The relegation team is really difficult to beat. Don’t think that Madrid Pirates only secured the victory at the last moment because it was a stretch.
Catalonia's performance wasn't much better, and they didn't have the distraction of the Champions League, so they almost overturned in the away game.
Only sixteen minutes into the game, Real Huelva took the lead.
Then he shrunk back and started setting up buses at his home stadium.
Catalonia United bombed the ball indiscriminately in the remaining time.
After being besieged for so long, it was not until 70 minutes that Catalonia's top scorer Emond Pettersson equalized the score for the team.
But if it's just a draw, Catalonia United would be totally unacceptable.
After being eliminated from the Champions League, Catalonia only has the league and the Copa del Rey to compete for - they have already met the King of Madrid in the Copa del Rey final.
The Copa del Rey is a bit tasteless, the league championship is the most important.
With the Madrid Pirates winning, if Catalonia cannot win Real Huelva away from home, they will be further and further away in the standings.
Before this round of the league, Catalan United was four points behind Madrid Pirates. This round Madrid Pirates have already won. If Catalan United only draws with Real Huelva, the point difference between the two teams will be widened to six points.
This will make the final round of their home dialogue with Madrid Pirates completely meaningless.
Because even if they beat Madrid Pirates at home, they would not be able to win the championship. In turn, they might be able to beat their mortal rivals, the Kings of Madrid. Catalan United and the Pirates of Madrid are not mortal enemies. Their only rivals are the Kings of Madrid and Saria.
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In the same way, the mortal enemies of the King of Madrid are Catalonia United and Madrid Pirates.
Everyone has a mortal enemy of each other in the same city.
Unlike Catalonia, Real Huelva can accept a draw.
Because none of their direct competitors for relegation have won, even if they draw, they won't fall into the relegation zone.
Although they won the game and may be ranked higher, compared with the risk of being defeated by Catalan United in order to win, a home draw with Catalan United is not unacceptable...
So Real Huelva began to recycle, hoping to shake hands with Catalonia United at home.
But this actually reduced the pressure on Catalonia's defense, allowing Catalonia to attack with all its strength in the last twenty minutes of the game.
With Catalonia's offensive strength, when they let go, the threat immediately increased.
The result was that in the 78th minute, Pettersson scored twice, helping Catalonia turn the tables and win.
The giants from Barcelona scored three points without any danger.
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Among the three teams competing for the league title, only the Madrid Kings have it easier.
They defeated the Phoenicians, the second-last team in the league, 4-0 at home.
Melli started the game and played the entire game. He scored twice and was the main contributor to the team's easy victory.
Twenty-five league goals also allow him to closely follow Hu Lai in the league scorer list.
There are five rounds left in the league. Not only does he have to defeat Hu Lai in the league championship, but he will not give up to Hu Lai in the personal honor of top scorer!
The gap of six goals, he feels, is not an insurmountable gap in his current state.
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"Hey, Merry, do you want to practice shooting again?"
After the training, some teammates asked when they saw Melli staying on the court.
"Yes." Melly replied simply.
"But your shooting skills are already very good..." Everyone was half-joking. "Leave us a way to survive! Haha!"
Melly laughed first, then shook his head and said, "Not yet, I'm still far from it."
The team's left back Rafael Fonseca exclaimed: "Twenty-five goals in the league, is it still far behind?"
He was obviously following the joke just now and continuing to joke.
But Melli's response surprised other Madrid Kings players, including him.
He nodded and said, "I'm not the top scorer yet."
"Ah?" Rafael Fonseca's smile froze on his face. "You... want to compete for the Golden Boot?"
Seeing the Brazilian left back's expression, Melli asked: "Do you think I can't do it, Rafael?"
Fonseca was a little unaccustomed to Melli's aggressiveness. He was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head awkwardly: "No, no. I just... uh, hell, Hu has already scored thirty-one goals...
…”
He still had nothing to say:
Did Hu Lai not score a single goal in the remaining five rounds?
Obviously it's impossible.
Melly said seriously: "Of course I know it's difficult. But anything is worth doing just because it's difficult."
After saying that, he stopped chatting with Fonseca and turned around and walked towards the goal, preparing to start his shooting training.
The conversation between Fonseca and Melli just now caused the originally joyful atmosphere on the training ground to suddenly cool down.
Everyone didn't know what to say, so they could only leave one after another.
Regarding the fact that Melli wants to compete with Hu Lai for the top scorer, they must have their own opinions in their hearts, but there is no need to say it out.
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Cerrados was telling his daughter a bedtime story in her bedroom when the cell phone in his pocket rang.
He looked and saw that it was a call from his agent Joseva Olmo, so he refused to answer the call first, and then sent a message back: "Wait a moment, I will call you later."
Then he continued to tell stories to his daughter.
After telling the story, he kissed his daughter on the forehead: "Good night, little baby."
"Good night, daddy." The daughter lay on the bed, pulled up the quilt, revealing only a pair of bright eyes and a smooth forehead, and replied in a low voice.
Cerrados stood up and turned off the lamp, then walked out and gently closed the bedroom door.
Then he went straight downstairs, walked to the yard, sat down on a reclining chair, then took out his cell phone and dialed his agent's number.
"Jose, what's going on?"
"I just heard something. Francis plans to go to Dortmund this week."
"Francis? What's wrong?"
"Don't you realize the problem, Alexandra? Don't you think your club's ambassador is going to Dortmund just for a private trip? Ruhr Rheinland is in Dortmund. Let me remind you one more thing - 1
Francis also visited Leeds City Club in a private capacity during the season..."
Hearing what the agent said, Cerrados fell silent.
No matter how slow he is, he can still figure it out.
After Francis went to Leeds City last season, the Madrid Kings Club began to pursue Hulay enthusiastically.
So this time Francis goes to Dortmund, it must be to visit the Ruhr-Rhine Club.
What was he doing in the Ruhr-Rhein?
The answer is already obvious.
Of course it is for the young center Janus Edman who has gradually become famous in Ruerrhein in the past two years.
Although the rules prohibit clubs from privately contacting players under contract, they can always find some ways to circumvent the rules. Everyone does this, so he naturally does not think that his club will be so "law-abiding".
In silence, Olmo continued: "You are willing to take a salary cut and renew your contract with the club, but I don't think the club wants to renew your contract, Alexandra. Your contract expires next year, and you should probably think about it seriously.
It’s the future.”
At the end of June next year, Alexandra Cerrados will be thirty-five years old.
For former professional players, they could retire at the age of thirty-five - twenty years ago, it was considered a decline from the age of thirty.
But now with the development of sports science, there are many people who can still maintain their physical condition at the age of 34 and meet the requirements of professional football. Professional players after the age of 30 are in the golden age of their careers. They have body awareness, and
He has rich experience and has a calmer personality.
Many players can play until they are thirty-six or seventeen years old, and there are even some who can play until they are forty years old.
Age is no longer an important factor in whether a player retires, motivation to continue playing football is.
For Cerrados, that's it.
If he does not have the motivation to continue playing, then it is not a bad idea to retire with the Madrid Kings after the contract expires. He may even become an extremely rare player who retires with the Madrid Kings and become a legend of the Kings.
But if he still doesn’t want to retire, then he should consider leaving the Kings and moving elsewhere, to a team that is not that strong, not that high in status, and not even a wealthy team. But this team can give Cerrados more
The important tactical position allows him to resume his role as a scorer, rather than as a supporting player for others.
This is what Olmo has been urging Cerrados to do.
He is very dissatisfied with the tactical adjustments of the Madrid Kings this season.
Just to praise Melli, let a main scorer who scored 20 goals and assisted seven times in the league last season suddenly hand over the "right to fire" and become a green leaf for Melli.
In Olmer's view, this is an insult to Cerrados, one of the "Four Kings".
This is not how a wealthy club should treat its own legendary achievements.
But Cerrados said nothing, accepted the club's arrangement, and even refused to let his agent express any opinions on the club's actions in public.
Since Cerrados decided to compromise, Olmer naturally had no choice. However, during this season, he has been encouraging Cerrados to transfer and leave the Kings and go to a new team to prove himself again.
During this period, Cerrados was indeed tempted by Olmo.
From the initial "not considering at all" to the later "my bottom line is not to go to the Spanish team", it is a great progress.
Now he specifically revealed the information he had learned from inside to Cerrados, hoping to make a final blow. Let Cerrados know that the club has completely abandoned him, arouse his dissatisfaction with the club's practices, and thus make a final decision.
Determined to leave the team and start a new life.
Cerrados said after being silent for a while: "I used to be willing to cut my salary and renew my contract because I thought I could still be helpful to the team. But now I realize that I may really have no value to the team.
.So I plan to retire directly after fulfilling my contract with the club."
This answer surprised Olmer, and his voice became louder: "What? Retirement? Are you crazy, Alexandra? Don't be hit by your performance this season. I always believe in changing teams.
Team, you will not only be the main force, but even the core! Your performance in the Madrid Derby proved that it is not that your strength has declined, but because you are no longer the offensive core of this team! But the reason why you
You are not the core of the Kings' offense and have nothing to do with your strength! It is the result of human intervention by the club's senior management..."
After Cerrados quietly waited for his agent to finish speaking, he talked about another thing:
"You know, Jose? I saw Melli practicing shooting again on the training ground today. Fonseca asked him if he still wanted to compete for the top scorer, and he answered 'yes', and many people did.
I was shocked by his answer..."
"He's going crazy, he's six goals behind Hu!" Olmer snorted. He didn't like the Argentine. Although everyone was impressed by the talent shown by Melly, he just didn't like it.
In Olmer's view, the reason why Melli has performed so well this season is simply because Cerrados made way for him.
If Cerrados was given a chance to compete fairly, Melly would never be able to achieve his current results.
At least he couldn't score twenty-five goals in the league.
Those Melli fans acted as if all twenty-five goals were the result of Melli alone, which made Olmo feel sick.
But Cerrados didn't care about Olmo's strong emotions and continued to say in a calm tone:
"Yes, you see, Jose. When we 'old men' hear this, our first thought is 'a difference of six goals', while Melli's thought is 'Can't I do it?'
.Today’s young people are so scary...Hu is like that too. This is his first La Liga season, and he has already scored 31 goals. And that Edman, he is not even 18 years old yet
, has already scored twenty goals in Ruerrhein..."
"Let's not talk about it for now, but Edman's twenty goals are counted in all the games he played in the first team of Ruhr Rhein. Two seasons of league, German Cup and Champions League..." Agent Olmer
interrupted Cerrados' emotion.
He also doesn't like Edman because the Kings want to sign him to squeeze out Cerrados. He sees Edman as a threat to Cerrados.
"That's pretty awesome, at least better than when I was eighteen. Every time I see young people like this, I wonder... when did I realize that I should quit? That's when - look
When young people like Meili stubbornly compete with the whole world for a goal that seems impossible to achieve, I feel..."
Having said this, Cerrados suddenly fell silent.
Olmo, who had been in a bad mood ever since he heard that Cerrados was retiring, opened his mouth, but remained silent in the end.
He also became quiet.
Until I heard Cerrados on the other end of the phone say:
"...Whether we like it or not, admit it or not...our time has passed, Jose."
