Fox in the Penalty Area

"...I just stepped on the turf of the Flanders stadium again. Although I have only been away for less than a season, it seems to me that I have already left home.... The first step I stepped on, the soles of my feet The familiar touch keeps reminding me-this is Flanders, this is the stadium turf I have run for six years... Ah, to be honest, I am surprised myself, I can still remember the Flemish turf Taste... Maybe this is the taste of home."

Faced with the Sky TV camera, Sean Barnett, wearing a North London Rangers jacket, smiled and talked.

"Thank you for accepting our interview, Sean." The beauty reporter shook hands with him to thank him after the shooting.

"You're welcome, I'm willing to accept your interview at any time." Sean Barnett blinked at the beauty reporter before bidding farewell to the film crew and lowering his head into the player's tunnel.

After turning a corner, he saw Pete Williams standing against the wall.

"Hi, little Pete." He raised his hand and greeted him with a smile.

But Williams didn't respond, but stared at him and said, "I don't think you are doing the right thing, Sean."

"what?"

"Until now, the fans of Leeds City are still fighting for your being sold by the club. You never told them that you love this club and this team far less than they did. And until now you They are still saying those hypocritical words in front of the media to continue to use pure and ignorant fans to create your perfect victim image."

"It really hurts me to say that, little Pete." Sean Barnett smiled and shrugged. "I thought you could understand me because we are the same kind of people..."

"No, I am different from you, Sean." Pete Williams corrected him very seriously.

"Oh, who told me back then that I will go to the giants and leave Leeds?" Barnett tilted his head and looked at Williams.

Williams froze for a moment.

Seeing the other party's silence, Barnett joked: "So what right do you have to accuse me, Pete? If Leeds is downgraded this season, will you still fall back to the Championship with her?"

"I have already told the club that if I relegated, I will stay for another season to help the team return to the Premier League..."

"Yes, yes, that's it. If you say something beautiful to the outside world, what is the difference between you and me, little Pete? Then why do you say that I am hypocritical and you are not hypocritical?" Barnett asked with a smile.

"Because I'm telling the truth." Williams said solemnly.

"But I'm telling the truth." Barnett spread his hands together.

"No, you are not..."

"So how do you make people believe that you are real?"

Williams found that he could not prove that he really wanted to stay and help Leeds return to the Premier League, instead of just talking like Barnett.

Unless...Unless Leeds is really demoted, he can prove to Barnett. But he didn't want Leeds to really downgrade. It's not that he doesn't want to play in the British Championship, but that he doesn't want the team he loves to be demoted.

He stared at Barnett angrily. On the one hand, because of Barnett's hypocrisy, on the other hand, he was also angry at his incompetence. He had nothing to do with the other party and fell into the other party's language trap.

"Relax, Little Pete." Barnett smiled slightly. "This world is like this. Everyone says that-"I love the club" My love for the team will never change" I grew up as Stan Park Fans of the Rangers ``a little boy in my heart tells me that I should go to Tramed'... They kissed the new team's logo at the joining ceremony and said nasty words... nothing more than to please the fans That’s all, what’s wrong? Why do we have to go deep into their true thoughts when they say these things?"

Seeing that Williams still didn’t know what to say, Barnett continued to laugh: “This is how the world of football runs, Pete. I always think you are a mature person who knows what you want, so you should be Understand me. But I didn’t expect you to be so naive... It’s like the activities your club did during the Chinese New Year. You guys face the camera in funny costumes, and you don’t know what it is. If you mean...do you really love China? Don't be funny, Pete, it's just that your club wants to pay out of the Chinese people's pockets."

Williams lowered his head, he had to admit that Barnett was right, but he didn't want to admit it, because then it would appear that he was really wrong to blame Barnett.

But he really felt that Barnett took advantage of the fans’ love for him and packaged himself as the perfect victim of leaving the club with the humiliation and concealing his true thoughts that he wanted to leave the club long ago...It was a betrayal of the team. The betrayal of the club is also the betrayal of the fans.

There are so many fans outside, under the banner of "Welcome Home, Sean", they really think Leeds City is the home of Sean Barnett, but Sean Barnett doesn't think so.

this is not right!

"And that funny panda doll." Sean Barnett pointed in the direction of the stadium, "I don't remember when I played for Leeds City, there was such a ridiculous thing. As a result, every Leeds City's home stadium is now The game, you can all see it on the sidelines. Don’t you know why this is? Panda, China. The Chinese are rich, and the Chinese also like pandas, so this is just the club’s flattery to the Chinese. In order to make money, The club deceived the Chinese. And your Chinese forward, when he held the Leeds City jersey and gave the reporters a thumbs up, do you think he didn't use Leeds City as a springboard in his heart? Isn't he also here? Cheating the fans of Leeds City..."

Under Barnett's tirade, Williams could only bite his lip and clenched his fists, unable to respond. Because he didn't know how to fight Barnett back, he sounded right.

He can only say in his heart: Even if this is the rule of the football world, I do not agree.

But it was more like a weak, dead duck with a hard mouth, and it had no effect except to make Barnett continue to laugh at him.

"Sorry, excuse me. I didn't mean to eavesdrop on what you said..." Just then, Sean Barnett's long talk was interrupted by a sudden voice. "It just happened to pass by here."

Barnett and Williams looked at the direction of the sound at the same time.

Saw Hu Lai.

"Actually, I wanted to pretend that I didn't hear anything, so I slipped past you next to the root of the wall. After all, I couldn't bear to interrupt this warm scene of the reunion of old friends... But since you mentioned me, then I think I should still come out to clarify so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

"Hu, it has nothing to do with you..." Pete Williams quickly persuaded him. He didn't want Hu Lai to get involved in such sensitive issues.

But Hu Lai smiled slightly at him, waved his hand and said, "It had nothing to do with me, Pete. But now that this man named my name, it has something to do with me now."

He pointed to Sean Barnett.

Then he turned his face and turned his gaze to Barnett: "Thinking of a team as a springboard does not mean that you don't love this team. There is no direct relationship between the two. I thought I was a Leeds City fan. The star players we love so much, what can we talk about when we return to Flanders this time and face our former teammates... I didn't expect that they would just change their concepts secretly and make strong words."

Sean Barnett stared at Hu Lai who was suddenly killed.

Hu Lai didn’t care about his unkind eyes, and continued: “In order to climb high and look into the distance and see more beautiful scenery in the distance, we need a ladder. This was originally a normal thing. If you step on the ladder under your feet, it’s not It means that you hate ladders and deceive them. Unless someone kicks the ladder away after climbing... But doing so is called hanging suicide in our country."

After speaking, Hu Lai also made a gesture of putting his hand on his neck.

Barnett laughed suddenly, turned his head and said to Williams: "I don't think he knows what he's talking about..."

"Is it hard to understand what I said? I'm just telling you, man. Even if Pete and I leave Leeds for a bigger team one day, it doesn't mean we don't love this team, let alone we are right. The emotions displayed by the fans are disguised and deceive them. You use this thing to refute Pete’s accusations against you, which is untenable. Because what you do and whether you use Leeds as a springboard are two different things. what."

Hu Lai spread his hands and continued:

"China is a country with a long history. What scenes have not been seen by the Chinese people? Do you think the Chinese people don’t know what the club does to make their money? But since you want to make money, of course you have to serve your customers. Make the other person willing to pay. Is there any problem with this? You are a twenty-four-year-old adult, Sean Barnett, don't you even understand this basic truth?"

Shawn Barnett's complexion became unsightly after being so judged by Hu Lai.

"You still know, but you just want to continue to maintain your image in public opinion... Then for your behavior, there is an old saying in China with a long history that can explain it clearly-you see, man, a long history is The good thing is that you can always find the corresponding explanation-'You have to build a torii if you are a bitch.' What is called a'torii'? What you can understand is that you have to say to those benefactors every time you go out to sell:'People For the first time, you have to add money'..."

Pete Williams next to him couldn't help it, and laughed when Hu Lai mimicked a shameless misstep woman.

In Williams' laughter, Sean Barnett's face flushed, he stared at Hu Lai, furious: "You China..."

Hu Lai took out his phone, raised his hand and said to him: "Wait a minute, man, you will scold when I turn on the recorder."

"Fuck!" How could Sean Barnett not know what Hu Lai means... Once he swears at Hu Lai's racial discrimination, the image of his painstaking efforts will be all over...

In the end he just pointed his finger at Hu Lai: "Very good, kid, good. See you during the game later."

Turn around and leave after speaking.

When he disappeared in the tunnel, Pete Williams looked at Hu Lai, his smile was gone, replaced by a sad expression: "You shouldn't get in, Hu. To put it bluntly, I just don't see it in private. I'm used to his approach. Now you are pulling yourself in, which is not wise."

Hu Lai glanced at him: "Pete, sometimes I think you are so mature and serious. Sometimes I think you are too naive. If you really don't want to have a conflict, why come to him and say those things?"

"Because our fans still believe that he was forced to leave Leeds, and will welcome him home until now." Williams said, looking at the direction of the stadium.

"So you see, when you feel upset, you want to vent. How can you care about so many consequences? Me too, Pete. I'm upset, I'll say it. I'm not making excuses, if he doesn't mention it. I, I certainly don’t care about your personal grievances. But unfortunately, when he mentioned me, it will become a private grudge between me and him. It’s my creed, Pete. You may not know me well enough. , I tell you that when I was playing in China, someone had a grudge against me..."

Hu Lai put his arms on Williams' shoulders and walked to the home team's locker room.

This time, Williams did not desperately wanted to break free as before. He struggled reflexively, and quickly gave up, allowing Hu Lai to hook his shoulders.

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When Sean Barnett returned to the visiting team's locker room, his teammates could see that his face was very ugly. Someone asked curiously: "What's the matter, Sean? Have you been booed by the fans?"

Someone next to him immediately retorted: "How is it possible? Didn't you see it during warm-up? Those fans all put out signs welcoming Sean home, how could they be booed? Sean's game here really looks like at home It’s like playing football!"

Sean Barnett did not tell his teammates about his confrontation with Hulay and Williams in the channel, but shook his head: "No...I just thought that if we beat them, Leeds might be relegated. ......So some of the mood is not high, which makes everyone worried."

At the end, he squeezed a smile on his face, it really looked like he couldn't bear it.

The captain of the North London Rangers. Their center, York Hendry, stepped up and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think about it, Sean. That's how professional football is. Look at the love of those fans outside for you. I I think even if we defeat them, they will not resent you. After all, Leeds City’s relegation is their own problem, not your fault."

"York is right." The Swedish coach of the North London Rangers, Ludwig Orman, has appeared in the locker room. He took over Hendry's words and said, "Guys, for us, This is a very crucial game. So in Flanders, we can't afford to lose. Everyone must be 100% committed to defeat the opponent!"

Sean Barnett's face became serious, and at the same time a fierce expression struck the bottom of his eyes.

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"The North London Rangers are currently ranked third in the league, but they are a full 18 points away from the second Stan Park Rangers. Obviously, they can't continue to rise, but they may be caught by the back of London. Bridge and Warship Port caught up. London Bridge is only three points away from them, and Warship Harbor is only four points away. There are three rounds left in the league, and a three-point and four-point lead is not safe for the Rangers..."

In the home team's locker room, head coach Tony Clark is analyzing the impact of the Premier League ranking situation on the game for the players.

"In order to ensure they can qualify for the Champions League next season, they must beat us away. But for us, it is also good news-because they will attack with all their strength, so that there will be a lot of space behind them to be used by us. . So we also have to attack with them, we must use a fiercer offensive to make them chaotic themselves!"

Clark continued.

"You have to remember that we can afford to lose-even if we lose in this game, as long as we beat Hoods at home in the final round of the league, we can still be relegated. But the Rangers can’t. Every point they lose is one step away from qualifying for the Champions League next season. So when they find that they might lose a ball, they will panic more than us."

Every player listened carefully to what the head coach said.

After this season, everyone already knows the style of their head coach. Anyway, he wants to attack.

"Remember the game we lost to Tramed 2:3 in the away game? In that game, despite facing opponents far stronger than us, we were still fearless. I once told you after the game Yes, I’m very happy for your courage in the game, because courage is our most advantageous weapon in the face of strong enemies. Now, it’s time to show your courage again. In the Red House we faced Tramed has never been afraid, and there is no reason to be afraid of a group of Rangers after returning to the home court!"

"Attack them! From the first second of the game, attack them! Use our offense to break them down!"

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