Chapter 840 Don’t be afraid, just do it!
After scoring the goal, Jacobs seemed very excited. Even when his teammates were crowding around him, he still struggled to wave his arms outward.
This is also his advantage in physical strength - if it were someone like Hu Lai, who would have been buried long ago, how could he still be able to swing his fist...
"Well done, Eric! Well done!"
Because Leeds City's goal is under the "Rangers Stand" of the North Stand of Stan Park Stadium, at this time, the most die-hard Stan Park Rangers fans were shaking their fists at Jacobs who scored the goal and shouting his name loudly. Praise him.
This is Stan Park, where the fans and the players are connected. Even if your players make mistakes during the game, they will not be treated with boos or curses. And after players perform well, they will be encouraged.
In addition to chanting his name, Rangers fans also sang a cheer song dedicated to Jacobs:
"We have a big guy, his name is Jacobs! He is as strong as an ox and as insurmountable as a mountain! Big guy! Big guy! Jacobs is our favorite big guy!"
Rangers fans in the stands danced and sang.
During the song, Jacobs appeared in a close-up shot of the TV broadcast. He had broken away from the crowd of his teammates. They all turned and ran back to the half court. Only he was still paying attention to the most loyal people in the "Rangers Stand". The "Riders" bowed in thanks.
Thanks to them for supporting him even when they made mistakes. This ball is dedicated to them.
After the celebration, Jacobs turned and ran back. When he passed the home team's coaching bench, he turned his head and cast his gaze.
He saw team coach Brooks looking at him, smiling and applauding.
There was a warm current flowing from the bottom of Jacobs's heart into his body.
He knew that he had successfully redeemed himself.
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Sam Landill looked up to the sky and sighed.
He remembered that he was happy for Hulay's goal as if it hadn't even been a few minutes...
Indeed, not even a few minutes had passed.
Hulay equalized the score in the 21st minute of the game, and now Stan Park Rangers took the lead again in the 30th minute.
Nine minutes apart, less than ten minutes, can be classified into the category of "a few".
After Hulay scored, he was still chatting and laughing with Clark on the sidelines, mocking the depressed Stan Park Rangers players and coaches.
As a result, I became a clown in the blink of an eye...
Tony Clark next to him didn't speak or sigh, but had a solemn look on his face.
This is the second time he has led the team to Stan Park.
The first time was in the first half of the league last season. However, he did not have deep control over the team at that time. The team was in chaos, the team's performance was also ups and downs, and Hu Lai had not yet transferred to join.
At that time, Leeds City lost 0:3 here. They were unable to fight back and returned completely defeated.
But this time, Clark actually has his own little idea - he wants to see where his team is compared with the strongest team in the Premier League today.
This will determine how he positions his team.
It also determines what the ultimate goal of this team is.
So Matt asked him about his goal before the game. He knew clearly that this time he was going to the "unbeaten home court" to challenge Stan Park Rangers, but he did not hesitate to say that the goal was to defeat his opponent.
This season Leeds City did not fall behind at all when facing other BIG6 teams in the Premier League:
Defeat Tramed 2:1 at home; double beat North London Wanderers 4:3 away and 2:0 at home; remain unbeaten against London Bridge 2:1 at home and 1:1 away; even if they lost to Warship Harbor away from home, But they also lost by one goal with a score of 2:3; they played Manchester Athletic away from home and tied with 3:3.
Only when facing Stan Park Rangers will Leeds City be beaten to the point of being unable to fight back - truly "unable to fight back":
In the second round of this season, Leeds City lost 0:2 at their home court.
In one's own home court, not even a single goal was scored. This is not "having no power to fight back". What is "having no power to fight back"?
However, in the second round of the league, Leeds City was not at its strongest. Kamara has not yet fully integrated into the team, and he was completely frozen when facing Johnson Law.
Now that Kamara has adapted to the Premier League and integrated into the team, Leeds City is at its strongest at this time.
So Clark wanted to see how the currently strongest Leeds City could compete with the Premier League hegemon at Stan Park Stadium, known as the "undefeated home stadium".
Now it seems that at least it is better than in the second round, and at least it can score a goal in the away game.
But that's all. They can take the lead again in less than ten minutes. More importantly, we were unable to establish an advantage after equalizing the score and let the game proceed at the pace we wanted. The game was still firmly in the hands of Stan Park Rangers who lost the ball...
So the best we can do here is to score a goal and lose the game?
Clark frowned, he was always unwilling to accept such a result.
It stands to reason that it is a remarkable performance for his team to equalize the score six minutes after conceding the goal.
But Clark still felt unwilling.
Thinking of this, he strode to the sidelines and whistled hard to the painfully disappointed Leeds City players on the court.
After successfully attracting the attention of his team members, he raised his right hand high, raised his thumb, index finger and three fingers after the middle finger, and curled back his ring finger and little finger.
Use specific hand gestures to convey your latest instructions to players on the field.
In "Clark's Tactical Manual", this gesture means that when falling behind or equalizing the score, continue to attack and strive for victory.
In short...
Don't be timid, just do it!
The madman is going crazy. Even if it is at the "undefeated home court", he will fight the owner of this stadium to the end!
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The Leeds City players all saw the coach's gesture and understood what it meant:
The boss asked them to charge Stan Park Rangers at Stan Park!
If they were players from other teams, they would definitely feel that there is something wrong with their head coach.
But the Leeds City players naturally accepted this instruction without thinking.
They're used to their head coach going crazy.
Anyway, when the team needs points to avoid relegation, the boss has done something like losing the game because he insisted on attacking in order to win the game. What does it mean to attack Rangers at Stan Park Stadium?
Anyway, they do what the boss says.
The team's outstanding performance this season makes everyone willing to believe in the head coach.
Besides... we have successfully avoided relegation in advance. Even if we lose the game here due to offense, it's not a big deal!
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The game restarted when Hulay passed the football back to his own half.
Stan Park Rangers striker Palacio chased the ball past Hulay.
Hu Lai didn't even look back. After passing the ball, he ran forward and just missed the opponent.
He ran towards the Stan Park Rangers penalty area, while Palacio ran towards the Leeds City penalty area.
Not only him, but other Stan Park Rangers players also quickly crossed the center line and rushed forward.
Similarly, the two wide players Charlie Porter and Camara near the two wings, and the forward captain Lorenzo in the middle, they also followed Hulay across the center line and rushed towards Stan Park. In the Rangers' half, they kept pace and never looked back.
Amid the deafening cheers and songs of the home team fans in the stands, the two teams collided like a charging army formation.
Williams, who received a pass from Hulay, passed the football back to center back Ben Grist.
Stan Park Rangers players continued to press forward without stopping on the road. Palacio took the lead and rushed towards Grist.
Grist quickly passed the football to Jay Adams who leaned in to meet him.
After Adams received the ball, he made a slight adjustment and passed the football to the frontcourt with a big kick.
To Kamara who had already rushed in front along the left wing.
Kamara almost caught the football on the sideline.
As soon as he stopped the ball, his opponent Johnson Law rushed to him.
He was stuck at a distance that made Kamara uncomfortable - this distance was neither too close for Kamara to directly pass the ball to him three seconds later, nor was it too far away for him to Kamara can handle the ball with ease.
This is the experience of the Premier League's top full-backs, and they are just right.
Facing the almost invulnerable Johnson Law, Kamara resisted the urge to challenge the opponent and passed the football to Pete Williams who ran up to meet him.
After passing the ball, he gestured to go to the middle, but when he ran in front of Johnson Law, he suddenly changed direction and accelerated towards the baseline!
Almost at the same time, Williams picked up the football and passed it towards the front of Kamara's sprinting route!
Johnson Law has actually been wary of Leeds City hitting the space behind him on the wing.
So after Kamara passed the ball, he did not go up to tackle Williams, nor did he stay where he was, but quickly retreated.
Sure enough, he waited for the sprinting Kamala!
Seeing Kamara changing direction and speeding up, he immediately turned around and ran back, but he didn't intend to have a 100-meter sprint race with Kamara on the wing, even though his speed was not slow either.
In the process of chasing back, he took the initiative to get close to Kamara and fight with him hand-to-hand. In this way, he slowed down Kamara and interfered with his control of the ball.
At the same time, he is always observing the distance between the football and Kamara, and is ready to tackle and destroy at the right time.
Kamara, who was chasing the ball at high speed, was blocked by Johnson Lauka on the outside. It was difficult to break through into the penalty area.
So he caught up with the football while running at high speed and directly hit the football with his left foot!
Lao stretched out his feet to block, but kept an eye on it, preparing to defend Kamara's next sudden stop and turn - generally speaking, wing players will choose this method to get rid of the defense. Direct crosses will not be very effective.
Unexpectedly, Kamara had no intention of competing with Johnson Law on the wing this time. His cross was not a false shot, but a real kick!
Johnson Law made a mistake in judgment and failed to follow up in time, and his outstretched foot did not block the football!
The ball was passed to Stan Park Rangers' goal!
The only thing that makes Law feel at ease is that such a cross will not pose any threat to the Stan Park Rangers defense with Jacobs as a "mountain"...
He looked back and his eyes widened!
I saw Leeds City captain Lorenzo and Jacobs tangled together and jumped up, and then no one hit the ball!
However, Hu Lai, who was in the back, swung his foot directly towards the football!
"Bang!"
Even though the angle was not that big, he still whipped the football toward the near corner of the goal!
Goalkeeper Lemos raised his hand to pounce like a reflex, but failed to touch the ball!
The football rubbed the top edge of the crossbar and flew to the stands behind!
"Hoo——!"
Even Stan Park Rangers fans were taken aback and let out a huge sigh.
It sounds a bit like the shouts of Leeds City fans after Hulay scored... (End of Chapter)