Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 48: 13 Minutes

David Miller and his companions desperately waved the banners in their hands, making the words on them twist as if they were dancing, attracting the cameras of the TV broadcast.

"Welcome home, Sean the Sheep!"

"'Little Sheep' is Sean's nickname. This nickname sounds cute, and it was given to him by Leeds City fans. But the cute 'Little Sheep' is very fierce in the game..." CCTV commentator He Feng gave Domestic fans introduced interesting gossip about the game.

"Sean Barnett played for Leeds City for six seasons, and he contributed a lot to the successful season in Leeds City. He scored a total of 21 goals and completed six assists, helping Leeds City history. A successful breakthrough... Such a player certainly has a very lofty position in the hearts of Leeds City fans. Before the start of this season, Leeds City had to sell Sean Barnett due to economic problems. The reason why the fans have been protesting against the club... But today the North Stand is full, and these fans are here to welcome Sean home... England's football culture is enviable, and this culture is also the best career in Europe. One of the big reasons for the league…”

"He Feng, I believe that as Hu Lai's performance in this team gets better and better, his status in the hearts of Leeds City fans will become higher and higher. Sooner or later, he will also enjoy such treatment ..."

Matthew Miller didn't know how the commentator commented on the scene that happened in the North Stand in distant China.

But now he has a stinky face, making no secret of his dissatisfaction with his father.

When the fans gave Sean Barnett warm applause for his appearance just now, he stood motionless like a wooden man, without applauding or cheering.

Not that he had a problem with Sean Barnett. His opinion was directed at his own father.

Welcome home Sean, he has no problem at all. But you don't usually watch the game, and when Sean came back, you returned to the North Stand and cheered for him, what is that?

Don't the Leeds City players deserve your cheers?

Besides Sean Barnett, we have Pete Williams too!

And Hu Lai is also a very good player!

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After the game started, as Tony Clark expected, the North London Rangers, who were aiming to keep their qualifications for the Champions League next season, launched a fierce offensive against Leeds City's goal from the very beginning.

But Leeds City did not because of their fierce attack,

Just shrink the defense.

On the contrary, once the possession of the ball changes hands, Leeds City will quickly attack the North London Wanderers' penalty area.

They don't play back and forth from the back, or pass all the way back from midfield to get the ball to goalkeeper Mikay van der Ven.

After almost a season, the fans of Leeds City are basically getting used to it. This is Tony Clark's football style, and it is gradually becoming the football style of Leeds City.

Anyway, they only need to cheer in the stands when the team is attacking.

As for when the North London Rangers attacked, the Leeds City fans in the stands did not boo either. After all, he is just an ordinary opponent, not a mortal enemy, and has no regional hatred, so there is no need to boo.

Sean Barnett, who was greeted warmly before the game, was not cheered when he took the ball.

Matthew Miller glanced at his father who was next to him and heaved a sigh of relief—if his father and the others still cheered and cheered for Sean when he was holding the ball, then he really had to watch the game in another place. He doesn't want to be with a group of people who don't know right from wrong.

Fortunately, his father and the "White Rose" fans are still clear about this matter.

David Miller noticed the behavior of his son around him, but he didn't care.

He glanced down at his watch. Seven minutes into the game, six minutes to the thirteenth minute.

Their "White Rose" had already discussed with several other fan organizations in the North Stand, and when they waited until the thirteenth minute, they booed in the direction of the rostrum as a protest.

Why the thirteenth minute?

Because Lauren Galli has coached Leeds City for thirteen seasons.

So boos at thirteen minutes, needless to say, everyone knows what they mean.

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Neither player on the pitch knew what was brewing among the Leeds fans, who were fighting for their own goals.

It's a real fight.

Although the strength of North London Wanderers is a bit higher than that of Leeds City, this is Leeds City's home court.

Coupled with Leeds City's crazy dog-like style of play, it makes the North London Rangers players very uncomfortable-if they attack and fail to win, then they must return to defense immediately, otherwise they may be turbulent by Leeds City. Overwhelmed by the offensive...

On offense, Leeds City is really fast.

And it's not the kind of speed that one or two people rely on their personal speed, but the speed that the whole team rushes up like crazy.

This speed is far greater than the psychological pressure brought to the defender by individual combat.

So the game has been played so far, the two teams are playing back and forth, and it is very lively, but it is impossible to see who will definitely score.

When ten minutes passed, David Miller began to look at his watch frequently. As the leader of the "White Rose" fan organization, he also shouldered the task of reminding everyone to boo together when the stipulated time was approaching.

This time cannot be separated from minutes and seconds.

Ritual is very important.

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"Sean Barnett——! How dangerous!" He Feng let out a long breath.

In the TV screen, Barnett held his head in his hands, looking very regretful.

He just missed the goal with a strong shot from the penalty area line just wide of the goal.

"Since the game started, Sean has been very active. This is the second time he has threatened Leeds City's goal!"

North London Wanderers manager Ludwig Aumann chats with his assistant Joseph Olsen about the latest on-field situation at the visitors' bench. Sean Barnett's positive performance naturally fell into their eyes.

"It seems that he is really going home. I feel that Sean is very excited... Maybe it's like what he said. He is very familiar with every inch of turf here, and he doesn't need to adapt at all, and he can directly enter the game .He's the quickest player on our team to adapt to the game..." assistant coach Olsen said. "Ludwig, did you expect this a long time ago, so you arranged for Sean to be the main attacker in this game?"

Before the game, he had an argument with Oman about whether to let Sean play the main attack. Olsen believes that when he returns to Flanders, Sean Barnett may not be able to go all out in the face of the warmth of Leeds City fans collectively welcoming him, so he is against letting Barnett take on the main attacking task.

In the end, though, Orman stuck to his guns.

Looking at Sean's performance on the court now, Olson has nothing to say about this arrangement of Auman, and he is convinced.

Oman smiled slightly: "Sean is a player with a clear goal, and the warmth of the fans is absolutely impossible to affect him. He is extremely eager to participate in the Champions League. And didn't you listen to what he said before the game? After scoring he No celebration. You think he's showing his support to the Leeds fans? No, he's telling us he's going to score in this game. Since he has that fighting spirit, of course we have to take advantage of it."

Swede Ludwig Aumann, who once served as the head coach of the Swedish national team, led the not-so-strong Swedish team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, creating the best performance of the Swedish national team in the World Cup in the past 30 years. score. After he stepped down as the head coach of the Swedish national team, Swedish football couldn't even make it to the World Cup finals.

Aoman coaches the team and is good at making good use of the situation, using small things to make big gains.

He is confident of Sean Barnett's return to Flanders.

He even felt very lucky to be able to play away against Leeds City in the final sprint of the league.

That's three points that could be pocketed early.

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Levin was on the north stand examining the banner they had tied ahead of time to the railing, and above the "Welcome Home, Shawn the Sheep" banner was another banner, rolled up and tied to the railing.

Just waiting for Sean Barnett to score, they will untie the rope and let the banner hang down for everyone to see. Use this to question the club's top management-when you see Sean Barnett's performance, will they regret their original decision? !

After watching Sean's performance after the game started, Levin always felt that this thing might come in handy soon...

So he has to make sure that he can't lose the chain here when needed.

Not far away, David Miller raised his left wrist, staring at the ticking second hand.

Less than half a minute to the thirteenth minute...

At this moment, he suddenly heard his son screaming from beside him: "Come on!!"

Before he could react, louder cheers suddenly sounded from all directions in the Flanders Stadium. Because of the distance, they reached his ears first and then later.

It's like the sound of the tide, one wave after another!

He ignored the countdown and looked up at the field.

I saw seven people from Leeds City pressed to the front of the restricted area of ​​the North London Rangers, looking like they were approaching the city.

Pete Williams received the ball at the front of the penalty area and raised his right foot for a long shot.

North London Wanderers midfielder Andy Watfield rushed forward, throwing his body weight out, intending to use his body to block the eye-catching.

But Williams did not shoot. His right foot fell and just buckled the football to the left, shaking the England international.

Williams then made a gesture to continue dribbling the ball into the penalty area, nudging the ball forward and drawing North London Wanderers centre-back Ollie Buttersby up to defend.

He poked the football out with his toe again, and stabbed it to Hu Lai who was running diagonally in the penalty area!

Hu Lai ran behind Battersby in a diagonal line, and began to adjust his pace while running. When the football rolled to his feet, he didn't stop the ball and just swung his foot to shoot!

"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU——!"

Together with the roar of Sky TV commentator Cox, there were also the shouts of Leeds City fans.

Although Hu Lai lost his balance after the shot, his supporting foot slipped and fell to the ground.

However, the football that was pulled out by his rounded thigh was so powerful that the French goalkeeper Julian Lame of the North London Wanderers struggled to throw it, but it was still a bit late...

The football rushed into the goal like a cannonball and set off the net hard!

"Houlai—beautiful!! The game only started thirteen minutes ago, and he opened the scoring for Leeds City, breaking through the goalkeeper of the French national team's main goalkeeper Lame!! It seems that Hou Lai is in good condition today!"

David Miller was standing in the Flanders North Stand, and the people around him cheered, especially his son, who roared so hoarsely that his voice was hoarse.

Even Levin was pumping his fists and yelling at the field.

Only David himself stood blankly among the carnival crowd.

He hadn't forgotten his mission: in the thirteenth minute, they collectively booed Lauren Galli.

But……

He looks around.

How could they possibly boo at this very moment?

Even if he really booed, how can he compete with the cheers resounding from the audience?

This is a storm sweeping across the entire Flanders stadium, how can it be resisted with just one side of the north stand!

He cast his eyes on the pitch, and Hu Lai, who scored the goal, ran to the corner flag and made his signature celebration.

Almost at the same time, his son Matthew, who was beside him, also jumped up on the stands, with his hands spread apart, and he made an almost identical movement...

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