Chapter 159: Back to the Europa League

Just one day after the end of the China Cup, the singing of victory seemed to have not dissipated, and the Andong Provincial Sports Center became lively again. Nearly 40,000 people flooded into the stands that can accommodate 60,000 people this afternoon.
Among them are students from various primary and secondary schools in Jincheng, as well as people from all walks of life.
These people looked at the court under the stands, and the green field was covered by square arrays one after another.
The colorful sports uniforms make these squares look like fields of flowers.
Hana Tanaka erected a banner with different characters and patterns on each side, and each banner represented a school that had come to participate in the National High School Football Championship.
The flag bearers held flagpoles and stood proudly at the forefront of the team.
Behind the flag bearers, teenagers and girls in sports uniforms from different schools are looking up at the rostrum.
The two male and female players representing all participating athletes there are taking the oath:
"... We solemnly swear on behalf of all athletes... Strictly abide by the rules of the game! Resolutely obey the referee! Respect the opponent! Respect the audience! Respect the football game! Work hard, tenaciously, and cooperate in the game! The style of the game! The level of the game! Win without arrogance and defeat... Actively participate in this high school football championship with full enthusiasm..."
"Oath: Qin Qi!"
"Oath: Feng Yuqing!"
Amid thunderous applause and cheers, the two on the podium bowed and stepped down.
The Chinese team won the influence of the first China Cup championship, and it continues to ferment in China. The first to receive such influence is the 13th National High School Football Championship that opened immediately after the opening.
The wonderful performance of the Chinese national team in the China Cup greatly inspired people's enthusiasm for participating in football.
In particular, it has inspired those football teenagers and girls who are about to set foot on the national competition.
With the east wind of the China Cup, Jincheng hyped up the current national competition, hoping to attract more attention and attention from the society.
Let the national competition not only be a football match for high school students, but also an event that the whole society pays attention to and participates in.
Teenagers can chase their youthful dreams on the stadium, while spectators in the stands and in front of the TV can cherish their youth through these energetic children.
Because of the success of the China Cup, there are indeed many people who are willing to pay attention to the National High School Football Championship that will open immediately. The nearly 40,000 spectators who came to the opening ceremony today are a manifestation of this influence.
The China Cup is over, but the development of Chinese football will not stop.
It seems that campus football has nothing to do with professional football, but it is actually the fertile ground for the reform and development of Chinese football over the past decade.
Without the vigorous development of campus football, so many people would not devote themselves to the football career, because campus football has solved their worries.
At the very least, those who are worried about being sent to a professional football school and have no choice but to retire without learning anything will be greatly reduced. In ordinary full-time high schools, a middle school student is trained first, followed by players.
Moreover, the greatest significance of campus football is not to provide talents for professional football, but to expand the base and increase the population interested in football.
When the foundation is large enough, some things happen naturally.
The photos taken by Hu Lai and Li Qingqing for the national competition were printed on huge posters and hung on the outer wall of the Provincial Sports Center at the moment. As soon as people approach the stadium, they can see these two Chinese football "golden boys and jade girls" greet them with a smile and call on them to actively participate in campus football.
It also provides a possibility for every aspiring teenage girl:
Some of them will be the next Hu Lai and Li Qingqing!
The thunderous cheers in the stadium, the breeze blowing outside the stadium, ripples on the huge poster, as if the person in the painting is about to walk down.
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Hu Lai, who returned to the club, did not appear in the squad for the 31st round of the league.
Not only him, including Pete Williams, Laski, Kamara and Junpei Morikawa, these players who participated in the national team game a few days ago, did not make the list.
Although Leeds City's opponent in this round of the league is the mighty Manchester Athletic, Clark also made up his mind to abandon the game.
On the one hand, it is naturally due to the fact that many main players participate in the national team competition, running back and forth, increasing the level of fatigue, the competitive state is not at the best, and playing in the league seems a bit powerless.
On the other hand, after playing this round of the league, Leeds will welcome the UEFA Europa League quarter-final opponent-Serie A team Ferenc at home next Thursday.
Now that it has been decided to make the UEFA Champions League the team's goal, there is no need to be distracted by a league.
Anyway, with Manchester Athletic in the state of this season, even Leeds City, which is all the main players, is difficult to win, and maybe it will pay some heavy price.
So simply give up and give up early.
Manchester Athletic's state is very stable this season, and the performance is outstanding. The key is that the main players are not suffering from serious injuries.
Kabangka performed well in the World Cup, and now he has extended his excellent state in the World Cup to the club. Without injury, he is a presence that makes all opponents feel terrified.
It seems that Manchester Sport is trying to turn the frustration of losing the league championship for two consecutive seasons into motivation and vent.
After thirty rounds of the league, they topped the list with 74 points, leaving the second place with as much as 15 points behind Vijayston. With eight rounds left in the league, it is almost impossible for a team to compete with them for the league championship.
Old rivals like Stan Park Rangers and Tramed are not good, let alone Leeds.
Leeds, who was not the main player, lost a bit miserably against the mighty Manchester Athletic in the away scene.
They lost 1:6.
This game was also the worst defeat for Clark to coach Leeds.
Kabangka, who also participated in the national team game, did not start, but after coming off the bench in the second half, he was like a god, kicking head and foot within ten minutes, scoring three goals in a row, and completing a hat-trick.
It was his three that ultimately resulted in a 1:6 score.
This hat trick is also the fastest hat trick so far this season.
With this hat-trick, Kabangka's league goals surpassed Hulay, with 17 goals and eleven assists, which reminds people: Yes, this is a super genius comparable to Melly Woolen cloth!
In addition to Kabangka, Manchester Athletic's main striker Malvin Stones also scored twice in the game. This allows him to score 25 goals in the league this season, ranking first in the league's scorer list.
Now Hu Lai has only scored 15 goals in the league, which is very far from Stones. It can be said that it is basically difficult to compete with Stones for the golden boots.
No way, this season's Leeds City and the Chinese team are fighting on multiple lines, which involves too much energy from Hu Lai.
It also affected his attendance in the league.
The league has now been basically abandoned by Clark, specializing in the Europa League.
Otherwise, even if Hu Lai just played the national team game, in this league with Manchester Athletic, Clark will not pick him out of the list of games.
However, including Hu Lai, most people don't really care that he might not get the Premier League Golden Boot this season.
First, Hu Lai is still young, and there will be opportunities in the future.
Second, everyone thinks it’s good to be able to get the Premier League Golden Boots once. Why would you dare to win the Premier League Golden Boots in a row?
The third is that compared with the honors that have been won, everyone cares more about the honors that Hu Lai has not won. No way, it is human nature to like the new and dislike the old. The Premier League Golden Boots are very powerful, but they are just like that. Now the focus of people's attention has shifted to... the Europa League.
Looking at Hu Lai's momentum in the Europa League shooter list like the rocket's soaring momentum, everyone wants to see if he can get the Europa League golden boots this season.
The Champions League golden boots are not expected ~EbookFREE.me~ but if you can get a Europa League golden boots. That Hu Lai is tantamount to maintaining the "tradition" of having a golden boot every season.
But this Europa League golden boot is not so easy to get.
Let alone Nuno Alvarez, who currently ranks first in the scorer list.
Just say Hu Lai himself, if he wants to get the golden boots, he has to help Leeds go further in the Europa League.
This is not an easy task.
Every step forward in the Europa League requires more effort than before, and...good luck.
In the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Leeds' opponents are Serie A team Ferenc who is extremely good at defensively.
In the Europa League group stage, this team only conceded two goals in six games and qualified as the group leader.
But this is not the most powerful. After all, in addition to them, there is another team that has only conceded two goals in the group stage, and that is the overlord Serbia Navigator in the Europa League.
After entering the knockout stage, Ferenc showed their amazing defensive ability.
In the sixteenth finals, they tied the Eredivisie team Rotterdam Elite 0:0 in the first round, 2:0 in the second round, and finally eliminated their opponents with a total score of 2:0 and advanced to the top 16.
In the eighth-finals, he played two 0-0 games with the Frankfurt White Hart of the Bundesliga. In the end, he relied on a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner and reached the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
Without losing a goal in four knockout games, Ferenc was the only team in all 32 to participate in the Europa League knockout rounds.
In addition to their defensive tactics, the reason why they can do it is also related to one person.
That is Ferenc's main goalkeeper Mauro Albertazzi.
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PS: Sorry, I made a typo yesterday, from yesterday to the 8th order, not the 5th...
(End of this chapter)