After seeing the "substitution" signal from the team's medical team leader Nick Jeter from the court, even the "good guy" Parotti with a good temper couldn't help but cursed a series of swear words in his native language.
These swear words were so dirty that they could not be displayed and were automatically replaced with "*" signs.
Coupled with the rich gestures unique to Italians, it fully proves how bad Parotti's mood is now.
This is simply the best portrayal of "a leaky house meets a continuous rain". While conceding the ball first, his main center back was actually injured!
Kepa Armantegui has been the main center back of Madrid Pirates for the past eight seasons. He is 1.89 meters tall, has excellent air defense ability, is also very strong, and is good at frontal defense.
Although the turn is a little slow, as a central defender, this is not a big problem.
Besides, his partner Riva Moreno is more flexible and can make up for this problem very well.
In the 2026 World Cup in the United States and Canada, Amantegui served as the main central defender of the Spanish national team and made great contributions to the team winning the World Cup trophy for the second time.
After winning the World Cup, Amantegui announced his retirement from the national team and devoted all his energy to the club.
In fact, Amantegui was only 33 years old at that time. As a central defender, he was still in his prime.
It is not a problem to cope with the two-front battle between the national team and the club.
But Amanteji still made such a decision.
After retiring from the national team, Amantegui won more rest time, and his body did not show red lights. His performance has always been stable and he is an indispensable and absolute main force of the team.
This injury is his first injury in nearly two seasons after the World Cup...
As a result, the first injury happened and it was a big one. His knee was injured and he couldn't continue the game and had to be replaced.
Maybe after detailed examination, the injury will become more serious...
Not only can't we play this game, but we can't play the next league game against Valentia, and we don't know if we can play the next Champions League semi-final second leg against Madrid Kings.
If they can't play, the impact on the Madrid Pirates' defense will be huge and far-reaching.
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After Kepa Amantegui was taken off on a stretcher, Parotti took the initiative to ask about the situation.
"How's it going?" he asked team physician Nick Jeter.
The latter shook his head at him: "The initial judgment is that the cruciate ligament is torn..."
"..." Parotti took a deep breath and stopped swearing in front of the players.
Then he squatted down and gently patted Amantegui who was lying on the stretcher: "Thank you for your hard work, Kepa. Let's have a good rest..."
He really needs to take a good rest, because he may need to rest until next season...
Substitute center back Antonio Betia has been replaced in a hurry. He didn't even warm up. In other words, he simply pressed his legs and twisted his waist to warm up. There was really no time.
He warms up. In order to avoid giving the Madrid Kings too many chances to play too little, the game must not be allowed to resume without substitutions.
Fortunately, everyone warmed up before the game, and the effects should not completely disappear until now.
If Bedia is allowed to run more and pass the ball to each other a few more times, it should be fine.
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Kepa Amantegui is a very quiet and low-key player. On the court, he is neither as aggressive as Moreno nor as controversial as Peralta. He is just a regular central defender with a mediocre playing style.
Unsurprisingly, even if the ball is lost, it rarely becomes the center of heated discussion.
Although the turn is slow, the position selection is good, and most of the time the problem can be solved by blocking the position.
But he is definitely not the kind of central defender who plays very cleanly. He will definitely foul when he should foul, and he will not be soft when he should use dirty tricks.
Although he is nearly 1.9 meters tall and has excellent headers, in Madrid Pirates' frontcourt set-piece tactics, he is responsible for screening and rolling for his partner Moreno most of the time to create header opportunities.
These characteristics make him seem to have no sense of existence. Most of the time, he is silent so that people will not think of him immediately.
There are always such players on the football field, that is, when they are on the field, they do not attract attention, and some people even think that they have no right to hold the position.
Only when these people are no longer on the court will everyone think of them and realize how good they are.
Amantegui isn't the kind of player that makes people question why he is there, but he is definitely a player who will be missed when he is not there. If Amantegui can be replaced by other players, he will not always be the ball player.
The team's main center back.
Compared with him, the twenty-six-year-old Antonio Betia is much more immature.
Logically speaking, the age of 26 is already the prime of playing. As long as you are outstanding, you should be able to play the main role in the team.
But Bedia was unable to take away the main position from the 35-year-old Amantegui, which shows his level.
After Betía came on the field, he quickly became the focus of the Madrid Kings' attack.
After the 26-year-old substitute central defender came on the field, he had not had time to enter the game state. This was the breakthrough point for the Madrid King's offense.
In order to support Betia, midfielder Ramirez almost became a central defender and retreated into the penalty area to help defend.
Joaquin Vela took on the task of midfield interception.
But it was really difficult for him to deal with Dudu Carlos and Albin Estrom, the two Kings' offensive midfielders, by himself.
So the entire Madrid Pirates team followed suit and basically gave up attacking.
Kyrie retreated to the backcourt to participate in the defense. He tried to intercept the ball from Melli's feet, but the latter used flexible steps to shake him away, then dribbled laterally and then shot.
If Ramirez hadn't stepped up in time, stretched out his foot to block the shot, and used his legs to block the shot, the ball would have gone straight to the goal.
"Hoo!" Pirates fans collectively exhaled from the stands at Pirates Park.
Mellie put her head in her hands, looking very sorry.
Cerrados gave him a thumbs up from the side, indicating that Melli played well.
"Melli's condition is really good..." Assistant coach Valentin frowned and lamented on the sidelines. "If this continues, Bedia will be in danger... Ramirez can't always help him. As long as he is a little negligent, he will be in danger."
Potentially fatal…”
Parotti also frowned: "There is no way. The king is very powerful now, and they can play no matter how hard they play. We can only get through this period of time first."
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Kyrie on the court turned his attention to Mellie.
Although it was Cerrados who scored the goal, this little Argentine man became the best and most eye-catching player in the game.
Almost every time he takes the ball, he can cause the Pirates fans in the stands to scream and make the Pirates players' hearts beat faster.
Just like Betiya who was just replaced.
Look at his tense expression and somewhat stiff movements.
It is estimated that if he could choose, he would definitely not want to be sent on in the Champions League semi-finals against Madrid Kings.
Playing against Melli always requires you to be under huge pressure at all times.
This may be a bit too cruel for Bedia...
But there is no way, he must step up at this time. If he cannot withstand it, once there is a gap in the team's defense, it may be directly defeated.
Kyrie is a forward, so he can't help much defensively. Just like when he tried to intercept Melli's ball just now, he was shaken away by the opponent.
But who said there’s nothing you can do if you don’t know how to defend?
Kyrie decided to use his own method to help the team reverse the situation, at least to suppress the Kings' arrogance first.
Show off your skills in front of me?
Did I allow it?
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Maxi Carey dropped to the wing to receive the ball.
Although he is a forward, his position on the field is very flexible. Sometimes he looks like an organizing midfielder, sometimes he looks like a shadow forward, and now he looks like a full midfielder.
After receiving the ball, Kyrie immediately faced the defense of Madrid Kings midfielder Dudu Carlos.
The latter did not immediately rush to steal the ball, because he knew that Carey's skills were exquisite and if he made a hasty shot, he might be passed by the opponent.
So Dudu Carlos was just stuck about two meters in front of Kaili, without stretching his legs or getting close to him.
Then wait for your teammates to return to defense and reorganize the defense line.
Facing Dudu Carlos's fierce attack, Carey leaned slightly to the outside and turned his head at the same time, which made Dudu think that Carey was trying to force a breakthrough along the sideline.
So he turned around and prepared to stick up.
But at this moment, Kyrie's right foot gently pushed the football into the court, completely opposite to the direction in which he turned!
NOLOOKPASS!
Dudu didn't expect Kyrie to do this. He was stunned for a moment because he remembered that he had confirmed just now that there were no Madrid Pirates players in that direction, so who did Kyrie pass the ball to? Or was it Kyrie?
Made a mistake?
Before Dudu could react, Kaili, who was trying to break through along the wing, suddenly turned back, accelerated, and chased the football. He had just lightly kicked the football out, so the ball was not far away from him now!
It's not dribbling along the wing, nor "NOLOOKPASS", but cutting inside to break through!
Dudu was caught off guard. When he turned around again, Meili had already cut in front of him and blocked him from behind. Unless there was a foul, he could not stop Kaili!
"Wow!!!"
Huge exclamations erupted from the stands at Pirates Park.
"Kaili! Oh! What a wonderful fake move! What is this? These are two fake moves in a row! Dudu was shaken and dizzy!"
The exclamations above the stadium quickly turned into cheers.
After Carey caught up with the football, he did not continue to struggle with Dudu Carlos. He was worried that the opponent would use a foul to prevent the team's counterattack.
So he quickly passed the football out and passed it diagonally to Toni who met him in the middle.
Then he continued to run forward.
The cheers in the stands grew louder and continued.
The cheers reached their peak until Kyrie received the ball again in front of the Madrid Kings' penalty area and took a long shot!
The football flew close to the turf towards the near corner of the goal. Madrid Kings goalkeeper Rodríguez Backer quickly fell to the ground and jumped sideways, and then bravely put the shot directly on the ground.
Just when he pressed the football, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him!
Bucker's second reaction was very quick. He quickly took the football he was holding down into his arms and pressed it under him.
Hu Lai, who rushed in front of Bakr, had his feet raised. Seeing this, he could only brake and retract his legs.
The cheers eventually turned into huge sighs.
But soon, the sighs disappeared and were replaced by applause.
Very warm applause.
Since conceding the goal, this is the most threatening attack of the Madrid Pirates.
Although he didn't score a goal, it at least scared the King of Madrid into a cold sweat. The arrogance of the King of Madrid against the Pirates just now was weakened a lot because of this.
For this wonderful attack, Madrid Pirates fans also want to send sincere and warm applause as encouragement.
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PS, sorry, I forgot to set up automatic updates...
