Fox in the Penalty Area

The league played 21 rounds, and the time has entered 2026.

Leeds City is still in second place, and the score difference from the first Stan Park Rangers in the league is still nine points. In the last round of Leeds City’s 1:1 away draw with London Bridge, the Stan Park Rangers were also defeated at home. Elderhampton made a draw.

So there is no change in the difference between the two teams.

The third place is Manchester Athletic with 42 points, and the fourth and fifth-placed teams have changed.

Tramed, who was originally fourth, lost to Warship Port 0:1 at home and was surpassed by Vigerston, who won the ball this round, and became fifth.

Vijayston became fourth with his victory over Mars in London.

As for London Bridge and North London, the two teams are tied and lost, both in terms of points and rankings.

Judging from the current league situation, in addition to Manchester Athletic, it is difficult for other teams to threaten Leeds City.

Halfway through the league, Leeds City can still stay firmly in second place, which really made many people never expect.

At the beginning of the season, when Leeds performed well and gained momentum, rushing to the top three in one breath. These people vowed to say that as the schedule progresses, Leeds City's ranking will gradually decline and eventually return to a relatively normal position.

Especially the intensive schedule during the Christmas season will greatly affect the performance of the Leeds City team.

The intensive schedule increases the physical burden and at the same time increases the risk of injury to players.

Once Leeds, whose bench is not thick enough, has attrition and the lineup is not neat enough, performance and results will plummet.

But now they are very disappointed and surprised that Leeds has had good luck so far this season and there has been no major injury. Even if you have a little injury or illness, it won't hurt your muscles or bones. The coaching staff can also make it through by adjusting the tactical settings and personnel allocation.

Coupled with the pre-season training camp, Tony Clark paid close attention to the physical training of the team, so that the players reserve enough physical strength.

So even if it's Christmas and New Year now, the physical fitness of Leeds City players does not show signs of collapse as some people think.

The decline in physical fitness is indeed a decline, and the team's performance in a single game is indeed inferior to the beginning of the league-this can be seen from the loss of goals in every game.

But these problems still did not affect the final victory of Leeds City.

The players' physical fitness has dropped, and their single-game performance has dropped, but they can still win.

It used to win 3:0, now it is 3:1, or 3:2. In the past, I won 2:0, now 2:1...it’s just that.

As long as they can win, Leeds' ranking will not fall.

The reason is that the physical reserves of the whole Leeds City team are really too abundant, even if there is a decline and loss, they will be better than other teams in the league.

Of course there is another very important reason, but it may be overlooked.

That is Leeds City's offensive efficiency is very high.

It's like scoring the same goal. Other teams may need ten shots and twenty shots, while Leeds only uses eight shots. Then the physical energy consumed by them in the offense is naturally much smaller than that of other teams.

As a result, Leeds City consumes less physical energy per game, and the physical advantage accumulated from game after game will become very obvious.

As for why Leeds City’s offensive efficiency is so high...

That's because they have a shooter who is good at capturing opportunities.

Seventeen goals in the league were not made by missing out.

For the same opportunity, if you change someone, you might kick it in the arms of the goalkeeper-this is not bad, at least it is technically within the range of the door frame.

What's worse is to kick and fly directly into the sky.

But in fact, this is a very normal performance, and no one can guarantee that they will not waste opportunities.

At best, it's just how much wasted.

In terms of seizing opportunities, Hu Lai is better than others.

His efficiency is also one of the important reasons why Leeds is currently ranked second.

Sometimes, the key to winning the game may be a ball.

If you can score that goal in the game, you will be able to take the initiative, and the team's confidence and morale will increase, causing the balance of winning and losing to tilt in your favor.

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Leeds City’s performance and league rankings are surprising. Tony Clark also let go at the post-match press conference with the North London Rangers, publicly admitting that Leeds City, which currently has 47 points, has in fact completed it. Relegation mission this season.

This is not surprising, but many people are relieved: You are finally willing to say so!

When they asked Clark before, the latter always said that the goal is to relegation, and the relegation has not been successful, and the team still needs to work hard.

It sounds particularly like showing off, very insincere.

Well, the hard facts are in front of Clark, and he can't tolerate him denying the fact that the team succeeded in relegation early.

In fact, going back ten seasons, in the past ten seasons, the minimum score for a Premier League team to successfully relegation is 35 points, and Leeds City has reached the target in the 17th round of the league.

When they succeeded in relegation last season, the points were forty-two points.

But Tony Clark, who was particularly wild in the offense, was particularly cautious in this matter.

It wasn't until Leeds City led the 18th ranked Boscomb by 27 points that they officially announced their early relegation success.

In fact, in theory, Leeds City still has the possibility of relegation, after all, the 27-point gap is nine games.

But the account cannot be calculated like that, otherwise, any team may be relegated, even the Stan Park Rangers who have 56 points now may be relegated.

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"We are so relegated?"

In the "White Rose" bar, Levin looked at the unfinished wine in the glass, and said in an uncertain tone.

"From the current points situation, it should be a successful relegation..." John said. "We can't crash in the second half of the season. Even if we lose nine games in a row, Boscomb will win nine games in a row. There are other teams in between."

"From the beginning of the season, I began to look forward to the moment when the team finally succeeded in relegation. I imagined a lot of ways to celebrate then... But when we really succeeded in relegation, why did I not want to celebrate at all? There is also a sense of loss? It's like... like what?" Levin frowned and murmured.

He is definitely not the only one who has this kind of thought. Many of the other Leeds City fans in the "White Rose" bar nodded and agreed with him after hearing his words.

There were many people in the bar at this time. They were all fans of Leeds City. They often came here to drink and knew each other very well.

Of course, the atmosphere cannot be said to be indifferent. Just as usual, everyone gathers together, drinks and chats in groups, occasionally watch the news on the TV, and then express some opinions on current facts...

It is no different from any ordinary night.

It's normal.

But now that Leeds City succeeded in relegation ahead of schedule, such normality has become abnormal instead.

Because it is reasonable to say that the success of relegation is a very happy thing. As fans, they should have a drink in the bar at this moment. Everyone has an excited smile on their faces, drinking one cup after another, talking and laughing loudly...

As a result, it is no different from an ordinary day...

This makes people feel that the relegation is successful and there is no sense of accomplishment.

"Is it because we were relegated too early?" someone asked tentatively.

Everyone turned to look at him.

He was a little confused: "What did I say wrong?"

David Miller patted the table: "No, you are right! In fact, it was too easy to relegation. Last season, we also succeeded in relegation after playing the North London Rangers. How excited everyone was at that time. Success in the round of relegation is not easy! This season I still finished the relegation of the North London Rangers, and this is the result..."

John said: "I think we should change our mindset, guys? Don't always be the fans of the relegation team. Leeds can now be second in the league! You said the fans of the Stan Park Rangers will Celebrate because the team will not be relegated?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all understood what John meant.

To put it bluntly, Leeds has performed well, and relegation should no longer be a goal that everyone cares about.

"But the question is that we don't aim for relegation, what else can we aim for?" Someone asked him ~www.ltnovel.com~ John didn't answer him, and the others didn't say anything. The bar actually fell into a short period of time. There was silence, only the TV was still showing the highlights of the game, and the cheers of the Flanders Stadium were faintly heard.

Everyone is thinking about this issue.

Leeds City’s mission this season has been completed, but the fans are not only not happy, but also a little empty.

After a group of people thought about it for a while, Levin suddenly said, "I thought about it!"

Everyone cast their gazes at him: "Did you think of the goal?"

"Goal? No, I mean I think about what our situation looks like now!" Levin said excitedly, "This emptiness and boredom is like the moment after a young boy kicked it off! Guys, you guys Think about it carefully, is it like I said! Empty and boring, I feel that this world seems to have lost the value and meaning of existence... I just want to sit on the bed and let my brain empty, without thinking about anything, no matter what……"

"Damn it, Levin!" David Miller couldn't help but interrupted the dancing Levin. "What is your mind thinking?"

Others booed at him one after another, raising their middle fingers:

"Fuck! Levin! We were discussing business matters, but you were thinking about it!"

"I think Levin, you should drink less alcohol now, your brain is soaked by alcohol!"

"Levin, when you were young, you didn't have a lot of frustrations, otherwise why do you have such a deep experience?" John kicked him directly.

Levin's mouth was dumbfounded, and he didn't expect to get himself in.

Seeing him in this way, there was finally a burst of laughter in the bar, breaking the tranquility before.

Now it's finally somewhat like the scene that the team should have after a successful relegation...