Chapter 1733 Melly Dependency and Holley Dependence

The Pirates of Madrid and the King of Madrid, a pair of old rivals, have been fighting each other for more than a hundred years.

Leaving aside things that are too far away, let's just say that in recent years, the competition between the two teams at all levels has become increasingly fierce.

This is also because the strength of the Madrid Pirates has been strengthened.

And all of this has happened since Maxi Carey came to the team.

Before Carey, the Madrid Pirates had always been suppressed by their rivals in the same city. After being lucky enough to win the Champions League once, they fell into a long-term trough.

In nine years, the team changed thirteen head coaches, and even the president of the club changed two terms.

At that time, the biggest goal of the Madrid Pirates every season was to be able to qualify for the European War-not the Champions League, but the European War. Even if they can participate in the Europa League, it is a victory for the club.

How can such a rival in the same city deserve to be compared with the King of Madrid?

So the main theme of Spanish football at that time was "two heroes fighting for hegemony", and these two heroes were naturally the King of Madrid and Catalan United.

During that ten-year period, King Madrid and Catalan were chasing each other, splitting the La Liga title - each team won five times, very evenly, evenly balanced as if everyone had agreed.

In the past ten years, there have been basically no Madrid Pirates in the league championships and European competitions.

When people mention the giants of Spanish football, they generally only talk about the King of Madrid and Catalan United. Many people don't even know that the Madrid Pirates are also giants.

I thought they were on the same level as Sporting Vizcaya, Seville Navigator and Valentia.

That was only broken with the arrival of Maxi Carey and head coach Bjorn Hantchek.

However, the Madrid pirates at that time were just a "strong enemy" capable of threatening the King of Madrid, and they were positioned as a challenger.

Most of the time, they are still behind the King of Madrid, otherwise why self-identify as "challengers"?

It was during this period that the Madrid Pirates were gradually recognized as one of the "Western Super League", and they were also called the "Three Heroes of the Western Super League" together with the King of Madrid and Catalan United.

But among the "Three Heroes of the Western Super League", they are also recognized as the last.

Until Hu Lai's arrival.

Since Hou Lai joined the Madrid Pirates two seasons ago, this team has ushered in earth-shaking changes.

Hou Lai completely conquered La Liga in just two seasons, and brought the Madrid Pirates to the La Liga and Champions League champions.

The championship is still second. The most important thing is that these two championships were both won from the top two Western Super League players such as King Madrid and Catalan United.

This shows what?

It shows that the Madrid Pirates already have the strength to face the King of Madrid and the Catalan United.

They are no longer "challengers", they are challenged.

Today's King of Madrid does not dare to have the slightest slack and contempt. The Madrid Pirates is not only the most important opponent in a sense, but in fact, it is indeed the most important - if you can't beat the Madrid Pirates, They can't win the league title, they can't win the Champions League.

In the last two seasons, the two sides have met eight times in the Champions League, League and Spanish Super Cup. Such frequent encounters have made the two teams very familiar with each other.

So after the start of this game, without any temptation, the two teams launched a fierce confrontation.

The Madrid Pirates, who were playing at home, took the lead in launching a fierce attack on the restricted area of ​​the King of Madrid.

Although the King Madrid team is in good shape recently, Parotti is not worried, because he has already seen that the current King Madrid depends entirely on Meli's performance.

Although there are many first-class stars in the king's team, whether it is the personnel tactical arrangement or the mentality of the players, Meli is the first to follow.

In the last round of the league, after the King of Madrid was tied at home by Atletico Malaga, some media reporters asked the team coach Miguel Tavares whether the team relied too much on Meli.

Tavares' answer at the time was to spread his hands and asked: "Is it not good to rely on Meli?"

Then he further said: "With Meli's personal ability, he is in any team, any team will choose to rely on him. If you don't rely on him, that is the biggest problem."

Then he said: "I know what you want to say, you want to say that we rely on Meli, but Meli didn't score in this game, so we couldn't win Malaga. But at the same time, Hu No goals, and the Pirates even lost to Royal Carterjon. Why is no one saying that the Pirates rely on Hu?"

In order to defend Meli, Tavares pulled Hou Lai out, so Hou Lai lay down.

However, fans and the media who supported the Madrid Pirates and Hou Lai did not agree with Tavares's set of reasons.

At that time, a reporter counterattacked on the Internet: "Before Tavares said this, he had better figure out one thing-Hu has scored goals in 40 consecutive league rounds. In other words, in the previous 40 league rounds, The Pirates have no problem relying on Hu, and Hu's stable performance makes him trustworthy. What about Meli? Do I need to count for Tavares how many rounds he failed to score in the past 40 league rounds?"

Everyone wondered if Tavares was sick, so they used Hou Lai, who had scored goals in 40 consecutive league rounds, to block the gun for Meli.

But they all saw that Tavares was determined to continue on the road of Meli's "dog licking".

Anyway, no matter what the outside world says, the core of his tactics will not change. When attacking, he will let everyone pass the ball to Meli, relying on Meli's super personal ability to change the situation of the game. Either score the goal yourself or give it to a teammate.

As for which one to choose, it all depends on Melly's own mood.

He passes the ball as he wants, and he doesn't want to pass the ball, even if he kicks and shoots from a distance of 40 meters from the goal, there is no problem.

Anyway, didn't Hu Lai just kick one in the middle circle?

Since Hu Lai can do it, why can't Meli?

"The brightest pearl in the king's crown" is not as good as Hu Lai?

In this way, facing the King's offense, the defense becomes relatively simple-just guard Meli.

It's no secret, those rivals of the Kings knew it long before the Madrid Pirates.

It's just that Meli's personal ability is indeed very strong, even so Meli can still score goals frequently.

After six rounds of the league this season, Meli has scored nine goals, averaging more than one goal per game, leading Hu Lai in terms of scoring rate and number of goals.

In the just-concluded midweek Champions League match, Meli broke out.

Facing Paris Eger, he scored twice, helping the King of Madrid beat Paris Eger 3:2 in the away game, and won the most important victory in the group stage, laying the foundation for them to appear as the first in the group established a solid foundation.

When Meli got the ball from the right and then cut inside, as Xia Xiaoyu once said, everyone knew he was going to cut inside, and everyone knew what he was going to do after cutting inside, but they just couldn't stop it.

The reason why so many people admire Meli is because his personal ability is indeed unique.

Some people even say that with ball ability, Meli is not only the number one in active service, but also the number one in history.

Facing Meli, who is in excellent form, it is useless to rely on piling up the defense. He can beat five or six with one.

It's pointless to try to lock Melly completely, it's impossible, and it's unnecessary.

Of course, Parrotti will let the players guard against Meli in defense, but he believes that it is not the defensive effect on Meli that determines the outcome of the game against the Kings, but their own offense.

Instead of thinking about how to keep the king from scoring a goal in the game, it is better to try every means to score more goals than the king.

In the final analysis, football is still a sport of scoring more goals.

And speaking of goals...

Parrotti is not targeting anyone.

Miguel Tavares is right. In terms of dependence, the Madrid Pirates also have it. They rely on Hou Lai.

It's just that Hu Lai's performance is indeed more stable than Meli's, and he is more worthy of being relied on.

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After the game started, the Madrid Pirates, who had the advantage of home court, launched a fierce attack on the King's goal.

The King of Madrid, who was a guest, shrunk his defense and first withstood the three-axes of the Madrid Pirates.

Moreover, with Meli, the King of Madrid has the confidence to fight back. They are not afraid of the violent offensive of the Madrid pirates, and they are even worried that the Madrid pirates will not attack.

In the eighth minute of the game, the Madrid Pirates organized an attack on the left.

When Vukovic got the ball close to the left flank, Madrid Pirates left-back Ion Martinez advanced at high speed and Vukovic passed him the ball.

Before catching the ball, Ion made a gesture of speeding up the ball to the bottom, tricking King Madrid's right back Patin Garcia to take half a step back, and then he suddenly knocked the rolling football directly from behind with his left foot. Inward, wanting to change inward from there.

Fortunately, Patin Garcia didn't retreat completely. Seeing that Ion was about to cut in, he quickly stretched out his hand to block and dragged the latter to the ground.

The referee's whistle sounded together with boos from the stands.

"Foul by Garcia, Madrid Pirates win a free kick on the left side of the field!"

A very simple free kick from the wing, players from both sides entered their positions step by step.

The two central defenders Riva Moreno and Danny Drew of the Pirates of Madrid squeezed to the front, almost close to the king's goalkeeper Rodriguez Baker, while the king's central defender Serge Pepe Laerta and Nuno Sequeiros stood in front of Bakker, trying to push the two Pirates centre-backs out to make room for Bakker.

Although it was a free kick, both sides treated it as a short-range corner kick.

Houlai was also in front of goal, tangling with King Madrid midfielder Mohamed Osay.

In front of the door, people are crowded together, and they are also in a mess.

Buckle was blocked on the goal line, and still did not relax his vigilance against Hu Lai. He pointed at Hu Lai through several people, and shouted at his teammates: "Hey! Hey! Keep an eye on him! Dudu! Go up too! You guys Two people follow him!"

Although Orsay was sticking to Hu Lai, Baker was still not very relieved, and directed Brazilian midfielder Dudu Carlos to help defend.

Dudu Carlos did follow the team captain's instructions and went to join Orsay, pinching Holly from left to right.

There was chaos in the penalty area, but the situation on the wing was very simple - Tonini, the free-kick master of the Pirates of Madrid, stood in front of the ball. Although Vukovic also stood in front of the ball, it was obvious that the free-kick would By Tonini to take the penalty, Vukovic is just a cover.

But when the referee blew the whistle, Tonini, who took the penalty with his left foot, stood still, but Vukovic ran towards the football from near the baseline and swung the football towards the goal with his right foot!

The football draws an arc, which seems to be a direct shot!

Hu Lai, who was originally in front of the goal, suddenly started the moment Vukovic kicked the ball and went forward to meet him.

Orsay and Dudu Carlos did not dare to neglect and immediately followed.

As long as they stick to Hou Lai, they can successfully interfere with the latter and prevent him from shooting.

But Hu Lai still jumped to the football decisively, and then...headed the ball and rubbed it!

The soccer ball, which was originally running towards the back point, suddenly changed its line at the front point and turned towards the front point!

Backer, who was standing in the middle, saw Vukovic coming to kick this free kick, so he was about to step back and fly the football that was pointing backward. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Who would have thought that just after taking a step back, Hu Lai, who was rushing forward, touched the football!

And the football flew to the front point!

Even if he wanted to jump forward at this time, it was too late, and he could only watch the football fly to the near corner of the goal.

At the same time, all hopes are pinned on Meli who is guarding the near post-the Argentine took the initiative to stand at the near post in this defensive free kick.

No one asked him to do so, but as if by some kind of apocalypse, he made his way to the near post before taking the free-kick.

Now he is the only one who can save the team!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Meli jumped up on the spot, even grabbed the goalpost, and exerted strength with his hands, hoping to help him jump higher.

It's just that Hu Lai's backward angle is really too tricky. Even if Meli did this, he still couldn't stop the football from flying over his head and into the goal!

Only nine minutes into the game, the Madrid Pirates took the lead at home!

It was Hu Lai who scored the goal!

(end of this chapter)