Fox in the Penalty Area

"The national team's game is over. From now until the end of the season, it's all the club's game. Although the league is very important, I still want to remind you, Hu Lai. Don't get injured during this period. Sometimes... even if you would rather not score a goal, don't work so hard."

Hu Lai's mobile phone suddenly received a WeChat message from his manager Yong Jun.

At this time, he was playing billiards and chatting with Kamala, Williams, Porter, Quinn and several other teammates in the entertainment room of the dormitory building of the training base.

Because tomorrow afternoon is the home game against Warship Harbor, all players who have been selected for the game squad cannot go home tonight and have to spend the night at the training base.

This is the rule after coach Clark coached the team. At the beginning, everyone was not used to it, which caused complaints in the team. And now it's all normal.

The club also thought of some ways to make the players live more comfortably and feel more happy, so as to avoid making the players feel like they were in jail before the game.

Although it is not yet possible to ensure that the training base has hardware and software facilities comparable to a single dormitory in a five-star hotel like a wealthy club, but it has also added entertainment facilities for players to relax.

In addition to the billiards room, there is also a game room, where several game consoles are specially placed, connected to the TV, and can be played at any time.

Of course, those players who don't want to come out for entertainment can also stay in the dormitory room and enjoy the quiet time before the game...

In short, apart from not being able to go out to clubs, drink, have sex, what to do in the training base is free.

At the pool table, Charlie Potter gestured to get the cue ball around the yellow ball and hit the black ball next to the pocket. Quinn was taunting him: "Don't smash the pool table with one shot!"

Others followed suit: "Charlie, if you can hit the black ball, I'll give you twenty dollars!"

"It's only twenty? My superb skills are only worth twenty?" Potter threw the pole aside, "I won't sell without a price increase!"

Quinn complained: "You kid just can't beat it at all!"

The billiard room was noisy, Hu Lai glanced at everyone, then lowered his head and replied to Uncle Yong on the phone:

"Don't worry, Uncle Yong. You know I'm especially good at protecting myself."

He also couldn't tell Uncle Yong that he was blessed with the [Broken Giant Bear Legguards] produced by the system, so he was not so easy to get injured, so he could only use this reason to reassure Yong Jun.

At this time, he was particularly thankful that the character design he usually created saved a lot of trouble.

The world laughs at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it... Hey!

"Don't set up a flag for me at this time... When you have this kind of thinking, the danger is often around you. In short, you must keep your head clear when you are in the game, what ball should be contested, what ball You shouldn't fight, you have to think clearly. Let me tell you something you may not like to hear, Hu Lai... Whether Leeds City can win the championship, whether you can personally wear the Golden Boot this season...It doesn't really matter, in the In front of the World Cup, these two things are not worth mentioning. You are not playing for yourself now."

Hu Lai was a little taken aback when he saw such a long message from Uncle Yong on his phone.

Although it was written, he rarely saw Uncle Yong talk to him about such a serious topic with such a serious attitude.

He thought that if he made a joke, the matter would be over.

did not expect……

Of course, Uncle Yong was right. Compared with the first World Cup in his life, the Premier League championship and the League Golden Boot are nothing.

But children only do multiple-choice questions, I am an adult, can I not do all of them?

The most important thing is that if I want to perform well in the World Cup, the points rewarded by the mission are essential!

But what made Hu Lai most distressed was that he really couldn't convince Uncle Yong that he wasn't so easily injured.

He was even more curious, why did Uncle Yong suddenly talk to him about this?

So he asked, "Uncle Yong, have your account been hacked? Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

"Johnson Law is also injured.

"

Hu Lai stared at the sentence sent by Uncle Yong on his mobile phone.

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Yong Jun put down his phone and looked up at the TV in front of him. The commentator Matthew Cox was saying in a slightly exaggerated tone: "...The luck of the Stan Park Rangers is really bad! Yes, it's too bad Who would have thought that their captain, Johnson Law, was injured shortly after the start of the game? After insisting on finishing the first half, he was finally replaced..."

In the TV broadcast, there was a close-up of Stan Park Rangers coach Brooks. In the camera, he frowned and looked dignified, but overall he was calm.

In fact, this is what he looks like after he controls his emotions.

Before Yong Jun saw Brooks' expression when Johnson Laogang was injured, it was simply "furious", as if he was punching an enemy in the air.

Just sixteen minutes into the game, Johnson Law, wearing the captain's armband, collided with his goalkeeper Victor Lemos during a defense, fell to the ground and failed to get up.

Although after simple treatment by the team doctor, he returned to the court. But it can also be clearly seen that his movements are restricted, and some movements are awkward to do, and he dare not use force.

So at the beginning of the second half, the Stan Park Rangers made a substitution.

Johnson Law didn't play directly and was replaced.

It is estimated that after a detailed inspection during the intermission, it was confirmed that Johnson Law really could no longer persist in the game.

This can be regarded as a very heavy blow to the Stan Park Rangers...

After all, this game is a Merseyside derby!

Stan Park Rangers host Liverpool United.

At the critical moment of the Stan Park Rangers' championship, they encountered the Merseyside Derby. Of course, Liverpool United was holding back their energy and wanted to stop their rivals in the same city here.

Liverpool United, which is currently ranked twelfth this season, must win the championship. Don't even think about it. Competing for European qualification is only theoretically possible.

But this does not prevent them from wanting to destroy the good things of their rivals in the same city.

Liverpool United fans can accept a season with nothing, nothing. But as long as they can deflate their arrogant cross-town rivals Stan Park Rangers and lose the championship because of them, Liverpool United will feel from top to bottom, "Well, this season has been worth it!"

The strength of Liverpool United is far inferior to the Stan Park Rangers, but in the same city derby, the strength of the two teams is actually the least important.

So after the first half, the score was 0:0.

The Stan Park Rangers, who are playing at home, are far inferior to their Liverpool United and have nothing to do.

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"I now feel that God should be a Leeds City fan..."

In the conference room of the Leeds City training base, all members of the Leeds City coaching staff gathered to watch the live broadcast of the Merseyside Derby.

It was the team's assistant coach Sam Randyll who expressed the emotion just now.

His words were echoed by the rest of the coaching staff.

The reality is that it is easy for people to have such a view...

The league has played 30 rounds. Since defeating the Stan Park Rangers 4:3 away, Leeds City ushered in a wave of seven consecutive victories in the Premier League, creating the longest winning streak in their team history.

In the middle, they beat Burleigh 2:1 at home, Holt 2:0 at home, London Mars 3:1 away, Highlanders 1:0 at home, and Peterborough United, the deputy squad leader of the league 3:0 away.

Until the last round of the league, Leeds City beat West Herz 2:1 away.

The whole team is in good condition and luck is also very good. Some games make people feel that they may not win, but they still win in the end.

It was overwhelming, unstoppable.

Then at this time, the national team match day came, and the league was temporarily suspended.

For Clarke's coaching staff, this is not a good thing. They worry that the team's good momentum will be interrupted.

But in fact, because Leeds City does not have many Chinese players, the impact of the national team's match day is not too great.

Instead, a giant team like the Stan Park Rangers has fully demonstrated to people what is called the "FIFA virus" - the so-called "FIFA virus" is that the club's players are injured and fatigued due to playing for the national team, and when they return to the club, they are in a sluggish state , and even directly missed the club game.

After losing to Leeds City, Stan Park was drawn by Peterborough United and suffered two rounds of winless. But they rose quickly, winning five games in a row.

In the twenty-seventh round, they beat London Mars 3:2 at home.

In the twenty-eighth round, they beat West Herz 3:0 away.

In the twenty-ninth round, they defeated Boscombe 2:1 at home.

In the 30th round, they beat Sydenham 4:0 away.

In the thirty-first round, they defeated Holt 2:0 in an away game.

Judging from these five league rounds alone, the Stan Park Rangers seem to have come out of the plight of the captain's injury.

As a result, their main striker, Mati Palacio, was injured during the national team match day. Although he did not reach the point of being reimbursed for the season, he would miss at least one month of the game.

This same city derby has not even started yet, so a general will be lost first. Everyone thought the Stan Park Rangers had the worst luck...

But do you think it's over? !

Do not!

When the game started, everyone realized that it was not the worst time yet. Because... Johnson Law is injured!

Captain Harry Bernard, vice-captain Johnson Law, and the team's main forward Marty Palacio were injured one after another, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Stan Park Rangers.

So that some superstitious Stan Park Rangers fans wonder if this is God's punishment for them... even though they don't know when they offended God.

That's why Sam Landier said what he just said after watching half the game...

Clark, who was very crazy when directing the game from the sidelines, was very cautious at this time: "Don't say such things, Sam. Let's finish watching the game... There are still forty-five minutes, what is going on during this time?" It could all happen..."

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Forty-five minutes later...

"Aha! The game is over! The game is over! Stan Park Rangers still failed to win the game at their home court! They also have to thank Liverpool United for being too weak, otherwise it would not be just a 0 game :0! With seven rounds left in the league, Stan Park Rangers have been slowed down by their rivals in the same city! They now have one more game than Leeds City, but only lead by seven points!"

In the live TV broadcast, Matthew Cox shouted excitedly.

Everyone thought that the Stan Park Rangers, who had led Leeds City by 14 points at the most, won the league championship without any suspense, but they didn't expect that now there is a sudden disturbance!

"I don't know if Tony Clark is watching the live broadcast of this game at this time... But I want to say to him: Come on! Now is your chance!"

In the meeting room, the members of Leeds City's coaching staff looked at each other.

At the end of the game, watching them was really like riding a roller coaster, and their mood always went up and down with the game.

When the final whistle sounded and the Stan Park Rangers were determined to be tied 0:0 by Liverpool United, the excited cheers did not sound in the conference room, but instead there was silence.

"Maybe God is really our fan..." someone murmured.

Clark pondered: "This is indeed our chance, but the premise is that we also have to win Warship Harbor... I originally planned to let Hu come off the bench in this game. But now it seems...he has to start! I hope his physical fitness is fine..."

Fitness coach Anthony Clement said hastily: "We have conducted a physical examination on him, and he is in very good physical condition, without any signs of fatigue!"

Clark nodded when he heard the words: "Then it's settled, let him start! No matter what, we want to win!"