Text Volume 141 Kaili's Suggestion "Are you back? Why are you a little late today?"
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Li Qingqing walked out to greet him. When he saw Hu Lai, who looked a little uncomfortable, he asked again:
"What’s wrong with you?"
Hu Lai still said with a strange expression: "I met Kaili after training..."
Li Qingqing immediately understood why her boyfriend had this expression.
Everyone knows that the relationship between Hu Lai and Maxi Carey is quite ordinary. The two are teammates, but not friends. Although they are neighbors, they have no contact at all. As a result, Carey has found Hu Lai in private. This cannot be
Hu Lai was not surprised, but Li Qingqing was also surprised: "Why is he looking for you?"
"He asked me if I wanted to make myself stronger..."
Li Qingqing stared at Hu Lai dumbfounded, never expecting that Kaili, who was at odds with her boyfriend, would say such a thing.
Hu Lai himself is still in shock, otherwise he wouldn't have the same expression when he saw Li Qingqing when he returned home.
He recalled the conversation he had had with Carey in the parking lot.
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"How did you sleep after the game last night?"
When Kaili asked Hu Lai this, Hu Lai was confused.
He said to himself that you are not a health doctor, why do you still care about whether I sleep well or not?
Because he didn't know what Kaili was going to do, Hu Lai said perfunctorily based on their relationship: "It's okay..."
Carey saw Hu Lai's prevarication at a glance and smiled: "I thought you would toss and turn in bed at night because you didn't score."
"Why would I do that? I'm not a child..." Hu Lai curled his lips.
Kyrie pointed at him: "That's right. Only children will toss and turn and have trouble sleeping because of a failure in a game or poor performance. Whenever they close their eyes, they will think about their poor performance in the game, and then they will die.
I blame myself for not being like this, not like that, not performing better... But when the child grows up, he will not do this anymore, because he has seen too many failures and knows that human power will be exhausted sometimes, and it is not a failure.
You need to take responsibility for yourself.”
After saying this, Kaili looked at Hu Lai and said, "Congratulations, Chinese boy, you are an adult now."
Hu Lai frowned and didn't react until he heard Kaili's last words: "Are you here to entertain me?"
He heard the "sarcasm" in Carey's tone.
Kaili shook his head: "What you said... I don't have the leisure time to joke with you. I just came here to ask if you slept well last night. If you slept well, it means you don't need to
Help. But if you're having trouble sleeping, maybe I have a suggestion you'd like to hear."
At this point, he shrugged:
"You said you slept well. Then I'll treat you as if you slept well. Very good, you don't need my help, and I'm actually not that willing to help you... Goodbye."
After saying that, Kaili stood up from the car he was leaning on and planned to leave.
At this moment, Hu Lai, who had reacted, suddenly stopped him: "I remembered, actually I didn't sleep very well last night."
Kaili looked at him, but there was no trace of embarrassment on the face of the man who had just said the contradictory words, as if telling lies was something he could do easily.
Seeing Kaili still staring at him, Hu Lai even put on a flattering smile: "Brother, if you have any suggestions, just tell me..."
Kaili had always been hesitant about whether to give Hu Lai advice. On the one hand, he knew the consequences of doing so, and on the other hand, of course, it was because he didn't like Hu Lai.
If you want to help someone you don't like, you need to do a lot of psychological construction.
But seeing Hu Lai like this, all the emotions in Kaili's heart suddenly became boring.
He wanted to continue sarcastic remarks about Hu Lai, but now he felt it was meaningless.
So he curled his lips and said: "As a forward, you are good enough at grabbing points and shooting, but you lack the ability to take the ball. Of course, a forward who specializes in grabbing points and shooting does not need to take the ball, he only needs to take the ball twice.
One touch, one stop, one shot, or no shot at all... But if that's the case, why don't you stay at Leeds City?"
In fact, Kaili didn't say a word because he felt that saying it would affect his performance.
After all, saying to Hu Lai, "You have to come to pirate to take my place?" was like begging for mercy from him, or...acting like a baby.
No matter what it was, Kaili's pride would not allow him to say that.
He avoided this sentence and continued:
"...At least you will have a more enjoyable time in Leeds City. The fans and teammates there like you very much. I watched the game when you returned to the Flanders Stadium. I must admit, it was very touching. I even thought
However, if one day I return to Pirates Park as an opponent, I will not receive such treatment from you."
"It's not easy to get your praise." Hu Lai retorted.
After he came to Madrid Pirates, his teammates here were very good to him, maybe because of his personality, or maybe because he showed enough strength.
Anyway, he hasn't encountered any bad people or things in this team.
But because of this, when he could ridicule Kaili without any psychological burden, he actually felt...well, this feeling was really good.
However, Kaili didn't seem to hear that Hu Lai was ridiculing him, but nodded along:
"You are right, it is indeed difficult for ordinary people to get my praise."
His expression seemed quite proud.
Hu Lai rolled his eyes: "You misunderstood, I wasn't praising you."
Kaili raised his head slightly. He was already tall and looked at Hu Lai with a look of disdain: "You just stated a fact. Of course it is not a compliment."
"Damn..." Hu Lai finally understood why Kaili was called the "King of Forced Kings"...
Although he has been with the Pirates for half a season, he does not have much contact with Kyrie. The private conversation between the two of them in the parking lot today was their first real contact.
"Okay, brother, stop pretending to be cool in front of me... When it comes to showing off, I'll take second place..." Hu Lai saw Kaili looking at him and changed his tune temporarily, "You are the second best."
One! Since you are so good at showing off, stop performing in front of me. Brother, if you have any advice for me, just tell me directly."
Kaili was confused by Hu Lai's nonsense. He was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered what he wanted to say to Hu Lai. He asked: "It's nothing, I just want to ask, why do you want to
Leaving Leeds City where you had a great time?”
Hu Lai almost blurted out: "Because I want to become stronger."
Carey looked at him.
Hu Lai, who was being watched, said calmly:
"Although I'm very happy in Leeds City, I feel like I can't continue to get stronger."
Then he looked at Kaili and asked, "So, brother, can you make me stronger?"
The initiative seemed to have suddenly returned to Hu Lai. Kaili frowned, hating this feeling, but he still nodded: "I can't make you stronger, I can only give you some suggestions..."
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Li Qingqing's eyes widened: "So Kaili actually suggested that you work hard to improve your ball-handling skills at your feet, not to let you use it to beat several people, but to increase your ability to hold the ball?"
She had finished listening to Hu Lai's story.
Hu Lai nodded: "Yes, that's pretty much what it means. Let me no longer be just a point-grabbing forward who can only receive passes from teammates and then shoot, but be someone who can hold the ball in the penalty area..."
Before he could say anything, he heard a "pop!"
Li Qingqing clapped his hands together, with a delighted smile on his face: "Yes! Hu Lai! He is right! What you lack now is not the ability to score with your left foot, nor the ability to dribble past others.
What you need is...the ability to control the ball in a small space! As long as you can control the football and no longer shoot directly, it means that you can create more opportunities in the opponent's penalty area, and these opportunities
Might be more deadly than your direct shot!"
After Li Qingqing said this, Hu Lai also remembered that most of his goals were fatal hits.
Just like a top assassin, possessing the ultimate agility, he can hit the weak spot and deliver a fatal blow if he doesn't take action.
But such an assassin also has a weakness, which is that he has high attack and low defense. He must ensure that he cannot be touched by his opponent. Even if he is brushed, he will be seriously injured.
Therefore, if such an assassin encounters an opponent who cannot kill him with one blow, he will be powerless when he has to bear the opponent's blow to hurt the opponent.
The advice Maxi Carey gave him was to give the assassin the ability to carry the opponent's attack and deliver a fatal blow.
In short, an assassin with high attack and defense.
He can hit the ball with a fatal blow in the penalty area, or he can control the ball and create opportunities to hit the ball with a fatal blow.
"I was thinking wrong before. I always felt that if you have to practice dribbling past people, it is still very difficult for your body coordination, but you don't need to dribble the ball past several players in a row, and you don't even need to dribble past people.
You only need to let your body make one or two fake movements to change the shooting angle. And the requirements on your body coordination will be greatly reduced!"
The more Li Qingqing talked, the more excited he became:
"So Hu Lai, what you have to practice is not to pass the ball, but to control the ball. Controlling the ball can give you the ability to launch a second attack. Compared with a stud, the second attack is the most deterrent method!"
As she said that, she took Hu Lai's hand and was about to go to the backyard.
Hu Lai looked at Li Qingqing who was even more excited than him, laughed, and followed him out obediently.
