Chapter 1497 Before the game with Navigator
Milos Vukovich opened his eyes.
He was lying on the bed in his hotel room in Aurora.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
It is indeed a dream...
In the dream just now, he was going through a torment.
Pablo Becker, the core midfielder of the Navigators, led the entire Navigators team to continuously attack his defensive zone. He was attacked so hard that he was almost turned into a sieve.
Before the first half of the game ended, Madrid Pirates fell behind by three goals.
The last scene in his dream was him falling to the ground, looking at Becker's back from his skewed vision, dribbling the ball towards the penalty area...
Then he woke up.
After waking up, he felt that something was wrong - Pablo Becker, like him, was an attacking midfielder, but Becker was not good at dribbling the ball and didn't like to do it. More often than not, he will pass the football after shaking off the defensive players. It is rare to dribble past several people and go straight to the yellow dragon...
So this must be a dream.
Vukovich needed this thing to prove that what he had just experienced was just a dream, indicating that he was really scared.
Now recalling everything he suffered in the dream, the feeling of powerlessness and despair still spread in his heart.
There seemed to be still faint boos from the home fans in my ears.
Listening carefully, it turned out to be the low-frequency hum of the exhaust fan in the bathroom.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but instead of continuing to lie on the bed, he sat up in one breath.
"It's so unlucky..." Vukovich muttered.
On the day of the match against Sevilla Navigator, I actually had such a dream.
Does this foreshadow a poor performance in the game?
But such a dream is not groundless.
As the saying goes, he thinks about things every day and dreams at night. The reason why he had such dreams was related to the problems he encountered recently.
Not counting the warm-up games, he has played five games with the team, including four league games and one Champions League game.
As a result, his performance cannot be said to be unsatisfactory, it can only be said to be mediocre.
No, actually saying that you are doing nothing is considered a compliment.
Vukovic knows exactly how he performed.
In the game against the Madrid Kings, Danny Drew was ridiculed online because he failed to guard Melli. But in fact, Vukovich knew very well that he could not only blame Drew for failing to guard Melli, he also had a large part of the responsibility.
Because he frequently loses position in defense, Melli can always face Drew directly.
As a result, Drew was sprayed the most because of his "famous scene" in which he raised his hands in the confrontation with Mellie and was passed over.
In comparison, thanks to Drew, he attracted much less firepower.
But Vukovich himself must know that next time he may not be so lucky to have someone help him attract firepower.
Maybe there is no need to wait until next time, just today, in the home game against Sevilla Navigator.
Maybe it wasn't an illogical dream, but some kind of prophecy?
Vukovich sighed.
He originally thought that when he came to Madrid, the pirates could continuously deliver cannonballs to Hulay behind him. While feeding Hu Lai into the top scorer, he also became the "assist king".
As a midfielder, what a blessing it is to be able to work with forwards who rarely complain?
After the result came, the head coach told him to move back and play as a central midfielder.
Not only offense, but defense as well. Even the offense and defense are evenly divided.
He admitted that as a midfielder, he has excellent physical fitness. Playing in the Bundesliga also makes his confrontational ability unmatched. So what the head coach said to him at the beginning may make sense. Otherwise, why would he agree to the head coach's arrangement?
But obviously changing from a player who only plays as an attacking midfielder to a central midfielder is not as simple as talking about it.
Now Vukovich even feels that based on his previous performance in the game against Sevilla Navigators, he may be taken out of the starting lineup by the head coach and given way to the team's third captain Joaquin Vela.
Because he played against the Phoenicians, he was replaced by Bella. After Bella came on, the team also held on to the one-goal lead and won a difficult victory.
Comparing the two, he and Bella have completely different effects on the team after they come on the court.
I don’t know when it will be until I get another chance.
If he can't start against the Navigators, then in all likelihood he won't be able to start in the Champions League group match against the Turin Bulls next week.
What about the league match against Valentia on the weekend?
It’s hard to say.
Because his inability to start is entirely technical.
Thinking of this, Vukovich was a little frustrated.
However, he still got up from the bed, simply put on his clothes, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Always have to face it.
Going from a familiar place to a completely unfamiliar environment, the coach has completely different tactical requirements and positioning... This is the risk of transfer.
How could there be so many people who would kill everyone as soon as they arrived and adapt seamlessly?
If you think about it this way, Hu Lai is really awesome!
Vukovich slapped cold water on his face, then raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror.
The water slid down his cheeks, dripping, dripping, looking a little embarrassed.
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"Let's go, primary school students, let's go eat!"
Hu Lai knocked on the door of Danny Drew's room.
Drew put on his coat and closed the door simply: "Let's go!"
Hu Lai didn't lie to his friends. When he called Drew that, the other party was really not angry.
But he is the only one in the team who dares to call Drew that. Others still don't have the courage, or don't have the shame to expose people like this...
Moreover, the relationship between Drew and Hu Lai is obviously good. People can allow Hu Lai to call him that, but they may not be happy for others to call him that.
The two walked out of the hotel door and saw the Pirates fans who had gathered on the roadside outside.
Drew was used to this scene. He knew that this was the tradition of the Madrid Pirates Club, and he also knew that when he returned from breakfast later, he would have to sign autographs for the fans one by one and satisfy their requests for photos.
This was an experience he had never had at Sporting Amsterdam.
The first time I participated in this activity was on the morning of the away match between Pirates of Madrid and Kings of Madrid.
At that time, he was surrounded by many Madrid Pirates fans, who had high hopes for him.
As a result, he disappointed the fans.
Drew felt a little embarrassed when he thought of this.
Although he failed to guard against Merry, it was not his fault alone.
After that game, when Drew participated in the handshake signing ceremony again, there were significantly fewer people around him.
Pirates fans showed their attitude with their actual actions.
Drew didn't think this was because the Pirates fans were unsympathetic, because his performance was indeed not good enough, and he was the one who disappointed the Pirates fans first.
If you want to enjoy the treatment of the stars again, you can only perform well in the game.
The football world is as simple as that. If you perform well, you will be praised by everyone. If you don't behave well and just don't ask for your autograph, that's really merciful...
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Han Shuyu stood in the crowd with a camera. She came outside the Aurora Hotel again, waiting to meet and greet Hu Lai, and asked him for a few autographs - these autographs would eventually become benefits to her fans, and she would draw them out go.
Although she has become a part-time reporter, Han Shuyu has not forgotten her original intention and still insists on being her UP host.
Hu Lai and Han Shuyu were already very familiar with each other, and sometimes they would write on postcards at Han Shuyu's request "Don't forget to press three times in a row".
But in addition to coming to Hu Lai to ask for fan benefits today, she also wanted to observe and interview Madrid Pirates fans to see what they think of the team's recent performance, how they evaluate the new players, and what they think of Hu Lai. view.
To her relief, during the interview, she found that Madrid Pirates fans were quite tolerant of Hulay. Although Hulay's current number of goals is not as high as that of Melli, the fans have not complained. Some people even took the initiative to defend Hu Lai, giving reasons that made Chinese fans feel ashamed - we don't love our football hero more than these Spaniards!
But except for Hu Lai, others don't have such good reviews.
Especially the two new players Drew and Vukovich, although not everyone was scolding, many people also made straightforward and merciless criticism.
After all, their performance did not meet expectations...
"...I think Parotti should remove Vukovich from the starting lineup in this game." Some Pirates fans said this.
His words were immediately approved by the surrounding fans:
"I agree. That kid Joaquin played well, but he has to make way for Vukovic. This is not fair!"
"I think we can give some tolerance and patience to the new players, but it should not be during our game against the Navigators. I don't want to see the Navigators fans showing off at our home court..."
"Yes, Vukovic should be replaced! He always misses people and positions in the midfield."
"And Drew! Didn't he keep a clean sheet against Melli in the World Cup? Why did he become Melli's background in the local derby? Is it really worth spending nearly 100 million euros on a central defender?"
When everyone faced Han Shuyu's extended microphone, they all had a strong desire to talk, and they started chatting one after another and complained to the camera.
So Han Shuyu can feel that the Madrid Pirates fans are really dissatisfied with the team's previous performance, and they are also very concerned about the next game against the Navigators.
If the Pirates lose this game at home, it might really set off a tsunami... (End of chapter)