Chapter 188 The Champions League in the middle of the week
"Qingqing, your previous judgment of Kaili may have been biased..."
At dinner, Hu Lai told Li Qingqing what he had seen during training.
After listening, Li Qingqing said: "You mean Kyrie deliberately angered Joaquin Vela during the game in order to achieve the same intensity of confrontation in training as in actual combat?"
Hu Lai nodded and said: "Although Kaili didn't say it, I feel it should be like this. Although Kaili usually likes to pretend, today he did it a bit deliberately..."
Hu Lai thinks that Kaili should hope to use this method to increase the actual combat attributes in training.
Originally, Li Qingqing thought that Kaili would not be able to solve this problem so easily. However, just one day later, Kaili actually took the initiative to seek change.
"It seems that Kaili has been forced into a desperate situation by you..." Li Qingqing said with emotion.
Hu Lai was confused: "What does it have to do with me?"
"Because your performance was so good, he realized that if he didn't make some changes, he would be completely thrown away by you." Li Qingqing explained. "No matter what your subjective wishes are, Kaili does regard you as a competitor.
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"We are not the same type of players at all..."
Li Qingqing nodded: "I know that you and him can actually coexist. But this competitor does not mean that there is any conflict between your two positions, but that there is a conflict between your positioning..."
"Positioning conflict?"
"You are now the core of Madrid Pirates' offense, and this position originally belonged to Kyrie. Of course he will think that you have stolen his core."
Li Qingqing's explanation left Hu Lai speechless.
Because after thinking about it, he realized that it was really like that.
Although he didn't want to take Kyrie's position on the team, in fact, he did replace Kyrie now.
So it's normal for Kaili to be hostile to him.
Of course, Hu Lai, who thought of this, did not intend to show weakness to Kaili and give up his core.
He came to the Pirates to confront Merry head-on. Since he had to compete with Merry, how could he play a supporting role in the Pirates?
Merry is now the protagonist of the King of Madrid, and he also wants to be the protagonist of the Pirates.
This is the only way to be equal.
"If Kyrie can really break through his psychological shadow, it will definitely be good news for your championship."
The Kings of Madrid are only one point ahead of the Pirates in the standings. If Carey can become an immediate force, that would be a good result. But who can say for sure about this "big kid"?
All in bursts.
When you are full of hope for him, he may disappoint you next.
And when you don’t have hope for him, maybe he suddenly becomes more powerful again...
Just like after the first serious injury, everyone believed that as long as he recovered from injury, he would be able to lead the Madrid Pirates back on track and return to the top. What was the result?
The Madrid Pirates failed to gain anything on three fronts last season. Let alone leading the team back to the top, Kyrie himself has not returned to the top and has been struggling in the quagmire.
He scored a beautiful goal in the first game of this season, which made people think that he finally found the feeling before the injury.
But it turns out it was just a flashback of sorts.
If Kyrie hadn't been injured again, he might have continued to torment the team.
In a sense, his sudden serious injury actually helped the team temporarily solve a problem.
Hu Lai also knew this, so he shook his head: "It's better not to count him in. With the current staff configuration, we still have a chance to win the championship. Even though we fell to third place, in fact, we are only just behind one cent……"
Because they failed to win Saria at home in the last round, Madrid Pirates are now relegated to third place with 70 points.
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First place in the league goes to the winning Kings, who have 71 points.
After the games between the Kings and Pirates ended, Catalonia defeated Pamplona 7-0 at home, sharing 70 points, but because of a greater goal difference than Madrid Pirates, they are temporarily ranked in second place.
There are still ten rounds left in the league, but the three teams are so stalemate.
In the remaining ten rounds of the league, the next is the "El Clasico" between the Kings at home and Catalonia United. In addition, in the last round of the league, Madrid Pirates challenged Catalonia United away, while the Kings faced Saria at home.
It is even possible that the suspense of the league championship will continue until the final round.
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Putting league matters aside for the moment, on Tuesday, March 14, Madrid Pirates welcomed their Champions League rivals Atletico Amsterdam at home.
Because the score of the first round match between the two sides was 3:2, although the Madrid Pirates won, they only led by one goal, so the suspense was still there.
Atlético Amsterdam has every chance to make a comeback in the away game and knock out Madrid Pirates.
This is why the last round of the league was so hard. Parotti did not use all the main players, but chose to use a rotating lineup to deal with Saria. Even if Saria took away one point, the league ranking fell from first place. By third place, Parotti didn't really care.
Facing Atlético Amsterdam, Madrid Pirates fielded the full lineup except for Maxi Carey.
Kyrie didn't even make the game roster.
Although he showed his determination to get rid of the psychological shadow in training, there were only two days between the league and the Champions League, which was not enough for him to regain his form.
Besides, based on his previous performance, whether he can help the team requires longer observation and a cautious attitude.
In the game against Sporting Amsterdam, Parotti didn't want to take uncontrollable risks and play against Saria. He didn't want to experience it again.
Of course, Kyrie doesn't have to worry about not being able to play in the Champions League. He was not removed from the Champions League registration list in January, so he is still eligible to continue playing in the Champions League.
As we all know, the Champions League is divided into two stages: the group stage and the knockout stage. Before each stage, UEFA will require participating teams to register.
Only registered players are eligible to participate in the Champions League.
Submit the registration list before September every year, and then wait until the group stage is completed in January of the following year to submit the registration list again.
Teams can add or delete rosters, but there is a limit to the number of registered first-team players, which cannot exceed twenty-five.
If a team adds new players during the winter break, or if there are new players who want to join, but the number of players exceeds the number, the players who are already on the registration list must be removed first, and then new players can be added.
In January this year, the Madrid Pirates coaching staff was indeed considering whether to remove Maxi Carey, who had not yet returned from injury, from the Champions League registration list.
After Kyrie was added to this list in August last year, Kyrie was injured without playing a single Champions League group match.
It is still unclear when he will return from injury and how many Champions League games he will be able to play.
Is it necessary to reserve this spot for Kyrie?
In August last year, the club's quota of 25 players was exhausted. If Carey was not to be given up, other players would have to be given up to make room for Omer Schweitzer.
In the end, it was Parotti who made the decision to keep Carey on the roster.
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Even without Kyrie, the performance of the Madrid Pirates back at home was completely different from the last away game.
Atlético Amsterdam may have referred to the performance of the Madrid Pirates who were held to a 1:1 draw by Sarria at home in the last round of the league. Combined with the situation in the first round of the confrontation between the two teams, the Madrid Pirates only won a small victory by one goal in the end. Therefore, it is believed that
Madrid Pirates have been in poor form recently.
This led them to make a wrong estimate of Madrid Pirates' performance.
So at the beginning of the game, Atlético Amsterdam was suppressed by the Pirates.
Chen Xingyi didn't even have a chance to show his offensive abilities, so he had to work hard on the defensive line and become a full-back.
This actually allowed him to find some familiarity with the national team. In the national team, he also needs to return to defense and become a full-back to participate in defense.
It's just that in the limited games he played as a full-back for the national team, the pressure he endured at the full-back position was definitely not that great...
Di Kunzo, the Italian forward, moved to the left side of the midfield in this game and switched to the left midfielder specifically to suppress Chen Xingyi.
Silverio, who has had ups and downs in form, was on the bench for this game.
On the front line, Hu Lai stepped forward alone and fired a single arrow.
This time Parotti abandoned the 442 he had always used and switched to 451, sending five people in the midfield.
Tonini on the left, Dikunzo on the right, the midfielder who organizes the attack is Omer Schwyz, and behind him are two midfielders, captain Juan Ramirez and Joaquin Bay.
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They will support Hu Lai behind him, deliver shells for him and create opportunities.
After increasing their midfield staffing, the Madrid Pirates quickly took complete control of the midfield.
And having control of the midfield, they can take advantage of their home court advantage and do whatever they want against Atlético Amsterdam.
Atlético Amsterdam has been reduced to the point where it can only place a bus in front of the door.
But as a result, their defensive depth is basically zero.
It is easy to be beaten directly to the door.
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At the 13th minute, Atletico Amsterdam's goal was declared lost.
However, it was not Julay who scored the goal for Madrid Pirates, nor was he even a player of Madrid Pirates.
It was Sporting Amsterdam's left-back Knossbanda who blocked Di Kunzo's cross directly into his own goal!
"Own goal! Oops! What a pity! What a terrible start for Atlético Amsterdam!"
Sibanda looked frustrated after scoring an own goal.
In the stands of Pirates Park, all the home team fans were cheering. They kept mocking Sibanda and Racing Amsterdam.
This is how football is, the opponent's pain is often the source of one's own happiness.
Sibanda's own goal was a heavy blow to Sporting Amsterdam, which was focused on making a comeback in the away game.
Being two goals behind in the total score, they had no choice but to press forward and attack.
This will create more holes in their defense.
Before the end of the first half, Madrid Pirates scored another goal, this time the goal was by Hulay.
After Omer Schwyz's through ball was blocked by Danny Drew, it did not bounce far, but accidentally landed at Hulay's feet.
Hu Lai's reaction was also very fast. He didn't stop the ball, but directly kicked the football!
It was as if he knew in advance that the ball would fall to his feet...
Before anyone could react, the football had already flown into the goal of Atlético Amsterdam!
This goal made all Chinese fans, including He Feng, breathe a sigh of relief. Hu Lai scored his twelfth goal in the Champions League this season and continues to lead the scorer list!
After scoring, Hulay ran to the corner flag area.
Along with his iconic celebration, a deafening cry rang out from the stands in all directions:
"HUUUUU!!!"
Madrid Pirates fans have become thoroughly accustomed to cheering for Julet in this way invented by Leeds City fans.
But they are not just content to be "followers" who follow suit.
So after this thunder, the south stand of the Pirates Park stadium suddenly became quiet, and correspondingly, more than 40,000 die-hard Madrid Pirates fans raised their arms high.
Then as the conductors waved their arms violently, the fans high-fived them at the same time and shouted in unison: "HUUUUU!!!"
After shouting, he separated his palms. After a short interval, he high-fived again and shouted: "HUUUUU!!!"
In this way, there was a period of time between each one. After repeating it four times, the applause and shouts completely merged into one.
This is the "innovation" of Madrid Pirates fans. They combined the cheering and "war cry" ceremony for Hulay into a ceremony exclusive to Hulay.
The fans of Madrid Pirates were enjoying their ceremony, while the more than 3,000 Atletico Amsterdam fans who traveled with the team fell into silence.
The total score is already three goals behind, and it is at the opponent's home court. To be honest, these Athletic Amsterdam fans can't see any hope of a comeback.
