"Fox of the Forbidden Zone"

Fortunately, Hu Lai warmed up before the start of training for only one day. Although the coaches appreciated his enthusiasm, they didn't want him to adjust the start time of training without authorization, which would make it difficult for the whole team.

But everyone also understands why Hu Lai did this.

Because of the transfer, he missed all the physical training of the Madrid Pirates, part of the tactical training, and several important warm-up matches in the United States from late July to early August.

Therefore, Hu Lai was able to show a proactive attitude in training and train more seriously, which made everyone have a very good impression of him.

Be it a coach or a player.

Coaches naturally like players who train hard and have subjective initiative.

And the players don't want to spend so much money on the club to buy an important signing, who is a lazy person who is lazy and sleeps on the credits of the past.

They are the Madrid Pirates, one of the three super giants in La Liga. The goal of this team is not as simple as qualifying for the Champions League every year. If they can, they will naturally pursue the league championship desperately and slap the King of Madrid in the face.

So they hope that every teammate who joins the team is a powerful person, only in this way can the strength of the team be improved.

Everyone has seen Maxi Carey's performance since his injury.

Although Carey has made great contributions to the team in the past six seasons, it is also true that his state has declined and his ability has declined after being injured.

At this time, the reason why the club spent a lot of money to buy Hu Lai was clear to everyone.

Of course, Maxi Carey's interests will be damaged, and his status may not be guaranteed.

But the interests of more people and the interests of the team will be guaranteed.

Everyone is a professional player, and it is impossible to exclude strong players because of their friendship with Kyrie for many years.

The Madrid Pirates are a giant, but compared with the Madrid King, they are still a little bit worse.

In some cases, this is almost a disadvantage.

But at other times, this almost becomes an advantage.

They are not as factional and intertwined as within the King of Madrid.

Relatively simple.

After all, the pirates still put themselves in the position of challengers.

From ancient times to the present, whether it is a team or a person, or a society, a country, an organization... It is easier to be a challenger than to be challenged, and it is easier to unite.

Because they still have something that they haven't got yet, this thing will keep their fighting spirit and fighting spirit high.

For the Madrid pirates, what they didn't get was to pull the King of Madrid from his throne and hack him to death.

At present, in terms of team honors, the Madrid Pirates have 20 La Liga titles, 15 Copa del Rey titles, two Champions League titles, three Europa League titles, five UEFA Cup titles, one European Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.

The main honors of the King of Madrid are 35 league titles, 13 Copa del Rey titles, 11 Champions League titles, 5 UEFA Super Cups and 6 Intercontinental Cups.

Neither the Europa League nor the UEFA Cup.

Fans of the King of Madrid will say that it is because the King doesn't bother to take it, but in fact, the King of Madrid has also participated in the Europa League and the UEFA Cup, but because of insufficient attention or lack of strength, he did not win the championship.

Of course, this was all very early, forty or fifty years ago. Since the restructuring of the Champions League, not only the league champions can participate in the Champions League, the King of Madrid has never participated in the Europa League...

From the point of view of honor, the Madrid Pirates are quite far from the Madrid King. But it doesn't matter, this means that the Madrid Pirates will continue to struggle with such motivation and fighting spirit.

The grievances between the two teams have lasted for a hundred years, and they don't mind continuing for another hundred years.

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Hu Lai has been training with the team for a week.

Although it was only a week, he saw the difference between this team and Leeds City.

Leeds City attaches great importance to offense and the speed of offense in training, and does not want players to pass back and forth in the midfield to delay time. When you have the ball, you have to play as far forward as possible, even if you make mistakes, it doesn't matter, the key is to increase your speed. Use speed to create chaos and create opportunity.

For weaker teams, this set of tactics is very useful.

The offensive training of the Madrid Pirates attaches great importance to passing and running: passing and running.

In Parotti's tactical thinking, it is more about control than speed.

So there are a lot of various passing and running drills in the training of the Madrid Pirates.

For example, three sign poles are placed in the middle of a circle with a diameter of about ten meters to form three small doors. Seven people stand outside the circle, and two people stand inside the circle.

Pass the ball to each other on the outside of the circle, let the defenders lose their position, and then score the football into any of the three wickets.

The two players in the circle have to run desperately to intercept, prevent the players who interfere with the pass, and prevent them from entering the goal.

Another example is that on the basis of ordinary circle grabbing training rules, players outside the circle must change positions with teammates on either side after passing the ball.

It sounds simple, but this kind of random transposition can easily cause confusion, and eventually there will be a pass error and the ball will be grabbed by the defensive player.

These additional requirements actually increase the difficulty of training, and at the same time try to simulate actual combat during training. Let the pirate players face various complicated situations in the game and can achieve stable and effective pass control.

This kind of training is exactly what Hu Lai needs today.

Because it can greatly increase his passing ability.

Hou Lai's ability to pass and receive the ball is not bad, but it is still a long way from the requirements of the Madrid Pirates.

Because when he was in Leeds City, his characteristics of being good at grabbing shots were brought to the extreme by Clark. Clark didn't need him to pass frequently, but asked Hu Lai to go forward to grab more points and score more points.

Cooperating with Leeds City's fast attack tactics, Hu Lai doesn't need to have a good passing and receiving ability in the midfield, as long as it is enough, he is not the initiator or organizer of Leeds City's offense, he is the terminator .

He just needs to keep honing his shooting skills and ability to grab points to become the sharpest knife in the Leeds City formation.

In fact he did.

He only needs to specialize in one thing, and he will give full play to his advantages.

With his super efficient scoring ability, Leeds City is proud of the Premier League, winning consecutive Premier League titles and Europa League titles. He himself has also become the Premier League Golden Boot and the Europa League Golden Boot.

Some people criticize Clark for his single tactics and only know that he relies heavily on Hu Lai.

Leeds City seems to be a team with strong offensive firepower, but in fact the offensive strength is very weak, and it all depends on Hu Lai alone.

If Hou Lai is in good form, they can score a lot of goals and win.

If Hu Lai is not in good condition, then they will lose the game with a misfire.

So those people's criticisms are not without reason.

But how can the small team Leeds City have the right to pick and choose?

There is a handy weapon in your hand and you don't need to use it to the extreme, what more do you want?

Do I have to throw away the weapon, and then tell my opponent that I will fight you after I have practiced my boxing skills and laid a solid foundation?

I'm afraid that she would have died long ago before she could practice her magical skills...

However, Clark does not need to develop Hu Lai's abilities other than scoring goals, which does not mean that Hu Lai himself does not need to improve.

A center who can only score goals is of course very good.

However, in the Premier League last season, after being targeted by opponents, he relied too much on his teammates, and the problem of a single offensive method was also exposed a lot. He only scored 21 goals in the league, and his performance has indeed declined in terms of statistics.

If Hou Lai is content to be a Leeds City self, a sharp knife.

It's not a big problem.

But Hu Lai was not satisfied.

He hopes to continue to improve.

Otherwise, why would he leave Leeds City, which is comfortable in every way?

He could stay there forever if he could. Until... because the team's strength has declined, his number of goals has also begun to decline. At that time, if he wants to make progress, it will be hard to make progress.

In the end, everyone disappeared.

So he wanted to come out. As for where to go, he didn't think about it. Anyway, as long as you come out, it's better than staying.

As a result, the Madrid Pirates came, after a few days of training with Parotti. He realized that he should have come to the right place.

Each giant has its own style, and their tactics are not exactly the same.

The Madrid Pirates can indeed improve themselves.

Parotti's Madrid Pirates pay attention to pass control. Speed ​​is important, but it is not just speed.

This means that Hu Lai cannot either charge forward or ambush next to the center as before. He needs to be more deeply integrated into the team's overall tactical system.

He needs to constantly establish a connection with his teammates by passing the ball, and he even has to become a part of this overall tactical system.

This puts higher demands on his passing ability.

It is no longer as simple as being able to pass the football accurately, but to quickly and accurately pass the football to teammates near the penalty area where there is almost no space for possession of the ball.

It sounds simple, but it is very difficult to do.

Because everyone knows that the pass success rate, the more there is no interference, the higher the success rate.

Therefore, the pass success rate in the midfield is very high, but once the offense advances to the offensive third area, the success rate will drop rapidly.

Where the goal of the defensive team is approaching, the defensive team will inevitably guard against death and not give the offensive players more space to pass and receive the ball.

To put it bluntly in football, the 22 people on the field seem to be competing for a football with a diameter of about 22 centimeters, but they are actually competing for a space that is 105 meters long and 68 meters wide. Competing for space takes time, so football is a sport of competing for space and time.

If Hu Lai is a player who cannot get the ball near the opponent's penalty area, then his future will always be limited.

Because he is facing a strong enemy, if he loses the ball as soon as he takes it, no one will pass the ball to him after a long time.

He can't always expect to face the goal and score a goal.

Such a good opportunity is too rare in the game.

After a 90-minute game, what the striker does the most is actually constantly running to respond, receiving and passing the ball, especially dropping back.

It's a rare time to be able to catch the ball facing the goal, most of the time they get the ball with their backs to the attacking direction.

At this time, the test is not the ability to shoot, but the ability to pass and receive the ball and the ability to hold the ball.

Because they are surrounded by defensive players, if they can't hold the ball by themselves, it will implicate their team's offense to give up halfway.

When Hou Lai played in Leeds City, he didn't care about these things.

When Leeds City's overall strength was still relatively weak, many times they faced opponents stronger than themselves. They played counterattacks and fast breaks. Hu Lai always faced the opponent's goal.

Here comes the Madrid Pirates, the rich team is strong, but the opponents are all defensive counterattacks. Coupled with Parotti's pass-and-control style of play, as a forward, he must be able to control the ball, and must be able to receive and pass the ball well when facing pressure.

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Six Madrid Corsairs players surround a hexagonal training area, three of them wearing red training vests and three of them wearing yellow training vests. Each person occupies one side of the hexagon, standing in a line, different colors are separated from each other, one side is a red vest, and the left and right sides are yellow vests, and vice versa.

In addition, in the hexagonal circle, there are also six players, three wearing red vests and three wearing yellow vests.

This is a slightly more complicated lap drill.

Unlike a normal rim grab, the insider grabs the outsider's ball.

Instead, the red team grabs the ball from the yellow team, and the yellow team grabs the ball from the red team.

The two sides rob each other.

In fact, it is some kind of deformed 6v6 confrontation training.

People outside the circle can pass the ball directly to teammates outside the opposite circle, or they can pass the ball to teammates inside the circle and pass it through them.

At the same time, the players of the other team can directly grab the ball inside the circle.

After snatching it, it must be transferred out quickly, otherwise it may be snatched back.

This is very close to actual combat training.

In particular, it can help players divert the football from a narrow area when facing a small-scale pressing - the six sides of the hexagon can be regarded as the sideline or bottom line on the field.

The football can't go out of bounds—that is, it can't cross the line. The football can only turn inside the hexagon from beginning to end. As long as it goes out of the sideline, whichever team it is on, that team will lose.

This is a very helpful training method for those who are fighting for the ball near the bottom line and near the sideline in the game.

There are several coaches around outside the circle, each occupying one side, and they are all observing the training.

A little farther away stood the head coach Parotti and the first assistant coach Valentine. They were also observing the training, but they didn't just observe this place.

Because of this kind of lap training, there is one more thing.

A total of two simultaneous training.

The two patrolled on both sides.

Hu Lai lost the ball under the defense of two people, causing them to lose a point.

Although the performance was not good, the two coaches were not dissatisfied, and they didn't even frown.

Instead, what he said was praising Hu Lai:

"It's unbelievable. In just one week, Hu's progress can be seen with the naked eye..."

This is Valentine's emotion.

As the first assistant coach, he must know every detail of the team's training.

Hu Lai's progress was naturally noticed by him.

At first he thought it was just that Hu Lai was in good shape during training today.

But after looking at it, he realized that Hu Lai was really improving every day.

Although the rate of improvement is not large, it is very stable... No, it should not be said that the rate is not large. If you consider that it is only a week, the rate of improvement is very large!

And this kind of improvement also has a very important premise, that is, Hu Lai consciously tries to pass and receive the ball only with his left foot during training.

For a player with an inverted left foot, this further increases the difficulty of training.

He lost the ball just now because he tried to pass the ball with his left foot, but he didn't kick it well and was intercepted halfway.

For this reason, Parotti persuaded Hu Lai, knowing that he wanted to practice his left foot as soon as possible, but there was no need to be so anxious.

In the end, Hu Lai persuaded him with some plausible arguments.

People are also thinking about the team, and hope that they can practice their left foot as soon as possible to provide a huge boost to the team. At the same time, he only uses his left foot during pass and catch training and shooting training, and how to play at other times.

Coupled with seeing that Hu Lai's left foot ability is indeed improving.

Parrotti didn't stop Hu Lai from doing this.

It is also thanks to Parrotti who is known as a "good guy" who is easy to talk about. If it were replaced by his predecessor Bjorn Hantchek, Hu Lai would not be able to do so.

There is also a reason why Hu Lai persisted so much.

The reason is simple - he found that the training scroll really works for improving his left foot! But it is only useful in formal training sessions. It is useless for him to go home and practice by himself, or to practice with Li Qingqing and his wife.

Therefore, in order to maximize the effect of the training scroll, he was forced to set rules for himself in training - try to only handle the ball with his left foot.

As for the working principle of this scroll, Hu Lai speculates that it may be because the training scroll can improve the effect of his corresponding training items. For example, the training scroll of catching the ball will improve the user's ability to catch the ball, but it does not limit which foot it is.

You use your right foot to catch the ball, and what you improve is the right foot's ability to catch the ball.

But if you switch to the left foot...the ability to catch the ball with the left foot will naturally improve~lightnovelpub.net~As for the improvement of the ability to catch the ball with the left foot, does it mean that the ability of the left foot has improved...Isn't this natural?

What does inverse ability mean?

It refers to the ability to control the ball with the reverse foot to pass, catch, shoot and so on.

Improving individual abilities will naturally improve the ability of the left foot.

After Hu Lai improved his left foot's passing, catching and shooting abilities, wouldn't that mean improving his left foot's ability?

"Maxi's training effect is also very good...I feel like he is competing with Hu. But it is a good thing for us, ha!" Valentine said and laughed.

Maxi Carey's character is annoying at times, but also lovable at other times... like this one.

Parotti was very relieved: "I don't need the two of them to be as loving as brothers, I just need them to be able to show their abilities and characteristics in the game. This season, our primary goal is the league championship. We Four years after losing the La Liga title, something has to be done!"

Valentine nodded in agreement.

The club spent 120 million euros to buy Hu Lai, naturally not to allow the team to continue to compete for a Champions League spot in the new season.

Last season, they were completely defeated in the league, Copa del Rey and Champions League, with no results.

This cannot be the norm for a club as big as the Madrid Pirates.

Something had to be done to change the situation.

Under such circumstances, Hu Lai came to Madrid with great hopes placed on him by the club.

People are dazzled by his sparkling resume and honors, hoping that he can continue his magical performance in English football to La Liga.