Although the ball was lost in the last few minutes of the first half, after returning to the locker room, head coach Parotti still praised the players' performance in the first half.
But at the same time, he also asked everyone to further restrict Melli in the second half and not let him mess up their defense in the Pirates' midfield.
Hu Lai cast a sympathetic glance at his captain.
He knew that the pressure on the captain must be great in the second half.
But this is a responsibility that the captain must face, and he can't help much.
Even his own outstanding performance will further stimulate Merry and make the captain more difficult to defend...
After making the defensive arrangements, Parotti looked at Hulay: "Did you feel anything during the first half when you played against Peralta?"
Hu Lai nodded: "He is obviously focusing on guarding my right foot, which indeed caused some trouble for me..."
Hu Lai didn't perform much in the first half, and rarely appeared in the camera. If the requirements are a bit stricter, it can even be said that Hu Lai was not good in the first half, at least not as good as Melli.
When Parotti heard what Hulay said, he nodded: "Of course, I'm not blaming your performance... I just want to remind you that if Peralta stares at your right foot, you can consider switching to your left foot to shoot. In fact,
Judging from the training during this period, your left foot can already be used, so I have always been curious about why you never use your left foot to shoot in games..."
Having said this, "good guy" Parotti smiled at Hu Lai.
His smile was very simple, as if he really didn't understand why Hu Lai did what he did.
Hu Lai never revealed to his teammates and coaches that he wanted to use his left foot to attack the King, but he felt that with the intelligence of the head coach, he should have guessed it to some extent.
Sure enough, after seeing Parotti's reaction, Hu Lai knew that his little thoughts had not escaped the eyes of the head coach.
In training, he tries to use only his left foot to handle the ball. Everyone knows this, but in the game, he does not use his left foot to shoot at all.
This approach can easily be understood to mean that Hu Lai is not confident enough in his left foot and believes that the time is not mature enough. Therefore, for the sake of safety, he will give priority to using his more skilled right foot during the game.
After all, the right foot can guarantee stable scoring and goals, so who will be unable to score goals?
As a result, head coach Parotti bypassed this layer and coincided with Hulay's real thoughts.
This made Hu Lai have to relabel their head coach in his heart. This "good guy" seems not innocent?
Or, like his former head coach Tony Clark, is the "good guy" just a half-truth he created?
Um……
But what does that have to do with me?
I'm just a striker responsible for scoring goals.
Hu Lai showed a slightly embarrassed smile: "I'm not very confident in my left foot, coach. Although I scored a goal in training, training and competition are not the same thing after all."
What is the most brilliant form of deception? It is nine percent true and one percent false.
Just like this sentence, Hu Lai is not completely lying.
What he said is true.
Training and games are indeed different. Just because Hu Lai can score goals with his left foot in training does not mean that he can do the same in the game.
Moreover, his left foot can indeed only be used now, and there is no way to compare it with his right foot.
Those Melli fans who mocked him before were right. His left foot is very weak, so weak that it is almost negligible.
Hearing what Hulay said, Parotti gave him an encouraging smile: "I think you can try more with your left foot in the second half. Even if you miss the opportunity, don't worry. You have to take the first step."
Hu Lai, who received support and understanding from the head coach, nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, coach. In fact, I did have this idea and shot more with my left foot in the second half..."
"That's good. Good man." Parotti's smile was gentle and his tone was even warmer. "Just do what you want."
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"We did well in the first half. Although we conceded a goal, we have to look at the positive side. Apart from that conceded goal, our opponents had no chance. On the contrary, our offense threatened them many times. This shows that we did the right thing.
Got it!"
In the locker room, the Madrid Kings' meritorious coach Royvi was loudly praising his players.
The score in the first half was 1:1. Just looking at the score, it seemed that the score was evenly matched. But Royvi saw the opportunity for the Madrid Kings to win from the process.
After all, this is a home game, and Melli is in very good shape for this game.
Madrid Pirates can only defend passively.
How long can they hold on?
In the second half, Melli's attack will continue to disrupt the Pirates' defense, and with the help of others, he will be able to completely tear the Pirates' defense to pieces!
"Merry! Good job!"
Royvi applauded Mellie Banega and loudly praised his performance.
Melly showed a slightly shy smile and accepted all the praise from the head coach.
Royvi then looked at center back Peralta and praised his performance in the first half:
"Well done, Sergi. You did a good job of blocking Hu's right foot in the first half. But be careful with his header in the second half... I guess Parotti might let the Pirates play more from the side.
High ball from the road.”
Hu Lai's most threatening shot in the first half was shot with his head, so after restricting Hu Lai's right foot, it was natural to also restrict his header.
When Peratar heard the coach say this, he grinned: "Don't worry, coach. Heading is my advantage."
As a centre-back, Sergi Peralta does have a reason to say that.
He is 1.86 meters tall, not too tall, but definitely not low either. This figure ensures that he has good air defense capabilities on the premise of having good flexibility.
Use the most intuitive way to explain Peralta's ability as an Argentine international and the main center back of the Madrid Kings. In the football game "The Godfather of Champions 2027", which is famous for its real and detailed data, Peralta's numerical ability is higher than that of the center back.
At this position, I can be ranked in the top five.
His bounce value is 16, and his heading value is 16. These two items are the key values that affect his heading ability, with a full value of 20.
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When Hu Lai followed his teammates out of the locker room and walked to the court, captain Ramirez came to him and whispered to him: "It's right to try more left-footed shots, Hu Lai. Don't have any baggage, even if...
…If this game fails, it will not be your responsibility, but mine. So if you want to do anything, just do it."
Hu Lai turned to look at the captain.
A strange sense of déjà vu came over me. The captain of a working-class team... was also a political commissar?
But he didn't say this out loud, but nodded: "No problem, captain. I know what to do."
Ramirez smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Come on, you are no worse than Meili!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people walked out from another exit in the corridor, and among them was Melly Banega.
The Argentine genius showed no expression on his face after seeing Hulay.
Hu Lai also looked away calmly, followed the captain to the exit of the tunnel, and stepped onto the court.
The shouting and singing outside were already loud. Everyone knew that the second half was about to begin, and they became excited.
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Han Shuyu took advantage of the intermission to eat a hot dog and then returned to his seat.
Then a person said the summary of the first half to the front camera BLABLA.
As Royvi thought, the Madrid Kings, who played at home in the first half, clearly had the advantage. In fact, anyone who knows football can see this.
After all, as analyzed by the media before the game, the Kings are stronger on paper than the Pirates.
There is also the advantage of home court, and there has not been any big ups and downs in the recent state... If this still cannot gain the upper hand, then is the status of the top giants of Madrid Kings self-proclaimed?
In fact, under such circumstances, the pirates were able to draw 1:1 with the king, which is enough to show how powerful the pirates are.
"...Players from both sides have appeared!" Han Shuyu cut the camera to the back and pointed it at Hu Lai who came out. "Come on Hu Lai! Try to score a goal in the second half! Let them see how good you are!"
During the intermission, Han Shuyu also took the time to surf the Internet.
This Madrid derby also attracted much attention on the Internet.
In the first half, Melli had an assist and was active many times. Melli's fans naturally followed suit and became excited.
Then he used various outputs against Hu Lai, who had little performance.
Han Shuyu felt angry after seeing this.
She used to be a fan of Melly, but now she is ashamed to be in the company of these guys.
After all, Hu Lai is also her compatriot!
Melly is very powerful and a very nice person, but no matter how nice he is, he is still from another family...
Come on, Hu Lai!
Slap those black guys in the face hard!
Han Shuyu only said this to himself in his heart and did not say it directly. After all, there are a huge number of Melli fans in China.
She was afraid of offending those people.
Those people may not dare to do anything to Hu Lai, but they definitely have the ability to influence themselves...
Then Han Shuyu became troubled again and looked at the Kings fans beside her who were roaring at the Pirates players. Even if Hu Lai scored, she probably wouldn't dare to cheer openly.
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"Friends from the audience, friends from the audience, welcome back to the Crown Arena. As the referee blew his whistle, the second half of the game began. In the first half of the game, the Kings and the Pirates tied at 1:1, but judging from the scene, it was still
The Kings had the upper hand... During the halftime break, neither team made any personnel adjustments. It seems that both the head coaches, Royvi and Parotti, were satisfied with their team's performance in the first half.
satisfy……"
As soon as the second half of the game started, the commentator He Feng was in the commentary box and introduced the game to the audience in front of the TV.
The styles of one-man commentary and two-man commentary are completely different.
When two people commentate, they need to cooperate with each other, and it is very important to have a tacit understanding. Someone is giving moves, and someone is receiving moves, and there is back and forth, which is exciting.
When one person explains, he has to do it by himself, and the pace is faster than that of two people, otherwise it is easy to get cold feet.
In his quick commentary, the Madrid Kings, who kicked off the second half, launched an offensive against the Pirates.
However, their offensive was not successful.
Dudu's pass to Melli was too obvious. Ramirez predicted it in advance and stopped it with an excellent defense!
"Ramirez further strengthened his defense against Melli and made a beautiful steal!"
Ramirez intercepted the ball and immediately passed it horizontally to Tonini on the sideline.
"...Ion Martinez speeded up and rushed up the wing. In the second half, the Madrid Pirates still wanted to use the wing, especially the left wing, to launch an attack to threaten the King's goal..."
When Tonini received the ball, Ion had already passed by him and ran in front of him.
The Brazilian did not pass the ball to Ion, because Ion's forward movement had attracted the attention of Madrid Kings midfielder Albin Eström, and the Swedish midfielder was originally stuck in front of him.
So Tonini took advantage of Ion's opportunity to help him take away Eström, decisively accelerated and started dribbling the ball forward!
The Madrid Kings players, who had just prepared to attack, had to quickly recover and defend.
"The Pirates' attack is advancing very quickly! The King of Madrid is recovering quickly..."
Tonini, who was dribbling the ball, was blocked by King Madrid midfielder Osai when he was about to enter the 30-meter area.
This is a real defensive midfielder, much better than the one who pretends to be Estrom.
Toni was unwilling to tangle with Osay here. The Pirates played a fast attack, and the word "fast" was all that mattered. If Osay got stuck here, then the attack would be a failure.
So he passed the football to Ion on the sideline.
Then he continued to move forward, as if he was going to hit a wall with Ion.
But he was quickly targeted by Kings right back Padin Garcia.
"Tonini continued to move forward, but Ion cut inside and passed the football to Dikunzo who came up to meet him!"
The Italian forward is short in stature but very agile with his feet.
He quickly passed the football with his left foot to Hulay outside the penalty area before Sequeiros, the young center back of the Kings, and then accelerated around Sequeiros and inserted into the penalty area.
At this time, Hulay only needs to knock the football back, and he can receive the ball behind the Madrid King's defense. Because Cequeiros's turning speed is definitely not that fast!
At the same time, because Tonini continued to set the edge and pulled the Kings right back Padin Garcia back, even if he passed the ball over Cequeiros, he was not offside.
DiQuinzo turned to look at Hulay, paying close attention to his movements.
He saw Hu Lai, who was about to run into the penalty area, brake the car and at the same time raise his right foot, preparing to catch the ball.
Peralta, another center back of the Kings, was stuck in front of Hulay and was staring at Hulay's right foot.
As he watched, the football hit the inside of Hu Lai's right foot and then bounced gently to the left.
Seeing the football fall within the control of his left foot, Peralta's tense body obviously relaxed a little.
But then, his eyes widened and he saw Hu Lai swinging his left foot... directly outside the top of the penalty arc and shooting from a long distance!
From stopping the ball with his right foot to shooting with his left foot, Hulay's actions were so fast that Peralta didn't even react.
Now the Argentinian center back just stands there and acts as a spectator...
"Di Kunzo passed the ball to Hulay and seemed to want to do something with Hulay... eh?! Hulay! Hulay shot! Long shot!"
The football was blasted towards the goal by Hu Lai's left foot!
King goalkeeper Bakker was also caught off guard. He didn't expect Hu Lai to shoot so decisively!
When he jumped into the air and pounced on the football, the ball had already flown into his goal!