Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 257 Still coming?

Chapter 1930 Are you coming again?

After the players from both teams walked onto the court, there was a process of lining up for media reporters to take photos.

In the past, this procedure would involve photographers focusing their cameras on the players on both sides of the starting lineup.

But something is different today.

Half of the photographers were still taking pictures of the players on the court as before.

But the remaining half of the photographers turned their backs to the starting players, crowded onto the Italian team's bench, and focused their cameras on Serius Caesar, who was sitting on top wearing a substitute vest.

This is the first time in the last 102 consecutive national team games that Caesar has not started.

How could you miss such a memorable scene?

Although the media and fans have scolded him and made fun of him this year, they still know very well who is their father.

In an era when traffic is king, Caesar, the most trafficked king, is naturally the "food and clothing parent" of these self-media media.

"Holy shit, that's really exaggerated..." Meng Xi said with emotion in front of the projection screen. "A substitute stole the spotlight from all the starting players!"

Tang Yuan said in a tone of pride or helplessness, "This is the 'Great Emperor' Caesar..."

Caesar's expression in the camera is calm as usual.

It's as if it's not the first time he's been on the bench... It's certainly not the first time he's been on the bench. In the season that just ended, he didn't serve as a substitute once or twice with the Turin Bulls.

But no matter what happens in the club, the topic of the World Cup is not as popular as it is.

Because the World Cup is an event that people all over the world who know football and those who don’t know football will pay attention to.

At the World Cup, even if you accidentally move the drink bottle on the interview desk, it may immediately become a hot topic sweeping the world:

Why did you move the bottle? Why don't you move the other bottles? What is the special meaning of moving to the right side of your body instead of the left side?

In the first round of the group stage, Hu Lai's direct goal from the center circle has become a hot topic around the world in the past five days.

Regardless of whether you watch football or not, everyone knows about Hu Lai's super world wave that shocked the world.

Various discussions, reports and secondary creations about this super world wave are also very popular.

Many people exclaimed: "Oh my god! Football can still be played like this!"

"I don't know much about football, but is a goal like this allowed?"

Someone also gave everyone some popular science on how powerful it is to score a goal directly from the center circle.

How amazing.

A foreign artist painted graffiti on a long stretch of wall on the street, depicting the entire process of Hu Lai's goal, which became a photo-taking spot for Internet celebrities.

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But in fact, this is not the first time Hu Lai has scored such a goal in the game.

He also reached the Champions League final.

With the attention paid to the Champions League finals, it has not achieved the level of success it has today.

That's the power of the World Cup.

Even though the Champions League has already surpassed the World Cup in terms of technical level, its global influence is still not as good as the World Cup.

The only thing that can be compared with an event like the World Cup is the Olympic Games.

But the Olympic Games is a comprehensive sports event, while the World Cup is an individual event.

If you look at one event alone, if you break down the Olympics, no single event will be able to compete in the World Cup.

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After the national anthems of both teams were played and the players from both teams shook hands and paid tribute, the captains of both teams came to the referee.

Get ready to do the most important thing - take sides.

Originally, picking sides was just a routine before the game, a necessary ritual, but it was not the "most" important.

Because no matter which side you choose as your half, or whether you choose to kick off first, it actually has little impact on the game.

Unless it is the kind of "yin and yang field" where the sun shines directly on a certain half of the field. But the Casavalla stadium for today's match is not designed as a Yin-Yang stadium, and the match was played in the evening. The sun was setting and the tracer lights on the stadium were turned on, so the sunlight had no effect on the match.

So no matter who wins the coin guessing game, there's nothing to be happy about, it's just a routine that must be followed.

But this time is different.

When the edge picker was thrown into the air by the referee, both the Chinese team captain Wang Guangwei and the Italian captain Petro Nazari stared at the flipped coin.

Nazari chose the football side, but Wang Guangwei still made the same choice as in the last game, the World Cup side.

After the football flipped from mid-air and fell to the turf, the two captains looked down at the turf below at the same time and almost bumped their heads together.

Heading up to the World Cup!

Wang Guangwei couldn't hide his excitement, he gritted his teeth hard.

Then, without even waiting for the referee to ask him what he would choose, he made a "football" gesture and told the referee that he wanted the kick-off!

The face of the Italian captain Nazari on the opposite side suddenly turned a little ugly - he originally wanted to steal the kick-off...

Seeing how excited Wang Guangwei was, he guessed what the Chinese team was going to do with this kick-off right.

After finishing the side challenge, Nazari returned to his own half and specifically found goalkeeper Albertazzi.

"Mauro, you have to be careful, the Chinese team has the right to kick off."

Albertazzi clapped his hands together: "It doesn't matter, I will take action."

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"Done. The rest is up to you."

After Wang Guangwei returned to his own half, he also ran and patted Hu Lai on the shoulder.

Then he added: "But don't put any pressure. It doesn't matter if you can't get in. You can scare them."

"good."

Hu Lai agreed and took out the second [World Wave Experience Card] from his system space.

This is the prop that the system rewards him after he successfully defended the Champions League for the first time after completing its restructuring.

This is also the last [World Wave Experience Card] he currently owns.

If he still wants to use it next time, he can only redeem it with points.

This thing costs one million points. It is very rare and cannot be obtained casually.

Otherwise, if he uses this thing to shoot in every game, wouldn't he be invincible?

But what's the point of football like that?

Zhou Zijing knew that Hu Lai was going to shoot directly, so he said to Hu Lai: "How about you do it alone?"

He didn't want to be Hu Lai's backdrop.

Unexpectedly, Hu Lai said: "No, elbow spirit, you can kick the ball forward a little later."

"Ah?" Zhou Zijing was a little surprised.

Then he realized, what the hell? Are you trying to get an assist? !

"If you don't want to, I can do it myself." Seeing Zhou Zijing's hesitation, Hu Lai said.

"It's not necessary." Zhou Zijing said calmly, "Just kicking forward, it's not a big deal. Since you are asking for something from me, how can I bear to refuse?"

How could Hu Lai not guess Zhou Zijing's thoughts? But if you see through it without saying it, you still have to count on him to paralyze the Italian players a little.

If he is still standing far away in the center circle like he was in the last game, then any fool will know what he is going to do next.

But this time, he stood on the center line with Zhou Zijing. There was no running distance, which probably made Albertazzi unable to guess his thoughts.

He looked at Albertazzi's position, and indeed he did not retreat to the goal line.

I don’t know if I was fooled...

Hu Lai is not sure, but he will not dwell on it. He will execute his plan.

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"Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing entered the center circle and were ready to kick off. But this time he did not stand on the line of the center circle..."

The commentator He Feng said this with a smile in his voice.

Everyone knew why he was laughing.

Now when talking about kick-off, everyone will think of Hu Lai's goal in the last game.

"Ah? Could it be that Hu Lai didn't hit the circle this time and just kicked off the ball and shot?"

Some people online looked disappointed.

"What are you thinking about? Where is it so easy to score a goal? Just score when you say so?"

"Isn't it possible? Hu Laike has scored twice!"

"Going in every game and scoring one goal? Is that okay? Will you always play with a score of 1:0 in the future?"

"Haha, it's totally okay!"

"I told you to respect Italy! They were the last World Cup champions!"

"Is 'Iceberg' very strong? Hu Lai conquered him five times!"

"Albertazzi: I may not be a human, but you are real dogs!"

Chinese fans chatted happily on the Internet. Regardless of whether they really thought Hu Lai could replicate another goal from the center circle, at least everyone was happy.

You must know that this time the Chinese team is also facing the world champion.

Just five days ago, think about the Chinese team facing the defending champion Spain before their first group match. Many Chinese fans still worry about gains and losses before the game, and worry about everything to the point of neurosis.

It seems that the breakfast the entire Chinese team eats in the morning will affect the outcome of the game.

They want to win but are afraid of losing. They think a draw is acceptable but are not willing to accept a draw.

The fans were very nervous, fearing that losing too badly would destroy their morale.

How can you still think about joking?

The calmness they are showing now is precisely because they won the first game.

And it was a complete victory of 3:0.

For a time, Chinese fans were full of confidence. In addition, their opponent this time was Italy, which was tied with Nigeria in the first round of the group stage, which made them feel that it was nothing more than that.

As long as the Chinese team can defeat Italy in this game, it will achieve two consecutive victories and advance to the top 16 one round ahead of schedule.

Albertazzi is indeed very strong, and Italy is also good at defense, but our Chinese team has a European-level offensive lineup, plus the world's first striker Hu Lai, is it not difficult to score a goal?

As long as one goal is a small victory and three points are obtained, there is no need to consider the goal difference at all, because the remaining three teams in the same group cannot threaten the Chinese team's status at all.

In the final round against Nigeria, as long as they don't lose by a large margin, the Chinese team will surely win the first place in the group, and then play the second place in Group H.

At present, it is likely to be Sweden.

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Hulay once again confirmed Albertazzi's location.

He found that the Italian goalkeeper did not retreat to the goal line, and of course, did not rush out of the penalty area.

Instead, he stood slightly in front of the penalty spot.

It can be considered a normal position.

So he said to Zhou Zijing: "Blow the whistle and knock the football forward."

"Yeah." Zhou Zijing nodded very reservedly.

Immediately afterwards, the referee blew the whistle!

"The game begins!"

Zhou Zijing gently knocked the football forward.

Follow Hu Lai towards the football!