The equalizer boosted Leeds City's morale and confidence.
Everyone recalled what their boss said to them:
"We are fully capable of defeating the European giants! And it's at their home court! Did Leeds City's Premier League championship rely on scoring points against the relegation team? No, of course not!"
There are examples in front of them that prove that what the boss said is absolutely correct.
Yes, that's right, they defeated Catalan United away from home, Stan Park Rangers away from home, and Tramed away from home... These games have proven time and time again that Leeds City today is very strong and we can definitely do it.
In an away game against any strong team, we don’t need to be afraid of anyone or any team!
When thinking of this, the eyes of the Leeds City players changed when they looked at Tramed.
Think about the first time they came to the Red Roof Stadium to play, they were still a newly promoted team struggling in the Premier League. It was the first time they walked into this stadium, and then they were beaten 6:0 by Tramed.
Lost miserably.
At that time, Tramed was no longer the top team that dominated the Premier League, but a down-and-out giant that couldn't even qualify for the Champions League.
In this way, they can beat Leeds City with six goals here.
So much so that that game gave many Tramed fans a misunderstanding - they thought that Tramed was finally about to usher in a great renaissance, and at least qualifying for the Champions League would not be a problem.
The result, of course, is that Tramed fans thought too much... Their team did not reappear in the Champions League until today, two seasons later.
But this is a good illustration of how miserable Leeds City was when facing Trammey's "down and out" team.
At that time, Tramed and the red-top stadium were like a devil's cave to Leeds City players. Just standing at the door would make them tremble with fear, let alone playing against Tramed.
If you had told the Leeds City players that they could beat Tramed here, they would have thought you were teasing them.
But now, in this stadium, they have experienced a 2:3 loss on the final penalty kick, and have also experienced a 4:3 victory after saving a penalty kick at the last moment. Their mentality is completely different.
To this day, they do not regard Tramed as a terrifying demon.
Defeating Tramed here seems to be becoming a new tradition for Leeds City.
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After the game restarted, most of Tramed's players had not recovered from the blow of losing the ball. Captain Connor Kirk was very dissatisfied with this. He clapped his hands hard and loudly reminded his teammates
: "Cheer up! Concentrate, there are only a few minutes left in the first half!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Leeds City players pounced on him like hungry wolves.
Three Leeds City players suddenly surrounded Dutch midfielder Nick van Delft who was taking the ball!
"Leeds City surrounded Vandelft who got the ball in the frontcourt!"
Kirk was shocked when he saw this, and quickly moved closer to Vandelft, trying to meet him.
But at the same time, he was also approached by Hu Lai, who stayed close to him and ran towards Vandelft together.
Vandelft struggled to control the ball in the encirclement, trying to break out of the encirclement.
He first deceived Charlie Potter by shaking his upper body, and then planned to move the football to the left.
But as soon as he put the football out, Jay Adams rushed up and kicked him.
After the duel, Adams successfully kept the football, but Vandelft stumbled, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.
Tramed fans in the stands booed - they thought Adams had fouled.
But the referee didn't say anything.
Adams, who successfully intercepted the ball, did not pause and directly knocked the football sideways to Pete Williams who was right next to him.
Hulay, who was beside Kirk just now, turned around and ran towards Tramed's penalty area when Adams intercepted the ball.
Kirk waved his hand and pointed at Hu Lai's back and shouted: "Keep an eye on him!"
Then he attacked Williams.
He knew how powerful this midfield genius who had played alongside him in the World Cup was, and he would never be able to give him enough room to handle the ball!
But he was still a step too late.
When he pounced on him, Williams had already moved the football away.
Kirk came up and just kicked Williams to the ground.
The referee did not blow the whistle, but raised his hands flat and pointed in the direction of the attack:
Offensive is beneficial!
Leeds City did not hesitate at all because Williams fell.
After Kamara received a pass from Williams, facing Tramed's right back Joseva Iglesias who was defending on the penalty area line, he made a bicycle-stepping motion and moved his right foot from the football.
Step over!
However, it is a little different from the general cycling action, because he is farther away from the football and has a larger stride, which makes his cycling like a hurdle...
But it is precisely because of the large stride that people cannot believe that this is a fake move.
When Iglesias stepped on the bicycle for the first time in Kamara, his whole body tilted his center of gravity towards the middle.
After all, it is really difficult to smoothly connect while riding a bicycle so far away from football, and it is unlikely to be a fake move.
Who would have thought that Kamala’s move was just a fake move!
After his right foot passed over the football, he followed it with his left foot and gently rubbed the football forward with the instep of his outside foot!
Just like this, Iglesias broke into the penalty area from the center of gravity!
Immediately afterwards, Kamara did not take the ball again, nor did he pass the ball to Hulay, who was followed closely by Payson.
After he broke into the penalty area, he shot directly!
He straightened his left foot and volleyed hard from the instep!
The football moves forward very quickly, clinging to the turf!
"Kamara shoots—!"
Tramed goalkeeper Tom Walker fell to the ground at great speed while waving towards the football!
He is very fast, but the ball shot by Kamara is even faster!
Walker caught the ball, but not completely.
After the football was stopped by his palm, it bounced up and continued flying to the back corner.
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When Kamara shot, Luis Person's attention was completely attracted to the football.
Only then did he dare to be sure that Kamara would not pass the football to Hulay...
He looked at the football and wanted to know the result of the shot.
Can Walker block the shot?
All his attention was on football, so much so that he forgot about the people around him.
So when the football was blocked by Walker and flew in front of him, his eyes shifted along the football, and he saw the figure of a Leeds City player at the back point, and he was already jumping in the air!
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU——!!!"
As Matthew Cox shouted in a long voice, Hu Lai, who was in the air, put his head towards the empty goal!
No one can stop the football from flying into the goal anymore...
Although Tom Walker got up quickly enough, he only saw the football flying into his goal.
"Ah ah ah ah! Unbelievable!! Hu! Hu!! His supplementary shot helped Leeds City score another goal! This is Leeds City's second goal in five minutes!" Cox yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Who would have thought? Ladies and gentlemen, who would have thought that Leeds City would take the lead so soon after equalizing the score! This goal... is so unexpected! Strictly speaking, this was not a particularly good time.
The opportunity... it was Hu, his clever shot in front of the goal gave Tramed a fatal blow!"
After hitting the ball, Hu Lai lost his balance when he landed and fell to the ground. For this ball, he threw all his weight away. He didn't think about maintaining balance at all. He just thought about it.
Be sure to hit the football!
Amidst the huge boos in the red-top stadium, Hu Lai got up from the ground, took a look at the football in the goal, and then turned around and ran towards the corner flag area.
While running, he put his index finger to his mouth, making a gesture to shut up Tramed fans.
It's exactly the same celebration as he did after beating Tramed here last season.
It seems to be to remind those noisy Tramed fans:
Hey, don't forget, this is how I celebrated my goal last season!
Sure enough, this celebration immediately brought Tramed fans back to the thirty-seventh round of last season, reminding them of those painful twenty-two seconds.
Hu Lai also celebrated like this after scoring a goal!
He told all Tramed fans to shut up!
But like a bucket of oil thrown into a raging fire, the red-top stadium not only did not quiet down, but became even more noisy.
Like a pot of boiling hot oil.
Boo, boo, boo!
But Hu Lai didn't care. Amidst the boos that could make people have a heart attack, he still maintained this posture and ran to the corner flag area.
Even if his teammates rushed up to hug him from behind, he did not change his movements. His right index finger was always in front of his lips, looking up at the Tramed fans who were so angry that their faces were distorted!
Tramed's fans cursed him loudly, pointed at him, and gave him the middle finger... none of this made Hulay change his actions.
He just stood motionless on the sidelines, like a sculpture.
The stillness of him formed the most striking contrast with the surging "roaring waves" in the stands.
The photographers on the sidelines pressed the camera shutters frantically to freeze the scene.
Years later, the photo became the perfect expression of the animosity between Tramed and Leeds City.
People will say:
The feud between these two teams started with this man.