Fox in the Penalty Area

On February 10, Saturday, the 23rd round of the league, Madrid Pirates challenged Samirspor away.

Due to preparations for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals next Tuesday, Parotti did not arrange for all the main players to go away.

But no matter what, Hu Lai still has to bring it.

In this season's league, the Madrid Pirates were second in ten rounds of the league. They finally defeated the league's first-place Madrid Kings in the last round of the league and successfully promoted to first place. Wouldn't it be too unfair if he only sat for one round of the league and was overthrown again?

Therefore, although not all the main players are playing, Madrid Pirates also wants to defeat Samirspor in the away game.

Besides, Hu Lai has scored in eighteen consecutive league rounds. How could he be excluded from the lineup at this time.

Not to mention being excluded from the big list, he can't even be included in the starting lineup.

Everyone wants to see how far Hu Lai can break this record.

In this round of the league, Hu Lai, who had just set a new record, encountered a tenacious blockage from the Samir Sports team.

What the Kings of Madrid failed to do, they achieved - they really just ignored the other Madrid Pirates players and focused on not allowing Hulay to score.

So under Hulay's "cover", Dikunzo and Luka Cerovic each scored a goal. In the first half, the Madrid Pirates led their opponents 2:0.

Hu Lai himself was unable to score.

“Do they think they can’t save face by letting the Chinese set new records?”

Xie Lan, who got up in the middle of the night to watch the live broadcast of the game, was so depressed that he couldn't help but speculate on conspiracy theories.

Hu Lixin did not refute her, but smiled bitterly.

Because he couldn't tell for sure.

What if the other party really thinks so?

Previously, this record belonged to Cerrados, a native of Spain, while Hulay was an outsider...

The Spaniard does not want this La Liga record to be occupied by outsiders. If Hulay's consecutive scoring games stop at 18 rounds, then someone will be able to catch up in the future.

If there are too many events,

But it’s hard to chase...

——If you don’t speculate like this, it’s really hard to explain Samir Sports’ tactics that are so head-over-heels.

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Seeing Hulay's delay in scoring, assistant coach Valentin asked head coach Parotti: "Should we replace him?"

The reason why he asked this was considering that three days later there would be an away game against Stan Park Rangers in the Champions League quarter-finals.

He is worried that Hulay spent too much energy in this game and it will affect his performance in the Champions League.

But Parotti said firmly: "No, wait until he scores before replacing him."

"But what if... I mean what if he never scores?"

Parotti turned to look at him and gave his answer: "Then let him play the whole game."

"Okay..." Valentin said this when he saw Parotti, knowing that the head coach didn't need his advice.

He truly trusts and condones Hu Lai...

Of course, Hu Lai also deserves such indulgence from the head coach.

After all, he is a hard-core strongman who can score 35 goals in 22 league rounds.

If he were a forward who scored one goal in the 22nd round, he would be replaced immediately without any hesitation.

He didn’t even need his assistant coach’s advice…

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After Hu Lai ran diagonally to receive the ball, he took a shot, but he kicked the football away.

The football flew high into the stands behind the goal.

There was a burst of gloating cheers and laughter from the Samirspor fans.

Hu Lai himself was not very satisfied with this shot and shook his head.

Then he gave a thumbs up to the Samir Sports fans who were laughing at him and deliberately applauded them.

Then the laughter in the stands disappeared and was replaced by boos.

Hearing the familiar boos, Hu Lai nodded with satisfaction, and his expression seemed to say:

This is the right taste!

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Maxi Carey, who was not included in the squad and was watching live TV at home, couldn't help but grin when he saw this scene...

The wife beside me also asked curiously: "What is he doing? What is his purpose?"

Kaili said: "There is no purpose. You can understand it as a simple disgusting person..."

"A simple disgusting person?" My wife didn't quite understand, "What good will this do to him?"

"It's no good." Kaili shrugged.

"This... I thought he wanted to anger his opponent, make him lose his cool, and give him a chance..." The wife did not expect that Hu Lai would do such a thing that was harmful to others and not self-interested, and was speechless.

Then she asked: "If you were on the court, wouldn't he have to work so hard?"

Kyrie answered very proudly and firmly: "Of course. I helped him solve most of the problems. He just needs to run into the space and kick the last kick."

"Then do you think he can still score in this game?"

This time Kaili pondered for a while before shaking his head and saying, "I don't know, but I find it difficult."

"So his consecutive scoring record is only eighteen rounds?"

Kaili heard the meaning in his wife's tone and laughed: "Eighteen rounds are pretty good, what are you regretting?"

"I thought he could extend the record for a few more rounds in such a good condition... If it is only one more round than the original record, I always feel that his condition is a bit wasted..."

While the couple was chatting, the live broadcast showed the Madrid Pirates launching another attack.

Hu Lai turned his back to the attacking direction outside the penalty area and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

He looked like he was right in line with Samirspor's backline.

Logically speaking, he should not ask for the ball with his back to the goal like this outside the penalty area.

Once he catches the ball, he has to go head-to-head with the opponent's center back in a post-up play.

But this is not the way Hu Lai is good at playing football.

So when Maxi Carey saw this, he shook his head slightly.

Thinking back to his "interaction" with Samir Sports fans just now, he was just like a angry child.

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Hulay can feel the pressure exerted on him from the Samir Sports center back behind him.

This allows him to confirm that he has indeed pulled the opponent's center back out of the penalty area without looking back.

So he continued to run towards the football.

Sure enough, the central defender of Samir Sports behind him also ran up - since he had followed him out of the penalty area, there was no need to give up halfway.

What?

After he follows up, there will be a gap behind him, which may be exploited by other Pirates players?

We are two goals behind, who cares?

Anyway, we can’t let Hu Lai score!

But just when the Samir Sports center back was thinking this, he saw Hu Lai running in front of him suddenly turn to the left!

At the same time, the football flew over from the right!

He was stunned there, not knowing for a moment whether to attack Hu Lai or block the ball...

In the end, he stood motionless, watching Hu Lai and the football pass by both sides of his body!

He is like a boulder in a torrent. Although he is big and looks intimidating, it cannot stop the water from rolling around him...

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"Huh!!" Sanchez shouted loudly.

When Maxi Carey saw this scene, his eyes suddenly widened.

The wife beside me also exclaimed: "This is..."

"The ball has been divided!!" Sanchez answered her loudly on the TV. "Hu! He went in!"

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When the center back of Samir Sports turned around, what he saw was the back of Hu Lai receiving the football!

He never expected that the space left behind him after being pulled out would not be used by other Madrid Pirates players, but instead used by Hu Lai himself...

Hu Lai, who entered the penalty area, received the football. Because it was too sudden, Samir Sports' defensive players had not had time to surround him. It is too easy for Hu Lai to get the ball in this situation!

"Hu Lai! Beautiful! Wow! This is... an opportunity!!"

Following He Feng's roar, Hu Lai, who regained control of the ball, shot!

The football flew past the Samir Sports goalkeeper's fingertips and crashed into the goal!

"Here it comes -!! Beautiful! Beautiful!! Hu Lai! He finally scored! He scored in the nineteenth consecutive league round! He pushed his new record forward by one game! His steps have not yet been Stop! The journey continues!"

Xie Lan screamed in front of the TV and jumped up with his arms raised.

The big stone in her heart finally fell to the ground...

Beside her, Hu Lixin also applauded his son's goal.

But he is not only because his son has extended the new record, but also because the ball itself is indeed beautiful.

After Hulay finished his celebration, the TV broadcast replayed his goal in slow motion.

From the slow-motion replay, we can clearly see how Hu Lai completed this turn and passed the ball - when the football rolled over, his body actually turned to the left, which was a precursor to turning around from there. . But at the same time, his right foot was trailing behind. When the football rolled over, he used the toes of his right foot to pick the football behind him, and he turned to the left.

The football that bypasses the Samir Sports center back does not go straight forward after landing, but changes its line to the middle because of its own rotation.

Just in time, Hu Lai and Hu Lai, who had bypassed each other, ran in both directions and met again in the middle.

As a non-traditional center with no physical advantage, Hu Lai's post-up ability is indeed not good enough, not even as good as his national teammate Zhou Zijing.

But this does not mean that Hu Lai has no other ways to play post-up. After all, I trained with Li Qingqing for many nights last season...

He made full use of his flexible turning characteristics, coupled with his extremely imaginative picking movements, which finally allowed him to successfully get rid of the Samir Sports defender who stuck to him for 70 minutes.

The reason why he has been able to score so many goals this season is not just because of the hard work of his teammates.

Although he didn't know about his son's special training with Li Qingqing, Hu Lixin was also happy for Hu Lai from the bottom of his heart.

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Seeing Hulay's goal, the assistant coach Valentin on the sidelines first let out a sigh of relief, and then rushed out to celebrate.

After the celebration was over, he ran back and asked Parotti: "Can we replace him now?"

Parotti nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, let's change and ask Ruiz to come over."

Valentin didn't wait for him to finish his words before turning around and going to the bench to shake people.

It seems that he is afraid that the substitution will be slower and Juledo will waste some physical energy, which will affect the Champions League game next Tuesday...

Seeing his assistant's impatient look, Parotti smiled and shook his head.

He also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - his unconditional trust in Hu Lai had won the bet!

He was ready to let Hu Lai play the entire game. If Hu Lai really couldn't score and the record ended here, it definitely couldn't be because he, as the head coach, didn't give enough time.

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