Adams: I trash-talked Walter Mader, but he was so nice it made me embarrassed

Bournemouth player Tyler Adams revealed that he tried to disturb Newcastle forward Walter Mader with trash talk, but Walter Mader was too nice to be bothered at all.

In the previous confrontation between the two teams, Adams, who is 1.75 meters tall, was entrusted with the important task of guarding Walter Mader, who is 1.98 meters tall, in free kick and corner kick defense. To compensate for the unequal matchup, the United States international tried various tactics, including a few verbal exchanges.

Adams said: "I always mark the highest player, which is really about twisting, grabbing, pulling, making little moves, and trying to wrap around the opponent. I try my best."

"You know, I'm used to talking trash, but Later, the other party also talked trash in return, but this time there was no such thing. He is actually a very friendly person. Really, he was so friendly that it made me feel a little uncomfortable. "

"I don't play with many German players who have a high level of trash talk. He's played football, but he's a great guy. "

"I once had the dream of becoming a basketball player, but with my height, this is obviously not good for me. So when I looked up at him, I quickly realized that there was no way I was going to be a professional basketball player. "

"But my defense worked, because the final score was zero to zero. "

In order to be with his wife who was preparing to give birth to their second child, Adams missed the latest round of the US national team. However, there is one game he doesn't want to miss, and that is a return to Elland Road to face his old club Leeds United.

Adams spent one season at Leeds United, during which a hamstring injury limited his appearances. After Leeds were relegated, he joined Bournemouth and was given a raucous "warm welcome" by the Leeds fans, who booed him every time he touched the ball, which he didn't expect.

Adams said: "I love it, there's something about it that I absolutely love, I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's because of being back there. I don't know if it's the energy of that game."

"I obviously knew what was going to happen, that's what it was, but, I enjoyed every second of playing there."

"You have to think, 35 in the stadium. Thousands of people are cheering you, I'm from Wappingers Falls, I don't know if there are 35,000 people in Wappingers Falls, but they (Leeds United fans) have the energy to cheer me. I love this, I mean, I win those tackles."

Bournemouth will next face Crystal Palace, and Adams will face his friend and Team USA teammate, defender Chris Richards. Adams said: "Richards talks a lot off the court, I mean a lot, but he is very quiet on the court."

Talking about coach Illaura's management style, Adams said: "We don't discuss after the game, this is his style. So we received a message in the group chat saying that we don't have to return to the team until Tuesday."

"Normally, if it is not an international match day, we will do it the next morning. "We'll go back to the court and have two minutes to discuss what we think about the game. If anyone has any comments, say it and then we'll watch the tape and that's it."

"In our current situation, I think it's good because again it gives us a lot of time to recover, get some quality training, have a few days off, and then get ready for the game."