Fox in the Penalty Area

"Fox in the Forbidden Zone"

Madrid Pirates head coach Ettore Parotti was sorting out previous training reports uploaded by coaches on the computer in his office, when the unlocked office door was pushed open.

He looked up and saw the tall Maxi Carey striding angrily.

He smiled: "Hey, Maxi, who made you so angry? Are you being besieged by the media again?"

Carey walked up to him and stared at him: "Parotti, is it true that the club spent 100 million euros to introduce that Chinese kid?"

Parotti looked at him and shook his head: "No, not really. It's actually 120 million euros."

Kyrie was stunned for a moment, then reacted and shouted to his head coach: "Damn it! Whose idea was this? Is it LeRae?"

Parotti spread his hands: "It was the idea of ​​the two of us."

Maxi Carey looked directly at Parotti, and Parotti looked directly at him.

After a while, Carey frowned and asked, "Palotti, do you think the team doesn't need me?"

"Why do you say that, Maxi? When you were injured before the World Cup, there was only one year left in your contract with the club. As a result, the club renewed your contract immediately. If the team really doesn't want you, how can they do it? What happened?" Parotti asked.

When the World Cup in the United States and Canada was about to begin last year, Maxi Carey, the star player of the Dutch national team, had no choice but to withdraw from the World Cup due to an injury during training.

The injury kept him from returning until March this year.

After recovering from injury, his condition was not as good as before. Until the end of the season, he failed to return to the main starting position.

"But I can't even play as the main force!"

"I told you, Maxi. You have to change the way you play after the injury. The knee injury makes you no longer fast. If you still insist on the way you played before, I really can't always reserve a starting spot for you. " Parotti said. "It's not that your ability has declined, but that continuing to play in the same way as before will greatly increase your chances of getting injured again."

"Yes, you told me to transform me into a shooter, play simpler and pay more attention to efficiency in front of the goal. But now you plan to introduce a pure shooter? Sorry, Parotti, I didn't follow your behavior I can see that you still need me." Kaili shook his head, his tone still bad.

Parotti was not angry, but continued to explain: "This summer, we lost three forwards, Luca Bertolini, Korola Baikal, Vasilios Merisopoulos. Bring in a forward Isn’t that normal?”

"Spend 120 million to introduce a striker with the same characteristics as me after my transformation? Parotti, ask Leray, after the player who spent so much money on the club came, is he here to beat me?" Kyrie hummed. "Even if he agrees, does that Chinese guy agree?"

Parotti smiled: "That's what you said...Maxi, are you afraid of competition?"

"Don't provoke me, Parotti. I'm not afraid of competition, but it's two different things. To be honest, the reason why I'm dissatisfied is because your introduction of that Chinese boy means distrust of me. I don't like this. That feeling. Maxi Carey played seven seasons with the Buccaneers and, except for an injury last season, never disappointed... You can't treat me like this!"

Maxi Carey said angrily.

"You just thought that I was old, seriously injured, lost the speed I was proud of, and could never regain my former self. So you found someone to replace me... I thought I should get respect, but in fact I didn't. !”

After venting, Kaili turned around and left without waiting for Parotti to say anything else.

Behind him, Parotti did not say anything to persuade him to stay.

He just sat in his chair and quietly watched the club's top star slamming the door out.

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A minute later, Jesus Valentin, the assistant coach of the Madrid Pirates, knocked on Parotti's door and asked as soon as he came in: "What's wrong with Maxi? I ​​just met him downstairs and saw him overturning the stairs." The trash can outside..."

Parotti pinched her temples with her hands: "Let someone clean it up..."

Then he told his assistant the exact conversation he had just had with Carey.

After listening, Valentine didn't know what to say: "This is really..."

Parotti himself laughed: "Actually, I can understand Maxi's mood. Although he is a little excited, I can completely understand him. Since returning from injury, he has been under a lot of pressure...sensitive and fragile, A little spark will explode, and the news that we introduced Hu is that spark..."

Valentin shook his head: "Fortunately, no one else saw him when he vented into the trash can, otherwise he might be on the front page of the media again tomorrow. But his fierce opposition is not good news for us. .As the number one star in the team, if he makes some waves, it will be big."

"There's nothing I can do about it, this is Maxi Carey. He is just such a person. I just hope that Hu is an easy person to get along with, otherwise..."

Parotti did not continue.

It would be really lively if there was really no room for two tigers in one mountain.

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Sitting in his car, despite having just overturned a trash can, Maxi Carey was still angry, so he took out his cell phone and called his agent.

As soon as the call was connected, he asked directly: "Jim, I want to leave the pirates. Do you have any ideas?"

The agent on the other end, Jim Castian, was surprised: "Leave the Pirates? Are you crazy, Maxi?"

"They don't respect me, so why should I continue to stay here?"

Castian sighed: "Is it because they spent 100 million euros to introduce Hu?"

"It's not 100 million, it's 120 million. Parotti told me that personally, Jim."

"Okay, it's 120 million... But if you want to leave the Pirates at this time, it's not a good choice. After all, when you were injured, the club took the initiative to renew your contract. And now that you have recovered from your injury, I just want to leave... It doesn’t make sense because of emotion and reason, Maxi." Agent Castian tried his best to persuade.

"And, let me be blunt. Maxi, with your performance last season, there are not many suitable teams for us to choose from. It is very likely that you will spend the whole summer, but still not be satisfied with the results." Home."

Carey seemed to think that the agent was right. In fact, the idea of ​​​​leaving was impulsive.

Now he had calmed down, but he needed a step up, so he asked stiffly: "What do you think we should do?"

"Just wait and see what happens, take it one step at a time. First of all, at least you have to perform well again at Madrid Pirates..."

"Okay. But I won't apologize to Parotti."

"Of course, if you don't want to, don't go. No one can force you to do something you don't like, Maxi."

Castian coaxed and lied, finally making Carey angry, and specifically told him not to speed while driving home.

After hanging up the phone, he thought about it and called Pirates head coach Ettore Parotti.

As soon as the call was connected, he heard Parotti laugh: "I knew you were going to call me, Jim."

"I heard you had a big fight with Maxi, Ettore?"

"What didn't happen was that he scolded me unilaterally and then left after scolding me."

"Maxi just called me and said he wanted to leave the team..."

"Is it so serious?" Parotti exclaimed over there.

"I persuaded him to back down. He just got carried away with his anger for a moment."

"Actually, I can understand him, Jim. Since returning from injury, he has been unable to return to the state before the injury. He is under a lot of pressure..." Parotti said.

"Thank you for your understanding, Ettore. I hope you don't take his angry words to heart either."

"What you said...I didn't take it to heart. Although I only worked with him for two seasons, in the past seven seasons, he has been the most trustworthy person of the Pirates and has become a symbol of this team. ”

"That's good, that's good. Also, Ettore, I'm calling to ask you, now that the Pirates have signed Hu, how do you plan to treat Maxi?"

"Jim, since you asked that, let me tell you: I don't think the two of them can't coexist."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Ettore."

"You're welcome, Jim."

After hanging up the phone, Castian exhaled softly.

He got a promise from the head coach - a promise, so to speak.

But he couldn't tell Kyrie directly. It was obvious that Kyrie didn't trust Parotti, even though they had worked well together - last season, Parotti led the team in his first season coaching Madrid Pirates. Winning the Europa League championship, Maxi Carey performed well and was the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

As Parotti said, Kyrie seemed to have lost his confidence after a serious knee injury. Although he still said those crazy words, it turned into some kind of bluff.

When he was injured in the training before the World Cup, no one took it seriously at first, including him and Kyrie himself.

But when they returned to the Netherlands for more detailed inspections, they discovered something was wrong.

That is definitely not a conservative treatment. The injury will heal slowly with rest and rest.

He had to undergo surgery, and the recovery from the surgery was difficult and recurring.

In the end, the tortured Kyrie recovered from his injury and found that he had lost one of the important abilities he relied on for survival-speed.

In the past, Carey was called the "Flying Dutchman", which shows how fast he is. Some comments believe that he is not running on the court, but flying at low altitude.

However, a serious knee injury prevented him from making dexterous changes of direction and performing breathtaking tricks while running at high speeds as before, which also affected his confidence.

He becomes sensitive and vulnerable.

Jim Castian just hopes Parotti can do what he says he will, and no matter what, there is still a place for Maxi Carey on the team.

This Pirates hero who played for Madrid Pirates for seven seasons, played 299 games in all competitions and scored 221 goals for the team, should not be kicked out so easily.

After all, the Pirates of Madrid are not the impersonal Kings of Madrid.