Chapter 498 As agreed
When Li Qingqing walked out of the terminal building, she saw enthusiastic fans and media reporters.
When the latter saw her appearing, they swarmed over, stretched out the microphone in front of her, and asked her, "Are Qingqing tired from the journey?"
Although she was exhausted, Li Qingqing still managed to cheer up and shook her head with a smile in front of the reporters: "I'm not tired, I slept on the plane."
Looking at Li Qingqing's smile, it seemed that he was really not affected by the journey, and many reporters breathed a sigh of relief.
The next game is really important for the Chinese women's football team.
They must beat the Australian women's team at home to qualify for the Olympics.
No wonder reporters are so concerned about Li Qingqing's physical condition.
As the only overseas player in the team, she had to fly across the entire Eurasian continent in order to participate in the competition. The fatigue of traveling and jet lag meant that it was completely normal for her to perform poorly in the competition.
But if Li Qingqing doesn't perform well, the Chinese women's football team will be in danger of qualifying for the Olympics this time - who would have thought that the Chinese women's football team, which has never missed every Olympic Games, would also face the same predicament as the men's football team? ?
Previously, due to the team's poor performance, it was bitten tightly by the Australian women's football team, its direct competitor.
"Qingqing, what are your expectations for the next game?"
Li Qingqing originally wanted to reflexively say something like hello, me, hello, everyone, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she thought of the content of Hu Lai’s chat with her on WeChat: “Let me tell you, I have got the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. Qualifications, if you can’t come to the Olympics, you’ll owe me sixty meals!”
At that time, Li Qingqing protested: "Why sixty meals?!"
"Because it was you who proposed this agreement in the first place. If I complete it and you let me go, you will have to pay double the responsibility!"
Thinking of this, Li Qingqing confidently told reporters: "We will definitely go to Madrid!"
This was also her reply to Hu Lai on WeChat.
Seeing Li Qingqing's direct and confident reply, the reporters looked at each other, feeling that it seemed a little different from Li Qingqing's usual style...
But everyone was quite happy to hear Li Qingqing say this.
I hope that the performance of the women's football team in the qualifiers this time is just a small episode, and they will eventually be able to successfully go to Madrid to participate in the Olympics.
Otherwise, this time the men's football team went to the Olympics, but the women's football team did not make it. What a pity!
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"Why are they all old faces?" While eating in the restaurant, Hu Lai and his teammates greeted each other one by one, then sat down and asked Wang Guangwei, who was at the same table.
"The method of inspecting new players cannot be used at this juncture." Wang Guangwei explained to him. "The Olympics will be in August, and training will be held in July. Who are the new people to be inspected now? We have inspected everything that should be inspected, and those who think they have the strength to join the Olympic team are all here. Even if there are some new ones emerging now, , Director Shi won’t recruit either.”
"Then Xiaoyu won't have a chance to participate in the Olympics?" Hu Lai felt sorry for his junior.
"There is nothing we can do about it. If we are still inspecting newcomers now, what will others think? I think the Olympic team has not even fixed the most basic lineup, how can it achieve good results in the Olympics? And I think it is small It is a good thing for Director Zhao that Yu will not come to the Olympics. Otherwise, if we all leave then, how can we still play in the league?”
"Hey, do you think Brother Huan will go to Madrid with us as an over-age player?" Chen Xingyi asked from the side.
"Nine times out of ten...that's why Xiaoyu can't go, he has to guard the house! Otherwise, when we come back, the house will be stolen, and we'll have a lot of fun!"
Wang Guangwei's analysis is correct. For the current Olympic team, the focus is no longer on inspecting new players, but on the basis of the existing lineup, constantly deepening the tacit understanding between the players and their ability to understand and execute tactics.
Therefore, in this match with the Serbian Olympic team, Shi Wuyin not only did not recruit any new players, but he also seemed to be very indifferent to the results of this warm-up match.
He chose completely different tactics and personnel configurations in the first and second half of the game.
Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi started the game. Chen Xingyi scored a goal for the Chinese team in the game, but it did not change his fate of being replaced along with Hu Lai at halftime.
Wang Guangwei came on as a substitute in the second half and finished the game.
Under such a fierce rotation, it is reasonable for the Olympic team to lose 1:2 to the powerful Serbian Olympic team.
In the eyes of professionals, this is not surprising.
The result of this game itself is not what everyone values. What they value more is the performance of the players in the game and the players' understanding and execution of Shi Wuyuan's tactics.
From this point of view, the performance of the boys of the Olympic team is not bad.
Basically, the task of this training and warm-up match has been completed.
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After the players of the Olympic team finished the afternoon game, they returned to the hotel and disbanded. They will return to their clubs and wait for June to regroup and play two warm-up games before disbanding again. Then he came to the Olympic team to report in July and conducted a month-long training camp to prepare for the Olympics.
After Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei passed the security check, they found a KFC and had dinner while waiting for their flight.
The three of them were carrying their own plates, and as soon as they sat down at a table in the corner, Hu Lai took out his mobile phone, put on his wireless Bluetooth headset, and skillfully opened the live broadcast software.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Xingyi came up curiously, and at a glance he saw a close-up of Li Qingqing appearing on the screen of his mobile phone. "Oh, look at Li Qingqing."
Upon hearing his words, Wang Guangwei also cast his gaze at the mobile phone screen: "There is a women's football match today? Oh, by the way, a key match for the right to qualify for the Olympics... What's the score? Still 0:0? It's already the second half. …”
"The commentator said that Li Qingqing is in trouble." Hu Lai took off half of his headphones and said.
Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei changed positions and moved to Hu Lai's side, holding hamburgers in their hands and staring intently at the small mobile phone screen.
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Li Qingqing got up from the ground. There were no clean spots left in her jersey and shorts.
In this game, as the core midfielder and number one star of the Chinese team, she received special attention from the Australian women's football team. At least there was one person by her side, and sometimes there were even four people guarding her. It was as if she was being imprisoned. It's like being in a cage.
The referee called a foul on an Australian female football player. The player who was called for a foul is appealing to the referee. She believes that she did not commit a foul, but that Li Qingqing was too careless.
At the same time, she glanced at Li Qingqing, hoping to see anxiety and anger appear on Li Qingqing's face.
This is the team's tactical goal, which is to use repeated physical confrontations and fouls to make Li Qingqing lose his mind.
As long as Li Qingqing can't play normally, the Chinese team's offense will be in a quagmire.
Whoever wins this game will be able to go to Madrid, and naturally they will do everything possible in terms of tactical design.
Australia's goal is to destroy Li Qingqing.
But what surprised the fouled player was that after Li Qingqing got up from the ground and patted the grass clippings on his jersey, there was no anxious expression on his face. The referee only gave a verbal warning instead of a card warning. No dissatisfaction either.
However, her teammates seemed to be angrier than her...
In the next game, what surprised the Australian female football player was that Li Qingqing was not only not scared by herself, but also came specifically towards her - when Li Qingqing rushed forward with the ball, the target was obviously Own!
This little girl...
She decided to show the other person a real show of strength.
So she also stepped forward and tried to use her physical advantage to stop Li Qingqing again. It didn't matter if she was called for a foul again. She must not let the little girl's momentum rise. She had to let her know that she was afraid!
But when she rushed forward, she was shaken by Li Qingqing with a very clean emergency stop and change of direction.
The Australian female football player who originally bumped into Li Qingqing with all her strength made herself lose her balance and fell out...
The Phoenix Football Stadium in Yunyang City, Zechu Province was originally the home stadium of Yunyang Phoenix Club, but now it is the home stadium of the Chinese Women's Football Team. The stadium that could accommodate 30,000 people was half full, and the 15,000 spectators gave Li Qingqing the loudest cheers at this time, expressing their aggrievedness and dissatisfaction at having their goddess knocked to the ground time and time again. It all came out.
The three Olympic team players in front of the mobile phone screen couldn't help but exclaimed: "I'll go! Beautiful!"
Li Qingqing, who had formed a breakthrough, did not go straight to Huanglong. Instead, he took advantage of the opponent's defensive players to surround him, stretched out his foot and poked the football to the right front, giving it to the Chinese team's forward Ni Sumei.
Because Australia's defensive focus was placed on Li Qingqing, Ni Sumei was in an empty space.
After receiving the pass from Li Qingqing, she rushed into the penalty area. Facing the weak defensive force, she calmly started to kick. The football flew into the goal from the back top corner and the Chinese team took the lead!
Amid the roaring cheers, the door leading to Madrid, which was originally closed, was finally a little looser.
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After losing the ball, the Australian women's football team strengthened their counterattack and once played the Chinese team very passively. The girls of the Chinese women's football team even used their bodies to block the opponent's attention to prevent the opponent from scoring.
In this tense atmosphere, the game came to the last ten minutes.
The game is still 1:0, and the Chinese team is temporarily in the lead.
Wang Guangwei suddenly raised his head: "Hey, was it announced on the radio that our flight has started boarding?"
"I don't know." Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi continued to stare at the phone screen without raising their heads, appearing unconcerned.
Wang Guangwei saw that these two people were so unreliable, so he took out his mobile phone, checked the flight information through Air Travel, and found that boarding had indeed begun.
So he reminded the two of them: "We are really boarding the plane, we should go."
Chen Xingyi had no choice but to stand up: "Let's go then..." His eyes were still staring at Hu Lai's phone screen reluctantly.
At this moment, in the live broadcast, Li Qingqing was pulled to the ground by an Australian player when he was making a breakthrough in the middle. The Chinese team won a free kick 32 meters away from the goal and in the center.
Hu Lai raised his hand: "Wait a moment and finish watching this attack."
"Okay!" After saying that, Chen Xingyi sat down again in a daze.
"Then we have to leave after watching..." Wang Guangwei had no choice but to stand aside and continue watching the game while waiting for his two teammates.
The airport announcement above his head came again, "Passengers taking flight 3U8962 from Shanhai to Jincheng, your plane has begun boarding, please take your luggage..."
Wang Guangwei thought to himself, fortunately it was relatively close to the boarding gate, so he didn't have to cross half of the terminal, otherwise he would really have to drag the two people away.
On the mobile phone screen, the players of the Australian women's football team have lined up in the penalty area. On the Chinese team's side, Li Qingqing bent down and placed the football in the place marked by the referee with spray.
It seemed like she would personally take the free kick she won.
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After Li Qingqing placed the football, he stood up and retreated to make room for a run-up.
Then she stood with her hands on her hips, turned to look at the referee, and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.
In the Phoenix Stadium stands, the shouts suddenly became much quieter, and many fans couldn't help but breathe softly.
In the quiet scene, the crisp whistle sounded particularly clear.
When the whistle sounded, Li Qingqing took a deep breath, exhaled the breath in his chest, and started to run.
After a very crisp two-step approach, she hit the football with her left foot!
The football then soared into the air, high over the struggling Australian wall, and then fell rapidly, like a cruise missile emerging from the clouds, heading towards the Australian goal!
Although the Australian goalkeeper tried her best to take off, her view was blocked by the human wall. The timing of taking off was too late. She was still far away from the football and could not reach it by stretching her arms as much as possible.
It seems to be just a failed death struggle...
The football flew into the Australian goal amid huge cheers that could not wait to be heard!
"Beautiful!! Beautiful!! Li Qingqing scored directly with such a beautiful free kick, almost locking the Chinese team's ticket to Madrid!" The commentator's excited roar came from Hu Lai's headset.
He also vaguely heard the exclamations of Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei.
"Here I go, this ball is beautiful! Elevator ball! It is also a world-class wave in men's football matches!" Chen Xingyi quickly offered his knee.
Wang Guangwei also forgot about the boarding reminder, and stared at the small mobile phone screen dumbfounded: "Li Qingqing is too strong!"
After scoring, Li Qingqing ran to the corner flag area and was surrounded by his teammates, hugging him in celebration.
Yan Encai, the old coach on the sidelines, rushed out of the coaching bench, then excitedly took off his lucky hat and threw it into the sky. The pressure accumulated on him due to the team's poor performance in the qualifiers was also thrown away with this action.
After hugging every teammate who came up to celebrate, Li Qingqing followed them back to her own half. On the way back, she raised her palms to the sky, then retracted four fingers, leaving only her little finger upright and slightly bent.
Then she looked up at the sky and smiled at the face that didn't exist in the night sky.
As agreed, Hu Lai, I'm going to Madrid too!
Hang yourself with a hook, see you in Madrid!
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"Li Qingqing's celebration is really unique. What does it mean? 666?" Chen Xingyi guessed.
"Isn't the gesture of six made by comparing the thumb and little finger together? How can it be made by comparing only the little finger?" Wang Guangwei corrected his guess from the side.
Hu Lai did not participate in their speculation, but stood up and put away his mobile phone: "Let's go home!"
Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi followed him with their suitcases, still speculating and arguing about the meaning of Li Qingqing's gesture.
Hu Lai, who was walking in front of them, was grinning. (End of chapter)