Fox in the Penalty Area

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When the match between the Chinese team and the Spanish team is about to begin, in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, a pre-match press conference for tomorrow's first second round of the World Cup group match is taking place.

On the stage are the hosts Portugal and Senegal.

Portugal's number one star Ricardo Barea is being interviewed by reporters.

He talked about tomorrow's game:

"For us, there is no retreat in the World Cup. Every next game is a final. We will try our best to play the game against Senegal. The team has carefully summed up the experience and lessons learned from the loss in the last game..."

Just when he said this, the reporters in the audience who were originally quiet suddenly became commotion.

Someone exclaimed: "Hu scored!"

"...We're going to get into it faster than last game...what?!"

Baria was interrupted mid-sentence. He turned to look in the direction of the exclamation with a shocked expression.

"In the match between China and Spain, Hu scored the first goal!"

"To be precise, I took advantage of the kick-off opportunity to shoot directly from the center circle..."

"Just like the goal he scored in 2028-202!"

Ricardo Barria was a little confused when faced with reporters talking all over the place and making noises from different directions. He shook his head left and right, his eyes jumping back and forth on each reporter who spoke, before his brain could react:

What are they talking about?

Does the Chinese team take the lead at the start?

Hu scored from the kick-off?

A shot from the center circle?

Are you kidding?

How can this be?

This is the World Cup!

But after a brief period of astonishment, Barea came to his senses. He didn't bother to answer the question just now. Instead, he took out his mobile phone to watch the real-time match results.

He wanted to verify the reporters' claims.

It was so outrageous... He didn't believe Hu Lai could do it!

After turning on his phone, he quickly found the real-time score.

It clearly displayed:

Spain 0:1 China

Under the Chinese flag, there is the name of the scorer and the time of the goal:

Hu Lai 1min

Baria's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Whether it is live broadcast of the game or the goal time displayed in the statistics, it will only be calculated to the minute and will not be accurate to the second.

Therefore, any goal scored within one minute, regardless of whether it was scored in ten seconds or in the fiftieth second, will be counted as one minute.

This goal timing means that Hu Lai may have scored directly from the kickoff...

Scoring a goal in the center circle is incredible, but Hulay has done it before, so it cannot be said that it is completely impossible for others to score such a goal.

When he did this for the first time in the Champions League final, it shocked the whole of Europe... no, the whole world.

Since he can do this in the Champions League, why can't he do it in the World Cup?

The only question is...has Rodriguez Barker lost his mind?

Why is it that every time he loses the ball like this, he is responsible?

The pre-match press conference between Portugal and Senegal is still in progress, but no matter whether it is the people sitting on the stage or the people in the audience, everyone is not thinking about it...

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During the training break, Renaldo Lima brought a football to the center circle, and then kicked the football towards the goal with a big foot.

The football finally flew over the crossbar without any suspense.

"What are you doing, Renaldo?"

asked his teammates who had witnessed the whole process.

"What else can he do? He must be trying to score a goal from the center circle like Hu did." Someone explained for Lima.

"It's not that easy to score from the center circle...otherwise wouldn't everyone do it? If you want accuracy, you have to sacrifice speed. What's so difficult about a slow ball? If you want suddenness, you have to sacrifice it. Accuracy, it is normal to kick directly out of the baseline..."

"Yes. Then why was Hu able to do it twice?" someone asked.

As soon as this rhetorical question came out, the Brazilian players present did not know how to answer.

Yes, no one else can do it, so why can Hu Lai do it? And did it twice!

Does he have some special magic power, or does Rodriguez Bakker have some fatal flaw?

"Don't expect such crooked ways. Hu's goal also blocked all subsequent imitators," Kabangka said, "because future goalkeepers will definitely pay special attention to their positioning when kicking off."

On the training ground, Lima tried again. This time he slowed down. After the football landed on the penalty area line, it bounced towards the goal. In the end, it turned into a rolling ball and rolled slowly into the goal. .

Then Lima himself stopped trying.

Obviously after these two experiments, he also knew that his approach was meaningless.

Lima walked off the court and was still mumbling: "How did Hu do it? From such a long distance, he could still use volleys instead of swinging his big feet..."

Kabangka patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't think about it, Renaldo. You really can't compare to this. You are an excellent forward, but not every excellent forward has to kick the football directly from the center circle." In the opponent’s goal.”

Lima sighed aggrieved and helplessly.

Yes, he really can't compete with Hulai.

Although he knew this, these words still sounded a bit harsh...

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"The Chinese team kicked off, Hu...Hu?! Hu!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!! Hu! My God! Oh my God! What kind of goal is this! Hu actually took advantage of the kick-off opportunity. Kicked the football directly into the Spanish goal! Did I read that correctly? What went wrong? Is this something that can really happen?!"

As soon as Ramon Cantero entered the room he shared with Melly, he heard the Argentine commentator's exclamation coming from Melly's cell phone.

He was surprised: "Why do you want to see this?"

Melli turned around and saw Cantero walking over, and raised his phone to him: "Don't you think this goal is really beautiful, Ramon?"

"So what if she is beautiful? That goal was scored by Hu! If it was you who scored the goal, that would be great, Merry. I promise to watch it a hundred times a day..."

Melli shook his head: "I can't score such a goal."

Cantero was surprised and pained: "You were not like this before. Where is the proud Merry I knew?"

"What are you talking about...do you think I can get in?"

Cantero was silent for a moment.

Then Melly laughed: "You see, you don't even think I can get in, do you?"

"No, if you can score, you can definitely score directly from the circle, Merry!"

Melly shook his head, "Stop talking nonsense. I really can't get in."

Then he looked down at the frozen picture on the phone screen and sighed: "This ball is really beautiful..."

"Yes, I admit, it's wonderful. But you won't watch it endlessly, right?"

"It's really good... Okay, I'm done watching it." Melly exited the video and raised his hands.

"Stop paying attention to Hu, and don't make yourself miserable," Cantero advised.

But Melly shook his head and said seriously: "It's okay, I don't feel angry at all..."

Cantero looked directly at Melly: "You are not the Melly Banega I know. Tell me who you are who pretended to have sneaked in! What did you do to Melly!"

Mellie couldn't laugh or cry: "What, Ramon!"

"Then you're giving up, Merry. You feel like you're not as good as Hu, you're afraid of him..."

Melly smiled and said: "You are half right, Ramon. I do think that I am not as good as Hu. But I am not afraid, nor do I admit defeat."

Cantero stared at Merry who said this in shock.

"I think I am not as good as Hu now, but that does not mean that I will always think that I am not as good as Hu. It's like a game. Do you think you are losing when you are behind by one goal in the first half?"

Cantero shook his head.

"So I don't think that I lost to Hu. I just fell behind temporarily in the competition with him. Whether he or I won or lost... can only be concluded after we all end our respective careers."

After hearing this, Cantero was stunned for a while before saying: "You have changed a lot, Melly. What happened? Was the failure last season too painful?"

Melly smiled slightly: "Because I have a good girlfriend."

"Sylvia?"

"Yes. She made me realize my problems. As she said, if you don't admit your shortcomings, you can't make progress. Taking a step back is not about admitting defeat, but about punching better."

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"The game is over! The game is over! In the 100th minute, this incredible game is finally over! The Chinese team defeated the defending champion 3:0 in the game! This is the biggest upset of this World Cup so far ! Although the Chinese team has a top striker like Hu, their overall strength is still inferior to Spain. Being able to defeat Spain with three goals was something that no one could have guessed before the game!"

When the Chinese players cheered, the picture on the projection screen was paused, and the commentator's voice naturally stopped.

Matteo Caviglia, the head coach of the Italian national team, said to the players who had just watched the game highlights: "The Chinese team's defeat of Spain is definitely not good news for us. This means that Spain in the final round of the group stage They will fight us to the death. But this is also a good thing, because as long as we can beat them in the final round of the group stage, we have a great chance of qualifying from the group."

"Now let's put the third group match aside. If we lose to the Chinese team in the second round, the situation will be very critical. So no matter what, we can't lose! Let's go and rest first. Tomorrow's training will be I cheer up!"

After speaking, he called Caesar's name again: "Seleus, please stay for a moment."

Someone on the team has their sights set on Caesar.

"Okay." Caesar sat in his seat and did not move.

After everyone left the conference room, the only two people in the huge room were head coach Mateo Caviglia and Selius Caesar.

At this time, Caviglia said to Caesar: "Selius, we have decided to let you...become a substitute in the next game against the Chinese team."

Caesar said nothing, just looked at him.

"Don't look at me like that, Selius..." Caviglia said in a pleading tone. "We won the World Cup together eight years ago. As you know, we are good friends and teammates for many years. You and I have always been of the same mind. But now we need some changes. The Chinese team is a very dynamic team. Most of their players are in their prime and have very good physical strength. We also need to make our offense more active..."

Kaiser interrupted: "If it's good for the team, then that's okay with me."

After saying that, he stood up and left simply.

Caviglia looked at the backs of his former teammates and didn't say anything to defend himself. He just watched Caesar leave.

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PS, I’ll start updating the singles today, I’ll work hard to save them!