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Chapter 211 Normal Heart

On August 08th, the 09-20 English league season kicked off. The English Championship, League One and League Two were on fire at the same time. The higher-level Premier League will be held on August [-]th a week later. Due to the existence of the League Cup and the FA Cup, the English League schedule is the first to start in Europe. At the same time, England’s winter break is also the shortest. Even Christmas is often only a symbolic holiday. After the New Year, there are FA Cup and League Cup games, unlike the other three major In the league, La Liga has a half-month break between Christmas and New Year, and Serie A also has [-] days. The Bundesliga players are even more happy. They can rest for nearly two months during the New Year.

The commercial development of the Premier League can be said to be the best in Europe, but it will naturally cause some sequelae, that is, the players in the Premier League can be said to be the most tiring, with 38 league rounds, plus the League Cup and the FA Cup.

However, for Leeds United, their main goal this season is to enter the British Championship, and other cup games can only be with a try mentality.

Leeds United's first game of the new season is an away game, challenging Scunthorpe United. Considering that Long Bisheng may not be able to adapt to the atmosphere of English football, McAllister put him on the bench. The starting forwards are Beckford and Suowenmi.

In the first half of the game, Suo Wenmi's height and impact caused a lot of trouble for the opponent's defender. As a black man, he was physically strong, and the two central defenders of Scunthorpe United were not as tall as him.

After the start of the second half, the scene was still stalemate. Scunthorpe United continued to launch counterattacks while stabilizing the midfield. Taking advantage of Leeds United's three rookies in the midfield and lack of coordination, they launched a counterattack. Finally, in 7 minutes, striker Hope scored the first goal!
McAllister couldn't sit still anymore, he called Long Bisheng to warm up.

Just as Long Bisheng was warming up, Leeds United launched a counterattack. Only 4 minutes later, Delph's midfielder directly hoisted a free kick into the penalty area. Suo Wenmi's running position was just right, jumped high in the small penalty area, and headed the ball into the goal!
This goal also made McAllister stop the substitutions. After all, to replace Long Bisheng, Su Wenmi must be replaced. At this time, Su Wenmi had just scored a goal. It is impossible for any coach to make a substitution at this time.

After the score was tied, Leeds United’s morale was boosted, and they suppressed the opponent breathlessly with a fierce attack. Finally, in the No.80 minute, Howson cut in from the right and then pushed the ball beautifully.

After scoring the second goal, McAllister replaced Suo Wenmi with Long Bisheng. After hugging Suo Wenmi, Long Bisheng ran on the field. As soon as he entered the field, he created a good opportunity. He took the ball near the penalty area line and turned around and shot, which was bravely saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. In the following game, Leeds United recovered slightly to maintain their advantage.

Getting a good start made the whole team look very happy, but after Long Bisheng returned home, Ning Xi said with some regret: "The competitor scored a goal, it's not good for you."

"What does it matter to me what other people can do?" Long Bisheng laughed: "I just need to be myself... Besides, it's good to take this opportunity to adapt slowly, it's much better than rushing into the battle and catching the blind. The coach did it for my own good."

"That's true." Ning Xi nodded, "But have you thought about it? If Suo Wenmi's performance has been so good, I'm afraid you will be on the bench for a long time again!"

"I believe in my ability." Long Bisheng showed off his muscles: "I have observed him, he is indeed more experienced than me, and he is much more familiar with the English league than I am, but he is not as good as me. He likes to be alone in the game, and he rarely cooperates with Beckford. It is okay to play one or two games like this. More games will definitely affect the overall performance. Besides, even if he is in good form now, he can still have a good season? In Naples Reia is superstitious. It's different here."

"I'm very relieved that you can figure this out." Ning Xi patted Long Bisheng on the shoulder in an old-fashioned way: "I was worried that you would lose your sense of normalcy because of this."

"I've also watched "Soldiers Assault", it's normal, indeed, this is very important." Long Bisheng said with a smile.

"Want to be Wu Zhe? He is so handsome, his family conditions are good, he is capable and kind." A little star appeared in Ning Xi's eyes, and then she gave Long Bisheng a contemptuous look: "You are Xu Sanduo at most."

"Xu Sanduo is so kind, he is also the protagonist if he is so kind." Long Bisheng said calmly.

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Sure enough, in the second round of the league.Long Bisheng's playing time was much earlier than the previous game - No. 606 minutes, he played instead of Suo Wenmi. Unfortunately, at this time, Leeds United fell behind [-]-[-].

Leeds United's opponent in this round of the league is Oldham, nicknamed the "Owl". Fighting, the momentum is very strong but the effect is minimal.

Long Bisheng played amidst the singing of the Leeds fans. Even though they were behind by two goals, the Leeds fans at Elland Road Stadium still sang loudly, and the singing of "Go Forward" echoed in the stands of Elland Road Stadium.

After Long Bisheng came on the field, he began to constantly confront the opponent's defender in the penalty area to find opportunities. Unfortunately, at this time, the Leeds players had lost their sense of normalcy and began to fight alone after halftime.

At the beginning, Long Bisheng planned to cooperate with his teammates. Unfortunately, his teammates who were too impatient could rarely pass the ball to his feet. Delph rushed left and right in the midfield, and the last pass was basically sent to Beckford. Unfortunately, the top scorer was not in a good state in this game.

"Calm down! Calm down! Organize the attack well, don't rush!" Long Bisheng couldn't help shouting at his teammates after seeing his teammate take a long shot from outside the penalty area again—what have you been kicking all this time!As soon as you reach the 30-meter area, it is a long shot, so you still want to score?McAllister off the court also noticed this, and shouted calmly off the court.

The Leeds players who came back to their senses finally calmed down a bit, but at this time Altford had recovered from the whole line. Long Bisheng relied on his physical advantage to grab a few headers, but unfortunately they were wasted by his teammates.

"Love! Cross! Look for the dragon's head!" McAllister felt that the players on the field were so stupid. Long Bisheng's height of [-] meters would not be used - but it was no wonder that Leeds United lost many veterans before the start of this season. Now the biggest player on the field is the central defender Marquez.

The advantage of young players is that they are full of vigor, but their disadvantages are also obvious. They lose their cool too easily.

The crosses from the two wings increased a lot in the last 10 minutes, but Long Bisheng couldn't cooperate with his teammates when the opponent's penalty area was as dense as a train carriage.

Two tall men with a height of more than 1.9 meters followed Long Bisheng closely - Altford, who was fully back on defense, had enough manpower to mark - although Long Bisheng did not lose the wind in physical confrontation, but under such circumstances, he thought that the header would inevitably be interfered by the opponent's defenders everywhere.

In this situation, even the gods have no choice, not to mention that there is too little time for Long to win. Although the ball basically flew around in Altford's half in the last ten minutes of the game, Leeds United still couldn't break through the opponent's goal.

Even four defenders rushed into Altford's half in the final stages of the game, but doing so did no good other than leaving Leeds with less space to attack.

Leeds United suffered a defeat in the first home game of the season. If the players of Leeds United could calm down in the game, if Long Bisheng could play earlier, if Suo Wenmi and Beckford could cooperate more, maybe this defeat would be avoided—unfortunately, if it will always be an if.

After losing this game, Leeds United slipped to No.11 in the League One rankings.

(End of this chapter)