Chapter 996 There is still a long way to go
"Fifteen minutes into the second half, Leeds City is still at a disadvantage. The home team Bay Lighthouse continues to attack their penalty area and seems to want to use the period just beginning of the second half to score another goal. But so far The score is still 1:0, and Bay Lighthouse failed to expand its lead..."
When the real-time score subtitles were played on the TV broadcast screen in the 60th minute, the commentator He Feng also gave a spoken broadcast.
In the second half, Leeds City adjusted their tactics. They no longer played defensive counterattacks at their own doorstep, but began to try to attack out.
However, the morale of the Bay Lighthouse is so high that it will be difficult for Leeds City to completely reverse the decline.
At most, they will be more resolute when they seize the opportunity to counterattack.
The only good news is that when Hulay touched the ball, the boos from the Bay Lighthouse fans were not as loud as in the first half. I wonder if they were tired of booing, or because they had a hatred for Hulay after taking the lead. The value is not that high either.
In other words, after a lackluster performance in the first half, Hulay's threat in the eyes of Bay Lighthouse fans plummeted, and it was no longer worth the effort for them to boo.
He Feng was confused about this.
On the one hand, he certainly hopes that the fans of the home team will stop targeting Hu Lai, so that as a fan of Hu Lai, he can feel better.
But on the other hand, he felt that if the Bay Lighthouse fans reduced their boos because Hulay could not create a threat, wouldn't that mean that Hulay performed poorly in this game?
Why do the Chinese people who are thousands of miles away stay up late in front of the TV to watch the game? Don’t you just hope that Hu Lai can perform well in the first Champions League match for Chinese players?
What does "excellent performance" mean?
The best thing is of course scoring goals.
After scoring the first goal for a Chinese player in the Champions League, no matter what the final result of today's game is, it will be considered a success for Chinese fans.
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"Dad, when you participated in the Europa League for the first time, did you get such treatment?" Qin Qi asked suddenly while sitting in front of the TV.
Qin Lin glanced at him: "What kind of treatment?"
"Uh...it's..." Qin Qi, who has gone to high school, is no longer the ignorant little kid he was before. He was keenly aware of the slight change in the tone of his father's words, so he didn't say what he originally wanted to say. come out.
Qin Lin did not continue to embarrass his son, but said with a straight face: "No."
"Ha, that's good, that's good..." The son made up for it.
Qin Lin didn't care about what he said, but continued: "After all, I don't have such 'good' luck as Hu Lai, who met the Turkish team in the first game."
"Then Brother Hu, Brother Hu...can they still score the first goal for our Chinese players in the Champions League?"
Qin Lin shook his head: "I don't know. It's not a big deal if you can't score, and you don't have to score in the first game..."
Qin Qi wanted to speak but stopped.
"What do you have to say?"
Being glanced at by his father, Qin Qi shrank his neck and said: "Well, but I read on the Internet that Brother Hu has a 'tradition' of scoring goals in the first game he participated in..."
Qin Lin was amused: "Where did this feudal superstition come from? Do you believe that kind of nonsense? Did he score in the first FA Cup match? Don't talk about far away, let's talk about close... He scored in the Community Shield ”
Qin Qi was speechless.
"To say that he will definitely score a goal in the first game he participates in is a 'survivor bias'. It's just that when he scores a goal, it will be publicized, and in games where he doesn't score, everyone pretends not to see it... ”
Qin Qi nodded: "Oh..."
"Watch the game honestly, don't just watch the excitement. I finally convinced your mother to let you get up in the middle of the night to watch the game, not to make you care about whether Hu Lai can score." Qin Lin's tone softened in the end. Some.
On the Jiaxiang High School football team, his son, who could play multiple positions, was fixed at center back and showed off his amazing talent. Qin Lin hopes that Xiao Qi can achieve higher achievements than himself in the future, so he must cultivate him carefully.
Take him to watch football, increase his knowledge, and let him learn from the game... Just like he taught Xia Xiaoyu at the beginning, Qin Lin now not only regards Qin Qi as his son, but also as the successor and proud disciple of his football career.
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Hu Lai now feels that the pressure on his ears is much less, and the feeling of playing football in the craziest cicada chirping in the first half is gone.
Although the Bay Lighthouse fans still wanted to boo him and scold him, the storm had changed from squally to moderate to heavy rain.
Compared to the home team fans in the stands, it was the Bay Lighthouse players who caused him more trouble on the field.
They are rough and aggressive in their movements.
This is also the football style of the Turkish giant Gulf Lighthouse. Playing in such a frenetic home court, it is difficult for the players to stay calm. Everyone seemed to be pumped with adrenaline, and it was easy to get addicted.
Even if Hu Lai is equipped with [Broken Bear Leg Guards], the chance of injury is greatly reduced, but it will still hurt if he is kicked in the leg...
But also because he has become the key defensive target of the Bay Lighthouse, other Leeds City players face much less defensive pressure.
Hulay also took the time to run to his strike partner Lasky and said to him in Polish: "You must pay more attention to my movements during the game. I am being stared at very hard by them now, but I still think about it." There are ways to create opportunities. Don’t stay too far away from me, otherwise it will be a pity if you are not in the right position when the opportunity comes..."
Lasky nodded repeatedly and accepted it humbly.
He even thought about the last game against Stan Park Rangers. Not long after Hulay came on the field, he hit Stan Park Rangers goalkeeper Lemos with a shot, but he was half a beat too slow to react right in front of the goal. He failed to appear in time for the ball to land and missed the goal. A chance to score his first Premier League goal.
And this time, he will definitely not miss the opportunity again!
Although Dominic Lasky is a well-known talent in Poland, he has high hopes. But after coming to Leeds City, his attitude was still very upright in front of Hu Lai.
After all, Poland’s top talent is really not enough in front of the Premier League Golden Boot, the Best of the Season and the World Cup Golden Boot...
Putting aside the World Cup, I haven't proven myself in the Premier League yet.
After Hulay approached Lasky, the latter indeed paid special attention to Hulay's movements during the game.
Not long after, Charlie Potter sent a cross.
Hu Lai ran forward, seemingly trying to grab the landing spot.
The Bay Beacon defenders followed him, staying close to him.
And it's not just one person, it's two people.
With such defensive intensity, it is no wonder that Hu Lai has not yet been able to score the "first goal of a Chinese player in the Champions League" that Chinese fans have longed for.
Bay Lights centre-back Burak Mantegulu followed Hulay in case he had a chance to get away and get a shot on goal.
He doesn't care where the football is at all now, his eyes are fixed on Leeds City's No. 14.
At this moment, he saw Hu Lai's body swaying, and then suddenly fell forward!
Seeing this, Mantegulu raised his hands reflexively and signaled to the referee that he did not move his hands when Hulay fell.
So this is definitely not a foul on my own!
But when Hu Lai fell to the ground, he didn't hear the whistle.
On the contrary, the football flew quickly over Hu Lai's body, and also flew past the stunned Mante Guru...
Laski was just behind Hulay and saw the football flying over, but he didn't expect it at all. Because all his attention was attracted by Hu Lai's sudden fall. He even wanted to raise his arm to signal to the referee that the opponent had committed a foul...
Before he could make the move, the ball flew over and then flew away from his eyes!
"Porter's cross... Hulay fell down! And! Lasky... Oops!"
He Feng saw that Laski made no move and let the football fly by, and shouted regretfully.
Before he finished speaking, he saw Kamara suddenly coming out from behind Lasky, facing the flying football, and directly swung his feet sideways!
Half volley!
The football was hit by his instep and flew towards the Bay Lighthouse goal like a cannonball!
Gulf Lighthouse goalkeeper Atakan Arslan, who is also the goalkeeper of the Turkish national team, was obviously affected by Hulay's fall in front of the goal. His reaction was half a beat slow. When he saw the football flying towards his goal, he turned over and went back. Flying into the air, it's too late...
He couldn't touch the ball!
The football shot directly through his fingers and flew into the goal behind him!
"Brilliant!! Ismail Kamara!!" Matthew Cox roared loudly, "He scored Leeds City's first goal in the Champions League! He also helped Leeds City equalize Score! ”
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Lasky saw the football flying past his eyes, and then he came to his senses and realized what he had missed. He quickly turned around and tried to make up for it. As a result, as soon as he turned his head, he saw Kamara coming out from behind him and volleying sideways towards the football.
That muffled sound echoed in his ears!
Kamara, who scored the goal, first looked into the goal and made sure that the football flew into the goal before looking back.
Then he glanced at Lasky who was close at hand, then looked at Hu Lai who was rushing forward, and then ran up.
Hu Lai, who was lying on the ground, looked up and saw the football in the goal. He knew that the goal had been scored, so he got up from the ground and wanted to hug Laski to celebrate - he thought the goal was scored by Laski...
As a result, as soon as he stood up, he was hugged by Kamala.
"Huh?" He was surprised when he saw Lasky running up from behind Kamara's shoulder with an annoyed look on his face, and then he realized - the goal was not scored by Lasky, but by Kamara!
Charlie Potter also ran up, hugged them, and complained: "Ismail, why did you run up to hug Hu? Didn't I pass the ball?!"
Kamala pointed at Hulay and said: "He leaks beautifully..."
After Laski understood this sentence, his eyes widened: Was that Hu Lai's missed goal just now? !
Upon seeing this, Hu Lai knew that Lasky probably didn't expect that he would suddenly miss the ball, so he missed this opportunity.
Sure enough, after finishing the celebration and returning to his own half, Lasky found Hulay and explained to him in Polish: "I thought you were pushed down... I was going to call the referee..."
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Hu Lai pointed at Charlie Porter who was running in front: "The height of that kid's pass was neither high nor low, which was very embarrassing. When he jumped, he could easily hit the crotch, and when he bent down, it turned into a header... So I had to throw my whole body Only by lying down can the football pass.”
Lasky put his face in his hands.
Hu Lai patted him on the shoulder: "Stop thinking nonsense. No matter what the situation is next time, shoot the football into the goal first. You see, Ismail is very experienced... Even if the goal is disallowed by the referee It’s better to come out than this.”
The Polish genius was speechless and could only nod to show that he remembered.
With Hu Lai, he felt as if he still had a long way to go...
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PS, after not typing for nearly a week, it is really difficult to find the state again. As soon as I got home, I returned to my daily routine of writing until two or three in the morning... It turned out that when I was traveling, I could go to bed between ten and eleven every day, and get up at six or seven the next morning. My schedule was regular and healthy. . As a result, my wife now says that I have returned to before liberation overnight, and she has returned to the days of a widowed marriage...
I feel like I should try my best not to stop typing for a week in a row before I finish this book. In the future, even if I have to go out for fun, I will take my computer with me and try to find every opportunity to write as much as I can.
Even if you go out for a week and write two or three chapters, you still have to keep yourself in a writing state as much as possible.
I really want to relax completely and wait until this book is finished...
I made a rough estimate. According to my current writing speed and the length of the plot, I can write it until next year at least. But I don’t know whether it will be in the first half of next year or the second half of next year.
In short, I will not set a timeline for completing the book in advance, and then all my work will be directed towards this timeline.
I will not deliberately speed up the writing in order to complete the book. I will still take my time according to the previous rhythm and writing techniques.
But in order to catch up with a certain time point, I will not deliberately fill the book with water, repeat the plot of the game from season to season, and try to stretch the book as long as possible like ramen.
When and how to finish the book must be decided based on the content of the novel itself. I will take the trouble to write about everything I want to write about, just like the plot of the World Cup. I can’t wait to write out every minute of the ninety-minute game.
But I won’t be polite when it comes to the places that need to be mentioned. Maybe a few months will pass in the book after one chapter.
As the wave of Chinese players studying abroad begins in the book, I will not always focus on Hu Lai alone, nor will I only write about Hu Lai and his group.
So don’t be surprised if Hu Lai doesn’t appear as the protagonist in several chapters in the future.
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