Fox in the Penalty Area

When Hu Lai was sitting in the car driven by the Yongjun and came to the gate of the Leeds City Training Base, the Leeds City fans who were waiting there chanted his name: "Hu! Hu!!!"

Hu Lai lowered the window and waved to the fans.

This scene was recorded in the camera of the photographer.

This is the first training session after Hu Lai scored in the game.

Obviously, compared to when he didn't play and didn't score, his status in the hearts of Leeds City fans is changing.

"The football world is like this..."

The Chinese reporters who were standing outside said with emotion.

"Winner and loser. If you can win and score goals, everyone will like you. If you can't..."

"Hu Lai's ball is really critical. He can score a goal in his first appearance. It really paves the way for him. Anyway, his life in Leeds is much better..."

"Yeah, yeah. In the next away game at Lancay Chabley, he should still be able to play, depending on whether he is a starter or a substitute..."

Hu Lai's car has entered the training base, and Chinese reporters are still discussing Hu Lai's prospects.

The goal of the debut ignited a new upsurge of domestic attention to the Premier League, and these reporters shoulder the task of transmitting everything that happened here back to China.

Just the scene at the gate of the training base was enough for them to write a report.

Regardless of big or small things, Chinese fans care about it.

Soon, it is believed that news similar to "Hu Lai scored in his debut to conquer Leeds fans" will appear on the Chinese Internet...

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David Miller pushed aside the White Rose Bar on the corner of the street, where many people were already sitting.

He squeezed to the bar: "A glass of dark beer."

After the bartender handed him the beer, he left the money in his hand on the bar, picked up the wine glass, turned and walked towards his partners. Most of them were discussing intensely. Someone saw David Miller. , Raised his hand to greet him.

"Hi David, here you are!"

"Guys, what are you talking about?" David Miller straddled an empty chair that his friends gave him, holding a wine glass.

"What else can we talk about? Of course it was yesterday's game." The person who greeted him turned to the side, and the heated discussion continued.

"...His luck is really good, when Pete passed the ball, he happened to run into the empty space!"

"Tom, do you think it's just luck? I think he deliberately found that space."

"Isn't it? Just when Pete passed the ball, Sidham's defenders were taken away..."

"Then why didn't other people appear in the void?"

David Miller couldn't listen anymore, he tapped the table with a wine glass and said: "Well, your argument is meaningless. It's just a game, a goal. No one can tell whether it is strength or luck. ..."

When the others noticed David, they laughed: "David, did your son go to watch the game again?"

"I can't control him..." David said angrily and helplessly.

Everyone knows that David Miller has a talented young son who is the main player of the Leeds City Junior Team. This little son is David's pride, and will always show off in front of the old guys.

What "My son performed a hat-trick in the game yesterday" "My son jumped into Leeds U16"...

Although everyone would always tease David, they still admire David in their hearts, and hope that Matthew can one day play in the first team of Leeds. That is the glory of their neighborhood.

But since that incident, the tense relationship between father and son has made David no longer take the initiative to mention his former pride in front of others.

On the one hand, the guys feel sorry for the two of them, but on the other hand, they actually hope that they can get back together.

It just seems that it is difficult to go back to the past.

Someone raised his hand: "I said... Guys, I have a question..."

After attracting everyone's attention, he continued: "How long are we going to continue this way? We... will never return to the Flemish stands again?"

His question calmed the crowd, and many people were silent.

In this embarrassing silence, David said: "How is it possible, John? As long as Hodge and the others bow their heads to us..."

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man named John asked David: "Then David, how can Hodge and the others bow their heads to us?"

This time David Miller didn't know how to answer.

John continued to say: "Does the club know that they did something wrong when the team is downgraded? They shouldn't fire the'daddy', and they shouldn't sell Sean... But even if the club admits wrong, It won’t change the reality that we fall back to the British crown, right? So, by then, we...are we winning?"

He looked at David Miller, who did not answer him.

He looked at other people again. Under his gaze, everyone bowed their heads, and some people held up their wine glasses and pretended to drink, even if they were empty.

No one can answer his question.

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For Leeds, the next two games are very critical.

Just as critical as the game just ended.

Because in these three games their opponents are direct competitors to relegation.

Sidham has been pulled from the fourteenth place by them. After winning this game, Leeds City had the same points as Sidham, rising from the previous 18 to 16 while Sidham dropped from 14th to 15th.

In the next round of the league, Leeds City challenged Lancashire Burley away. This team ranked seventeenth, just below Leeds City, with exactly the same points as Leeds City.

In the next round of the league, Leeds will host Glamorgan, who is currently ranked 18th in the league.

If Leeds City cannot get rid of their competitors in these two league rounds, the relegation situation will become even more confusing.

Chinese fans have not yet recovered from the happiness of Hu Lai’s first goal. CCTV Sports Channel’s documentary on Hu Lai’s joining Leeds has just finished broadcasting, and the discussion on the Internet has also been heated. Without retreating, Leeds City had already gone away to play at Lancashire.

Double matches a week.

This time when Leeds City announced the competition roster, Hulay was listed without any suspense.

The majority of fans are no longer as excited as Hu Lai when he was selected for the big squad for the first time. After all, Hu Lai scored in his first show. Doesn't such a performance still allow him to occupy a place in the big squad?

The key is whether he can play, and if he plays in what way.

Starter or substitute?

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Xie Lan sat down on the sofa and swiped her phone. The front TV was turned on, but the voice was turned down very low.

Her husband, Hu Lixin, also smoked and swiped his phone on the outside balcony.

The couple are waiting for the game to start at 11 o'clock in the evening.

At this moment, there was a murmur of footsteps in the master bedroom, and then the bedroom door was opened.

Xie Lan looked up and saw her old father walk out wearing a cotton-padded jacket.

She quickly put down her phone and got up to greet, and at the same time said: "Dad, I just saw that there is no Hu Lai on the starting list. Will you go back to sleep for a while? I will call you when he comes on stage..."

Father waved his hand: "It's okay, the elderly do not sleep less, I have already woken up, and I can't sleep even if I sleep."

With the help of his daughter, he moved to the sofa step by step, and waited for the start of the Leeds away game against Lancashire with her daughter.

On the balcony, Hu Lixin stood up when he saw this, but when he saw the old man waving his hand, he sat down again and continued to smoke.

On the TV in the living room, the picture has been cut to the front of the game, and what is displayed in front of the audience is the player channel of Lancashire Burley’s home stadium. The players from both sides began to walk out of the corner of the channel outside the camera and stand in the player channel. By the side of the little caddy, waiting to appear.

It seems that there is indeed no Hu Lai.

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Hu Lai was on the bench and watched the game with his teammates.

Leeds in the away game was suppressed by Lancashire Burley.

The stands were full of shouts from Burleigh fans, which created tremendous psychological pressure for the visiting team.

Putting aside the relationship between relegation rivals, this game is not easy to play for Leeds.

From the name of the opponent, it can be seen that Burleigh is a team located in Lancashire, and their team badge also has the identity symbol of Lancashire-the red rose.

Leeds City is the West Yorkshire team.

Lancashire and York, a pair of mortal enemies in British history.

Any two teams in these two regions will be very hot when confronting each other.

This is the case between Leeds City and Lancashire Burley. Although the last encounter between the two teams was eight years ago, there will always be some passionate memories in the long history, so that the fans on both sides will not forget each other's identities.

They greeted each other's eighteenth generations with swear words, and opened up a map.

"The **** of Lancashire!"

"West York's stupid donkey!"

"Your mother was slept by me yesterday! It's so **** energetic!"

"Kneel down and call Dad! You shameless offspring!"

The fans of the two teams exchanged greetings in the stands, and on the court, the players of both sides also fought fiercely.

At home, Burley took the lead. After taking a lead, they used their home court advantage to launch a fierce encirclement and suppression of the Leeds players. Anyway, they are already ahead and don't mind breaking the game a bit more.

Therefore, it is difficult for Leeds City players to keep possession of the ball and launch an offensive.

The Burleigh fans in the stands still laughed mercilessly at each of their conceded goals.

With a double blow, Leeds played this game very hard.

Pete Williams, who performed well in the previous game, was restricted by the opponent and had no room to play.

He fell to the ground again and again, losing possession of the ball.

Although sometimes the referee will call Burley players foul, but Leeds City's offense has also been interrupted.

After the adjustment during the intermission, the situation did not improve.

Clark has strengthened the hardness of the midfield and contends with opponents, but he can't score on the front line, so such a strengthening of the midfield will not help at all.

Still have to score...

Thinking of this, Tony Clark sighed.

He did not let Hu Lai start in this game because he considered that his opponent would be very tough in physical confrontation. Even after special training, Hu Lai's core strength has been strengthened, but it is useless in such a game environment.

In order to prevent Hu Lai from consuming his strength into endless physical confrontations, he was allowed to sit on the bench. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

It now appears that no matter what the situation is on the field, Hu Lai must be played.

Thinking of this, he asked assistant coach Sam Landier to warm up Hulay.

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The TV broadcast of the game was suddenly cut to the bench in Leeds City, and he saw that Hu Lai, who had been sitting watching the ball, had bent up and ran out of the bench.

The narrator He Feng's voice shook: "Hu Lai is going to come off the bench!"

Xie Lan in front of the TV suppressed the excitement in her heart, did not dare to yell loudly, fearing that she would noisy her mother who was still sleeping in the back room, but just waved her fist.

The father sitting next to her also straightened up on the sofa and stared at the TV more intently.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Hulay came off the bench, which was his second Premier League game.

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