Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1685 Pre-season

Hu Lai looked at the lighting engineer and sound engineer who were busy in his house, turned to reporter Wang Shanshan who was standing next to him, and said, "You are here to shoot a documentary. Will it feel... like an imperial decree?"

"Ah?" Wang Shanshan was stunned for a moment, then she understood what Hu Lai was talking about, and then she smiled and said, "No, no. We are just getting ready. We can't wait until you really win the Golden Globe Award to make a documentary, right?"

"Why not? Didn't Qingqing just win the Golden Globe first and then come to film?"

"The nature is different. Qingqing's one is a biography, and this time our focus is to film the story before and after you two won the Golden Globe Award at the same time. It is a news documentary..."

Hu Lai smiled: "Qingqing's side should be fine. If I don't win the Golden Globe, wouldn't half of your work be in vain?"

Wang Shanshan shook her head like a rattle: "That's impossible. Can't you win the Golden Globe Award for your achievements like this?"

Hu Laixin said, what’s wrong with my grades like this? In another time and space, I won the World Cup but didn’t win the Ballon d’Or. The Ballon d’Or is much harder to win than the World Cup…

But he didn't say this, because Wang Shanshan didn't understand it. He just said: "Football is round, and the Ballon d'Or is also round."

Wang Shanshan thought about it carefully, and then said seriously: "If...I mean if, if you really didn't win the Golden Globe Award, then this documentary will also truthfully record that you didn't win the Golden Globe Award." Everything that happened before and after. And show it to the audience. This is the meaning of a documentary. In fact, during next year’s World Cup, the main station will also arrange for a film team to film a documentary with the team to show the national team’s second participation in the World Cup. All experiences are recorded, no matter what the results will be when the time comes, recording the matter itself is very meaningful.”

Hu Lai nodded: "I see... Okay, you guys can shoot. If you need our cooperation, just tell me directly. You don't have to go through Song Jiajia all the time. It's not the first day we have met. You are all familiar with this house." Well..."

Wang Shanshan smiled and said: "Yes, yes. It's just that these days I will disturb your world, ha!"

"It's okay, the room is big, it's good to have more people, it will increase the popularity." Li Qingqing next to Hu Lai said with a smile.

Wang Shanshan looked at Hu Lai and Li Qingqing standing side by side, shook her head and sighed: "I really envy you..."

"Envy? Why?" Li Qingqing asked.

"Because it's not easy. The two of you went from high school to the stage of the Golden Globe Awards. Along the way, you were always together... It's like a fairy tale. How many people can do it in reality?"

Hu Lai and Li Qingqing looked at each other, and the latter smiled and said to Wang Shanshan: "It's really not easy. We almost lost contact. When I left Dongchuan Middle School to play professional football, I had no contact with him at all. Way, he doesn't have mine either.

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"Ah?" Wang Shanshan stared, "What about this matter? Then how did you get in touch in the end?"

"Didn't he have a secret training base? He put a football in the grass, and before I left, I wrote my phone number on it..."

"Hey, this is a good idea!" Wang Shanshan clapped her hands and exclaimed.

"It turns out that this idiot didn't even think of looking for the football in his training base until he was about to leave school in his second year of high school." Li Qingqing rolled her eyes at Hu Lai beside him.

Hu Lai explained: "The main reason is that since I joined the school team, I don't have to go to the secret base anymore..."

"Then you haven't thought about me?"

"I thought about it, but I missed me so much... You don't know, after you left, I felt empty in my heart. But I didn't know why at the time, but later I found out... it was because There’s someone missing from the routine that I’m used to every day!”

Li Qingqing shuddered: "Hu Lai, you are so disgusting!"

Wang Shanshan laughed when she saw Hu Lai and Li Qingqing flirting. Then it suddenly occurred to her that the documentary could actually have started like this.

So she turned around and saw photographer Xiao Zhang holding a camera, pointing the lens here, and making an "OK" gesture to Wang Shanshan.

Wang Shanshan knew that this scene had already been photographed by Xiao Zhang.

As expected of an old partner, you really understand me!

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Madrid Pirates first team players warm up after training on the field.

This part of the training is handled by the physical coaching staff, and head coach Parotti no longer has to keep an eye on it.

So he accepted an interview from the sidelines with female reporter Wang Shanshan from China Central Television.

"Hu is in very good training condition today... No, it should be said that he has been in good training condition since returning to the team. It can be seen that he enjoyed a very wonderful holiday in China, and the fatigue of the season has disappeared..."

Parotti did not forget to compliment China, stressing that the vacation he enjoyed in China was wonderful and his fatigue disappeared.

Wang Shanshan asked him: "Mr. Parotti, do you think Hu Lai can win the Golden Globe Award?"

Parotti answered very strictly: "I am not a Golden Globe judge, so I can't answer you whether he can win the Golden Globe. But I am 100% sure that he is definitely qualified to receive this honor."

"Then what kind of performance do you think he can perform in the new season?"

Parotti remains cautious: "I believe he will still perform well, but whether he can score goals as crazy as last season, I can't say. I won't think about it either. To me, an ordinary Hu Ye Hu is already a good enough player. As long as he performs normally, he will be a top player in the world."

Hearing such an answer, Wang Shanshan sighed in her heart:

Parotti is indeed a "good person"! I was completely thinking about Hu Lai and reducing his pressure.

Although what Parotti said is actually the truth...

A Hu Lai who performs normally is already the best in the world.

Hu Lai last season was completely out of this planet.

During this season's pre-season training, after Hulay returned to Madrid, he first conducted physical training in Madrid, and then followed the team to the United States at the end of July to participate in the International Champions Cup.

This is the first time he has participated in a complete pre-season training from start to finish since joining Madrid Pirates...

When he first joined in the first season, it was already the end of July and he missed the team's physical training.

In the second season, he represented the Chinese Olympic team in the Olympic Games. By the time he returned to the team, he had already played one round of the league.

This time, he finally no longer missed the team's pre-season training, especially the important physical reserve part. However, in the first two seasons, although he missed the club's physical training phase, he did not show physical strength during the season. The lack of support seems to further verify that there is no problem with his physical fitness.

In the three International Champions Cup games, Hulay started twice and came on as a substitute once. Although he did not play the whole game, he scored a total of three goals, averaging one goal per game, which still showed his good competitive status.

However, the Madrid Pirates did not win the championship with Hulay's three goals.

They have won one, drawn and lost one of their three International Champions Cup matches. In the first game, they defeated Insoubre 2:0, and Hulay scored a goal in his first start. In the second game, they lost 1:3 to Manchester Athletic. Hulay came off the bench and scored the Pirates' only goal. In the third game, there was a 2:2 draw with Paris Eger, with Hulay starting the game and scoring another goal.

In these three International Champions Cup games, Parotti made some adjustments to the team's lineup and tactics. The lineup and tactics of each game were different. This may be the reason for Madrid Pirates' poor performance in the International Champions Cup. One of the reasons.

Everyone is paying close attention to the performance of the Madrid Pirates in the pre-season warm-up match, because it is related to the Pirates' performance in the new season.

Having become the "Triple Crown", they will definitely become the target of public criticism. Whether it is Spanish opponents or European giants, they will all want to bring them down.

So can Parotti lead Madrid Pirates through the difficulties safely?

Or will the head coach who won the Triple Crown for the team be dismissed midway through the season?

Incidentally, Madrid Kings head coach Jimmy Roevi has been fired by the club.

The King of Madrid has coached the Kings since 2023. In six years, he has won two Champions League championships, three La Liga championships, a Copa del Rey, two Spanish Super Cups, two European Super Cups and two Club World Cups. The meritorious coach who created a dynasty could only resign before his contract expired.

The reason is, of course, that there was no harvest last season, and someone must be responsible.

The head coach is the "responsible person".

Although the Madrid Kings reached the Champions League final last season, they also finished second in the league with more than 100 points. Compared to other teams, this is a very good result. But at Kings, it was an utter failure.

So he left get out of class.

However, being able to coach a giant like the Madrid Kings for six consecutive seasons is already very impressive for Royvi. It's not something that ordinary marshals can do.

It's easy to fire a coach, but not so easy to hire one.

There are not many famous coaches who are worthy of being the head coach of the King of Madrid. There is still a gap period, and there are really not many famous coaches who are willing to coach.

So in August, the final coach of the King of Madrid was Miguel Tavares, the famous Portuguese coach who had coached London Bridge. He also led the Portuguese giants to the Champions League final, but failed to win the championship in the end. …

Tavares went to the Premier League to coach London Bridge based on his experience in leading the Portuguese team to the Champions League final. However, his coaching experience at London Bridge was not considered successful. He only won the English League Cup, but neither the Premier League nor the European Championship. He was later replaced by German marshal Julian Stodt.

After Tavares was dismissed from London Bridge, he returned to Portugal to coach Porto United, another Portuguese giant, and then led the team to win the Europa League in the 2027-2028 season.

Now he has become the head coach of the Madrid Kings.

However, due to his failure experience at London Bridge, many people are actually not optimistic about Tavares' coaching prospects in the Kings.

The main reason is that he lacks enough honor and may not be able to control the big guys in the locker room.

But there are also Tavares supporters who use Ettore Parotti as an example.

They said that the Italian coach's resume before coaching the Pirates was a hundred times worse than that of Tavares, but what is his current performance?

Since Ettore Parotti can lead the Pirates to create the "Triple Crown", why can't Tavares create glory with the Madrid Kings?

What?

You said the pirates are cheating?

But the king also has Merry!