Chapter 875 Destined
When the Stan Park Rangers players returned to the locker room after warming up, they learned the bad news:
Leeds City already leads Boscombe 3:0 in the away game!
This news was proactively told to them by their head coach Brooks.
At the time, assistant coach Stephen Brown looked at Brooks in surprise and didn't understand why he took the initiative to inform him.
Doesn't he know how much impact this news will have on the players?
Of course Brooks knows.
But he had no other option.
He couldn't really hide the news from the players, nor could he deliberately avoid talking about it.
Players can know the real-time score between Leeds City and Boscombe just by picking up their mobile phones.
Then their head coach pretended that none of this had happened and deliberately did not mention it...
So what will the players think?
They'll think their leader is scared!
So this could lead to a worse outcome.
The lesser of two evils, Brooks finally chose to generously and proactively tell the players the news about Leeds City to express his attitude: I don't care what the score is at Leeds City!
"I don't care what the score is at Leeds, guys. It doesn't matter if they score 3-0, 4-0, because as long as we win the game, all their efforts are in vain. What matters is It’s not about how Leeds City is doing, what’s important is how we are doing here.” Brooks continued following the topic of Leeds City.
"When you step onto the pitch, just remember - we are playing against Manchester United, not Leeds City! If we win against Manchester United, we will also win against Leeds City! So it's very simple, just focus on your game. Let Manchester United have a taste of our strength on our opponents!”
He waved his arms vigorously and kept hysterically emphasizing "Don't care about Leeds City!" "Don't care about Leeds City!" "Don't care about Leeds City!"
But as he emphasized over and over again, how could his players not care about Leeds City?
It was originally thought that Boscombe could successfully stop Leeds City at their home ground - in the 29th round of the league, Stan Park Rangers once faced Boscombe at home, and the game ended up being defeated by Stan Park Rangers 2:1. End of Boscombe. Despite winning the game, Boscombe's tenacity in the game left a deep impression on the Stan Park Rangers players.
You know, it was still at Stan Park Rangers' home court, and Boscombe was able to lose only 1:2.
Now that he is back at his home stadium, it is another critical period for relegation. Doesn't Boscombe have to fight Leeds City?
But why did the result turn out to be completely opposite to what everyone expected?
0:3 Ah!
The game is not over yet, and three goals have been conceded...Look at the game time, what is enough time left?
Do you really expect them to score three goals in a row in more than 20 minutes?
When playing time came and Stan Park Rangers players walked out of the dressing room to the cheers of the head coach and assistant coaches, many of them were still thinking about the game between Leeds City and Boscombe.
They still can't figure out how Boscombe, who is fighting for relegation at home, can concede three goals?
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Boscombe fans also couldn’t understand why their team lost three goals in a row at home at the critical moment of relegation...
After the game restarted, the movement above the stadium was much smaller - many Boscombe fans did not keep shouting and singing to cheer the team as before, but all looked at the stadium in silence.
I don’t understand why the score is 0:3.
Yes, the time we entered the game was indeed a little slower...but that wouldn't make the score 0:3, right?
Everyone thought about it and felt that Leeds City's first two goals were too fatal.
If it weren't for these two missed goals, Boscombe's players would be much calmer now. He would not rush forward at the beginning of the second half, and finally gave Kamara the opportunity to counterattack and score...
So in the final analysis, it's still because of Hu Lai's two goals!
It can even be said that the third goal has a lot to do with Hulay - after the video of Kamara's goal was posted online, many people on the Internet discovered the mystery of Hulay's running route.
Obviously, he deliberately ran towards Dyer and Wilmot in order to prevent the two men from returning to defense.
He succeeded, with Kamara getting one-on-one with Boscombe goalkeeper Thompson with absolutely no interference and scoring easily.
There is a saying on the Internet that Hulay scores far more goals than he assists, which shows that Hulay is an extremely selfish player. Apart from scoring goals, his contribution to the team's overall offense is almost zero - he needs the whole team Come to serve him, but he cannot feed his teammates back, so it can be said that he is a very cost-effective forward...
But Kamara's goal proved that even if Hulay did not provide a direct assist, his contribution to the team's offense was still considerable, and he would be deeply involved in almost every attack:
Without Hulay's two previous goals, how could Kamara have such a good chance to counterattack? How could Kamara's counterattack be so smooth if Hulay hadn't made a diagonal run and blocked the return of Boscombe's two defensive players?
So no matter what the noise on the Internet says, Hu Lai is still the player that many coaches dream of.
Clark said to Randall: "Sam, remind the players to stay focused and don't relax. We are only leading by three goals, not winning the game."
Randhir wanted to complain, but he admitted that Clark was right, even if he said this, it was still quite offensive...
So he walked to the sidelines, made a special gesture, and told the Leeds City players on the field not to be happy too early.
After doing this, he returned to Clark, covered his mouth with his hands, and teased Clark with a smile: "I'm afraid you are the only one in the world who thinks that leading by three goals with twenty minutes left in the game is not safe..."
"No." Clark glanced at his partner, "Hu can do it too."
"Huh?"
"He also once said to me that a three-goal lead is not safe."
Randhir really didn't expect this to happen. He stared at Hu Lai on the court with wide eyes: "He said this... because he hoped that you would not replace him early after taking a three-goal lead and wanted to continue. Goal?”
"Whatever it is. I think he's right."
"You two really... have the same chemistry!"
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Regardless of time and space, there have indeed been games in which a three-goal lead was overturned.
But after all, this kind of thing is a very small number of cases and cannot be regarded as an inevitable rule.
But it can't be said that Clark's worries are unreasonable.
Boscombe, who conceded three goals, did not give up after the initial frustration and confusion.
After all, now is the time to risk one's life. If one gives up in advance, what kind of "risking one's life" is?
Their life-threatening play finally led to a goal in the last ten minutes of the game.
It's just because the early disadvantage is so great that even if they get a goal back, it won't help.
In the end, Leeds City won Boscombe 3:1 away from home and gained valuable three points.
Now the pressure is on Stan Park Rangers side!
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"Stones! Malvin Stones! Oh my God! This is his second goal of the game! His brace helped Manchester United lead Stan Park Rangers 2:0 at home!" < br>
As the commentator roared, Stones, who scored, rushed to the sidelines and embraced his teammates and coaches passionately.
Manchester United has no chance of competing for the league title, but their main striker Stones can still compete with Leeds City's Hu Lai for the Golden Boot.
In the last round of the game, Hulay scored a goal and Stones did not score. The goal difference between the two was four goals.
It's not entirely hopeless.
Hulei scored twice in this round of the league, and Stones immediately responded with a brace.
The gap is still four goals. With three rounds left in the league, it is not impossible to reverse Hu Lai and defend the golden boot!
The Manchester Athletic players were celebrating wildly, and the only cheers above the shuttle field were the cheers of the Manchester Athletic fans.
In the eyes of Stan Park Rangers fans, this scene is no different from hell...
"The players of Stan Park Rangers don't know if they were affected by the result of Leeds City's 3:1 defeat to Boscombe... They seemed out of shape from the beginning of the game. The first half was not over yet, and they had already lost the game. Two goals...If this continues, it will be almost impossible to beat Manchester United away from home!”
"Stan Park Rangers are in dire straits! If they lose to Manchester United away from home, they will be chased by Leeds City by just one point... There are still three rounds of the league left and they are only one point ahead. This is really Too dangerous!”
In the TV broadcast footage, Stan Park Rangers head coach Brooks waved his fists angrily on the sidelines, as if he was fighting someone who did not exist in the air.
But his anger could only be vented into the air.
In fact, when the news of Leeds City's three-goal lead over Boscombe reached the ears of Stan Park Rangers players, something was already doomed...(End of Chapter)