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"…Stanley Harris! He went in! Eh?! Eh!! He fell down!"

Commentator Connor Cowley exclaimed repeatedly.

In the TV broadcast, Sofia United winger Stanley Harris fell to the ground and was booed at Redstone Stadium.

The referee's whistle sounded and pointed to the penalty spot!

"Penalty! The referee blew a penalty!"

The boos at Red Rock Stadium immediately and seamlessly switched to cheers.

Then the deafening cheers came to an abrupt end.

Because the TV was turned off.

"Huh? Why did you turn off the TV?" The father next to him looked at Vitini holding the remote control with some surprise.

Vitini curled his lips: "It's so boring, I won't watch it anymore!"

"What if there's a reversal?"

Vitini was amused by his father's words: "It's the 6th minute of the game, Sofia United are leading by two goals, and now they get a penalty kick... How can they turn the tide? Damn, Kensington is rubbish! They call it the 'BIG'! If this can be a wealthy club, why can't Tyne be too?"

He shrugged and went back upstairs to his room.

After watching him go upstairs, his father hesitated for a while, and finally picked up the remote control and turned the TV back on.

The moment the TV screen lit up, we saw Sofia forward Richie Weddle kicking the ball towards the goal, but Kensington goalkeeper Pablo Gorkin had completely missed the target and could only watch the ball go into the net...

The cheers at the Red Rock Stadium exploded like a thunderstorm.

"Wedel! Penalty kick! Double goal! With more than ten minutes left in the game, Sofia United leads Kensington 3:0 at home! The outcome of this game is no longer in doubt!"

Dad shook his head and pressed the power button as well.

So the cheers of the Sofia fans and Connor Cowley's passionate commentary on TV came to an abrupt end again.

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"Sonny, with Kensington's current performance, if you go to Kensington next season, you might not even be able to play in the European Cup..."

In front of the TV, the mother said to her son Dean with some concern.

Dean couldn't help but rolled his eyes at his mother. "Mom, you're focusing on the wrong thing. We're not watching this game today to test Kensington's strength. We're watching to see if Kensington can hold off Sofia United."

"They haven't been able to hold them back yet... Kensington's performance now makes it seem like they might as well have stayed in Tain..."

Dean automatically ignored his mother's last words: "Why are you afraid? If I behave well now, I can lead them to win when I go to Kensington!"

As if Kensington's poor performance was actually a good thing...

The mother thought about it and felt that what her son said made sense, but she was not happy.

Because she was still unwilling to accept her son's leaving Tyne.

Especially now that Tyne is getting better and better.

She always couldn't help but think with regret - if her son had held on a little longer, until Wang Lie came to Tayen, would everything have been fine?

Look at Vitini's performance now. After Wang Lie came, he seemed like a different person.

The goals and assists are all better than before...

In fact, her son's performance is better than before, but compared with Vitini, it is a bit lacking.

Now Tayne's future looks bright.

His son had to leave his hometown, bear the stigma of "traitor" and "deserter", and go to a strange city and a strange team to start all over again...

Who knows what will happen in the future?

She knew her son didn't want to hear this topic, perhaps because he didn't want to fall into regret, so she changed the subject: "Still watching? Kensington has already lost…"

In the fourth minute after Sofia United center forward Richie Weddle scored a penalty, that is, in the 78th minute of the game, Stanley Harris, who had previously created the penalty, also scored a goal.

The score has been changed to 4:0, with home team Sofia United taking the lead.

With more than ten minutes left in the game, there was no way Kensington could equalize the score, let alone reverse the situation.

So Sofia United will definitely win this game.

This means that Sofia United still leads Tyne by seven points.

With six rounds left in the league, as long as Sofia can win two more games, maintain this lead and face Tyne directly, Sofia will have a great chance of qualifying for the Champions League.

The mother and son watched the game because they were concerned about Tyne's situation in qualifying for the Champions League. Now that the situation is clear, there is naturally no need to continue wasting time in front of the TV.

But Dean shook his head: "Mom, if you don't want to watch it, you can go back to your room. I'll finish watching the game. It won't be long anyway."

The mother had been planning to leave, but when she heard what her son said, she gave up the idea and just changed her position on the sofa to conceal her intention to leave.

If your son wants to watch it, just watch it with him.

Although she didn't know what was so good about this game...

After Dean finished speaking, he continued to stare at the TV intently, ignoring his mother sitting next to him.

He watched the game really carefully.

In the 1th minute, Kensington scored a goal and changed the score to 4:.

Of course this doesn't change anything...

Only when the referee blew the whistle to end the game did Dean turn off the TV, leave the living room and return to his room.

Then he lay on the bed, his eyes focused on the blank space on the ceiling.

Kensington's performance this season is very poor and it is estimated that the head coach will be changed after the end of the season.

Fortunately, Kensington's transfer and signings are all handled by the club manager, and the head coach has no right to interfere, so the change of coach has little impact on him.

He told his mother that he watched the game to check on Tyne's chances of qualifying for the Champions League rather than to check out Kensington's situation.

But how could he not care about Kensington's performance? After all, that was the team he was going to next season.

Therefore, when he watched this game, his focus was always on Kensington, and then he referred to his performance in Tyne to see if he could find his place in this Kensington team.

Look forward, Sonny, you are no longer in a position to look back.

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Sven Helden sat on the podium of the post-match press conference, raised his head slightly, and looked down at the reporters.

He felt like a god looking down from the clouds at the world below.

He didn't see anything wrong with thinking that way because he deserved it.

With three consecutive league wins, plus the FA Cup semi-finals and two Europa League quarter-finals, the team he led has won six consecutive victories.

The team reached the Europa League semi-finals and the FA Cup final.

In the 0th round, when the team lost 1: to Brighton White Mountain away, he was on the verge of being fired. However, he changed his fate with his calmness and superb ability.

Now he even has a chance to compete for the Premier League's best manager award for April.

In just over ten days, the media's attitude towards him changed from a barrage of bad reviews to praising his good leadership, and he is still the most suitable head coach for the top team Sofia United.

Tyne's pursuit is fierce?
so what?
As long as we keep winning, won’t we still go to the Champions League in the end?
The initiative is in my hands and the advantage is on our side!
The team that was seven points behind was screaming so loudly, I thought they had already caught up with us...

How funny!

"Mr. Helden, what do you think of this victory over Kensington?" A reporter was called upon to ask this routine question.

Even for such an unoriginal question, Helden gave a "solution" that was different from others.

He frowned slightly, his expression not very happy:
"Honestly speaking, I should be happy about the victory, but I am still a little dissatisfied because our team lost a goal at the last moment of the game. This shows that the players did not stay highly focused every minute and every second of the game... Compared with the results of the game, I pay more attention to the details in these games. These details can even determine the final victory or defeat in crucial games..."

Liu Zhong, who was in the audience, couldn't help but snort, then lowered his voice and complained to Guo Xuequan next to him: "Fuck! He's really good at pretending!"

Guo Xuequan smiled slightly: "But he really succeeded in pretending. Sofo United's performance has been good recently. In football, if you lose the game, you lose the right to breathe, and if you win the game, you are the king of this world..."

"If such a villain can win the game, there must be something wrong with this world..." Liu Zhong became more and more dissatisfied with Helden.

The main reason was that Sofia had been winning recently, and he felt that Helden had a kind of "villainous success" arrogance, which made him unhappy.

He has seen some articles and videos online analyzing what Sven Helden did right, portraying Helden as a "pioneer" who has his own ideas and the courage to put them into practice, and a "man of destiny" who can lead this Sofia United out of the quagmire and back to the top.

Some people even made outrageous claims, saying that even if Wang Lie performed well in Tyne, it didn't mean that Sven Helden was wrong to drive Wang Lie away:
"As a Sofo fan, no matter how Wang performs in Tyne, I think it is a great achievement for Heldon to clean Wang up!"

"Wang has performed well in Tyne. As a Sofia fan, I am happy for him from the bottom of my heart. But Sofia also needs to put aside the burden of history, start over with a light load. So no matter how abstract Heldon's original means were, it was a good thing for Sofia..."

"In fact, the conflict between Wang and Helden is not wrong from their respective standpoints, but their positions are different. Wang considers himself, and it is reasonable for him to be dissatisfied with Helden. Helden, from the perspective of the team's head coach, believes that Wang is not suitable for his tactical requirements and team building blueprint, and it is okay to purge him. Similar things are common in world football and are not a big deal. But it happened to a legendary player like Wang, which caused such an uproar and almost resulted in a lose-lose situation. Fortunately, things are now back to normal: Wang has gained trust in Tyne, performed well, and continued his glory. And Helden can also build a new Sofia United team according to his own wishes after clearing the obstacles..."

These remarks sound reasonable, but in Liu Zhong's opinion, they are nothing more than a despicable attempt to whitewash Holden in a so-called "rational" way and to rationalize Holden's humiliation of the team legend.

Now, with Helden's recent outstanding performance as the team leader, it seems that they have finally succeeded in whitewashing Helden.

What he had done to Wang Lie was about to be forgotten.

If such a head coach really succeeded in Sofia and became a "famous coach", Liu Zhong felt that he would probably feel unhappy for the rest of his life.

He believes that a healthy world should at least not allow such despicable villains to succeed through shameless means - although such things are actually quite common in the real world, he still hopes that they can be very rare in the world of football.

Therefore, in every recent game of Sofia United, he hopes that Sofia United will lose. He is also always happy to repost foreign media articles criticizing Helden or criticisms from football legends on domestic social media platforms.

We should try our best to correct the wrongs and go against the trend in the general trend of whitewashing Helden.

Tell Chinese fans that Wang Lie is not fighting alone.

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Sven Helden continued to talk to reporters and answer various questions.

The atmosphere on the scene was also very harmonious.

Most reporters no longer questioned Helden with all kinds of tricky questions. Instead, they were like fishing masters, setting a bait for Helden and creating a platform for him to give full play to his talents and to fully explain his football philosophy.

In the world of football, victory is the panacea for all ills.

As long as we can win, there is no problem. It's good for you, for me, and for everyone.

On the other hand, if you can't win the game, then it's not a problem. The Mediterranean hairstyle will become a reason for people to laugh at you...

The last question of the post-match press conference was left to the Chinese reporters.

Guo Xuequan did not get this opportunity - he was blacklisted by the Sofa League club since he accused Sofa League of being a "racially discriminatory" club last time.

Of course, the Sofa League club would definitely not say this publicly, but everyone knows it. After all, in so many press conferences, Guo Xuequan didn't even get a chance to ask questions.

However, this also led to the Sofia United Club to specifically select a Chinese reporter to ask questions at every press conference to avoid giving people the excuse of "racial discrimination"...

Because this is a very serious accusation in Western society.

It can be said that Guo Xuequan fought for the rights that his compatriots deserved by sacrificing himself.

Because Liu Zhong was always with Guo Xuequan and had a good relationship with him, he was also implicated and it was also difficult for him to get a chance to ask questions.

Two people who originally had a good relationship with the club were basically excluded.

It is true that a new emperor appoints new ministers. Without Wang Lie, the "Chinese elements" that were once very popular in this wealthy club have gradually declined and faded out.

However, neither Guo Xuequan nor Liu Zhong attended the Sofolian press conference because of this.

On the one hand, it is their duty as journalists. Even if they cannot ask questions, they can still report relevant news.

On the other hand, both of them were eager to witness Helden's end at Sofia United.

If they are not there at that time, it will be an important and irreparable loss in life.

The person who got the opportunity to ask questions was someone Guo Xuequan and Liu Zhong knew, a Chinese female journalist named Zhang Kexin who has lived in Manchester for a long time.

After she stood up, her questions were still about Wang Lie:

"If Sofia can keep up this momentum, then Sofia's away game against Tyne in the 35th round of the league will be a key match to determine the season rankings of the two teams. And in the middle of the week after the league match against Tyne, there will be the first leg of the Europa League semi-final. Mr. Heldon, are you worried that the multi-line operations will interfere with the players' physical fitness and condition, and will affect the league match against Tyne?"

Heldon wondered if these Chinese reporters were in collusion. The questions they asked were so low-level and lacked professionalism and standards. Asking them to attend the press conference was simply a waste of the club's resources and his own time...

But he could only complain silently in his heart, and he still had to answer the question.

Of course, it was entirely up to him to decide how to answer. He first shook his head with a scornful smile on his face: "After hearing your question, I thought we were going to play against Tyne next week..."

His joke caused many British reporters at the press conference to burst into laughter.

While they were laughing, the faces of all the Chinese reporters were very serious.

Zhang Kexin, who asked the question, felt even more embarrassed standing there.

After mocking Zhang Kexin, Helden continued to answer questions: "Tain is not our opponent in next week's league, and I can't tell you in advance what will happen in two weeks. Your question is meaningless, and you have wasted the opportunity to ask a question. I'm sorry I can't give you any answer..."

Liu Zhong snorted, then lowered his voice and complained: "It sounds nice, but you're just afraid, right? You're subconsciously afraid, so you don't dare to answer this question directly! Coward!"

He has already thought about how to evaluate Helden's performance in this answer in the report:
When facing the questions from Chinese reporters, Helden avoided the question and answered it in a roundabout way, which shows that he was guilty! He was afraid before the battle!
The English media can throw dirty water on our football heroes, so why can't I, as a Chinese journalist, throw dirty water on Helden?
Besides, this is not called "dirty water", it is clearly a reasonable interpretation of Heldon's performance in the press conference.

If Old Deng wasn't guilty and afraid, why couldn't he even say "It won't affect our game against Tyne"?
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Not long after the match between Sofia United and Kensington, a piece of news appeared in front of many Chinese fans:
"…Soford United beat Kensington, who have been in poor form this season, 4-1 at home. They still maintain a seven-point lead over Tyne in the league standings. After the game, Heldon criticized the team's performance, saying that the last goal was unforgivable, which fully demonstrated that the players were prone to inattention before the end of the game…

"Helden may have wanted to show his high standards and strict requirements for the team through this approach, but in the eyes of bystanders, it seems a bit nitpicking and too harsh to be true. One cannot help but suspect that there is some element of performance in it.

"…At the end of the press conference, after all the Chinese reporters had raised their hands throughout the conference, someone was finally called to ask a question. Our reporter was concerned about whether the upcoming multi-front battle would affect the 35th round, the match between Sofia United and Tyne. But for some reason, when faced with such a normal question, Heldon suddenly lost his composure. He first mocked the reporter who asked the question, and then said that he could not answer questions two weeks later…

"This is very puzzling - logically speaking, whether fighting on two fronts will affect the team's performance, do we need to wait until the time comes to know? As the team's head coach, don't you have any judgment at all? How can you prepare for the game? Even if you don't know the players' situation at that time, facing such a question, can't you even give a direct answer? Do you have to beat around the bush and talk about other things? Can't you say with confidence, 'No, fighting on two fronts will not have any impact on us'? What are you afraid of, Mr. Helden?

"So based on Helden's performance at the press conference, I think anyone can easily draw such a conclusion, that is: Helden has no confidence in the away challenge against Tyne, and he feels from the bottom of his heart that Sofia may lose away. So his performance at the press conference is all due to his subconscious fear of Wang Lie.

"Recently, I have heard some people think that although Helden's treatment of Wang Lie was cruel and inappropriate, he is still the most suitable head coach for the current Sofia. I don't agree with this. How can such a coward who lacks confidence be qualified to lead a top team like Sofia? I have to say that the value of Wang Lie's farewell letter is still rising!"

(End of this chapter)