“Leeds City, who had equalized the score, continued to attack. Obviously, coach Tony Clark was not willing to just get a point at home..."
Li Qingqing was sitting cross-legged on the sofa in the apartment, holding a furry doll.
There are only 12 teams in the Ligue 1 Women's Football League, and there are only 22 rounds of the league. At this time, the new season of the French Ligue 1 Women's Football League has not yet started.
So even on the weekend, she stayed in her rented apartment and didn't go anywhere. She had plenty of free time to watch Hu Lai's game on TV.
When Hu Lai scored the first goal, she immediately jumped up from her seat and threw the doll in her arms into the sky, almost hitting the ceiling fan with light.
It has now been ten minutes since Hu Lai's goal, and she is quietly sitting on the sofa watching the live broadcast.
Even if the French TV commentator didn't say it, she could see that Leeds City's head coach was not willing to take a point at home.
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So the team is now being asked to attack with all their strength, but there are also huge risks involved.
The French TV commentator was evaluating the pros and cons of Leeds City’s head coach’s approach:
"...If Leeds City can't score anymore, the situation will be very dangerous for them... This kind of offensive cannot continue forever. Although Tramed is a bit passive on the scene now, in fact they
A counterattack is brewing. As long as Leeds City's offensive momentum weakens, they will launch the most violent counterattack... I think Coach Clark should consider slowing down the pace and actively retracting the defense. This is better than suddenly launching an attack after the opponent steals the ball.
Causing the team to fall into a passive position..."
Li Qingqing admitted that the French commentator was right, Leeds City does have great hidden dangers now.
But she can also understand the head coach.
Because this is Leeds City's home court and they are weaker than their opponents. If they don't take advantage of the momentum of just equalizing the score to score another goal, how else can they defeat Tramed?
Although it can be tied with a powerful team like Tramed, it should be a very cost-effective result for Leeds City.
But there will always be people who are unwilling to accept this result.
The head coach of Leeds City should be such a person.
Since Hu Lai joined Leeds City, Li Qingqing has watched almost every game as long as there is no conflict in time.
After watching so many Leeds City games, Li Qingqing is already familiar with the characteristics of this team.
I know that the head coach of this team is the kind of person who loves gambling. Whenever there is a chance, he only wants to win and nothing else.
Although in the eyes of outsiders, this is really a bit stupid. After all, when you don’t have the strength to match it, but you still have to win something that doesn’t belong to you, to put it bluntly, it’s called “ignorance.”
Li Qingqing understands Clark very well because she also hopes that Leeds City will win.
After Hu Lai joins the team, he can’t keep relegating every year, right?
What's the point of staying in a team like this that is relegated every year?
She hopes that the team will perform better so that Hu Lai can be recognized by more people.
At least you have to be able to participate in the European war!
So now even if the French TV commentator’s analysis is very clear, Li Qingqing doesn’t want to hear it.
It makes sense, but if everything in this world had a logical and reasonable result... that would be so boring!
Li Qingqing on the sofa frowned slightly and focused on the figure on the screen.
I know that you are the most dissatisfied with those principles...right, Hu Lai?
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"Is it time to slow down?" Assistant coach Sam Landill raised his wrist and glanced at the time displayed on the dial. "It's been seventy minutes, and our physical fitness..."
"Our physical fitness can last a little longer." Clark, who was looking at the court, interrupted him, "Wait a minute. We spent so much time torturing them in pre-season training just to make them able to withstand this situation.
"It's hard for us right now, but believe me, Sam, it's hard for the people of Tramed as well."
Generally speaking, when a football match reaches seventy to seventy-five minutes, it enters the bottleneck period of the physical fitness of the players on the field. Most teams will encounter physical problems at this stage and their performance will decline. There are also teams
In order to avoid problems, I will actively choose to slow down the pace.
But Clark didn't do this, because of a very simple reason: when everyone can't stand it, if his team can be vigorous during this period, can it gain an advantage that others don't have?
This is why Clark attaches so much importance to physical fitness.
Modern football’s physical requirements for players are much higher than in the past, and he still needs to be even higher on this basis.
He just hopes to use his team's abundant physical strength to wear down his opponent. When the opponent is exhausted, he will give the opponent a fatal blow at this time!
This set of ideas is good, but Clark cannot decide whether it can be realized.
He can still control the previous physical training, but football games are not like long-distance running. Whoever has better physical strength will definitely win.
After all, there has to be a fatal blow in the end.
This problem was difficult for Clark to solve before. But when he introduced Hu Lai, he found a solution.
Who is the best at delivering the fatal blow?
Of course it’s Hu Lai!
With Hu Lai as an efficient killer, the final piece of Clark's tactical puzzle fell into place and he could try out his own ideas.
For the current Leeds City, Tramed is a good opponent. He is strong enough, but not as strong as the defending champion Stan Park Rangers and the runner-up Manchester Athletic. At the same time, Leeds City is still home for this game.
To fight, you have the advantage of good location and people.
Using such an opponent to test your own ideas can not only ensure that it is difficult enough to truly test the effect, but also prevent it from being unsuccessful no matter how you try it because it is too difficult, and ultimately destroying the confidence of yourself and the team for no reason.
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Judging from the running of the players on both sides, Leeds City players have surpassed Tramed in terms of physical strength. His idea of using physical advantages to gain advantages at key moments on the field is feasible.
The next thing to see is whether Hu Lai, who has high hopes for him, can make the final decision!
He turned his attention to the figure on the field.
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The figure that everyone was watching just almost completed a shot. If Tramed's captain Connor Kirk hadn't recovered into the penalty area in time and cleared the football before Hu Lai...
Tramed’s goal is really dangerous!
So there was a huge sigh of relief in the stands of Flanders Stadium, which was collectively issued by the regretful Leeds City fans.
In fact, the problems seen by the French TV commentators can also be seen by ordinary fans like them. Everyone knows that Leeds City's offensive cannot be maintained forever. What if it cannot be maintained and the opponent makes a comeback?
Everyone is worried and naturally hopes that their team can score another goal.
Their idea is also very simple: as long as we score one more goal, we will take the lead. Then we will shrink back to defend and defend this victory.
Even if you are unlucky and the opponent scores a goal, you can still get a draw. It won’t be a waste of water in the end, and the one point you got turns into zero points.
The football that was cleared by Kirk finally fell outside the right sideline, and Leeds City got a throw-in.
While everyone was preparing for the throw-in, Hulay found Kamara and said to him: "When you get the ball on the wing later, pass it to the back of the penalty area. Try to make the pass as wide as possible, Ismail."
“Later? Okay.” Kamala nodded without asking in detail why.
Why are there so many?
Anyway, Hu Lai needs him to pass the ball, so he just passes it.
The throw-in was thrown by Leeds City right back Toby Isherwood and passed directly to Kamara.
Because of the previous assist, Kamara was still being marked by Tramed players even if he switched to the right wing.
Balia stood in front of him at this time, lowered his center of gravity, and assumed a defensive posture.
After the opponent snatched the football away in front of him and then assisted a goal, Barea is now particularly concerned about No. 22 and will never let him go due to carelessness again.
When Camara got the ball and faced Barea, he didn't just cycle on the spot or do any fancy things.
Instead, use the outside instep of your right foot to drive the football toward the baseline!
His start was so sudden that even Balia was slightly stunned for half a second before he realized and hurriedly followed.
This place is relatively close to the baseline, and the sprint space is very small. He believes that he will have a chance to block this kid here.
But at this moment, he saw Leeds City’s No. 22 kicking the ball in directly!
At first he thought it was a fake move to disrupt his rhythm, but he never expected that the opponent would pass the ball so simply and crudely.
He quickly stretched out his foot to block it, but he only had time to rub the football with his toe!
Balia turned his head and watched the football leap high and fly towards the goal. He didn’t know whether his kick was considered a successful defense...
“Kamara made a direct pass! The ball seemed to have been blocked by Barea, and there was a slight line change..."
Because Kamara passed the ball with great force, even if it was blocked by Barea, the football still ran towards the back post.
But after being blocked by Barea, the flight trajectory of the football changed. It did not successfully turn back, but flew straight to the bottom line behind the goal. It seemed that it was going to fly directly out of bounds...
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Barea's face. I finally succeeded in destroying Leeds City's attack!
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Hulay, who was originally ambushing at the back point, saw Kamara passing the ball, so he accelerated towards the back point, preparing to grab the point.
At the same time, Tramed's center back Joseva Iglesias also followed.
During this process, he looked back at the football and realized that something was wrong.
The ball seems to be... going out of bounds?
He observed again and found that the football was indeed running out of bounds!
Seeing this, he slowed down and felt relieved.
But he was only halfway through breathing when he saw a foot suddenly appear in the air, with the toes pointed upward, reaching towards the flying football!
“It’s Hu Lai!!” He Feng’s voice and spirit were lifted up.
Everyone thought that Leeds City's attack failed again, but they didn't expect that Hu Lai hadn't given up yet!
Seeing the football flying towards the baseline, he did not slow down like Iglesias next to him, but instead raised his left foot with all his strength, trying to save the ball that was about to fly out of the baseline!
Everyone turned their attention to the figure near the bottom line. They saw that he was supporting his body with his right foot and lifting his left foot upward. In order to increase the height, he also tried hard to stand on tiptoe of his right foot and spread his arms to maintain balance...
I don’t know why, but this obviously forced movement seems to many people to have a sense of relaxed and athletic beauty at this moment.
In front of everyone’s eyes, it seems that the flow of time has slowed down many times!
Li Qingqing, who was in front of the TV, had straightened up and sat up at some point, and the doll she was holding fell to the floor.
Seeing this scene reminded her of the distant high school days, the trial that determined whether Hu Lai could enter the school team.
His third goal, how similar is it to this ball?
He also struggled to stretch his feet to reach the ball in the air.
But at that time, Hu Lai was completely unable to stop the ball. In the end, he hooked the ball back and hit it hard in the face, causing his nose to bleed.
And now...
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No way, this guy can really...
Iglesias stared with wide eyes as he watched Hulay's feet approaching the football a little closer, or it could be said that the football and his feet were getting closer to each other.
Then he was really stopped by the instep of his left foot!
“Hu Lai! When the ball was about to fly out of the baseline, he successfully saved the football!”
At this time, Iglesias started to pounce again, trying to destroy the ball.
The football was blocked by the instep of Hu Lai's left foot and flew back, passing right over his head and landing on the edge of the small penalty area behind him.
Connor Kirk rushed forward, intending to clear the ball out again.
Charlie Potter, who was originally beside Kirk, looked around and realized that he was unmarked!
So he shouted: "Hu!!"
At the same time, he opened his arms to signal Hu Lai to pass the ball to him.
Pete Williams was also yelling: “Watch out!”
He was reminding Hu Lai to pay attention to Kirk who was rushing towards him.
But it was as if Hu Lai didn't hear these sounds at all, or he couldn't care less about them.
He held Iglesias's body with one hand to stop the inertia of his body rushing forward. At the same time, he completed his turn and prepared to pounce back towards the football.
Iglesias's hand also tugged on his arm, which was the only thing he could do.
The two people were entangled in this way.
There were fans in the stands who couldn't wait to boo. They thought Tramed's center back committed a foul.
Last season at Tramed’s home court, the referee whistled a penalty kick for us. Now, referee, do you dare to give us a penalty kick back?!
The referee actually raised the whistle to his mouth, his eyes widened, and he looked like he was ready to blow it at any time.
On the other side, Kirk finally arrived. He picked up his right foot and kicked the football!
Almost at the same time, Hulay grabbed Iglesias with both hands, and after using him to stabilize his body and center of gravity, he also raised his right leg!
Two legs are pumping towards the football from different directions, one left and one right!
Bang!
Hulai felt his instep touch the football as his leg was pushed back by an obvious reaction force.
On the other side, Kirk missed a kick!
What about football?
Everyone is looking for it.
At last they saw Tramed's goalkeeper Walker kneeling on one knee in the near corner of the goal, with both hands still in motion to catch the ball.
But the football is not in his hands, nor in his arms.
Instead...
In the next goal!
“Ahhhhh! Huh!!” Leeds radio commentator Ryan Haynes screamed, “Seventy-five minutes! We are ahead! We are ahead of Tramed at home!!”
Flanders Stadium was followed by a brief silence, followed by a violent sonic explosion, which sent everything flying into the sky!
Even the roof of the stadium seems to be able to be flipped off!
The fans in the stands jumped from their seats and poured down, one after another. Separated by the LED billboards and police security, they stretched their arms towards the court, seemingly trying to get as far away from the goal scorer as possible.