Fox in the Penalty Area

After a simple dinner in the restaurant outside, Kamala and his agent Fataki wandered from the restaurant back to the hotel where they were staying.

Leeds is not very hot at night in early July, and the occasional cool breeze blows, which is refreshing.

After eating, taking a slow walk back to the hotel is not only a kind of pastime for Kamala and Fataki, two newcomers, but also a way to get familiar with the city where they will live next.

The hotel was booked for them by the club, and the conditions in all aspects are actually good. The only problem is that it is a little far away from the training base - this hotel is near the city center, and the surrounding area is quite prosperous, whether it is eating or shopping. Convenience.

But to train, you must use the car as a means of transportation.

"We should buy a car. It doesn't need to be too good at the beginning. We should buy a transportation first." Fataki, the agent, is helping Kamala analyze it.

Kamara shrugged: "You have the final say, Archie, I trust you."

"Then find another house to live in instead of always staying in a hotel..."

"No problem, I leave it to you."

Hearing what he said, Fataki asked him with a smile: "What about you? You don't care about anything, Ismail?"

Kamara did not answer Fataki's question right away. He saw a small football field surrounded by barbed wire on the street ahead with lights on.

There are two groups of people playing a game inside.

So he rushed up with a lunge, jumped up the steps, stood outside the barbed wire wall, and watched the game inside.

He thought of the scene he saw this morning. In a similar street football field, some goal scorers imitated Hu Lai's celebration.

That Chinese player only came to this team for half a season, right?

In comparison, when he and Fataki came out from the meal and walked this way, no one gave them a second look at the passers-by they met, and only regarded them as thousands of ordinary people in this city.

When he learned that the Premier League team Leeds City wanted to sign him, he was very excited, looking forward to his life as a superstar-walking on the street, even though he was wearing a hat and sunglasses, there would still be a steady stream of fans recognize him. Those fans flocked to him and asked to take a photo with him,

Ask him for his autograph. There are even hot female fans who took the opportunity to take a group photo and stuffed a note with their phone number into his pocket or hand...

This is really the good life he dreamed of.

But obviously, this goal is still far away for him now.

At least in the city where he joined the team, he is just a nobody.

But that Chinese man has already made the taxi driver willing to take him for free...

When Fataki ran over panting, Kamara said: "I want to play hard, starting from here, first let this city know me, then let Europe know me, and finally let the whole world know me !"

"Amazing!" Fataki gave him a thumbs up, "Then come on, Ismail!"

"Yeah!" Kamala nodded vigorously and made a promise.

Just then, someone on the pitch scored. The goal scorer once again made the set of celebrations that Kamara had seen in the morning. He knew that this was the signature celebration of the Chinese player.

Not only that, while making this set of celebrations, the goalkeeper also shouted.

This time Kamala finally heard what the other party was shouting:

"HUUUUUU!!"

Kamara looked at the man and said to Fataki beside him: "I will be like Hu and conquer them in half a season."

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On July 1st, all Leeds City players returned to the team to report and started the pre-season training for the 2025-2026 season.

Every player must undergo the club's physical examination before officially starting the training camp to help the team's coaching staff understand their physical condition during the holiday, so as to make targeted training arrangements.

Some people overindulge during the holidays, and they have to receive more training to help them lose fat.

Some people fought with injuries last season. After a holiday, the injuries have eased, but some recovery training is still needed to gradually recover.

But more people are because after a holiday, the body is hollowed out, whether it is endurance or strength, there is a serious decline, and special physical training is needed to gradually recover.

In layman's terms, for professional athletes, a holiday is not a charging process, but a discharge process, which empties all the energy in their bodies - if they do not insist on systematic and regular training during the season, their physical fitness will slowly decline, This is equivalent to discharging.

Professional players can't start the game directly after the electric discharge, because they don't have energy and their physical condition can't adapt to the fierce competition. This is why every team's pre-season training starts with physical training.

It is necessary to use physical training to recharge the players, so that his physical condition will gradually return to normal levels.

In view of the physical condition of the whole team, Tony Clark's coaching staff arranged four weeks for the team to carry out physical training, of which there were a lot of them in the first three weeks, so that the players felt tired and then stimulated.

Those Leeds City players who had undergone pre-season training last season were a little uncomfortable at first, because the amount of training was too much...much more than the amount of training that "Daddy" Lauren Gary had.

Clarke explained to the players why he did it before giving them a lot:

"...Modern football has higher and higher requirements for running ability. If you can't run, you will be eliminated. The average time you have the ball in each game is only three to five minutes, and most of the time you are running without the ball... …Whether it is due to laziness or lack of physical fitness, the running is not active enough, so even the best tactics cannot be executed. In the 1960s, it was enough for each player to run six kilometers after a game Yes, but nowadays, the average running distance of ten kilometers is the passing line - midfielders run even more. That's why I ask you all to pay attention to physical training and improve your running ability. No one is an exception!"

"In the team's tactical system, running ability is very important. Whoever can run better and who is more willing to run can get more opportunities than others. So some of you want to play the main force in the new season and consolidate yourself In terms of position, we should work hard in training. Apart from this, there is no other way to go. Relegation last season was just a test of the water. This season is when we will do a big job! When you are on the field, falling behind is definitely your loss..."

After successfully leading the team to relegation in the Premier League last season, Tony Clark, the head coach who had been ignored before, also gained a lot of experience and self-confidence.

Moreover, he took over in a hurry last season. During the entire pre-season training camp, he almost missed it perfectly. Under such circumstances, he can still lead the team to relegation, which shows that he is by no means a mediocre person, but he lacked the stage and opportunity before.

Now he intends to show his talents at the right time and on the right stage.

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Leeds City did not stay in the local area and started training directly. After a few days of rest, the whole team left Leeds and went south to London for training in the suburbs.

There are a large number of professional teams in London. In addition, there is a training camp that belongs to the Football Association of England. Non-rich teams and teams with tight budgets often choose to come here for training, which can save a lot of money. At the same time, you can also find nearby opponents who can conduct warm-up matches.

It is undoubtedly a more economical and applicable training program.

Leeds City is not like the traditional giants of the Premier League. They have no ability or qualifications to fly out of the UK, touring games around the world and flying training camps.

In fact, if it wasn't for the convenience of playing the warm-up match, they might not have left Leeds...

After the start of the training camp, the composition of the Leeds City team is also constantly changing.

Some faces that Hou Lai became familiar with last season suddenly left the team in the middle of the training camp and never came back.

Needless to say, everyone knows it - whether it's a transfer or a loan, these people have left the team.

At the end of the league last season, everyone ate red pepper together and happily took a group photo in the red pepper restaurant.

Now they can only stay in the team as people in the painting.

When someone leaves, someone will naturally come.

During the training camp, new faces continued to appear in the team, and Lorenzo introduced his teammates to new players again and again.

Many of them were opponents last season, but now they have become teammates.

Hu Lai saw the big guard Ben Grist who defended him in the last round of the league last season.

At the beginning, his frontal defense ability left a deep impression on Hu Lai, but he was not flexible enough, so he was still scored by Hu Lai.

This is the characteristic of professional football.

There are no eternal enemies, and no one knows whether the opponents who were so red-faced at the beginning will suddenly want to fight side by side.

So unless you make up your mind not to go to a certain team, try to be a human being and stay on the front line so that we can meet each other in the future.

Of course, the deadly enemy is another matter.

The mortal enemies will naturally smash each other when they meet, and they will yell and scold each other after the end.

It's just that with Leeds City's current historical record, they don't have any mortal enemies - there are regional competitors, but they are not mortal enemies.

For example, the two cities of Manchester and Leeds have grievances in history, but if the Manchester team regards Leeds as a sworn enemy, then Leeds is not qualified enough. After all, the teams in the two cities had no chance to confront each other before, and there was no accumulation of hatred. On the contrary, Tramed and Manchester Athletic, Manchester's two teams, are rivals in the same city. Every time they meet, it is like sparks hitting the earth.

No matter which of the two teams, Leeds City is not in their eyes.

Fans of Leeds City naturally don't have the idea of ​​​​forbidding players from their own team to transfer to the two Manchester teams.

Not just with the Manchester team, there is no deep hatred between Leeds City and other teams in the Premier League.

So no matter who transfers to this team, there are no unreasonable grievances and enmities.

For the vast majority of professional footballers, a transfer is a job change.

But for Jay Adams, moving from London Bridge to Leeds City is not as simple as changing places...

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