Chapter 378 Turbulent Years
"Chen Xingyi cut inside! Beautiful! He dribbled horizontally... past Tong Xin! Passed the ball to Hu Lai... Zhang Qinghuan! And passed it back to Hu Lai! Hu Lai!! Hu Lai - beautiful!! Beautiful! ! Beautiful! ”
The commentator on the TV was yelling at the top of his lungs.
Xie Lan, who was in front of the TV, also jumped up from the sofa, screamed, raised her hands and turned to her husband.
Seeing this, Hu Lixin could only stand up from his seat helplessly, raised his hands and high-fived his wife.
"Haha!" Xie Lan smiled happily after high-fiving, "Our son scored a goal for the Chinese Super League!"
Hu Lixin ignored her, sat back on the sofa, and stared at the figure on the TV in trance.
His son ran towards the camera and then made a gesture of reciting his name and number on the back of his fingers towards the camera lens.
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This action was far less beautiful than his previous signature celebration, but it made Hu Lixin's heart beat violently.
Lao Hu vaguely recalled that when he was still as old as his son, he had imagined how to introduce himself to all the fans.
At that time, the trend of professional football had already started in the land of China. Every game was packed with people in the stands, lively TV broadcasts, flowers, cheers, fame, money...all the young people who loved football were dreaming about the best. future.
They have great ambitions and believe that they will be the most talented people on the football field and can help Chinese football achieve the ultimate goal of decades-to reach the World Cup finals!
He is also one of those young people with big ambitions.
But that was a long, long time ago.
So much so that in the long years, he completely forgot that he had ever been pretentious before, so he copied some famous sayings such as "You have to endure hardships to become a master", "The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold" and posted them on on the wall of the team dormitory to encourage yourself.
I believe that all the hardships and injuries suffered in training and competition are the only way to success.
I firmly believe that football is fair, and as long as you put in the hard work and sweat, you will definitely gain something. The more you give, the greater your gain.
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His wife was spinning and jumping beside him, clapping her hands and laughing.
The narrator on the TV was screaming his son's name at the top of his lungs.
The cheers from the Andong Provincial Sports Center, more than 100 kilometers away, reached his ears through television signals.
The TV broadcast screen was shaking slightly, and the Provincial Sports Center seemed to be experiencing a small earthquake.
This should have been a happy moment, but for some reason, Hu Lixin only felt bitter in his mouth.
He lowered his head to look for a cigarette on the coffee table, but first saw himself reflected in the dark glass of the coffee table.
He had a frown on his face, and the deep nasolabial folds were pulled down by the corners of his droopy mouth, almost separating the entire chin from his face.
It's like a dog, an old Shar-Pei.
Where is the look of that ambitious young man from back then?
Those pretentious days...
In the flow of people commuting to and from work, in wine glasses, on paychecks... they slowly disappeared in the whirlpool of reality.
Hu Lixin grabbed the cigarette case, shook out a cigarette, lit it for himself, and took a deep breath.
The smoke he exhaled slowly rose up, as if it had transformed into a big bird, flapping its wings vigorously and hovering to fly high.
Flying higher and higher in Lao Hu's sight, flying higher and higher.
Until it was completely integrated into the "sky" under the ceiling.
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The Andong Provincial Sports Center was filled with people. Although the players from both sides had returned to their respective half-courts and stood in their positions, the cheers of the fans were not over yet.
Before the game, almost everyone was not optimistic about the Flash Stars. After all, they were a Chinese League One team and their opponents were established Chinese Super League teams.
But there will still be some Flash Star fans who are unconvinced - isn't it said that football is round? Why is it that when it is the turn of this game, Flashing Star is definitely going to lose? Why? Just rely on those data and analyses? So if the outcome is determined by these things, why do we need to actually compete? Wouldn't it be better to directly compare whose data is better than to play a big or small game?
Now that Shining Star has taken the lead in the home game against Haihe Shuanggang, these Shining Star fans are as happy as drinking a bottle of cold beer in the dog days of summer!
Amid the shouts of the Flash Star fans, the Haihe Shuanggang players were a little confused.
They really never thought that they would fall behind in this game. They thought that as long as they were a little more serious, wouldn't it be easy to win against a Chinese League One team?
As a result, they were scored first by the Chinese League One team during the game!
Captain Tong Xin clapped his hands hard and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Cheer up! Get serious!!"
The other Haihe Shuanggang players came to their senses after hearing his words.
Yes, as long as we are serious, we can still defeat them.
Before, it was mainly because we were not serious enough...
It's okay, from now on, we have to be serious!
Let you see how scary the Chinese Super League team is when they get serious!
At this moment, the referee blew the kick-off whistle.
"Beep——!"
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"Anton Shining Star's attack is back!"
CCTV commentator He Feng yelled.
The national live broadcast of Chinese League One games relies on online video platforms such as Tengfei Video.
The Football Association Cup is broadcast live nationwide by CCTV.
He Feng is the commentator of this game.
Like Shen Lang, he saw Hu Lai again in the live commentary of the game, which made him feel like "an old acquaintance he hadn't seen in a long time."
He was also very excited to see Hu Lai score the goal of the Chinese Super League team.
Compared with the East Asian Cup, Hu Lai has grown again!
The Provincial Sports Center burst into cheers and loud shouts, cheering for the flashing stars advancing towards the Haihe Shuangport restricted area.
Hu Lai ran into the penalty area, turned around and stood still.
Fan Hongpeng immediately got close to him and kept putting pressure on him with his body.
Even if Hu Lai has gone through several periods of special training in physical strength, it is still difficult to compete with this mountain-like central defender.
So he didn't stop at this position and started running to the next receiving point.
Fan Hongpeng did not follow because he had to hold his position, and he was not the only one here.
Didn’t Chen Xingyi just run over?
When Hu Lai ran to the defense area of another Haihe Shuanggang central defender Han Yan, he stopped, and at the same time Zhang Qinghuan's pass was also sent over.
Although Han Yan quickly came up. But in Hu Lai's view, the strength of this central defender is far different from that of Fan Hongpeng. At least he can carry him and stop the ball without losing his position.
It’s just that he can’t turn around and attack...
After Zhang Qinghuan passed the ball, he moved forward, as if he wanted to get behind the Haihe Shuanggang defense.
His forward thrust attracted Tong Xin's attention. He didn't dare to make the same mistake again, so he followed in decisively.
But Hu Lai didn't pass the ball to Zhang Qinghuan - Zhang Qinghuan was followed, so he still passed it? Although he is not an organizer, he is not a fool either. He knows what balls can and cannot be passed.
He used his body to resist Han Yan, and then saw Lin Ge in the middle outside the penalty area.
The opponent's midfielder was pulled away by Zhang Qinghuan...
Hu Lai passed the football back without hesitation.
When Qin Lin saw the football rolling towards him, he quickly glanced at the goal in front of him, then adjusted his pace and raised his right leg to meet the ball passed back by Hu Lai!
"Qin Lin! Direct volley - what a good shot!!!"
Following He Feng's roar, Qin Lin kicked the football toward the goal.
The football did not rise into the air and fly toward the goal with astonishing momentum. Instead, it stuck to the turf and passed through the feet of the crowd in the penalty area!
This kind of low and long shot that is close to the turf is what the goalkeeper dislikes the most, because it is much more difficult to save than the long shot...
Goalkeeper Huang Anjie's line of sight was disturbed by the dense crowd of players from both sides in the penalty area. By the time he saw the football flying over, it was already too late!
He hurriedly fell to the ground and jumped sideways, but the football got into the goal from the far corner before he could reach it!
"Good goal! Good goal! Qin Lin! Unbelievable! Flash Star scored two goals in six minutes! A Chinese League One team led the Chinese Super League team by two goals in a short period of time! This is really what many people thought before the game. I didn’t even expect it! So what if football is round? Anything can happen. This is the charm of the football game! ”
Haihe Shuanggang, who wanted to get serious, was given two goals by Flashing Star, who had already taken it seriously!
Kuang Mingjian, the head coach of Haihe Shuangang who was on the visiting team's coaching bench, suddenly stood up from his seat. The magnetic tactical board in his hand fell to his feet, and he didn't even notice it.
In front of the home team's coaching bench next door, Zhao Kangming rushed out of his seat and punched the sky.
Behind him, Chen Mo jumped out, jumping continuously like a cheerful deer.
The excitement brought by the last goal to the Shining Star fans has not passed yet. Another goal came. The Shining Star fans in the Provincial Sports Center raised the volume again on the basis of the original cheers. The cheers were thunderous until Soar into the sky!
After scoring, Qin Lin turned around and ran to the sidelines to celebrate his goal. After running to the sidelines, he turned around and pointed at Hu Lai, who was running towards his teammates, and turned his back again.
So Hu Lai jumped up when he ran to Brother Lin, and jumped directly on the back of Qin Lin who turned around.
Qin Lin put his hands in his pockets and carried Hu Lai on his back!
Hu Lai, who was lying on Qin Lin, straightened up and waved his fist at the cheering Flash Star fans in the stands.
“Wh-!!”
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"Qin Lin carried Hu Lai on his back! The last big boss of Chinese football just carried young Hu Lai up... Oh!" The commentator of Anton TV Sports Channel saw some metaphors in this celebration. "Football should be like this, with the old leading the new, passing from generation to generation, so that our football can develop! Now the baton of Anton Football has been handed over to Hu Lai by Qin Lin. Come on Hu Lai, come on Shining Star, come on Anton Football!"
In the end, the old commentator who had experienced the glorious era of Anton football even started to cry a little.
Perhaps he also thought of the days when Anton football was once glorious and then in decline.
The Anton fans who lined up outside the old sports center to buy tickets could circle the stadium three times!
Later this scene belonged to the fans who came to see the star's concert.
Belongs to those fans who chase variety show stars.
As for the prosperous years of Anton Football, they disappeared into the singing and dancing crowd, into the boiling red soup hotpot, into the bustling crowds of Senwei Road, and into the clatter of mahjong. ……
It seems that this once gold medal market no longer needs football.
But listen to the cheers from the Provincial Sports Center at this moment!
Look at the large swaths of red in the stands of the Provincial Sports Center!
Qin Lin, who was trained by Anton Football, is back, and the enthusiastic Anton fans have returned to the stands. Anton’s professional football team is launching an impact on the top league, and now our team is leading the Football Association Cup. Scored two goals for the Chinese Super League team...
It's like everything is back.
This city, which is famous throughout the country for its slow and leisurely pace of life, still has a beating heart with vitality. The thunder that rings out from the Provincial Sports Center is the pulsing sound of this city!
(End of chapter)