Fox in the Penalty Area

Including the transit time, after a twenty-hour journey, Hu Lai finally arrived in London, where he met Yong Jun who picked him up.

"Thank you, Hu Lai."

Yong Jun took the luggage cart from Hu Lai's hand.

"Fortunately, Uncle Yong..." Hu Lai said so, but he couldn't hide the tiredness on his face. In fact, he is not sleepy now, but he still feels tired.

Mainly not physically tired, but mentally tired.

For physical fatigue, he can use [Physical Potion] to relieve and recover, but for mental fatigue, that thing is useless.

The physical torment of the journey is far less than the spiritual torment.

Even if he was flying first class, he couldn't get the full and consistent rest and sleep time as at home. Not to mention the psychological depression brought about by the small and crowded space.

When going out, the human body will maintain a relatively excited and nervous state from beginning to end due to the stress response of self-protection, which also makes it difficult for people to have a good rest.

"Did your boss tell you when the training will be tomorrow?"

"He allowed me to return to the team in the afternoon."

"Okay, then you can rest at home."

When Hu Lai arrived in London, England, it was already past eleven noon local time on Thursday.

Yong Jun and Hu Lai had a simple lunch in London, and then drove back to their home in Leeds.

On the way, he also took time to make a video call to his mother, telling them that he had arrived in London, and that his manager, Uncle Yong, had come to pick him up, telling them not to worry.

Then he started chatting with Li Qingqing on WeChat without saying a word.

"The national team is doing well. Now that Director Shi is firmly seated as the head coach, you should be relieved, right?"

"Don't worry...but I'm still a little regretful..."

"What are you sorry about?"

"Women's football and men's football don't play in the same place, otherwise we can still go back. You don't know how uncomfortable it is to have someone talking on the plane..."

"Hey,

It's like I haven't been on a plane for more than ten hours to go back to Paris..."

...

Yong Jun was driving the car in front, and through the rearview mirror, he saw Hu Lai who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down. The light from the mobile phone screen was reflected on the corner of his upturned mouth.

The corners of his mouth also curled up.

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In the thirty-second round of the league, Leeds City challenged Abion away.

Although in the physical examination after returning to the team, Hu Lai's physical fitness was fine. But taking into account factors such as jet lag, Tony Clark still didn't put Hou Lai in the starting list just to be on the safe side.

Instead, he was brought on as a substitute in the second half.

After playing, Hu Lai's performance in the game was indeed not good. It can be seen that he was indeed affected by the tens of thousands of kilometers of traveling back and forth.

The whole person is not excited enough in the game.

Fortunately, Leeds City defeated Abion 1-0 in the away game and scored a valuable three points.

A week later, on Saturday, April 5, Leeds City played Wardhampton at home.

Hu Lai started this game, played the whole game, and also scored a goal.

His goal helped Leeds City beat Wardhampton 3-1.

After winning two consecutive victories, Leeds City rose to thirteenth in the standings and seemed to be far away from the relegation zone.

But in fact this is not safe.

Sure enough, in the thirty-fourth round of the league, Leeds City lost to the Highlanders 1:3 away.

The league ranking dropped from 13th to 16th.

Fortunately, Glamorgan, the 18th place in this round of the league, lost 0:2 to Burleigh in this round, so Leeds City was not caught up.

With four rounds left in the league, Leeds City has 38 points, eight points ahead of 18th place Glamorgan.

There is still hope for relegation.

As a result, in the thirty-fifth round of the league, Leeds City drew 3:3 with the twelfth-ranked Boscombe at their home court.

The two teams held high the banner of offense and fought against each other.

Leeds City once led 3:1 in the game, but in the last 15 minutes Boscomb chased two goals in a row, and the score was fixed at 3:3...

Leeds City failed to win Boscombe at home, but Glamorgan won at home.

In this way, the point difference between the two teams has changed from the previous eight points to six points.

Although there is still an Abion between the two teams, Leeds City's relegation situation has become less optimistic than before.

With three rounds left in the league, they are only six points ahead of 18th place Glamorgan. This is indeed a point difference that cannot be reassuring.

After leading the team to two consecutive victories, there were still some voices of praise for Tony Clark in the media. Especially Leeds City beat Wardhampton 3:1 at home, the score is beautiful, and the scene is also beautiful.

But now Clarke's days in the media are over.

The local Leeds media criticized his tactics after leading by three goals for being too risky and not safe enough.

When Boscomb rewrote the score to 2:3, Leeds City was still leading by one goal. It stands to reason that as long as they adjust their tactics in time and let the team shrink their defense, there is still a great chance to keep the score of 3:2 to the center. field.

But Tony Clark didn't do that, instead he kept his team on the attack in an attempt to re-turn the lead into two goals.

The result was another Boscombe goal to take away a point from the Flanders Stadium.

In the post-match press conference, facing questions from reporters, Tony Clark explained: "... I think when they scored the second goal, their defense was unstable because they all All of our personnel are engaged in the attack. Under such circumstances, if we strengthen our attack, we have a chance to re-extend our lead. From a strategic point of view, there is no problem. It is just that Boscomb's luck is better than ours. , they scored the goal before us... simple as that."

Having said that, Clark spread his hands and shook his head.

From his point of view, it was as simple as that. He didn't think there was a problem with his tactical and strategic choices, it was just bad luck.

And football is like this, sometimes luck accounts for a large proportion.

You have the right tactics, the players are in good shape, but the opponent is just luckier than you, so the end result may be that you lose the game.

This game is okay, at least Leeds haven't lost yet...

"So Mr. Clark, do you think you have nothing to reflect on?" A reporter asked bluntly.

"Of course." Clark nodded and said sincerely, "Next time we should lead more goals to be safer."

Low laughter and sighs sounded at the press conference at the same time.

The reporter who asked the question stood there and shook his head helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Tony Clark, a head coach they didn't know well before, has repeatedly become the focus of media reports for this reason since he coached Leeds City, a Premier League team.

It cannot be said that he is rebellious, in fact, most of the time he is amiable in dealing with people.

It can only be said that he has extraordinary stubbornness and persistence in his football style.

Someone investigated his coaching experience at Hammond Castle and found that he was normal in the early stages of that team, but his "phobia of insufficient goals" became more and more obvious in the later stages.

Leading by one goal is the most dangerous score in the world.

Leading by two goals meant we were one step away from the most dangerous scoreline in the world.

Gotta feel safe with a three-goal lead, right?

No, it depends.

If they lead by three goals in the first half, it may cause the players to relax in the second half and give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it.

So how many balls ahead is safe?

No.

In Tony Clark's eyes, there is no "safety" at all.

He is always thinking about when he will lose the ball, so he has to score more goals and more goals.

When is a head?

His heart couldn't be let go until the final whistle and his team ended up winning the game.

It is also for this reason that his later coaching results at Hammond Castle fluctuated. When the team performed well, they could win a wave of five consecutive victories, as if no team in the world could stop their progress. But once the state is in a downturn, it may not win five games, and anyone can lose.

Originally thought that after he coached the Premier League team, he would restrain himself, but he didn't expect that it seemed to get worse...

Some people shook their heads—with such a head coach, the fans of Leeds City are really miserable. This season is like riding a roller coaster, and it will be thrown into the clouds for a while, just like the previous three-game winning streak. After a while, it was smashed from the clouds to the ground again, just like now.

They can beat the seventh team in the league, and they can shake hands with teams similar to them.

To be honest, in the eyes of these media reporters, Leeds City's performance is not like a relegation team at all. No relegation team can play so openly, unless they don't want to relegation, just want to be promoted to the Premier League, and die after enjoying themselves...

Hu Lai also accepted an interview with a Chinese reporter after the game, asking him what he thought of the team's loss of a good game and the coach's tactical arrangements.

Hu Lai said: "It's a pity that we didn't win. Next time we will try to score first before they score."

The Chinese reporters hurriedly said: "It's not Hu Lai...We are all from our own here, and domestic reports can't reach the UK. You don't have to worry about letting the head coach know what you said..."

They thought that Hu Lai was worried about the trouble from the head coach, so he chose to keep the same caliber with the head coach in front of the media.

Unexpectedly, Hu Lai shook his head and said seriously: "I didn't say that to defend the boss. I think the solution to the controversy in the media is actually very simple-as long as we can score more goals, it will not be a problem." gone."

Seeing that everyone was a little stunned, Hu Lai explained again with a smile: "I am a striker, of course I support a head coach who is willing to do his best to attack from the bottom of my heart! Otherwise, how could I get a chance under the boss so quickly? Woolen cloth?"

The reporters were lost in thought, because they felt that what Hu Lai said was quite reasonable... If Tony Clark was a conservative head coach, or a head coach who emphasized defense, how could he give Hu Lai such a How many chances?

First of all, when signing in, he may not introduce a striker, but will choose a midfielder or a defender.

Secondly, without paying attention to offense, it is impossible to allow the team to invest more troops in offense to support Hu Lai from the tactical level. In many cases, Hu Lai might have to fight alone. In that case, his performance would be far worse than what he is now, and there might be only a handful of opportunities to play.

So there is nothing wrong with Hou Lai supporting Tony Clark's tactical style.

Someone first reacted and asked: "But Hu Lai, with Clark's tactical thinking, the team's performance has fluctuated greatly, and it is hard to say whether it can be relegated. What if it is relegated?"

Hu Lai curled his lips: "We are six points ahead of the eighteenth-placed Glamorgan. As long as we win another game in the next three league rounds, we will be able to avoid relegation, right?"

When you think about it, it seems to be the same.

In the final round of the league, Leeds City will face Hoods, who has been relegated in advance, at home. This team is weak, and Leeds City is playing at home again. As long as this opponent can be defeated, even if Glamorgan wins all three games and the two teams have the same points, Leeds City can also rely on the goal difference advantage to overwhelm the opponent and stay in the Premier League.

After all, Leeds City's current goal difference is minus 18, while Glamorgan's goal difference is minus 35. Such a huge goal difference gap is really difficult to be tied in the three league rounds.

Ok. Even if Leeds City managed to stay in the Premier League this season, if they don't change their style of play, life in the Premier League next season will still not be easy.

Nine times out of ten, they still have to fight for relegation.

It's hard to say whether they can successfully relegation for the third consecutive season by then...

All Chinese journalists think so. They don't care much about Leeds City's results, they just hope that Hu Lai will not follow this team and this crazy head coach, and go all the way to the dark.

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