Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1893 The final begins

When Li Qingqing accompanied her father and future parents-in-law to the stands, the Munich Iron Dome was almost full.

At this time, it was actually almost an hour before the game started.

Players from both sides have just come out to warm up.

The fans of the two teams in the stands have already started competing.

Pirates fans took a TIFO of a group photo of the entire team, but in the middle, the most eye-catching one was of course Hu Lai, who made his iconic celebration.

Above this "big group photo", there is a row of text:

"Unite together and hold high the flag of victory!"

On the opposite stand, the TIFO made by Catalan United fans is full of Catalan elements.

There is also huge text above:

"Fight for Catalonia!"

For Catalonia, which has always wanted to pursue something, the Champions League final is the best stage to promote their ideas.

The fans' singing echoed through the sky, and their momentum was no weaker than after the game started.

"That's fine!" Li Ziqiang had to raise his voice slightly as he listened to the singing of the Pirates fans. "The players can get into the rhythm of the game as quickly as possible from the warm-up time!"

Xie Lan took out the folded national flag from his pocket, shook it out, and waved it to the rhythm of the song.

She enjoyed watching the Champions League final for the second time.

Hu Lixin saw her swaying to the rhythm of the music and couldn't help but ask her if she was not afraid of her son getting hurt this time?

When you are so happy, don’t ask for trouble...

After a group of four people settled down in their positions, Hu Lixin and Li Ziqiang stared at the players on both sides who were warming up on the court without saying a word and observing them carefully.

Xie Lan took out her mobile phone and started taking selfies. She also asked Li Qingqing to take a photo of herself holding the five-star red flag at the Iron Dome so she could post it on her WeChat Moments.

It has been two years in a row, and this time is a great opportunity for her to gain envy and jealousy in her circle of friends.

After posting to Moments, Xie Lan looked up happily and saw Li Qingqing next to him looking at the court in a daze.

She suddenly remembered that Li Qingqing's Madrid Kings women's football team failed to reach the Champions League final this season. They were eliminated in the semi-finals and failed to stage three consecutive Champions League titles.

So when you saw the Champions League final today, did you feel a little sad and lonely?

Thinking of this,

Xie Lan put away her blooming mood and reached out to hold Li Qingqing's hand.

Li Qingqing, whose hand was held, turned to look at Xie Lan.

"Don't be sad, you will definitely be able to participate in the finals next season."

Only then did Li Qingqing know why Xie Lan suddenly held his hand.

Although she was not actually feeling sad about not reaching the finals just now, she still smiled and expressed her gratitude: "Well, thank you, Mom!"

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After the theatrical performance, players from both sides returned to the court.

The game is about to begin.

The scene, which had been particularly noisy before, became a little quieter.

Everyone is waiting for the moment when the referee blows the whistle.

Amid great expectations, the referee blew his whistle!

"The game has begun! CCTV! CCTV! Good evening, viewers! Welcome to the 202 Champions League final. In this game, Catalonia United, wearing the red and yellow stripes at home, will face the Madrid Pirates, wearing the white away jersey... ...The game kicked off at nine o'clock in the evening local time in Germany... In the first half, Catalonia took the lead and they attacked from the left to the right of the screen. Lima passed the football back and passed it to Kabangka…”

The moment the whistle sounded at the beginning of the game, the players of the Madrid Pirates rushed towards the Catalan United half like an arrow.

Hulay and Kamara even rushed towards Kabangka who was holding the ball.

Among them, Kamara ran fast and was almost approaching Kabangka. Hulay did not directly attack Kabangka, but made a slight turn and rushed towards the direction where he thought Kabangka might pass the ball.

Kabangka turned around and passed the football back.

Julay and Camara kept moving, passing by the Brazilian, and then continued to rush forward, chasing the football and rushing towards the Catalan United back line.

But this time it was Hulay who ran straight towards Catalan United center back Joel Jimenez who was about to receive the ball.

Kamara ran diagonally towards left back Nunez Pereira.

If Jimenez wants to pass the football to Pereira, he can steal it directly.

Of course, if Jimenez does not pass to Pereira, it is not a wasted trip. At least it will give Jimenez one less passing target, thus putting him in trouble, and maybe Hulay will have a chance to counterattack. Woolen cloth?

Jimenez did not pass the football to Pereira.

In this game, Pereira only got the chance to start because the main left back Calderon was suspended due to a red card.

The Portuguese left-back, who is only 24 years old this year, is a bit young. It is normal for his teammates not to trust him at this critical moment in the finals of a competition, or they are unwilling to let the young man bear pressure that does not belong to him at this time.

Anyway, Jimenez turned around and passed the football back to goalkeeper Tone Schulman in the penalty area.

Hulay still didn't stop, rushing past the somewhat surprised Jimenez and running towards goalkeeper Schulman.

So upon seeing this, Jimenez pulled away to one side, preparing to receive a possible pass from Schulman.

But another Madrid Pirates player - Vukovic!

Jimenez looked at his center back partner Paul Fortune. Sure enough, there was also a Pirates player beside him, starting forward Dikunzo.

The Italians are also closely guarding Fortune.

Under such circumstances, goalkeeper Schulman could only pass the football sideways to the team's right back Pablo Osqui, who was almost reaching the bottom line.

Osqui received the ball successfully, but when he caught the ball, Dikunzo immediately dropped Paul Fortune and rushed towards him.

At the same time, Toni, the starting left midfielder of Madrid Pirates, also rushed towards Osqui.

Osqui took advantage of the fact that the circle between the two men had not yet formed and quickly passed the football forward to his team's defensive midfielder Vander Stern who was retreating to meet him.

But Vanderstern did not shake off Joaquin Vela, who was following him.

He just temporarily used his physical advantage to protect the football in front of him.

Upon seeing this, Kabangka rushed up to help.

Vukovic had already raced past Joel Jimenez and was neck and neck with the Brazilian.

Kabangka still insisted on asking for the ball.

Then when the football was actually passed, he made a gesture to catch the ball, but missed the football between his legs, and then turned around quickly!

Vukovich was shaken by him and couldn't keep up.

But Kabangka was not able to completely control the football, because as soon as he turned around, he saw Hu Lai rushing towards the football!

He quickly stepped forward and protected the football before Hu Lai.

But in this way, he also lost the opportunity and was re-tagged by Vukovich.

Now that he is one against two, it is even harder to escape.

He could only play between the left and right, trying to pass the football to the unmarked center back Joel Jimenez.

But along with his football came Hu Lai.

This kid was like a mad dog, running tirelessly around the field chasing the football.

The contact points closer to Jimenez were all filled with Pirates players, and he had no choice. Fortunately, at this time, all the Catalan United strikers who had pressed forward had withdrawn.

So Jimenez passed the ball to the retreating left winger Mario Salado.

But compared with passing to other people, the distance of this passing is still too long, nearly 20 meters.

Under Hulay's pressure, Jimenez's passing force was too strong.

When Salado stopped the ball, he stopped it just a little bit... really just a little bit.

Then Madrid Pirates' right back Irazusta came up, stretching his feet to steal the ball!

Salado quickly went to control the ball.

After the two exchanged a kick, the football missed the sideline.

The referee blew the whistle and gave Catalonia a foul ball - the ball ended up rubbing on Irasusasta's leg and deflected out of the sideline.

Although he did not lose the ball, the face of Catalan United head coach Reilly Vicente on the sidelines was quite ugly. His eyebrows were wrinkled and his expression was solemn.

The game had just begun, and he had already seen it, as the Madrid Pirates pressed high.

He had thought that the Madrid Pirates would just attack, as they did against Ruhrlein at home, to the extreme.

Unexpectedly, the Madrid Pirates also got inspiration from Ruerlein and used such an intensity of high pressing against Catalonia United.

Facing Catalonia United, which is good at controlling the ball, pressing high is indeed a countermeasure, but it is done so resolutely...

Look at Hu Lai, he is a shooter, but after the game starts, he shuttles and runs back and forth, just like a midfield engineer.

Not just Hulay, but all Pirates players do this.

Salado returned from the frontcourt to the backcourt to respond, and Irazusta followed from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Although it was only once, this level of forward pressure must have been requested by the head coach and could not be an act of the players' own initiative.

This is a little troublesome...