Chapter 179: Mainstream big stage

Southfield Stadium, home of London Bridge, is an "old stadium" with a long history.
It is said to be "old" because it has been exactly one hundred and fifty years since the stadium was built. In the past 150 years, it has not changed places, but stood where it was originally built, witnessing the 120 years of ups and downs of the London Bridge team-yes, this stadium Older than London Bridge.
In fact, this stadium is a very modern "five-star stadium", with the best hardware and software facilities, and its appearance has changed dramatically from when it was built 150 years ago.
From the original oval shape to today's square box.
Southfield Stadium is called this name because when the stadium was built, there was a Southfield Park next to it-many English teams’ home stadiums are directly named after the stadium’s location or nearby landmarks. Southfield Stadium is no exception.
Southfield Park is not a very famous place. It's just a small park nearby, which is now obliterated in the long river of history, and it doesn't exist at all. But the London Bridge club was established in this park-a group of young people who often played on the lawns of Southfield Park, because of a common goal, eventually established the London Bridge Football Club here.
When the club was founded, the Southfield Stadium was there, but at first it was not called a stadium, but a sports field. Because this oval sports field serves all nearby sports clubs, football is only one of them.
After the initial establishment of London Bridge, they could only continue to train and compete on the lawn of Southfield Park.
Later, as more and more people came to watch their game, the nearby Southfield Stadium also threw an olive branch to them, inviting the team to settle in the stadium.
Later, the ownership of the Southfield Stadium was changed, and the new owner decided to transform the stadium into a complete football stadium.
And London Bridge became the only user of this new stadium.
This has continued to this day.
Southfield Stadium has become a holy place in the hearts of London Bridge fans.
Every home game day, this blue-and-white stadium has 45,000 seats full of seats and a lot of people.
Southfield Park has disappeared in the development of the city, so London Bridge fans regard this stadium as the "birthplace" of the London Bridge club. After all, it inherits the same name of the park.
Since being promoted to the Premier League, Leeds has been a guest here four times, but they have not won—three losses and one draw.
Even if they succeeded in winning the championship last season, they only shook hands with London Bridge 1:1 at this stadium.
So this is not a good away game.
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"The media always like to hype these boring topics, trying to find materials that can create gimmicks for them from a bunch of ordinary materials..." Leeds City Club general manager Eric Dufy stood at Southfield Stadium. From the stands, I looked down at the players and coaches who were adapting to the field, and at the same time said to the football director Nevin Ball and the commercial director Harry Bradley of the team next to him.
The team has reached the Europa League semi-finals, and the club attaches great importance to it, so even if this is just a training session, the top management still followed the team to the stadium to show their firm support.
"If you want to say that, in BIG6, we have not yet conquered the home courts of Warship Harbor and Manchester Athletic... Then we played them away and lost? Leeds have only been promoted to the Premier League for four seasons. Of course, the historical accumulation is not comparable. Other teams..." Du Fei shrugged and did not continue to talk about this topic.
In fact, he just stepped into the stands and saw this blue and white stadium, and he suddenly felt emotional.
He and the two club executives had something to discuss.
"The club will definitely try to keep Hu. But whether we can stay or not, we should also know one thing clearly, that is, we may be able to keep him temporarily, but we cannot keep him forever."
When Du Fei said so, his eyes followed Hu Lai on the court, and he was doing simple offensive training with his teammates.
Bradley and Bauer, who were behind him, looked at each other, and both agreed with the general manager's statement.
With the momentum shown by Hulay now, it is almost impossible for Leeds to keep him forever. Even if the club only signed a four-year contract with him last summer, it can only guarantee that he will not be able to leave during these four years.
But players can seek to leave without renewing their contracts.
When the last year of the contract is left, the Leeds City Club will have to face this and that eternal dilemma: to sell Hu Lai while it can still be sold at an affordable price? Or let the contract expire and then let Hu Lai leave for free?
So instead of waiting until that time to do multiple-choice questions, it is better to fight for a sky-high price before to maximize the interests of the club.
This is the inevitable result of viewing this matter from the perspective of management.
They will not want to leave Hulai forever, because they know that it is not in the club's best interests.
"Although he cannot stay forever, I believe that everyone has benefited a lot from him in the past two years... Backed by the world's largest market, our financial situation is now much better..."
Commercial Director Harry Bradley nodded and said, "Yes. I didn't expect the enthusiasm of Chinese companies to sponsor us... Their football enthusiasm is like finally finding a catharsis."
"So... I think the club should continue this strategy. Even if Hu Lai is leaving, we should look for an outstanding player in China to replace him. We can't always have Hu Lai, but we can always have the Chinese market. Du Fei finished speaking and turned to look at the two left arms and right arms, as if asking them for advice.
The two had no opinion: "Of course, of course. It should be."
This is not because they want to flatter the general manager of the club, in fact they don't need to do that. They just think that the general manager is right.
There is only one Hu Lai, but there are still many Chinese players.
And don't worry that the latecomers will not reach the height of Hu Lai...because they can't reach it in the first place, no one would expect the latecomers to be like Hu Lai.
Hulay has already made history in Leeds City, do you still expect them to dig a player from China to also create a new history?
How can Leeds City?
As long as it can meet the requirements of the coaching staff, even if the ability is far less than Hu Lai, such a Chinese player Leeds City can be signed.
If it can be guaranteed that Leeds City has Chinese players, then they will not lose the Chinese market that they have struggled with.
Although the European clubs with Chinese players are not just Leeds. But Leeds City has an advantage, that is, they are the first team to have Chinese players and have already cultivated a group of fans in the Chinese market to watch the Leeds City game. Out of emotional factors, these fans, even if there is no Hu Lai, as long as there are other Chinese players, they can still attract the attention of Chinese fans, so that the feelings of so many Chinese fans can have a carrier.
"So I will ask our scout team to continue to explore those talented and talented young players in China..." Du Fei was interrupted before he finished speaking.
Because there was a burst of cheers on the court behind him.
When he looked back, he only saw Hu Lai getting up from the ground, and the players were cheering and applauding.
He is a little unclear.
The football director Nevin Ball, who is still looking at the direction of the pitch, explained: "Hu just finished a barb goal."
Du Fei was surprised, and then happily said: "It looks like Hu is in good condition!"
Then he followed with a sigh.
Because he knows that Leeds City will never find a good Chinese player like Hulai again.
It's like love. People always have to experience many emotions in this life. You will have many partners, but the first love... only one.
For Leeds City, Hu Lai is their "first love" with Chinese players.
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After finishing the training to adapt to the venue, the Leeds City team boarded the bus again and returned to the hotel where they were staying.
On the way, Hu Lai turned on his phone and wanted to pay attention to the UEFA Champions League semi-final going on tonight-the Madrid Kings vs. Manchester Athletic.
Just opened the mobile phone live broadcast software, the game is not over yet.
Hu Lai glanced at the real-time score in the upper left corner of the screen.
I was surprised to find that the score was "1:3".
The Kings of Madrid who played at home fell behind Atletico Manchester by two goals!
At the same time, the Madrid Kings booed in the stadium at home.
The voice of the commentator of the British TV station seemed less clear in the boo:
"... There are still fifteen minutes before the end of the game, but from the scene ~EbookFREE.me~ It is completely impossible to see how the Madrid Kings can counterattack... In', Meli was completely suppressed by Kabangka! Kabangka asked the King at the Crown Stadium. His flexible breakthrough and pleasing foot skills made the fans of the Crown Stadium wave a white handkerchief! It is really difficult. Believe it, I didn't expect Manchester Athletic to perform like this in the away game!"
"The Madrid Kings lost their scoring weapon in this game. Cerrados was in a sluggish state. Although Meli worked very hard, he was also heavily defended by the Manchester Athletic defenders. Who would have thought that Manchester Athletic coach Gutierrez would actually They played a defensive counterattack...Three quick counterattacks scored three goals, but their three-layer defense allowed the Madrid Kings to retrieve only one goal through a corner kick..."
"Last season Meli made the limelight in the Champions League, and this season it was replaced by Kabangca. Cerrados's bleak performance in this game also proved that the era of the'four kings' is indeed coming to an end. The young genius is rising, and will become the brightest star in the night sky!"
Following the comment from the narrator, the TV broadcast was cut to close-up shots of Cerrados, Melly and Kabangka.
Cerrados was downcast, Melly looked distressed, and Kabangka was full of spirits.
In the Crown Stadium, this scene seems to symbolize that the "crown" is being transferred from the heads of the older generation of players to the young players represented by Kabangka.
This made Hu Lai's heart surging.
Sure enough, the Champions League is the mainstream stage for the exchange of real top masters. Both Kabangka and Meli have played the protagonists on this stage.
And I'm just a passing visitor...
So in any case, we must continue to participate in the Champions League next season!
I'm going to have fun on that big stage too!
I also want to join the fight for the crown!