Chapter One Hundred and Thirty So You Want to Be a Sinner
When Tony Clark saw Hu Lai at the training base, a happy smile appeared on his face. He even took the initiative to hug his player: "I'm glad to see you back from the national team in good health.
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Hu Lai was shocked: "Does even the boss know that Koreans and West Asians play dirty?"
Clark looked confused: "What are you talking about?"
“Isn’t it? Otherwise, boss, why would you suddenly lament that I can still come back healthy?”
Clark couldn't laugh or cry: "What...haven't you heard of the 'FIF virus'? It means that when players go to participate in national team games, they are more likely to be injured due to fatigue. You are one of our team's flight time
The longest and farthest international player, of course I will worry about you getting injured!"
"Ah? Really? Ha...ha!" Hu Lai, who had a lot of fun with Koreans and Qataris, used laughter to resolve the embarrassment.
"Our coaching staff has watched all your games with the national team, and I noticed your long shot against South Korea. Is this the first time you have scored with a long shot in a game?" Clark didn't care.
Whether Koreans or Qataris play football dirty, he only cares about football itself.
“Well, the Korean tactics at that time were indeed very suitable for me to try long-range shots, so I took a shot. Unexpectedly, the first shot went in. I was really lucky.”
“This is not luck, this is the result of your unremitting efforts for several months.” Clark was very happy. He could always see this kind of rapid improvement after hard training in Hu Lai.
At first he learned about Hulay from Matt and thought his greatest talent was his excellent ability to run without the ball.
But when Hulay became his player and got along with him day and night, Tony Clark felt that Hulay had the same ability that people had ignored.
That is his excellent learning ability.
Whether it is core strength training or long-range shooting, he can always produce high-quality training results at a fast speed.
Of course, he does not have such learning ability in everything.
For example, if you let him practice dribbling, he will never have such an effect.
Clark also realized that Hulay is not an all-around frontcourt player. He has his own strengths and weaknesses.
In fact, there are the most players like this. Many players can achieve the ultimate in one or two things throughout their entire careers, which is already very remarkable.
Those players who seem to be comprehensive are actually relatively mediocre in all abilities and their overall level is not low. However, it is difficult for them to be the best in the world in a certain ability.
Since Hulay is already very good at running and shooting without the ball, Clark naturally does not need to let him spend more energy to make up for the shortcomings that he is not good at.
Cultivating professional players is not about manufacturing mobile phones. It does not require making a bucket machine with no shortcomings.
"And this goal means a lot to you, Hu, not because it is the first long-range goal in your career. But it reminds you that you don't have to squeeze into the penalty area to score a goal every time.
.You may have been a little reluctant to shoot outside the penalty area because of habit or psychological reasons. I think you can try more long-range shots in the future." Clark reminded Hu Lai.
After hearing what the head coach said, Hu Lai frowned and asked: "But boss, will this... um, expose my secret weapon?"
Hearing Hu Lai's words, Clark was stunned at first, and then laughed: "You are really a fox, Hu! You are thinking about how to be evil... Then if you think so, if you fully show your
The threat ability outside the penalty area will make the opponent who is defending you confused, not knowing whether to let you into the penalty area or prevent you from entering the penalty area... In this way, when the opponent is defending you, you need to constantly guess what you are going to do.
Will the chances you get increase when you do what you do next?”
Hu Lai suddenly understood: "I understand, boss! I will try my best to take more long-range shots in the game in the future."
“Well, very good.” Clark nodded with satisfaction and let Hu Lai go to train.
After Hu Lai left, Matt Dawn came to Clark and asked: "How did you suggest that he change his original playing habits? I saw that he was quite happy when he left..."
After seeing Hu Lai's long-range goal against the South Korean team, the club's coaching staff discussed during the tea break how to persuade Hu Lai to appropriately adjust his playing habits. Otherwise, what's the point of not practicing long shots?
As the team’s head coach, of course he can directly order Hulay to change his habits.
However, the coaching staff has repeatedly discussed it and does not recommend this.
For a player like Hu Lai, this tough approach will not yield good results. Instead, it may cause him to rebound. After nearly a year of contact, everyone can see that Hu Lai is the kind of person who looks humble on the surface.
, but he is actually a very tough person at heart.
He has his own insistence. If you can't convince him, just force him to do it. He may not object to it face to face, but when it comes to actual implementation, it must be all kinds of over and over again. After all, this kid is full of bad ideas and wants to do something.
It's too easy to go bad.
So Hu Lai must be willing to change in order to achieve his goal.
How can you make him willing to change the playing style he is accustomed to?
If a person's habits could be changed so easily, it wouldn't be called a "habit".
So when Matt Dawn saw Hu Lai and Tony chatting for a few words, he left with a smile on his face and was surprised how his friend persuaded Hu Lai.
“Matt, we were all wrong.” Clark turned to Matt and said.
“Huh? Wrong? What’s wrong?” Matt was confused.
“We thought he was reluctant to take long shots because it was difficult for him to change his playing habits, right?”
“Isn’t it?” Matt spread his hands.
"But guess what he told me just now? He said that the reason why he didn't want to take long-range shots often was because he was worried that it would expose his secret weapon prematurely. He wanted to use long-range shots at the most critical times, like this
That’s what happened during the national team match.”
After hearing Clark's words, Matt was stunned.
Seeing his friend like this, Clark burst out laughing: "Listen, Matt, this is really what that kid can say! It's also the way he thinks about doing things!"
Matt muttered with some surprise: "I'm still too young..."
"So when I told him that if he could show his long-range shooting ability, it would make it more difficult for defensive players to guard him, and it would be easier for him to get opportunities. He readily accepted my suggestion. There was no intention of forcing him.
He will definitely take more long-range shots in the next games, maybe we will soon be able to see his long-range goals in the club, Matt."
Clark said very confidently, with a confident smile on his face.
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"Hu!! Beautiful! His smart movement in front of the goal won him a golden opportunity for an unguarded shot! As the person who currently ranks first in the league's scorer list, he obviously will not miss such an opportunity! Just now
Hu didn't look tired at all after finishing the national team game. He even brought his excellent form of scoring five goals in two games with the national team back to Leeds City!"
When Sky TV commentator Matthew Cox shouted so, Hulay's goal had helped Leeds City rewrite the score to 2:0.
With ten minutes left in the game, this score almost meant that it would be difficult for the home team Northumbria to make a comeback.
"Before the season, there was a warm-up match between Leeds City and Northumbria. At that time, Leeds City was very embarrassed by the newly promoted team and narrowly defeated their opponent in the end. So before today's game, Northumbria's head coach Michael Harry
Harris said that he would use the same tactics as in that warm-up match to let Leeds City defeat... Harris didn't lie, he did use the same tactics, but today's tactics are not so effective...
...Look at the current score, Hu and Williams scored a goal each, easily defeating Northumbria..."
"Kamara, who did nothing against Northumbria's fierce defense in that game, performed well today. Although he did not provide a direct assist, both of Leeds City's goals were related to him. One of them was exactly
The free kick he created helped Peter Williams score... So far, Kamara has caused three people in Northumbria's defense to receive yellow cards. This may be due to the pressure and lack of pressure after Hu came off the bench in the second half.
One of the small reasons..."
After scoring the goal, Hulay hugged Kamara and celebrated the goal with him. At the same time, he happily praised: "Ismail, you finally learned to protect yourself!"
Kamara was also very happy: "I think I finally got a hint, but I'm not very skilled yet..."
Williams heard the conversation between the two people nearby and said somewhat depressedly: "Hu, although I don't understand what you are talking to Ismail, but I know that it is definitely not a good thing..."
Hulai was unhappy: “How can you wrong a good person, Peter? I was praising Kamala’s progress!”
“Progress in diving?”
"Bah!" Hu Lai spat, "You also saw it, it's completely different from diving! If Ismail really flopped, the referee would not let him go easily, especially now that there is a video referee
, it is foolish to try to profit from the game by diving. Since he was able to get three Northumbria defenders to receive yellow cards, it must be because the Northumbria defenders really fouled Kamara.
Well, under my guidance, he successfully avoided being injured, and also made the other party avoid it, so he did not dare to act rashly against Ismail again!"
Then he turned to Kamala and said in French: "Remember, Ismail. Self-protection is a very high-end technology. Not just anyone can learn it. Some people just imitate it badly. In the end,
If it is self-defeating, it will become a flop. You must study harder, grasp the degree, and be impeccable in the rules!"
Seeing Hu Lai speaking so seriously, Kamala also suppressed her smile and nodded very seriously: "Don't worry, Hu Lai. I will practice more!"
Pete Williams covered his forehead with his hands and looked up to the sky with a sigh. He felt that an ordinary and kind-hearted child was going to be led astray by Hu Lai...
no!
I can no longer be excluded by them like this, I want to be able to instill my ideas into Ismail!
Williams, who has a strong sense of responsibility, made up his mind to find himself a French tutor after this game.
Even though Kamala is learning English, Williams still feels that after Kamala can communicate with him in English, Kamala may have been influenced by Hu Lai and it will be useless to say anything else...
So he planned to learn French as well. This would mean that the time required for two people to move towards each other and meet up in the middle must be faster than if he waited for Kamala to catch up.
Only in this way can he get a head start in the race with Hulay, and be able to slow down Kamara's decline to Hulay's style to some extent.