Sarria fans who traveled with the team to the away game jumped up and down in the stands of Pirates Park and cheered loudly.
The Madrid Pirates fans in the stands next to them fell silent.
The score has just been refreshed on the big screen:
0:1
Madrid Pirates, playing at home, fell behind!
In front of their goal, Saria players were running wildly in celebration.
The Argentine striker Carlos Torado who scored the goal ran towards Zhang Qinghuan, who was already waiting for him with open arms. This goal was scored by Zhang Qinghuan assisting Torado!
"Zhang Qinghuan's fifth assist in the league this season! He assisted Torado to score, and Saria actually led Madrid Pirates 1:0 in the away game!"
"I have just played two national team games. The Madrid Pirates, who have more international players, are not in good condition. Although Parotti has rotated, the players still look very tired. Affected by the state of the whole team, Hulay's goalkeeper today
The feeling before was very average... and Saria was obviously well prepared. They unexpectedly adopted a high press in the away game, which made the Madrid Pirates ill-prepared. Facing Saria's high press, Madrid
The Pirates had a very difficult first half..."
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"Ah, what the hell! They caught our weakness..."
Assistant coach Valentine complained in front of the home team's coaching bench on the sidelines.
"Casas played a card that none of us expected..." Parotti also shook his head and sighed helplessly.
His coaching staff never imagined before the game that Saria would adopt a high-pressing tactic from the beginning of the game and use tireless running to deal with the Madrid Pirates' passing and control.
The physical fitness of Madrid Pirates players has been affected by the national team competition and is generally not good. It is difficult to cope with Saria's crazy pressing...
"Their physical fitness is so good..."
"The main reason is that they have few international players in the team," Parotti said.
The lack of international players means that this team is relatively weak, but at this special moment, the lack of international players has become Saria's advantage.
The impact of national team games on them is relatively small, so they have relatively sufficient physical fitness to implement this pressing tactic in away games.
At the same time, as the core of the team's offensive organization, Zhang Qinghuan did not go to China thousands of miles away to participate in the top 40 competition this time, so he has sufficient physical fitness and can keep up with the rhythm of high-position pressing.
In the first half, the physical fitness of the Madrid Pirates team was slightly better, and they also played very hard. They had a hard time with Saria, and the score was 0:0.
After a fifteen-minute break at halftime, Madrid Pirates thought the situation would improve slightly. After all, they had earned a breather.
As a result, Saria quickly exerted his strength at the beginning of the second half, and finally broke the deadlock nine minutes into the second half.
At that time, Zhang Qinghuan and teammate Mikel Leko teamed up to intercept Tonini's ball, and then quickly sent a through ball.
Torado successfully countered offside, ran into the space smartly, caught the ball and made a slight adjustment to shoot.
This time, Hywell could not play the role of a father and could only lie on the ground and watch the football go in.
The Pirates goal was declared lost.
"Saria's high press is very effective. If they continue to press like this, our players will not be able to play the ball... We must make changes." Valentin said. "I think it is time to let Kyrie play."
Parotti glanced at the time. It was sixty minutes into the game. If Kyrie was replaced at this time, he would have about thirty minutes left.
To score two goals in thirty minutes...it's a bit difficult, but it should be doable.
Thinking of this, Parotti nodded and accepted Valentine's suggestion.
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Soon Maxi Carey was at coach Parotti's side.
The commentators became excited when they saw this scene:
"Whoa! Kyrie is going to be subbed in! After missing six months due to ankle surgery, he is finally going to step on the court again!"
"Maxi Carey, the legendary player of Madrid Pirates, has brought countless honors to the team. Now he is called upon again in a critical situation!"
Not only the commentators, but the fans in the stands also stood up from their seats, preparing to applaud Kyrie who was about to take the court.
As the number one contributor to helping the team win the league championship, the Copa del Rey and the Europa League, Maxi Carey has a very high status in the hearts of Madrid Pirates fans.
It can even be said...a little higher than Hu Lai. Because of the emotional bonus.
After all, Hu Lai had just arrived.
Kyrie has played for this team for seven years, and the emotions that have accompanied him for seven years are beyond what those honors can match.
As Carey stood on the sidelines waiting to replace DiCunzo, the applause from the stands rang out and got louder and louder.
Sophia in the box also stood in front of her seat with her two children and applauded Kaili.
"What a touching scene! Although in these two seasons, he missed two-thirds of the games due to two serious injuries, so many people have forgotten that Kyrie is still in the Pirates, but Pirates fans have always
Remember him! These applauses are the best comeback gift for Kyrie!"
After Carey high-fived DiCunzo on the sidelines, he ran onto the court.
When he came on stage, he also made a cross on his chest.
This is a simple prayer ceremony, hoping that the god he believes in will bring him good luck in the game.
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When Maxi Carey ran onto the field, Buccaneers Park erupted in applause.
In such a touching scene, Sarria head coach Arno Casas turned his attention to Carey and instead of feeling troubled, a smile appeared on his face.
When he saw Maxi Carey's name on the Madrid Pirates' game roster yesterday, he realized that Parotti's inclusion of Carey, who had returned from injury, into this list must not be without purpose.
Now, as he guessed, Kyrie came on as a substitute.
As for when Kyrie will be able to return to the court, there has actually been discussion in the media as early as when he was training with the team.
Waiting until now to appear can no longer be said to be a surprise, it can only be said to be late. Casas believed that Carey could have played for Madrid Pirates long ago.
But it took so long to be included in the competition squad.
What does this mean?
Does this mean that Kyrie’s recovery from his injury is not going well?
Perhaps it also shows that the team is very cautious about Kyrie's comeback.
Especially Carey himself thinks so.
Otherwise, why has there been no voice that Kyrie wants to come back as soon as possible?
Casas thinks this may mean Carey himself is being cautious.
If he really thinks so, then he has done himself a big favor...
Amid thunderous applause, Casas waved his arms toward the court, attracting the attention of his players, and then made a special gesture.
Every Sarria player who saw the gesture immediately understood what they should do in the next game.
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Maxi Carey ran onto the court, breathing in the slightly grassy air and hearing the cheers of the fans.
All this was both strange and familiar to him.
After a long wait, he finally stepped onto the court again.
This is the moment he has been waiting for for a long time. He wants to give those who have laughed at him, criticized him, had no hope in him, or even forgotten him, a loud slap in the face!
I, Maxi Carey, am back!
I am still the best "MAX"!
When the Madrid Pirates launched an attack, Carey raised his arm to signal his teammates to pass the ball to him.
But in fact, he doesn't have to do this, his teammates will pass the ball to him.
Because in daily training, Kaili's role has been very clear and everyone knows it.
Although he is a forward, he has to use his skills and creativity with his feet to organize the offense.
The ball will naturally be handed to him.
Carey looked at the football rolling toward him, and an idea came to his mind. He thought of Jule's turn away from Peralta against the Kings of Madrid.
He decided to show Hu Lai something more chic.
So he raised his feet in front of the football and made preparations to catch the ball. But when the football rolled in front of him, he ignored the football and turned around suddenly!
This way when he turns around, the football will go between the defender's legs.
But Carey failed because as soon as he turned around, he was severely knocked out by another Sarria player who rushed from the side.
Even Kaili, who was 1.9 meters tall, was completely unable to compete with this kind of force during exercise. He was knocked to the ground neatly.
The referee's whistle and boos sounded together.
Sarria player Mikel Leko, who committed the foul, quickly made an apologetic gesture to the running referee, which allowed him to successfully avoid a yellow card.
The referee only gave him a verbal warning and did not give him a card.
Kaili lay on the ground, clutching his injured waist and grinning in pain.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect or if it really hurts that much.
He clutched his ribs and turned over slowly, getting up from the ground.
This kind of collision is indeed much more violent than in training...
After Kaili stood up and moved around a little, he was a little worried that he had hurt his knee or ankle just now.
Looking back now, I'm lucky and didn't get hurt anywhere.
There is some pain in the waist and ribs, but it should be a hard injury caused by the collision, so it's okay, it's just pain.
It'll be fine after the pain has passed for a while.
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When Kyrie received the ball again, this time he did not try to turn around, but honestly stopped the football at his feet.
But soon a Sarria player rushed up from the side and swept the football with his kick.
It stands to reason that Kyrie could have poked the football away in advance, but he jumped on the spot like a conditioned reflex. Although he avoided the "sweeping leg" of the Sarria player, the football that was originally under his feet was broken...
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"Oops, Kyrie lost the ball... He seems to be a little concerned about his feet. He just avoided it too simply..."
Although Kyrie quickly chased back after losing the ball, it was too late.
The opponent had already passed the football away.
Kaili shook his fist angrily.
I don’t know whether he was dissatisfied with losing the ball, or he was dissatisfied with the jump he just jumped up to avoid...
But in short, after half a year, he finally set foot on the court again, and everything he encountered was not as Maxi Carey imagined.
