Chapter 188: Champions League midweek

"Qingqing, your previous judgment on Carey may be biased..."
During dinner, Hu Lai told Li Qingqing what he had seen in training.
After listening, Li Qingqing said, "You mean that Carey deliberately angered Joaquin Bella in the game, in order to gain the same intensity of confrontation in training as in actual combat?"
Hu Lai nodded and said, "Although Carey didn't say it, I feel it should be like this. Although Carey usually likes to pretend, but today he did it a bit deliberately..."
Hu Lai felt that Carey should hope to use this method to increase the actual combat attributes in training.
Originally, Li Qingqing thought that Carey would not be able to solve this problem so easily, but after only one day, Carey had an attitude of actively seeking change.
"It seems that Carey is being cornered by you..." Li Qingqing said with emotion.
Hu Lai was at a loss: "What does it have to do with me?"
"Because your performance was so good, he realized that if he didn't make any changes, he would be completely thrown away by you." Li Qingqing explained. . "Whatever your subjective wishes, Carey does see you as a competitor."
"We're not a type of player at all..."
Li Qingqing nodded: "I know, you and him can actually coexist. But this competitor doesn't mean that there is any conflict between the two of you, but that there is a conflict between your positions."
"Location conflict?"
"You are now the core of the Madrid Pirates' attack, and that position belongs to Kyrie. Of course he will think that you have stolen his core."
Li Qingqing's explanation left Hu Lai speechless.
Because he thought about it, it really is like this.
While he wasn't trying to steal Kyrie's place on the team, in fact, he did replace Kyrie now.
So it's normal for Carey to be hostile to himself.
Of course, Hu Lai, who thought of this, did not intend to show weakness to Carey and surrender his core.
He came to the pirates to confront Merry head-on. Since he wanted to compete with Merry, how could he play a supporting role in the pirates?
Meli is now the protagonist of the king of Madrid, and he will also be the protagonist of the pirates.
This is equal.
"If Kyrie can really break through his psychological shadow, it will definitely be good news for your title race."
The King of Madrid is only one point ahead of the Pirates in the standings, and it would be a good result if Carey can become an immediate force. But who can say for sure about this "big kid" thing?
All at once.
When you have high hopes for him, maybe he will disappoint you next.
And when you don't hold out hope for him, maybe you will suddenly rise up again...
Just like after the first serious injury, everyone firmly believed that as long as he recovered from injury, he could lead the Madrid Pirates back on the right track and return to the peak. The results of it?
Last season, the Madrid Pirates had nothing on three fronts, let alone lead the team back to the top. Carey himself did not return to the top, and has been struggling in the quagmire.
In the first game of the season, he started with a beautiful goal, which makes people think that he has finally found his pre-injury feeling.
But it turned out that it was just some kind of flashback.
If it wasn't for Kyrie getting hurt again, maybe he would continue to torture 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: "Let's not count him in. With the current staffing, we have the same chance to win the championship. Don't look at us falling to third place, but in fact it's only worse. one cent…"
Because the last round failed to win Saria at home, the Madrid Pirates are now in third place with 70 points.
The first place in the league was occupied by the winning king, who accumulated 71 points.
After the game between the King and the Pirates, the Catalan United beat Pamplona 7-0 at home, with 70 points, but because the goal difference is more than the Madrid Pirates, it is temporarily ranked second.
There are ten rounds left in the league, and the three teams are so stalemate.
In the remaining ten rounds of the league, it is followed by the "National Derby" between the King's home court and the Catalan United. In addition, in the final round of the league, the Madrid Pirates played away to Catalan, while the Kings faced Sarria at home.
It is even possible that the suspense of the league title will continue until the final round.
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League matters aside, on Tuesday, March 14, the Pirates of Madrid welcomed their Champions League rivals Athletic Amsterdam at home.
Because the score of the first round between the two sides was 3:2, although the Madrid Pirates won, they were only ahead by one goal, so the suspense was still there.
Atlético Amsterdam has every chance to make a comeback on the road and knock out the Madrid Pirates.
This is why the last round of the league played so hard, Parrotti did not send all the main force, but chose to use the rotation to deal with Saria. Even if Saria took away a point and the league ranking dropped from first to third, Parrotti didn't care much.
Faced with Atlético Amsterdam, the Pirates of Madrid sent their full squad - except for Maxi Carey.
Carey didn't even make the roster.
Although he showed his determination to get rid of the psychological shadow in training, there are only two days between the league and the Champions League, which is 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.
Against Athletic Amsterdam, Parrotti doesn't want uncontrollable risks - he doesn't want to experience it again when he plays Saria.
Of course, Kyrie doesn't have to worry about not playing in the Champions League - he was not removed from the Champions League registration list in January, so he still has the qualifications to continue to play 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 play in the Champions League.
Submit the registration list before September every year, and then wait until January of the following year after the group stage to submit the registration list again.
Teams can add or delete the list, but there is a limit to the number of registered first team members, which cannot exceed 25.
If a team adds new players during the winter break, or if there is a new force that wants to join in, but the number exceeds, it must first remove the players already in the registration list, and then add new players.
In January of this year, the Madrid Pirates coaching staff was indeed considering whether to remove Maxi Carey, who has not yet returned from injury, from the Champions League registration list.
After adding Kyrie to the roster last August, Carey was injured without even playing a Champions League group game.
It is not known when he will return from injury and still have a few Champions League games to play.
Is it necessary to keep this spot for Carey?
In August last year, the club's 25-man quota was used up. If Kyrie is not given up, others must be given up to give Omer Schwitzten a place.
In the end, it was Parrotti who decided to keep Carey on the list.
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Despite the absence of Carey, the Madrid Pirates back at home performed completely different from the one they played away from the previous round.
Athletic Amsterdam may have made reference to the performance of the Madrid Pirates in the last round of the league, which was a 1:1 draw by Saria at home. Combined with the situation when the two teams faced each other in the first round, the Madrid Pirates finally won only a small victory, so I think The Madrid Pirates have been in poor form lately.
This led them to miscalculate the performance of the Madrid Pirates.
So at the beginning of the game, Amsterdam Athletic was suppressed by the pirates.
Chen Xingyi didn't even have a chance to show his offensive ability, so he had to work hard in the back line and become a full-back.
This has allowed him to find some familiarity in 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 number of games that the national team played as a full-back, the pressure he was under on the full-back position was definitely not so great...
Di Kunzo, the Italian striker, moved to the left of midfield in this game, playing as a left midfielder. Specifically to suppress Chen Xingyi.
The state of ups and downs, Silvio Silvio on the bench this game.
On the front line, Hu Lai rushed forward alone and hit a single arrow.
Parrotti abandoned the 442 he had been using this time, and played 451 instead, sending five men in the midfield.
Tonini on the left, Dikunzo on the right, Omer Schwyz was the one who made the attack in the midfield, and behind him were two midfielders, captain Juan Ramirez and Joaquin Bey. pull.
They will support Hu Lai behind him, deliver artillery shells and create opportunities for him.
The Madrid Pirates quickly took full control of the midfield after increasing their midfield staffing.
And they control the midfield, they can use the home advantage, do whatever they want to Amsterdam.
Athletic Amsterdam was compressed to the point where only a bus was placed in front of the door.
But in this way, their defensive depth is basically equal to zero.
It's easy to get punched straight to the door.
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In the thirteenth minute, Athletic Amsterdam's goal was lost.
But it wasn't Hulai who scored for the Madrid Pirates, or even a Madrid Pirates player.
It was Athletic Amsterdam's left-back Knos Sbanda - who blocked Di Kunzo's cross directly into his own goal!
"Own goal! Oops! What a pity! What a terrible start for Athletic Amsterdam!"
Sbanda, who scored an own goal, looked frustrated.
In the stands of Pirates Park, all the home team fans were cheering. They kept taunting Sbanda, taunting Amsterdam Athletic.
Football is like this, the pain of the opponent is often the source of their own happiness.
Sbanda's own goal was a heavy blow to Atlético Amsterdam, who were determined to make a comeback on the road.
With a total score of two goals behind, they can only press out to attack.
This leaves more holes in their defenses.
Before the end of the first half, the Madrid Pirates scored another goal, this time it was Hulai.
After Omer Schwyz's through ball was blocked by Danny Drew, it did not bounce far, but landed at Hu Lai's feet by accident.
Hu Lai's reaction was also very fast. He didn't stop the ball, but directly kicked the football!
As if he knew in advance that the ball was going to land at his feet...
Before everyone could react, the football flew into the Amsterdam Athletic goal!
This goal made all Chinese fans, including He Feng, breathe a sigh of relief - Hu Lai scored his twelfth goal in this season's Champions League and continues to lead the scorer list!
After scoring the goal, Hu Lai ran to the corner flag area.
Along with his signature celebration, a deafening roar sounded from the stands in all directions:
"huuuuu!!"
Madrid Pirates fans have become thoroughly accustomed to cheering on Hulay in this way, invented by Leeds fans.
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So after this thunder, the south stand of the Pirates Park suddenly became quiet, and correspondingly more than 40,000 Madrid Pirates diehard fans raised their arms high.
Then as the conductors slammed their arms down, the fans gave high fives at the same time and shouted in unison: "huuuuu!!"
After shouting, the palms are separated, and after a short interval, high-five again and shout: "huuuuu!!"
Just like this, the time interval between the sound and the sound was repeated four times, and the applause and the shouting were completely connected.
This is the "innovation" of the Madrid Pirates fans, who will combine the cheers for Hulai and the "battle cry" ceremony into a ceremony exclusively for Hulai.
The fans of the Madrid Pirates were enjoying their ceremony, while the more than 3,000 Atlético Amsterdam fans who accompanied the team were silent.
With the aggregate score already three goals behind and at the opponent's home ground again, these Athletic Amsterdam fans don't see any hope of a comeback.