Fox in the Penalty Area

When Tony Clark saw Hu Lai at the training base, he had a happy smile on his face, and he took the initiative to hug his players: "I'm glad to see you come back from the national team in good health. "

Hu Lai was shocked: "Does the boss know that Koreans and Asians play football dirty?"

Clark looked confused: "What are you talking about?"

"Isn't it? Otherwise, boss, why do you suddenly feel that I can come back healthy?"

Clark couldn't laugh or cry: "What... haven't you heard of the 'FIFA virus'? It means that when players go to participate in national team games, they are prone to fatigue and increase the chance of injury. You are the flight time of our team The longest and farthest international player, of course I will worry about your injury!"

"Ah? Really? Ha...ha!" Hu Lai, who added too much drama to the Koreans and Qataris, used laughter to resolve the embarrassment.

"Our coaching staff watched all your matches in the national team. I noticed your long shot against South Korea. This is the first time you scored with a long shot in a game, right?" Clark didn't care Koreans and Qataris are not dirty playing football, he only cares about football itself.

"Well, the tactics of the Koreans at that time were indeed very suitable for me to try long-range shots, so I took a kick. I didn't expect the first kick to go in. I was so lucky."

"It's not luck. It's the result of your unremitting efforts over the past few months." Clark was very happy. He can always see this kind of rapid progress after hard training in Hu Lai.

At first he learned about Hou Lai from Matt, thinking that his greatest talent was his excellent off-ball running ability.

But when Hu Lai became his player and got along with him day and night, Tony Clark felt that Hu Lai had one ability that was ignored by people.

That is his excellent learning ability.

Whether it is core strength training or long-range shooting, he can always produce high-quality training results at a relatively fast speed.

certainly,

Nor is he capable of such learning in everything.

For example, if you let him practice dribbling, then he will definitely not have such an effect.

Clark also realized that Hu Lai is not the kind of all-round player in the frontcourt. He has what he is good at and what he is not good at.

In fact, such players are the most. Many players have been able to achieve the ultimate in one or two things throughout their careers, which is already very remarkable.

Those seemingly comprehensive players are actually relatively mediocre in all abilities, and their overall level is not low, but it is difficult to be the world's top in a certain ability.

Now that Hu Lai has done a good job in running and shooting without the ball, Clark naturally doesn't need to let him spend more energy to make up for his shortcomings.

Cultivating professional players is not about making mobile phones, and there is no need to make a bucket machine without shortcomings.

"And this goal means a lot to you, Hu, not because it's the first long-range goal of your career. It's because it reminds you that you don't have to squeeze into the box to score every time. Maybe because of habit or psychological reasons, you were a little bit repelled to shoot outside the penalty area. I think you can try more long-range shots in the future." Clark reminded Hu Lai.

After Hu Lai heard the head coach's words, he frowned and asked, "But boss, will this...well, expose my secret weapon?"

Hearing Hu Lai's words, Clark was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed: "You really are a fox, Hu! You're just thinking about how sinful you are... Then if you think about it this way, if you fully demonstrate that you are Does the threatening ability outside the penalty area confuse the opponent's hand defending you, wondering whether to let you enter the penalty area or prevent you from entering the penalty area... In this way, when the opponent is defending, you need to constantly guess what you will receive. When you get down to what you will do, will your chances increase?"

Hu Lai suddenly realized: "I understand, boss! I will try to make a few more long-range shots in the game in the future."

"Well, very good." Clark nodded with satisfaction, and let Hu Lai go to the training.

After Hu Lai left, Matt Dawn came to Clark and asked, "How did you suggest that he change his playing habits? I think he was quite happy when he left..."

After seeing Hu Lai's long-range goal against the South Korean team, the club's coaching staff discussed how to persuade Hu Lai to adjust his playing habits during the coffee break. Otherwise, what's the point of not practicing long-range shots?

As the head coach of the team, of course he can directly order Hu Lai to change his habits.

However, the coaching staff has repeatedly discussed and does not recommend this.

For a player like Hu Lai, this kind of tough method will not have good results. On the contrary, it may cause him to rebound - after nearly a year of contact, everyone can see that Hu Lai is the kind of person who can look very humble on the surface, but is actually very tough in his heart.

He has his own insistence. If he can't be persuaded, he just insists that he must do so. He may not object to it face to face, but in real implementation, it must be all kinds of obedience and violation. After all, this kid is full of bad ideas, and it is too easy to make something bad.

So Hu Lai had to change willingly to achieve his goal.

But how can he be willing to change his accustomed playing style?

If a person's habits could be changed so easily, it wouldn't be called a "habit".

So when Matt Dawn saw Hou Lai chatting with Tony for a few words, he left with a smile on his face, and was surprised how his friend persuaded Hou Lai.

"Matt, we were all wrong." Clark turned to Matt.

"Huh? Wrong? Where is it wrong?" Matt was at a loss.

"We thought he didn't want to shoot from long distances because he couldn't change his playing habits, didn't we?"

"Isn't it?" Matt spread his hands.

"But guess what he told me just now? He said that the reason why he didn't want to shoot long-range shots often was that he was worried that this would expose his secret weapon prematurely-he wanted to use long-range shots at the most critical time. Like in this national team game."

After hearing Clark's words, Matt was dumbfounded.

Seeing his friend like this, Clark laughed loudly: "Listen, Matt, this is really something that kid can say! It's also the way he thinks about doing things!"

Matt muttered in surprise, "I'm still too young..."

"So when I told him that if he can show his long-range shooting ability, it will make it more difficult for defensive players to defend him, and it will be easier for him to get opportunities. He readily accepted my suggestion. There is no sense of coercion, He will definitely shoot more from distance in the next games, maybe we will be able to see him from long distance goals for the club soon, Matt."

Clark said very firmly, with a confident smile on his face.

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"Huh!! Beautiful! His smart movement in front of the goal won him a golden opportunity for an undefended shot! As the current number one scorer in the league, he obviously will not miss such an opportunity! Just now After finishing the national team game, Hu didn't look tired at all, he even brought back his excellent state of scoring five goals in two games for the national team back to Leeds City!"

When Sky TV commentator Matthew Cox shouted so, Hou Lai's goal has helped Leeds City rewrite the score to 2:0.

With ten minutes left in the game, this score almost means that it is difficult for the home team Northumbria to comeback.

"Before the season, there was a warm-up match between Leeds City and Northumbria. At that time, Leeds City was quite embarrassed by this newly promoted team and finally beat their opponents. So before today's game, Northumbria's head coach Michael Harris just said that he would use the same tactic as in that warm-up match and let Leeds City lose... Harris did not lie, he did use the same tactic, but today this tactic is not so useful ...Look at the current score, Hu and Williams each scored a goal, easily defeated Northumbria..."

"Camara, who did nothing under Northumbria's fierce defense in that game, performed well today. Although he did not directly assist, he was related to Leeds City's two goals. One of them was The free kick he made helped Pete Williams score... So far, Kamara has allowed three people in Northumbria's defense to get yellow cards. This may be the pressure after Hu came off the bench in the second half Not one of the big reasons..."

After the goal, Hu Lai put his arms around Kamara, celebrated the goal with him, and at the same time happily praised: "Ismail, you have finally learned to protect yourself!"

Kamala is also very happy: "I think I finally got a little trick, but I'm not very skilled yet..."

Williams heard the conversation between the two people nearby, and said a little depressed: "Hu, although I can't understand what you are saying to Ismail, I know it must not be a good thing..."

Hu Lai was upset: "How can you wrong a good man, Pete? I'm praising Kamala's progress!"

"Progress in flopping?"

"Bah!" Hu Lai spat, "As you can see, it's completely different from flopping! If Ismail is really flopping, the referee will not let him go easily, especially now that there are video referees , it's stupid to try to profit from the game by diving. If he can get three Northumbria defenders to get yellow cards, it must be because the Northumbria defenders really fouled Kamara Yes, under my guidance, he managed to avoid getting injured, and let the other party use the mouse, and dare not act rashly against Ismail again!"

Then he turned his head and said to Kamara in French: "Remember, Ismail. Self-protection is a very high-end technology. It cannot be learned by just anyone. Some people just imitate it. In the end If it is self-defeating, it becomes a flop. You must study more, grasp the speed, and be impeccable in the rules!"

Seeing that Hu Lai spoke so seriously, Kamara suppressed her smile and nodded very seriously: "Don't worry, Hu. I will practice more!"

Pete Williams put his hand to his forehead and let out a long sigh. He felt that an ordinary and kind child was going to be misled by Hu Lai...

no!

I can no longer be excluded by them like this, I want to be able to instill my ideas in Ismail!

Williams, who has a sense of responsibility, made up his mind to find himself a French tutor after this game.

Although Kamala is learning English, Williams still feels that after Kamala can use English to communicate with himself, I am afraid that Kamala has been shaped by Hu Lai, and it is useless to say anything...

So he plans to learn French as well, which means that two people are moving towards each other, and the time it takes to meet halfway must be faster than him waiting for Kamala to catch up.

Only in this way can he take the lead in the race against Hu Lai, and somewhat slow down Kamara's slide towards Hu Lai's style.