Chapter 207: No desire or desire?

After the league, the fourth round of the FA Cup followed.
This time Leeds City drew the English Championship team Hounslow, Clark still rotates the lineup, allowing those substitutes and young players who have few chances to play in the league to get training opportunities in the FA Cup.
Of course, Clark did not completely let young players and substitutes toss casually, regardless of the outcome.
He will still send some main players to the lineup.
This time, Leeds defeated their opponent 1-0 in the away game and advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup.
After the relegation of the league in advance, some Leeds City fans spoke on the Internet, thinking that the team could actually try to hit the FA Cup.
Anyway, the team's season goal has been completed ahead of schedule, so is it going to be a salted fish in the remaining half of the season?
The League Cup is out early. Although the league is ranked second, look at the stable and terrible first Stan Park Rangers, don't even think about the league championship.
It is the FA Cup as a "hotbed of unpopularity", it is the most suitable for the passionate team of Leeds City.
Because the FA Cup is not a two-round home and away game, but a single knockout game.
Only before the quarter-finals, if the two teams are tied and there is no difference, there will be a rematch on another day.
After entering the semi-finals, it is always a game of victory.
This kind of competition system makes FA Cup competitions particularly prone to upsets
Those rich and domineering teams in the Premier League may also be eliminated in the FA Cup by teams ranked lower than themselves, or even lower-level league teams-this kind of upset occurs every season.
If other teams can do it, why not Leeds?
However, the fans of Leeds City also opposed this opinion. They believed that after Leeds City succeeded in relegation early this season, it is clear that the goal should be placed on Champions League qualification-as long as we can stay in the top four at the end of the league, we can get Eligibility for the Champions League next season.
In the FA Cup, even if they win the championship, they will participate in the Europa League at most.
Which is more important, the Champions League or the Europa League, is self-evident.
So if you can go to the Champions League, why go to the Europa League?
And there is a huge hidden danger in the competition for the FA Cup championship:
If, in order to compete for the FA Cup, you lose the Champions League and lose the Champions League, who is responsible for this loss? Can fans who have spoken out and demanded that the team compete for the FA Cup can afford this responsibility?
Besides, even if you go all out to compete for the FA Cup, you may not be able to win the FA Cup.
Everyone knows that the FA Cup is an "unpopular hotbed", so why just think of Leeds City upset, but can't appear other teams upset in Leeds City?
After all, since Leeds is now ranked second in the league, the opponents they encounter will definitely value it. The chance of Leeds wanting to take advantage of the opponent's underestimation and upset is very, very low...
It is possible to be successfully attacked by a team with a lower ranking than him.
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The FA Cup?
Or is it Champions League qualification?
The fans' debate extended to the media, and the media began to discuss this topic.
In response to this discussion, Leeds City coach Tony Clark did not make any comments, and he remained silent.
In the 24th round of the league, Leeds City was tied at home by Sidham, ranked 14th in the league.
The Leeds players who played at home in this game did not perform well. Perhaps they felt that their opponents were so weak that they had no reason why they couldn't win at home. In short, the Leeds City team obviously did not enter the game state after the start of the game.
In the away game, Sidham was able to kick and kick freely.
They also advanced the ball as a matter of course and took the lead over Leeds City in the away game.
The lagging Leeds City was even more frantic. For a while, the home team fans in the stands were a little desperate-they felt that if they played this way, Leeds would definitely lose at home.
Fortunately, after the second half was adjusted, the players also found their feelings in the roar of the head coach Clark and the singing of the fans.
In the last 30 minutes, the Jedi counterattacked, and finally in the 77th minute, Farek Quinn used a corner kick to smash the football into Sidham's goal.
The score was evened.
The final score was 1:1 and Sidham took away a point from the away game.
Although Leeds did not win, they did not lose, especially when they lost a goal in the first half, they were able to get a tie in the end, which is considered acceptable to many people.
But some people don't think so.
After the final whistle, Tony Clark took the lead to walk towards Sidham head coach Tyler Walker, who had already extended his hand in advance before he came to the front.
When shaking hands with Walker, he patted the opponent's shoulder vigorously.
After shaking his hand, he turned and walked back to the locker room, not staying on the sidelines.
When the Leeds City players returned to the locker room, they saw the black-faced coach.
Those players who still felt that "a draw is better than a loss" when they leave the field, suddenly felt a bit of a heartache.
Clark didn't speak, but just stood there with a black face, watching the players come in coldly.
The players who came in did not dare to say anything. When the players who were talking and laughing out loud came into the room and saw the black face of the coach, although they didn't understand what happened, they immediately looked like teammates who had come in. Like we, closed your mouth wisely, then slipped to your place and immersed yourself in changing clothes.
For a while, the atmosphere in the dressing room was a bit awkward...
Assistant coach Sam Randyll was the last to walk in. He gestured to Clark to indicate that all the players were in the locker room. After seeing Clark nodding at him, he withdrew and closed the door.
When the locker room door was closed, the Leeds City players all looked back from the door.
At the same time, Clark's voice sounded in the room: "It stands to reason that after we succeeded in relegation ahead of schedule, I shouldn't demand you what the game will look like. After all, from the beginning of the season, our goal is to relegation. We are relegated. All plans and efforts are aimed at relegation... So now that we have successfully relegated and completed the task, how can we continue to ask you?"
Unlike his dark face, Clark's voice is not loud, it doesn't sound harsh, and even somewhat... approachable?
But then he changed his words: "But when I was watching this game on the coach's bench off the court, I always had an idea that made me have a few words to say to you in particular."
He stopped here for a while and looked around.
"I can see that since we succeeded in relegation, some people's minds don't seem to be on the game. Although there are still four months before the end of the season, they may already be thinking about where to go on vacation in the summer. Some people say this. It’s normal, after all, the task is completed, and then we should be in a state of wantless desire...Yes~EbookFREE.me~ Recently there have been some discussions about what we should pursue next this season, and I have also heard , I have some concern. But now I don’t want you to vote in a democratic way, and finally choose to determine our goal. I just have a sentence to ask you:"
Clark leaned forward slightly with his hands on his hips, watching the players who bowed their heads and said nothing.
"As a professional player, do you want to play as you want after completing your goals? It is natural to lose motivation and fighting spirit? Others say that you have no desires and desires. Are you really without desires and desires?

The players knew that the boss was dissatisfied with their performance, so they kept their heads down and kept silent.
This is the best way to deal with criticism. Don't try to defend your boss...
Clark also didn't need to get answers from the players, and continued: "I think, as professional players, after so long of training, the moment you set foot on the court, shouldn't the thought in your heart be'Today's game Do I want to win the game? No matter what the ultimate goal of this season is, whether we have completed the tasks given by the coach or the board... Isn’t the goal of every game, every game very clear? That is victory! As a professional player, the pursuit of victory should be the instinct of each of you! You don’t need to remind you, you should know to play and win!"
"Think about my words, there is still half of this season!"
Abandoning this sentence, Clark turned and left to attend the post-match press conference.
There was silence in the dressing room, except for the buzzing of the air outlet of the central air conditioner.
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