Chapter 185 Arrogant soldiers will be defeated
Meng Xi stood on the training ground, holding a pergola between his eyebrows, looking into the woods on the side of the field.
"What are you looking at?" Hu Lai said when he saw his appearance. "No reporters will come to interview today. How can we come here every day? Are we still training?"
"What? I'm not looking for a reporter." Meng Xi continued to look around and waved to Hu Lai.
"Then what are you looking for? Are there anyone squatting in the grass?"
"Hey, I'm really looking for anyone squatting in the grass!"
Hu Lai was stunned for a moment: "Then when our training is over, shout out Demacia and jump out of the grass?"
"What!" Meng Xi looked away and looked at Hu Lai helplessly, "Don't you even care about it?"
"What do I care about?" Hu Lai was confused.
"I wonder if there are any scouts from professional teams coming to observe you!" Meng Xi rolled his eyes angrily, feeling that Hu Lai was simply an Adou who couldn't help him. "You have let out your big words. If no professional team scout comes to observe your performance, wouldn't it be a mistake?"
"You're kidding, who comes to see this kind of training to maintain condition!" Hu Lai sneered. "What can you tell from this kind of training? Just watch the game!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Xi suddenly turned serious and said behind him: "Coach!"
Hu Lai also jumped up and turned around, and sure enough he saw the straight-faced head coach Li Ziqiang behind him, who was staring at him with a straight face.
"Coach..."
"Why, you look down on my training arrangements?" Li Ziqiang raised his eyes slightly.
"No, no, no, absolutely not, coach. Your training arrangements are very good, scientific, reasonable, and impeccable!" Hu Lai waved his hand quickly.
Li Ziqiang did not continue to pay attention to him, but said to all the players: "In today's training, we mainly train on set kicks and penalty kicks, and we just let you find the feeling. The most important thing is to ensure your physical condition. . Although Chongwen Middle School was the team that eliminated us in the last national competition, it was also They are traditional strong teams, but they don't need to make any targeted arrangements - we don't have the time to adjust our tactics just to target them, which would make us at a loss, so we still have to follow our own pace in the semifinals. Let’s kick it off. Now let’s warm up!”
The players rushed to warm up.
Li Ziqiang began to place training equipment on the court and prepare for a while of training content.
He really doesn't plan to make any targeted arrangements for the team, but will show everyone the video clips of Chongwen Middle School's game in this national competition the night before the game, so that everyone can understand what this team is like. team.
What style of play do they play, what tactics are they good at, whether the offense is launched from the wing or the center, whether they attack strongly on the left or defend weakly on the right, who are the core figures in their offense, and who do they need to pay extra attention to? , what are their shortcomings in the defense, and how their goalkeeper performs...
It's enough to know this.
Today's Dongchuan Middle School is no longer the Dongchuan Middle School of last year. It can only rely on the extraordinary performance of one or two people to compete with its opponents.
Facing Chongwen Middle School again, Li Ziqiang was very confident and stayed with him until the end.
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The whistle soon came from the stadium.
When Dai Zetao heard this voice, he slowly withdrew from behind the grass, almost using his hands and feet to go around behind a tree.
He let out a sigh of relief as he leaned his back against the tree trunk.
He originally planned to come to see the training at Dongchuan Middle School and wanted to observe Hu Lai through training. But considering that the semi-finals were approaching, and fearing that Dongchuan Middle School would regard him as a spy for Chongwen Middle School, he simply squatted behind a group of relatively lush grass and observed secretly.
As it turned out, the goalkeeper of Dongchuan Middle School was looking around at this moment, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to get up.
He just kept squatting behind the grass, and his feet were numb, which is why he could only crawl back using his hands and feet...
Hiding behind the woods, Dai Zetao was still secretly observing the training of Dongchuan Middle School.
Then after watching it for a while, he sadly discovered that Hu Lai had been right. Such training content had no observational value at all...
So why do I come here to squat in the grass?
Dai Zetao frowned and sighed softly.
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"Have you seen the report of Hu Lai's interview?"
"Look, that kid actually said that it was impossible to lose to us and that we must win... Why does he have it?!"
Just after training, the players from Chongwen Middle School sat on the lawn to rest, and then naturally talked about the topic they cared about most - the exclusive interview with Dongchuan Middle School that had been reported.
If the media had just reported how this team used their practice breaks to practice celebrations, the players at Chongwen Middle School might not have even looked at it.
But Hu Lai faced his semi-final opponent Chongwen Middle School and said, "It is impossible to lose, you must win."
"Why? People have said that they want to be professional players, but don't they have to beat us?" someone sarcastically said.
"Oh, what does being a professional player have to do with winning against us? In that case, then we can prevent him from joining a professional team!"
"Hey, it suddenly occurred to me that maybe even if they lose to us, he can become a professional player... Think about it, they lost to us in the national competition last year, but Luo Kai was eventually recruited by a professional team Got it? ”
"That's different. You must know that Luo Kai scored a very beautiful goal..."
Having said this, many players from Chongwen Middle School have set their sights on their captain, main goalkeeper Marin.
In the last national competition, Luo Kai's beautiful goal penetrated Marin's fingers.
Marin, who was being watched by everyone, curled his lips: "What do you think I do? Luo Kai is really good. But Hu Lai is different. He is not the kind of forward with outstanding personal abilities. As long as we do our job well in defense, If you don’t give him too many chances, it will be difficult for him to score.”
Hearing what he said, someone among the teammates immediately echoed: "The captain is right. He is just an opportunist. He has no chance, how can he score goals?"
This amused the players, who burst into laughter.
But it also attracted the attention of the team's head coach Xu Fengjiang.
He said angrily: "Why are you laughing! You are laughing at an opponent who scored five goals in a single game!"
The laughter disappeared as soon as the head coach got angry. The players from Chongwen Middle School closed their mouths in embarrassment.
However, Xu Fengjiang did not intend to let the players go so easily. He even had the idea of using the topic to correct the bad mentality of the players.
"Marin is right. In defense, everyone does their own thing well. If you don't give the opponent a chance, it will be difficult for the opponent to score. But look at your attitude. One and two of you are smiling so happily. How about that? Able to do their own thing on defense! ”
Everyone found that the head coach was really angry. Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.
"Don't you remember the lesson when you were eliminated in the first round of the national competition? It's only been a few years? Have you forgotten?! How did Chen Xingyi and Shuguang High School rise? Didn't they just step on the head of our Chongwen Middle School? What do we do as the defending champions? Didn’t you lose that game because you underestimated the opponent? What if you underestimated the opponent again? Are you willing to die against the top scorer in a single game? There was spittle flying in front of the players.
The leading teacher and other members of the coaching staff nearby also hid far away when they saw this, and no one came to interfere.
"And Marin, what did you say in the interview after the game? The semifinals haven't even started yet, and you're already thinking about Chen Xingyi? Is Chen Xingyi the only one on your mind? Huh?!" Xu Fengjiang He scolded the entire team and suddenly pointed the finger at the team captain.
As the captain, Marin was initially recognized by the head coach. Marin was a little lucky, feeling that the head coach was scolding his teammates and not himself.
But now it's obvious that he didn't run away either...
"No, coach, I didn't... I'm sorry, coach, I was wrong!" Marin tried to defend himself, but after seeing the fierce look in the coach's eyes, he immediately changed his mind. "Coach, don't worry, none of us will underestimate the enemy. We will fight with them in the game!"
Xu Fengjiang snorted: "Don't promise in front of me. Anyway, you are already in your senior year of high school. This year is your last national competition. Whether you can defeat Shuguang High School and win the national championship will be the last time. If you are proud and underestimate the enemy, It’s not me who lost the game and didn’t even make it to the finals! It’s my own fault! Disband now!”
The players quickly dispersed as if they had been granted amnesty, and soon there was not a single Chongwen Middle School player on the court.
At this time, the team's leading teacher slowly walked up, stood next to Xu Fengjiang, and looked with him in the direction of the players leaving: "Old Xu, are you going too far?"
"What's going on?" Xu Fengjiang seemed to have not yet recovered from his anger, and his tone of voice when speaking to the team leader was still a little stiff.
He himself was also aware of this problem, and sighed and explained: "Mr. Yang, our process of reaching the semi-finals this time can be said to be very easy. Something has gone wrong in the team for a long time. If we don't take advantage of this moment to hammer it out, If they really reach the semi-finals, there will be big problems, and they will be defeated.”
"That's not true...Although that Hu Lai scored a lot of goals, he did it by grabbing points in front of the goal and resisting offside. The method of scoring goals is still very simple. As long as we put up the fence ourselves and don't give him a chance, he will threaten Isn’t it much smaller?” The team leader, Teacher Yang, is obviously someone who understands football, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to say such a thing. "Furthermore, five goals in a single game is a matter of luck, and it is also due to the cooperation of the opponent Qingyang Yigao. This special case cannot be used as a reference."
"Mr. Yang, you are right. But we can't let the players really feel that way, otherwise their tails will be raised to the sky? If they really don't take their opponents seriously, they will relax too much, and they won't even think about it during the game. We can’t be tight anymore. It’s only good for us to think more powerfully. And taking this opportunity to change their mentality and make them serious will also be of great benefit to the finals,” Xu Fengjiang said.
"That's true..." Teacher Yang nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled, "Today we finally filled up the last possible loophole, which is also a good thing."
Xu Fengjiang nodded lightly and said no more. (End of chapter)