Fox in the Penalty Area ~

2022 Chinese League One:

15 league appearances, 11 goals and 1 assist;

2023 Chinese League One:

29 league appearances, 30 goals and 2 assists;

7 FA Cup appearances, 11 goals and 1 assist;

The national team played 3 games and scored 5 goals (Note 1);

The Olympic team played 3 games and scored 3 goals;

2024 Chinese Super League:

23 league appearances, 30 goals and 1 assist;

10 AFC Champions League appearances, 12 goals and 1 assist;

1 Super Cup appearance, 1 goal;

1 national team appearance;

The national Olympic team played 13 games, scored 18 goals and assisted 1 time;

Premier League 2024-2025 season:

15 league appearances and 11 goals;

The national team played 3 games and scored 2 goals;

Premier League 2025-2026 season:

36 league appearances, 32 goals and 3 assists;

The national team played 13 games, scored 14 goals and assisted 1 time;

Premier League 2026-2027 season:

27 league appearances, 21 goals and 5 assists;

International Champions Cup played 3 games, scored 2 goals;

1 appearance in the Community Shield;

5 Champions League appearances, 5 goals;

9 Europa League appearances, 13 goals and 1 assist;

The national team played 16 games and scored 17 goals;

La Liga 2027-2028 season:

37 league appearances, 36 goals and 4 assists;

Copa del Rey played 1 game and scored 1 goal;

1 appearance in the Spanish Super Cup;

12 Champions League appearances, 16 goals and 2 assists;

The national team played 6 times and scored 9 goals;

☆As of the statistics, Hu Lai's national team played 42 games, scored 47 goals and assisted 1 time.

Played 85 games for the Flash Star, scoring 95 goals and 6 assists.

He played 96 games for Leeds City, scoring 84 goals and providing 9 assists.

As of the end of the 2027-2028 season, he has played a total of 290 games in various competitions, scoring 300 goals and 23 assists.

Note 1: Although the 2023 East Asia Cup is sent to participate in the Olympic team, it is still the national team in name, so it is counted as the national team data.

Although the coaching staff agreed to let Hu Lai enter the squad, in fact, when he returned to the team and started training with the team, there was only one day left before the second round of the league.

Therefore, being selected into the roster of the game is enough to prove Hu Lai's status in the minds of the team's coaching staff. For ordinary players, if they can't even make it to the roster, they can honestly rest at home.

As the core of Saria's midfield, Zhang Qinghuan didn't go back to Madrid at all. Others are still on vacation in China... He will not return to Saria until he has participated in the top 12 of the national team.

After all, not everyone has the ability to recover quickly like Hu Lai.

Before the home game against newly-promoted Loga United, Parrotti said in a pre-match press conference that although Hulai was selected in the squad, he would not let Hulai start.

As for whether Hu Lai can play, it also depends on the situation of the game.

Nevertheless, in the second round of the league, the fans of the Madrid Pirates still filled the stands at the Park of the Island.

"Brothers! The new season has started! The new season has really started!"

In the stands of the Sea Island Park Stadium, Han Shuyu said excitedly while holding the camera to record.

In fact, the new season has already started, and the first round of the league was just finished a week ago.

But for Han Shuyu, seeing Hu Lai is the beginning of the new season.

Most of the fans of the home team in the stands of Pirate Park had the same thoughts as Han Shuyu.

That's why this game has so many fans - and not just because it's the first home game for the Pirates of Madrid this season.

Hu Lai, who was sitting on the bench, was frequently visited by TV broadcast footage.

In this game, the striker partner of the Madrid Pirates is Carey and Di Kunzo.

Although it has been proved that the two of them can't pee in the same pot, there is no better alternative, and the only starting striker combination that allows them to start the game at the same time is Di Kunzo and Ruiz, but the effect is average, and Ruiz was injured in the 66th minute and was replaced early. Although the injury is not very serious, but for the sake of safety in this game, Parrotti did not arrange for Ruiz to continue to start.

Instead, let Carey and Di Kunzo pair up, and Parrotti doesn't expect any sparks from the two of them, as long as they can each play their own level.

Only eleven minutes into the game, Maxi Carey took advantage of a direct free-kick to score.

Scored the first goal of the season for the Madrid Pirates.

It seems to herald this game as the Pirates of Madrid will easily beat newly-promoted players like Loga United at home.

But the good times didn't last long.

In the 33rd minute, Loga United equalized.

Danny Drew, like Hu Lai, didn't play in this game, and he didn't even make the roster.

Because he came to the team for too short a time, he was one day earlier than Hu Lai...

He and his teammates are not familiar enough, Parrotti naturally did not arrange for him to play.

To play for the Pirates of Madrid, he may have to wait until after the national team game day.

The starting centre-back of the Madrid Pirates in this game is the combination of the last stage of last season - Riva Moreno and Antonio Bettia.

As for the old central defender Kepa Amantegui, who was seriously injured last season and was reimbursed for the season, he is still in the recovery period and currently does not meet the requirements for playing games.

For Antonio Betia, this was supposed to be an opportunity for him to make a comeback. If he can perform well in games where Drew has not been able to play, maybe the future Pirates center-back combination should be him and Drew.

But it is a pity, from the point of view of this goal, he has not met the requirements of being the main force of the pirates in terms of mentality and strength. ※※In the first half, the two sides fought a 1:1 draw.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Loga United, who was on the road, contracted its defense and placed a bus in front of its own door.

It looks like the goal is to hold the score.

Loga United also has the confidence to do so.

As newly-promoted horses, they were promoted to the first division as the champions of the second division.

In the first round of the league, they beat last season's fifth-placed Sebastia 1:1 at home and broke out an upset.

In that game, Loga United scored a goal at the end of the first half, 1: leading Sebastia.

In the second half, they held on to Sebastia's indiscriminate bombardment.

In the end, a small victory was won, the first La Liga victory in the team's history, and the first La Liga point.

In this game, Loga United obviously wants to repeat the same trick.

In the second half, after the Madrid Pirates bombarded the goal of Loga United indiscriminately for nearly 20 minutes, and could not score the goal, Parrotti finally decided to make a substitution.

When Hu Lai walked to the sidelines with the fourth official, there was a huge cheer from the home stands.

"Hu Lai is going to play! Beautiful!! Thank you Loga United!!" Han Shuyu shouted happily from the stand.

The other Madrid Pirates fans around her were just as excited, but they probably wouldn't be chanting "thank you Loga United".

"Hu Lai is about to play! He just finished the Olympics and immediately appeared in La Liga. This makes people a little worried about his physical fitness..."

He Feng, who also just finished explaining the Olympics, went back to China and started explaining La Liga non-stop.

"But it also shows how important the current Hulai is to the Madrid Pirates... As the top scorer in La Liga last season, the Madrid Pirates really can't do without him. Parrotti announced before the game that Hulai was included in the match roster. , what a wise decision... I don't know what Hu Lai can do in La Liga when he just finished the Olympics. Is it a continuation of the excellent form in the Olympics, or is it affected by the fatigue of the Olympics? Of course, China Fans will definitely want him to continue his excellent form."

Parrotti replaced Hu Lai, naturally hoping that he could help the team win the game.

It can be said that he carries the expectations of countless fans and is also under enormous pressure.

However, Hu Lai in the close-up of the TV broadcast had a calm expression, standing on the sidelines still twisting his butt, waiting for Di Kunzo, who was replaced, to come down and hand over to him.

Di Kunzo was a little disappointed because he was replaced. This means that in the mind of head coach Parrotti, the person who can partner with Hu Lai is not him, but Maxi Carey.

As long as Kyrie is not injured in the future, he will definitely be a substitute.

He ran off the court in a low mood, gave Hu Lai a high five, and then walked to the bench with his head lowered.

When passing by the coach's bench, Parrotti stretched out his hand to shake his hand. He just touched it briefly, and did not communicate much.

Appears a little indifferent.

Such a performance may lead to a lot of speculation in the media after the game.

But now no one is paying attention to Di Kunzo's side, and all eyes are on Hu Lai.

As he ran onto the pitch, Spanish commentator Alvarez Sanchez said passionately:

"Welcome back to your 'promised land', your own arena - in the Spanish Serie A! After a successful summer, I hope you haven't forgotten what it feels like to score in the league... ma'am Gentlemen! Top scorer in La Liga last season

-Hu! Appeared! "

Amid the huge cheers at Pirates Park, Hu Lai ran to his position and gave his teammates a thumbs up.

※※※Seeing him complimenting himself, Ismail Kamara laughed.

It was his second game with the Pirates of Madrid, but he felt as if his Pirates career only started with this game.

The difference is that there was no Hu Lai in the first game, and this game has it.

It was like a ship sailing in the pitch-black sea, suddenly found the lighthouse, saw the land, and then had a direction to move forward.

He also gave Hu Lai a thumbs up, telling him this way:

Move on, Hu, I'll definitely pass the ball to you!

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"Kyrie got the ball in the middle, he chose to split..."

The football was slanted by Carey and transferred to the right flank.

Ismail Kamara almost stopped the football on the touchline.

After sprinting at a high speed, he jumped up and raised his right leg as high as possible before intercepting the ball in the air.

It may be that it looks a little embarrassed and limited, giving Loga United's defenders an illusion of "going up now and breaking his ball".

So when Kamara just stopped the football, the players of Loga United rushed up and tried to steal the ball.

Unexpectedly, Kamara, who had just made the ultimate stop action, responded very quickly, and immediately shoved the football forward with his right foot!

Then he turned around to avoid the pressure of the Loga United players and accelerated the pursuit of the ball!

It's that simple to leave the other party behind!

"Kamara! Beautiful!"

Kamala, whose start-up speed is not inferior to that of Kabangka, threw the opponent away in the blink of an eye, and when the opponent turned around, even Kamala's "tail lights" could not be seen...

"Kamara! It's so fast!"

With the ultimate stop and the sudden start, Kamara's movements were connected very quickly, completely catching the opponent by surprise!

In the blink of an eye, he had already reached the edge of the penalty area. Facing the Loga United defender who came up to **** him, Kamara pretended to make an emergency stop and then cut inwards, and the opponent followed the brakes. The outside of his right foot gently shoved the football forward, and the football burrowed into the penalty area between the opponent's legs.

Kamara himself started after an emergency stop, overtaking from the outside.

The opponent has already turned to the inside, and it is too late to stop him.

When it comes back, Kamara has received the ball in the penalty area and is approaching the bottom line!

"Oh!!" Sanchez exclaimed, "Put the crotch and the ball!"

The cheers in the stands grew louder.

After Kamara approached the baseline, he also approached the goal.

Loga United's goalkeeper moved quickly to the near post, blocking Kamara's shot from the angle.

But Kamara can't shoot at all, he lifts his foot to pass the football!

An inverted triangle pass to accurately find Hu Lai who was inserted in the back row in the middle!

"huuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"

In the roar of Sanchez's long voice, Hu Lai held the defender of Loga United and stretched his foot to push the football to the goal!

No suspense, the ball is in!

"Hu Lai!! Eh! Beautiful! Hu Lai

! He just hit the ball for the first time and scored! ! First goal of the season! It came so easily! This is thanks to his excellent movement, but also thanks to Kamara's nanny assists! Madrid Pirates take the lead again! The ball comes from a collaboration between two former Leeds City teammates! what! "

Hu Lai, who scored the goal, ran to the corner flag and made his signature celebration, and the Madrid Pirates fans in the stands also shouted:

"huuuuu!!!

After landing, Hu Lai pointed at Kamara, who assisted him, laughed, and then opened his arms and waited for the opponent to pounce.

Kamara happily jumped up and hugged him to celebrate.

The French winger suddenly found that long-lost feeling.

When was the last time he and Hu Lai hugged and celebrated a goal?

The first Madrid Pirates away by Valero: a draw, he started, but his performance was not very good. He was substituted early in the 71st minute.

After the game, some media believed that he had not adapted to the rhythm of La Liga. La Liga and the Premier League are two completely different worlds.

Kamara thought so at the beginning, he needed time to get used to the rhythm and style of La Liga games.

But now he thinks that might not be the case.

What is the difference between La Liga and Premier League?

Anyway, they passed the opponent and then passed the ball to Hu. The reason for his poor performance in the first game was simply because there was no guy who let him pass the ball at that time.

And now, he has a passing target.

Everything is so familiar...

Hu Lai and Kamara really have a tacit understanding, you must know that he has not even used the [Consonance Card] in this game.

Kamara knew how Hu Lai was going to run and how to pass.

Hulay also knew that Kamara would pass the football to himself.

It seems that the two people did not become estranged because of the separation of a season, but the tacit understanding remains the same.

This is probably the biggest gain for the Madrid Pirates in this game.

It means that Hu Lai and Kamara do not need to find a matching rhythm again, they can plug and play completely.

This will greatly shorten the team's adaptation period.

This is very important in the new season with strong enemies.

If the Madrid Pirates can't find a rhythm as soon as possible, they may be completely thrown off by their competitors - since they won the league title last season, Parrotti certainly hopes that the team can successfully defend the title this season, if possible.

If you lose the league title, you have to make a breakthrough in the Champions League.

So what kind of achievement is considered a breakthrough in the Champions League?

At least to reach the finals, the best of course is to win the championship.

Defending the league, winning the Champions League.

That's what the Madrid Pirates have been aiming for this season and arguably the target of a big gamble.

In the end, with the goal after Hu Lai came off the bench, the Madrid Pirates defeated Loga United 2:1 at home and won their first victory of the new season. With this victory, their ranking changed from the twelve before the round. , rose to sixth place.

The first place is still Catalan United, they are also the only team with two consecutive victories this season.

Although Kabangka has only played two rounds of the league, the effect has already been reflected.

In the two rounds of the league, the Catalan United scored a total of four goals, and Kabangka scored two goals and an assist, contributing three-quarters of all four goals.

Especially in this round of the league, his goal helped the team beat Real Cateron 1:0 away.

Like Hu Lai's move to the Pirates of Madrid, Kabonka doesn't seem to have a period of adaptation.

It was wise for him to give up participating in the Olympics as an over-age player. He did not miss even one day of pre-season training with the Catalan United. Whether it was physical reserves or the team's technical and tactical training, he was deeply involved in the whole process.

However, in fact, Hu Lai is more adaptable than him.

Because Hu Lai only finalized the transfer to the Madrid Pirates at the end of July, he missed the physical training stage of the Madrid Pirates' early training, and also missed all the Madrid Pirates' warm-up matches.

Compared to Kabonka, Meli is a victim of the Olympics.

Although he didn't make it to the final, he played all six games -- because there was a third-place final.

So he left the United States not much earlier than Hu Lai, and Hu Lai gave up ten days of vacation, but Merry chose to take a vacation - not that he couldn't bear hardships, but his physical exhaustion was too great, and he needed to rest.

The King of Madrid without Meli has one win and one loss in the first two rounds of the new season and is currently ranked tenth.

In the first round of the league, they defeated the newly-promoted Mauriles 2:0 at home, but in the second round they overturned on the road and lost to Sebastia 2:4.

The Kings of Madrid tried unsuccessfully to seduce Ruhrlein's young center Giannas Edman this summer. Ruhrlein refused to let anyone go, although Edman himself was very interested in joining the King of Madrid,

There is no other way, his contract with the club still has three years to expire...

In the case of not winning Edman, Meli was also absent because of the Olympic Games, and it is normal for the King of Madrid to be unsatisfactory.

"Why can Hu not take vacation? Is he participating in a fake Olympics?"

At home in Madrid, Meli sent out such a soulful question to the news that Hu Lai came off the bench and scored a goal at the first touch.

The agent Alfonso Candela, who was sitting across from him, didn't know how to answer because he had the same doubts.

Merry has just finished the Olympics, and he knows how tired he is. Otherwise, with Meili's temper, he would definitely return to the team for training.

So Meli honestly accepted the holiday. After the Olympics, he went straight to his hometown in Argentina, and after spending a short time with his parents, he returned to Madrid only yesterday.

As a result, when I got off the plane, I heard that Hu Lai came off the bench in the game, and he scored the first touch of the ball after playing.

Fortunately, Merry is not on Zhihu, otherwise someone will ask questions on Zhihu: "What do you think of Hu Lai's first touch of the ball after coming off the bench in the game against Loga United?" Then invite Merry to answer.

Then Merry can really answer:

"Thank you. I was in Madrid, and Merry didn't get an answer from Candela just after getting off the plane, or he didn't actually want to hear an answer.

He then announced: "After attending the UEFA awards ceremony, I will return directly to the team to resume training."

Candela was a little surprised: "Has your body recovered?"

"Almost there." Merry shook his head firmly and said, "Since Hu can do it, so can I."

You two are different, Merry, I have long heard that Hu's physical recovery ability is top-notch. Whether it's two games a week or three games a week, he can always recover quickly after the game. At once

For example, in this Olympics, under such a dense field, his physical fitness in each game is very good, and he is not affected by the previous game at all... His body is like a mobile phone battery, as if he can get a good night's sleep full charge"

Candela tried to persuade Merry to drop the idea.

As he said, Merry is different from Hu Lai, and there is really no need to compete with Hu Lai in this matter.

Meili's skills are difficult for Hu Lai to learn, and Hu Lai's physical recovery ability is also difficult for Meili to master.

Hu Lai has a precedent of cramping due to exhaustion in the game, but it is rarely heard that his exhaustion of energy in the previous game affects his performance in the next game.

Not to mention Merry, there are probably not many people on this planet who can recover their physical strength as quickly as Hu Lai.

It can only be said that Hu Lai's talent is really high in some places...

In Candela's view, this is probably one of the important reasons why Hu Lai can score so many goals.

After all, continuous combat ability is an important quality that determines how many goals a player can score in a season.

After all, if a player cannot even guarantee the number of matches, how can he score goals?

After listening to the agent's words, Mei Li was a little annoyed - why am I different from Hu Lai?

But he still had to admit that his agent was right, at least in terms of physical recovery, he was indeed inferior to Hu Lai.

Although he doesn't understand why Hu Lai has such a strong recovery ability...

"I know, Alfonso. But I've had enough rest now, and now that I'm back in Madrid, to keep me at home and not with the team, I'm not fit."

Of course Candela knew why Merry was so persistent—he felt the pressure from Hulai.

Not just a league.

Throughout the Olympics, Meli felt the tremendous pressure Hulai brought him.

This kind of pressure has actually continued from last season to the present. Although Merry also eliminated Hu Lai in the Champions League semi-finals, it did not let the pressure go away.

Because in general, Meili was still at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Hu Lai, especially in this Olympics, he was once again defeated in a direct dialogue with Hu Lai, and then watched Hu Lai out of the box and defeated the host. Team USA, won the Olympic gold medal.

Candela has said before that for Meli, Hulai is a whip.

How could Merry, who is now being beaten by this whip, be at home on vacation with peace of mind?

Thinking of this, Candela sighed: "Okay, but I still have to remind you, Merry, pay attention to your body and don't get injured. You will return to the team a few days later, and you will not score less than Hu Lai. But if you are injured... But trouble.

"I know. Thank you, Alfonso." Merry also knew that the agent was doing it for his own good. "I will be measured. Even if I return to the team, I will do physical recovery training first, and let the body find the feeling and rhythm again."

Candela nods contentedly when he hears this: "Yes, step by step."

Then he changed to a light subject: "Congratulations first, the new European Ballon d'Or winner!"

"It's not finalized yet, Alfonso." Merry didn't smile~ www.mtlnovel.com~ No matter what Candela said, he won't think he really is until he actually lifts the Ballon d'Or trophy To receive this coveted honor.

This is not because of his humility, but because he is cautious. He doesn't want to get carried away and be slapped in the face by reality...

After all, he made a rhetorical statement before the start of the Olympics that his goal was the Olympic gold medal, but was blocked by Hu Lai from the final.

After the Argentine Olympic team was eliminated from the competition, the scumbags on the Internet were mocking him for talking loudly before the game.

Got slapped in the face after the game.

Merry has also learned to be good now, and does not stand up easily.

Just like Hu Lai, people said before the Olympics that the goal was to reach the semi-finals, but in the end they won the championship.

So there are some things that just don't work.

He was so concerned about winning the Ballon d'Or that he had to be careful.

If you have any comments, let's talk on the stage when he takes up the Golden Globe trophy!

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