"The national team's games are over. From now on until the end of the season, they are all club games. Although the league is very important, I still want to remind you, Hu Lai. Don't get injured during this period.
Sometimes...even if you would rather not score, don't work so hard."
Hu Lai suddenly received a WeChat message from his agent Yong Jun on his mobile phone.
At this time, he was playing billiards and chatting with several teammates such as Kamara, Williams, Porter, and Quinn in the recreation room of the dormitory building of the training base.
Because tomorrow afternoon is a home game against Gunkanji port, all players selected for the game squad cannot go home tonight and have to spend the night at the training base.
This was the rule after Coach Clark took charge of the team. At first, everyone was not used to it, which caused a lot of resentment within the team. But now everyone is used to it.
The club has also thought of some ways to make the players' stay more comfortable and in a happier mood, so as to avoid making the players feel like they are in jail before the game.
Although it is still not possible to ensure that the training base has software and hardware facilities that are comparable to single-room dormitories in five-star hotels like wealthy clubs, it has still added entertainment facilities for players to relax.
In addition to the billiards room, there is also a game room, where several game consoles are specially placed, connected to the TV, and can be played at any time.
Of course, those players who don’t want to come out for entertainment can also stay in their dormitory rooms and enjoy the quiet time before the game...
In short, apart from not going out to bars, drinking, having sex and having sex, you are free to do whatever you want in the training base.
In front of the pool table, Charlie Potter gestured to get the cue ball around the yellow ball and hit the black ball next to the bag. Quinn was taunting him: "You kid, don't puncture the pool table with one stick!"
Others were cheering: "Charlie, if you can hit the black ball, I will give you twenty dollars!"
"Only twenty? My superb skills are only worth twenty?" Potter threw the pole aside, "I won't sell it without increasing the price!"
Quinn complained: "You kid just can't fight at all!"
The billiard room was noisy. Hu Lai glanced at everyone, then lowered his head and replied to Uncle Yong on his mobile phone:
"Don't worry, Uncle Yong. You know I will protect myself very well."
He couldn't tell Uncle Yong that he had the blessing of the [Broken Bear Leg Guards] produced by the system, so he wouldn't be injured so easily. He could only use this reason to give Yong Jun some reassurance.
At this time, he was particularly grateful that the character he usually created prevented a lot of trouble.
The world laughs at me for being so crazy, but others can’t see through my laughter... Hey!
"Don't set up a flag for me at this time... When you have this kind of thinking, danger is often around you. In short, you must keep a clear head during the game, what ball should be fought for, and what ball should be fought for?"
You shouldn't fight, you have to think clearly. Let me tell you something that you may not like to hear, Hu Lai...Whether Leeds City can win the championship, whether you personally can wear the Golden Boot this season...it doesn't actually matter.
In front of the World Cup, these two things are not worth mentioning. You are not playing for yourself now."
Hu Lai was a little stunned when he saw such a long message on his cell phone from Uncle Yong.
Although it was written in words, it was rare for him to see Uncle Yong talking to him about such a serious topic with such a serious attitude.
He thought that by just making a joke, the matter would be revealed.
did not expect……
Of course, Uncle Yong is right. Compared with the first World Cup in his life, the Premier League championship and the league golden boot are nothing.
But children only take multiple-choice questions. Now that I am an adult, can I do it all?
The most important thing is that if you want me to perform well in the World Cup, the points rewarded by tasks are essential!
But what makes Hu Lai most distressed is that he really can't make Uncle Yong believe that he is not so easily injured.
He was even more curious, why did Uncle Yong suddenly talk to him about this matter?
So he asked: "Uncle Yong, have your account been hacked? Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"
"Johnson Law is also injured."
Hu Lai stared at the message from Uncle Yong on his mobile phone.
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Yong Jun put down his mobile phone and looked up at the TV in front of him. The commentator Matthew Cox was saying in a slightly exaggerated tone: "...Stan Park Rangers' luck is so bad! Yes, it's too bad.
!Who would have thought that their captain Johnson Law would be injured not long after the game started? After insisting on playing the first half, he was eventually replaced..."
In the TV broadcast, there was a close-up of Stan Park Rangers head coach Brooks. In the camera, he frowned and looked solemn, but overall he was calm.
In fact, this is what he looked like after controlling his emotions.
Previously, Yong Jun saw Brooks's expression when Johnson Law was injured. He was simply "violent", as if he was punching an enemy in the air.
Just sixteen minutes into the game, Johnson Law, who was wearing the captain's armband, collided with his goalkeeper Victor Lemos during a defense and fell to the ground unable to get up.
Although he returned to the court after simple treatment by the team doctor, it was obvious that his movements were restricted. Some of his movements were awkward and he did not dare to exert force.
So at the beginning of the second half, Stan Park Rangers made substitutions.
Johnson Law did not play immediately and was replaced.
It is estimated that after a detailed examination at halftime, it was confirmed that Johnson Law could no longer continue playing.
This can be considered a very heavy blow to Stan Park Rangers...
After all, this game is a Merseyside derby!
Stan Park Rangers face Liverpool United at home.
At the critical moment of Stan Park Rangers' title race, they encountered the Merseyside Derby. Of course, Liverpool United were holding back their energy to stop their city rivals here.
Liverpool United, currently ranked twelfth this season, will definitely have no chance of winning the championship. Don't even think about it. Qualifying for the European Cup is only a theoretical possibility.
But this does not prevent them from doing bad things to their sworn enemies in the same city.
Liverpool United fans can accept that they will end up with nothing after a season. But as long as they can defeat the arrogant and arrogant city rival Stan Park Rangers and lose the championship honor because of them, Liverpool United will feel it from top to bottom.
"Well, this season has been worth it!"
Liverpool United's strength is far inferior to Stan Park Rangers, but in the same city derby, the strength of the two teams is actually the least important.
So after the first half, the score is 0:0.
Stan Park Rangers, playing at home, had nothing to do with Liverpool United, who were far inferior to them.
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"I now feel that God should be a Leeds City fan..."
In the conference room at the Leeds City training base, all members of the Leeds City coaching staff gathered together to watch the live broadcast of the Merseyside Derby.
It was the team's assistant coach Sam Randill who made this sentiment just now.
His words were echoed by the rest of the coaching staff.
The reality is that it is indeed easy for people to have such a view...
Thirty-one rounds of the league have been played. Since defeating Stan Park Rangers 4:3 away from home, Leeds City has ushered in a wave of seven consecutive victories in the Premier League, creating the longest winning streak in the Premier League in their team history.
During this period, they defeated Burley 2:1 at home, Holt 2:0 at home, London Mars 3:1 away, the Highlanders 1:0 at home, and a 3:0 win over Peterborough United, the vice-president of the league.
Until the last round of the league, Leeds City defeated West Herts 2:1 away from home.
The whole team was in extremely good shape and had good luck. There were some games that felt like they might not be won, but they still won in the end.
It's simply overwhelming and unstoppable.
Then at this time, the national team match day came and the league was temporarily suspended.
For Clark's coaching staff, this is not a good thing. They are worried that the team's good momentum will be interrupted.
But in fact, because Leeds City does not have many Chinese players in the field, the impact of the national team match day is not too great.
However, a wealthy team like Stan Park Rangers has fully demonstrated to people what is called the "FIFA virus". The so-called "FIFA virus" means that club players are injured and fatigued due to playing for the national team, and when they return to the club, they are in a sluggish state, or even
Directly absent from club games.
After losing to Leeds City, Stan Park was tied by Peterborough United and suffered two games without a win. But they quickly rose up and won five games in a row.
In the twenty-seventh round, they defeated London Mars 3:2 at home.
In the twenty-eighth round, they defeated West Herts 3:0 away from home.
In the 29th round, they defeated Boscombe 2:1 at home.
In the 30th round, they beat Sydenham 4:0 away from home.
In the 31st round, they defeated Holt 2:0 away from home.
Judging from these five league rounds alone, Stan Park Rangers seems to have emerged from the predicament of the captain's injury.
As a result, their main striker, Marty Palacio, was injured during the national team match day. Although it was not to the point of being reimbursed for the season, he still had to miss at least a month of games.
This city derby has not even started yet, but one of its generals has been lost. Everyone thought Stan Park Rangers' luck was extremely bad...
But do you think this is the end?!
No!
When the game started, everyone realized that it was not the worst yet. Because... Johnson Law was injured!
Captain Harry Bernard, vice-captain Johnson Law, and the team's main forward Marty Palacio were injured one after another, which was definitely a heavy blow to Stan Park Rangers' morale.
So much so that some superstitious Stan Park Rangers fans wonder if this is God's punishment for them...although they don't know when they have offended God.
This is also the reason why Sam Randall said what he just said after watching half of the game...
Clark, who was very crazy when directing the game from the sidelines, was very cautious at this time: "Don't say such things now, Sam. Let's just finish the game... There are still forty-five minutes, what will happen during this time?"
It's all possible..."
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Forty-five minutes later…
"Aha! The game is over! The game is over! Stan Park Rangers finally failed to win this game at their home court! They also have to thank Liverpool United for being too weak, otherwise it would not be just a 0 game.
:0! With seven rounds left in the league, Stan Park Rangers were slowed down by their city rivals! They now have one more game than Leeds City, but are only seven points ahead!"
On live TV, Matthew Cox shouted excitedly.
At first, everyone thought that Stan Park Rangers, who had led Leeds City by 14 points at the most, had no doubts about winning the league championship. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden upheaval!
"I don't know if Tony Clark is watching the live broadcast of this game at this time... but I want to say to him: Come on! Now your chance is here!"
In the conference room, members of the Leeds City coaching staff looked at each other.
At the end of the game, watching them was like riding a roller coaster, their moods kept rising and falling as the game progressed.
When the final whistle blew and Stan Park Rangers was confirmed to be tied 0:0 by Liverpool United, excited cheers did not ring out in the conference room, but instead there was silence.
"Maybe God really is our fan..." someone murmured.
Clark mused: "This is indeed our opportunity, but the premise is that we also have to win the warship harbor... I originally planned to let Hu come as a substitute in this game. But now it seems... we have to let him! Hope
There is no problem with his physical fitness..."
Physical fitness coach Anthony Clement quickly said: "We have conducted a physical examination on him. He is in very good physical condition and does not show any signs of fatigue!"
Clark nodded when he heard this: "Then it's settled, let him! No matter what, we have to win!"