Chapter 196 A perfect start
"Come out! Come out!" Chu Yifan's roommates in the stands shouted when they saw the players from both sides walking out under the leadership of the referee team.
Not only them, but the entire audience gave the warmest applause and cheers to these two teams that passed all the way and reached the final.
"Viewers, what you are watching now is the final of the 2021 Seventh National High School Students Football Championship, which is broadcast live for you by Capital TV. Now the players from both sides of the competition have appeared, wearing yellow jerseys and shorts with blue stripes. It is the Dongchuan Middle School football team that won the home team draw for this game. They are from Dongchuan City, Andong Province... and next to Wearing red jerseys with white stripes on the side is the Shuguang High School football team. This team must be very familiar to everyone. In the past two national competitions, they have won the championship. They are also the only team in the national competition since its establishment. A team that has successfully defended its title, and this year they will challenge for an unprecedented three consecutive championships! ”
Amid huge cheers, the on-site commentator raised his voice to announce to the audience in front of the TV.
The television broadcast then gave close-up shots of several players from both sides.
The commentator also introduced each to the audience one by one.
"...Chen Xingyi, the captain of Shuguang High School, took over the captain's armband from Huang Hai as a senior in this competition and led the team to the finals of the national competition for the third consecutive time. He won twice in this national competition He scored a hat trick and now has a total of nine goals, ranking first in the scorer list..."
"This is the top scorer of Dongchuan Middle School and the biggest contributor to the team's ability to reach the finals, Hu Lai! He is wearing the No. 14 jersey and does not seem to have outstanding physical condition, but he also scored nine goals. goals, tied with Chen Xingyi for the top scorer list. In addition, he has a record of scoring five goals in a single game, a feat that not even Chen Xingyi has achieved... Today's final is not only a championship battle between the two teams, It’s also a competition for the golden boot between two strikers!”
A close-up of Hu Lai appeared on the TV screen. Because he was not the captain, he was not at the front of the team, but at the back of the team. The camera kept following him, going around behind him from the side, and then gradually zoomed out, framing the entire team into the frame.
"This is the pinnacle of my life! If I could appear on TV like this, I would have no regrets!"
In the classroom of Class 2, Grade 2, someone expressed such emotion.
"I can do it for a year instead!"
"Promise! I can do it for the rest of my life!"
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"... Li Ziqiang, the head coach of Dongchuan Middle School, used to be a coach at Quanshun Football School. He came to Dongchuan Middle School to coach two years ago. In his first year, he led Dongchuan Middle School to the national competition, and the final result was the top eight, which is recognized He was a dark horse in that competition. A year later, he led the team to make a comeback and reached the finals in one breath. I am afraid that few people could have imagined this performance before the competition..."
Li Ziqiang on the TV screen had a straight face and looked very serious.
Li Qingqing, who was in front of the TV, complained: "Why is my dad still wearing a wrinkled sportswear? This is the finals, can't he wear a suit?"
Yang Mingwei, who was sitting on the sofa watching the football game with Li Qingqing, laughed: "Qingqing, why do you always want your dad to wear a suit?"
"Because he looks handsome in a suit! I saw the wedding photos of my dad and my mom, and I didn't even recognize it was my dad at first glance. He is so different from who he is now!" Li Qingqing sat cross-legged on the sofa and pouted. road.
Yang Mingwei sighed inwardly when he heard what Li Qingqing said.
In fact, whether Li Ziqiang is handsome or not may have little to do with suits. After all, before his wife passed away, even if he didn't wear a suit, he gave people a different feeling than he does now.
But since Qiu Lei's death, he has indeed aged rapidly in these years.
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After both starting players took the field, they stood in a row on both sides of the referee's team.
Next, the national anthem was played over the stadium and the national flag was raised.
Everyone stood up, saluted the national flag and sang the national anthem.
Players from both sides are no exception.
After the solemn ceremony of raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, shouts and cheers rang out again.
The captains of the two teams came forward and performed a side-guessing ceremony under the leadership of the referee.
In the end, Yan Yan lost to Chen Xingyi when he guessed the coin, and also lost the right to pick the side, and got the right to kick off.
Chen Xingyi, who got the right to pick sides, didn't hesitate. He chose the half where Shuguang High School had warmed up before.
Then the two teams set up their formations and prepared for the game.
Seeing the players taking their positions, Chu Yifan and his roommates in the stands couldn't help but quiet down, waiting for the game to start.
And not just them, but everyone in the audience, including Chen Xingyi’s fan group who had been particularly active and screaming non-stop. At this time, everyone slowly stopped making sounds and just looked at the stadium. Some people raised their mobile phones and pointed them at the stadium, waiting for the whistle to sound, and then pressed the shutter button.
In full view of everyone, Hu Lai walked to the center circle alone, stepped on the football under his feet, and then turned to look at the referee. At the same time, his left hand was stroking the red bracelet on his right wrist. It was the [Lover's Red Rope] that he exchanged for 10,000 points, which added some luck to him in this final.
The referee looked down at his watch and checked the time with the fourth official on the sidelines.
After setting the time, he pointed his raised hand directly at the half court of Shuguang High School and the offensive side of Dongchuan Middle School for the kickoff, and blew the whistle at the same time!
"The game begins!"
As the commentator who had been quiet before shouted loudly, the scene seemed to come alive, and the cheers and shouts all came back in an instant.
During this momentum, Hu Lai kicked the football directly to Xia Xiaoyu's feet, and at the same time ran forward diagonally, inserting himself into the half of Shuguang High School.
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"Shuguang High School and Dongchuan Middle School have never played against each other in a national competition before. After the game started, Dongchuan Middle School appeared to be very cautious in controlling the ball and did not rush forward. They backtracked in the backcourt, trying to break Shuguang High School's formation. Pulled apart... Then they made a long pass to find high center Shen Yulin. Although Shen Yulin successfully grabbed the first goal, but The second shot was intercepted by a player from Shuguang High School...it was midfielder Fei Yi. He blocked Hu Lai's position and stretched his foot to poke the football away. Xia Xiaoyu tried to grab the ball, but was blocked by Shuguang High School's player. Midfielder Zheng Qian made a pass and got away, and Shuguang High School launched an attack on Dongchuan Middle School! ”
The supporters of Shuguang High School screamed in the stands, especially Chen Xingyi's fan group, which was even more active.
This game is a contest between Shuguang High School and Dongchuan Middle School, as well as a contest between Chen Xingyi and Hu Lai. As fans of Chen Xingyi, they have not forgotten that Hu Lai once brazenly stated that he was more powerful than Chen Xingyi.
Although now judging from the scorer list, Hu Lai may really deserve such an evaluation.
But Chen Xingyi’s fans don’t care about that. No one in any high school football team in China is allowed to be better than our Chen Xingyi!
They all hope to see Hu Lai beaten by Chen Xingyi in the final. Only in this way can the hatred in their hearts be offset.
Amid their cheers and screams, Shuguang High School's offense did not go smoothly.
Chen Rui blocked the ball laterally in the midfield, delaying Shuguang High School's attack. At the same time, Xia Xiaoyu, who was passed by, immediately returned to the defense. He came back and guarded Zheng Qian with Chen Rui.
Zheng Qian had no choice but to protect the football first, and then turn around and pass the football across the ball.
At this time, both Shen Yulin and Hu Lai had withdrawn behind the center line.
Dawn High School's fast break can no longer be played.
They were not in a hurry and started to move back and forth in the midfield and backcourt again, looking for opportunities to organize offense.
In less than three minutes since Dongchuan Middle School kicked off, the ball has changed hands.
Dongchuan Middle School failed to take advantage of their kick-off opportunity to launch a threatening attack.
However, Dongchuan Middle School seemed to be prepared for this situation, so it immediately launched a counterattack after losing the ball. Every player actively returned to defense and made no defensive mistakes.
At the same time, in the classroom of the second class of the sophomore class of Dongchuan Middle School, the students were regretting that Dongchuan Middle School handed over the ball so quickly and did not play a threatening offense, and quickly found a back The bad guy: "Oh! Shen Yulin, the guy with the top of the ball, you spotted the Hu Lai pass!"
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Shuguang High School is not a team like Chongwen Middle School that is good at passing and controlling. They don't have the ability or the patience to slowly move forward with short passes.
After passing the ball from left to right, they used the full-back to advance forward and hit the football up.
Then right back Sun Xiaohai, who stepped in for an assist, passed the football to the goal of Dongchuan Middle School.
Yan Yan defended Chen Xingyi from the front point. Neither of them jumped to hit the ball. The ball was headed out of the penalty area by Mao Xiao who was guarding the center.
Outside the penalty area, Shuguang High School grasped the second point. Fei Yi got the ball and tried to take a long shot, but he continued to divide the ball.
This time he passed the ball to the left, and the receiver was the left back Zhou Haoxuan who stepped in. He raised his foot to stop Fei Yi's ball, and then raised his foot to pass.
The football hit the leg of Dongchuan Middle School full-back Yang Fan (Note 1), who came up to block the ball, and bounced out of the baseline.
Although Shuguang High School did not directly threaten Dongchuan Middle School's goal, it received a corner kick.
Set kicks are often an important scoring method in this kind of game, and Dongchuan Middle School players naturally dare not neglect them.
Center Shen Yulin retreated to the goal at this time and temporarily played as a central defender.
Only Hu Lai can stay outside the penalty area, because his height and strength are really not of much help.
Unable to help Hu Lai's defense outside, he just stared at Chen Xingyi.
He found that although Chen Xingyi was a forward, he did not rush to the front. Instead, he stayed near the penalty area line.
Are you not preparing to compete for a header?
No!
Hu Lai understood Chen Xingyi's strategy, and he concluded that the opponent was trying to distance himself and sprint for the top.
Because if it were him, he would make the same choice as Chen Xingyi.
So he quickly shouted to his teammates: "Keep an eye on Chen Xingyi! Don't let him go!"
Chen Rui heard what he said and wanted to defend Chen Xingyi, but was blocked by Shuguang High School players. The opponent pushed Chen Rui with his body and pulled Chen Rui's arm, preventing him from getting rid of it in time.
At this moment, Zheng Qian, who was taking the corner kick from Shuguang High School, raised his arm, took two steps, and kicked the football directly towards the front spot of Dongchuan Middle School!
As expected, Chen Xingyi ran out of an arc, bypassed the defensive player, and went straight to the front point.
When Yan Yan was still entangled with Li Yi, the central defender of Shuguang High School, in front of them, a red figure rose into the air and hit the ball before the two of them. Then he shook his head like a lion and threw the football towards Hit the goal diagonally behind!
"Chen Xingyi! Header!!"
Dongchuan Middle School goalkeeper Meng Xi, who was stuck in the near corner, never expected that Chen Xingyi's header would be directed backwards. It was not easy to react in time when the distance was so close.
Although he raised his arm, he failed to touch the football.
He could only turn his head and watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding from behind!
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!! Chen Xingyi!! Only five minutes into the game, he took the lead for Shuguang High School! This start is simply perfect!!"
Accompanying the commentator's roar were the screams of Chen Xingyi's fans, as if a demonic sound filled his ears.
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Note 1: In Chapter 159 "Picking up leaks is also a skill", the left back of Dongchuan Middle School was written as Yang Mingwei, which has the same name as Li Qingqing's women's football coach Yang Mingwei, although of course there are people with the same name in the world. However, in novels, if there is no specific plot requirement, such duplicate names can only cause confusion to readers, so I will correct it here.
Dongchuan Middle School's left back Yang Mingwei changed his name to "Yang Fan" for special explanation. (End of chapter)