A training session on wing attack routines is taking place on the training ground.
Farake Quinn passed the ball to Ismael Kamara who pulled back to meet him.
The latter turned and dribbled towards the full-back Danny Dixon who was guarding him.
Kamara made a move to go to the wing, and everyone sped up. After Dixon ran over, he suddenly used his left heel to knock the football from behind to the center, and at the same time made a sudden stop and change of direction!
Dixon braked suddenly, but slipped and fell to the ground. He could no longer follow up and could only watch as Kamara cut into the center without any defense.
Kamara, who knocked down the defender, passed the football during the horizontal dribbling, passed it to the back point, and gave it to Hu Lai, who ran to the back point to outflank him.
Then Hu Lai jumped up and headed the ball towards the goal.
He pushed the ball towards the goal in reverse direction, but goalkeeper Van der Ven was beyond his reach and missed it.
The football flies into the net...
If placed in a game, this would definitely be a wonderful offense that would make everyone cheer and applaud.
But on the training ground, Quinn shouted dissatisfied: "Kamara!! You should pass the ball to me!"
It didn’t matter whether Kamala could understand it or not, he just complained so straightforwardly.
Tony Clark also blew his whistle, paused training, and then walked towards Kamara. At the same time, he hooked his hand to Hulay and motioned for him to come over and act as an interpreter.
"Kamara, according to our training requirements, after you cut inside, you must pass the football to Quinn who is advancing from the wing..."
The training requirements are indeed like this. Kamara needs to bring Dixon to the center to leave space on the side. At the same time, Quinn can move forward along the side.
Kamara then distributed the football to Quinn on the wing. Quinn received the ball and passed the ball.
Hu Lai and Lorenzo in the middle completed cross moves in the penalty area. The one who was originally in the back point went to the front point, and the one who was originally in the front point went around to the back point, forming a "double ghost shooting" in front of the goal.
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As a result, after Quinn advanced from the wing just now, Quinn passed the ball directly in the middle without passing the ball to Quinn on the wing. That's why Quinn complained.
This does not meet training requirements.
After listening to Hulay's translation, Kamara defended himself: "But boss, no one defended me after I cut inside..."
Clark said to Kamara seriously: "We are training now, so after you pass Dixon, there will be no one in the middle. Only then can you get such a passing opportunity. But the problem is that in official games, it is impossible in the middle.
No one comes to cover, so you still have to pass the ball to the side... This is the purpose of our training. Since it is a training with preset goals, you must strictly follow the training requirements."
When Hu Lai translated what the boss said, he was not as concise and concise as before, directly refining the central idea. Instead, he repeated Clark's words exactly as they were, and his expression was as serious as the boss's, as if the boss was possessed.
After hearing these words, Kamala shrugged: "Okay, boss, I understand. But he was knocked down by me just now, and there was no room on the wing..."
He pointed at Dixon, who had just gotten up from the ground.
Clark sighed in his heart: "It's just a gap if it falls down. You still have to pass it over. Do you understand?"
Kamala nodded: "I understand, boss."
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Pete Williams, who was waiting for the training on the sidelines, commented: "That kid Ismail really has two brushes. The emergency stop and change of direction just now was really steady and precise. His control of body coordination during high-speed running is still good."
so tall……"
Charlie Potter spread his hands and whispered: "That's because Dixon is so bad..."
Williams turned to look at him: "How about you replace Dixon on defense?"
Potter waved his hand quickly: "I am an offensive player..."
Williams smiled and said nothing.
The physical training was over, and Williams spent his own money to treat all his teammates to a meal. The dinner party was a success.
If you have a data visualization, you can see that everyone's bond with the team has deepened.
Although not every player will like Kamara, at least the situation where everyone dislikes him has been alleviated a lot.
In addition to Hulay, Charlie Porter and Williams, some teammates are also willing to communicate with Kamara. Of course, they will basically ask Hulay to translate for them.
So Hu Lai became the busiest person in the team during this period.
In addition, after the tactical training officially began, everyone gradually realized Kamara’s talent.
As Williams just said, in terms of personal ability, Kamala does have two brushes.
The speed of the first brush. In fact, everyone discovered this during the physical training stage. In the team's speed test, Kamara was the fastest player on the team.
At that time, the team conducted a 30-meter sprint speed test and found that Kamara ran 30 meters in only 3.85 seconds.
This result is not only the fastest in the Leeds City team, but may also be ranked among the top five in the entire Premier League.
The second brush is his foot skills. Kamara, who has been playing street football since childhood, has a very strong street football style with his foot skills, which are fancy, dazzling and imaginative moves.
After seeing his performance in training with the ball, Hulay, Williams and Porter all believed that he could outsmart the opponent's veteran players on the first day of training with the French third-division team in Flanders.
It’s true that things are going around...
During this period, Leeds City also played warm-up matches with two other English Championship teams who were also training at the national training camp.
In the warm-up match, Kamara performed outstandingly. His speed made the left wing of Leeds City where he was located the most threatening side of the offense, because Kamara played on that side and there was also Quinn, who was very capable of assisting.
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But sometimes being too fancy and clingy also become his shortcomings.
But Kamara doesn't care, it can be seen that he is really proud of his skills on the feet.
In the game, you can always see that after receiving the ball, he will not easily pass the football when faced with two or three defenders. Instead, he will move around in an attempt to break out of the encirclement.
Sometimes he can continuously pass the opponent's defensive players while everyone is watching in surprise, and successfully bring out the football.
But sometimes, after struggling for a long time, he is still cut off by the opponent, and the attack ends there.
In his case, Clark would emphasize to him in training that he should learn to pass the football to his teammates no matter what, instead of waiting until the opportunity is particularly good before passing the ball.
In addition, he also asked Kamara to make less unnecessary fancy moves after getting the ball. Those moves that can win applause and cheers on street courts are not so effective in professional football fields. If he is too sticky to the ball,
It will reduce the rhythm and speed of Leeds City's offense and increase the risk of losing the ball.
After Clark finished his instructions, he exited the training area and blew the whistle again to start training.
This time, after Kamara brought Dixon to the center, he decisively passed the football to the wing.
Quinn, who came in from behind, received his pass and then sent a cross. Hulay and Lorenzo crossed paths in the penalty area. In the end, Lorenzo, who ran to the front point, made a header and then bumped the football.
Toward the goal.
Slightly higher than the beam.
Although he didn't score a goal, Clark was satisfied with everyone's performance in this training. He clapped his hands hard on the sidelines and shouted: "That's it, keep going!"
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Before the official start of the league, the English Community Shield begins, with last season's league champions Stan Park Rangers facing off against last season's FA Cup champions Manchester Athletic.
The Community Shield Cup is similar to the Chinese Super Cup. It is the opening whistle before each season. After the Premier League game, the countdown to the opening officially begins.
The two teams tied 1:1 in the 90-minute game. The Community Shield Cup does not have a 30-minute overtime. After the 90-minute game is completed, it directly enters a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Manchester United scored five of five penalties, but Stan Park Rangers captain Harry Bogard kicked the football off the pitch at the most crucial fifth penalty.
In the end, Manchester United defeated the defending league champion Stan Park Rangers 5:4 in a penalty shootout and successfully won the cup.
On the same day, Leeds City also played the last warm-up match before the season against visiting Northumbria after returning to Leeds.
Northumbria, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, are the newly promoted teams from the Premier League this season. They were promoted to the Premier League last season as runners-up in the Championship.
Playing a warm-up match with Leeds City is also their purpose, so that the team can feel the level of the Premier League team in advance and find their own positioning.
The reason why Clark chose to play the warm-up match with the newly promoted team was obviously because he did not want the team's morale to be affected by the failure in the warm-up match when the league was about to begin.
Given Leeds City’s performance in relegation last season, the newly promoted team is naturally a safe choice.
This warm-up match will be held at the Flanders Stadium, with tickets sold to the outside world and broadcast on television.
What Clark didn't expect was that Leeds City had a very difficult time facing newly promoted Northumbria.
Northumbria's tenacious and ferocious style made Leeds City's steps difficult, as if it was stuck in a quagmire and it was difficult to extricate itself.
Under their desperate pressing, it was difficult for Leeds City to organize an effective attack.
Northumbria's head coach asked the whole team to treat this game as a formal Premier League game before the game, so the whole team worked very hard.
The Leeds City players still regarded this game as just an ordinary warm-up match.
The different mentality of the players of the two teams determines their performance in the game.
Ismael Kamara, who came on the field, was completely unable to perform at his normal level under the fierce defense and physical siege of his opponent, or he did not even achieve half of his performance in training.
His performance in the first half was nothing short of disastrous...
He was substituted at half-time.
Leeds City has restored the tactical configuration used to avoid relegation in the Premier League last season.
In the end, with a goal each from Hulay and Lorenzo in the second half, Leeds City defeated the newly promoted team 2:1 at home.
Finally, they did not lose to the newly promoted team before the start of the Premier League, but such results and the game process obviously did not have the effect of building the team's confidence and boosting morale...
At the post-match press conference, Clark was asked by the media about Ismail Kamara. Reporters asked him to comment on Kamara's performance and explain why the team signed such a player.
To put it bluntly, they are all questions and criticisms of Kamala.
In this regard, Clark chose to stand on the side of his players: "Kamara does not have playing experience in the top league. But I don't think this is a big problem. Experience can be accumulated, but talent is innate.
In Kamara, we saw talent, which is why the team signed him. His performance in this game was indeed not good enough, but he performed very well in the first two warm-up games. His performance was not good.
Many reasons are definitely not our own problems... I hope everyone can be patient with one more young man, and the coaching team and I will help him. We will not give up on anyone..."
One reporter asked relentlessly: "Coach Clark, do you really believe that Kamara can succeed in the Premier League like Hu?"
Clark said: "Kamala is not Hu, but he can still be successful."