Chapter 477 The grace of not killing
Qin Lin received the ball passed to him by Xia Xiaoyu, and he shouted to the latter: "Come on!"
Then the football was passed back to Xia Xiaoyu.
At the same time, South China Tigers forward Alessandro de Lima also pounced on Xia Xiaoyu.
Xia Wu in front of the TV couldn't help but sweat for Xia Xiaoyu, because Xia Xiaoyu's back was completely to Alessandro, and he didn't know if he saw what was happening behind him.
At this moment, Xia Xiaoyu in the broadcast camera quickly looked back and spotted Alejandro rushing towards him, so he faced the football and made a gesture to catch the ball in advance.
After attracting Alejandro to rush towards him, he cleverly passed the football to his other side, then turned around and put Alejandro behind him!
"Good shot!" commentator He Feng shouted.
In front of the TV, cheers rang out in the living room of Xia Xiaoyu's house, synchronized with the cheers on the TV.
Xia Xiaoyu turned around from facing away from the direction of the attack to facing the direction of the attack.
He looked up at the situation in front of him before catching up with the football, and then passed the football to Zhang Qinghuan who retreated to meet him.
After passing the ball, Xia Xiaoyu did not stop and enter the drama mode, but accelerated forward, as if he was going to have a one-two with Zhang Qinghuan to hit the wall, attracting the South China Tigers' midfield defense to concentrate on his sprinting route.
Zhang Qinghuan passed the football to the wing and gave it to Chen Xingyi.
The one who pounced on Chen Xingyi with the football was South China Tigers midfielder Huang Yao. He seemed to want to take advantage of the momentum of the sprint to block Chen Xingyi and give the opponent a blow.
But Chen Xingyi's feet were more flexible than he thought. He took the first kick and lightly knocked the rolling football with his toes. At the same time, he quickly jumped up to avoid the opponent's rush. After landing, he quickly started to circle around. Huang Yao, who couldn't stop the car, caught up with the football and ran towards the South China Tigers penalty area with the ball!
The Flash Star fans in the stands once again let out huge cheers.
"Hey! Chen Xingyi's breakthrough is wonderful! He gave full play to his flexibility and fast start-up speed! In comparison, Huang Yao is a bit underestimating the enemy!"
Huang Yao, who pounced too hard, turned around and chased after him, but he could no longer catch up. Chen Xingyi's starting speed was really fast.
He was now almost within 30 meters of the South China tiger.
South China Tigers' midfielder Jiang Chuan quickly moved closer to Chen Xingyi, forming a pincer attack with right back Yu Daisong.
When Chen Xingyi faced the defense between two people, he did not act recklessly, but chose to slow down. While waiting for full-back Liu Binwei to intervene, he also gave his teammates a chance to respond to him.
Hu Lai pulled out of the penalty area and moved closer to the left wing, towards Chen Xingyi.
As the top scorer of the Flash Stars, his movement naturally involved the South China Tigers' defense strength.
Seeing Hu Lai tearing out a gap in the South China Tigers' defense, Chen Xingyi made a direct pass and ran towards the forward point.
Li Rong, another striker who started the game for Flash Star, was rushing into the space created by Hu Lai.
However, the South China Tigers captain and central defender Yao Huasheng, who was sitting in front of the goal, had already seen through the key points of Flash Star's attack.
After Chen Xingyi passed the ball, he quickly blocked his position and jumped up to push the football out with his head before Li Rong arrived.
The pushed football flew outside the penalty area.
Zhang Qinghuan, who had just passed the ball to Chen Xingyi in the midfield, had already reached the penalty area line, but the football flew over his head.
It seems that Flashing Star's offensive ends here...
But at this moment, a white figure appeared in front of the South China Tigers penalty area. Taking advantage of midfielder Jiang Chuan being transferred out before he could get back in position, the flying football kicked up!
"Xia Xiaoyu!" He Feng shouted.
Xia Xiaoyu's family in front of the TV couldn't help shouting.
Xia Xiaoyu chose to shoot without stopping!
Before other South China Tigers players could react, he had already shot the football towards the goal!
The Stars fans in the stands burst into cheers.
Of course they should cheer, because Xia Xiaoyu's kick was of high quality. You must know that you can still suppress the volley without stopping the ball, but it is not easy!
Many Shining Star fans may have begun to long for Shining Star to take the lead against the Chinese Super League champions.
But the next second, Lin Zhiyuan rose into the air and lifted the football over the crossbar with one hand!
"Lin Zhiyuan! Wow!! Beautiful save! This young talented goalkeeper made his first effective save of the game!"
Xia Xiaoyu's relatives in front of the TV sighed and felt sorry for Xia Xiaoyu's failure to score.
Xia Wu was among them, holding his head.
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After Lin Zhiyuan got up from the ground, he spread his hands in the direction of Xia Xiaoyu.
This is not the first time that the two have fought against each other. They had faced each other once before in the national competition. At that time, Xia Xiaoyu was the core of Dongchuan Middle School. He was both a father and a mother. He had to organize offense and score goals. He had many direct conversations with Lin Zhiyuan.
Of course, he failed to win that contest, and Dongchuan Middle School was also eliminated by Lin Zhiyuan's Yuntai Middle School.
Lin Zhiyuan did this to Xia Xiaoyu, as if to remind him not to forget that game, because that was how he spread his hands after saving Xia Xiaoyu's shot.
But Xia Xiaoyu was not affected by Lin Zhiyuan's action. There was no expression on his face, and he was not impatient in his heart. He didn't even hold his head in his hands to express regret.
He felt calm inside because he knew that he was not needed to be the main attacker this time. This shot was just catching up.
After being eliminated from the national competition, he imagined more than once that if Dongchuan Middle School still had Hu Lai, Lin Zhiyuan would not be able to stop Dongchuan Middle School's progress.
And now, without his imagination, Hu Lai was in his team, giving him a thumbs up.
So Xia Xiaoyu also smiled in the direction of Hu Lai.
Zhang Qinghuan clapped his hands and encouraged him: "It was a beautiful shot. Although it didn't go in, it was indeed a great shot."
Qin Lin ran up and patted him on the back: "Well done."
Head coach Zhao Kangming had just finished applauding on the sidelines and said to Chen Mo beside him: "I don't think you need to worry too much about Xia Xiaoyu's performance in this game."
Chen Mo also nodded: "Well, he made a good start."
They are all experienced coaches and naturally understand the importance of the quality of the first shot in the game to build the confidence of offensive players.
Xia Xiaoyu was able to shoot such a high-quality shot. Although he did not score a goal, it has built up a rare self-confidence for him, which will help him perform at a normal level or perform beyond normal performance in the following games.
Zhao Kangming decided to let Xia Xiaoyu start the game before, but he was actually a little worried in his heart. He was afraid that by doing so, he would only encourage the young people, and instead put a heavy psychological burden on Xia Xiaoyu, unable to let go. If you don't perform well, I'm afraid it will take more time to regain your feeling and self-confidence. This will be a long detour for the growth of young players.
Now, his heart can fall into his stomach.
To be honest, with this result, even if he loses in the Super Bowl, Zhao Kangming will not feel that he has gained nothing.
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With Xia Xiaoyu's shot, Flash Star won the first corner kick after the opening.
Zhang Qinghuan went to take the corner kick, but instead of hanging the football directly in front of the goal, he played a short corner kick with Chen Xingyi who came up to meet him.
After Chen Xingyi got the ball, he tried to force a breakthrough inside, causing Huang Yao who was guarding him to take a step back, but instead of going inside, he dunked the football, then passed the ball in an inverted triangle, and used his left foot to pass the ball. The football was passed to Qin Lin outside the penalty area.
When the football was passed to Qin Lin, Lin Zhiyuan shouted: "Pressure!!"
He was reminding his teammates in the penalty area, asking them to press forward collectively to prevent offside.
Taking team captain Yao Huasheng as the benchmark, the South China Tigers' defense quickly moved forward, almost at the same time as Lin Zhiyuan's reminder.
This directly caused Wang Guangwei, Ding Yuanhai, and Xia Xiaoyu, who were preparing to head the ball in front of the goal, to fall into an offside situation.
Qin Lin had actually seen this scene, but he still turned his ankle sideways and pushed the football from Chen Xingyi diagonally into the penalty area without stopping the ball...
Another central defender of the South China Tigers who pressed forward, Patricia Alvarez, an international player from Costa Rica, raised his arms when he saw this.
But if he had seen the forward figure leaning behind him at the moment Qin Lin passed the ball, he might not have raised his hand.
In the penalty area of the South China Tigers, three Flash Star players were in an offside position, but the ball was not passed to them, but to the back point, to Hu Lai, who was walking backwards from the crowd!
"Not offside!" He Feng shouted.
Hu Lai had thrown his whole body out and shoveled the football that was rushing forward on the turf.
Shovel shot!
Lin Zhiyuan flew towards him!
Didn't hit it!
The football rubbed the outside of the goal post and slid out of the baseline...it didn't even go in!
Fans from both teams screamed in exclamation at the same time in the stands.
“Whew——!!!”
"Oops! Almost! The South China Tigers escaped. Their defense missed Hu Lai when he was offside. This was a big mistake! And Flashing Star also missed an excellent opportunity to take the lead! Hu Lai Lai was still a little reluctant when shooting, but he was able to kick it..." He Feng commented on this offense and defense.
"The game has only started seven minutes, and Flash Star has made two consecutive threatening attacks. This newly promoted team from the Chinese Super League has something!"
Next to him, Yan Kang smiled: "Isn't that right? Otherwise, we can win the Football Association Cup? This should be the revenge battle that Wang Xianke and Wang Xianke have been thinking about! Ha!"
Last season, Wang Xianke was determined to defend his title, but the Chinese Super League title was snatched away by the South China Tigers. If he can lead the team to win the FA Cup, he can naturally seek revenge against the South China Tigers in this season's Super Cup.
But now... he can only be used as joke material. Yan Kang mentioned it a little while explaining the game, which made his presence felt.
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After Lin Zhiyuan landed, he turned over and lay on the turf, then turned to look at the bottom line, where the football Hu Lai had just shot bounced off the billboard and rolled back to the bottom line.
Then he heard a cry full of regret coming from behind his head.
He turned around again and saw Hu Lai sitting on the grass with his head in his hands, looking extremely regretful.
So he got up from the ground with his hands on his body, and then hummed to Hu Lai: "What a pity, Hu Lai, you missed the best scoring opportunity in this game."
He began to conduct psychological warfare against Hu Lai.
When Hu Lai, who was feeling annoyed, heard what he said, he put down his hands covering his face: "Then why don't you kneel down and thank me for not killing me?"
Lin Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment: "Fuck!"
A new message popped up in the WeChat group of the National Olympic Team U23 Asian Cup.
Wang Zijian: "Lin Zhiyuan actually went to Hu Lai to talk to him? Is he out of his mind? Did we train together in vain during the Olympic team? I wonder what Hu Lai is good at?"
Li Chengwu: "You can't say that. Who knows what they said? Besides, Lin Zhiyuan is also good at talking trash. Maybe it will be a peak showdown..."
Wang Zijian: "So what if I can squirt again? Although I don't know what the two of them said, you can tell by looking at Lin Zhiyuan's expression that this kid must have humiliated himself!"
In the TV broadcast, Lin Zhiyuan's frowning and tooth-gnashing expression appeared.
He Feng said: "Lin Zhiyuan seems to be a little scared of Hu Lai's shot just now... Although Hu Lai's shot was very reluctant, the quality of the shot is not low, just a little bit worse!" (End of Chapter)