Fox in the Penalty Area

1st king

After returning from playing the International Champions Cup in the United States, the Madrid Pirates took a short rest and then set off from Madrid to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

There they will face their UEFA Super Cup opponent, Sevilla Navigators, also a Spanish team.

Sevilla Navigators finished sixth in La Liga last season and failed to qualify for the Champions League, instead qualifying for the Europa League.

Although they are submissive in the Champions League, in the Europa League, Sevilla Navigator can hit hard.

They once again showed why the Europa League is called the "Navigator's Cup", going all the way to win the Europa League championship.

Naturally, they will also meet Champions League champions Madrid Pirates in the European Super Cup.

When seeing this opponent, many people thought, "Let's just award the European Super Cup directly to Madrid Pirates!"

I think there is no suspense in this game.

Everyone knows what the result is every time the Sevilla navigator encounters the Madrid pirates.

To be precise, everyone knows what happens every time they meet Hu Lai.

After all, he is a "famous person".

With Julay here, can Sevilla Navigators do well in this game?

The game hasn't even started yet, and various optimistic voices have already appeared on the Internet.

There is even a story that I don’t know if it is a made-up joke or a true story - someone posted a screenshot of the news online. The news said that Madrid Pirates defeated Sevilla Navigators and won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The game hasn't even started yet, but the news that Madrid Pirates won came out first! It’s simply outrageous…

For a while, many Sevilla Navigators fans shouted "shady".

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Although everyone was optimistic before the game, the actual situation during the game was completely different from what everyone imagined.

Madrid Pirates, who ranked 442 in this game, struggled very much against Sevilla Navigators.

Hu Lai started the game, but he failed to reflect his "navigator" style.

The Pirates failed to score a single goal in the first half, allowing the Navigators to take the lead.

Parotti changed the formation at halftime, switching from 442 to 433. He removed forward Daniel Dikunzo, who started with Hulay, and replaced him with Joaquin Vela.

Joaquin Vela and Ramirez sit in the defensive midfielder, while Vukovich is slightly forward and is responsible for organizing the attack.

On the front line, Hulay is alone in the center, with Tonini on the left and Kamara on the right.

Pirates of Madrid reverted to the formation they had against Munich in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final, which was originally intended to strengthen the defence.

But now Parotti wants to attack with this lineup.

Madrid Pirates must adapt to how to organize their attack without Maxi Carey.

Vukovich has to take on more important tasks, and Joaquin Vela also has to grow up quickly.

Although the lineup and tactics were changed, the performance of Madrid Pirates did not improve immediately, and the team was still struggling.

On the contrary, Sevilla Navigator threatened the Madrid Pirates' goal many times and almost expanded the score several times.

Until the 69th minute, Madrid Pirates won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Toni, the team's free kick master, stood in front of the ball and took the free kick, which was slightly left.

His left foot delivered a high-quality elevator kick.

The football fell rapidly after crossing the wall, and got into the goal before Sevilla Navigator goalkeeper Antonio Gakua could pounce on it!

Madrid Pirates finally equalized the score!

Next, both sides had some chances, but neither one could end the game.

The game was therefore dragged into overtime.

The European Super Cup chooses a single-game decider mode. If the game is tied after 90 minutes, there will be an additional 30 minutes of overtime.

If the game is tied in overtime, it will be a penalty shootout.

Sevilla Navigator, who was always beaten by Madrid Pirates in the league before, cheered up this time.

He actually had an inseparable fight with the Madrid Pirates.

However, they suffered a blow at the beginning of overtime.

Hulay, who was restricted for ninety minutes, finally caught a mistake in the Sevilla Navigator defense and made a smart shot in front of the goal!

Although Sevilla Navigator's goalkeeper Gakua fell to the ground and made a save, Hulay's shot was very sneaky and the football moved forward very quickly.

Although Gakuya's leg touched the ball, the football bounced into the goal!

"Wow! It's not easy! Hu Lai finally scored!" Shen Lang, who was commentating on the game, let out a long sigh.

Since the beginning of the game, Hu Lai has been unable to score. He has been explaining to the audience that Hu Lai's performance last season was so scary, so the current opponents have used all means to stop Hu Lai.

In order to prevent Hulay from scoring, three players of Sevilla Navigator received yellow cards for Hulay in this game, and another player received a yellow card for Kamara, which is also related to Hulay - because he Without fouling Kamara, the French winger would have been able to send the football to the feet of Hulay in the penalty area...

"Although they were tightly defended by their opponents, Hulay was still able to seize the opportunity. To be fair, Sevilla Navigator's defense performed quite well. But they still made mistakes. This is not their fault, Any team will make mistakes. It’s just that Hu Lai is really good at seizing opportunities..."

Shen Lang sighed.

"Defending Hu Lai is probably one of the hardest jobs in the world because you can't make mistakes, absolutely, absolutely. But who doesn't make mistakes?"

After scoring the goal, Hu Lai happily hugged and celebrated with his teammates.

He doesn't seem to care about being the "famous Sevilla Navigator". He only scored one goal in this game.

Of course, he would only mention the famous celebrity when it was beneficial to him.

It would be good to win against the Navigators now. How could he care about how many goals he scores in a game?

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After Hulay scored, the Madrid Pirates took advantage of the situation to shrink their defense.

Anyway, their 433 was originally used to strengthen defense.

Joaquin Vela and Juan Ramirez blocked the midfield, and Vukovic also has certain defensive capabilities.

Camara and Tonini moved back, from wingers to full midfielders, the midfielder changed from three to five, and the formation also changed from 433 to 451.

Madrid Pirates is not a team that is good at defending, but it does not mean that their defense is not good.

After completing defensive adjustments tactically, the Madrid Pirates withstood the Sevilla Navigator's attack.

Hu Lai was substituted in the 112th minute.

Eight minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Madrid Pirates defeated Sevilla Navigators 2:1 and won the European Super Cup!

"The game is over! Congratulations to the Pirates! They won again! Although the process was difficult, the final result is good... That's enough! Pirates of Madrid, the king of European kings!"

Shen Lang is very excited because another championship has been added to Hu Lai's honor book, which will help him win the European Ballon d'Or and even the World Footballer selected at the end of this year.

In order to win these two awards, it is natural that he must firmly hold any honor in his own hands in order to silence everyone. In the most undisputed manner, he won the highest honor of individual awards in world football.

Can't he see that Madrid Pirates played very hard in this game?

Of course I can see it.

But both the Golden Globe Award and the World Player of the Year depend on the results. As long as there are enough champions and the influence is large enough, it will be difficult for others to compete with Hu Lai.

The European Ballon d'Or will be announced soon, but the World Footballer is still half a year away. In the remaining half a year, in addition to the European Super Cup, Shen Lang hopes that Hulay can also help Madrid Pirates win the Club World Cup at the end of the year.

With all the championships that can be won this year in his bag, he doesn't believe that there will be anything wrong in the World Footballer selection.

Spanish commentator Sanchez has a neutral stance and cares more about what is behind the game.

He commented very objectively:

"Although Sevilla Navigators lost the Super Cup, their performance in the game was remarkable, and it can be said that they were honored even though they lost. On the other hand, Madrid Pirates won the European Super Cup, but their performance was It is not satisfactory. Facing the Navigators, who could easily defeat them before, they had a hard time winning this time - this incident in itself is enough to explain many problems. It can be seen that the league is about to start, and the team's tactics are The law has not yet been completely finalized. After Maxi Carey left, the Pirates still need an adaptation period. But this adaptation period cannot be too long, otherwise both the Kings of Madrid and Catalonia will be watching behind them...

"If this game is not a cup match, but a league match, it means that Hu was blocked by Sevilla Navigator and failed to score. I think this is not good news for the Pirates. Coaches from other teams must be paying attention to this game, and maybe they can find ways and confidence to beat the Pirates."

When he said this, on the podium, Madrid Pirates players were jumping around with the trophy, and the gold medals hanging on their chests were flying up and down, constantly reflecting the dazzling light.

Everyone has a smile on their face.