Chapter 1423: Get the upper hand
"Oh oh oh oh oh! Melly——!!"
Accompanied by the long-drawn roar of the commentator, the Crown Stadium was plunged into jubilation.
"Melli Melimelli!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Only three minutes into the game, he opened the scoring for the Kings! This is his 31st league goal of the season! By the way, he is now one step away from the top scorer list Hu is still two goals behind!”
"There were some rumors before the game... Now the facts have proved that those rumors are justified. It will be very difficult for Saria, who has no desires and desires, to stop the Kings from going to the top on the road... and they have no reason to do so - if they really It slowed down the king, but in the end, the city's rival Catalonia won the league championship. I'm afraid Saria cannot accept this result..."
After celebrating, Melli returned to half-court with his teammates. Halfway through, Melli turned around and punched three times in the direction of the north stand.
The most die-hard Madrid Kings fans in the north stand of the Crown Stadium also responded to him with three consecutive short and high-pitched cheers.
Zhang Qinghuan looked at this scene with his hands on his hips, feeling helpless.
He felt that his body hadn't even warmed up yet, and he didn't even break a sweat when Melli scored...
This Argentine genius is still as powerful as ever... no, he is even more powerful than the last time I saw him!
At least last time at Saria's home court, Melico didn't score in the first three minutes.
"Hold on, hold on! The game has just begun, we still have time!"
Zhang Qinghuan heard the team's captain, center back Rojo Calidos, loudly encouraging the players' morale.
At this time, the players of the King of Madrid have all returned to their own half. They stood in their respective positions and waited for the kick-off.
From Zhang Qinghuan's point of view, the Kings players seemed to be taller than usual, and their eyes as they looked over were typical... "eyes."
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"Oops!"
Seeing the picture uploaded on the tablet, Xie Lan let out a sigh of disappointment, then leaned back on the back of the sofa.
Hu Lixin laughed when he saw her limp look: "I told you not to have any hope for Saria. You still have to watch the game between Pirates and Catalonia. As long as the Pirates can win, then No surprises.”
Xie Lan did not refute, but she also did not turn off the other live broadcast signal on the tablet.
Anyway, the sound was turned down very low, so it wouldn't affect them watching the game between Pirates and Catalonia.
The little flame of luck in her heart was not extinguished with her husband's words.
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"The King scored a goal? How long did it take..."
In the visiting team's dugout at the Holy Family Stadium, second assistant coach Enzo Nacher was surprised to receive the news.
The first assistant coach Valentin shrugged: "Isn't this normal? Do you really expect Saria to stop the King?"
"That being said, it's better to be lucky..."
Head coach Parotti interrupted their discussion: "No matter what happens over there, as long as we can defeat Catalonia United, the championship is ours. We don't have to look at anyone's face."
When he said this, he never took his eyes off the court.
On the field, the Madrid Pirates, playing away from home, actively launched attacks from the beginning of the game, looking for opportunities to score goals.
It's like this is their home field.
This fierce offensive was obviously something Catalonia did not expect.
So now it’s the Pirates who are beating Catalonia in the away game...
For this game, Parotti fielded his strongest lineup.
Maxi Carey only played as a substitute for ten minutes in the last round of the league, just to ensure that he had relatively sufficient physical strength to cooperate with the team's offensive tactics in this game.
If you want to suppress Catalonia United in the away game, you must take the lead.
But if you still can't score a goal, the so-called "head start" is useless.
To score first is to first establish the score and psychological advantage, and at the same time create room for maneuver.
If they fail to score first and allow Catalonia to stabilize their position and drag the Pirates into the quagmire, then this game will not be easy to play. Catalonia, which plays at home, will always come through gradually.
After all, they are also a wealthy family that is not weaker than pirates.
Parotti looked at Hulay and Carey on the court.
He has high hopes for the striker composed of these two people. He hopes that they can live up to his expectations and at least not let himself lose confidence in the tactics for next season...
He believes that Hulay and Carey can become the best striker combination in La Liga.
He still insists on this view to this day, even though the pair has never really taken shape due to various reasons.
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Maxi Carey dropped into midfield to receive the ball.
As soon as he received the football, Catalan United midfielder Pedro Insua had already come up from behind and put his hands on Kyrie's lower back to prevent him from turning around easily.
After Carey caught the ball, he used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football to the outside, preparing to turn around.
Insuya immediately rushed forward, stretched out his feet to block, and pushed forward with his body.
Kyrie used the toe of his right foot to push the football back.
Insuya followed and rushed back.
Just as he rushed back, Kyrie, who had his back turned to him, stepped on the football with the sole of his right foot and pulled it behind him. The ball jumped between Insua's legs!
Immediately afterwards, Kaili turned around quickly with his right foot as the axis!
Just like that, Insua was left behind!
There was an exclamation in the stands of the Holy Family Stadium.
This exclamation made Insua unable to hold his face. He turned around and quickly chased back, while stretching out his foot to stab the football. He looked so aggressive, as if he couldn't break the football and wanted to keep Kyrie...
But Carey once again used the sole of his right foot to pull the football back, and just shook Insua away!
The exclamations grew louder.
"What a guy! Kyrie showed them what 'art' is at Catalonia United's home court!" He Feng also exclaimed.
Carey, who lightly shook Insua away, did not dribble forward directly with the ball. Instead, he raised his right leg and made a long pass, moving the football from the left side of the field to the front right.
There Di Kunzo cut inside to attract the attention of Catalonia's defense, while leaving space on the wing for right back Irazusta.
"Nice transfer! Carey's vision is quite wide!"
Irazusta almost stopped the football on the sideline, which can be said to be the ultimate catch.
However, it was because of this that he avoided the volley midway by the Catalan United players.
After Irazusta stopped the ball, he immediately passed the football to Dikunzo who stepped forward to meet him, and he continued to run forward.
Catalan United's left back Francisco Calderon was immediately faced with a choice between two options - where was Dikunzo who stepped forward to press for the ball? Or retreat and follow the inserted Errazusta?
He chose to retreat with Errazusta.
Dikunzo's defensive pressure is much lighter.
He faced the defense of Victor Campuzano alone and tried to dribble laterally.
Calderon, who was originally retreating with Errazusta, saw Dikunzo cutting inside laterally, and his attention was immediately attracted. At this moment, he saw Di Kunzo push the football sideways with his left foot during the horizontal dribbling process...it happened to be the gap between Calderon and center back Jimenez!
And the direction of his pass is the bottom line...
When Calderon came back to his senses, he saw that Irazusta had already circled behind him and chased the football!
This completely disrupted Catalonia's defense in front of the goal.
Some of them went to attack Irazusta, some returned to the defense, and some went to look for Hulay.
Looking for Hu Lai?
Why are you looking for Hu Lai?
Because in this chaos, the Catalan United defenders lost track of Hulay - French center back Paul Fortune looked back at Hulay who was originally behind him, only to find that no one was there!
He quickly turned his head in the other direction, but there was still no one!
Just when Fortune looked away, Irazusta made a pass!
He sent the football from between the goalkeeper and the back line to the goal!
This passing route is very tricky. It not only makes it difficult for goalkeeper Carlos Cordero to attack, but also makes it difficult for the Catalan United defenders to reach out to make a clearance, because it can easily cause an own goal...
Fortune could only watch the football pass in front of him, not daring to take a shot even if he had no time to do so.
His eyes followed the football and looked back. In the direction where he first looked back for Hu Lai, he finally found Hu Lai this time!
The latter is kicking his right foot towards the football!
Goalkeeper Cordero turned over and rushed back, and midfielder Insuya tackled Hulay... but they were too late!
With everyone watching, Hu Lai swept the rolling football into the goal with a clean kick!
"Hu...Hu Lai! The ball is scored!! Well done! Hu Lai!! Nine minutes into the game, Hu Lai opened the scoring for the Madrid Pirates! They had a dream start!" Amid the cheers of He Feng, Xie Lan, Yan Yan, and Chu Yifan all jumped up in front of the TV!
What they have been waiting for since the beginning of the game is this moment!
(End of chapter)