Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1674: Keeping an Appointment

"...Although the farewell ceremony has been held at Pirates Park, Maxi Carey has not announced which team he will go to next. At the same time, Insubre, who has been rumored to be a certainty, has also not made any move.

...This has led to divergent opinions. And just this morning, Maxi Carey's social media suddenly updated the latest news. It was just a picture and said nothing, but this picture is... the Leeds City team logo!

"Immediately afterwards, Leeds City Club officially announced that they had signed an agreement with Dutch superstar Maxi Carey. Carey joined the team as a free agent. The contract period is 2+1 - after two years, both parties can renew the contract for another one. Year... This official announcement shocked many people, because they had never heard that Leeds City was interested in Maxi Carey before - their head coach Tony Clark did appear at the Champions League final, but everyone thought He went to support Hu Lai. Unexpectedly, he was inspecting Maxi Carey!

"The signing of Maxi Carey has made many Leeds City fans ecstatic. For the club to be able to sign a superstar, this not only proves the club's ambition, but also proves the current attractiveness and influence of Leeds City... "

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"Holy shit, Hu Lai, your home was stolen!"

When the Chinese national team players were having breakfast in the hotel, Chen Xingyi exclaimed.

Hu Lai rolled his eyes at him: "How can you talk? It's obvious that the elbow spirit's home was stolen."

Zhou Zijing, who was chewing an apple, swallowed the pulp in his mouth: "None of my business!"

Some people are very gossipy:

"Hey Hu Lai, didn't you know that Kaili would go to Leeds City before?"

Hu Lai shook his head: "I don't know. We all thought he must be going to Insoubre..."

"Kaili went to Leeds City...Zhou Zijing, your position is in danger!" Someone shouted in the direction of Zhou Zijing.

Before Zhou Zijing could speak, Zhang Qinghuan shook his head: "No. Even if Kaili goes to Leeds City, he should not play as a forward, but as a midfielder. Leeds City's offensive organization has always relied mainly on William. Williams, Williams is an excellent B2B player, but in terms of the sophistication of offensive organization, he is still inferior. After Kyrie goes, he can help Williams share the work of organizing the offense. So Kyrie went to Leeds City, Not only will it not threaten Zhou Zijing, it will actually be a good thing for Zhou Zijing, after all, there is one more person to feed him."

Hu Lai said: "Will the elbow spirit spit out Kaili's cake and say, 'Bah! I don't eat the food that comes from here!'?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Zhou Zijing glared at him: "I'm not stupid!"

In the just-concluded Premier League season, Zhou Zijing scored seven league goals, one in the League Cup, two in the FA Cup, and just ten club goals.

Double figures.

With Hu Lai's successful experience ahead of him, data like Zhou Zijing's seems completely inadequate.

But aside from Hu Lai's "non-human" data, Zhou Zijing's report card is very eye-catching.

After all, in addition to ten goals, he also has six assists in all competitions-in terms of assist data, he has completely surpassed Hu Lai this season.

The latter has only three assists in all competitions this season...

After Kaili joins, if he can feed Zhou Zijing like he gave assists to Hu Lai, then Zhou Zijing will definitely be the biggest winner of this transfer deal.

"However... I still don't understand why Kyrie chose Leeds City... After all, Soubre can play in the Champions League. What does Leeds City have? The Europa League... Ah, I don't look down on the Europa League." When the people saw Zhang Qinghuan and Zhou Zijing, they quickly added.

Both of these people will play in the Europa League next season.

"Could it be that Kaili and you are exchanging extremes for one, Hu Lai?" Chen Xingyi touched Hu Lai's arm.

"What does it have to do with me?" Hu Lai spread his hands.

"If you come from Leeds City to carry out a sneak attack, then he will blitz Leeds City." Chen Xingyi analyzed. "Maybe he went to Leeds City just to conquer the fans there and make them forget about you?"

"Good guy, that Zhou Zijing was the first to refuse!" Wang Guangwei said from the side.

Everyone burst into laughter.

Everyone knows that Luo Kai and Zhou Zijing have some kind of "hostility" towards Hu Lai, but this "hostility" is completely different from the previous hatred between players against players.

Now this "hostility" is more like a sense of competition and competitiveness.

Whether it is Zhou Zijing or Luo Kai, if they want to defeat Hu Lai and replace him, there is no problem.

After all, they just wanted to defeat Hu Lai, and before... they really wanted to kick off their competitor's legs.

Happy laughter circulated in the hotel restaurant.

Even the restaurant staff frequently glanced at the national football players - although these staff in the Emirates hotel could not hear what the Chinese players were talking about, they could feel their mood from the laughter.

How could these people be smiling so much if they weren't so relaxed?

The Chinese players are indeed very relaxed, even though tomorrow night is a crucial match against Syria in the top 12.

No one felt nervous.

With the current strength of the Chinese team, even if it is an away game, there is no need to worry when facing a team of Syria's level.

The Chinese team only needs to defeat Syria tomorrow night, then regardless of the result of the match between Japan and Iran, they will win tickets to the 2030 World Cup finals in Spain and Portugal in advance.

Qualifying for the World Cup finals two rounds ahead of schedule is an unprecedented experience for Chinese football.

In the last World Cup, they played all the play-offs and didn't break out of the encirclement until the last moment.

Now they are just strolling around, chatting and laughing, and are about to qualify early.

What has changed is not only the performance of the Chinese team, but also the mentality of the Chinese team players.

If it were the previous group of players, there was a high probability that they would not be able to sleep well before this important game. In addition, the coaching staff and team leaders take turns meeting with them to do ideological work... It is simply adding insult to injury. After playing, I am afraid that they will not be able to perform even half of their usual training level.

The current national football team has no such problem at all.

Breakfast time passed while everyone was teasing and joking with each other.

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"Chen Xingyi! Breakthrough! Send a cross...Zhou Zijing! Header!! Oops! It's a little high!"

He Feng was shocked, but in fact, the mentality of Chinese fans was relatively calm and they did not ride the roller coaster.

If the goal didn't go in, then it didn't go in. Anyway, judging from the scene, the Chinese team has completely gained the upper hand, and there will definitely be a possibility of scoring goals in the future.

What?

Are you saying that you can't score when you're in a position of strength?

Ha, that's impossible!

How could something like that happen to today's Chinese team?

We have Hu Lai!

There is no one on this planet who is better at seizing opportunities than him!

Everyone feels at ease because Hu Lai is in charge.

Do you still need to be nervous when fighting in Syria?

nonexistent!

He Feng also quickly said in a calm tone: "The game has started for 22 minutes. Although the score is still 0:0, the Chinese team has already had four shots and the ball possession rate is as high as 61%. It can be said that we have an overall advantage...I think as long as we keep playing at this pace, the goals will come sooner or later..."

Yan Kang echoed: "That's right, He Feng. Now the national football team has a good mentality and is not impatient. Although Syria has a bus at their home court, they also play very patiently. Eight of the starting eleven They are all players who have studied abroad in Europe, and almost all of them have experience in European competitions... This season, four of them have reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, not to mention Hu Lai, who just won the Champions League... This Chinese team It is becoming more and more mature, and I think it is already at the top of the Asian level..."

Yan Kang said this and was not afraid of losing his character.

This is also a manifestation of confidence - playing in Syria in the top 12, but still need to save character?

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It seems to be to prove that everyone's confidence in the Chinese team is correct.

In the 34th minute of the game, Luo Kai cut in from the wing to the center, attracted the attention of two Syrian defensive players, and then passed the football into the penalty area.

Hu Lai, who was running diagonally into the space, made a circle and received Luo Kai's pass, and then shot directly from a small angle!

The Syrian goalkeeper reflexively fell to the ground and tried to block the ball with his feet.

He did kick the ball, but instead of blocking it out of the baseline, he... blocked it into his own goal!

1:0!

The Chinese team takes the lead!

"Beautiful! Hu Lai! Beautiful! Ha! Look, isn't this goal coming?" He Feng said in a very Versailles tone. "Even if Syria chooses to deploy a bus tactic, it will still be of no use under the Chinese team's three-dimensional offensive... The key is that we have an extremely efficient forward! If you have the ability, don't give Hulay a chance in the entire game, otherwise he will Just wait to pick up the ball from the net!”

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Hulay's goal helped the Chinese team completely knock on the door of Syria. Syria, which originally chose to defend, was unable to defend anymore because of the score.

In fact, they had completely missed the World Cup finals - after the seven rounds of the top 12, although they were ranked fourth, which is not bad from the ranking point of view, they only accumulated four points, which was less than third-place Iran. With a score of ten points, it is impossible to compete for the play-off qualification.

For them, this game is just a battle of honor.

It’s not about winning the World Cup.

Since we can no longer defend it, we might as well throw off the burden and attack!

Then they conceded goals again in the 44th, 59th and 73rd minutes.

The goals were scored by Zhou Zijing, Xia Xiaoyu and Chen Xingyi.

Hu Lai?

He had already been substituted in the 61st minute, ending his stay in 2028-202

According to statistics from Chinese media - including the 13 goals scored by the Olympic team, he has scored a total of 108 goals in all competitions this season, setting a record.

Of course, according to European media statistics, excluding the 13 goals scored by the Olympic team, Hulay scored a total of 95 goals this season, which is also a record.

When Chen Xingyi scored, Hu Lai was a member of the "atmosphere group" waving towels on the bench to celebrate with other teammates.

"4:0! The game is over! No need to wait for the result of tomorrow's match between Japan and Iran, the Chinese team has already won the ticket to next year's World Cup in Spain and Portugal!" He Feng said happily.

"The World Cup is here again! Just like what I said after we played the last World Cup group match three years ago, I believe we can still appear in the World Cup finals in four years! Three We made a promise with everyone years ago that we will see each other at the World Cup in Spain and Portugal. Now we have kept our promise and come back to this four-year promise! But this time, I think it will be a little different!"