"As the highlight of this round of the league, Manchester Athletic's home game against Leeds City did not disappoint us. The two teams held high the offensive banner and fought against each other during the game, scoring a total of six goals. And
The game also had its ups and downs... The home team took the lead three times during the game, but the visiting team Leeds City tenaciously equalized three times... The last goals of both teams were very exciting... Kabangka used his signature high-speed running in the goal
The scene in which Ben Grist was knocked down by the bull's tail was called "cruel" by the commentator Cox. Hulay's "perfect" goal before the end fully reflected his position as the current top scorer in the Premier League.
The top scorer's sense of smell and quick reaction in front of the goal... He unexpectedly lifted the football over Correa's head, turned around and got rid of the opponent at the same time, and successfully hit the empty goal...
"If you don't count Leeds City's game against Woldhampton when Hulay was not in the squad, then Hulay has scored in four consecutive games in which he played. In the past October,
He only played twice but scored three goals, and his goal in the first ten seconds against Wiggerston also set the record for the fastest goal in the Premier League so far this season... There is news that Hulay may be
Won the Premier League Player of the Month for October. If he really wins the award, then he may be the player who has played the fewest games... But if he doesn't win, it's not a big deal. With Hu Lai's condition, I believe he will win again
The Premier League's Best of the Month is a matter of time...
"Hulay is no stranger to the honor of Premier League Player of the Month. He won the Premier League Player of the Month for the first time in August when he scored five goals in the four league rounds in August. This
His performance helped him win the title of the best of the month... Maybe we Chinese fans will start to get used to Hu Lai being the representative of Chinese football and constantly creating new history of Chinese football on the world's top football stage..."
After the match between Leeds City and Manchester Athletic, various domestic media in China reported the match in great detail.
In the era of popular short videos on the Internet, his last goal in which he picked out Correa and then turned around and shot into an empty goal was picked out separately and went viral on the short video platform.
Various self-media companies took advantage of his wonderful performance to gain a large number of fans on various platforms.
During the competition, Yan Kang was worried that self-media marketing accounts’ pursuit of Hu Lai would turn into flattery, and wanted to cool down the current slightly fanatical atmosphere.
But now it seems that his idea is destined to be difficult to realize in a short period of time...
Taking into account that there are still two World Cup qualifying play-offs against Paraguay, Yan Kang is even more worried.
There are self-media marketing accounts that have begun to chase the hot spots of these two games, and the headlines are more popular than the last:
«Paraguay prepares for strong winds!»
"Chinese football is only one step away from the World Cup!"
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"How did Paraguay go from being a regular player in South American football's World Cup to being a failure?"
Look at this title, although Paraguay is indeed far behind its former glory days and has missed four consecutive World Cup finals. But this does not mean that they are "broken"...
The reason why they failed to participate in the World Cup is because the South American qualifying area is known as a "copy of hell".
There are many strong players in South America including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela and other countries, but there are only four and a half participating places.
Brazil and Argentina have never missed the World Cup and are the leaders in South American football. This will first reduce the number of two places, and the remaining teams will compete for the remaining two and a half places.
Venezuela has a plateau advantage. Even if Brazil and Argentina play Venezuela away from home, it will be difficult to gain any benefits.
Teams such as Chile, Peru and Bolivia can also stir up trouble in South American football if one or two strong players emerge.
Not to mention traditional football powers like Uruguay and Colombia.
Which of these teams is easier to deal with?
If Asian teams come to South America to participate in the qualifying rounds, they might all be wiped out. Maybe the Japanese team is slightly better, but it is only limited. This can be seen from the results of Asian teams in previous World Cup finals.
Paraguay has not participated in the previous four consecutive World Cups. It is not that their level is too poor, although their own strength has indeed declined. The main reason is that their opponents are too strong.
In this World Cup qualifier, Paraguay finally finished fifth in the South American qualifiers, which were filled with strong opponents. Being qualified to compete with Asian teams for half of the spots shows that they are definitely not easy to mess with.
After all, the four top teams ahead of Paraguay are Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay, which have always performed stably.
However, in the articles or videos of these self-media marketing accounts, Paraguay is just like a subpar team, as if the Chinese team will definitely be able to step on the opponent's corpse and stand on the World Cup stage...
It’s true that we have Hulay, who currently ranks first in the Premier League scorer list, but Paraguay also has players who play in Europe!
There are as many as twelve players in this Paraguay national team playing in European leagues at all levels. With this alone, the Chinese team is really not qualified to stand up to Paraguay.
Two of these twelve players are representatives of Paraguayan football. One of them is Sousa Espinola, the main forward of Munich Blue and White. He has played for this Bundesliga giant for five seasons, with a total of
He scored 133 goals with a cool style and exquisite skills. His failure to participate in the World Cup has always been considered a big pity by many fans and media.
The other person is Paul Arce, the main center back of the Serie A giants Turin Bulls. He is not strong in stature, but has excellent defensive skills and first-class consciousness. Otherwise, it would be impossible to become the third captain of the Turin Bulls in Serie A, which emphasizes defense.
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These two people are exactly the same as each other.
The Chinese team has to withstand the Paraguayan attack lineup led by Sosa Espinola when defending, and also rack their brains to break through the Paraguayan defense line led by Paul Arce when attacking.
This is definitely much more difficult than facing Uzbekistan in the Asian play-offs.
For this reason, Yan Kang wrote a long article on the Internet to analyze Paraguayan football. The purpose is to pour cold water on everyone and warn them to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. As spectators, we should not have a sense of expectation of "finishing all our efforts in one game". We must start from the beginning.
Seeing the progress of Chinese football in this qualifier, this is the most long-term benefit to Chinese football...
However, when he put what he wrote so painstakingly on the Internet, the most responses he received were:
Too long to read.
After reading this, some people criticized Yan Kang for making a "capitulationist mistake" and surrendering before fighting. This is the "remnant of defeatism" accumulated by Chinese football over the years...
Only in places where professional fans gather, it resonates with many people. Because what Yan Kang said is indeed reasonable.
The concerns of these people are completely warranted.
The World Cup has set off an unprecedented football craze in this country. Naturally, many people who did not pay attention to football before and did not understand football will come to watch the national team's games. They are full of enthusiasm for the Chinese team and have high hopes for it.
But they actually don’t know much about the rules of the football world, and naturally they don’t understand the strength of Paraguay, the fifth-placed team in the South American qualifiers.
This kind of attention and enthusiasm is a good thing for Chinese football, but it also symbolizes huge pressure.
Among those who follow the trend to pay attention to the Chinese team's bid for the World Cup, some people may turn around and curse Chinese football after the Chinese team fails to bid for the World Cup, just like they have done many times before.
They don’t care how strong Paraguay is, or how difficult it is for the Chinese team to reach this point...
In any case, they are happy when they win, and they are scolded when they lose. This is the unbreakable "truth" in their hearts, and they have never made a mistake.
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“Wait a minute, Sugiyama.”
When Tatsuya Sugiyama changed his clothes and was about to leave the dressing room, he was stopped by someone.
He looked back at his tall, handsome teammate Sousa Espinola, and asked in German: "What can I do for you, senior?"
Sosa was already used to the special Japanese address of the young Japanese player, so he didn't care about what he called himself, but asked: "That's it...are you free tonight? I want you to have a meal."
Sugiyama Tatsuya heard this. Although he was a little confused, he still nodded and said: "Of course, I am free..."
Souza had a gentle smile on his face: "If you don't mind, how about treating you to some of your country's cuisine?"
“Thank you very much, senior.” Sugiyama Tatsuya bowed quickly.
“You’re welcome, actually I need your help with something...” Sosa waved his hand quickly.
“Ask me for help?” Sugiyama Tatsuya showed a mixture of surprise and confusion on his face.
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In a very typical Japanese restaurant, Sosa Espinola changed his position and sat on the tatami seat. This was already the third sitting position he had changed in half an hour.
At first, he strictly followed Japanese dining etiquette and learned to sit upright and kneel like Tatsuya Sugiyama.
But it wasn’t long before he felt a soreness and numbness from his legs to his heels.
Just looking at Tatsuya Sugiyama who looked as if nothing had happened, Sousa was too embarrassed to change his posture, as if he was afraid that doing so would give Tatsuya Sugiyama the illusion that he disliked their Japanese etiquette.
But after holding on for a few minutes, he couldn't help but adjust his sitting posture to sit cross-legged.
This time he persisted a little longer, and finally changed his position for the third time just now...
To be honest, Sosa now regrets that he shouldn’t have invited Sugiyama Tatsuya to eat this Japanese food with “authentic taste” as its biggest selling point. Even the way he sits is so authentic...
While changing positions, Sosa stated his purpose of inviting Tatsuya Sugiyama.
This purpose made Sugiyama Tatsuya's eyes widen: "Eh? Senior wants to know about Hu Lai?"
Sosa nodded very solemnly: "Yes. Although I know that he is now the top scorer in the Premier League and I know that he just scored a beautiful goal against Manchester United... But I have never talked with him.
I have played against him, and all I know about him is limited to knowing these statistics. But you have met him in the game, so I want to know what your impression of him is as a person who has played against him... You also
You know, Sugiyama, in more than ten days we will compete with the Chinese team for the last ticket to the World Cup."
Sugiyama Tatsuya was still surprised: "I didn't expect you, senior, to attach so much importance to the Chinese team. Logically speaking, with your strength, as long as you don't underestimate the enemy, there should be no suspense in defeating the Chinese team, right?"
“Theoretically, that’s the case. But football is round and there are many unknowns. I’m worried that Hu is the biggest one…”
Seeing Sosa being so serious, Sugiyama Tatsuya also frowned and began to seriously think about the impression Hu Lai left on him.
Souza did not disturb him when he saw this, and the small private room became quiet.
After a while, Sugiyama Tatsuya shook his head and said: "I don't know how to introduce him to you, senior. I just thought about it carefully and found that he has many different... sides. When I want to use one or two sentences
When I try to describe him, I can't do it at all. You are right, senior, Hu Lai is indeed the most unpredictable. There is one thing that may serve as proof..."
Tatsuya Sugiyama then told Sosa the whole story about the goal Hulay scored in the U23 Asian Cup final.
When he heard Tatsuya Sugiyama say that Hu Lai accidentally slipped to the ground when facing the Japanese Olympic goalkeeper alone, but still unexpectedly scored the football into the goal, Sosa's eyes widened: "Can it still be like this?
?God, I can't imagine how he should do it..."
Sugiyama Tatsuya smiled and shook his head: "Before I saw that ball with my own eyes, I couldn't imagine that anyone could score a goal like this... So I can only say that Hu is an unpredictable person, you never know where he is.
What is he thinking, and what he will do next. This is why when playing against him, defenders will feel very tired when guarding him, because the attention must always be on him 100%, and no distraction is allowed... But how?
Possible?"
After hearing what Tatsuya Sugiyama said, Sosa frowned and fell into deep thought.