Chapter 652 Restless People
Hu Lai had just finished eating in the restaurant when he met Matt Dawn who was about to come to eat. The latter looked down at the tablet in his hand and did not see Hu Lai at all.
So he took the initiative to say hello: "Hi, Matt, I haven't seen you for a while. What are you busy with?"
"Ah? Hi, Hu." Matt came back to his senses and raised his tablet: "I'm busy being your coach in the game, ha!"
"How many goals did I score?" Hu Lai asked.
"You just won the Premier League Golden Boot."
"Sounds really good."
After making a joke, Matt said: "Well, actually, it's mainly because I'm busy with work. You know, your boss treats me like an animal... Did you see the dark circles under my eyes? I feel like as long as I'm with Tony, Together, the dark circles under my eyes will never go away for the rest of my life..."
Hu Lai laughed. He knew that Tony Clark and Matt Dawn were friends who had known each other for many years. Although their ages were different, it did not prevent them from having a close relationship.
After greeting Matt, he was about to take a nap, but just as he was saying goodbye to Matt, he was stopped by the latter: "Wait a minute, Hu."
"Huh?"
"I studied all your previous goals, and I found a problem, Hu. That is, none of your goals were scored outside the penalty area. Your avatar in the game does not have a preference for long shots... …I’m curious why this is happening?”
Matt picked up his tablet and showed Hu Lai the attribute data of "LaiHu" in his game save. Among the preferences, there were "First shot", "Getting into space to catch the ball", "Rarely dribbling" and "Having a chance". Just push forward" and "like to fight offside", but there is no such item as "try more long shots".
"Well, I feel that the closer I am to the goal, the more threatening I am. When I get further away, my shooting accuracy plummets..."
This is not a random excuse made by Hu Lai. He had tried it before when he was playing in Flash Star. Although he can hit the hat hanging on the crossbar at the penalty spot, if you let him leave the penalty area and shoot again, the accuracy is really not as accurate as when he is in the penalty area.
"That's because your thigh muscles are too weak to balance precision and strength," Matt said. "But now your muscle strength has been greatly increased. How did you feel yesterday on your second ball? When William Patton crashed into you?"
Hu Lai carefully recalled his feelings at that time, and then said: "I feel like I don't lose my center of gravity so easily. I was able to complete the shot after being bumped by him. This is really incredible."
"This is the role of core strength. The strength in your waist and abdomen has increased significantly, helping you withstand Button's collision, and the strength of your thigh muscles has increased, so that your last barely shot shot is still very powerful. So I think, you It’s time to consider improving your scoring outside the penalty area, Hu. You now have the foundation to shoot from a distance.”
Matt seemed to have forgotten what he came to the restaurant for, and was chatting with Hu Lai outside:
"As your performance in the Premier League gets better and better, more opponents will definitely notice your past goalscoring performances... They will easily come to the conclusion that you are a player who is no threat away from the goal. , then they will try their best to prevent you from entering the penalty area and approaching the goal. If you can shoot directly from outside the penalty area, it will not be easy for the opponent to guard you. ”
After listening to Matt's suggestion, Hu Lai fell into deep thought.
He had thought about long-range shots before, but the Flash Star tactics really suited his taste. He only needed to be in the penalty area and someone would feed the football to his feet. Long-range shots really weren't particularly urgent. things.
So I just thought about it.
Now that Matt said this, he felt it made sense.
To put it bluntly, he was able to score three goals in the first two games of the Premier League. In addition to the effect of [Lingxi Card], he also relied on the fact that his opponents did not understand him.
Although it is very likely that until the end of this season, other Premier League teams may not know much about him.
But he can't just think about this season, right?
How can you die if you are really addicted?
For the long term, we should indeed improve our ability to score outside the penalty area.
So he nodded: "Good advice, Matt, thank you."
Matt laughed: "You're welcome, Hu. I hope you can score more goals, and I hope you can play better and better."
"I will, I promise. Goodbye, Matt, I have to take a nap." Hu Lai waved.
"Goodbye, Hu."
Watching Hu Lai turn around and leave, Matt reopened the tablet, lowered his head and watched while walking into the restaurant, continuing to be immersed in his game world.
In that world, the Leeds City he led had already dominated the Premier League, and the next step was to go to Europe.
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Luo Kai was playing with footballs on the training ground. Between him and the goal, there was a row of dummy walls with wheels that could be easily moved. This allowed him to easily adjust his position in front of people by himself.
The team's regular training has ended, but he stayed alone to practice his free kicks.
This wasn't something he did on a whim today.
Since returning to the team for pre-season training, he has been practicing free kicks.
Head coach Yan Li and assistant coach Jiang Yufeng stood on the sidelines, chatting quietly while watching Luo Kai practice free kicks from a distance.
"I feel that Luo Kai was 100% influenced by Hu Lai. The two were classmates at school, and Luo Kai's level in the school team was higher than Hu Lai's. As a result, Hu Lai now has three goals in the Premier League, and he has also In the Chinese Super League..." Jiang Yufeng muttered beside Yan Li.
"We will also give Luo Kai more opportunities this season." Yan Li said, and then he asked Jiang Yufeng, "You didn't say you wanted to give him the right to take the free kick, right?"
Jiang Yufeng shook his head: "How could I say this? It's too early for him to want to take free kicks in the team... There are so many free kickers in our team, how can he get his turn?"
After Yan Li heard the assistant coach's answer, he stopped saying anything and continued to watch.
After seeing Luo Kai place the football, he took three steps back.
Then he seemed to blow out the air in his chest, then took a running approach and kicked the ball!
The football didn't have any obvious arc. It hit the wall straightly, then passed high and went straight to the goal.
"It's high..." Jiang Yufeng whispered.
But before he finished speaking, he saw the football heading straight for the crossbar suddenly dropped and flew into the goal!
He and Yan Li turned to look at each other in unison, with shock in their eyes.
"Elevator ball?!"
Then he shook his head sternly and sighed: "It seems that he was quite stimulated by Hu Lai..."
Then he said to Jiang Yufeng: "Let's put him on the list of free kick takers and put him at the bottom...When there is no suitable candidate, consider him."
Jiang Yufeng glanced at him and finally nodded: "Okay."
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Zhang Qinghuan and Xia Xiaoyu are doing back-to-back squat training - they are back-to-back, holding each other's arms, using each other's backs as a wall, and then squat at the same time until their knees complete a ninety-degree right angle, and then slowly Return to upright position.
This is primarily a workout for your quadriceps and glutes.
The two of them were training and chatting at the same time.
"Brother Huan, I find that Brother Hu's strength seems to be much stronger than before. Is the training level in Europe so high? He never saw such an obvious increase in strength before when he was in Flashing Star..." Xia Xiaoyu asked in a low voice.
Soon Zhang Qinghuan's voice came from behind: "The training level in Europe must be higher than here, otherwise why are they the best? But that kid Hu Lai's strength grew slowly in Flash Star because he didn't focus on training in the later period. On strength.”
"Brother Huan, when do you plan to go abroad to play football?" Xia Xiaoyu asked again.
"It's not a matter of when I want to go abroad, right?" Zhang Qinghuan said with a low smile, "It's not like I can go out and play football if I want... But I think I won't be able to go abroad this year."
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"Why?"
"It mainly depends on Hu Lai. How he performs in Europe determines whether we can go out. If he doesn't play well, European football will have no confidence in our Chinese players. But if he plays well... he will There are more European teams interested in us," Zhang Qinghuan analyzed to Xia Xiaoyu.
Hearing what Brother Huan said, Xia Xiaoyu felt better: "Now Brother Hu has three goals, three goals in two games!"
"Don't be too happy, Xiaoyu. People don't look at the performance of these two games, but the whole season. That's why I said you don't want to go out this year, even if Hu Lai plays in Leeds City for half the season. Not bad, there is still a second grade waiting for him.”
After Zhang Qinghuan finished speaking, he didn't hear Xia Xiaoyu's voice behind him, and then said: "So those of us in China should not think so much. Train and compete with peace of mind, work hard to improve, and make yourself stronger... To put it bluntly, we still have to If you are capable, if you are not capable, even if you spend your own money to go abroad to play football, it is not like sitting on the bench and watching the game... Oh, being able to watch the game on the bench is considered capable, maybe you are in the stands at all. Watching the game.”
"You're right, Brother Huan." Xia Xiaoyu's voice sounded again.
The two stopped talking and continued their training.
When they stood up from squatting down and raised their heads, they were all filled with their own expectations for distant Europe.
On this day, in Lingnan, in Shanhai... on the training grounds of different clubs, between training or competitions, there will always be some young people who set their sights on the distant west, and their hearts are restless. (End of chapter)