Chapter 1268 Merry is in hot pursuit
Hulay, who scored from a penalty kick in the first half, was eventually replaced at halftime.
Now that he's done scoring goals, there's little point in staying on the court.
After Hulay came off the field, the Madrid Pirates, who played in a rotating lineup, still had a very anxious game against Pamplona at home.
French midfielder Damian Dea extended the lead for Madrid Pirates in the second half.
But in the 79th minute, the Madrid Pirates' goal was still broken by Pamplona.
With only one goal missing, Pamplona was inspired and launched a fierce offensive in the last ten minutes, hoping to draw with Madrid Pirates away from home.
Fortunately, no matter how the rotation is performed, main goalkeeper Jonathan Hewel still starts the game.
The last ten minutes became his show.
He connected with high and low blocks continuously and made two very wonderful saves to keep the goal.
The Madrid Pirates were finally able to defeat Pamplona with a score of 2:1 and win their sixth consecutive league victory.
However, because Catalonia defeated Sebastia 4:1 at home in this round of the league, the Madrid Pirates can still only rank second.
If Catalonia wants to get rid of the Madrid Pirates, they can only count on their mortal rivals, the Kings of Madrid, to be stronger in the next round of the league.
As long as the Madrid Kings can defeat the Madrid Pirates and the Catalan United beat the Phoenicians away from home, they can extend their lead to three points.
As the defending champion this season, Catalonia United naturally hopes to retain the championship.
Originally, they did not regard the Madrid Pirates as a competitor for the league championship. They were wary of the Madrid Kings.
Who would have thought that the Madrid Pirates would be in such good shape after the start of the season... Of course, the main reason is that the new aid Hulay is in such good shape. It was as if he had no adaptation or running-in period at all, and he made a seamless transition. After coming to Madrid Pirates, he directly killed everyone.
Julay's goal directly brought victory to Madrid Pirates in three games:
In the first round of the league, Julei's hat trick helped the team beat Sevilla Navigators 4:1 away from home; in the third round of the league, Julei scored twice and Madrid Pirates defeated Sebastia 2:1 away from home; In the sixth round, Hulay scored a penalty kick and opened the scoring for the team. In the end, Madrid Pirates won 2:1 at home in Pamplona.
In these three games, if Hulay's goal is not included, the Madrid Pirates will have two draws and one loss, and can only score two points.
Hu Lai alone helped the team score seven more points.
Besides, this is still a simple elementary school arithmetic problem. The football game is not that simple. Without Hulay's goal, the team's morale and mentality will be completely different, and the final result is likely to be very different from now - what was originally a draw turned into a failure...
His importance to Madrid Pirates is self-evident.
So now basically no one cares about Maxi Carey's recovery from injury.
If this were last season, Maxi Carey would have been injured before the World Cup, and the media would have been discussing his return from injury. Even if he performs poorly after returning from injury, he has always been the focus of media attention.
Because of Carey's injury, Madrid Pirates failed to score in the league, Copa del Rey and Champions League last season, with all three fronts defeated.
The impact of his absence on the team is evident.
This season, also with Carey injured and absent, the Madrid Pirates have been making great progress and clinging to the defending champion in the league.
The only one who can stop them may be the next King of Madrid.
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"Let Merry play."
Standing on the sidelines, watching the 1:1 score on the big screen, Madrid Kings head coach Jimmy Royvi gave instructions to his assistant coach Fernando Gonzalez.
Mellie Banega, who had been warming up before, quickly stood on the sidelines, ready to play.
The commentator said: "Rovi finally couldn't bear to send Melli on the field. Now that the Kings of Madrid have encountered Aher's tenacious resistance in the away game, they really need a blaster like Melli..."
Like Parotti of the Madrid Pirates, Royvi also made rotation adjustments to the Kings starting lineup for this game.
Their purpose is the same, for the weekend derby.
And their opponent is similar to the Pirates' opponent. They are not strong and are the seventeenth-ranked Aher.
But Aiheer's performance was as tenacious as Pamplona, who was one place below them.
Seeing that there were only more than 20 minutes left in the game, and the Madrid Kings still could not take the lead, Royvi could not sit still.
The Madrid king not only wants to win Saturday's local derby, but also wants to win the championship. So even if they rotate, it's not a reason why they can't win against Aher in the away game.
Before Melly came on the field, Royvi had already used up one substitution and replaced the main center Ryan Vandenberg.
However, replacing him was not to allow Vandenberg to score, but to strengthen the control of the Madrid Kings in the Aijer penalty area.
Belgian international Vandenberg is a physically strong center with first-class ball-playing ability, but slightly poor scoring ability.
But the King of Madrid didn't expect him to score. When he partnered with Cerrados before, he was the tactical center responsible for attracting defensive firepower to Cerrados and assisting him with passes.
Therefore, although sometimes Vandenberg has "happy moments" when he cannot score against an empty goal, which has attracted criticism and ridicule from many fans, his position is very stable under Roy Wei.
This season, Royvi adjusted the Madrid Kings' formation to 433, and moved Melly, who was originally in the midfield, to the front line. Van den Berg not only has to serve Cerrados, but also plays ball for Melly.
In this game, both Melly and Vandenberg were originally on the bench, and the only starting player was captain Cerrados.
Now with Melli's appearance, the Kings' main striker has finally assembled.
Royvi is going to give Ahel a fatal blow.
Returned to home court with three points to face the arch-rival Pirates.
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Melly retreated in the frontcourt to get the ball.
After being pushed forward, he often dropped back to the midfield to get the ball.
This is his playing habit, and this is what coach Roy Wei asked him to do.
Although he is nominally a forward, he is sometimes more like a free man in the frontcourt.
Running back and forth between the left and right sides and front and back, he uses his dribbling to drive the team's offense and create chaos.
Hulay has already scored in this afternoon's game, scoring nine goals in six league games, ranking first in the league's scorer list.
Of course, Merry didn't want to be second to none.
After retreating to get the ball, he turned around and rushed forward.
After drawing enough Aiheer players, he pushed the football forward to center Vandenberg.
After passing the ball, he did not stop. Instead, he moved slightly laterally and then continued forward.
Vandenberg received the ball on the edge of the penalty area with his back to the goal. He used his physical advantage to resist Aher's center back and then knocked the football sideways.
Meliccia came up at this moment, took the football in front of him, and shook away the Aher center back who made a hasty shovel.
Amid the exclamations and screams of the Aiheer fans, Melly broke into the penalty area and fired a low shot!
The football flew against the turf toward the far corner of the goal.
Although the Aher goalkeeper fell to the ground to save and stretched his hand as much as possible, he was still a step too late!
The football missed the far post and rolled into the goal!
"Merry Banega!" the narrator drawled. "Melli! Melli! Beautiful! He scored again! He scored in two consecutive league rounds! This is his seventh goal in six league rounds! He is chasing Hu!"
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Alfonso Candela, who was watching the game live on TV, saw Melli's wild celebration after scoring and thought of the conversation Melli had with him before.
Melly was really... stimulated by Hu Lai.
Melly has never been seen like this in Candela's memory.
Last season was Melli's best season statistically. He scored a total of 38 goals in the league, cup, and Champions League. Even so, he did not score seven goals in the first six rounds of the league...
Coupled with the hat trick in the Champions League, Melly has scored ten goals in seven games.
If this momentum can continue, Melly's goals this season can definitely easily exceed 40 goals.
Candela really wants to thank Hulay, and even more thanks to the Madrid Pirates.
If they hadn't intercepted King Hu and robbed Hu Lai, how could Meili be like this today?
If Hulay had joined the Kings, with Hulay's scoring ability, how could Royvi have given Melly so many firing rights?
By then, Meli is afraid that he will become a support who specializes in assisting Hu Lai...
Even if Melli can break through and dribble the ball, it will still be Hu Lai who steals the show and scores the goal.
To be honest, this may be a good thing for the Madrid Kings.
But for Meili himself, it is definitely not a good thing.
This is what's best for Mellie now.
The Madrid Kings Club has devoted all its resources to Melli, and at the same time, Melli himself is also working hard to improve himself.
Candela believes that as long as Melly can achieve good enough results, Melly Banega will be the first among the next generation of "Four Kings"!
Although Hulay is good at scoring goals, he is far less entertaining than Melli... Don't take that overhead goal as an example. As Klein said, such a goal is a gift from God. In Hulay All goals are rare exceptions.
Therefore, in terms of the enjoyment of playing football, Hu Lai cannot compare with Melli.
By then, Melli will not only be good at scoring goals, but also very entertaining, winning both honors and fans...
Simply invincible!
As Melly's agent, Candela couldn't help but get excited thinking about that future. (End of chapter)