"Hi, Luo Kai. Did you know that our game is said to be the 'Dongchuan Middle School Derby' on the Internet!"

In the player tunnel of the Pirates Park Stadium, Hou Lai covered his mouth and chatted with Luo Kai who was standing in Tramed's team.

Luo Kai twitched the corner of his mouth: "What the hell..."

"But I think it's quite touching. I just don't know if our school will hang banners on the school gate again..."

"Principal Zhai has retired."

"Huh?" Hu Lai was a little surprised.

"You don't know?" Luo Kai looked at him strangely.

"I know Principal Zhai has retired."

"Then you are so surprised."

"Tsk, I didn't expect you to care about our school's affairs. I thought you had forgotten that you were a student of Dongchuan Middle School."

"I went back to school to see it." Luo Kai said angrily.

"It's as if I didn't go back to my alma mater to visit the big guys..." Hu Lai snorted coldly. "Although the old principal has retired, it does not prevent the fine traditions he left behind from being inherited by the school."

Luo Kai didn't answer.

There was a sudden chill between the two of them.

In the final analysis, the two of them are really not friends, and their relationship is definitely not good.

It's not easy to force an awkward chat for so long.

If there were not more and more speculations on the Internet about why the relationship between the two people is not good, and Hu Lai was afraid that Li Qingqing would be involved, he would not use the pre-match opportunity to do something in the much-anticipated game. To cover up.

He just hoped that after the game, the media would report that he and Luo Kai had a good conversation before the game, nothing happened. All the internet rumors about their feud are FALSE! Don't believe in rumors or spread rumors, don't continue to discuss this issue, let all doubts stop here...

Sure enough, He Feng and Yan Kang, who were commentating the game, saw this scene and said, "Before the game started, Hu Lai and Luo Kai had been chatting. Although they covered their mouths, they didn't know what they were talking about. But judging by their vivid expressions, it is obvious that they are not just perfunctory..."

Yan Kang said with a smile: "Who said that the relationship between the two of them is not good? Maybe their relationship is not as good as the teammates who used to play together in Flash Star, but it is definitely not bad."

Hu Lai couldn't understand what the commentators were saying, but he reckoned it was almost a joke.

So he patted Luo Kai on the shoulder, ready to complete the last step: "All right. See you on the field later."

Luo Kai nodded and said seriously: "See you on the court."

Hu Lai, who had just turned around to leave, looked back at Luo Kai strangely, because he heard a change in Luo Kai's voice just now, and the tone of his voice suddenly dropped, appearing deeper...

Seeing that Hu Lai stopped leaving suddenly, Luo Kai asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just feel...you were perfunctory the whole time just now, but this sentence didn't."

Luo Kai smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Hu Lai shook his head and turned to leave.

Looking at his back, Luo Kai said silently in his heart:

Because you don't know how long I waited for this moment and how much I paid!

In order to be able to start this game, Luo Kai did his best in every previous game.

Starting with the goal against the Turin Bulls in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, he has scored in four consecutive games in all competitions.

He also worked very hard after returning to the club after playing the national team game. He started two of the three league games, came off the bench once, and sent out an assist.

Although his performance after returning from the national team game was not as good as before, he still won the opportunity to start in this UEFA Champions League by virtue of his attitude of doing his best every time he played.

He will not regard this game as the end of all previous efforts, but as the starting point for a higher level.

To completely conquer the head coach, what he needs is not only a burst of certain games, but also a sustained, long-term and stable performance.

Look at Hu Lai, why can he quickly win the trust of the head coach every time he goes to a team? It's not because he can guarantee the battery life, so that those wonderful performances are no longer a flash of light.

Although Luo Kai doesn't like Hu Lai, he has to admit that Hu Lai is better than himself in this respect.

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"They really defended against Balia..."

In front of the visiting team's bench, Trammed's assistant coach Cohen Melbourne said to the head coach Kevin Locke beside him.

Twenty minutes into the game, the Madrid Pirates, who are playing at home, have the upper hand and are the dominant side.

Tramed is basically on the defensive and can only play defensive counterattacks.

When counterattacking, Tramed also exerted strength on the left side, because the Portuguese super genius Ricardo Balia was here.

It's just that Tramed's advancement on the left was not smooth.

The Madrid Pirates obviously made a defensive arrangement for Ricardo Balia, and the center of gravity was basically tilted to the right when defending.

Especially Kamala.

He used his speed to retreat frequently to defend Barea, and the two fought together. Although Barea may not be at a disadvantage, it greatly consumed his energy and reduced his offensive threat a lot.

In addition, the right back Irazusta of the Madrid Pirates does not like to attack frequently like the left back Ion Martinez, which is beneficial to the defense.

Although Ricardo Balia is the double top scorer in the Tramed team and the Premier League this season, his position on the field is still a left winger. He still prefers to move on the wing instead of running The middle goes to the center forward.

It is relatively easier to defend.

Before Barea enters the 30-meter zone, he only needs to get stuck on the side lanes—Balia has always been active on the side lanes before that, and only after entering the 30-meter zone will he cut inward to the center.

"It's not surprising. With Balia's current limelight, it's impossible not to be targeted by them." Head coach Kevin Locke said calmly and in a calm tone.

"Let's just see how excited Law can be after being reunited with his middle school classmates."

Unlike everyone's guess, everyone thought that Tramed would make full use of Ricardo Barea's personal ability in this game to threaten the goal of the Madrid Pirates.

But in fact, for Luo Kai on the right, Tramed's tactics are equally important. There is absolutely no meaning of sacrificing the right side and focusing on the left side with all the strength of the team.

Although it looked like after the game started, Tramed was indeed the main left side...

That was just a temptation.

If the Madrid Pirates do not make defensive arrangements against Ricardo Balia, they can take advantage of the trend to launch a fierce attack on the left flank.

But if the Madrid Pirates target Ricardo Balia, as they are doing now, then Tramed can also turn the attack the other way.

This kind of steering is set, not improvised, so don't worry about it not working well.

Of course, being able to make Tramed's coaching staff willing to trust Luo Kai in such an important game as the Champions League is also inseparable from his own performance.

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After the more dominant Madrid Pirates blocked an attack from Tramed on the right, they launched a counterattack.

Through the operation of the midfield, they quickly transported the football to the front field.

Vukovic then handed the football to Kyrie.

In the transition from midfield to front, the person who sent the last pass was Maxi Carey most of the time.

Because of his excellent technique combined with genius-like imagination, he can always pass some unbelievable balls.

Just like now, when Vukovic passes him the football, he doesn't stop the ball but knocks the football behind him with his heel.

The football sprinted past Trammed captain Connor Kirk, who was up for grabs.

Hou Lai took the initiative to retreat and grabbed the ball before Tramed central defender Scott Wilson.

However, he also turned his back to the attacking direction.

This didn't bother Hu Lai, he passed the football back to Carey who advanced forward.

After passing the ball, he quickly turned around and inserted into the penalty area as a response.

Carey didn't choose to pass the football back to him, but took advantage of his opportunity to take away Wilson and kicked and shot!

The football flew against the turf and flew towards the goal, bypassing goalkeeper Tom Walker's ten fingers ... and the goal post, and finally flew out of the baseline!

"Oops! Carey! So close! What a pity!"

Amidst the exclamations of the commentator and the fans, Maxi Carey just slightly raised his head.

Bi Wang always pays attention to the management of facial expressions. Even if the ball is regrettable, he did not express it particularly exaggeratedly, like a child with sensory integration disorder.

But the teammates next to him seemed more excited than him—Hu Lai put his head in his hands and sighed.

If you only looked at his action, you would think that the ball was shot by him...

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The Madrid Pirates' attack failed to score, and Tramed got a goal kick.

Luo Kai played a right winger in this game, but he did not stand on the right sideline.

Because Tramed's formation position is further to the left, he also moved to the left, and his current position is almost in the middle circle.

He is looking back and paying close attention to the movements of goalkeeper Walker.

If the opponent wants to pass the ball, you have to be ready to receive the ball. At the same time, he also needs to observe the surrounding situation and confirm the positions of the Madrid Pirates players and his teammates.

In this way, when the football comes flying, he can handle the ball more efficiently without stopping the ball and finding himself in the encirclement and dead end.

Tom Walker looks up ahead after setting up the football, as Ricardo Balia raises his hand for the ball.

Tramed's formation is obviously inclined to the left, so the players of the Madrid Pirates are also closer to the right, so that their left and Tramed's right have a lot of space.

So Walker made a long pass after the run-up and kicked the football to the right.

Luo Kai looked at the football flying towards him, and after judging where the football landed, he backed away from the attacking direction.

He then jumped up to fight for the top with Madrid Pirates left-back Ion Martinez.

He hit the ball first!

The football was thrown to the middle by him, and it was given to the striker Papu Bonet who responded to him in the middle.

The latter stopped the ball to take control.

Luo Kai immediately turned and rushed forward after landing, and at the same time gestured for Bonet to pass the ball to himself.

The French striker immediately slid the football across.

"Tramed's counterattack! Rocky!"

He Feng shouted excitedly.

For him, this match was truly "neutral".

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. Whoever wins is happy, and whoever loses is...unhappy.

Luo Kai pushed the ball from Bonet forward and accelerated to catch up.

Ion followed him, stuck inside, chasing after him.

As the main left back of the Spanish national team, Ion Martinez is strong in offense and weak in defense, and his speed is also very fast.

If he fights for speed, he will not be completely at a disadvantage.

Taking advantage of Luo Kai's opportunity to catch up with the football again and slow down to control the ball, he decisively shoveled!

Luo Kai wanted to kick the football into the penalty area~lightnovelpub.net~ but Ion shoveled the ball out of the baseline.

And Luo Kai himself was brought down to the ground by Ion.

The Madrid Pirates fans in the stands booed Roquet eagerly when he lost his balance - what they thought was an attempt to claim a card.

But after Luo Kai fell to the ground, he rolled forward and stood up straight from the ground!

The boos stopped abruptly, and the scene was a little awkward...

When Luo Kai saw the football flying out of the baseline, he pointed to the corner flag area and signaled to the referee that the ball was hit by the opponent and should be given a corner kick.

"Roke created a corner kick for Tramed. It can be seen that his state in this game is really good! Although there are not many opportunities on the right side, as long as he has the ball, he can create a threat!"

In front of coach Tramed on the sidelines, Kevin Locke said to assistant coach Mel Bonny: "Available!"

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