… Leeds City defeated Northumbria 2:1 at home, and Leeds City won. But any Leeds City fan who watched this game will probably not be happy. Because the team is in this game
Many problems were exposed in the warm-up match... After a summer of training, the team seems to have not been integrated into a whole...
"The performance of most of the new players is quite satisfactory. But I must point out that the performance of the new player Ismael Kamara completely failed Tony Clark's expectations of him. We all know that this player once played for France's third
The players of the first-level league team were introduced by coach Clark himself. I originally thought that this was a 'rough stone' with talent that had not yet been discovered. But now it seems that maybe he is just an ordinary stone after all...
"Kamara showed his speed at the beginning of the game, but soon faced Northumbria's targeted defense, he had no room to show his speed. And the technical advantages he claimed in the interview also
I didn't see it at all... What I could see was that he was stuck with the ball again and again under the defense of many people, delaying the opportunity to fight, and eventually the ball was intercepted by the opponent...
"Of course it is just a warm-up match, and it is difficult to draw a conclusion. But something can be seen from this game. Obviously, Kamara's performance in this game cannot convince those doubters to give up their minds.
doubts, and it will not make his life in Leeds City easier... I hope that I am wrong in my judgment, but unfortunately, I can't see that this 18-year-old young man who has never had any experience in playing in the top league has any
What can help him turn over...
"Although Tony Clark supported Kamara in the post-game press conference, I think it was nothing more than a pretense that he was unwilling to criticize his players in person...The only thing he said was right was that Kamara and
Hu is indeed different. You must know that when Hu joined the team, the conditions were worse than Kamara. He didn't even have a chance to integrate into the team, and he was already halfway through the league. But Hu still surrendered under such circumstances.
His performance last season was a perfect answer. I think even the most picky people cannot have any dissatisfaction... And it is almost impossible for Kamara to reach the heights of Hu..."
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Yong Jun looked at his cell phone and said, "This article even praised you at the end, Hu Lai."
The season is about to start. Yong Jun returns to the UK after finishing his domestic affairs to take care of Hu Lai.
“Really, Uncle Yong, why are you so proud?” Hu Lai became interested.
“I’m using you as a reference for Kamala, using you to contrast Kamala’s poor performance and gloomy future.”
"Oh..." Upon hearing this, Hu Lai lost interest again.
“Ha, didn’t you expect that articles criticizing your teammates can also praise you?”
Hu Lai curled his lips and said, "You can't do anything without stepping on it."
Yong Jun smiled: "But Kamala was scolded a bit harshly this time..."
He is right. In addition to this article, there are many voices criticizing Kamara on the Internet and in the media. Fans vent their emotions directly on the Internet, swearing and swearing, as ugly as they want.
Although media reporters are not so unqualified, they picked up the pen in their hands, typed on the keyboard, and spoke at length, analyzing and demonstrating from various angles that Kamara was not suitable for Leeds City and could not adapt to the Premier League. It took a hundred dollars to prove that Leeds City
What you bought for ten thousand pounds is a liar who pretends to be real...
Anyway, the public opinion environment is very unfavorable to Ismail Kamara.
"It's normal to be scolded if you don't play well in the game." As a Chinese player, Hu Lai takes scolding very lightly, because for Chinese players in the early years, it was a common occurrence.
Although the situation has improved in recent years, the society's inherent impression of Chinese football still exists.
Besides, what he said makes sense. As a professional player, it’s normal for you to be scolded if you don’t perform well. On the other hand, if you perform well, the people who scold you might praise you in turn.
So he didn’t worry about this momentary comment, and he didn’t think it was a big deal that Kamala was scolded.
“That makes sense, but your teammates may not think so.”
"Ismail?" Hu Lai thought of what he saw when he went to training today. "That kid... doesn't seem to be abnormal. He looks like a normal person."
Yong Jun was a little surprised: "That's not possible, right? The media is criticizing him, almost overwhelmingly... Oh, he didn't read the news? Or can't he understand the English news?"
Hu Lai shook his head: "Then I don't know."
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Kamara was sitting on the iron railing, with his feet crossed in the air. Except for the part of his body that was in contact with the railing, his whole body was only in contact with the air, but he still sat steadily on the thin railing.
The hood of the pullover was turned up over his head, covering half of his face. In the dim light of dusk, even if someone came closer to take a look, they might not be able to recognize that this person was warming up in the last game.
Ismail Kamara had a poor performance in the game and was replaced after half-time.
He was looking at the people playing football in the stadium in front of him in a daze.
There is a football field near the accommodation that Fataki found for him, which he only found out after he returned to Leeds after finishing training.
People from nearby communities often come here to play football.
“Why did you come here?” A pair of hands stood on the railing, and Fataki leaned over and whispered. “Aren’t you afraid of being recognized?”
“I’m just a nobody, what do I have to worry about?” Kamala’s voice came out muffled from behind the mask.
“Take off your mask before you say this, buddy.”
“I am a black man, and it is reasonable to wear a black mask. Is there any problem?”
“Then you smile?”
“If you don’t smile, you’ll be in a bad mood.” Kamala pouted behind her mask.
"Don't pay too much attention to those words in the media. It's just a warm-up match. Your performance in the previous two warm-up matches was okay. According to their evaluation standards, if your performance in one warm-up match can sentence you to death, you still have
Two chances for resurrection..." Fataki naturally knew that Kamala was not joking with him, but was really in a bad mood, so he comforted his little brother.
Kamara did not respond, but still looked at the court.
At this moment, a goal appeared on the pitch.
When he saw the goal scorer running towards the corner flag, Kamara already guessed what would happen next...
Sure enough, the goal scorer jumped up and made a hurley celebration.
“HUUUUUU!!”
“Archie, how do you think Hu achieved such results today?” Kamala asked in a low voice.
“He is a shooter, he just needs to keep scoring goals,” Fataki said.
“No, I’m asking how he got through this stage when he knew that the fans didn’t like him? Did he not care about the opinions of those fans, or was he trying to make them regret it?”
Fataki spread his hands: "For this kind of delicate inner drama, I suggest you ask Hu himself."
"But I don't want to ask him." Kamala shook his head gently. "When I went to training today, I looked indifferent in front of everyone. I didn't want him to know that I was pretending. Otherwise, wait.
If I succeed in the future, I won't be able to show off to him."
“You still care about this now?”
“Why don’t you care? Archie, let me tell you, your status may be good or bad, and whether you perform well or not is a temporary matter, but being cool...is a lifelong matter!”
At this point, Kamala jumped down from the railing, patted her numb butt, and stretched again: "Let's go, Archie, let's go home."
“Don’t watch it?”
“It’s nothing to see, they played too bad.” Kamala curled her lips, “They are far behind compared to me.”
Then he put his hands in the pockets of his jeans, shook his head and walked away.
Fataki looked back at the noisy stadium, quickly caught up with Kamala, and walked toward their apartment.
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A few days after the last warm-up match, on Friday night, August 8, the 2025-2026 Premier League season officially kicked off.
The opening game is between Stan Park Rangers, last season's league champions, and Peterborough United, last season's British Championship champions.
In the end, the defending champion defeated the opponent 4:1 at home.
After three seasons, Peterborough United returned to the Premier League. Although they lost the game, they still scored a goal against the defending champion in an away game. This also made the fans of Peterborough United and Novi, where the team is located,
Oddly, the local media has some expectations for the team's prospects of relegation.
Last season, after the three promoted teams finished playing in the league, two eventually fell back to the Championship, and only Sydenham successfully avoided relegation.
Perhaps this season, Peterborough United will be the lucky one?
Of course, the two newly promoted teams Northumbria and Holt may be thinking the same way.
The match between the Premier League champion and the English Championship champion kicks off the Premier League season. One day later, on Saturday, August 9, five Premier League games will begin one after another.
Leeds City’s away game against Burley is one of them.
This is Leeds City's first league game of the new season, and it is also a "first" for Hulay, who has already played in the Premier League. This is his first time playing in the Premier League from the first round.
Last season, he became a half-time player. He played in the Premier League for 24 rounds before appearing in the league. In the end, he participated in 17 rounds and scored 11 goals.
But he has not participated in a complete season of the Premier League, nor has he participated in the pre-season training of a Premier League team, so no one knows what performance he will ultimately be able to perform in a complete Premier League season.
Optimists think that Hu Lai, who hastily joined in the middle of the season, can perform like this. Then if he is allowed to fully participate in the team's pre-season training and follow the team to prepare for the new season, let him play all 38 games in the Premier League.
After a game, what an astonishing result he can give in the end!
Pessimists believe that the reason why Hu Lai was able to perform so amazingly last season has a lot to do with the fact that many Premier League teams don't know him well enough and are not familiar with him. Because they don't know him well, they don't know what to do in the game.
How to restrict him and give him so many scoring opportunities. And this season, it is impossible for opponents not to know him, or even not to be wary of him. So under such circumstances, even if he is given a complete pre-season training
Chances are, Hu Lai's performance in the new season may be worse than last season.
What everyone said seemed to make sense, and it was difficult to convince each other.
However, in the end these debates will not become "unsolved mysteries". When the season is over, Hu Lai's results will be released, and everyone will naturally know whether their judgment of Hu Lai is correct or not.