I am the king of football

Chapter 41 Cold

A day's rest time is fleeting. For professional players, except for a break during the winter and summer transfer windows, they must always be prepared for the game. Therefore, all the Hull City players returned to the training ground the next day.

After three consecutive league victories, they are now ranked first in the Championship, which is definitely good news for Tiger City, who are aiming for promotion to the Premier League this season.

In the fourth round of the league, they will face Leeds United, which is in chaos after the start of the league because the team's transfer matters have not been completed. This team has not won a single round so far this season and has a total of 0 points.

Although I heard that the other side finally dealt with all the players that needed to be dealt with after the third round of games, and completed several major signings before the summer window closed, everything is not worth believing if it has not been verified.

Not only in the hearts of the players, but also in Bruce's eyes, Leeds United is an unstable team. Today, they are no longer the White Army that became famous in the early 21st century with the name of "Young Guards" thanks to many talented young players such as Woodgate and Robbie Keane.

He believes that the team can use this game to train and rotate the team's substitute players.

In the following days of training, he began to consciously adjust the personnel of both teams during the training matches between Team A and Team B. Substitute players like Cooper and Coulson, who only occasionally got opportunities, appeared in Team A.

As for Kane and Qin Hu, both of them have been regarded as main players by Bruce, so there is no need to change them. They are already in Team A. In Bruce's opinion, their physical strength is not yet at the level of rotation.

So, when the match lineup was announced in the locker room the day before Saturday's match, Bruce had an extremely new starting lineup.

"We will play 442 in tomorrow's game, with Qin Hu and Kane as the double strikers."

The Kaihu-Chiehwei combination that fans have been talking about for a long time appeared in the starting lineup again, and this time it was a partnership between the two of them.

"Coach!"

Hearing each other's names, Kane and Qin Hu smiled at each other. Heroes appreciate heroes, and so do geniuses. After three rounds of competition, both sides have a high degree of recognition of each other. They usually take the initiative to form a group during training, and their relationship has been much better than when they first met.

"Two wingers, Brady and Cooper, and two midfielders, Collen and Paul."

In the four midfielders, except for the team's organizational core Core, the starting players in the other three positions were replaced. The three players were excited when they heard their names, but the most surprising thing was the choice of the back line.

"Four defenders, Rosenior, Coulson, Maguire, Barmby, goalkeeper Gulas."

Of the five people, except for goalkeeper Gulas, none of the four defenders were the team's main defenders last season, and only Maguire has had a chance to play this season.

"..."

For a moment, the office was silent, and the team members were a little nervous. The boss's arrangement was really confusing to them, and this rotation was indeed too radical.

"Ahem, this is tomorrow's starting lineup. I think you all already understand the tactics from the training matches over the past few days. Let me emphasize again that the opportunity to play is extremely precious. I don't want anyone to fail tomorrow!"

"Understood, Boss!"

When Bruce spoke to the players with an unquestionable tone and look, everyone understood that the coach was determined to use this second team lineup. For a moment, the substitute players who got the opportunity were excited to be trusted by the coach, and the main players could only accept the reality.

"Now, disband!" The players were dismissed. Since the distance between Hull City and Leeds City was not far and the game was on Saturday afternoon, the team did not have to set out on the journey a day in advance this time, and everyone got the opportunity to go home and have a good rest.

After everyone left, Bruce looked at the information in his hand again, in which the entire coaching team's scores and evaluations of the status of the Leeds United players were clearly presented. Based on the opponent's performance in the previous three games, he did not think that his operation this time was too aggressive. After closing the file, Bruce clocked out.

"I hope nothing unexpected happens tomorrow."

That night, when Qin Hu was lying in bed, his eyes stayed on the progress bars of various talents. Among them, the talent of court fox had reached the entry level (99%). His improvement in positioning during the four days of training was obvious to all. George had praised him more than once, but now this item still lacked a finishing touch.

Thinking carefully, Qin Hu's way of scoring goals in the previous few games were all attributed to explosive shots and bombers, and it seemed that he had not yet gained the bonus of scoring goals through the fox style on the court. He closed his eyes and began to recall those moments of agile running on the court in his mind.

"Not offside, Inzaghi successfully scored the goal that killed the game, 2-0, AC Milan leads Liverpool by two goals in the Champions League final!"

The image of Jiu Ye's revenge against Liverpool in the 2007nd minute of the Champions League final and his double goal appeared in Qin Hu's mind. He vaguely felt that if he could score such a goal, the fox spirit on the field might be able to completely control it.

Therefore, it seems that this breakthrough will still have to take place on the court.

Understanding everything in his mind, Qin Hu closed his eyes and fell asleep. He did not underestimate the enemy just because Bruce fielded the second team lineup. The ball is round, and any opponent may burst out with extremely strong power, so he always takes every opponent very seriously.

Facts proved that Qin Hu's creed was not wrong, because the next day Hull City had a hellish start at Leeds United's home ground, Elland Road, because of the frivolity of most of the players.

"It's 2-0. In the th minute of the game, Leeds United has scored two goals. Snodgrass, who scored twice, is simply crazy. It seems that this young player has found the fiery performance he had against Arsenal in January this year!"

This is Elland Road Stadium, a stadium that can accommodate more than 38,000 people. It is crowded. The fans of the "Young Guards" are roaring wildly in the stands, which complements the crazy Leeds United on the field.

It turns out that when a team faces a life-and-death threat, they can burst out with great strength.

In stark contrast to what Bruce expected, Leeds United, who were yelled at by their coach before the game that they might as well go home and stop playing football if they couldn't win the game, burst out with great strength.

Just five minutes into the game, the young guards, who formed a 433 formation and attacked desperately, found the same madness as their predecessors Woodgate and Robbie Keane.

After they first broke through Hull City's possession of the ball, they penetrated Hull City's defense through continuous passes. The team's 24-year-old winger Snodgrass took the ball from the right side of the penalty area and shot through the Tiger City's goal.

Then, in the 20th minute of the game, they got another indirect free kick opportunity. Michael Brown, a new veteran who had played for Manchester City and Tottenham, passed the ball into the penalty area. Snodgrass once again seized the opportunity and shot from the crowd to score.

For a moment, the home fans were excited, the morale of the home team was high, the sky of Leeds United was white, and the hearts of Hull City people were cold.

Today's update is here! Thank you for your support! New book is on the way, please recommend it! Please add it to your collection! There are 24 teams in the English Championship, and many of them have had a glorious history. Leeds United's glory was mainly at the end of the last century. At that time, the team was full of talents and many of them later grew up to become top stars. It was also the first time that they broke the curse that a group of children could not make it in the football world. Many teams with such glory can play top performances at critical moments. It can be said that in this mixed English Championship, any team that is underestimated may suffer a Waterloo on the road to the Premier League.

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