Fox in the Penalty Area

"...Just today, Alvara Football Club officially announced that Ricardo Moya will no longer be the team's head coach with immediate effect. The club thanks him for his contribution to the team and wishes him all the best... …Although the club did not admit it, everyone believed that the most important reason for the club to make up its mind to break up with Moya was the team's defeat in the Europa League..."

"Although the performance of Alvara coached by Moya in the league was not very good, the Europa League became the last straw for Moya. But unfortunately, he didn't catch it... 1:3 at home, 3 away Losing to Leeds City 0:3 and being eliminated with a total score of 1:6, Alvara only has the possibility of competing for the championship in the league this season, and the championship situation of the league is not optimistic... For Vala, it is naturally unacceptable..."

"For Chinese player Xia Xiaoyu, Ricardo Moya's dismissal may mean that his career in Alvara will usher in a turning point..."

Xia Xiaoyu had just finished reading this news, and saw Hu Lai forwarding this news to the group, and then circled Xia Xiaoyu: "How is it, Xiaoyu? I will do what I say? Fortunately, I am honored! I am sorry that you are about to invite Ha!"

"I'll go, get out of class is over so soon..." Chen Xingyi quickly jumped out to answer.

"I just said that the Europa League is their goal. Now that goal is gone, if the Alvara club doesn't do something, it would be really stupid!" Hu Lai was very proud, everything was going according to his prediction developing. "At the very least, they still need to ensure that they qualify for the Europa League next season, otherwise it will be a waste of work? If Moya is not fired as soon as possible, they might not even be able to qualify for the Europa League next season. ..."

Everyone in the group looked at what Hu Lai said on the phone, and they all agreed.

As a Portuguese giant, it would be a shame if Alvara could not even qualify for the Europa League next season and completely miss the European competition.

Xia Xiaoyu was changing clothes in the locker room when he saw Valente walking in with a bag on his back. When he came to Xia Xiaoyu's side, he sat down and said to him in a low voice: "My God... Xia, have you heard? Moya Fired!"

"I just heard, Joao." Xia Xiaoyu put away his phone and nodded to Valente.

"I don't know if this will be good news..." Valente continued to lower his voice, after all, they were discussing "big treason".

Even if Moya has confirmed his dismissal, there is no guarantee that there will be his supporters in the team...

"You have a chance, Xia!"

Xia Xiaoyu shook his head: "I don't think about it now,

Joao. This is where I train and compete. If the team thinks that I meet the conditions to go to the first team, they will definitely come and inform me. If they don't come to me, it means I don't meet the requirements yet. Anyway, no matter what the situation is, I have to train. "

Valente muttered, "You have such a good attitude!"

Xia Xiaoyu smiled.

If you're in a bad mood, it's over.

From Hu Ge, Huan Ge and other seniors studying abroad, the most he has learned is to maintain a good attitude.

No matter what happens, focus on football.

He firmly believes that as long as he does his own thing well, the goddess of luck will always take care of him.

Peace is Xia Xiaoyu's way.

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After all the Europa League quarter-finals are over, the opponents Leeds City will face in the eighth-finals are also released.

Real Catjon from La Liga.

The first round of the quarter-finals will not start until March 12th, and Leeds will host first and then away.

Before that, they have to play three league games in a row within two weeks.

February 27, Saturday, the twenty-seventh round of the league. Leeds City, which had a staff rotation and rest, lost 1:2 away to London Mars, currently ranked fourth in the league.

March 3, Wednesday, the twenty-eighth round of the league. Leeds City host London Bridge.

What is different from before is that before this game, the media and fans of China and South Korea did not hype the "Asian Derby" gimmick.

Because Park Chuntae was injured before this game, it is determined that he will not be able to participate in this game.

So Hu Lai had no chance of running into him.

Since you can't even touch it, why do you fry it?

Besides, after Hu Lai won the league championship and the Golden Boot in the Premier League, China and South Korea have changed their offensive and defensive positions in the competition for the "Light of Asia".

The Korean media and fans basically no longer mention the keyword "Light of Asia", because when "Light of Asia" is mentioned now, everyone will naturally associate Hu Lai with this honorary title. Propagating the "Light of Asia" is tantamount to promoting Hu Lai.

They also know that it is simply humiliating themselves to go to the Chinese fans and the media to talk about the premise.

Park Chun-tae is of course very good, and his achievements are also very high. He has also won the Europa League as a main player. This is something Hu Lai has not done so far.

But the league golden boots and league championships are also something that Pu Chuntai does not have.

It should be said that both are the pride of Asian football, and both are players representing Asia in Europe. But for various reasons, some people wanted to compete with the two of them.

If we have to fight, apart from the fact that Hu Lai has no honor in the European war, he has completely exploded Park Chuntai.

The Koreans don't have the mind to compare, and the Chinese also feel that with Hu Lai's current achievements, it is a bit of a bargain to compete with Park Chun-tae-Hu Lai's current goal should be the whole of Europe, not just Pu Chun-tae. Besides, Park Chun-tae's career is indeed going downhill as he gets older. Let Hu Lai compete with a downhill Pu Chuntai, and I don't know whether he insulted Pu Chuntai or Hu Lai...

Now that neither side has that kind of tension, it doesn't matter whether Pu Chuntai is in this game.

In the end, after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, Leeds City shook hands with London Bridge 1:1 at home.

After this game, there are still ten rounds left in the league.

Leeds City is currently ranked tenth with 40 points.

Everyone can see that Leeds City this season has been "returned to its original shape". The defending league champion must not be counted on, and it is difficult to even qualify for the European war next season.

This is where Leeds City should be - no hope of winning the championship, no worries about relegation.

In fact, as a small team that was still fighting for relegation last season, being able to stabilize in the middle of the league is already a very remarkable achievement.

If Leeds City can stabilize in the league's eighth to twelfth place every season in the future, it will be a great success. When they can stabilize in this range, they can try to qualify for the European War.

And until that time, the qualification they have obtained for the European war is the embodiment of their true strength.

There will be no roller coaster rides—suddenly reaching the top and then suddenly falling into the mire.

Perhaps it is because the current performance and ranking of Leeds City are within the normal range, so when Leeds City has lost two consecutive rounds, there are not many criticisms against them in the media.

After all, they are still participating in the Europa League at the same time.

Being able to remain in the top ten of the league despite the impact of the European war is good enough.

Those who performed poorly should now be struggling in the relegation zone.

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In the twenty-ninth round of the league, Leeds City challenged newly promoted Helmer away.

Although there will be a Europa League game next week, this time Clark did not perform a large-scale rotation in the league.

Because next week's Europa League will be played on Friday, and this round of the league is on Saturday, there is almost a week in between, so there is no need to rotate a lot in order to conserve energy.

Instead, consider letting the main players maintain their state through the game.

So in the face of Helmer, who is currently ranked third from the bottom, Leeds City sent a full lineup.

Helmer is really too weak. Even in an away game, Leeds City can easily win.

Both Hou Lai and Kamara scored twice in the game, helping Leeds City beat Helmer 4:1.

With two goals, Hu Lai also scored fifteen goals in the league this season.

Compared with the same period of last season, he scored seven fewer goals.

So before that, some people criticized Hu Lai's performance this season was not good enough, which was far worse than last season.

Now the data seem to support that view.

But considering Leeds City's multi-line battle this season, Hu Lai also missed eight rounds of the league because of participating in the Asian Cup.

After all, Hu Lai only needed to play in the Premier League last season, and he didn't even play in the League Cup and FA Cup.

And this season, he not only participated in the league, but also played in the Champions League and the Europa League. Compared with last season, he played eight fewer league rounds. Under such circumstances, he scored a total of 23 goals in these three competitions-15 goals in the league, five goals in the Champions League, and three goals in the Europa League-one goal more than in the same period last season.

In addition, he has four assists in the league - more assists than all of last season.

The stats don't lie, and the stats speak volumes for his performance not only not down, but better.

He can score goals in all competitions and is the top scorer in the team in these three competitions, which fully shows that Hu Lai has become more comprehensive and has a stronger ability to adapt to different competitions.

Some strikers thrive in the league but struggle in Europe. Some players are just the opposite. They were in a hot state in the European war, but they died down when they returned to the league, as if they were recharging their energy for the European war.

Such a situation does not exist in Hu Lai. He can maintain a stable output in events with different characteristics and requirements.

This is exactly what a super striker should have. After all, a super striker needs to score a lot of goals every season, but if he can only score goals in a certain competition, it is difficult to achieve a considerable number of goals every season.

Hu Lai already has the embryonic form of becoming a super forward.

The number of goals scored in consecutive seasons is an important indicator to measure whether a striker is top-notch. After all, whether a player is top-notch or not depends not only on his performance in a certain season, but on his continuous and stable performance in his career. .

The number of goals scored each season is the only criterion for whether a striker is stable.

If a player can score more than 30 goals for ten consecutive seasons, he is definitely the top striker in the world.

On the contrary, if a certain player scored thirty-five goals last season, the number of goals dropped to a dozen next season, and then scored twenty goals in the next season, and then dropped to a dozen goals... from In terms of the number of goals scored, although it is also very good, it is not considered the top.

There are many factors that affect the number of goals scored: personal ability; state stability; the luck of not being seriously injured or missing too many games for many years in a row.

All of these things must be indispensable to achieve such a remarkable achievement and to become the number one striker in the world... that's how strict it is.

Now Hu Lai is only seven goals away from scoring more than 30 goals in two consecutive seasons. There are still nine rounds in the league, and the Europa League has not yet been eliminated. It is entirely possible for him to achieve this achievement.

Only when he has scored more than 30 goals in two consecutive seasons, can he be qualified to climb the peak called "Shi Yifeng". As for whether he can successfully reach the top in the end, it depends on his future career. played in his career.