Chapter 332: Weakness from the Heart
The ball flew in an arc, first upwards and then down sharply, the standard "leaf ball" that Casillas could not reach, and although his instinct allowed him to retreat in time, a mistake in judgment caused him to concede the ball in the end. He didn't expect Li Bo to kick a ball of such high quality, and the ball just grazed the crossbar and fell into the goal.
Looking at his expression, it was similar to Van der Hardt's expression after He Xu's goal. Their faces clearly wrote this meaning: How can this kind of ball go in?
Li Bo rushed under the stands with his arms raised, greeting the cheers and worship of his fans. The only difference from just now was that He Xu did not fall behind him.
"In stoppage time, Li Bo scored a groundbreaking goal, and I think this goal is a successful end to this tumultuous Champions League knockout game. In the last few seconds, I think even if He Xu is magical, it will be difficult to help the team score again, right? Li Bo, with a solid defense and a wonderful goal at the end, I think the best player of the game must be him! The crown summed it up like this.
Although he does not agree that Li Bo's defense has been as solid as a rock throughout the game, Duan Xian has nothing to refute the crown, after all, this shot is not only through Casillas's goal, but also a draw that Real Madrid thinks it has reached.
When He Xu kicked the ball, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and He Xu, who contributed an assist and a goal in the whole game, stood in the center of the court with his hands on his waist, listening to the cheers of the fans from his former home stadium. Although he knew that this cheer was not for him.
The real owner of this cheer, Garrincha, who scored the first goal and created a penalty, and Li Bo, who gave an assist and completed the stunner, invariably walked over to He Xu.
The two of them glanced at each other, Garincha laughed, and stopped himself, "In order to thank you for the assist you gave me, this time I gave it to you!" But the next one! You're going to have to give me his jersey! Is that reasonable? ”
Li Bo nodded and smiled, "Very reasonable!" Couldn't it be more reasonable? So happily decided! ”
Listening to the conversation between the two people, He Xu suddenly turned his head and walked towards the dressing room. "Let me swap jerseys with the culprit who caused my team to lose? It's simply impossible! I'll go back to the locker room first! See you two again! ”
The voice did not fall. He Xu had really slipped back into the locker room.
"Hey! You bastard! No sportsmanship! Can't I exchange jerseys if I lose? How did I not know there were such rules?! Bastard, you stop me! Li Bo jumped behind him and scolded, and people who didn't know would think that He Xu kidnapped Li Bo's pregnant new wife......
He Xu went back to the locker room very unhappy, and also unhappy was Alonso, who was unable to clear the ball in time in the end. The Real Madrid player, who had also scored from 40 meters out, was extremely annoyed. He really didn't understand. How did this kid do it? Did he have a scope on his feet? Just grazing the crossbar and falling into the goal! It's impossible to think about!
He Xu looked at his teammates, didn't speak, took off his clothes and went to take a shower. He needed to calm his mind. Li Bo, this kid, has he made so much progress in this period of time?!
At the post-match press conference, Mourinho had already reined in his anger, and he sat calmly in front of the cameras' cameras for interviews, as usual, meditating from time to time, occasionally giving a few surprising replies.
"I don't think it's a big deal about this loss! After all, my players have done their best! And my team's luck is really bad, yes! That's it, it's really bad luck, but don't forget that it's a two-legged match! I guess it's hard for luck to favor one side twice in a row, right? Maybe in the next game, luck will be on my team's side! Moreover, two away goals, I think it can be regarded as our biggest gain of this round! This is also a big advantage in a two-legged match! ”
With that said, Mourinho remained silent and stopped answering questions about the outcome of the match.
The media is also used to his attitude, so Mourinho, who lost the game, quickly returned to the dressing room, and when he arrived in the dressing room, he didn't blame his players for anything, just summed up the game and told his players not to be nervous, the advantage is still on his side.
However, immediately after exiting the locker room, Mourinho dialed the phone of the president, Florentino, "Mr. President, I think, there is a lot about Diego. The Lopez deal has to be put on the agenda! I'm disappointed with Iker's current state and I hope you'll take my opinion into account. ”
Florentino on the other end of the phone didn't know what to say, and the two of them hung up in a hurry.
On this day's supper, Jing Yu and He Xu naturally did not let go of Li Bo, who caused them to lose, and the two of them slaughtered him severely, but Li Bo was even more arrogant and said cruelly, "If this is the case for the two of you, then you will have a supper in the most expensive hotel in Madrid and wait for me to pay for it!" I will not show mercy to your men. ”
He Xu and Jing Yu just lowered their heads to deal with the food on the plate, and no one paid attention to him.
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After He Xu followed Real Madrid back to Madrid, he immediately went home and began to rest. He'll need to be mentally motivated, because next week they will face third-placed Atletico Madrid in the next round of the league and this 'Madrid derby' could have a direct impact on the form at the top of the table, so he can't afford to be careless.
In addition, there was a big upset in the Champions League, and if you don't get back some face in the next league, this group of big-name players in Real Madrid can't hang their faces.
He Xu was lying in his own home, and for the first time he felt this real exhaustion, is this the "January Syndrome"? He Xu, who has always been very confident in his body, also felt a little powerless this time.
The continuous multi-front battles coupled with the high-intensity confrontation that is inevitable in every game made He Xu's spirit and body very tired, which may not be visible in the game, but once stopped, this fatigue came like a tide.
The rest of the next day, He Xu lay at home all day, he refused the invitation of Jing Yu and Kaka and many teammates, so he relieved for a whole day, at this time, looking at the lifeless home, he suddenly missed Zhang Jiaolai, if she was here at this time, I think it would make my home a little vibrant, right? Then, he couldn't help but think of Elena. Bird. If she were here now, I don't think I would be tired, would I?
Sometimes, loneliness is not a disease, but it can come faster and be more depressed than any other disease.
He Xu picked up his mobile phone and wanted to call Elena, but after hesitating, he finally put down his mobile phone and didn't answer, I still had to sleep well and wait for the competition in a few days.
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"It's a very important game and we can't underestimate Atletico Madrid! Of course, in front of us, they are nothing remarkable! In this game, let's play '4-1-2-1-2', Iker is in goal, I'm sure you won't let me down, right? ”
Mourinho's last sentence is obviously asking Casillas, because Cassie's previous performance in the Champions League is really a bit unworthy of his title of "world's No. 1 goalkeeper", and this kind of performance is not a day or two for Cassie.
Casillas nodded silently, he also knew that his recent form was problematic, so he did not speak, but just listened to the coach criticize himself.
In the end, Mourinho arranged the team's starting line-up, goalkeeper Casillas, and the four defenders were Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos and Marcelo. Alonso is the single midfielder, Cristiano Ronaldo is on the left, Modric is on the right, Ozil replaces the already exhausted Kaka as the starting midfielder, and the double striker is a combination of He Xu and Benzema.
Regarding Mourinho's arrangement, many media said after the game that they couldn't understand why such a formation that had not been used several times in the whole season was discharged in such an important game.
No matter what the outside world says, Mourinho doesn't care anyway, he just silently thinks about how he should draw Ajax at his home stadium in a week's time.
Mourinho, who was already a little nervous, has been in a worse mood in recent days. Because He Xu, who has always been the most stable striker in the team, his performance in training made him feel uneasy, and he couldn't figure out what happened to He Xu, why did he become so depressed in a few days?
In fact, He Xu himself didn't know, but in the past few days, when he came home every day and looked at the empty house, he would feel a sense of weakness and loneliness from the bottom of his heart.
This self-proclaimed man who is invincible to all poisons once wondered if he had some mental illness, and for this reason, he also specially contacted Kelly. Brewer, the beautiful psychiatrist who was once forced into his life by Benitez.
Although Brewer felt a little strange about He Xu's sudden call, out of the professional ethics and ethics of a doctor, she still listened to He Xu's phone call and said that she would fly to Madrid in two days to do a more detailed and thorough examination...... (To be continued......)