Chapter 177 Since he is a villain...
"Hu Lai——!! Oh! This goal actually went in! Ah! Ha!" It was clear from the commentator's tone how surprised he was by this goal.
When they saw the football touching the legs of a Qingyang No. 1 high school player, many viewers in front of the TV probably thought that Dongchuan Middle School's attack had failed.
Principal Zhai, who was watching the game in his office, had the same idea.
But then his eyes widened.
He never expected that Hu Lai would suddenly appear in front of the goal, jump in front of the opponent's central defender, and head the ball...
If he were the commentator, I am afraid that at this time he would also smile and say, "This goal actually went in."
Compared with No. 9 Zhou Zijing from Qingyang High School, most of Hu Lai's goals appeared inadvertently, or looked mediocre, with no highlights.
It can even be said to be a bit ugly...
Didn't you see that Hu Lai couldn't even maintain his balance after heading the goal, and he landed on all fours to prevent himself from lying on the ground?
Compared with Zhou Zi Jing, this posture is not good-looking at all...
But as a supporter of Dongchuan Middle School, what do you want to see?
As long as the ball can be scored!
This is a football game, not a beauty pageant.
Isn't it Dongchuan Middle School that equalized the score now?
Principal Zhai had a smile on his face.
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Zhou Zijing stared at Hu Lai, his eyes seemed to be able to spit out fire.
Compete with me to score goals, right?
Come on, who is afraid of whom?
He shouted this sentence again in his heart.
Then he turned to his players and shouted: "It's just a draw! We can take the lead again by scoring one more goal! Just score one more goal!"
Captain Wu Xiaodong raised his fist again under his encouragement, and then more Qingyang No. 1 High School players also raised their heads. They ran towards their positions with their heads held high, waiting for the game to start.
Liu Mingzhe, who was still depressed and frustrated about losing the ball just now, took the football out of the goal and threw it directly into the center circle with his hand.
After Zhou Zijing received the ball, he stepped on it and stood in the center circle with his hands on his hips.
While the players from Dongchuan Middle School were still celebrating their goals, all the players from Qingyang No. 1 High School had returned to their positions, quietly waiting for the game to restart.
Perhaps touched by this scene, cheers for Qingyang Yigao soon rang out from the stands, and the sound became louder and louder.
"Don't give up, Qingyang Yigao!"
"Just score one more goal! Take the lead again!"
"Come on Qingyang Yigao! Well done!"
Shouts like this echoed from all sides of the stands.
Li Jing, who saw this scene off the court, stood up and turned to look at the fans in the stands who were waving and shouting to them, almost crying - this is the football he loves, and this is why he would rather be on the bench. The reason why I persevered even though I was still sitting there!
Because we face adversity and never surrender!
Because we are knocked down time and time again, but we always stand up tenaciously!
As heaven moves forward, a gentleman strives for self-improvement. The final victory must belong to us, Qingyang Yigao, who never abandon or give up!
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"Holy shit, that's an exaggeration!" Chu Yifan's roommate looked back at the stands behind him. He had heard someone even shouting the slogan "Take down Dongchuan Middle School" from a relatively close place before, which seemed to be similar to Dongchuan. It's like there is a sworn feud in middle school. I don't know if this person graduated from Jiaxiang High School before...
"Didn't we agree to be neutral? Why do you feel that Da Chu, your alma mater, has become the villain?"
Chu Yifan shook his head: "A villain is just a villain. As long as you can win, what's the point of being a villain?"
"No, I am worried that the fans' overwhelming support for Qingyang Yigao will cause trouble to your juniors, such as excessive psychological pressure..."
Hearing what his roommate said, Chu Yifan laughed instead: "I don't think so, their psychological quality is stronger than we thought. Especially Hu Lai."
Before he retired from the high school team, he was indeed worried that Yan Yan, who was always out of shape, could not be a good captain and was not a suitable captain candidate.
But as he got to know Hu Lai better, he suddenly realized that perhaps the unreliable personalities of Yan Yan and Hu Lai were more suitable to be the captains of this team?
Especially Hu Lai, with his temper and character, can anything crush him?
Chu Yifan thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with any results.
So he suddenly thought that maybe Hu Lai could be the vice captain, so that after Yan Yan graduates from high school, he doesn't have to worry about the team having no leader.
And the facts proved that his choice was correct.
In the Anton Cup semi-finals, in the away game against Jiaxiang High School, both Hu Lai and Dongchuan Middle School were booed by Jiaxiang High School fans, but Hu Lai was not affected by the boos at all. Interfered, played well, completed a hat trick, and helped the team eliminate their opponents.
The situation of being targeted by all the fans at that time did not make Hu Lai panic.
How could Hu Lai feel pressured when he was just cheering for Qingyang Yigao?
It's so gentle, isn't it?
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Although the fans in the stands are cheering for Qingyang Yigao, hoping that they can create miracles.
Even though Li Jing and his teammates were sitting on the bench, they kept shouting for the team.
Although Zhou Zijing is still very hard-working and active, relying on his physical advantages to rush and play in the frontcourt.
But this does not change the fact that the game is developing in a direction that is beneficial to Dongchuan Middle School.
The reason is simple: Qingyang Yigao's players have no energy left.
The first half was a lively back-and-forth game with Dongchuan Middle School. Even the fans in the stands felt tired while cheering, not to mention the players playing on the court.
What they feel will only be many times more tiring than the audience.
Qingyang Yigao is not the kind of team that is always good at playing fast football, and has no physical reserves for this kind of game situation.
It can even be said that the fast pace of this game was not in Qingyang Yigao's head coach's plan.
It became like this by kicking.
The team was lagging behind at the time, and the team really needed this fast pace to equalize the score, so he did not stop the players who were playing chicken.
Finally, before the end of the first half, Zhou Zijing successfully equalized the score for the team, which seemed to prove that Qingyang Yigao was playing the right way in this fast-paced football.
During the halftime break, the head coach of Qingyang Yigao did not ask the players to slow down the pace. Instead, he encouraged everyone to use this good momentum to continue to rush forward in the second half and strive to score at the beginning of the second half and take the lead.
Judging from the results, his strategy was successful.
Qingyang Yigao's fierce attack did allow them to take the lead not long after the start of the second half.
At this time, the head coach of Qingyang Yigao also quickly made adjustments, asking the team to slow down, take a breath, and take a breath.
That's why they immediately went on the defensive after scoring a goal and were besieged by Dongchuan Middle School.
Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with this arrangement. As long as Qingyang Yigao can withstand Dongchuan Middle School's offensive, then he will slowly deal with Dongchuan Middle School. I believe that the players from Qingyang Yigao, who are one goal ahead, will definitely be more relaxed in mentality than the players from Dongchuan Middle School, and will be more calm in their dealings.
But who would have thought that just four minutes after they scored, the score would be equalized by Dongchuan Middle School?
Now Qingyang No. 1 High School could not continue to follow the previous arrangement and deal with Dongchuan Middle School steadily. This is not to say that this is not possible. From a tactical point of view, it should be done this way, because it is just an equalizer and not falling behind. It must be Press out and attack.
But who said that the core of their team is a middle school boy who is full of passion?
After losing the ball, Zhou Zijing led the team to launch a fierce counterattack towards the Dongchuan Middle School goal, which made their already poor physical fitness even worse...
Then someone has to ask - everyone is going back and forth at a fast pace. The players from Qingyang No. 1 High School have no physical strength. Do the players from Dongchuan Middle School have the physical strength?
Hey, don’t tell me, it really does exist.
Ever since the players at Dongchuan Middle School were inspired by Hu Lai's daily practice and started practicing every morning and noon from Monday to Friday, physical fitness has become a key training item for Li Ziqiang.
It is also true that the players of Dongchuan Middle School are in very good physical condition.
It may not be reflected in the Anton Cup, which has one game per week, but in the national competition in the tournament system, the physical requirements are very high. After all, each team plays a game in an average of three days. If the physical fitness If it's not good, you won't get to the end at all.
Chu Yifan didn't know how the Dongchuan Middle School football team trained last semester, so he was worried about the physical fitness of his juniors.
But actually there is no need to worry at all.
Otherwise, why did head coach Li Ziqiang stand in front of the coaching bench without moving after conceding the ball? There was no anxious expression on his face.
Because he had already expected that as the game time went by, Qingyang No. 1 High School would definitely fall into the dilemma of insufficient physical fitness. Dongchuan Middle School, which had better physical strength, would dominate the game!
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It seems to be to prove that Li Ziqiang is very knowledgeable.
In the 66th minute, Qingyang Yigao failed to attack and was counterattacked by Dongchuan Middle School.
Just after midfield, Xia Xiaoyu received the ball from Shen Yulin's chest. He paused for a moment and then suddenly passed the ball diagonally.
At the same time, Wu Xiaodong, who was dragging at the back, suddenly realized that the opponent was trying to counter offside, so he quickly kicked forward in an attempt to cause offside.
But he was still half a beat too slow.
Hu Lai, who had just run to him, saw Wu Xiaodong take a step forward, and suddenly changed to running sideways, preventing himself from falling into the offside trap behind Wu Xiaodong. Then after Xia Xiaoyu passed the ball, he suddenly changed direction and went straight behind Wu Xiaodong!
"Hey, good ball! Not offside! Hu Lai is not offside!!"
When Hu Lai received the ball, he and Wu Xiaodong had already opened a distance of about seven or eight meters. At the same time, Wu Xiaodong was the last defensive player of Qingyang Yigao besides goalkeeper Liu Mingzhe. It can be said that at this time, besides counting on Apart from goalkeeper Liu Mingzhe, no other Qingyang Yigao player can defend Hu Lai.
He caught up with the football and rushed into the penalty area with the ball amidst the exclamations of the audience. Facing Liu Mingzhe who hit near the penalty spot, he calmly fired and hit the football to Liu Mingzhe's right.
Liu Mingzhe, on the other hand, misjudged the direction and tilted his body to his left. At this moment, he was powerless to stop the football that passed by him - it really passed by. The football flew just above Liu Mingzhe's shoulder. He tried to knock the football away with his right hand, but the football was far away. His shoulder was too close, and it took time for his arm to swing back. By the time his arm was in place, the football had flown away... and then, in full view of everyone, it flew into the goal and hit the net!
(End of chapter)