Before the game between Leeds City and Liverpool United, Hulay won the second Premier League Player of the Month trophy in his career.
He therefore became the player with the fewest appearances to win this honor.
After winning the award, he did not continue his scoring momentum. In the game against Liverpool United, he was substituted after only playing 66 minutes. He failed to score before being substituted.
But he doesn’t really care about this, because even if he doesn’t score, he still leads the Premier League’s top scorer list.
This is actually a "tacit understanding" between him and Clark.
Whether it was before the game or during the game, he did not take the initiative to ask to leave the game early. But Clark knew that there were two very important games for Hu Lai, and the flight distance alone was enough to circle the earth.
It was a very severe test for his physical fitness.
So Clark "made his own decision" not to let Hulay play the whole game, hoping to allow Hulay to rest more.
Although when Hulay came off the field, Leeds City only tied with Liverpool United 1:1. Clark was still willing to take the risk of not winning the game so that Hulay could face the two most critical national games in better condition.
team competition.
This move gained Clark a lot of goodwill in China. Chinese fans are naturally the most concerned about the national team's games and the physical condition of Hu Lai. They also know that Clark replaced Hu Lai so early just to make him more capable.
Good preparation for the World Cup qualifying play-offs.
After Hulay was replaced, Leeds City finally defeated Liverpool United 2:1 with Kamara's goal in the 81st minute, taking all three points.
In response to this, Chinese fans have expressed: Good people will be rewarded.
Subsequently, in a focus game of this round, Stan Park Rangers defeated Manchester United 3:1 at home. This victory allowed them to continue to lead the league standings with 34 points.
Atletico Manchester City, which lost the game, plummeted from second place in the league to fourth place.
Not only was it surpassed by Leeds City with 25 points, but it was even underperformed by London Bridge. Manchester Athletic and London Bridge had the same points, but in terms of goal difference, London Bridge was slightly better. With this goal difference advantage, London Bridge
Overwhelming Manchester United and becoming third in the league.
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After the game against Liverpool United, Hulay did not fly back to China this time. Instead, he took a plane to the west, diagonally across the Atlantic Ocean, and went directly to Paraguay to join the national team.
This time in the play-offs, the Chinese team was drawn into a guest first and then a home schedule.
In the eyes of many people, this is much better than first being the host and then the guest.
But this is not actually the case. Because visiting first and then home means that the Chinese team spends more time on the road than its opponents.
The first leg match between China and Paraguay is on November 14th. After the match, they will return to China to prepare for the second leg match on November 19th.
The two games are only four days apart. For the Chinese team, which has to make a long-distance intercontinental flight, it is definitely more tiring than Paraguay, because they have to fly from China to Paraguay and back from Paraguay in the first round, suffering continuous jet lag.
The impact on the team is greater than ordinary people imagine.
If the game is played first at home and then away, the team will have no game tasks after flying to the away game to play the second round. Naturally, there will be no need to worry about the long-distance flight back and the impact of jet lag on the team...
In order to prepare for these two important games, China has also made special adjustments to the league schedule.
Although the professional league and the Football Association are now separated and managed by the professional league, the Football Association can no longer give orders to the league as before and can change it as it wants. However, before important goals such as the World Cup, the Football Association and the professional league are still simply
After consultation, a consensus was quickly reached.
After the 27th round of the league, the Chinese Super League will be completely suspended, and the remaining three rounds of the league will not be played until the World Cup qualifying play-offs are completed.
Starting from November 3, the national team will gather for a week of training to prepare for the game against Paraguay.
In order to avoid the situation where the team loses its match status due to only training but no games, a warm-up match was specially arranged to play against the South China Tigers at the national team training ground.
After this game, the Chinese team boarded the plane directly from Lingnan and flew to Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, where they will join Hulay for the last two days of training before facing the powerful enemy Paraguay.
The difficulty of this game can be seen from the timing alone.
As the team's main shooter, Hulay can only practice with the whole team for a short time just like sharpening their guns before the battle. This is a very helpless reality, but it is also an opportunity for Paraguay.
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“I don’t think this is our chance,” Paraguay head coach David Arturo said to the rest of the coaching staff, looking at the information in his hand.
"Although Hu's training time with the national team was not long each time, I noticed that his performance in the national team was very good, and he did not show any lack of tacit understanding with his teammates. I think this may have something to do with him being in the national team.
It’s related to China’s domestic playing experience. Many people in this national team were his teammates in domestic clubs and the Olympic team, and some were his opponents in domestic leagues... These all make
They are no strangers to each other."
Arturo talks eloquently.
"So if we think that they will not cooperate well enough and underestimate the enemy, then we might... no, we will definitely pay the price for it!" After Arturo finished speaking, he looked around at his coaching team,
Make sure none of them have a look of indifference on their face.
"After missing the World Cup for four consecutive times, this is the closest we have come to the World Cup. I don't want to lose this opportunity forever because of our own pride and underestimating the enemy at such a critical time. That will be unforgivable in our lives.
mistake!"
The old handsome Arturo said something very serious, but no one felt that what he said was wrong.
The two core members of the Paraguay national team, one behind the other, are both over 30 years old. As professional players, they are still in their golden age. As long as they maintain scientific training and work and rest, they can play until they are 30 years old.
It's normal even if you're six or seven years old.
But career and the opportunity to participate in the World Cup are completely different concepts.
To reach the World Cup, we cannot rely on a few old men whose careers are on the decline.
So four years later, Arce and Sosa will most likely not even make it to the Paraguay national team, let alone compete in the World Cup.
Everyone should prepare now with the idea that this is their last chance.
Only in this way can we go all out and leave no regrets.
After all, these coaches are responsible not only for their own jobs, but also for the biggest dream of two legends in the future history of Paraguayan football.
This is something that cannot be done carelessly.
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The Paraguayan media stood outside the hotel where the Paraguayan national team was staying, aiming their guns and cannons at the revolving door.
The light in the splendid hall shines through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass, and you can clearly see people walking around inside, which is very lively.
“I saw Arce, he was with Arturo, who did they seem to be waiting for?”
The reporters waiting outside the hotel started talking about the scene in front of them.
“Waiting for someone? Waiting for whom?”
“Who else can we wait for? Who else on this team is worthy of letting the captain and head coach wait together? Uh...” The person who said this also realized the problem, and he and the others looked at each other.
“Stop joking, how could Arce wait for Sousa here?”
“Yes, as far as the relationship between the two of them is concerned...”
The relationship between Sosa and Arce is not a secret.
Everyone knew it, but no one said it publicly anymore.
Sosa and Arce are no longer openly confronting each other, but that does not mean that they can shake hands and make peace. In fact, they are still in a state where the king does not see the king, and no one pays attention to the other. It can be said that the two parties involved in the "Sleeveband War" are actually
It only signed a temporary armistice agreement, but did not completely end the war.
Journalists naturally know this, so they feel that it is absolutely impossible for Arsay to wait here to greet Sosa.
But the scene in front of them now makes people can't help but speculate in that direction, because logically speaking, this is the only possibility that makes sense.
"Don't think too much... maybe Arce just met Arturo in the lobby and the two of them chatted casually?"
Someone gave an explanation, but even he couldn't convince himself.
Because Arce's appearance really doesn't look like he met Arturo by chance and started chatting in the lobby.
The two people looked towards the door and stood side by side, obviously waiting for someone.
The answer was soon revealed.
A car stopped at the entrance of the hotel, and Sosa Espinola got out of the car.
Seeing this, Arce and Arturo stepped forward to greet him at the same time.
Then Arturo deliberately lagged half a step behind, letting Arce walk in front of him, and stretched out his hand to Sosa.
"Hurry up!"
Reporters realized what was going to happen next and pressed the camera shutter one after another, or locked the lens firmly on the two people.
Amidst the continuous sound of the shutter, Sosa also stretched out his hand.
After experiencing the "sleeve war", these two Paraguayan football tycoons held hands together for the first time in front of the camera...
That night, on the Paraguayan Internet, countless Paraguayan fans rushed to tell each other and expressed their joy:
Brothers working together can win gold! No one can stop the Paraguay national team this time! We are finally going to the World Cup!!
