green star

Chapter 203

In the end, the score between Leeds United and Middlesbrough was fixed at 5:3. Leeds United won a hearty victory at their home court. If there is any shortcoming, it is the number of goals conceded. A little bit, but Leeds United fans don't care about this, they have the blood of offense flowing in their bones, besides, 5:3 is always more enjoyable than 2:0.

After this game, Leeds United's points in the standings have also risen to seventh, and they are no longer so far away from the European arena.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Eddie Gray took the initiative to go up and shake hands with McLaren. This is the show off of the winner. The eyes of the head coach of Leeds United clearly and unmistakably conveyed this meaning. ... Poor Mr. McLaren, forced to smile out of politeness ...

In the post-match press conference, Eddie Gray said a lot of things, and after going around for a long time, the last sentence revealed his true colors, "I said I want to win this game, look, This is how it turned out..."

As a result, McLaren, who has always been a polite gentleman and showed his good temper, left the press conference early angrily, leaving only the Leeds United coach to sing a one-man show there.

"Look, this is the quality of a gentleman!" Eddie said innocently, shrugging his shoulders.

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After the game, Li Rui was busy with his teammates embracing and celebrating this long-lost victory. The entire Elland Road Stadium was already boiling. Leeds United fans can't remember when they scored 5 goals at home in the last game , the whole stadium is already a sea of ​​joy.

Li Rui and Neil Gilckney were chatting happily. He was wearing the commemorative scarf around his neck. However, Li Rui found that he had to speak in a low voice, lest he said something that would be taboo. If not, it would be troublesome, because no matter where he goes, there will be a camera following him, which is the courtesy that the best player in the game deserves.

Li Rui is no stranger to this scene for a long time, and he has gradually become accustomed to living under the camera. Although Li Rui knows that he is not a person who likes to show off too much off the court, there is no way , This is the price of being famous. As long as it doesn't interfere with his personal life, Li Rui can still deal with it safely. Besides, young people still have a little vanity.

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The field captain of this game, Alan Smith, greeted his teammates, walked to the TOP stand where the die-hard Leeds United fans at the Elland Road Stadium, and waved to the Leeds United fans in the stands.

The excited Leeds United fans shouted the names of each player loudly, thanking the players for their efforts in this game. Among them, when shouting Li Rui's name, it was obviously louder than shouting other people's names At least, the fans still treat them a little differently.

Li Rui took off the scarf around his neck and waved it towards the stands over and over again. What responded to him was even more enthusiastic cheers from the fans...

"Haha, I like this feeling." Li Rui shouted loudly.

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In the game against Middlesbrough, Li Rui scored a hat-trick and raised his league goals this season to 17, leading the scorer list for the first time alone, which also made him the focus of the entire England Not only England, but even the sports media in Spain and Italy have begun to pay a certain amount of attention to this young man who is not yet 20 years old.

At this time, two-thirds of the season has passed, and Leeds United still retains the hope of entering Europe, which also makes some media and critics think that Leeds United, a team that barely relegated in the last round of last season The performance of the season, I feel very surprised.

Someone made a statistic, Leeds United this season, compared with last season, the biggest improvement lies in the offense, now, the league is in the 24th round, the number of goals scored by Leeds United has also compared with the number of goals scored last season Quite, and among them, Li Rui's 17 goals already accounted for two-fifths of the team's total goals. This number is terrifying!
You know, this is only the young man's debut season in the Premier League, and it is really not easy to have such an outstanding performance.

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All of a sudden, all kinds of praise, like the tide of the English Channel, rushed towards Li Rui. Countless media, so-called football experts, all compared Li Rui and some famous shooters in world football history. Comparison, this is not surprising, just like the Netherlands and Serie A will come out with a successor to Basten every year, the media are all talking about the comparison with this, in their view, only this kind of comparison can arouse fans The infinite daydreams of the book are interesting... only... there are sales!

Some say that Li Rui's style is like Basten's, and some say that he is like the current Arsenal King Henry. However, what makes Leeds United fans more recognized is that Li Rui's technical style and characteristics are comparable to the 'alien' Ronaldo Very similar, keen sense of smell, same amazing speed, excellent dribbling and shooting skills...

It can be said that the comparison between Li Rui and Ronaldo by the media is definitely the greatest compliment for this young man, but of course Li Rui also knows that he would rather believe that there are ghosts in the world than believe what the media say. My first Premier League season was just a hat-trick in one game, and the media just praised myself to the sky...

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Li Rui still remembers that not long ago, before he fell into a scoring drought, he was also highly praised. Then, once he fell into a scoring shortage, all kinds of doubts and criticisms followed one after another. Now, his state has returned , a hat-trick, was actually compared with Ronaldo again, who is Ronaldo?This is the greatest striker on the planet, at this time!
After Li Rui experienced the ups and downs of the previous period, he was able to calmly deal with all kinds of opinions from the outside world. When he was on the phone with China, his mentor Qiu Zuolin did not forget to give Li Rui regular lessons and warned him to recognize himself. Don't be swayed by the words of the media. When you are criticized, don't be discouraged. When you are praised like a flower, don't think that you are really the most beautiful one...

Of course, Li Rui knows how much he weighs. Compared with Ronaldo, he can't catch up with the horses now. Besides, a successful player has to go through the test of the competition. Ronaldo was the top scorer in the 2002 World Cup. Having won the Hercules Cup, not to mention his performance in the European arena, Li Rui is only emerging in the Premier League, so the gap is huge...

If he really took what the media said seriously, Li Rui would really be regarded as a fool.

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Football is like that, the winner wins the game, if you win the game and you do well, you're instantly admired.But if you don't perform well, you will be thrown down hard immediately, very badly.

Although he only has two seasons of professional football experience, Li Rui still has a feeling for it. He tries to ignore the noise of the media. If they love to praise, he will listen to it and feel at ease. Don't take it too seriously.

As for the media wanting to interview him, Li Rui also said that as long as the team agrees, he will seriously cooperate, and if the team does not agree, there is nothing he can do.

Ever since, the media have submitted requests for interviews with Li Rui to the Leeds United Club. What happened?Eddie Gray would not give these media lords any face, and he was not afraid of being scolded by the media. Anyway, he also knew that it was impossible for him to get any good words from the media's comments.

Besides, Eddie Gray didn't bother to bother. His purpose was very simple. He took all the interference from the media and the outside world on his players, and tried not to let the media disturb his players. It's like a she-wolf protecting the calf, protecting the wolf cub, but this is not doting, the method of the 'rogue coach' is not blown out, which of these players will not be screamed by him... …

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On January 2005, 1, the fourth round of the FA Cup was held. Leeds United eliminated West Bromwich Albion 28-1 at their home court, Elland Road Stadium, and entered the next round.

In this game, Argentine defender Coloccini, who had just joined Leeds United, made his debut in Leeds United.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Leeds United played a wonderful cooperation. Alan Lennon passed the ball, Li Rui tapped his heel, and Bamby followed up and passed the football to the back point. Jamie White, who came off the bench, With a volley, he broke through West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Holt's cross and scored the only goal of the game. This was also Jaymine White's first goal of the season.

After scoring the goal, Jamin White was extremely excited, stripped off to celebrate, and was shown a yellow card by the referee, but everyone could understand Jamin White's excitement, and no one would blame him for this unnecessary yellow card.

Seeing this scene, the head coach of Leeds United also fell into deep thought. He found that he was still too superstitious about the main players when employing people. Did he give too few opportunities to the players on the bench...

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Jack, the old guard at the training ground, waved to Li Rui from afar. Li Rui waved his hand to express his thanks. Li Rui came to the training ground to practice with Fabian Delphi and Jonathan. This afternoon, the first team No training was scheduled.

Before the two boys arrived, Li Rui put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked slowly. At this time, the winter sun spread down and sprinkled on the green turf. Under the rare sunlight, the turf was bright green. Like grass felt, Li Rui simply lay down on the turf, looking at the blue sky, white clouds, and green turf, it seemed to dye his mood green...

At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him. Li Rui intuitively heard that it wasn't the footsteps of Fabian Delphi and Jonathan... Moreover, there was the tail of Chanel No. 4 floating in the air...

(End of this chapter)