Fox in the Penalty Area

The team resumed training the next day, and Archie Fataki, who drove Kamara to practice, asked him when he was about to arrive at the training base: "Brother, do you still have to get out of the car and walk over there early?"

Kamara, who was sitting in the back row, shook her head: "No, no, Archie. I won't need it anymore..."

Fataki looked up at Kamala in the rearview mirror.

After this kid played, he still wanted to show off, but now he is so honest...

Of course he knew why.

The defeat against the Stan Park Rangers had hit him hard, making him feel that what he had done the previous few days was simply childish and ridiculous.

Fataki has already persuaded him that Leeds City's opponent is the defending champion, and Johnson Law, who he is facing in the game, is the main right back of the England national team, and his strength is extraordinary.

Whether it's the team or him personally, it's normal to lose to an opponent.

But Kamala doesn't see it that way.

He thinks that losing is losing, and there are no excuses and reasons.

He will not find objective reasons to comfort himself, he thinks it is self-deception.

Facing the stubborn Kamara, Fataki has nothing to do.

No one wants to lose a game, but professional players must also learn to face failure, whether they want to or not.

Otherwise they have no way to move on.

After all, a professional player must have more than one failure in his career. If he loses a game, he will die. It is basically impossible to become a successful professional player.

It's just that everyone's attitude towards failure and how to deal with failure are different.

Just after the game is over, it is the most painful time for the players. At this moment, the atmosphere in the locker room will be relatively dignified.

In the past, the music disappeared after winning the game. Most people lowered their heads and changed their clothes silently, not talking much. Even if someone wants to make a sound, they have to be careful.

When they get home, some players choose to indulge in entertainment to make themselves forget the pain of failure-playing games, clubbing, having sex with their lover, spending money to find a "lover" if they don't have a lover or their lover is not around...

Some players will lock themselves in a room alone and choose solitude and quiet to help them calm down.

Some people will try to find the positive from the negative, and try to think in a good direction-"We only lost two goals, and we didn't lose more goals. It's not bad." It's so big, there is no way to lose." "No one wants to lose, but losing to the defending champion is better than losing to a relegation competitor like Burleigh?"

There are also people who choose to be numb and turn their heads and throw the failure out of the sky, as if the loss never happened.

There are also people who are irritated by failure and brood over failure.

Now it seems that Kamala should belong to this last type of person.

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After finishing today's recovery training, the coaching staff collectively came to the tea break room to exchange information while drinking tea and snacks.

"How was Kamara today?" Tony Clark first asked strength and conditioning coach Anthony Clement.

"That kid... seems to have not recovered from the emotion of losing yesterday. In the gym, he played every kind of equipment he practiced, as if these training machines had a grudge against him." Clay Mentor described what he observed in the gym.

"Hmm..." After listening to Clement's introduction, Clark fell into deep thought.

Assistant coach Sam Landier said next to him: "The next game against Abion, should we not let him start at all? Tell him to rest and reduce his pressure..."

But Clark shook his head and said, "No, let him start the next game."

Randyll stared at Clark with wide eyes: "Tony, I don't think this is a good idea. After yesterday's game, I believe that Abion's head coach Scree must know how to deal with Kamara—— As long as he compresses his ball space and defends him more toughly, Kamara can fall into the quagmire... He plays too much. Although it is very entertaining at times, but more often than not, it is not good except to irritate the opponent. This is his Achilles' heel, and if he doesn't change, his future achievements may not be as high."

Randyll seemed to be prejudiced against Kamara, but what he said was true. Everyone present, even Matt Dorn, who recommended Kamara to Clark, admitted that Randyll was right. right.

Kamara lacks the guidance of formal professional football training, and he still has a strong street football style.

In a low-level league like France C, maybe there is no problem.

But in the more intense and faster-paced Premier League, it will immediately become a big problem.

In fact, just after Kamara was signed, there was a big discussion about him in the tea break room.

At that time, Randyll just held the point of view just now, thinking that if Kamara does not change, the future will be a dead end, and the Premier League is definitely not suitable for him.

Nearly two months later, his views have not changed.

Because Kamala hasn't changed.

He played well in the first league game, which covered up the problem to some extent, but the problem is still there, it has not been solved, it is just temporarily invisible.

Clark laughed after hearing what Randyll said, and then asked Randyll: "Sam, you run to him like this and say: You will end sooner or later if you play like this. So you have to change your way of playing-do you think Will the kid listen?"

Randyll frowned, and Clark had a point.

Kamara has been training in the team for almost two months. Head coach Clark also reminded Kamara, asking him to slightly change the way of playing football that is too sticky and too fancy, but it didn't work.

This kid is very stubborn and has his own ideas, but at the same time it seems difficult to listen to other people's opinions.

This may be related to the environment in which he grew up in the past, and the attitude of others towards him in the past.

"For the current Kamara, he wants to achieve results as soon as possible, and his excellent foot skills are what he is most proud of. Then you go and let him abolish his most proud ability, Then he would think: What are you kidding? How can I play without what I am best at? So he will definitely not listen to it.”

Clark spread his hands and continued to explain: "So now I have also figured it out. Instead of telling him, it is better to let him go to the court to see the real Premier League and what the real top league is like. When he really realizes Only when his own problems have to be corrected can he truly change."

"Then what if he still doesn't realize it, or if he realizes it but doesn't want to change it?" Randall asked back.

This time Clark didn't speak, and Matt Dawn next to him said: "Then we only lost 300,000 pounds. Then we will continue to look for players suitable for our team in the transfer market."

Randyll had nothing to say.

Clark finished the conversation: "Okay. That's enough about Kamara, let's talk about Adams. How is he adjusting to the new position?"

Randyll turned on the tablet, found Jay Adams' training performance report on it, and reported to Clark: "Overall, it is getting better and better, but Adams has his own views on the new position. He doesn't think he is a simple Defensive engineer. He talked with me and said that he can actually take advantage of his excellent overall situation and awareness, and add a point of attack to the midfielder position, which can also liberate Williams, so that he does not have to retreat frequently. , able to concentrate on organizing the attack..."

Clarke nodded again and again: "As expected, he was regarded as the core midfielder of England and London Bridge in the next 20 years. In fact, I also have this plan. I wanted to ask his opinion. Now this step can be saved... ...But it requires a lot of his personal ability, and he has to improve his long-passing ability by another level."

Randyll bowed his head and recorded on the tablet: "I will increase the proportion of his long ball training."

"Where is Hu Lai? How is his long-range shooting?"

"The strength of his leg muscles has increased significantly, so he has the strength foundation for long-range shots." Fitness coach Clement came out to answer the question of head coach Clark. "Also because of the increased muscle strength in his legs, his speed and jumping ability have also improved..."

Randyll added: "The problem now is Hou Lai's own consciousness-he is still used to drilling into the penalty area, trying to get as close to the goal as possible before shooting. We need to change his thinking and habits."

"Ah, it takes time for players to get used to preferences..." Matt Dorn said beside him.

Clark waved his hand: "That's okay, we are not in a hurry in this regard. I always think that the so-called saying that he will be thoroughly studied in the second year is a misunderstanding of common sense. Guys, to be honest, you think Hu Lai is a difficult researcher. player?"

He asks a question, everyone looks at each other, and it's Randall who responds: "I don't think so. He's one-dimensional, and everybody knows it."

Clark smiled and said: "Yes, that's it. Hu Lai is a player with a single characteristic and obvious advantages and disadvantages. Anyone who knows a little bit about penalty kicks can see it, so I don't believe the head coaches of those Premier League teams. We still need to spend another season studying him. But the question is, is Hu Lai the kind of player who can be defended by thorough research?"

Matt laughed when he heard Clark ask this, he knew what Clark was going to say.

Randyll also showed a dazed look.

Tony was right!

Hu Lai is a player who is best at shooting and can only shoot.

Everyone knows this, and there is no secret at all.

In the first round of the league, Burleigh's head coach Odlisk made defensive arrangements against Hou Lai and strengthened his defense.

Can it be prevented in the end?

Burleigh's centre-back William Button never left Hu Lai as long as he was in the box.

Didn't he still score two goals?

What does this mean?

It shows that Hu Lai is the kind of player who you know what he will do and how to defend him, but this does not mean that you will be able to defend him.

When arranging tactical theory, it can be said clearly and logically, we want to do this, we will follow that, and finally we can do this and that...

But in the actual game, the players who execute the tactics are not pre-programmed robots, but living people with emotions and desires.

Humans can make mistakes.

Hu Lai is precisely the player who is best at catching opponents' mistakes.

How do you defend against such a person?

That's why Clark said he wasn't in a hurry for Holly.

He didn't score a goal against the Stan Park Rangers, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with Hou Lai. Just give him enough credit.

He and Leeds have plenty of time.

Hu Lai joined in the middle of last season, and he didn't have time to integrate with the team at all, so he could perform so well.

It doesn't make sense that Hu Lai, who has been training with everyone in the team since the beginning of the season, did not perform as well as last season.

If that's the case... Tony Clark won't think that Hu Lai has encountered the "rookie wall", but that he, the head coach, is too incompetent!

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ps, statement:

The English part yesterday was really not because of my poor English skills... although my English skills are really not very good.

But the reason why I wrote an English that is obviously full of mistakes and omissions is to reflect Hu Lai's weirdness.

At first, I wanted to write directly in Chinese "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor", but I don't think it's interesting to write it like this. Who knows what kind of English he spoke to Williams? After all, this is what I meant after my translation.

So I thought why not let Hu Lai directly translate this famous line into English without paying attention to grammar?

Isn't it more comedic?

He literally translated that sentence in English like this, Williams will be full of question marks...

So don't say that I just used the results of a webpage translation to make up the number.

Even with translation software, I changed several times, and finally came up with such a version.

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