Fox in the Penalty Area

When Hu Lai ran to the corner flag area to make his signature celebration, what greeted him was not "HUUUUU!!!" from all the fans, but dense boos.

After all, this is not the Flanders Stadium in Leeds City, but the Stan Park Stadium.

The voices of the Leeds City fans who accompanied the team were not enough to compete with the Stan Park Rangers fans.

But Hu Lai didn't care whether it was cheers or boos, he scored a goal anyway!

He is still very happy.

After making his signature celebratory action, he laughed out loud, and his mood was not affected by the boos at all.

Hush, the booing of the fans will not make him lose a hair, let alone boo the goals that have already been scored, what is there to care about?

He hugged his teammates who swarmed up, and everyone patted his shoulders and head.

On the sidelines, Sam Randyll was full of praise for Hou Lai's performance: "I scored a goal in eight minutes of playing! This efficiency is terrible!"

"Haha!" Clark also smiled happily. "His grasp of opportunities in front of the goal and his sense of smell are really top in the world. That's why I must bring him to Liverpool. Even if he is used as a substitute, he can also surprise us...the advantage of having Hu in the team That is, we can achieve our tactical goals with the lowest possible cost.”

Brooks saw Clark, who was smiling happily on the bench next door, and gritted his teeth: "Damn it! They didn't really surrender early! We must adjust our tactics and not relax too much!"

Upon hearing this, Stephen Brown asked, "So Harry isn't replaced?"

Before this goal, Brooks discussed with him and planned to replace the team captain Harry Bernard, let him rest more, and prepare for the next Champions League group match with Paris Eger.

After all, Bernard today has not had a good rest after undergoing meniscus removal surgery.

First, he came back from the line of fire at the last moment of last season's league and competed with Leeds City for the league championship. Then he participated in the World Cup held in the United States and Canada in the summer, and reached the knockout rounds all the way. Now back in the club, he still plays the leading role and is an indispensable core of the team.

In the new season, the league has played four rounds, there is one League Cup, and two national team games, and he has played every game. The performance is very professional, it can be called a "model worker".

So Brooks was going to let the "tough guy" rest.

"Well, don't change him, so that we can continue to maintain the pressure on Leeds City, otherwise we will give up the midfield and let them go straight in and face the defense directly, maybe we may lose another goal at the last moment !"

Although it is not worth being dragged in the league by Leeds City before the start of the Champions League group stage.

But Brooks also has his own insistence.

That is, this game must be won, no matter what, we must win.

Only after winning, can I be qualified to say to the team-take a long-term view and continue to move forward.

If the vengeful Stan Park Rangers are drawn by their home court and boiled ducks can fly, how can I inspire players to believe that they can win back what they lost this season? ?

In fact, Bernard himself did not want to be replaced. When the game restarted, he led his teammates to continue fighting with Leeds City, and the whole team became tense again, suppressing Leeds City's counterattack and preventing them from threatening his goal.

In the end, they managed to hold the score at their home court.

2:1.

Stan Park Rangers win, beating Leeds City.

In a symbolic sense, revenge is accomplished.

However, judging from the expressions of the Leeds City players after the game, they did not have any regrets about the defeat.

This made those Stan Park Rangers fans who cheered for the team's successful revenge a little bit concerned, and always felt that it was not a "perfect revenge".

Not to mention what Hu Lai said in an interview after the game:

"The revenge of the Stan Park Rangers? Yes, they succeeded in revenge, congratulations. They played very well in this game, and the victory should be..."

The tone of understatement coupled with a smiling expression, as if commenting on the grievances between the Stan Park Rangers and other teams.

Although in terms of content, Hu Lai's answer was beyond reproach, as the loser, he showed enough gentlemanly demeanor, congratulated the winner, and was not in a hurry to lose.

But the more "magnanimous" he is, the more it makes many Stan Park Rangers fans feel uncomfortable.

Some fans ran to the news and roared: "You are our opponent, can you be more serious?!"

The result drew roars of laughter from the Leeds City fans.

The Stan Park Rangers fans who couldn't see the past taunted: "I am so happy after losing the game. I thought Leeds City won just by reading the message..."

Immediately, Leeds City fans shot back: "I won, I won the league championship! Hahahaha!"

The fans of both sides just confronted each other under the news of Hu Lai.

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After playing the league game with Stan Park Rangers, Leeds City entered the Champions League preparations.

They only rested for half a day on the second day after the game, and all the players gathered for training on Monday afternoon.

After training on Tuesday, except for the players on the injured list, the whole team took a plane to Istanbul, Turkey, to participate in the first Champions League match against Gulf Beacon.

The whole team went, but only 18 people were able to enter the final roster for the game and were eligible to sit on the bench. Other players could only watch the game in a specially designated area in the stands, truly "watching from the sidelines".

This is different from the Premier League where only players who have entered the big list are eligible to follow the team to away games. In the Champions League, Clark insisted on bringing all the players, naturally hoping to create a feeling of "we are a whole".

After all, this is the first time in the history of Leeds City to participate in the Champions League, and no one wants to miss this historic moment. Therefore, Clark is very considerate to bring all the players he can bring, so that they can also participate in history and enhance cohesion.

In addition, bringing all the players is not just a symbolic meaning, but also has a practical effect.

That is, it is convenient for the team to carry out complete training in the away game, such as some content of group confrontation and set-piece tactical training. If there are only 18 people, it will be difficult to continue due to lack of manpower.

An away game in the Champions League is not like an away game in the league. When playing away games in the league, the team usually sets off for the away game the day before the game. They simply adapt to the venue and wait for the game to start tomorrow.

The requirement for richness of training content is not high.

But the UEFA Champions League is different. On the one hand, the journey is far away, and on the other hand, the countries are different. Whether it is the weather or the diet, there are too many things to adapt to. Therefore, it is impossible for the team to leave for the away game the day before the game, and the jet lag may not be enough-unless it is to a neighboring country with a similar distance. For example, the French team going to Italy...

This is still the group stage. If it is a knockout stage match, the team will even set off three or four days in advance before an important match-just after finishing the league, they will go directly to the away game to prepare for the Champions League match. Of course, all the players have to be brought.

Of course, bringing all the players also has requirements on the team's financial situation. After all, there are many more people, and the cost of air tickets, transportation, and hotel accommodation will increase a lot.

So this kind of practice of the whole team going to the away game is only often played by wealthy teams.

This may also be one of the reasons why the giants' performance in the European war is better than that of the average team. After all, logistical capabilities are also an important part of combat effectiveness.

Economic pressure is no longer a problem for Leeds City today.

Since Hu Lai became a player of this team, Chinese companies have been waving their checkbooks to come to their door.

This situation intensified after Leeds City won the Premier League title and Hu Lai aspired to the Premier League Golden Boot.

This summer, the executives of the Leeds City Club have been busy negotiating cooperation and signing contracts with Chinese companies.

They can’t control the pitchside billboards at Flanders’ home stadium—all the pitchside billboards in the Premier League are operated by William Daly, an advertising company, and the club doesn’t care how much they sell—but the training base They can sell billboards.

So outside the training ground of the first team in Leeds City, there was a circle of billboards, all of which were LOGOs of Chinese companies. In addition to billboards, signs of Chinese companies also appeared on various buildings in the training base.

In addition, there are advertisements on various parts of the jersey, chest advertisements, and back advertisements on the training uniforms... Even the naming rights of each box in their home stadium Flanders have been sold to Chinese companies. So when the VIPs come to the Flanders Stadium to watch the game, they will enter the "× for box", "China ×× bank box", "collar x car box", "×Ning box", grid×box"...

These boxes are not just as simple as being named after the brand name of a Chinese company.

There will be a corporate LOGO on the door, and there will be corporate LOGO and promotional posters on the walls inside the box.

If you give a lot of money, even the decoration style and color matching in the box can be customized according to the company's requirements...

In addition, the Flanders Stadium is also the first stadium in the Premier League to add Chinese characters to all text signs. In order to facilitate those Chinese fans who made a special trip to the Flanders Stadium to watch the Hu Lai game, they can visit the stadium at the same time.

Some British media ridiculed Leeds City's practice of bowing to Chinese capital in all directions: "When I went to Leeds City's training base for interviews and visited the Flanders Stadium, I thought in a trance that I had crossed thousands of miles of time and space. Being in China, visiting a Chinese football club... The only thing that makes me laugh is that the staff there are still speaking English. I suggest that Leeds City Club should strengthen staff training so that they can learn fluent Chinese as soon as possible. About this For one thing, they might learn from Hu, how he quickly mastered multiple foreign languages..."

Faced with such ridicule, the Leeds City Club "is not ashamed, but proud", and continues to run wildly on the road of "Sinicization", gone forever.

They even plan to open their peripheral authorized stores to China to facilitate those Chinese fans who want to own Leeds City jerseys and peripherals, but cannot come to the UK.

Ignore the questions in the media about which country's blood is flowing in their bodies.

No way, who made the Chinese give too much?

It is meaningless to entangle the issue of "surname capital or society", it is more affordable to make a fortune in silence.

Leeds City, with its inflated wallet, also has the strength to let all the first-team players go to the Champions League away game.

To distant but not romantic Turkey.

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PS, I'm back, the plateau is really tossing people. Didn't sleep well the first two nights. After finally adapting to the altitude and being able to barely sleep well, I had diarrhea again...

But along the way, I still saw a lot of shocking scenery, and it was a worthwhile trip.

Back home with the sequelae of diarrhea, continue to code and write, and resume two updates on August 1st~

Thank you for your understanding and support!

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