Chapter 2077 To fight or not to fight
Chen Hantang and his wife Zhuang Jianhong stood in the stands, looking at the stadium in silence.
The Manchester Athletic fans around them, who had been singing, dancing and roaring for almost the whole game, had all stopped.
The shuttle field is almost occupied by the "guest" Madrid Pirates fans. Only the most die-hard Manchester Athletic fans are still trying to boost the team's morale and build momentum.
But the general trend is that their efforts are simply not worth mentioning in the face of the general trend of Madrid Pirates.
In fact, Zhuang Jianhong knew without asking her husband that Manchester United had almost no hope of winning the championship.
Somehow, she remembered the experience of getting up in the middle of the night to watch her son's Champions League game at home.
I am now in the UK, and the game time is also during prime time in the evening.
She just watched a failed game after dinner.
And how do those fans in China feel?
They have to endure the pain of losing while staying up late.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Jianhong murmured in a low voice: "It's really hard..."
Chen Hantang heard the movement around him, turned around and asked, "What did you say?"
"I said, it's really hard to be our son's fan."
Chen Hantang heard the implication of his wife's words and didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only respond silently.
While watching this game, he really had this idea: I hope Hu Lai can be noble and let his son win a Champions League championship.
He longs for this Champions League championship so much, and he also knows how important this championship is to his son.
Therefore, he would rather make unsportsmanlike thoughts and hope that his son can win a Champions League championship.
But it is obvious that Hu Lai does not intend to show his superiority.
Not long after he thought this, Hu Lai scored twice.
Trailing by two goals and running out of game time, as a senior fan, he knew exactly what this meant.
His son's championship is gone.
His Champions League dream was also shattered.
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"Although they have the home court advantage, Manchester United is still a little immature in front of the more experienced Madrid Pirates. Although judging from the average age of the team, Manchester United is not very young. And in fact, they have previously played in 2026-2027 They reached the Champions League final this season, but lost to the Blue and White Munich in the end...
"However, it can also be proved that Manchester United is not a rookie who has reached the Champions League final for the first time. They also have the experience of participating in the Champions League final. But such experience is not enough in front of Madrid Pirates. After all, they only have one, and Madrid Pirates are thrice..."
After the game entered the final ten minutes, the commentators also realized that Manchester Athletic's hope of winning the championship was almost zero.
They all began to draft the summary report of this game.
In fact, it is not completely impossible to score two more goals in the remaining time.
They are all professional commentators. How could they not understand such a simple truth as "football is round"?
But if the opponent is the Madrid Pirates who are as stable as an old dog, then it is a different matter.
Moreover, Manchester United's own players also made mistakes on their own initiative. They didn't even need the Madrid Pirates players to put pressure on them. They passed the football to the sideline themselves.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xingyi raised his head and looked up at the sky, hearing the roar of laughter from the Madrid Pirates fans and the sporadic boos from the Manchester Athletic fans.
Except when he first entered professional football, he had many unrealistic fantasies about the future. After being "severely beaten" by professional football, Chen Xingyi gradually found a way to survive in professional football.
That is "let nature take its course".
I don’t force myself, and I don’t care about others.
In high school, he was clearly the "strongest high school student in the country". After entering professional football, he was quickly overshadowed by Hu Lai. Whether on or off the field, he gradually became Hu Lai's "foil" .
But he was neither angry nor jealous.
What is yours must be yours, it is not yours, there is no point in fighting.
This is Chen Xingyi’s philosophy of life after he entered society.
After so many years, I have developed quite well, as if I really have fulfilled that sentence:
"What should be yours must be yours."
Just by letting nature take its course, he met noble people along the way.
When Dashun Golden Arrow hit a wall, he went to Anton Flash Star, where he met the head coach Zhao Kangming, who knew people well and made good use of them, and a very good team.
When he returned to Dashun Golden Arrow, he met the second nobleman, the famous European coach Jorge Dillon.
It was with his careful mediation that he gradually adapted to the rhythm and thinking of European football. This also laid a solid foundation for him to greatly shorten the adaptation period when he goes to Europe in the future.
Although his journey abroad was not as smooth as Hu Lai's, it was still smooth sailing, especially compared with Luo Kai, who was also in the Netherlands at the time.
Head coach Jopp Munster is a disciple of Jorge Dillon and takes good care of himself.
He really took care of him, so much so that when he later switched jobs to a Premier League giant like Manchester Athletic, he even took him with him.
So I easily completed the triple jump to the wealthy clubs: from the Chinese Super League giant Dashun Golden Arrow, to the Dutch Eredivisie giant Sporting Amsterdam, and then to the Premier League giant Manchester United.
Things that many Chinese players dream of and cannot hope for have been achieved easily by themselves.
He is simply a winner in life - if not for Hulebi.
He doesn't deliberately fight for anything, and he doesn't insist on increasing the difficulty like Luo Kai. Just like running water, it flows down from a high place and goes around when it encounters obstacles. Leave difficulties and worries behind, never look back and dwell on them, just look forward.
Live free and easy.
There's nothing bad about him, he's cheerful all day long, and luck seems to favor him - he also suffered injuries in his career, but they didn't have much impact.
Look at Luo Kai, he has lost his speed advantage now due to injuries.
But at the age of thirty-one, he can still sprint quickly on the court, just like he did when he was young.
Now he has become the second Chinese player to participate in the Champions League final after Hu Lai.
How fate favored him.
Even if he doesn't win the championship, so what?
He is already very lucky, and he is enough to be envied by others. In the eyes of others, he is already a "winner in life"...
wrong!
All of the above are wrong!
Chen Xingyi was retorting loudly in his heart.
What is there to envy in failure?
Who said I can't fight?
Today, I will fight!
Fight for the championship!
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The football went out of bounds, hit the billboard, and bounced back.
This is a throw-in for Madrid Pirates.
However, the running up Madrid Pirates left back Ion Martinez kicked the football away and then asked the ball boy behind the billboard for the ball.
After getting the ball, he still did not throw it immediately. Instead, he tucked it under his arm and pointed his finger towards the coaching bench.
There, Parotti was changing again.
Jose Irazusta was replaced and substitute right back Ettore Navarro is about to come on.
This substitution is mainly to prevent Irazusta from running out of energy and becoming a hidden danger in the Madrid Pirates' defense. After all, Irazusta is already thirty-three years old, and he was injured before. He just recovered from the injury and his physical strength is not at his best.
Ettore Navarro, who was replaced, was twenty-five years old, young, strong, and full of physical strength.
Seeing that Ion Martinez had no intention of taking the throw-in quickly, the referee also blew the whistle to signal a substitution on the sidelines.
Taking advantage of the Madrid Pirates' substitution, Chen Xingyi found Janus Edman and said directly without any nonsense: "Janus, I want this championship, don't hold me back."
Edman was stunned for a moment and looked at him with incredible eyes: "Why should I hold you back? I also want the championship!"
"Then you should perform better next, help me attract their defensive attention, and cooperate with me." Chen Xingyi said with a serious expression.
"Is there still hope?" Edman's eyes widened when he saw that Chen Xingyi was serious.
"I don't know. But there's no hope if you don't try."
Edman's expression also became solemn, and he nodded solemnly: "Okay!"
Then he cast his gaze to the sidelines and frowned again: "It's a pity that Irazusta is off the field, otherwise...he can't stop your speed."
Chen Xingyi also looked over: "It doesn't matter. Navarro has just come on as a substitute, so he may not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the game. Maybe it will be more beneficial to us."
Ettore Navarro high-fived Irazusta on the sidelines, and after completing the handover, ran onto the court.
He quickly came to his position.
In the distance, across from him, someone was staring at him.
However, Navarro was looking around to observe the surrounding situation and did not notice that look.
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Madrid Pirates, who were on the defensive most of the time, occasionally had opportunities to counterattack.
However, because they were already two goals ahead and there was little game time left, they did not invest many troops in the counterattack.
Just try it out on the individual abilities of one or two players.
If there are jujubes but there are no jujubes, one pole will be used.
Of course it’s good if it works, but it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t, there’s no loss anyway.
In this way, when the Madrid Pirates counterattack, their defense is still very neat.
The same goes for this counterattack.
After the football was passed to Kamara's feet, Kamara tried to use his skills and speed to move the ball forward.
But faced with the mad dog-like pressing of the Manchester Athletic players, he failed to carry him through.
Perhaps because he was worried about getting injured before the World Cup, Kamara, who had just returned from injury, easily handed over the ball to the opponent.
Of course, if the ball changes hands, it will change hands. Anyway, the Madrid Pirates are two goals ahead.
Leandro Zapata, the Manchester United left-back who grabbed the ball, rushed forward with the ball.
After a few steps, he saw Chen Xingyi retreating in front of him and gesturing to him:
Give me the ball!
Zapata passed the ball decisively and did not choose to continue dribbling the ball himself.
Before catching the ball, Chen Xingyi had already begun to adjust his body orientation, from the previous position with his back completely facing the direction of the attack, to a position with his back to the sideline, facing the court, and sideways facing the direction of the attack.
This will make it easier for him to take action next.
Whether dribbling the ball forward or developing towards the center, this position is better.
The reason why first-class players are excellent is all in these details of handling the ball.
After receiving the ball, Chen Xingyi moved the football forward diagonally, without directly going down or cutting inside. This also creates the possibility for him to go down or cut inside, increasing his options and making it more difficult for his opponents to defend.
He went for Ettore Navarro, the right-back who had just been introduced by Madrid Pirates.
When Chen Xingyi received the ball, Navarro was ready to speed up and run in front of Chen Xingyi to intercept him. He knew that Chen Xingyi was fast, so he had to prepare in advance.
But he soon discovered that Chen Xingyi didn't accelerate directly to the bottom, so he immediately slowed down again.
But at this time, he had already run in front of Chen Xingyi and turned his back to Chen Xingyi.
He could only twist and defend awkwardly while trying to turn around.
How could Chen Xingyi give him a chance to adjust?
Seeing that the opponent wanted to turn back, he immediately used the outside of his left foot to throw the football out!
This time it’s towards the bottom line!
He wants to speed up the bottom!
Navarro, who had already turned back, turned around and saw that Chen Xingyi was suddenly going to the bottom. He could only interrupt his turn, rush back, and forcefully increase his speed to race with Chen Xingyi on the wing.
But Chen Xingyi had no intention of racing with him.
Because they started in the corner of the penalty area.
Even if he can outperform Navarro, he will already be near the bottom line. The space is too small and unnecessary.
He accelerated this mainly to shake Navarro's center of gravity.
So when Navarro followed up, Chen Xingyi raised his left leg and tried to make a pass, tricking Navarro into blocking it with his leg.
Then he dunked the football back with his left foot!
Brake!
Navarro slipped past him!
The cheers of Manchester Athletic fans finally rang out over the shuttle field.
He Feng was also shouting: "Beautiful! Chen Xingyi!"
Chen Xingyi, who knocked down Navarro, actually fell into a brief state of physical stiffness.
However, his recovery time was shorter than that of Navarro.
There is not only one Navarro for the Madrid Pirates. At this time, the Madrid Pirates' center back Riva Moreno has already rushed to cover the defense!
Chen Xingyi first lowered his shoulders to the right, making a gesture of cutting inside.
The outside instep of his right foot indeed moved the football inside.
Moreno paused for a moment and prepared to block Chen Xingyi's incoming route.
As a result, Chen Xingyi lowered his shoulders to the left and kicked the football with the inside of his right foot, trying to break through in the opposite direction!
Moreno quickly started again and rushed forward to defend.
But Chen Xingyi still feinted. His right foot did not touch the ball. Instead, he switched the inside of his left foot and dunked the football to the right.
Cut inside again!
At this time, Moreno had already passed by Chen Xingyi and could only look back but could do nothing.
"Good shot! It's over!"
Manchester Athletic fans "came back to life" one after another. They stood up from their seats and shouted loudly to cheer for Chen Xingyi!
Chen Xingyi, who passed two defensive players in a row, also successfully attracted the attention of almost all Madrid Pirates defensive players.
At this time, he was already surrounded by Madrid Pirates players. If he wanted to continue to break through with the ball, it would be almost impossible.
So Chen Xingyi decisively chose to pass the ball!
When he spiked the ball and knocked down Navarro, Edman, who was originally in the middle, suddenly accelerated and ran forward, bringing Danny Drew to meet him.
It's in place now.
Chen Xingyi passed the football and then stepped sideways out of the encirclement.
Edman received the ball, but Danny DeLuca was unable to move. He could only protect the football and use his physical advantage to prevent Drew from stealing the ball from behind.
But in this way, he completely turned his back to the goal and was unable to shoot.
Drew's defense was successful, but Edman ran over to respond but not for shooting at all.
After turning around to protect the football, he swung his right leg and swept the football towards the center of the penalty area!
Passed it to Chen Xingyi who emerged from the encirclement!
"Pass it back...the opportunity has come!"
Chen Xingyi adjusted his pace and raised his right leg!
Madrid Pirates' third center back Adrian Neri rushed over and tried to block Chen Xingyi's shot.
Before his foot tackled the ball, Chen Xingyi's right foot hit the ball on the instep!
He didn't hit the football into the far corner!
Instead, it was drawn to the near corner!
Seawell also didn't expect that after Chen Xingyi opened up his posture, he would actually play a negative angle...
So he first moved his weight to the far corner. When he saw the football flying toward the near corner, he hurriedly turned over and threw it back. But it's too late!
Hewel fell to the ground, and the football hit the inside of the goalpost and entered the goal!
(End of chapter)