Fox in the Penalty Area

"...Leeds City beat Northumbria 2-1 at home, and it looks like Leeds City has won. But any Leeds City fans who have watched this game may not be happy. Because the team is in this warm-up Many problems were exposed during the game... After a summer of training, the team seems to have not been kneaded as a whole...

"The performance of most of the new signings is quite satisfactory and not satisfactory. But I must point out that the performance of the new signing Ismail Kamara is completely disappointing Tony Clark's expectations of him - as we all know, this player who once played for France The player of the third-tier league team was introduced by coach Clark himself. I thought he was a 'rough stone' with a talent that hadn't been discovered yet. But now it seems that he may be just an ordinary stone at all. ...

"Kamara showed his speed at the beginning of the game, but soon faced Northumbria's targeted defense, he had no room to play his speed. And the technical advantages he declared in the interview were also true. I didn't see it at all... What I can see is that he is defended by multiple people again and again, sticking to the ball, delaying the fighter, and finally causing the ball to be intercepted by the opponent...

"Of course it's just a warm-up match, and it's hard to make a conclusion. But something can be seen from this game. Obviously, Kamara's performance in this game can't convince those doubters to reassure them. I don't think it will make his life in Leeds easy...I hope I am wrong in my judgment, but unfortunately, I don't see how this eighteen-year-old who has never played in the top league has any experience. What can help him turn over...

"Although Tony Clark supported Kamara in the post-match press conference, I think it was nothing more than his reluctance to criticize his players face-to-face. . . Hu is indeed different. You must know that when Hu joined the team, the conditions were worse than Kamara. He didn’t even have a chance to integrate into the team. Perfect answer - his performance last season, I don't think even the most picky person can have any dissatisfaction...and it is almost impossible for Kamara to reach Hu's height..."

Looking at the phone, Yong Jun said, "This article even praised you at the end, Hu Lai."

The season is about to start, and Yong Jun returned to the UK after finishing his domestic affairs to take care of Hu Lai.

"Really, Uncle Yong, why are you boasting?" Hu Lai became interested.

"It is to use you as Kamala's reference point, and use you to contrast Kamala's poor performance and gloomy future."

"Oh..." Upon hearing this, Hu Lai lost interest again.

"Ha, didn't you expect to praise you in the article that scolded your teammates?"

Hu Lai pouted: "It's not worth stepping on.

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Yong Jun smiled: "But Kamala was scolded a bit hard this time..."

He was right. In addition to this article, there are many voices criticizing Kamala on the Internet and in the media. Fans vented their emotions directly on the Internet, swearing as bad as they wanted.

Although the media reporters would not be so unqualified, they picked up the pens in their hands, tapped the keyboard, and made long speeches, analyzing and demonstrating from various angles that Kamara is not suitable for Leeds City and cannot adapt to the Premier League. What I bought for thousands of pounds is a fake liar...

Anyway, the public opinion environment is very unfavorable to Ismail Kamara.

"It's normal to be scolded if you don't play well in the game." As a Chinese player, Hu Lai takes scolding very lightly, because it was commonplace for Chinese players in the early years.

Although the situation has improved in recent years, the inherent impression of Chinese football in the society still exists.

Besides, he had a point. As a professional player, it's normal for you to be scolded bloody for your poor performance. Conversely, if you behave well, these people who scold you may turn around and blow you up.

So he didn't bother with the comments for a while, and he didn't think it was a big deal for Kamala to be scolded.

"It makes sense, but your teammates may not think so."

"Ismail?" Hu Lai recalled what he saw when he went to training today, "That kid... seems to be normal. He looks like a normal person."

Yong Jun was a little surprised: "That can't be it? The media are criticizing him, almost one-sided... Oh, he didn't read the news? Or can't understand English news?"

Hu Lai shook his head: "Then I don't know."

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Kamara sat on the iron railing, with his feet crossed and hanging in the air. Except for the part of his body that was in contact with the railing, his whole body was only in contact with the air, but he still sat flat and stable on the thin railing.

The hood of the jumper was turned up over his head, covering half of his face. In the dim light at dusk, even if someone came up to look at it, they might not be able to recognize that this person was Ismail Kama, who performed poorly in the last warm-up match and was replaced after halftime. pull.

He was staring at the people playing football in the field in front of him in a daze.

There is a football field near the residence that Fataki found for him, which he didn't know until he returned to Leeds after the training camp.

People from nearby communities often come here to play football.

"Why did you come here?" Fataki leaned forward and whispered with his hands on the railing next to him. "Are you not afraid of being recognized?"

"I'm just an unknown person, what's there to worry about?" Camara's voice muffled from behind the mask.

"You take off the mask before you say that, buddy."

"I'm a black man. It's reasonable to wear a black mask. Is there any problem?"

"Then you laugh?"

"Don't laugh, I'm in a bad mood." Kamala pouted behind the mask.

"Don't pay too much attention to the words in the media, it's just a warm-up match. You performed well in the previous two warm-up matches. According to their judgment standards, if your performance in a warm-up match can sentence you to death, you still have Two chances of resurrection..." Fataki naturally knew that Kamala was not joking with him, but was really in a bad mood, so he comforted his little brother.

Kamara did not respond, but continued to look at the court.

Just then, a goal appeared on the pitch.

Kamara knew what was going to happen when he saw the scorer running towards the corner flag...

Sure enough, the scorer jumped up and made a huge celebration.

"HUUUUUU!!"

"Archie, how do you think Hu achieved today's results?" Kamala asked in a low voice.

"He's a shooter, he just needs to keep scoring goals," Fataki said.

"No, I'm asking how he gets through this stage when he knows the fans don't like him? Does he not care what those fans think, or is he just trying to make them regret it?"

Fataki spread his hands: "This kind of delicate inner drama, I suggest you ask Hu himself."

"But I don't want to ask him." Kamala shook her head lightly. "When I went to training today, I acted indifferent in front of everyone. I didn't want him to know that I was pretending. Otherwise, when I succeed in the future, I won't be able to show off in front of him. "

"Now you still care about this?"

"Why don't you care? Archie, let me tell you, whether the state is good or bad, whether the performance is good or not is a matter of a moment, but being handsome...is a matter of a lifetime!"

Having said that, Kamala jumped down from the railing, patted his numb butt, and stretched again: "Let's go, Archie, let's go home."

"Don't read it?"

"It's nothing to look at, they play too badly." Kamara pouted, "It's far worse than me."

Then he shuffled away with his hands in the pockets of his jeans, shaking his head.

Fataki looked back at the noisy stadium, quickly caught up with Kamara, and walked in the direction of their apartment.

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A few days after the last warm-up match, on Friday night, August 8, the 2025-2026 Premier League season officially kicked off.

The opening game was last season's league champions Stan Park Rangers against last season's Championship champions Peterborough United.

In the end, the defending champion beat his opponent 4:1 at home.

After three seasons, Peterborough United, which returned to the Premier League, lost the game, but still scored a goal against the defending champion away. It also made the fans of Peterborough United and the local media in Norwich, where the team is located, have some expectations for the prospect of the team's relegation.

After the three newly promoted horses played in the league last season, two of them eventually fell back to the British Championship. Only Sydenham successfully avoided relegation.

Perhaps this season, Peterborough United will be the lucky one?

Of course, Northumbria and Holt, two newly promoted polo teams, might think so too.

The match between the Premier League champions and the Championship champions kicked off the Premier League this season. One day later, on Saturday, August 9, five Premier League games will start one after another.

Leeds City's away game against Burleigh was among them.

This is Leeds City's first league game of the new season, and it is also a "first" for Hu Lai, who has already played in the Premier League-this is the first time he has played in the Premier League since the first round.

He became a monk half way last season and played 24 rounds in the Premier League before he played in the league. He finally participated in 17 rounds and scored 11 goals.

But he has not participated in a full season of the Premier League, nor has he participated in the pre-season training of the Premier League team, so no one knows what performance he will eventually be able to perform in a complete Premier League season.

Optimistic people think that Hu Lai hastily joined in the middle of the season, and he can show such a performance. That is if he is allowed to participate in a team's pre-season training camp and follow the team to prepare for the new season. Let him play all 38 games in the Premier League, what an amazing report card he can give in the end!

Pessimists believe that the reason why Hu Lai was able to perform so amazingly last season has a lot to do with the fact that many Premier League teams don't know him enough and are not familiar with him. Because I didn't know him well, I didn't know how to limit him in the game and gave him so many scoring opportunities. And this season, it is impossible for opponents not to understand him, and it is even impossible not to be wary of him. So under such circumstances, even if he is given a complete pre-season training opportunity, Hu Lai's performance in the new season may not be as good as last season.

What everyone said seems to make sense, and it is difficult to convince each other.

But in the end, these debates will not become "unsolved mysteries". When the season is over and Hu Lai's report card is released, everyone will naturally know whether their judgment on Hu Lai is right or not.

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