Chapter 234: Adaptation to Water and Soil
August 30, 2042
The third round of the Premier League,
Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool.
βhaοΌ γ― from the middle of the road! He broke through Liverpool's last line of defence! Single Knife! Oh no! Once again, we missed the opportunity! It's unbelievable! Ha, who used to be able to play the goalkeeper back and forth with his feet after getting a single chance, fell into a disadvantage in a one-on-one battle with the Liverpool goalkeeper! Even Liverpool's goalkeeper looked a little incredulous after saving the ball, and he did it so easily! β
In the third round of the league, they will play Liverpool at home. This is the time chosen by Tottenham Hotspur boss Nikola for Leiy Ha, who arrived here for a whopping β¬68 million transfer.
Tottenham fans even prepared a brief welcome ceremony to welcome the only goalscorer in Europe to rival Manchester United's Tigos last season, and in the stands belonging to Tottenham fans, many young fans who liked him after watching Raywing's goal and dribble videos held up portraits and posters.
It's just that Ha's first appearance here doesn't deserve that.
Two missed chances, and one of those two missed by him. Although no one has made a statistic about this at this time, as to whether this is the first time that Thunder Wing has been so disastrous since arriving in Europe, fans who know him well will not be able to count another missed opportunity in him that is just as bad.
And when those two bad clearings appeared, it was HA himself who seemed the most dazed. It wasn't the frustration and frustration that most shooters feel after a shot missed, but a complete blankness. It seems that even he himself doesn't understand why the opportunity at his feet was made like this.
What had been achieved thousands of times was instinctively out of order at such a critical moment for him personally.
The final result of the game: Tottenham lost 1-2.
Obviously, the British sports media are certainly not going to put this failed debut on the ground. While HA didn't take advantage of the opportunity that was imminent, the media didn't.
Genius? Mortal? γ
How many minutes does it take to get the youngest European golden boot in history off the altar? γ
"A failed debut, it's just miserable"
Today's Theme of White Hart Lane - "Disappointment"
"This time, the demon of dribbling played on himself"
"The Boss is Wrathed! HA may not be able to guarantee the starting positionγ
"You have to answer me that question! What were you thinking when you missed that opportunity? I've watched the replay so many times and I'm sure you're completely distracted before you even get up and shoot! I can't believe that this kind of mental inconcentration and terrible mistakes at a critical moment can happen to you!
"I know you can come up with a lot of reasons to explain your bad looks, but on the pitch, we don't listen to anyone! Even if the referee blows both of your goals away, you can only get a yellow card warning if you protest to him angrily! Football doesn't look at explanations and doesn't listen to reasons! All I know is that your table today has disappointed everyone!
"Hell for me that those who say that Latin American players will not adapt to the Premier League! You're a striker at Atletico Madrid! Have you seen any Atletico Madrid strikers feel uncomfortable after arriving in the Premier League? It's all about being strong defensively, solid in midfield, and relying on the striker's super individual ability to score goals, is what I'm asking you to do here any different from what you did at Atletico Madrid?
"You're Leiy! It's the golden boy of Europe, the one who won the European Golden Boot at the age of 21! If you can show half the strength you did against Juventus when you played for Lazio, you don't have to stand here to be questioned by me and be ashamed and ashamed of your appearance today! β
On September 7,
The fourth round of the Premier League,
Southampton vs Tottenham.
Sun columnist: I've been watching HA for a few years now, and I used to be full of praise for him, I think I'm a fan of HA, but I have to say that his appearance in the two games since his move to Tottenham has been terrible. If it weren't for the way he dribbles the ball and the way I can find a shadow that I am familiar with, I would have wondered if Tottenham had used an imposter to deceive us. Look at what he looks like on the pitch, where is there still half a point of sharpness.
Football talk show host: When we heard that Tottenham Hotspur had won the transfer deal for only 68 million, everyone thought that Tottenham had picked up a big bargain. But now, less than a month later, the shape has completely changed. Even if I just use the mildest words to comment on this, I can say that HA has suffered a lot of discomfort since coming to the Premier League. This is obviously very different from what we expected at the beginning.
On September 13,
The fourth round of the Premier League,
Southampton vs Tottenham.
"For a full seventy minutes, we didn't see any eye-catching signs in Tottenham's new signing, European Golden Boot Mr. Ha! This makes us wonder why one of the most talented players in European football in recent years has become a mortal after arriving in the Premier League! If he continues this form, it will be questionable how much patience and opportunity Tottenham's Nikola can give him!
In fact, before today's game, Ha's agent, his father, also stood up and called on the fans to give him more patience, and he also said that Ha has not been able to have a satisfactory enough performance, which has a lot to do with the fact that he has not been able to pass the language barrier. With the vast majority of Tottenham's players speaking English, Ha, who only speaks Latin, is unable to communicate well with his new team-mates, making it difficult for him to settle into the new team quickly. But as soon as such a statement appeared, it received many mocking voices......"
After five rounds of the new Premier League season, Thunderwings made their debut in the third round of the league and played 90 minutes without scoring an all-time goal, not only contributing not a single goal, but even the number of assists remained at the number of "zero". In stark contrast to his dismal record, Tigos, who has scored six goals in five league games, leads the Premier League scorers' charts.
When Tigos played his fifth league game of the new season on 14 September, the smiling Portuguese was interviewed in the mixed interview area, and he still had that problem to avoid.
"Since HA and you won the European Golden Boot together last season, and Serie A is recognised in football, it is the hardest time for strikers to win a league with a good number of points in the top five leagues. So before HA landed in the Premier League, all the possible battles between you and HA in the scorer charts were already the most talked about by fans. But now that the five league rounds are over, you've led the scorers charts with seven goals and still haven't done anything. What do you think about such a situation? β
When the reporter finished his question, the smile on Tigos's face disappeared, and the reporters around him snapped his every expression when they saw his expression.
"I think one thing to highlight is that Leiy has played two fewer rounds than me. He only made his debut for Tottenham in the third round. But your words will mislead many people to think that Leiy has not scored a goal after five rounds of league play. The other thing I want to say is that I don't think we should be so a striker. The goal drought is something that every striker has experienced or will go through, and I am no exception. If you look through the record, you'll see that I've had a record of 300 minutes without scoring at Manchester United, but Leiy has only 242 minutes without scoring. I'm not saying it's nothing, but I don't think anyone should over-exaggerate it. β
As soon as Tigos finished saying this, another reporter rushed to ask him a question and asked him: "Does your answer just now mean that you think HA will definitely be able to break his goal drought in the next round?" β
But this time, there was an embarrassed look on the face of the Portuguese.
Obviously, he can't be sure.
11 p.m., London, England
A hotel close to a 10 kilometre Tottenham training base.
Eleven o'clock in the evening was already a very late time for Lei Yi, who was used to going out for a run at half past five in the morning to go to the training base. But on this night, he did not go to bed early to cover his head and go to bed as usual. He lay down on time at nine o'clock, and then simply got up and learned English with the immersion English learning software after tossing and turning and not being able to sleep.
But after this, Lei Yi will find that he can't actually concentrate his spirit. So he got up from his chair and turned to look at the soccer ball he had placed on the bedside table. Then he walked to the bedside table and picked up the soccer ball with his bare feet, and then it was upside down. But he didn't bounce the ball a few times before he stopped his movements very suddenly, and even his eyes became very sharp at that moment.
In the dead of night, Ha, who had recently been criticized and easily stepped down from the altar and became what the media called the "mediocre", put the football in his backpack, then put on his hat and walked out of the hotel, he went to a park that was rarely visited, and easily found the wall that he had marked several times with the special spray for the stadium.
He then straightened the ball and when he was about fifteen meters away from the wall, he began to "shoot" at a mark he had marked with white spray.
As last season's European Golden Boot man, Thunder is not only good at dribbling, but also his control of the ball, as well as his mastery of ball spin and curvature, are even more intimidating to European goalkeepers.
In other words, Thunderwing's shots have always been won by speed, rhythm, arc, and angle.
But now, the ball he kicked against the wall made a terrible sound every time it made contact with the wall. And such a "Boom! "Boom!" "Boom!" The loud noise is even more terrifying at night.
It wasn't at the training base, and Thunderwing only had one ball, but he was able to catch it every time it hit the white dot on the wall and pop out, and shot again and again after a brief stoppage.
For a boy with a six-centimeter difference in the length of his left and right legs, football is not only a source of happiness, but also a friend who doesn't need words. Now, in this way, he is silently transmitting his feelings to this friend of his. It's not about venting, it's about saying something in your heart every time you play the ball, or just thinking about something.
Now, he knew that there were some things he couldn't say lightly in interviews, and he couldn't say them lightly to his coaches, teammates, or even friends. But he really can't hold so many things in his heart. So, he needs to "say it all" in his own way.
He wanted to ask himself why he hadn't been able to take advantage of those opportunities, and he had to ask himself why he hadn't been able to create anything.
He didn't want to hear anyone ask him this, but he couldn't help but ask himself.
But can he really get an answer?
No, he can't.