Fox in the Penalty Area

Law 1

Hu Lai stood in the player tunnel. This was his first time playing against Blue and White Munich, but it was not his first time meeting Blue and White Munich players.

Mark Becker he played against when he was at Leeds City.

However, the two have no intersection, let alone friendship.

So we met again without saying hello.

On the contrary, it was Søren Gribsch, the captain of the Blue and White Munich, who Hulay met at the European Ballon d'Or Awards Ceremony and had a brief chat with him.

So when they met again this time, he took the initiative to say hello to the other person.

Gribusch also responded to him generously, which surprised Hu Lai: "You can actually talk to me?"

Gribusch smiled and said: "The outcome of the football match only depends on the performance of the players on both sides on the field, and has nothing to do with those rumors."

Hu Lai gave him a thumbs up: "Brother understands people! I'll just say that those rumors about me are all nonsense! Oh brother, what you said... speaks to my heart! If it weren't for accepting Next is the game between our two teams, and I want to be my eldest brother! Do you know what it means to be my eldest brother? It means becoming a confidant and becoming a brother!"

Faced with Hu Lai's exaggerated praise, Gribusch smiled slightly: "How about you transfer to us?"

"Uh..." Hu Lai clasped his hands and said, "Goodbye!"

After saying that, he turned around and returned to his queue. He thought Kabangka was right. This big brother wanted to persuade everyone he met to join his team. It's a real loss for him to only get one salary from Blue and White Munich. The club should give him another salary as a team general manager...

Hu Lai, who had just returned to his team and stood still, heard a small commotion behind him.

He turned around and looked around, and saw Bjorn Hantcek, the head coach of the Blue and White Munich, walking from the end of the tunnel.

After entering the tunnel, he first greeted a stadium staff member wearing a Madrid Pirates uniform standing at the entrance.

Looking at him, he had a smile on his face, like a spring breeze.

It really feels like going home.

There was more than one staff member in the passage, and he just walked by and said hello.

He knew every staff member.

After all, he had only left Madrid Pirates for less than four years, and the stadium staff did not change so quickly.

In the live TV broadcast, the commentator Alvarez Sanchez said with an excited tone: "Hantcek was greeting the staff one by one. This scene really felt familiar and long-lost.

Because when he was coaching Madrid Pirates, every time he came out of the locker room during a home game, he would greet every staff member he saw. This has become his habit..."

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When Hantcheck was greeting each staff member, the Pirates coaching staff led by Parotti was behind them.

Seeing this scene, Nahel couldn't help but snorted:

"Welcome home."

This made the other coaching staff behind him a little embarrassed.

But no one said anything.

Parotti slowed down his pace and had no intention of confronting Hantcheck.

Although he didn't speak, when he stopped like this, the other Madrid Pirates coaches behind him naturally could only stand where they were.

Enzo Naher was obviously dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything more. Instead, he stood aside and watched with cold eyes.

He saw Hantcheck walking towards the queue of players after greeting all the staff.

Instead of interacting with the players of the Blue and White Munich, he walked towards the players of the Madrid Pirates.

"Isn't this a bit too much?" Nahel couldn't bear it anymore.

He guessed what Hantcheck was going to do—he was going to say hello to players he was familiar with on the Pirates' roster.

There are many of his former teammates on this team.

But greeting the other team's players in front of the other team's head coach like this, even if the friendship from the past is still there, is somewhat... bullying.

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Hu Lai thought he could just say hello to the staff, but he didn't expect Hantcek to walk towards their team.

Then he reached out and patted Toni, who was at the back of the queue, on the back.

Toni turned around and saw that it was Hantcek who was photographing him. He quickly put away his surprised eyes and hugged Hantcek with a smile on his face.

"Tonini was brought to the Pirates from Brazil by Hantcek, and he was also selected for the Brazilian national team under the coaching of Hantcek."

Hu Lai heard the commentary beside him and turned around to see Maxi Carey.

"Thank you for the explanation. But why are you telling me this?"

"Aren't you dissatisfied with him?" Carey looked at Hantcek.

"Dissatisfied? Who did you listen to talk about me? I didn't, so don't talk nonsense." Hu Lai denied it.

Kairi chuckled contemptuously.

Hu Lai also smiled and said: "I'm curious about what your attitude will be when I meet him later? Will you be as respectful as Toni? Oh, speaking of which, I haven't seen you be respectful to anyone. Then I will You have to keep your eyes open and take a good look, hey!"

The smile on Kairi's face disappeared.

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Enzo Naher really respected his mentor. Since Parotti wouldn't let him get in trouble, even though he was very unhappy, he didn't say anything more.

But Parotti could still hear his breathing getting heavier and heavier.

Obviously, he was dissatisfied with Hantcek's "declaration of sovereignty" in front of him.

It's as if Parotti is not the current head coach of the Pirates, but Hantcheck is.

No matter how crazy Hantcek is, he can't explain his current behavior.

In fact, commentator Sanchez was quite excited to see Hantcheck greeting the staff at first, but when he saw him running to greet the Pirates players again, he couldn't hold back.

"Hantcheck is greeting the Pirates players. Did he make a mistake? Today he is the head coach of Blue and White Munich..."

Hantcek couldn't hear commentator Sanchez's question, and even if he heard it he wouldn't care.

He just greeted the Madrid Pirates players one by one like no one else, and those players were very polite in front of him, which further highlighted his full "godfather" style.

In the eyes of Enzo Naher, Hantcek was demonstrating to them, telling them who is the real helmsman of this team - no matter how many championships you win, Parotti, they are just for me. Hantcek makes the wedding dress!

Nahel felt that his anger level was getting bigger and bigger, and his anger tank was almost full.

He almost couldn't help but ignore Parotti's dissuasion and go to trouble Hantcek face to face...

At this moment, Hantcek walked up to Hu Lai.

Then what surprised him was that Hu Lai didn't wait for Hantcek to make any move, and took the initiative to extend his hand to him!

And he extended his hands!

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Hantcek looked down at Hu Lai's two hands stretched out to him, and hesitated for a moment.

Generally speaking, stretching out two hands means that the other party respects you, so you make such a gesture.

But Hu Lai respects himself?

No matter how crazy Hantcek is, he will never feel so good about himself.

He and Hu Lai have no intersection at all.

So why did Hu Lai do this?

Hantcek, who shook hands with Pirates players and patted shoulders along the way, was acting like a big boss, but now he didn't dare to take Hu Lai's extended hand. He was worried that there was some trap...

Hu Lai didn't give him a chance to hesitate for too long. Seeing that the other party was indifferent, he simply took the initiative and grabbed Hantchek's hand with both hands. At the same time, he said enthusiastically: "Oh, Hantchek." Mr. Ke! I have been admiring your name for a long time in the past two days!"

Hantcek noticed that Hulay specifically said "these two days". What did it mean? He was not a fool, so how could he not understand it.

This is an irony that he led the team to Pirates Park as a guest, but the media was full of reports about his return home...

Maxi Carey, who was right next to Hu Lai, also noticed Hu Lai's little thought, and he glanced at Hu Lai.

Hantcek heard the sarcasm in Hu Lai's tone, but he did not explode in front of everyone - he was crazy, but he was not stupid. How could he not hear Hu Lai's provocation? ?

Originally, he has always behaved like a big boss since he appeared on the scene. If he was teased by Hu Lai and his guard was broken, the image he had worked so hard to cultivate before would be completely ruined...

How can a real boss be able to see people like others and break up with them personally?

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly: "You and I are different. Not only these days, but also in the past few years, your name has become famous. I am no stranger to you, Hu."

After saying that, he wanted to withdraw his hand and continue walking forward. The remaining Madrid Pirates players were still waiting for him...such as Maxi Carey next.

But he took a twitch but didn't pull it out.

He thought his strength was weak, so he tried harder and harder, but still couldn't pull it out.

He looked down at Hu Lai's hands. There were veins popping out on them, as if a pair of iron pliers were tightly clamping his hands.

He looked at Hu Lai again, who was saying with a smile on his face: "Ah? Really? That's such an honor! I just have a little reputation, but I still can't compare with Mr. Hantcek. You But the 'savior' who brought the Madrid Pirates out of the quagmire and gave the team new life! It can be said that without Bjorn Hantcek, the Madrid Pirates would have been expelled from the ranks of the rich! Without you, this Madrid team The sky will always be invisible...dark night!"

He said it through gritted teeth at the end.

Because Hantcek was pumping his hand hard, he had to tighten his grip on the opponent's hand, even his cheeks.

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"What are they doing?"

The coaches of the Madrid Pirates saw Hantcek and Hulay seeming to be in a tug of war from a distance, and all of them were filled with question marks.

But Parotti grinned: "Ha! That boy Hu..."

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Maxi Carey and the surrounding players from both sides watched the scene in front of them in stunned silence.

Not only them, but countless spectators in front of the TV also saw this scene. They were also stunned and did not quite understand what happened in the tunnel of the Pirates Park stadium.

Hulay and Hantcek seemed to be having a great time talking to each other, holding hands and talking non-stop.

But this is obviously not normal...

Their relationship wasn't good enough to hold hands and talk for so long.

Not to mention that Hantcek didn’t seem to have a “very happy conversation” with Hu Lai…

The sharp-tongued and experienced commentators were confused and didn't know what to say.

Hantcek, who was being targeted by the camera, now regrets very much why he came to Hu Lai. He should have bypassed Hu Lai and go straight to Maxi Carey behind him.

But when he thought about it, it seemed that Hu Lai was not the one who took the initiative to find him, but the other party took the initiative to hold his hand...

In front of everyone present and the television cameras, Hantcek couldn't help but smile. He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice and said, "It's okay, Hu. You can let go..."

Hu Lai, as if he couldn't hear it at all, still continued to express his admiration to the other party:

"...I have heard countless legends about you in the past two days. They said that the day you decided to come to Madrid Pirates to coach, a colorful cloud suddenly flew out of the Madrid sky. And when you decided not to renew your contract with Madrid Pirates, That day, it rained heavily throughout Madrid.

"This rain has been falling for seven days and seven nights, as if it wants to wash away all traces of your time in Madrid... But the traces you left on Pirates are so deep that even seven consecutive days of heavy rain have not washed them away. The mark you leave on the pirates...

"I forgot where I saw it. It said, 'Everyone who has been here must have traces.' I didn't know it before, but now I know that it is you, Mr. Bjorn Hantcek!"

As he spoke, he shook Hantcek's arm vigorously, almost like an ardent fan.

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Seeing Hantcek's embarrassed look, Parotti shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's go out and help Mr. Hantcek out. I guess Hu can hold his hand and talk to the referee team."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked over.

Then, under everyone's gaze, he walked through the queues of both sides and arrived in front of Hu Lai and Hantcek.

He first greeted Hantcek: "Hello, Mr. Hantcek."

Hantcek forced a smile: "Hello, Mr. Parotti..."

He originally wanted to ask Parotti for help, but he felt that this seemed to put him at a disadvantage. Wouldn't his previous efforts have been in vain?

So he didn't mention it, and he didn't try to pull out his arm again, pretending that he was still talking happily with Hu Lai.

Parotti turned to look at Hu Lai and patted his shoulder: "Okay, that's okay, Hu."

When Hu Lai heard what Parotti said, he no longer embarrassed Hantcek, but let go of his hand obediently, and said with some unfinished meaning: "We have a saying in China: 'When you drink with a close friend, a thousand cups will be too little, and you will not speculate. More than half a sentence'. And for us to hold hands and talk for so long, it's obvious that we are all close friends, Mr. Hantcek."

Hantcek was too lazy to pay attention to him, gave a perfunctory laugh, turned around and left.

He stopped saying hello to the remaining Pirates players and just walked towards the exit of the tunnel.

When he walked out, everyone in the tunnel heard cheers from the stadium stands.

It's just not as big as everyone thought - the scene in the passage just now was also broadcast live on the big screen...

After the cheers died down, Parotti patted Hu Lai on the shoulder again, without saying anything, and walked out of the tunnel with his coaching staff.

After Hu Lai watched him leave, he said to Maxi Carey beside him: "You have to thank me for saving you from an embarrassing conversation with false feelings."

Carey snorted: "How do you know it's hypocrisy? Although I wasn't brought to the Pirates by Hantcek, I did win the championship under his hands."

"Ah, is it true? I'm really sorry for interrupting your reunion with your mentor." Hu Lai said, pretending to be surprised. "Why don't you go find him now and talk about old times with him? I think Mr. Hantcek will be very happy!"

Kaili complained: "This is the first time I've seen someone be so mean and fresh and refined..."

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Hantcek sat down on the visiting team's coaching bench and wiped his right hand on his pants.

He felt like he still hadn't wiped off the sweat.

After being held by Hu Lai for so long, he didn't know which of the sweat in his palms belonged to Hu Lai and which was his.

Assistant coach Michel Stader came up and put his hand over his mouth and said: "It seems like your plan is ruined, Bjorn."

He went out early and could clearly see what was going on inside through the big screen on the coaching bench.

"I underestimated Hu, that person..." Hantcek also covered his mouth and said, then paused here.

"How is it?" Stade asked.

"How cheap!"