At the weekly coaching staff meeting, head coach Parotti seemed a little tired.
In yesterday's game, Madrid Pirates, who played with all their main players, failed to defeat Catalonia United at home. Whether it was the result of the game itself or the criticism from the media after the game, he was under tremendous pressure.
For this game, he asked all the main players to rest for a King's Cup game.
From pre-game training preparations to tactical arrangements, he made very detailed arrangements.
It can be said that he is bound to win these three points.
As a result, he did not expect that Catalan United head coach Jose Bernal would adopt such negative tactics during the game, not attacking, but defending.
This was something he didn't expect.
As a wealthy team, Catalonia United naturally has its own pride.
Their pride is that they rarely choose conservative and passive tactics in games.
No matter what opponent they face, Catalonia United will choose to use their strong control to take the initiative in the game, and then launch an attack on the opponent, using more violent attacks to completely destroy the opponent.
This season, Catalonia has scored 53 goals in the league, making it the team with the most goals. In the Champions League, it has scored 18 goals in six group matches, second only to the Kings of Madrid, who scored 20 goals.
, is the team with the second most goals.
A team that is so good at offense and has strong offensive strength unexpectedly chose defense when facing Madrid Pirates.
They used their proud "control" specialty to slow down the pace of the game and defend, making the Madrid Pirates very uncomfortable.
In terms of "control", Catalonia does better than Pirates of Madrid. After all, this is their tradition, and Pirates of Madrid is just a temporary change.
Therefore, in this game, Parotti did not intend to use control to counter control. He chose to restore the previous tactics of Madrid Pirates and use two wings to attack Catalonia's defense.
To put it simply, if Catalonia is good at "slow", then Madrid Pirates will use the "fast" they are good at to break the "slow".
But he didn't succeed.
This is because Silverio was in poor condition in this game and failed to fly with both wings.
There is also the reason why Hu Lai had a bad foot in front of the goal yesterday.
The Madrid Pirates, who did not score a goal, could only watch their direct competitors for the league championship celebrate their escape under their noses...
"Some media criticized us for relying too much on Hu's goals, saying that we played too simply..." first assistant coach Jesus Valentin said.
Parotti waved his hand: "They are right. Although Hu has gradually integrated into our system, this system is relatively simple to begin with. There is nothing we can do about it. Who makes the person we originally planned not to be available for a long time?"
What about recovery?”
Everyone knew who he was talking about.
Maxi Carey.
"The good news is that Kyrie has started training with the ball, but the bad news is that it will take at least a month before he can train with the team. Because he has suffered serious injuries in the past two years, we have to treat it with caution...
…” The team’s chief medical officer, Nick Jeter, provided an update on Kyrie’s recovery to head coach Parotti.
"A month later he is still training with the team, and none of us know how long it will be before he can actually play..." second assistant coach Enzo Nacher sighed.
Injury recovery is like this, and there must be no missing steps. After the operation, first rest, then limited recovery training, and then recovery training and ball training.
After training with the ball, the most critical step is to start training with the team.
Because only when you practice together with the team can you have physical confrontation and get closer to actual combat. Some problems cannot be exposed in the previous steps, and they will only appear during joint training, and everyone will be beaten.
Caught off guard.
So for everyone, just because Kyrie can train with the team doesn't mean they can breathe a sigh of relief, but it will make them even more nervous.
Even after he can play, everyone will not really relax.
In every game, Kaili will be the focus of the team's medical team, and the physical examination after each game will be very detailed.
Just to ensure that he won't be in the same situation again because of a knee injury that resulted in a serious ankle injury that required surgery...
But that's how it is. For professional players in their thirties, two consecutive serious injuries mean that they have to walk on thin ice every day of their career.
First assistant coach Valentin asked Parotti: "Didn't the club say it would try its best to introduce players in the winter transfer window?"
Parotti shook his head and sighed: "Really excellent players rarely appear in the winter transfer market. Several of the players we are interested in are unlikely to come in the winter window."
In fact, Parotti has known about Madrid Pirates' lack of creativity for a long time. Even as early as the summer of 2026, he asked the club to look for midfield organizational talents in the transfer market.
At first, Maxi Carey was not injured yet, and Parotti wanted to find a substitute for Carey.
Later, with Carey's injury, this matter became urgent and necessary.
For a while, the Madrid Pirates Club, who was in urgent need of medical treatment, even pursued Kabangka.
But just like Julay will not join the Madrid Kings, Kabangka will definitely not join the Madrid Pirates.
The status of Madrid Pirates is still not as good as that of Catalonia and Madrid Kings. At that time, Catalonia was also pursuing Cabangca.
If you can go to Catalonia and become the boss, why would you lower your status and come to Madrid to be the second-in-command?
Therefore, Kabangca clearly told the Pirates Club not to waste their efforts on him. He would never consider Madrid Pirates.
As a Brazilian genius as famous as Melli, Kabangka does have the qualifications and confidence to say this.
Catalan United and Blue-White Munich are both better options than Madrid Pirates, and both clubs are interested in him.
If it doesn't work out, you can stay at Manchester United, so why go to Madrid Pirates?
Some people are keen to be a rebel and challenge powerful enemies.
Kabangka does not have such hobbies. He also wants to challenge powerful enemies, but he challenges giants by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Other golden ball players who are as good as Soren Gribsch are even less likely to come to Madrid Pirates.
Even if people want to leave the Blue and White Munich, they will only consider the "richest among the rich" like King Madrid.
It is not that there are no outstanding midfield organizers in football, but they are either like Kabangka and Gribusch, who have no intention of joining Madrid Pirates, or they are unwilling to transfer in the winter window, or simply the club is unwilling to let go. people.
This has caused the Madrid Pirates to be stuck at the moment, and the number of people they can choose from is very limited.
The ones you like can't come, and the ones who can come can't be liked.
It's almost like love, which makes people sigh.
"So we either give up the idea of introducing target players in the winter window, or we introduce them casually, or rent someone to make ends meet..." Parotti explained to his coaching team.
"It's better to rent or transfer than to do nothing." First assistant coach Valentin gave his opinion.
Others also nodded in agreement.
Although they all know that it is difficult to find suitable candidates in the winter window at this time, it is like buying a lottery ticket, and they always hope to win.
Even if you don't win the grand prize, it's okay to win a consolation prize, right?
Since it is a helpless move, they don't expect to bring in players with outstanding abilities. As long as the people who come can share some of the team's pressure, it can be regarded as a successful signing.
Parotti saw that everyone agreed to continue working hard in the transfer market. Whether it was a transfer or a loan, he had to find someone, so he nodded and agreed to this approach.
"Let's talk about Hu, I saw that he was not in a very high mood after yesterday's game. He won't have any problems, right?" Valentine said.
"What's the problem? Just sleep and it'll be fine," said second assistant coach Naher. "Maybe it was so smooth before that he forgot what it was like to encounter setbacks. But it doesn't matter, anyone can experience it. At this level, all I need is a little sleep."
What Naher is talking about is the mentality of most professional players in the face of failure. This "failure" does not necessarily mean that they actually lost the game, but may also mean that the performance was not as good as expected.
For Hulay, if he failed to score in such a crucial game to help the team win, it can be defined as a "failure."
How to face failure is something that every qualified professional player must learn.
Everyone has different methods. Some people choose to indulge their desires, some choose to stay with their families and use love and affection to heal themselves. Some people may have other weird methods...
But eventually everyone needs some sleep.
After getting up from sleep, when they see the sun reappearing on the skyline, they know that no matter what they encounter, the sun will still rise as usual. People must look forward and move forward. This does not mean that they are very optimistic.
Firm, but time pushes them forward and does not allow them to stop.
"I hope that's the case..." Valentin shrugged, noncommittal to Nahel's statement.
Because he knows that there are always people for whom none of the above methods work.
Most people drift along in the long river of time.
But there are also people who want to be the trend setter and are not willing to live like this day by day.
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After a day of training, Hu Lai packed himself up, came to the parking lot, and prepared to drive away.
But what surprised him was that there was a man standing next to his car.
Hu Lai looked at Maxi Carey in front of him with some confusion, not understanding what he was doing here.
Blame yourself for not scoring in the game yesterday?
Or are you mocking yourself for not playing the role of the team's savior this time?
Maxi Carey saw Hu Lai walking up and asked a question that confused Hu Lai: "How did you sleep after the game last night?"
