Chapter 26: High morale As the good news continues, Leeds United becomes more and more unstoppable In the second round of the League Cup semi-finals on January 30, Leeds United still defeated Fuller 3:0 in an away game Tom, Shaq, Knuwers, and Weiser each scored a goal, and the "Young Guards" advanced to the League Cup final with a total score of 7:0. It seems that because of his overwhelming confidence, or because Simon Grayson is eager to cultivate talents for the future of the team, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leeds United lost an upset 1:2 away from home. Championship team Barnsley. In the game on February 3, Simon Grayson boldly used Campbell, Klesandi, Hoydonk, Wieser, Knuwels, Ashley Hood, Richardson, The young lineup of Du Xiaoguang, Kerslov, "Little Ben" Chris Farley, and Diaz has an average age of only 20 years old. Although, among these players, Ashley Hood and Chris Farley are all capable players, and Du Xiaoguang, Kerslov, Weiser, and Hoydonk also have many games experience, but young people It¡¯s young people! This "Young Guard" with an average starting age of only 20 years old is indeed young enough, and they also suffer from the common problems of young players. They are arrogant and proud, and believe that the British Championship team Barnsley has no chance He was not his opponent. He launched a fierce attack on his opponent as soon as he came up. As a result, Barnsley's counterattack was accurate. At the 29th minute of the first half, Barnsley, who was playing at home, had already Leading 2:0! If Simon Grayson hadn¡¯t quickly adjusted the team¡¯s tactics and asked Ashley Hood to control the rhythm, Leeds United might have conceded more goals in the first half. As the game entered the second half, Simon Grayson sent Shaq and Lens to strengthen the attack, and Leeds United gradually began to take advantage. But Barnsley, playing at home, became more and more courageous. Their tenacious defense and fouls again and again made Leeds United's offense futile, and even paid the price of a red card. In the end, Leeds United only had Shaq in the 83rd minute. After receiving a long pass from Ashley Hood in front of Barnsley's left penalty area, he scored a goal with a 22-meter shot with his left foot, which saved Leeds United's face. When the final whistle sounded, Barnsley's coaches, players, and all the fans in the stadium were immersed in crazy joy. They had made various preparations before the game, except that they did not So ready to celebrate victory, they didn't even know what to do at this time. Waiting for Simon Grayson to shake hands with Barnsley tactical coach Adrian Portroyd. This tall and thin man in his early fifties looked very shy: "Haha, Simon um I'm sorry, I celebrated too much." Simon Grayson patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "It's okay. , Adrian, thank you for winning the game. This is a big help to our Leeds United team. Okay, let¡¯s celebrate happily!¡± ? Adrian Portroyd watched Simon Grayson leave in shock. Before his head could turn around, he had won the game. Whyit helped Leeds United a lot! ? In fact, Simon Grayson really thinks so. He really doesn't care much about the FA Cup. Even if he can reach the final of the League Cup, he is overjoyed. These two events are in the eyes of "Cruel Simon" This is totally bullshit and cannot be taken seriously at all. What really made Simon Grayson see it. Or the league championship, or the Champions League trophy! ???????????????????? But you can't say this clearly, it would be too offending, and the English Football Association would not be happy, so Simon Grayson followed the principle of training. In the FA Cup, we sent out some players and teenagers who don¡¯t usually have many chances to play. Replacing Shaq and Lens was just for show. If you win, it will be gratifying. If you lose then just lose. It¡¯s just right. Leeds United can now focus all their attention on the league! However, at the press conference after the game, Simon Grayson said angrily: "The team's performance in this game was very poor. It is not that my team cannot lose, but it was only thirty minutes since the first half. Conceding two goals in just 1 minute, this is a very abnormal performance of the team! I believe this is because some players have psychological problems. They need more training to calm their heads and not want so much mess! Only then can they devote all their energy to training and games!" Simon Grayson did not criticize anyone by name, but the locker room where Leeds United was located was a bit silent. The players had watched the live TV broadcast in the locker room! In the end, everyone became honest, including Koslov, Richardson, Du Xiaoguang, Knuwels, Weiser, Hoydonk, Klesandi,Bell and the other little guys were all wilted, and looked very uneasy when they secretly exchanged glances with each other. The head coach¡¯s words are indeed correct. In today¡¯s game they really underestimated their opponent! Underestimating the enemyand then losing! They still lost to an English Champions League team like Barnsley. This is really a shame for the "Young Guards" who currently rank first in the Premier League with an unbeaten record and aim to win the championship. ! The depression in the locker room did not affect the "old" players such as Shaq, Ben Parker, and Chris Farley who came with the team at all. They took a shower when they needed to and changed clothes when they needed to, as if they had just lost. They are not the same ones who dropped the game. As people who have played under Simon Grayson for many years, they know very well what kind of character their leader is. Despite his harsh remarks at the post-match press conference, in fact he himself does not pay attention to the FA at all. Cup, otherwise how could there be no pre-game meeting before the game, no explanation of Barnsley's common tactics, and no telling the players the strengths and weaknesses of each opponent's player? Everything proves that "Cruel Simon" is not interested in the FA Cup! "But it's definitely a pretense!" Sure enough, after Simon Grayson returned to the locker room, he said with a straight face: "You have five minutes to change clothes and tidy up. The parking lot bus will leave in five minutes. Start the time now!" Throw this sentence away, Simon Grayson turned around and walked out. A group of young people in the locker room immediately became busy. These boys were still wearing their game jerseys, with sweat, stains, dirt, grass clippings, etc. still there. They didn't even have time to change clothes. Woolen cloth! When a group of young people were busy and shouting strangely, Shaq whistled lightly, carried his bag, and walked out of the crowd gracefully Ugh! A group of boys were stunned and speechless The boss is indeed the boss! Lookhow damn calm and calm! After Shaq left, Ben Parker, Chris Farley, Murray, Lonergan, Marcio, Chen Jinlong and other people who didn't play also followed him out with their bags. Only then did they remind a group of people who hadn't taken off their socks. Boy time is running out! Simon Grayson said for five minutes, then it must only be five minutes! In five minutes, which actually included the time it took to go from the locker room to the parking lot, the young men from Leeds United hurriedly changed out of their jerseys, stuffed them into their bags, and put on their clothes casually. They rushed to the parking lot with their bags in panic, believing that if they were late, they would really be left here by the head coach. "It's time, let's drive!" Simon Grayson just looked at his watch and gave instructions to the driver with a calm face. He counted clearly, and none of the eighteen players he brought was missing. After the car drove all the way back to the Thorpe Arch training base, Simon Grayson stood in front of the car door and turned around and said: "Tomorrow's training will continue as usual, everyone's training volume will be doubled, and the time will last until the next game! Oh, I probably I forgot to mention, my rule is that if you win, you can take a day off after the game. If you lose, you will double the amount of training until the next game. If you still lose then double it again! " Turning around, Simon Grayson got out of the car coolly and left! "Why didn't I know there were such rules?" Shaq muttered, winking at Ben Parker and others, and also got up and left. After all the "old" players and the coaches left, he only stayed. A busload of young people were sighing there "I finally understand why the leader's team always wins more and loses less! The amount of training has been doubled, and it will continue until the next game. If it loses again, it will be over again." Double it! Oh my God! It¡¯s really cruel! I like it!¡± ¡°You guys are so cool!¡± ! The boss should act in movies, with this image he will definitely become an international movie star!" "Oh, it was really frustrating for us to lose in the game today!" "The boss was still amazing in the second half! One goal almost led us to a desperate counterattack! " "Campbell, you perform very well in training, and you often score goals when you represent the youth team. Why can't you find the feeling when it comes to games? "Liam, you really need to adjust your mentality in the future. You are too impatient and want to score goals. This will definitely not work! You should learn from the boss!" Campbell nodded with a wry smile. He also felt that He was indeed too impatient during the game, but let him compete with Shaqi? Campbell can be considered a young genius, but he knows very well that he cannot be compared with Shaq. A player like the "King of Balls" is the only one in the century-old history of world football! A group of young boys were completely relaxed at this time and were not in a hurry to leave. They sat there and talked nonsense, but their mood was very good. As they gradually chatted, they showed their eagerness to fight for the next game. Well, the most praiseworthy thing about young people is their determination not to admit defeat. If they lose this game today, they have to double their efforts to get back the result next time! (To be continued)