The Kings of Madrid lost 0:3 at home to Catalonia United, putting the team's head coach Miguel Tavares and the team's core Melly Banega under tremendous pressure.
Tavares's tactical arrangements before the game and on-the-spot command during the game have been widely criticized.
He said that he only knew to rely on Melli before the game, but when something went wrong during the game, he didn't know how to solve the problem other than Melli, which ultimately led to the team's complete defeat at home to Catalonia United.
After the game, it was also reported that the top management of the Madrid Kings Club was considering letting Tavares leave.
As for Melli, because of his poor performance in the game, it is natural that the team cannot escape the blame for losing.
Perhaps some Melly fans can argue that "Merry has tried his best" and "Merry is also a human being, not a machine, and will get tired".
But such excuses are meaningless.
As the core of the team, we cannot just enjoy the "benefits" of receiving all the praise after the team wins, but refuse to bear the responsibility after losing.
King Madrid lost this game, and Melli really has to bear a lot of responsibility.
No matter what the reason is, failure to perform well means failure to perform well, and this result will not be changed due to various objective and subjective reasons.
This is also true judging from the ratings of many media after the game.
Even in the Madrid Kings team, Melli's score is relatively low.
Among the ratings given by many media, the highest score is only 6 points, and the lowest is 5.1 points.
This rating is indeed too poor for a top star like Melli.
It fully shows that Melli's performance in the game stretched his hips.
As for Kendor Kabangka, he scored twice and scored nine points.
At the same time, with these two goals, he also tied Melli on the league scorer list. Both of them scored ten goals.
Tied for second place on the scorer list.
But it is still far from Hu Lai.
Because Hu Lai has scored seventeen goals so far, seven goals ahead of them...
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On the night of the second day of the "El Clasico", Madrid Pirates challenged Baetic away.
Everyone focused on Hu Lai.
There are still one month and five days before the end of 2029. During this period, Madrid Pirates still have nine to ten games. Can Hulay score ten goals in the remaining games and let himself The number of goals scored in a natural year reaches three digits.
This is what public opinion is most concerned about right now.
The result did not disappoint. Hulay scored a goal in the game to help Madrid Pirates defeat Baetic 2:0 away from home.
In the subsequent Champions League group stage, since Madrid Pirates had qualified two rounds ahead of schedule, Parotti made some rotation adjustments to the team's starting lineup.
However, because they did not finish first in the group in advance, Parotti did not rotate out all the main players.
At least Hu Lai is in the starting lineup.
This game is more difficult for the Madrid Pirates, because the Lyon Lions still have the qualification to qualify from the group, so they are fighting hard.
If they can defeat Madrid Pirates away from home, they will have a chance to compete with Insoubre for the right to qualify from the group.
This is a strategy of killing two birds with one stone - because the Lyon Lions defeated the Madrid Pirates, if the Madrid Pirates want to ensure that they get the first place in the group, they have to fight against Insubre in the last round. As long as the Madrid Pirates can defeat Insubre, then
If the Lyon Lions defeat Vesseldorf, the weakest team in the group, in the last round, they can overtake Insoubre and become second in the standings.
Otherwise, if the Lyon Lions cannot win this game and allow the Madrid Pirates to confirm the first place in the group one round ahead of schedule, then in the final round of the group stage, they may send all their substitutes to let Insoubre go.
For the above reasons, the three Lyon Lions teams in the away game worked hard, went all out, and tried every means to defeat the Madrid Pirates.
On the other hand, Madrid Pirates, who did not have all their main players, found it difficult to cope.
It was the visiting team Lyon Lions who scored first in the game.
They scored in the 53rd minute to break the deadlock and take the lead.
Madrid Pirates did not equalize the score until the 70th minute of the game.
The person who scored the goal was Hu Lai.
This is his tenth goal in the Champions League this season.
He is also the leader in the Champions League scorer list, ahead of all players.
He also has the lowest odds of winning the Champions League Golden Boot this season, and all major bookmakers are optimistic about him becoming the top scorer in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons.
If this is the case, then Hulay will create another record - the first player in history to win three consecutive Champions League Golden Boots.
After Hulay's goal, the Madrid Pirates' counterattack gained momentum.
And scored again in the 82nd minute.
At that time, everyone thought that Hu Lai, who caught the ball in the penalty area, would shoot the ball by himself, but unexpectedly, he used the instep of his outside foot to knock the football away.
So Vukovich, who came in from behind, rushed up and pushed the ball with a kick without any defense!
The football flies into the goal!
With the goals of Hulay and Vukovic, the Madrid Pirates defeated the Lyon Lions 2:1 at home and won the first place in the group one round ahead of schedule.
The Lyon Lions also completely lost hope of qualifying.
Because in another group match at the same time, Insubre was tied 1:1 by Vesseldorf in an away game.
As a result, Insubre has seven points and Lyon Lions has four points. It seems that there is still a three-point gap between the two teams. As long as the Madrid Pirates defeat Insubre in the last round and the Lyon Lions defeat Vesseldorf at home,
You can even the score difference.
But in fact, due to the record of the two teams playing against each other, the Lyon Lions cannot surpass Insoubray with the same points - the two teams played against each other in the group stage with one win and one win.
Losing, everyone won one game each, but the Lyon Lions only won 1:0 at home. After Soubre returned to their home court, they defeated the Lyon Lions 2:0.
The two teams have the same winning-loss relationship with each other, but in terms of "goal difference between games", Insoubre has the advantage, so Insoubre is ranked higher than the Lyon Lions.
As a result, no matter how the final round of the game ends, the Lyon Lions are out.
Even if Insoubre loses to Madrid Pirates with a huge score at home, and the Lyon Lions beat Vesseldorf with a huge score at home, it is meaningless and cannot change the difference in goal difference between the two sides.
This is really a sad ending.
The Lyon Lions tried their best in the away game and gave everything they had to win, but they still couldn't change their destiny.
It was difficult for Madrid Pirates to win, but they won in the end.
This is the cruel side of competitive sports. Sometimes the efforts you put in are often not proportional to the results...
The fans of the home team at Pirates Park cheered for the victory and Hulay's goal, while the visiting Lyon Lions players could only leave the field sadly.
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After securing first place in the Champions League group with five wins from five games, Madrid Pirates welcomed Sarria in the league.
At the pre-match press conference, Sarria head coach Arno Casas cracked a joke when asked how his team would deal with Jule:
"I specially arranged for Zhang to guard him in the game. I think they must have a lot to talk about. He can do nothing, as long as he can hold Hu and keep chatting."
Then he said seriously: "Of course, I was joking just now. In fact, I hope they don't let Hu play..."
No matter how it sounds, it still sounds like a joke...
It's impossible if Hu Lai doesn't play.
He has scored two goals in the past two games. If he maintains the scoring rate in these two games, then he must score one goal in each game.
So how could Hulay not play in the game against Saria?
Not only did he start, he also scored.
And scored two goals in one breath.
With these two goals, Madrid Pirates also defeated Saria 2:0 at home.
After the game, the TV broadcast captured the scene of Hu Lai and Zhang Qinghuan chatting after the game. Both of them covered their mouths with their hands. No one could see their mouth movements, so naturally they had no idea what they were talking about.
After the game, reporters interviewed Zhang Qinghuan in the mixed area and asked him what he and Hu Lai had talked about.
Zhang Qinghuan: "I asked him to treat me to dinner, and he said I thought well of it."
After making everyone laugh, he said seriously: "Of course that's not the case. I wish him a hundred as soon as possible."
"Qing Huan, do you think he has a high chance of breaking 100?" a reporter asked. "When will he probably break 100?"
Zhang Qinghuan shook his head: "I won't guess, just wait and see. Whether he can break 100 or not has already made history, so the final result will not affect his achievements."
He will not be led into a ditch by these reporters.
Then he waved goodbye to the reporters, turned around and left.
Although he lost the game, it was obvious that he was in a good mood.
Perhaps it is because Saria is a small team and does not have high requirements for performance. It is content to be able to steadily rank in the middle of the league standings.
Or maybe he is simply happy for his good friend Hu Lai...
The reporters looked at Zhang Qinghuan's back and guessed this in their hearts.
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Madrid Pirates' winning streak was stopped the next time they faced Atlético Malaga.
Since losing 0:1 to Royal Caterhorn in the sixth round of the league, they have maintained an eleven-game winning streak in all competitions.
On Tuesday, December 4th, Pirates of Madrid will face Atlético Malaga away from home.
This game is played in advance of the sixteenth round of the league.
Because on December 20, the team will leave for China to participate in the Club World Cup, so the sixteenth round of the league, which was originally supposed to be held on Sunday, the 23rd, was brought forward to this time.
Perhaps it was due to double matches in a row, or perhaps it was approaching the end of the year and the players were generally in poor physical condition.
Madrid Pirates lost 2:3 away to Atletico Malaga in this early league match.
Losing one more game and not increasing the points means that after the competitors have also played sixteen rounds of games, Madrid Pirates may fall from the second position in the league.
The only consolation is that Hulay scored again.
He scored one goal in the game, his 95th goal this year.
The goal of 100 goals is getting closer and closer.
There are still five to six games left this year, and it seems that there is no suspense about scoring in triple digits.
If someone spends money to bet that Hu Lai will definitely score more than 100 goals this year at this time, then he will hardly make any money...
Of course, this does not mean that those who start early will make a lot of money - they actually don't make much money.
Because of Hu Lai's condition, when the bookmaker opened the market for this project, the odds of over 100 were not that high.
It is impossible to expect to get rich overnight through this.
As Hu Lai's fame and status become higher and higher, the bonus period for betting on him has completely ended.
Stories like Neil Mullin's are destined to become "legends" passed down by word of mouth among countless lottery players, and are difficult to replicate.
