Hulay’s brace gave Leeds City a three-goal lead over Widgerstown in the first half. This score made many Leeds City fans in the stands feel reassured that the victory was basically certain!
But after the start of the second half, Wijston quickly got a goal back.
Just six minutes into the second half, Widgston forward John Joe scored in front of the goal, rewriting the score to 1:3.
On the sidelines, Wiggerston head coach Roger Biller excitedly rushed out of the coaching bench and waved his fist at the Flanders Stadium stands.
At halftime, he told his players in the locker room not to think about the score, nor about winning or losing, but to put down all their baggage and fight Leeds City away from home.
“…Aren’t they good at attacking? Then let’s attack them! Let’s see who has the last laugh!”
So at the beginning of the second half, Widgston turned away and took advantage of the kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Leeds City's goal.
And it really caught Leeds City off guard and scored in just six minutes!
"Aha! This game is really interesting!" Cox, as the neutral commentator, said that he was just watching the fun and it was not too big a deal. "A goal was scored within nine seconds of kick-off in the first half..."
During the halftime break, the official revised the specific time of Hu Lai's goal. When everyone first saw the goal and then paid attention to the game time, they found that it was ten seconds, so they said it was scored within seconds of the opening.
ball.
But in fact the real time this goal took was nine seconds. So now Cox has increased the time of Hulay's goal by another second.
Of course, even if the goal is nine seconds, it still has not set the record for the fastest goal in the Premier League. This record is eight seconds and thirty-seven. It was created by the then Highlanders forward Andy Dallas in the 2003-2004 season.
It's Sydenham.
"... There was a goal six minutes into the second half. It looks like today is going to turn into a goal battle! Let's see, after losing a goal to the opponent, Leeds City head coach Tony Clark will still do it.
What countermeasures are there…”
Clark's countermeasure is... to continue the attack!
This was not at all what Cox expected.
And that’s what he wanted to see.
As a neutral party, of course I hope to see a goal feast...
Sure enough, neither side took it back and continued to attack.
Leeds City scored a goal from Pete Williams in the 69th minute.
Widgeston was not to be outdone and used a long shot to rewrite the score to 2:4 three minutes later.
The last goal of the game occurred in the 82nd minute. When Kamara was making a pass from the wing to find Hulay, the center back Paul Godric who was guarding Hulay took the first kick and kicked him directly.
Got into the goal...
Own goals!
"Ah!!" He Feng held his head with both hands and shouted regretfully. "Godric scored an own goal! What a pity! If he hadn't touched the ball, Hu Lai behind him would have done it.
Hat trick!"
Although Leeds City once again led by three goals, and with about ten minutes left in the game, this score meant that they would have a great chance of winning three points at home. However, He Feng only considered Hu Lai's interests at this time.
It's still a pity.
As he said, if Godric didn't block it, it would be no difficulty for him that Hu Lai, who was following him, would score a hat trick.
Hulai scored his first hat-trick in the Premier League against North London Wanderers last season, and was also the first hat-trick by an Asian player in the Premier League.
This season, Hulay has scored twice four times in ten league rounds and is only one step away from a hat trick, but has never been able to achieve his goal.
Xie Lan in front of the TV angrily pointed at Godric, who was covering his face with his hands and making a sign of pain, and asked her husband: "Did this person do it on purpose?!"
Hu Lixin couldn’t laugh or cry: “Listen to what you said...who would deliberately score an own goal?”
“In order to prevent our son from completing the hat trick, we will do anything we can!” Xie Lan gritted his teeth.
"He definitely doesn't want to. But as a central defender, when defending closely, he has to take a shot even if the ball comes. He doesn't consider those things at all. It's just that he is unlucky..." Hu Lixin
explained.
Xie Lan knew that her husband was right, but she still couldn't help but feel regretful and unhappy that her son failed to complete the hat trick.
She sat down on the sofa again and looked at her son who had already run to celebrate the goal with his teammates. He seemed not to care about this matter at all...
On the TV, He Feng was comforting himself and the fans and viewers like Xie Lan in front of the TV: "...But it doesn't matter, the league has only played ten rounds, and there will be more opportunities in the future! When he just joined Leeds City last season
, it took him fifteen league rounds to finally score eleven goals. And this season, he tied his total number of goals last season in just ten league rounds... With Hu Lai's form, he will definitely perform a hat trick.
of!"
During the first round of the league, many people, including He Feng, were still discussing that this was Hulay's second season in the Premier League and that he would encounter many problems of this kind.
But now no one mentions it at all.
Because Hulay used goal after goal to prove to those who were worried about him, or those who were not optimistic about him, that there was no so-called "rookie wall" in front of him.
Having scored 11 goals in ten league rounds, he continues to lead the Premier League scorer list, and he is still far ahead!
From this perspective, we should indeed have confidence in Hu Lai. There was no hat in this game, and there will definitely be in the future.
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After Godric scored an own goal, both sides had no further achievements.
The attack that lasted the entire second half also died down.
Of course Widgerstown was unwilling to lose to Leeds City in an away game, but due to their lack of strength and bad luck, they had no choice but to accept it.
Leeds City are naturally extremely satisfied with this result. They don't care about the two goals they conceded, as long as they can get three points.
In the end, Leeds City defeated Widgerston 5:2 at home.
The two teams scored seven goals, creating a wonderful goal battle for the fans.
Everyone was happy except for the Wiggerston fans.
In addition, this game also produced two other particularly gimmick things. One is of course Leeds City's goal in the first nine seconds, and the special tactics used in this goal. The other is that Hu Lai finally has a goal.
A song written specifically for him by fans, but it sounds a bit...funny.
So what does Hu Lai himself think?
When Hu Lai was being interviewed after the game, he was asked by reporters what he thought of the song given to him by the fans. He smiled and said: "I think it's pretty good and I like it very much. This is my first time."
Hearing the song with my name during the game, I am very grateful to the fans for their love for me."
The reporter asked with a smile: "Do you know which song is the original song of this song?"
Hu Lai shrugged: "Of course, "Wholetthedogout?". I think the fans are so talented for thinking of adapting this song! I really like their idea, ha!"
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David Miller pointed at the TV screen in the bar and excitedly shouted to other "White Rose" fans: "Nonsense he loves this song! There is no better recognition than this!"
Then he picked up the wine glass and raised it high: "Come, let's drink to Leeds City's victory and Hu's goal!!"
After other fans looked at each other, they also picked up their glasses.
What else can be said?
Hu Lai himself said that he likes this song. Our boss is really lucky that such a joke song can be liked by Hu Lai...
John Falkingham muttered in a low voice: "Hu actually likes such a song. Now I have some doubts about Hu's taste and aesthetics..."
"cheers!!"
John’s confused complaints were covered up by the shouts of his companions.
Levin, who was right next to him, still heard it. He smiled and patted John's shoulder hard: "John, don't say it. After singing it a few times, I also think this song is actually quite good, ha!"
John rolled his eyes at him and drank the beer in his glass in one gulp.
The TV above their heads continued to play news about the game.
The team's head coach Tony Clark clarified the doubts of reporters at the post-match press conference: "...that tactic in the opening game? That was not my idea, although I also hope that I came up with it...but I
I can't lie to you. In fact, this post-kick-off tactic was Hu's idea. He came up with it during training. I thought it was interesting, so I tried it... To be honest, I didn't expect it to work the first time.
I'm very happy to be successful, because this goal gave us a good start in winning this game and also brought us good luck... Ha!"
The Leeds City fans in the bar looked up at the TV with surprised expressions.
“Oh my God, this tactic idea is a bullshit idea?”
“Being able to score goals and help the team design tactics...is there anything else that Hu Ta can’t do?”
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The same question also occurs on the Internet.
Before the game was over, the video and GIF pictures of Leeds City's first goal had already been circulated on the Internet.
Many fans said online that Tony Clark is truly a "madman" and that ordinary people simply cannot think of such an idea.
As a result, now that Clark has announced the correct answer, it turns out that this tactic was not designed by him, but by Hu Lai!
Many people quickly changed their minds on the Internet: Genius and madman can only be separated by a thought. Hu Lai is truly a genius!
The heated discussion about this ball on the foreign Internet also attracted the attention of Chinese fans. When everyone saw the fuss made by foreign fans about Hu Lai's ideas, they all felt that they were just a group of country bumpkins who had never seen the world...
Because Chinese fans are generally familiar with weird ideas like Hu Lai.
There are also Chinese fans who have spread Hu Lai’s "Tiannu Scattering" corner kick tactic in Flash Star and his fancy celebrations in the school football era abroad.
Tell those “hillbillies”:
The things that shocked you are no longer surprising in our eyes. For Hu Lai, these are just basic operations!
There is also a foreign fan who excitedly announced on social media that he has learned a Chinese word used by Chinese fans to praise Hu Lai, and explained the meaning of this word to everyone in detail.
Don't do anything 6: For Hu Lai, this is just his basic operation. Please don't make a fuss about it and stay calm so that you don't look like a fan who has just fallen in love with Hu Lai.
This matter was reported back to the Chinese Internet, and Chinese fans and netizens praised it one after another: