Chapter 226 The birth of a goal
Hu Lai exchanged 10,000 points for a lucky bracelet before playing the game. For him, the reason why this game is of great significance is not because it is his first professional game. Just from the professional game appearance record, He has completely destroyed his father.
But his performance in this game will directly affect whether he can get a chance to play in the future.
He doesn't know if he can score a goal if he plays. Although Director Zhao said, there is no need to worry about whether to score or not, and don't feel pressure.
But how could you really not care?
Obviously, as long as you can score in your first game, you can naturally play more games in the future, otherwise you don't know when the next opportunity will come.
It's like a game, when you miss a chance to score, maybe you won't score in this game.
Isn’t Lai Zekai a lesson learned from the past?
He said that he almost scored in the first half, and he was right. That was indeed the closest he came to scoring, when his shot missed the far post and flew out of the baseline.
If he can score this goal, even if he is replaced now, he will definitely not stare at Hu Lai's back with unhappy eyes...
As a shooter who can only score goals, Hu Lai is very aware of how hard-won opportunities are. He cherishes them very much and never squanders them.
So in order to ensure that he could still get a chance to play in the next game, Hu Lai would rather spend 10,000 points to add a little luck to himself.
He doesn't use the lucky bracelet in every game, but he must use it in this first game.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. If this end is opened well, the road ahead will naturally become wider and wider.
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After Hu Lai came on, he replaced Laizekai. When the game restarted, he quickly got into the game.
Actively run, according to tactical requirements, drop back to respond, pass the football to teammates in better positions, and occasionally participate in defense, not only counterattacking in the frontcourt, but also dropping back to stand in the defensive position in front of the penalty area - —After all, Flash Stars has conceded the second fewest goals so far, and it doesn’t just rely on the performance of four defenders and a goalkeeper.
Under such circumstances, he has not had a chance to shoot even after almost ten minutes on the field.
When Lai Zekai saw this scene off the court, he couldn't help but sneered - Boy, do you think professional games are so easy to play? Do you think that if you can score goals in training, you can score goals in games?
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt relieved. He leaned back on the bench chair, crossed his legs, folded his hands across his chest, and looked as if he was leisurely and ready to watch the show.
He remembered that head coach Zhao Kangming had not made adjustments to the forward line this season. He was once moved to the bench. Various personnel combinations and formations were changed again and again. What was the result?
In the end, isn't he the only one who can cooperate with Murphy?
So he believed that this was just another futile attempt by Zhao Kangming.
After all, Hu Lai is new here, and he failed to catch up with all previous attempts...
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Xie Lan put down his cell phone long ago, stopped recording, and focused on watching the game instead.
Although she couldn't understand much, for example, every time Flash Star hit the opponent's penalty area and didn't pass the football to Hu Lai, she would complain to herself on the TV screen: "Pass the ball, pass it to Hu Lai." Lai!”
In her opinion, if the Flash Star players did not pass the ball to Hu Lai, she would not be able to see Hu Lai's wonderful performance. This is the most important thing. As for whether Flash Star can win, she doesn't care at all.
Now just watching her son keep catching the ball, passing the ball, and running around without knowing what he was doing, she felt like a headless fly. Running like this under the bright sun, apart from wasting energy, what was the point?
Unlike Xie Lan, Li Ziqiang, who was watching the live broadcast of the game in his old house, paid more attention to these "meaningless" details of the game.
He saw that Hu Lai rarely let the football stay at his feet for a long time. If his back is turned to the direction of attack, then after receiving the ball, he will pass the football sideways or directly knock it back. No.
If he is facing the offensive direction to get the ball, he will not dribble the ball, but still choose to pass the football out.
He would always pass the football and then run immediately, either widening the angle laterally or turning around and running forward. It's just that his runs may not necessarily result in him receiving the ball, because his teammates will not always pass the football to him.
Li Ziqiang could see that this was different from the situation when Hu Lai played for the school team for the first time and no one passed the ball to him. The former was because Hu Lai had not been able to win everyone's trust at that time, and some people were more annoying. Him, that's why no one passed the ball to him.
In Flash Star, Hu Lai sometimes didn't catch the ball, just because his teammates were inconvenient to pass the football to him, or there were better passing targets than him. Obviously, although this kid has only been with the new team for a week and a half, he has already won the basic trust of his teammates through his performance in training...
Regardless of Hu Lai's final performance in this game, Li Ziqiang feels that this is a good sign.
Another thing that concerns Li Ziqiang is that through these game details, he can see Hu Lai's progress in the year and a half since he left the school team.
Since Hu Lai went to the Poseidon Youth Team, he has never watched Hu Lai play. There are no live broadcasts, broadcasts, or video highlights of the Chinese Super League Youth Team games on TV or online.
He didn't know whether Hu Lai could keep up with the requirements of the professional club after joining the echelon of the professional team, and whether he was really training hard and how much progress he had made - when Hu Lai left, he once said to him , his talent must work harder than others to manifest.
He was not sure whether Hu Lai listened to what he said. After all, when he played under him, he was always being watched and "taken care of" by himself. Li Ziqiang was worried that Hu Lai's "obedience" was just because he kept staring at him, so he went to the Poseidon Club. It was a professional team. The coach could not always stare at one person. Next, whether Hu Lai can still consciously and strictly demand himself and whether he can still train seriously has become what Li Ziqiang cares about most.
After watching the ten minutes of the game, he came to a preliminary conclusion - in the past year and a half, Hu Lai did not waste his time and talent, he really trained seriously. And his effortless performance on the court is proof of that.
You must know that this is his first professional game, but his solid basic skills can be seen in whether he is catching or passing the ball.
It seems that Zhao Kangming really took good care of Hu Lai at the Poseidon Youth Training and gave him special training based on his technical characteristics.
When Hu Lai went to Poseidon, Li Ziqiang was actually a little worried. He was worried that the Poseidon youth team would make trouble for Hu Lai, such as requiring Hu Lai to be an all-around forward, asking him to dribble, pass, organize, and involve. Defensively good at everything.
That would make Hu Lai useless...
Li Ziqiang doesn't care at all whether Hu Lai can score in this game, but it is the details of the game that make him particularly concerned.
In his opinion, Hu Lai is still young, he has just joined this team, and he has plenty of time. Even if we don't score a goal in this game, it doesn't matter.
After all, how many people can score in their first career game?
Most people can't even look back on their first career game. A moderate performance is considered a success. As for performing well in the first game, it is rare and requires excellent luck.
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Hu Lai saw Wang Guangwei taking the ball in the backcourt from the front. He did not pass the ball to anyone, but pretended to pass the ball long, but suddenly rushed forward with the ball. Two steps later, he passed the ball diagonally to the backcourt. of George Waters.
Although Waters had his back to the offensive direction at this time, and the football was still in his second half, Hulay had already begun to move forward. With his move, Kunyang City's central defender followed him and retreated.
And not only did he move forward, another forward Macaulay Murphy also pressed forward, leading the Kunyang City defender back.
At this time, the football has been passed by Waters to the right back Zhang Hao who came in behind.
Kunyang City players came up to defend Zhang Hao and prevent him from continuing to dribble the ball forward.
Zhang Hao passed the football to Qin Lin who came up to help him.
The space for Qin Lin to catch the ball was created by Hu Lai and Murphy pressing forward - because the two forwards of Flashing Star ran forward and took away Kunyang City's defender. A not too big gap appeared between the central midfielder line.
Seeing Qin Lin receiving the ball, two Kunyang City midfielders immediately pounced on him. After all, this is the most threatening player in the Flash Star midfield. He may no longer be able to adapt to the team's requirements in the Chinese Super League, but playing There is still no pressure at all if you are in the top 10...
Facing the opponent's pressing, Qin Lin did not take the ball more. He first protected the football, and then passed the ball back to meet his midfielder Ma Wenyi.
As soon as Marvin made a slight adjustment, he started to pass the ball diagonally, moving the football to the left side of the court and giving it to the left back Liu Binwei who came in behind.
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"Good shot, beautiful move!" shouted the commentator of Anton TV in front of the TV.
In the TV screen, Liu Binwei received the ball and attacked with the ball, causing Kunyang City's right back to chase desperately. The two started a speed competition on the wing.
At the same time, in the middle of the court, Hu Lai, Murphy and Qin Lin were also racing against Kunyang City's defenders.
Three arrows were fired in unison, heading towards the restricted area of Kunyang City.
Among them, Murphy went straight to the front point, while Hu Lai ran to the back point. Qin Lin was a few positions behind them and headed toward the top of the free throw arc at the edge of Kunyang City's penalty area.
The remaining Flash Star players pressed forward together according to the requirements in training, covering the space left by their attacking teammates after they advanced.
In addition, Leng Jinyu did not follow him towards the opponent's penalty area, but changed direction and ran towards Liu Binwei to meet him. If Liu Binwei cannot get rid of the opponent's full-back, then he must be ready to respond.
However, Liu Binwei had no intention of passing the football to Leng Jinyu. He accelerated and moved the football forward. After briefly throwing away half of his body, he caught up with the football and made a pass directly!
The football drew an arc and flew high to the door of Kunyang City!
"Cross!"
The commentator shouted loudly, followed closely by the commentator who frowned.
"Tsk, it's cumming!"
It was indeed high. Under the close pressure of the opponent's full-back, Liu Binwei's pass was a bit too hard. The result was that Murphy, who was outflanking the front point, could not reach the ball - Murphy did not take off at all, just in the ball. He looked up and watched the football fly past him.
"Later point..."
The Kunyang City center back in front of the goal jumped up to kick the ball to clear the ball. After jumping up, he hit the football, but he did not push the football out of the dangerous area, but just rubbed it.
Apparently he misestimated the height of the ball...
Just like that, the football suddenly fell down and landed right on Hu Lai who was outflanking him!
Zhao Kangming on the coaching bench reflexively raised half of his buttocks, leaned forward, and wanted to jump up, but his arm was grabbed by the assistant coach Chen Mo next to him. The latter did not care to make a sound and continued. His nervousness could be felt in his firm grip.
Li Ziqiang was stunned for a moment in front of the TV, and then his heart was lifted high.
This ball was so unexpectedly hit by the opponent's central defender. It seemed like an opportunity, but because of this accident, Hu Lai was caught off guard...
He stared at the small figure on the TV screen, and could only hope that Hu Lai's ball stop, which he had trained repeatedly, would work exceptionally well...
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Hu Lai saw the football suddenly slipping from the head of the opponent's central defender and raised his right foot reflexively. His mind went blank and he was completely unable to think effectively. Muscle memory and instinct drove his body.
The inside of his right foot gently touched the falling football. The force was not too big but not too small. The timing was neither too fast nor too slow, just right.
The football hit the inside of his foot, and its downward trend suddenly slowed down. In slow motion, it looked like the football was frozen in the air at this second...
At the same time, Hu Lai opened his arms to maintain balance, took a step to the side with his left leg, turned his body sideways, raised his right leg again, and kicked the football!
In front of him is a half-empty goal!
The opponent's goalkeeper is still on his way back...
But he's too late!
The shot was not powerful. In order to buy time, Hu Lai did not round his right leg to shoot. He made a very ordinary but standard push shot. The inside of his right foot accurately hit the position one finger height below the center of gravity of the football. The football exerts a forward force.
A very slight "bang".
The football flies towards the goal.
After crossing the white goal line, the Kunyang City goalkeeper's yellow-green gloves pounced.
Chen Mo failed to hold Zhao Kangming this time. After Zhao Kangming shook his hands to break away from him, he rushed out with claws and teeth. Chen Mo, who failed to hold him, followed closely and chased him. This time, he was not trying to hold him back. Zhao Kangming, but for peace and he hugged and celebrated!
Flash Star's seventeenth goal of the season was born!
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In addition, there is a video demonstration of Hu Lai's goal at the end of the chapter. You can check it out to understand this goal in a more intuitive way. (End of chapter)