey from behind.

The two of them want to form a two-sided trap.

If this was Kyrie at his peak, he would not have given the two men a chance to catch up with him and get in front of him. He would have already crossed the ball diagonally into the penalty area and directly faced goalkeeper Bakker.

Now, he can either slow down and control the football, wait for his teammates to come up, and then reorganize the offense.

Or they have to face the situation of two defenses and one force to break through.

But Carey chose neither option.

He chose C.

Kyrie, who caught up with the football, didn't make any adjustments and directly used the outside instep of his right foot to slash the football into the penalty area!

The football wrote a capital "C" in the air.

First, he bypassed Patin Garcia who was back on defense. The latter tried to destroy the football by pushing it away with his head, but failed.

Then Eström, who was chasing after him, flew past him. He could do nothing but turn his head and watch the football go.

The football then flew towards the penalty area near the penalty spot.

There, Hulay and Peralta were entangled with each other and rushed towards the landing point of the football!

Judging from the way they were sprinting at high speed, it looked like... they were about to rush over?

At this moment, Hu Lai stopped quickly.

Although Peralta was a step late, he also stopped after rushing out, and immediately turned around and pounced on Hu Lai.

He saw Hu Lai suddenly stop and turn around, with his back to the goal, and stretched out his left foot to stop the ball from Carey.

The ball stopped very steadily. It was as if it was sucked when it landed on the turf, without any bounce at all.

Then Hu Lai turned around again, raised his right leg and kicked the football.

He turned around and shot!

Peralta quickly lunged towards the left rear of Hulay's body, trying to block the shot.

But the football didn't fly past - Hu Lai's swung right leg gently pushed the football in the opposite direction, and at the same time completed the turn, from facing away from the goal to facing the goal!

"Francis turn around!"

This move is named after the legendary former Madrid King player Louis Francis, but he did not invent it, but he used this move most often, so everyone named this fake shot, real dunk, and then turn move after him.

This action is very practical for forwards because they can turn around and escape at the same time in a small space.

Peralta, who was deceived, saw Hulay turning around with Francis to get rid of him, and quickly stopped and shifted his weight laterally, trying to pounce back.

At this moment, Hu Lai, who had just buckled the football back, then gently picked the football forward with the toes of his right foot, sending the football away. He then kicked the ground hard, started up quickly, and chased towards the goal. football!

Peralta could only turn around hastily to deal with it. Not only did he lose the opportunity, he also lost his position - he had been squeezed behind Hu Lai. If he bumps into him regardless, he is very likely to knock Hu Lai down in the penalty area. That will not only be a penalty kick, but he may also be sent off with a red card!

Fortunately, when Hu Lai used Francis to turn away, Estrom, who had just chased back into the penalty area, immediately accelerated and rushed to cover the defense.

He shoveled the football hard, hoping to make a clearance before Hu Lai could catch up with the ball.

At the same time, Hu Lai stepped forward, threw all his center of gravity, and drove his left leg towards the football like a whip!

"Estrom!!"

"Hulai!!"

Amid the exclamations of the commentator and the boos of the home team fans, the two men collided.

But before they collided, Hu Lai's left foot kicked the ball first!

The football was shot to the far corner by him!

Bucker, who originally moved to the near corner to block the shooting angle, turned around and fought back, but failed to touch the ball - he was still a little slow!

When he fell to the ground, he saw that the football had hit the side netting inside the goal!

He stared at the football with wide eyes...

"Hu Lai——!!! Hu Lai! Scored twice! He helped the Pirates take the lead again in the total score!"

Xie Lan stood in front of the TV and jumped up from the sofa with his arms raised.

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