Chapter 36: It's Hu Lai's turn to play

Zhang Qinghuan’s first goal in his overseas career finally helped Sarria draw against the powerful Catalan United 2:2 at home.
Sarria finally ended their embarrassing record of losing all against Sarria since returning to the First Division.
So although only one point was scored at home, this point is also of great significance to Sarria.
Of course, it can be tied to Catalina, perhaps because Catalan’s mind has been transferred to the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of next week.
After all, Catalonia only got the right to qualify for the group in advance, but did not get the first place in the group.
For such giants as Catalonia, how can the trivial team qualify to satisfy them.
What they want is not only to qualify from this group, but also to qualify as the first in the group.
Even though they are now five points ahead of Vesuvius, the second place in the group, there are still two rounds left in the group stage. In the last round, they challenged Vesuvius away from home. That game was very difficult to play.
To get the first place in the group, they must beat Leeds at home in the next fifth round of the group stage.
This is not an impossible task for them, but it is not a result that can be obtained casually.
In order to ensure that they can beat Leeds at home, Catalonia has given up the league in both technical and tactical and mentality.
This led to their final draw by Sarria in the away game.
And when the game is over, it can be seen from their not very annoyed expressions, in fact, they don't particularly care about the result of this city derby.
Or... I can't say that I don't care, just that I don't care as much as everyone thinks.
On the contrary, the calmness of the Sarria players who celebrated after the game are like clowns...
After all, seeing the appearance of Sarria's players makes people think that Sarria has won in this city derby...
The result was just a draw.
A draw can make Sarria's players so excited, it is indeed a bit funny.
Therefore, there is a strong contrast between the calm Catalan United players and the ecstatic Sarria players. This contrast fully illustrates the difference between the two teams:
The super giants Catalonia has the world in mind, and they see the whole of Europe. They may not care about the gains and losses of this game with their rivals in the same city.
After all, they only drew with Sarria in the away game, not losing to each other. If you lose, it may be completely different from the calm today.
At this stage, it is more critical to ensure the first qualifying of the Champions League group.
However, compared with the Catalan United, Sarria has only one Catalan in his eyes...the situation is too small!
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Despite the obvious performance, in the post-match press conference, Catalonia coach Jose Bernal denied that the team’s failure to win the game was related to the UEFA Champions League group stage next week:
"...We were a little lax after taking the lead. But this laxity is not because of the Champions League. We respect our Derby opponents very much. We will not consider other opponents until the end of the game... It’s a pity that, even in the away game, we came to pursue victory... Zhang came off the bench as a turning point in the game, and his performance was great..."
Benal admitted that his team did not perform well in this game, but he did not admit that poor performance is related to the Champions League.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a cover-up.
As the team's head coach, he certainly can't openly stated in the press conference that his team did not take Sarria into consideration, and his mind is full of the Champions League next week.
Benal is by no means a fanatic coach, and he would never say so in front of reporters.
But if he didn't say it, it didn't mean he didn't think so.
In fact, from the fact that Campsano and Paterson were replaced by just one goal, one can guess Benal's mind.
He is indeed preparing for the Champions League group stage next week.
It is not wrong that Catalonia did not win this game, because from the coach to the players, none of their minds were put on Sarria.
In an interview after the game, Catalonia’s main central defender Jimenez also took the initiative to mention the Champions League:
It’s really a shame not to beat Sarria. But the game is over, we should focus on the next game... We want to make sure to beat Leeds at home and get the first place in the group...We will do our best to play that game."
He was right.
The game against Sarria is over. There is no way to win it. What else can I do?
Is it harder to be more moral than not winning?
Only if you look forward, you should also look forward.
As long as they beat Leeds in the next game and lock in the first line of the group, then the shadow of being tied by Sarria in the away game will naturally disappear.
After the victory in the home game, the last round of the group stage to challenge Vesuvius away, the Catalan United team was able to deal with it with a relatively relaxed attitude, and also had greater maneuvers in personnel selection and tactical arrangements. room.
After all, no one wants to kill Vesuvius, who is known for his tenacious style, before Christmas. It is the safest way to beat Leeds at home.
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La Liga was really late enough, and it was almost twelve o'clock after the game.
Hu Lai should have been sleeping in bed at this time. Today, in order to cheer for Brother Huan, he stayed in front of the TV until he finished watching the live broadcast of the game. He also waited for Brother Huan to accept the Spanish TV interview before turning off the TV.
Fortunately, most of the Premier League games are in the afternoon, so this round of Leeds City's main production vs. Highlanders league was finished in the afternoon.
Hu Lai not only has time to watch the game at home, but also does not have to worry about watching the game too late to affect the next day's game-there is no game the next day.
Just like Catalonia is absent from the center of the league, Leeds City did not do its best in the home game against the Highlanders, but instead allowed some of the main players to take turns to rest.
Obviously, he is staying for the away game against Catalonia in the middle of next week.
Many people didn't understand this.
After all, judging from the current rankings in the Champions League group stage, it cannot be said that Leeds has completely lost hope of qualifying for the knockout rounds, but the hope is also very slim:
After the four rounds of the group match, Leeds scored only three points, ranking third in the group, two points more than the fourth in the group, the Bay Lighthouse, not to mention the qualification for the knockout rounds, maybe even the Europa League could not be played— According to the rules, although the third place in the UEFA Champions League group stage cannot participate in the UEFA Champions League knockouts, they can participate in the UEFA Champions League knockouts in the second half of the season. So as long as Leeds can keep third in the league, at least they can continue to play in the European war.
As for the Champions League rounds... Leeds basically don't have to think about it.
The first Catalonia team scored 12 points, and the second team Vesuvius scored seven points. Then as long as Vesuvius wins another game or Leeds City loses one game, they will completely lose the chance to qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds. .
Under such circumstances, Leeds really doesn't need to go to the away game and smash Catalonia.
Even if they are competing for the UEFA Europa League qualification, they still have the final round of home game against the Gulf Lighthouse.
As long as they defeated the Bay Lighthouse in that game, Leeds could still surpass their opponents in terms of points and win-loss relationship, and securely ranked third in the group.
So what should be abandoned is definitely not the league with the Highlanders, but the UEFA Champions League group stage with Catalonia.
Take this opportunity to make up for the lessons that have been missed in the league so that the league rankings are not too low.
In the past two months, rumors about the team coach Tony Clark’s dismissal will be turned up and hyped from time to time. Is it really the nonsense of the media?
If there is no breakthrough in the European war, the league will continue to slide towards the relegation zone... Maybe Clark, the heroic coach who once led the team to the league championship, will really be dismissed.
Don't say anything is impossible, what is impossible in the football world?
Achievement is everything. If you have a good grade, you are a god, and if you don't have a bad grade, you will be fired.
So if Clark is sane, he should choose what is best for him.
But he didn't.
This makes people very incomprehensible.
Of course they can’t understand, because they are outsiders, and they are inferred from the arrangement of Leeds City’s personnel in the game against the Highlanders.
The conclusion is that Clark is still betting on the Champions League.
But Hu Lai, as an insider, obviously knows more than outsiders.
Unlike those who can only rely on clues to guess what Clark thinks, as a Leeds City player, he doesn't need to guess, he knows what the boss thinks.
Because the boss told them all.
The boss still wants to fight for the Champions League...or rather, he wants to try again for Catalonia.
Since losing 1:3 at home to Catalonia, the boss has been brooding about this failure, always thinking that a large part of the failure of that game was due to the lack of luck in Leeds.
So he wants to try again when he challenges Cathay United in this away game to see what he can do with Cathay United.
For this reason, he chose to let most of the main players take turns to rest in the game against the Highlanders, regenerate their energy, and save the best state to the away game.
Even if Leeds City finally lost to the Highlanders 2:4 at his home game, he fell out of the top ten in the league and came to the eleventh position, he would not hesitate.
There has always been a saying in the media and social networks that Tony Clark is called a "lunatic", which is an evaluation of Clark's tendency to adopt more adventurous offensive tactics in the game, rather than defensively.
And Hu Lai now feels that the madness of their boss is not only reflected in the choice of offense or defense.
There is a kind of madness in this head coach who will never give up until he achieves his goal.
This madness is sometimes unreasonable, but sometimes it resonates.
Just like now.
Hu Lai especially hopes that their boss is really a madman who dares to take everything in order to challenge the rich, instead of "pretending to be crazy and selling stupid."
After all, the latter is easy to show timidity when facing huge setbacks and pressure...
A true lunatic will never show shyness, because he doesn't even know what "fear" is!
What about Catalonia?
The top giants are amazing?
The Stan Park Rangers are the top giants like Tramed, aren't they still being by us?
Is it true that Catalonia is better than these two?
There are also Manchester Athletic ~EbookFREE.me~ and giants like London Bridge. They are also a force that should not be underestimated in the European arena.
Hu Lai was also concerned about the previous 1:3 loss to Catalonia at home.
That game was a failure for him. The team lost the game and he didn't score a goal personally.
He always feels like he is laughing and joking, but it definitely does not mean that he is indifferent to his poor performance.
In the first round of the Catalan match, there is no excuse, just a bad performance.
So he is also eager to be ashamed in the second round of the game against Catalonia.
Standing in front of the turned off TV, Hu Lai stretched.
The game belonged to Brother Huan was over, and it was time for him to play next.
(End of this chapter)