In the home team's locker room, head coach Munster pointed the finger directly at Chen Xingyi.
Some of the other teammates followed Chen Xingyi, while others deliberately avoided looking at him. Those who did not looked at him did so just to prevent Chen Xingyi from feeling embarrassed.
After all, being in the spotlight doesn't feel good.
Especially when facing criticism from the head coach.
Munster is not a very serious coach, but that doesn't mean he won't be strict.
Once he becomes strict, he is still very scary.
He was once one of the most successful players in football in this country and was a legend as a player.
He usually laughs and laughs, but at the critical moment, even if he doesn't say anything and just stares at you, not many players can stand it.
As a player, he was a ruthless man who won the Champions League with Sporting Amsterdam. What scene have you not seen before?
Who in the locker room has the qualifications and confidence to stand in front of him without feeling intimidated?
Everyone could hear that Munster's tone was very bad, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Chen Xingyi's performance in the first half.
Even if he announces that he will replace Chen Xingyi at halftime, no one will be surprised.
Drew secretly looked at Mr. Munster nervously, fearing that he would really do this.
But Munster did not continue. After asking this question, he became very serious and even stared at Chen Xingyi fiercely.
Under his gaze, Chen Xingyi stood up from his seat, raised his head and looked directly at him, and said:
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm also sorry for everyone. I apologize to you and everyone for my poor performance in the first half."
After speaking, Chen Xingyi bowed to everyone.
His move surprised almost everyone present, except Munster.
He looked at Chen Xingyi expressionlessly: "Just apologizing is not enough, Xing. Because of your poor offensive performance in the first half, our defense line was under too much pressure."
Chen Xingyi nodded and said: "I won't do this again in the second half, sir. You can replace me if you want, but I hope you can give me a chance."
Munster stared at Chen Xingyi for a long time. There was silence in the locker room, and the air pressure was suffocatingly low.
Even Chen Xingyi did not dare to look at the head coach anymore under Munster's pressure. He gradually lowered his head and waited nervously for his final verdict.
If the head coach decides to replace him at halftime, it means that he has lost the trust of the head coach and will be very sad in the future.
It’s not that he has been sentenced to death, it’s just that if he wants to win the trust of the head coach with a criminal record, he needs to work harder than before, and at the same time, he has to pray for enough luck...
Although he felt that he had nothing to say after being replaced by the head coach based on his performance in the first half. But Chen Xingyi still felt a little unwilling. He was lucky and hoped that the head coach would give him another chance.
He vowed that he would never disappoint those who still have expectations for him this time!
But he couldn't say such words, because they were empty words.
No one will believe a person who lies before he makes achievements.
This is the cruelty of professional football, which is a hundred times or a thousand times better than campus football.
This is not a place to educate people and wait for them to grow.
This is a life-and-death battlefield. If you can't perform well and can't withstand the pressure...then you deserve to be eliminated!
Just when Chen Xingyi was thinking wildly, he heard the opposite coach Munster say: "Then you'd better not let me down."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Chen Xingyi took a deep breath, took a step back, and slowly sat down.
Danny Drew, the teammate next to him, immediately came up and asked Chen Xingyi in a low voice: "What happened to you in the first half, Xingyi?"
After Chen Xingyi was silent for two seconds, he whispered to Drew: "It's simple, I'm scared."
"Afraid?" Drew's eyes widened in surprise.
"Yeah." Chen Xingyi nodded and admitted calmly.
"But what are you afraid of..."
"I'm afraid of facing the Pirates' defense and not being able to perform in a way that can help the team."
Drew thought about the fact that in the first half, the Madrid Pirates had been very targeted in defending against Chen Xingyi from the beginning. Such defense was really a headache.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, Xing. The team's offense is not your responsibility alone, and the team's victory is not your responsibility alone. You see, I also conceded a goal in the game, and the team also lost the ball because of it.
I may lose the game, but I'm still fine, right?" Drew smiled and scratched his head, comforting him.
"Thank you for your personal statement, Danny. I'm much better now, and I won't be scared in the second half." Chen Xingyi bumped Drew with his shoulder and teased: "But it's true, you obviously lost the game.
He played a ball, and now he can still talk and laugh like this."
Drew chuckled and felt a little proud: "Because I am a central defender. Since I am a central defender, how can I not concede the ball in the game? There are no defenders in this world who can not concede the ball at all, right? The offense is not
It's your business alone, and defense is not my business alone..."
At this point, Drew looked around, leaned his head over, and lowered his voice very low: "Even if I make a mistake, if the captain performs well, we won't lose the ball..."
Chen Xingyi's eyes widened, he didn't expect Drew to say such a thing.
Drew quickly waved his hands: "Don't say this out loud, Xing. This is a dark thought in my heart, and I didn't tell anyone!"
Chen Xingyi nodded, covered his mouth at the same time, and gave Drew a trustworthy look.
"Hey, what are you two doing?" At this moment, captain Manuwan Duesberg noticed that their heads were almost touching and cast a concerned glance.
The two people quickly separated and started laughing.
"I'm encouraging Xing!" Drew laughed and patted Chen Xingyi's shoulder hard. "That pirate is no big deal! Crush them in the second half! Ha! Haha!"
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"Silvilio, you did a good job in the first half and successfully restricted their attack. You will continue to play like this in the second half!"
In the visiting team's locker room, Parotti was praising Silverio.
This Portuguese winger, whose form is always up and down, is like opening a blind box in every game.
For this reason, Parotti did not assign any offensive tasks to Silverio in this game, but asked him to focus on defending Chen Xingyi.
I think this can effectively reduce the probability of him suddenly overturning during the attack.
After this first half, Parotti felt that he had done the right thing.
Comparatively speaking, offense relies more on state. If the state is not good, Silverio will not be able to play in the offense, but if he is asked to defend, he only needs to abide by discipline.
In order to make Silverio insist on implementing his defensive style in the second half, Parotti decided to say more nice words, encourage and praise Silverio more, so that he would have more fighting spirit and would not let him down.
He was dissatisfied with his defense - even though he was told to freeze Chen Xingyi before the game, and Silverio did not express any objection, people's hearts are very complicated. If he suddenly
Any other ideas?
After praising Silverio, Parotti turned to all the other players and said:
"Although we only scored one goal in the first half, we successfully contained their offensive. Their left side had almost no counterattack ability, leaving only the right side. This way it will be much easier for us to defend. But our opponents
They are not fools, they will not be indifferent to such a situation. If the situation cannot be changed in the second half, Munster will definitely make adjustments. Maybe he will replace their weak spot during the halftime break..."
The little star is going to be replaced at halftime?
When Hu Lai heard this sentence, he was stunned for a moment.
But after thinking about Chen Xingyi's performance in the first half, it seems... it's really not good. It wouldn't be a big surprise if he was to be replaced.
It's just...if it's really replaced...
Hu Lai will still feel sorry for Chen Xingyi.
That must be the opportunity that Little Star has been waiting for for a long time, right?
After all, since the final of the national competition, the two of them have never been rivals again.
Hu Lai is also looking forward to playing against Little Star, although they are both forwards and will hardly have the opportunity to talk directly.
But it's still exciting to see two people competing.
"Hu?"
"Ah?" Hu Lai came back to his senses when he heard someone calling him.
"I see you didn't respond..." Parotti looked at him.
"Sorry, sir, I just...got distracted."
"Good guy" Parotti is always very tolerant of the top scorer who always brings goals to the team. He smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, fighting with Drew will always make people exhausted.
He is a great opponent. Melli was once prevented from scoring by him. It is really great if you can score goals under his defense. However, in the second half, we still have to score goals as soon as possible, but the opponent will definitely strengthen.
It's your defense, so when the time is right, you need to open up space for your teammates, or simply pass the ball to your teammates."
After hearing what the head coach said, Hu Lai nodded hastily: "No problem, coach!"
He agreed quickly because he was never a lone wolf.
If a teammate has a better chance than him, he will of course be happy to pass the football.
The fact that he has few assists is not entirely due to his average ability to deliver fatal balls. It is also related to the fact that he does not need to assist his teammates - he can always run to a more threatening position, catch the ball and shoot, and the team
The attack ends here.
When he passed the ball to his teammates, their ability to seize opportunities was not as high as his, and they were unable to convert his pass into goals.
So it seems that Hu Lai's assist statistics are ugly, as if he is a very selfish player.
In the past, Hu Lai was not famous enough, but now as his grades are getting better and better, his reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and it seems that after he has proved that he will not be a short-lived football star, there are gradually more controversies and dark materials about him.
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Saying that he is selfish and a "lone wolf" is also one of the many scandals and controversies.
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"...As I said before, offense is not your business alone. Although you have become the core of offensive tactics in this game, don't think that we can defeat the Pirates just by relying on you. Likewise.
"Defense is not my business alone. If I concede the ball, I must have done something wrong in more than one place. I have made mistakes in all of them. That's why..."
As he came out of the locker room and walked to the court, Danny Drew was still explaining his understanding of "passing the buck" to Chen Xingyi.
"...Only by understanding this way can we keep our mentality stable after losing the ball and avoid falling into self-pity. Otherwise, I will become like Albertazzi, who directly collapses from an 'iceberg' to a 'volcano'. For us
For these defenders, emotional ups and downs are unavoidable... So Xing, don't care about the success or failure of one or two battles with the opponent during the game. Even if you are defended, so what? As long as your mentality does not collapse, you will be better next time.
There is still a chance... Let me say something very unpleasant, even if we lose this game, you don't have any psychological burden, you just think-'We lost this game because Danny Drew didn't guard it.
What does Hu's goal have to do with me? Ha! Haha!"
Chen Xingyi shook his head speechlessly: "Although I know who you are, you still opened my eyes, Danny. Don't worry, I won't pass the blame to you..."
"No, actually I don't mind, ha!" Drew grinned.
Then his smile froze on his face, because he saw Hu Lai next to him, and his big grin slowly closed again.
Chen Xingyi also saw it.
Hu Lai looked at him with a slightly teasing smile and said: "Little Xingxing, didn't you say you want to make me look good in the Champions League? I'm here, where is the good-looking one?"
Chen Xingyi chuckled: "Don't worry, Hu Lai. I'll let you know in the second half."
After saying that, he walked straight past Hu Lai and walked out of the passage.
Hu Lai didn't say anything anymore, just watched him leave with a smile.
Drew first started to catch up with Chen Xingyi, then looked back at Hu Lai, and said worriedly: "You talked to him..."
"It's okay, Danny. I know Hu Lai very well, and his tricks don't work for me."
"So he was really disturbing you just now?"
Chen Xingyi thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "It's not so much interference as it is... provocation."
When he said this, he seemed to briefly return to his high school days.
Fighting against Hu Lai again was something that had been lingering in his mind ever since he lost that game.
Even when Flash Star and Hu Lai were teammates, he never gave up this idea. He just suppressed it in his heart at that time.
Hu Lai should also know this, right?
Did you want to run after you beat me once?
How is it possible? I definitely want to win it back!
Thinking of this, Chen Xingyi was suddenly stunned.
Because he remembered how similar his state was to Melly, who lost to Hulay in the Olympics...
So he laughed again.
Drew saw Chen Xingyi was in a daze after finishing speaking, and then suddenly laughed again, so he asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, Danny. I just thought the pirates might be right to mistake me for Merry."
"ah?"
"Because they know I'm dangerous."
After Chen Xingyi said this, he walked out of the tunnel and stepped onto the court.
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PS, I wish you all good luck and good health in the Year of the Tiger!
By the way, I can ask for some guaranteed monthly tickets as red envelopes, thank you all!