Fox in the Penalty Area

17th

The Madrid Pirates, who won the Club World Cup, took the earliest flight back to Madrid and left China on the second day of the final.

They rushed back to Spain non-stop, and naturally there were still games to play.

On December 31st, 202 will go to an away game to challenge Valero.

Finishing this game doesn't mean they can rest.

Because the next games will be very intensive.

Over the course of January, Pirates could theoretically play up to eight games - if they win both the Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey.

Last season, the entire Madrid Pirates team had a short vacation around Christmas. It was at that time that Hu Lai took Li Qingqing and Xiao Xingxing to Madeira Island for vacation and relaxation, and then met Brother Huan and Sister Huan. of.

Since the Madrid Pirates have to participate in the Club World Cup this season, their holidays will naturally be gone.

When they return to Madrid with another trophy, it also means they have lost their only chance to rest this season.

After the intensive schedule in January, the knockout rounds of the Champions League will resume in mid-February.

In addition, due to the World Cup this summer, leagues in various countries will end earlier than in previous years.

This will result in the schedule of all games being compressed.

The league that used to have one game a week may now have two games a week.

Only in this way can one month be left for the top 32 teams to prepare for the World Cup.

For example, the last round of La Liga last season was May 20, and the last round of 2025-202 ended on May 9.

That World Cup started on June 15th.

From the end of the Premier League to the start of the World Cup, there are thirty-five days in between, enough for each national team to prepare for the World Cup.

This year's World Cup will also kick off in mid-June, so if nothing else happens, all European leagues will definitely end at least before Sunday, May 12th.

As for the Champions League final, it is relatively special. It will not be significantly advanced because of the World Cup. It is estimated that it will still be played at the end of May.

After all, there are only two teams that can participate in the Champions League final, and not many players from these two teams are among the top 32 players in the World Cup. Therefore, there is no need for the Champions League to completely disrupt its plans to make way for the World Cup.

Even for UEFA, the Champions League final is their trump card against the World Cup.

In order to grab the attention and popularity of the World Cup, it is even more impossible to "shrink away" from the World Cup.

For a wealthy team like Madrid Pirates, multi-line operations are a must, so one can imagine the fatigue level of the players in the remaining half of the season.

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After returning to Madrid, Madrid Pirates began to prepare for the seventeenth round of the league against Valero. This game was an away game.

Fortunately, this away game is not far away - Valero is just northeast of Madrid, and Madrid Pirates' away game is not even outside the city of Madrid.

If they go to other cities, it will be a huge burden on the physical fitness of the Madrid Pirates players.

Considering that the team had just flown back to Spain from far away China, Parotti did not send all the main players in this game.

Of course, no matter how the rotation is performed, Hu Lai will definitely be in the starting lineup.

Having already scored 103 goals, he still has the opportunity to continue to refresh his terrifying record.

In fact, this was not the treatment Hu Lai asked for from Parotti, but Parotti's initiative.

On the one hand, he naturally wants to fulfill Hu Lai's wish, and on the other hand, Hu Lai does not have much physical problems - after a long flight, he is mentally exhausted, but his physical condition is quite good.

With Hu Lai like this, what reason does Parotti have for not putting him in the starting lineup?

But after a long flight across the entire Eurasian continent, the entire Madrid Pirates team was in really bad shape.

Perhaps it is because after winning the Club World Cup, almost all Madrid Pirates players breathed a sigh of relief. They became the unprecedented "six-time champions".

After working hard for a whole year, I finally got the result I wanted most. Shouldn’t I take a good rest, relax and enjoy it?

Once you have such a mentality, it is not easy to get nervous again in a short period of time.

So the Madrid Pirates tied with Valero 2:2 in the away game.

"Parotti should be lucky that he put Hu into the starting lineup for this game, otherwise the Madrid Pirates might not even be able to take away a point!"

So said commentator Alvarez Sanchez after the final whistle.

He is right, because without Hulay's two goals in this game, given the state of the other Madrid Pirates players, it is really possible to lose.

"Actually, Hu's condition is not that good, but his ability to seize opportunities is really outstanding... He scored two goals with a penalty kick and a supplementary shot in front of the goal..."

The penalty kick was actually created by Hulay himself - when he was grabbing the point in front of the goal, he was knocked to the ground by Valero's centre-back. The referee decisively blew the whistle and awarded a penalty kick to the Madrid Pirates.

Hu Lai made the hit himself.

In this way, he put himself on 202 and one hundred and five.

One hundred and five goals!

I am afraid that no one will be able to break this record for a long time. Perhaps even Hu Lai himself will find it difficult to achieve such a superb performance again.

Hulay's record is so dazzling that no one cares about the Madrid Pirates' draw with Valero.

Anyway, they were already three points behind Catalonia United and five points ahead of Madrid Kings. Now even if they draw one game, they are still ranked second.

Hu Lai's record is even rarer.

He played 69 games in 202, scoring 105 goals, averaging 1.52 goals per game.

This kind of efficiency is unparalleled in the world and can be called terrifying.

You know, this is the goal rate for a whole year!

Rather than the scoring rate in a few games.

Which striker can maintain such a scoring rate for a year in a row?

If Hulay's performance in the first half of last season is included, he has maintained a goal rate of above 1.5 in ninety-seven games over the past year and a half.

Which player can stay at his peak for a year and a half?

Before Hu Lai, not even Meili had done it.

This is especially true in the era of the Four Heavenly Kings.

In fact, looking at Hulay's past performance, he has not performed in such an exaggerated state in his first season after moving to Madrid Pirates.

Although he won the League Golden Boot with thirty-six league goals and sixteen Champions League goals in his first season with Madrid Pirates, he became the Champions League Golden Boot.

But he scored 36 goals in thirty-seven league appearances, and his scoring rate was not even one goal per game.

Not to mention that judging from actual performance, Hu Lai at that time often failed to score in two consecutive games.

This is still considered the performance of a normal top forward.

But starting from last season, Hu Lai seemed to have suddenly failed, and his condition was so brave that it was unbelievable.

The legend about him has actually spread from 2028 to 2029.

No one knows how long he can last in this state.

This season's league schedule is not even halfway through, and he has scored another 25 league goals. It is estimated that he will still win the league's Golden Boot this season.

The same is true for the Champions League. They scored 11 goals in the group stage, setting a record for goals in the Champions League group stage. Winning the Champions League Golden Boot for three consecutive seasons should not be a problem.

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After playing against Valero, Hu Lai and Li Qingqing quickly set off from Madrid to FIFA's headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland, to participate in FIFA's year-end selection.

This time, one of them is the defending "Miss World Footballer", and the other is very likely to win the honor of World Footballer.

Before they set off, many media had already leaked the news that Hulay would win the World Footballer this time.

Whether it is Meili or Kabangka, or anyone else, their performance in the past year cannot be compared with Hulay.

Whether it is personal performance or collective honors, Hu Lai completely crushed Melli this year.

The biggest competitor has been crushed, what else can this award mean?