Chapter 1325 The conversation is in full swing
"How's the recovery training going?"
At the dinner table, his wife Sofia asked her husband the question that concerned him most.
"The coaching staff said that the evaluation effect was OK. They also said that this was a blessing in disguise, allowing me to fully rest the knee that had been operated on before. So when I resumed training, I practiced with the knee..."
Maxi Carey replied.
"That's great." Sophia was visibly relieved. "If you keep going like this, I believe you will be back on the court soon!"
"It's not that easy, Sophia." Kaili shook his head. "I have just started to resume training now. It is estimated that it will take one and a half months just to resume training. After one and a half months, I will be able to train with the ball. As for when to train with the team and when to play... If I can do it here If you do it before the end of the season, that would be good.”
"Ah? Doesn't that mean you basically can't play this season?" My wife was a little surprised and a little disappointed.
"So I don't think about when I will come back now, I just train..."
Seeing her husband say this, Sophia didn't know what to say.
At this moment, the son and daughter ran down from the dining table and picked up the TV remote control on the coffee table: "We want to watch TV!"
"Cartoon! Cartoon!"
After they turned on the TV, as the screen lit up, the first thing that appeared was the news announcer's voice:
"...Hu scored a goal in the last game of 2027 to help Madrid Pirates defeat Turias 3:2 at home. This goal increased his number of goals this year to seventy-five. This is An astonishing number..."
Although the son quickly switched the TV channel to cartoons, the news still reached the ears of everyone present.
Sophia secretly observed her husband, as if she was afraid that he would be irritated.
During the time when her husband was injured, Sophia had noticed that her previously arrogant husband was now quite negative and depressed.
Being seriously injured twice in a row was a huge blow.
The most important thing is that when he suffered serious injuries one after another, his competitor Hu Lai was making great progress.
With such a stark contrast, it's no wonder that her husband has a knot in his heart.
She knows very well what her husband cares about, which is the feeling of being needed.
With his bad temper, he was able to stay with the Madrid Pirates for so many years and get along well with everyone simply because the Madrid Pirates really needed him.
He is very important to this team.
He enjoyed this feeling of being needed very much.
So he is willing to dedicate all his strength just to not disappoint people.
But this injury, coupled with Hulay's sudden rise, made him realize that the Madrid Pirates may not actually need him anymore...
This hit the husband probably more than the serious injuries to his knees and ankles.
When he feels that the team does not need him, what value does he have in continuing to work hard and struggle?
Because she knew this, Sophia was careful not to mention Hu Lai's name in front of her husband at home during this period, and to avoid anything related to Hu Lai appearing in front of her husband.
And this has to be done very covertly, not too obvious.
Otherwise, it will anger the husband and make him think that others think he is afraid of Hu Lai...
Just now, when her son moved a little slowly and Hu Lai's name was heard by her husband, Sophia neither scolded her son nor reminded him. Instead, he was indifferent, as if it was an ordinary piece of news, an insignificant matter.
She didn't want to irritate her husband's fragile self-esteem any more.
But what surprised her was that her husband took the initiative to mention Hu Lai to her today:
"In terms of scoring goals, that kid is really close to reaching the top."
"Ah?" Sophia didn't react. Why did her husband suddenly praise this person he had always disliked?
"But he still plays based on instinct."
Sophia secretly breathed a sigh of relief—her husband was still the same husband.
Carey didn't know what was going on in his wife's mind. He hummed to himself: "It's always easy to play football based on instinct. It's nothing special. If I hadn't been injured, he wouldn't have thought of being so showy in front of me."
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At the end, he said: "If he continues to play like this, then this year will be his peak."
Sophia asked curiously: "Why do you say that?"
Carey sneered: "Because he still relies on his teammates to create opportunities for him, and the opportunities he can create are too few. No wonder that good old man Parotti wants to pair me with Hu... He knows that the team's crisis is What.”
"What crisis could there be? Isn't the team leading the standings now?" Seeing that her husband was rarely interested in talking about Hu Lai today, Sophia decided to strike while the iron was hot and guide him to talk more, maybe it would ease his "heart knot" to some extent. Woolen cloth?
So she put on the look of a primary school student who was eager to learn, and looked at her husband with wide eyes, expecting him to say more.
Carey did not notice his wife's little thoughts. He seemed to be in a lively conversation today. He scoffed at his wife's statement: "Leading the standings? You mean we have one more game than Catalonia and are six points ahead of them?" Something? ”
"Yes, although we have one more game than them, even if they catch up, we are still three points ahead."
"For an opponent like Catalonia United, what does a three-point lead mean? In the last round, we played Catalonia away from home. If we were only ahead by three points, it was entirely possible that the ship would capsize in the last round." Carey said while shaking his head. . "If we lose the league championship in the last round, no matter how popular Parotti is, it will be difficult for him to be a head coach, right?"
"You're talking about the worst-case scenario, Maxi... We can't always be only three points ahead..."
"Haha." Carey laughed, as if he was amused by his wife's words. "It's really impossible. We might not have to wait until the last round and fall behind the Catalan United or the Kings of Madrid!"
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Sophia didn't speak anymore. She no longer needed to talk, and her husband could continue talking on his own. He was really in a lively conversation today:
"If the team continues to rely on Hu's goals, such a crisis is inevitable. Because our offensive method is too single, relying on Hu's excellent form in the first half of the season, our ranking is indeed good. But we cannot always count on Hu's good form Right? What if his condition fluctuates? We will find out then? There is not even a backup plan. Hu's scoring method is single, and our offensive method is single, single plus single, double single. If our opponents don't know how to defend after the first half of the season, then they can do it all. Go to hell! Are our opponents that stupid?”
Originally she just wanted to induce her husband to talk more, but now after listening to his words, Sophia also frowned and felt that the team was indeed facing a crisis.
So she asked sincerely: "Then how to solve this crisis?"
Kaili pointed at himself: "If you want to solve the crisis, you have to wait for me to recover from injury."
"What?" Sophia was surprised again.
Carey ignored her attitude and continued: "My skills and creativity can bring the changes Parotti wants to the team's offense. But I have to move my position deeper, away from the goal, and I can no longer be the team's finisher like before, I have to give up the right to fire to Hu..."
At this point, he suddenly fell silent again.
Sophia hesitated and asked cautiously: "You don't want that?"
Carey nodded first, then shook his head: "Yes, I don't want to do that. But the facts tell me that if I don't do that, my career will probably come to an end..."
"No, honey. It's not that bad..."
"Wouldn't it be that bad? I could no longer display my characteristics on the court and made no contribution to the game, so I had to be replaced early. Then gradually I couldn't even play in the starting lineup and was reduced to a substitute. Then I was even replaced on the bench. I can’t squeeze in, so I can only go to the stands, or sit at home and watch the game, slowly being forgotten... When my contract with the club expires, I will leave here, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief - this That’s the future of my career.”
Kaili looked at his wife and said seriously.
Sophia stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say to comfort him.
At this moment, the daughter's immature complaint sounded: "Thank God, mom and dad, you finally stopped talking. We can't even hear clearly what was said on TV!"
Sophia quickly put on a smile: "Sorry, honey..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw her husband suddenly get up, leave the living room, and walk to the bedroom upstairs.
After Sophia coaxed the children and went upstairs, she found her husband standing in the bedroom without turning on the lights, looking through the window in the direction of the neighbor's house.
Seeing this, Sophia was speechless and found something to say: "I drove by their yard today and found that the yard was empty, with no lights and no Christmas tree... They, the Chinese, don't seem to celebrate Christmas?"
But the husband looked over there, obviously not thinking about this problem.
He suddenly said: "Hu should have received an invitation to the FIFA awards ceremony at the end of the year..."
Sophia was surprised. She recognized the meaning of her husband's words and understood the weight of them. (End of chapter)