Chapter 58: No excuses

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Tramed's home game against Leeds City was the focus of the fourteenth round of the Premier League.
Just after the two teams played in the Champions League, everyone began to expect them to meet in the league.
Originally Leeds did not have this kind of treatment, but because of the famous game last season, everyone was waiting to see how Tramed would succeed in revenge at home.
But in fact, even without that game, there is no shortage of stories between Leeds and Tramed.
Let alone the regional confrontation between York and Lancashire, this is an identity they can't get rid of. It was not very prominent before, because the strength of Leeds City was too weak to threaten Tramed, so the geographical identity was ignored intentionally or unintentionally.
In the past, Leeds City’s regional enemies were all teams of Burley’s level.
Now as Leeds won the Premier League title last season, they are naturally eligible to be on par with the traditional giant Tramed, and their geographical identity has been mentioned.
Both teams are also able to represent the level of football in their respective regions, and their encounter will naturally be carried by regional hatred.
On the other hand, it is because Leeds did have some friction with Tramed after they were promoted to the Premier League.
In addition to the championship game last season, the most famous one was last season when Leeds City lost to Tramed in their away game 2:3 when they were relegated.
There was a controversial penalty at the last minute of the game-Tramed defeated Leeds in the last minute with a penalty kick and scored a three-pointer.
This controversial penalty has been discussed after the game, and Leeds does not seem to be very convinced.
This is the first time two teams that had no intersection in the Premier League forged a beam.
After meeting for the first time last season, Leeds City returned to the game at home, defeating Tramed 2:1, avenging the "controversial" penalty that was planted last season.
The two teams have officially entered the rhythm of "when is the time to report the wrongs".
It can be said that even if there is no match in the 37th round of last season, it will continue to develop according to this momentum. The two teams will blow me one game, and I will blow you one. Then, driven by regional hatred, sooner or later will develop. Enmity.
That game only greatly accelerated the speed of the two teams' rivalry.
Although Tramed did not shout "revenge" before the game like the Stan Park Rangers, no one doubted their determination to revenge.
As the saying goes, "Dogs that bite don't bark".
A silent opponent like Tramed is even more terrifying.
In this context, people began to discuss how Leeds City would respond.
"If I were Clark, I would let the team's squad rotate. I just played a tough game against Catalonia. There is nothing wrong with rotating the squad in the league. The most important thing is-in case of losing the game, This is still a good reason..."
"Think about their away challenge to the Stan Park Rangers before the first Champions League group match. As a result, nearly half of the main players did not come with the team. In the end, Leeds City lost to the Stan Park Rangers 1:2. Successful revenge. But Leeds, who lost the game at the same time, received no criticism. Both the media and the fans were quite tolerant of the team’s failure... I think this is a good precedent, Leeds completely Can learn from..."
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"To play Tramed, I am not going to make rotation adjustments to the lineup." Tony Clark told the players on the training ground, "Although the game is tomorrow, I can tell you now that the starting lineup will be It will be exactly the same as our away game against Catalonia. Of course, if any of you feel tired and feel unwell, you can also tell me and I will make a rotation."
The players in training vests stood in front of him with their hands on their backs, no one raised their hands, and no one spoke. They just looked at their coach in silence.
"Very good, I believe you are capable of performing well in consecutive battles against strong teams. That is why I arranged this way... We will go to the Europa League in the second half of the season. This time I hope we can play Good results in the Europa League. How good is it? Good enough for us to participate in the Champions League next season..."
As soon as this statement came out, there was finally a commotion among the players.
Everyone turned around and started talking.
They all know how to qualify for the Champions League next season:
Either become the top four in the Premier League, or win the Champions League, or...
Participate as a Champion of the Europa League.
So what does the boss mean is that our goal this season is to win the Europa League? !
Clark let the players talk for a while before asking, "Why do you react so much? Are you frightened by this goal?"
"Uh, no, no!" One of the team members immediately defended.
Just kidding, even if you are really scared, you can't say that at this time!
"It's normal to be scared, after all, that is the European champion! But... I hope you will also remember that we are the Premier League champions! Since we can win the Premier League champion, why can't we want to win the European champion? In the game, you have also seen that we are fully capable of defeating European giants. And it is still at their home court! Is the Premier League champion of Leeds based on the relegation team to score points? No, of course not! With us In the process of winning the championship, we defeated such giants as the Stan Park Rangers and Tramed. Our championship is full of gold! So why can't we win the Europa League?"
Clark's continuous rhetoric questioned the players' inner emotions.
Yes, we ended the Stan Park Rangers' 90 unbeaten home games on the road. We also beat Tramed on the road. We won all of them in BIG6 last season.
These six teams are also strong teams across Europe. Since we can beat them in the Premier League, why can't we beat other strong teams in Europe?
The 4:2 defeat of Catalonia proved that they are also competitive throughout Europe.
If you think about it this way, it seems that the UEFA Champions League... they can really compete!
Once accepted this setting, in the hearts of Leeds City players, the initial out-of-reach goal doesn't seem so terrible anymore.
And they will be self-defeating-when we are still struggling to relegation, we never expected to win the Premier League soon. But we eventually became champions!
So now I think the Europa League championship is incredible, it doesn't mean we can't get it...
Seeing that everyone’s eyes have changed, Clark strikes while the iron is hot:
That’s why I insist on using the strongest lineup in the next game. Because a team aspiring to win the Europa League can never be in When you meet a strong team, surrender in advance and find a good excuse for your failure! "Just after playing the Champions League is physically exhausted"? Give this reason to Tramed, who lost the game!
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When Leeds City returned to the Red Top Stadium, they were greeted by more than 60,000 Tramed fans with red eyes.
"Now, let's welcome..."
Before the announcement of the Red Roof Stadium was finished, boos rang out impatiently.
In the end, the name of "Leeds City" was directly drowned in boos.
With a huge boo, Leeds City’s starting eleven went out of the channel and onto the court.
The TV broadcast followed the Leeds City players, especially the longest stay on Hulay’s face.
In the slightly serious queue of players from both sides, Hu Lai with a smile on his face was particularly prominent.
The boos from Tramed fans didn't seem to affect him, but made him laugh happier.
It feels like he might wave to the Tramed fans in the stands at any time.
Some people admire Hu Lai's composure.
But in fact, the reason why Hulay could not hide his smile was because he thought of another time and space, the grievances between Leeds United, the team representing Yorkshire, and Manchester United, the team representing Lancashire. The two teams are grudges and hatred. After Manchester United suffered an air crash, Leeds United fans could still use the air crash in the stands to mock their opponents.
So every time the two teams meet, no matter how great the difference in strength is, the scene will always be fierce, and Manchester United fans will greet Leeds with the most ruthless boo.
In this time and space, there are no two teams, Leeds United and Manchester United, but there are teams representing their respective regions. Tramed represents Lancashire and Leeds represents York.
Now this scene at the Red Roof Stadium makes Hulai unable to help but think of the grievances between Manchester United and Leeds United. Unexpectedly, separated by different time and space, some things will eventually come to the same end by different routes...
In this time and space, the deepening of the hatred of the two teams came from his lore goal last season.
Thinking of this, Hu Lai has a sense of accomplishment that he has created history.
So I couldn't help laughing.
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"...There were many speculations before the game that Leeds, who had just finished a Champions League group stage, would rotate in this game... But now the answer has been revealed. Clark did not rotate the lineup significantly. Leeds can. It is said that they have sent their strongest lineup on the road...This makes those who worry that Leeds City will rotate their lineups like they challenge the Stan Park Rangers in their away game are relieved...The happiest one is Trame. German fans, they think this way, after Tramed defeated Leeds at home, the latter would have no excuses..." Matthew Cox told everyone about the two teams in the commentary. Complaint~EbookFREE.me~ To be honest, Clark can indeed use the team just played the Champions League game as an excuse to rotate the lineup. This is a normal operation. No one can accuse him on this point. But he still chose to start the entire main lineup, which is somewhat surprising..."
The TV broadcast soon gave Tony Clark a close-up.
The Leeds City coach in the camera sits calmly on the coach's bench, waiting for the game to start.
While on the field, Ricardo Barria took a deep breath and let his eyes cool down.
purely.
Focus.
Don't think about anything, Ricardo.
It's just... the game!
(End of this chapter)