Chapter 173 Who is afraid of whom?
To be honest, from the moment Qingyang Yigao launched a wing offensive and was intercepted until Xia Xiaoyu passed the football to Wang Junchao, many people probably didn't even look at Hu Lai.
In other words, I never thought of Hu Lai at all.
When most people watch games, their eyes always follow the football. Wherever the ball is, they look.
Not only the audience, but also the players habitually do this.
Therefore, if you conduct slow-motion replay and video analysis of Dongchuan Middle School's attack, you will find that when Xia Xiaoyu brought the football to the front of Qingyang Yigao's penalty area, the three Qingyang Yigao defenders who returned to defend, regardless of Whether it was the left center back who was closest to Xia Xiaoyu or the right back who was covering the center, their movements were very consistent - while running back, he turned to look at Xia Xiaoyu who was dribbling the ball.
Even if Xia Xiaoyu passes the football out, their actions have not changed. At most, he shifted his attention from Xia Xiaoyu to Wang Junchao, who was preparing to catch the ball.
At this time, Wu Xiaodong could still think of turning his head to confirm Hu Lai's position, which was already an excellent defensive performance...
But it is a pity that he can only check intermittently, and cannot keep an eye on Hu Lai from beginning to end. In that case, he will lose his judgment on football and game trends...
This is an irreconcilable contradiction.
It is also a stage for the battle of wits and courage between offensive and defensive players.
Offensive players have to find ways to get into space without being caught by defensive players.
The defensive players must use every means to keep an eye on the offensive players and prevent them from escaping from their defensive range.
It's like a game of cat and mouse.
In this cat-and-mouse contest between Hu Lai and Wu Xiaodong, it was obvious that Hu Lai had the last laugh.
He rushed forward in one breath and resolutely inserted himself into the middle of the goal. Naturally, Wu Xiaodong thought that Hu Lai would be waiting in the middle to receive the pass from his teammate.
Unexpectedly, when Wu Xiaodong turned his attention to football development, Hu Lai suddenly stopped and changed direction, successfully took advantage of Wu Xiaodong's blind spot, then flashed to the front point, caught the ball and shot, completing the score.
Not to mention Wu Xiaodong, even among the audience who almost had a "God's perspective", few people noticed Hu Lai when he suddenly stepped forward and shot.
By the time they noticed him, it was too late. Hulay had already run to the corner flag area of the stadium, jumped up and celebrated the goal with his signature celebration...
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"Unbelievable! Dongchuan Middle School actually scored a goal with a counterattack! The game only started for eighteen minutes, and Dongchuan Middle School took the lead! Hu Lai completed the score with his first shot of the game! And in this Before the goal, Qingyang Yigao had the advantage!”
The narrator's exclamation came from the phone's external speaker.
But at this dining table, the Shuguang High School players gathered around to watch the game looked at each other.
Isn't it... Qingyang Yigaogen has the upper hand? How come Dongchuan Middle School's offense after a backcourt steal resulted in a goal?
And this is Hu Lai’s first shot of the game?
Scored the first shot? !
How about being so efficient!
"Haha!" Chen Xingyi, who was looking at the phone, laughed, breaking the somewhat embarrassing silence.
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On the court, the players from Dongchuan Middle School pounced on Hu Lai and celebrated the goal with him.
Zhou Zijing cast his gaze over, but did not see the figure of the goal scorer because he was surrounded by his teammates.
Zhou Zijing withdrew his gaze and ran all the way back to Qingyang Yigao's goal, bent over and picked up the football in the goal. He held her in his arms before turning around and running back.
He passed by the goalkeeper with his hands on his hips and his head lowered, by his defender teammates who were looking up at the sky and sighing, by captain Wu Xiaodong who was shaking his head, and by those dejected teammates...
He was holding the football in one hand and clenching the other hand into a fist to encourage them: "It's just one goal behind! It's not a big deal! We'll just get it back!"
Wu Xiaodong was touched by his words, and his somewhat confused eyes regained clarity and looked at Zhou Zijing's back running towards the center circle.
He suddenly remembered this kid's performance when he first joined the school team.
"Hello everyone, I am Zhou Zijing from Class 1, Grade 3. I am a forward. My goal is the national championship!"
At that time, before this person spoke, he stood out from the first-year high school team members, held his head high, and said the above words very loudly and confidently.
It caused many people present to be surprised at first, and then burst into laughter.
Even the team's head coach couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "Have you read too many comics?"
Unexpectedly, amidst the roar of laughter, Zhou Zijing refuted the coach very seriously: "What does this have to do with comics, coach? I joined the school team just to participate in the national competition. I participated in the national competition just to win the national championship." ”
Not to mention that all the players on the team had stopped laughing. Even the head coach Wang Zhi looked at him blankly.
Not many people like this outspoken freshman in high school. At that time, Qingyang No. 1 High School had missed the national competition for two consecutive years. However, when you came here, you said your goal was to be the national champion. Who are you looking down on?
But when the qualifiers for the national competition began, the players from Qingyang No. 1 High School quickly understood that they were not just showing off, they were really awesome...
From the first game, Zhou Zijing scored consecutive goals and was on full fire.
In the end, he became the top scorer in the qualifiers with 19 goals, nine goals ahead of the second place scorer.
Qingyang Yigao relied on his nineteen goals to regain the Ningtian Feiyan Cup championship two years later and qualified for the national competition.
At this time, no one would laugh at the "big words" Zhou Zijing said.
This kid talks too much sometimes, which is really annoying, but on the football field, his arrogance makes everyone feel at ease...
Wu Xiaodong raised his arm with the captain's armband and, like Zhou Zijing, shouted to his teammates: "Zhou Zijing is right! It's just a goal! We can get it back!"
In the shouts of him and Zhou Zijing, more and more Qingyang Yigao players regained their sense and confidence. They raised their heads one after another and swept away the previous decline.
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Hulay and his teammates ended their celebration and everyone ran back to their own half.
When passing outside the center circle, Zhou Zijing was stepping on the football, turned around and shouted to his teammates: "The game has just begun! It's just a ball!"
His voice was so loud that it attracted the attention of the passing Dongchuan Middle School players.
Hu Lai was among them.
And when Zhou Zijing noticed Hu Lai's gaze, he deliberately raised his voice, looked sideways at Hu Lai and shouted: "Isn't it just a competition to score goals? Who is afraid of whom!"
"Hey, Hu Lai, he's targeting you." Meng Xi, who ran back with Hu Lai, nudged Hu Lai with his elbow. "Did you hear that, he wants to score goals with you!"
"What he said is right, Meng Xi. It is indeed a score. So you have to be careful." Hu Lai said.
"His personal grudges with you, and me..." Meng Xi thought before he could finish his words: He is the goalkeeper, the opponent is the striker, and if the opponent wants to score with Huleibi, then he has to score the ball against himself. The goal guarded?
Thinking of this, Meng Xi spat: "Damn, why does the conflict between him and you involve me?"
"Who made you the goalkeeper?" Hu Lai spread his hands and grinned.
Meng Xi rolled his eyes and suddenly said to Hu Lai: "Well, Hu Lai, if you beg me, if you beg me, I will help you block all his shots. I promise not to let him score more goals than you!"
Hu Lai smiled back at him, then stopped outside the center circle, and then waved goodbye to Meng Xi: "Go back to the goal quickly."
Meng Xi had no choice but to run towards the goal. At the same time, he turned around and looked at Zhou Zijing standing in the center circle and muttered: "Can I still let your kid score my goal? Score with Huleibi? Have you asked me?" ”
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PS, there will be an animation demonstration of Hu Lai's goal at the end of this chapter. (End of chapter)