Chapter 827 The battle between old and new
After Luo Kai arrived in Manchester, he took all the Chinese media in Leeds away, making the outside of the Leeds City training base suddenly seem much quieter.
These media rushed to report on the signing ceremony of Roquet and Tramed, just as they gathered at the Leeds City training base to report and record the signing of Hulay and Leeds City.
For Chinese football, these are two footprints in a long march of thousands of miles.
It must be recorded.
It will become a precious historical material of Chinese football in the future.
Taking into account the enthusiasm of the Chinese media and the huge Chinese market, Tramed Club specially arranged a joining ceremony for Luo Kai.
Luo Kai, wearing a Tramed jersey, was in the red-top stadium, holding up Tramed's scarf to show to the reporters present.
He was smiling and standing with Tramed first-team coach Kevin Locke.
People who don’t know think that Luo Kai will register directly with Tramed’s first team...
In fact, he is just here to sign an autograph and make an appearance, and will soon go to the Dutch town of Volendam, where the team Veronica is his real home.
After the joining ceremony, Chinese reporters left Tramed one after another.
This day happens to be Christmas in the West. Colorful lights are hung in the streets and alleys. Beautifully decorated Christmas trees can be seen everywhere. People come and go in street shops. When you open the door and go in and out, you can hear Christmas songs coming from inside.
When the reporters saw the strong festive atmosphere on the street, they couldn't help but curl up their mouths and feel a warm current in their hearts:
Hulay has established a firm foothold in Leeds City, Luo Kai has joined the giant Tramed as he wished, and our national team has also entered the World Cup for the first time...
Chinese football will have a bright future!
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While everyone was paying attention to the progress of Luo Kai's transfer, the Premier League played two more rounds within a week.
In the nineteenth round of the league, Leeds City defeated Sydenham 2:1 at home and won their sixth consecutive league victory.
This is Leeds City's longest winning streak in the Premier League.
In the twentieth round of the league, Leeds City drew 1:1 away at London Bridge.
Their six-game winning streak was ended in this league round.
In these two rounds of the league, Hu Lai failed to score in the game. Counting the 18th round of the league, when Leeds City defeated Holt 3:1 away from home, this was his third consecutive game without scoring.
In fact, this is not a big deal. After all, it is too common for many players to go three consecutive games without scoring a goal.
However, when the Korean media reported the game after the game, they focused on this matter. It seemed that apart from Hu Lai not scoring for three consecutive rounds, the game between Leeds City and London Bridge was lackluster and there was nothing to say. Yes.
They deliberately highlighted the fact that Hu Lai failed to score a goal, and also hyped up the fact that Hu Lai had misfired in three consecutive league rounds, making people think that Hu Lai had really encountered the biggest crisis in his career:
"...In this round of the Premier League focus match that ended yesterday, Leeds City drew 1:1 away from London Bridge. Although they did not lose, Leeds City's leading striker Hu Lai suffered a setback. He was unable to play in the game for a long time. Scored a goal, as if he couldn't find his shooting boots... In the end, due to Hulay's sluggish state, Leeds City failed to win the opponent away from home..."
If there are those who don’t pay attention to what happened in this game and only rely on reports to understand Hu Lai’s current situation, then they will definitely think that Hu Lai’s performance in the game was very bad, and he may have even lost the main goal. The coach's trust is about to be lost, even the starting qualification...
But in fact, Hu Lai, who was so seriously criticized by the Korean media, only failed to score in three consecutive games.
But after their interpretation, this very ordinary thing seemed to hide a very big hidden danger:
"This is the first time this season that Hulay has not scored in two consecutive league rounds or more. Before, he always scored consecutively, with at most one game interrupted in the middle...Although this is the first time, it is a good thing for me in the league. Hu Lai's rapid improvement in the scorer list may indicate that as the schedule reaches the halfway point, his physical fitness and condition will inevitably begin to decline, and his exaggerated condition like the first half of the season will no longer exist. What's more frightening is that fans who are used to Hu Lai's consecutive goals will criticize Hu Lai's current sluggish state. Will it bring huge pressure to Hu Lai under such internal and external troubles? Will Rai's own mentality change? So don't underestimate the fact that he has not scored in three consecutive games. This may be a precursor to collapse..."
Listen, what a stupid thing to say. But the Korean reporter just wrote it in the media so openly.
It seems like Korean fans really believe these nonsense...
Well, there are indeed many Korean fans who really believe it.
They went to Hu Lai’s official social media account to ridicule Hu Lai:
"I heard you are going to collapse?"
"Experts analyze that Hu Lai will fall into complete collapse next week!"
This caused many Chinese fans to climb over the wall and scold them:
"If you don't score in three consecutive rounds of the league, will it collapse? Then your Park Soon-tae will become a fan, right?"
"I originally thought that such a retarded statement would not be recognized by Bangzi fans, but now I find that I was wrong. I really can't overestimate Bangzi's IQ..."
"To be honest, the Bangzi media promoted the fact that Hu Lai failed to score for three consecutive rounds. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this statement is simply untenable. I still say it to them, just to disgust people."
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"Then why didn't our media write an article about Park Soon-tae's failure to score in five consecutive league games?"
"Hey, our media still wants to save face..."
"What? Our media actually wants face?!"
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Every time Hu Lai and Park Suntae play against each other, this kind of "war" between Chinese and Korean fans will appear on the Internet.
Although Chinese fans and Korean fans have been unhappy with each other for a long time. Chinese fans are unhappy with South Korea mainly because of football, while Korean fans are unhappy with China because of China itself.
But it is still very rare for it to be as intense as it is now.
This is mainly because the game between Hu Lai and Park Soon-tae means the replacement of old and new forces in Asia.
In this transition between the old and the new, the old forces are often not willing to give up their position and will always organize counterattacks in an attempt to strangle the new forces in the cradle.
So every transition between old and new has its cruel side.
The 30-year-old Park Soon-tae is in his prime. In the hearts of Korean fans and media, he can continue to dominate Asian football for a long time.
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai from China suddenly emerged and quickly caught up with them. This puts Koreans under tremendous pressure.
And it’s not just Hu Lai’s rise, Luo Kai’s recent transfer to Tramed has also excited Korean fans.
Chinese young players are going abroad one after another. What about our own young players?
That unsatisfactory guy Park Guixian is still fooling around in China!
How shameful!
The young players from Japan and China are all in Europe. Why can’t the best of our young players go abroad? !
As a result, there were many criticisms against Park Guixian on the Internet, scolding him for not wanting to make progress, scolding him for being arrogant, scolding him for being short-sighted...
There are many scoldings, and the scolding can be as unpleasant as it sounds.
This made Park Guixian, who was suddenly scolded, confused and didn't know which evil force he had offended...
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Although anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Korean media is hyping up Hu Lai's goals for three consecutive rounds just to disgust people, in fact it doesn't explain anything at all.
But I can't help but think too much about it.
After all, failing to score in three consecutive league rounds has indeed never happened to Hu Lai this season.
Was it really guessed by the Koreans?
Is it true that the national team and the club are fighting on both fronts, making him too tired, so he is in a sluggish state?
Will head coach Tony Clark really lose confidence in Hulay, who has not scored in three consecutive rounds?
You must know that the three rounds of the league where Hu Lai did not score happened to be the most intensive time of the Christmas season. The 18th round of the league on December 21st, the 19th round of the league on the 27th, and the 19th round of the league on the 30th. Twenty rounds.
Playing three games in ten days, it is normal for Hu Lai to be physically exhausted...
Under such circumstances, Leeds City welcomed its opponent in the 21st round of the league, North London Wanderers, at home on Friday, January 2, 2026.
What reassures fans who are worried about Hu Lai losing the trust of the head coach is that Hu Lai was not only selected into the squad for this game, but was also selected into the starting lineup without any suspense.
At the pre-match press conference, Clark also specifically pointed out: "...Hulai is still an important member of the team. As long as he is not injured, I will let him play."
This answer is a reassurance for those who like to think wildly.
But if you really want them to put their hearts back in their stomachs, you still have to watch Hu Lai's performance in the game.
Not scoring for three consecutive rounds is indeed normal and no big deal. But if there are more consecutive games without scoring, then maybe the situation predicted by the Korean stick will really come true...
We must not let the stick succeed!
Every Chinese fan thinks so in his heart.
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In addition, there are two normal updates today and tomorrow. The first update is from the 3rd to the 5th. Please explain. (End of chapter)