I am the king of football

Chapter 73: One will eventually fail

After the contract with Adidas was completed, Qin Hu returned to his monotonous training life. Although every day looked the same, he still enjoyed working hard for victory with his teammates every day.

However, during this week's training, Bruce also clearly felt the changes in the team. The amazing record of 14 consecutive victories has brought the team's atmosphere to its peak, and everyone has fallen into a state of blind optimism.

In response, Bruce wanted to say something but found that there was nothing much to say. He could only rely on increasing the instructions to the players in daily training to remind everyone that the league is still going on.

Even so, when the 15th round of the Championship League arrived, Hull City's winning streak came to an end.

Their opponent was Barnsley, which was ranked 18th in the league. It was also a team at the bottom of the league. Facing the unstoppable Hull City team, they chose to use foul tactics + bus counterattack at their home court.

Hull City players were fouled so many times throughout the game that it was hard to count them. At the end, Zhan Jun in the commentary room began to seriously criticize the referee for his poor control of the rhythm.

"At the beginning, the home team committed fouls that completely ruined the rhythm of the game. In the end, it became a martial arts show. It can be said that this game was not worth watching at all."

Qin Hu, as the player who was taken care of the most, was replaced by Bruce in the 60th minute because he had suffered a flying tackle with spikes on the side before that. When the team doctor came on the court, blood was oozing out of several blood holes in Qin Hu's left calf.

Even with such a serious foul, the referee did not show a red card to the offending player. He only gave the opponent a yellow card and a verbal warning, which made the entire Hull City team angrily surround the coach and demand an explanation.

Bruce on the sidelines saw this scene and was completely unwilling to let Qin Hu take any more risks. In his mind, the victory of this game was nothing compared to Qin Hu's health.

Others who received the same treatment included Collen and Kane, who were substituted in the 73rd minute. These two most threatening players of the team became the focus of Barnsley's siege after Qin Hu left the field.

The score was 0-0 from the start of the game until the th minute. In the th minute, Barnsley got a chance for a set piece in the frontcourt. The ball was kicked high into the penalty area, and the home team's striker Cage Davis scored the only goal of the game with a header.

Although Hull City made a frantic effort to equalize the score, unfortunately they had too little time and there were no players on the field who could turn the tide.

0-1, Hull City, which had won consecutive games, suffered their first defeat since the start of the season. The whole team got on the bus back to Hull City in a mess. The only good thing was that Bruce did not loudly criticize the players' actions.

"There will always be such a day, there is no need to be too depressed."

On the return bus, Bruce looked carefully at every face sitting in front of him. The dejected look on the faces of these young people was very obvious.

“Although the opponent’s playing style is crude and disgusting, there is nothing we can do about it. This is football. Let’s cheer up, boys. We still have a long journey ahead. Stay in the first place and let us have a taste of being a champion!”

"Understood, Boss~"

As Bruce finished his impassioned speech, several leading players on the team took the lead in responding to him, and the other players naturally raised their heads and echoed him.

"Okay, don't feel so bad, we still have a day off tomorrow!"

"Ah? Haha, okay~"

"Coach is wise!"

“Really good~”

For working people, vacation is indeed the best placebo. Bruce smiled and waved his hand as he looked at everyone's better faces.

Although they lost the game, fortunately, except for Qin Hu who was slightly injured, no one else had any bleeding or bruises, and a day's rest was just enough for everyone to slowly recover. Compared to the Hull City team's quickly recovered emotions and morale, the news media had a different look. After waiting for a long time for Hull City's winning streak to be ended, the team once again made the front pages of major newspapers and media.

"The winning streak has ended, and the solution to Hull City's defeat has been found!"

"Tiger City suffered a head-on blow, player Qin Hu was injured and left the field~"

"Dirty Barnsley, they have nothing but wins."

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In a series of reports, except for the local sports newspaper in Hull City that spoke up for its own team and named Barnsley, most of the others just looked at the joke.

As for the entire Championship team, everyone was naturally relieved. After Watford was beaten 4-2 by Hull City and the head coach was sacked, some coaches of weaker teams really began to fear encountering Hull City. After all, no one wants to be the coach who is sacked in the league.

Now, Hull City's arrogance has been stifled. They will inevitably enter a period of adjustment and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

Regarding the media reports on their team, the Tiger City players chose not to respond much. The team captain Corey said a few simple words to the camera after the training one day.

"There is no team that wins all the time. The team that can always win is our goal. Hull City will not be devastated by a defeat. Please wait and see."

As for Qin Hu, he was interviewed by CCTV after the game. When asked about his feelings about losing, he answered very honestly.

"It's always hard to lose, especially when I could only watch the team lose from the bench. The opponent played very tough in this game, and there were many big moves, but we did lose the game. I can only say that it's a pity that we couldn't extend the winning streak."

"So what do you think of the future league, Qin Hu? Can Hull City still be able to lead the pack?"

"The whole team is in very good shape. I think we will continue to try our best in the next games. Our goal is to be promoted to the Premier League at the end of the season. We don't care about other things."

"Okay, I hope you can adjust quickly."

"Thank you!"

After the game, most domestic fans were understanding. How could they always win in a game? They all commented under the interview video, expressing their concern for Qin Hu's calf injury and cheering him on.

However, some haters finally found an opportunity and started to attack.

In fact, the first loss after 14 consecutive wins is really not a good time to criticize the players, but Qin Hu has been in the English Championship for such a long time and there is almost nothing to criticize about his private life or performance.

Therefore, these trolls who can't stand anyone's good and can only make sarcastic remarks took action when they got the chance. However, they were quickly suppressed by a large number of serious fans. The administrators of some bulletin boards and forums even directly pinned the posts posted by these people to the top for later fans to whip their corpses.

For example, "Qin Hu is no longer good. If he can lead the team to promotion to the Premier League this season, I will stand on my head and eat shit!" "Qin Hu is just a boastful player. Now the English Championship has found a way to restrain him. If he can win the Golden Boot this season, I will eat shit!" "Hull City will definitely start a losing streak next. That's what the handicap says. Otherwise, I will eat shit on the live broadcast"...

All in all, all managers tried their best to help these hungry trolls and gamblers by providing them with opportunities to fill their stomachs in the future.

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