Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 24 Turkey, far away but not romantic

There is actually a public case about Leeds football and Turkey.

When Leeds United participated in the first round of the Europa League semi-finals in 2000, they challenged the Turkish team Galatasaray away.

As a result, before that game, Leeds United fans made trouble in Istanbul, which caused conflicts between fans of both sides. Two Leeds United fans were stabbed to death by Galatasaray fans.

This matter is very big. As a result, the Turkish embassy in the UK received multiple threats and intimidating phone calls, and some Turks and Turkish nationals living in the UK were also personally attacked. In the end, the second round had to be played at a neutral venue.

It is even said that some Dutch football hooligans appealed to the British football hooligans afterwards, calling on the football hooligans of the two countries to join forces to retaliate against the Turkish fans during the European Cup that year.

This bloody incident that happened before Hu Lai was born was only known to Hu Lai himself through reviewing the incident afterwards.

At first he thought it was innocent British fans who were attacked by brutal Turkish football hooligans in the away game. Later, he realized that it was a gang fight between football hooligans from both sides, and dogs bit dogs. I have to say that the fighting power of the British football hooligans is really weak, just like their national football team, thanks to the well-developed Fleet Street propaganda skills, they all look very strong, but they are actually vulnerable...

Of course, this happened in the time and space before Hu Lai traveled.

In this time and space, there is no Leeds United, nor Galatasaray, and Leeds City has not participated in any European wars before this year. Naturally, there is no such thing as the bloody drama of British football hooligans and Turkish football hooligans on the streets of Istanbul.

Any Turkish team is not the sworn enemy of Leeds City.

Leeds City also have little influence in Turkey, despite their Premier League title.

This may be explained by one thing-when the Leeds City team arrived in Istanbul, they actually slept soundly that night.

You must know that before they came, they had heard about the fanaticism and... "impoliteness" of the Turkish fans.

Before them, there were many "lessons learned" from those European teams who came here to play away games and were harassed by Turkish fans.

Therefore, the players of Leeds City are fully prepared.

For example, Charlie Potter prepared a lot of earplugs to block his ears when sleeping to minimize the interference of outside noise.

As a result, when they woke up, they found that the outside of the hotel was surprisingly quiet and normal yesterday.

what does that mean?

"It means we are looked down upon..."

In the restaurant of the hotel, Sam Randyll, who was having breakfast, expressed emotion to his colleagues on the coaching staff.

"It's normal to be looked down upon. We haven't won against European teams before the season, and this is the home court of the Bay Lighthouse. They have home court advantage. Isn't it easy to beat us?" Matt said with a smile.

Clark said: "I hope they look down on us a little more..."

"Don't always think about good things!" Randall mercilessly poured cold water on him.

In the players' dining area, everyone was also discussing the amazing scene last night.

"Isn't it said that Turkish fans are notoriously scary? From the media descriptions, I feel that almost all Turkish fans are 'devils' with horns on their heads and fangs in their mouths. Now it seems that they are all those in the UK. The unscrupulous media deliberately smeared it?"

"It's not enough to smear, it's just a bit exaggerated..."

"Isn't that good?" Charlie Potter leaned forward, "I heard that the Turkish team's home court is the 'Devil's Home'. If it's so polite...it's a good thing for us, maybe It's not that scary anymore..."

Everyone nodded in agreement with what Charlie Potter said.

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"FUCK..."

The players of Leeds City looked at the flickering stands, and for a moment they couldn't be sure whether it was the signal flares held by the fanatical Turkish fans, or they really lit the stands, so that half the stands of the stadium were engulfed in flames and smoke. Among them, even the goal of the bay lighthouse in the distance became blurred...

"British bastard, look at this!"

A group of brawny men with red paint on their faces and bare upper body are giving the middle finger to the Leeds City players on the field.

This is already the most "polite" greeting.

When the Leeds City players were still waiting to play in the player tunnel, the live broadcast sounded: "Let us welcome guests from afar-Leeds City, the Premier League champion!!"

The voice of the announcer was very enthusiastic, and the fans in the stands were even more enthusiastic than him-they sent a Turkish "welcome" with deafening boos and roars.

It even overwhelmed the UEFA Champions League theme song.

Then the Leeds City players started walking out of the tunnel and onto the pitch. At this time, the Bay Lighthouse fans on the high platforms on both sides of the high entrance of the passage uttered all kinds of roars and curses to attack the "British guests" who came from afar.

The scolding is very dirty, how dirty is it?

It's so dirty that if I write out their scolding words exactly, I'm afraid this chapter will be blocked.

This made those Leeds City players who thought the Bay Lighthouse fans were polite before the game were deeply speechless.

As the number one star of Leeds City, Hu Lai is naturally also the focus of greetings by Turkish fans.

At this time, Hu Lai realized the disadvantages of being proficient in the languages ​​of various countries-he could understand everything these Turkish fans scolded him!

Greetings to his family are routine.

Some fans of the home team attacked Hu Lai from a very strange angle. For example, they kept yelling at Hu Lai: "Your dick is like a toothpick!"

This is very confusing-you said that the place of a professional player is not big, and what does it have to do with his game? Even if Hu Lai is really as small as a toothpick, wouldn't he be able to score your goals?

It's better to call him "Ask how sad you can be, just like a group of eunuchs going to a brothel", at least you can get a lottery, and curse Hu Lai for not shooting for 90 minutes... what? Turks don't understand Chinese? Oh, that's all right.

Hu Lai listened to those Turkish fans swearing at him, and took a deep breath: It is really good to participate in the Champions League, and you can learn about different customs and customs by following the team on away games...

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With huge boos and curses, Leeds City ushered in the first European game in their team history.

At the beginning of the game, the home team Bay Lighthouse launched a fierce attack on Leeds City's goal amidst the crazy cheers of the fans.

According to the information they have before the game, Leeds City is a team that is good at offense but poor in defense.

Then the Gulf Lighthouse will have the advantage of home court and use a fierce attack to overwhelm the opponent, and they will be able to reap a victory.

But after attacking for more than ten minutes, they realized that Leeds City's defense was not so easy to break down...

Legendary offensive madman "Madman" Tony Clark didn't let his team play against the Bay Lighthouse in the game!

Clark looked at the Leeds City players who were being besieged on the field and smiled to Sam Randyll next to him: "Ha, so why do I never deny the misunderstandings of me in the media? Because I just want them to treat me Form this inherent impression. Who said that a coach who is good at offense will not allow his team to defend? I am crazy, but I am not stupid! Knowing that attacking will definitely kill you, why should I attack?"

But Randall shook his head and said, "Sometimes, I don't know if you deliberately manage this kind of image to confuse people, or your character is enough to confuse people, Tony..."

Clark glanced at him: "Is there any difference? It's all deceptive anyway."

Randyll tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Damn, there really is no difference."

In the first half of the game, Leeds City focused their energy on defense.

In fact, since the pre-season training this season, Clark has spent a lot of effort on training the team's defense.

Although this does not turn Leeds City into a bus-type team with a solid defense, it can still improve the team's defensive level.

Especially when you make up your mind to shrink the defense.

Just like this game.

Facing the aggressive offensive of the Bay Lighthouse, Leeds City shrank its defense and avoided its edge. At the same time, it used the individual combat capabilities of Kamala and Lasky to counterattack and reduce the pressure on the defense line.

Yes, the goal of Leeds City's counterattack is not to score goals, but to defend.

Avoid Bay Lighthouse being too brazen on its own turf.

Hu Lai, the Zhengyin center, performed better on the court than his striker partner Lasky.

Of course, this also has something to do with the tight defense of his opponents and the malicious treatment of the fans.

As long as he has the ball, the boos are very loud, which can be said to be the highest decibel among all players in the Leeds City team.

People who don't know the virtues of Turkish fans will be surprised. This is the first time Hu Lai has played against a Turkish team, and he has never heard of any grievances with a Turkish team before.

Why do Turkish fans hate Hu Lai so much?

In fact, it's not that Turkish fans don't want to see Hu Lai, nor is it that they have any personal grievances with Hu Lai.

There is only one reason why they treat Hu Lai like this, and that is that Hu Lai is the most threatening and famous player in Leeds City.

Turkish fans don't boo who he boo?

Do you want to find some unknown person to boo?

So what about the Turkish fans - there's no limitless supply of their emotions.

"...This actually just shows that Hou Lai has made the fans of the Bay Beacon feel threatened, otherwise they would not be so crazy against Hou Lai... This is the first time that Hou Lai participated in the Champions League. He should be very clear, something like this There will definitely be scenes like this in the future. With the improvement of his fame and performance, he will definitely have this kind of treatment completely different from other teammates when he goes away... But still the same sentence, this is the only way to become a superstar. Any top player must have a super strong heart. I think Hu Lai has this heart..." He Feng praised Hu Lai while comforting the Chinese fans.

This is Hu Lai's first appearance in the Champions League, and it is also the first appearance of a Chinese player in the Champions League.

So even though the game was at 2 o'clock in the morning of the Chinese capital time, there were still many fans waiting in front of the TV to witness this historical moment.

It's just that after the game started, Hu Lai didn't have any outstanding performance.

In addition, every time he takes the ball, there will be harsh boos from the stands, which really makes the Chinese fans in front of the TV hold their breath.

He Feng was also very upset, but as a commentator, there were some things he could say and some things he couldn't.

Therefore, his displeasure can only be kept in his heart, and on the surface he still needs to explain the game fairly and objectively.

"He didn't get enough support. After all, the team's tactic is to shrink the defense. In addition, the Bay Lighthouse played brutally, so this performance is normal..." Hu Lixin added to his wife.

Xie Lan nodded and just hummed.

This made Hu Lixin a little surprised. He glanced at his wife secretly and found that she was watching the game seriously and attentively, as if she really didn't feel anxious for her son.

Although he didn't understand why, Hu Lixin thought it was a good thing. Otherwise, he would be startled when watching the game, and his heart couldn't stand it...

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PS, two updates will resume tomorrow! Thank you for your understanding and support!

In addition, I really didn't have code words when I went out, and I didn't even bring a computer.

I haven't coded for many days, and I come back to find the status again. I feel that my typing fingers are stumbling, and I often make typos...

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