Chapter 550 Not Nervous
When Li Qingqing returned to the locker room from the outside, she was welcomed by cheers and applause from all her teammates.
Li Qingqing quickly bowed to everyone.
But she should actually accept such treatment calmly.
Because she deserves it.
In the first game of the Olympic Games, the Chinese women's team defeated the Zimbabwe women's football team 5:0. As the absolute core of the team, Li Qingqing performed well in this game, scoring a hat trick and contributing an assist. The Chinese team scored a total of five goals, and she participated in four of them.
Doesn't such a performance deserve the applause and respect from all the teammates on the team?
But Li Qingqing is not a Hu Lai, he still wants to save face...
Therefore, Li Qingqing repays the kindness given by his teammates with his own kindness.
After playing with his teammates in the locker room for a while, Li Qingqing took a shower, changed clothes, then sat in his seat, picked up his phone, and sent a message to Hu Lai.
"Hat-trick, blah!"
Soon Hulay came back: "What's there to say about scoring a hat-trick against a weak team like Zimbabwe? I'm telling you, if you want to make it, join a strong team!"
"Well, I'm waiting for you to wear a hat against Argentina!"
When Hu Lai saw this sentence while holding his mobile phone, his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He was afraid that he would hear that emotionless voice and then tell himself that the system had issued a new task, requiring him to play against the Argentine Olympic team. A hat-trick...
Fortunately, this time there was no sound in his head.
He waited for a while to make sure that the system would not trigger the task, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you speak? Are you scared?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Hu Lai quickly passed with a hand-over expression. "Sister, you are so awesome, I am willing to show you my inferiority!"
It's impossible not to be cowardly about this kind of thing. He is really scared by that damn system.
Seeing Hu Lai giving in, Li Qingqing had a bright smile on his face, brighter than even after scoring three goals.
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When the female football players took the bus back to their hotel, the Olympic team also boarded the bus collectively and headed for the Santa Lucia Stadium, the competition venue.
Before getting off the bus, Yan Encai, the head coach of the women's football team, said to everyone: "After dinner, we will gather in the hotel conference room at eight o'clock in the evening to watch the Olympic team's game and cheer for the boys of the Olympic team!"
"Okay!" The women's football girls answered him in unison.
Although the promise was straightforward, when everyone thought about the opponents that the Chinese Olympic team would face, they really didn't dare to expect too much.
Since being assigned to the "Group of Death", many people have not had any expectations for the Chinese Olympic team's performance in this Olympics.
After all, it would be unreasonable for such an opponent to have any expectations for the results of the Olympic team.
Everyone just hopes that the young men of the Chinese Olympic team can play in style and show their spirit.
As for results...lose less and win more.
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"I know that the outside world is generally not very optimistic about us. Of course, this lack of optimism is normal. After all, there is a huge difference in strength between us and our opponents, and out of concern for us, sometimes this lack of optimism is actually a kind of protection. ...But the outside world has no requirements for our performance, which does not mean that we can have no requirements for ourselves. The leaders of the Football Association, media reporters and fans across the country have great love for us, but we cannot ignore good and evil and really feel that the game can be played casually. You can play it in any shape!”
In the locker room, head coach Shi Wuyin was speaking to all the Olympic team players.
"Since the beginning of the training camp, we have set a goal for ourselves. We have never announced this goal to the outside world because we know that actions are stronger than words! So far, this goal has not changed. In the face of strong enemies, we have also The goal is still to qualify in the group. This game is our first appearance in the Olympics. Look, our opponents must not know much about us, so this game is our best chance to get three points. Once we finish this game, our opponents will know us better. At that time, it will be difficult to expect our opponents to give us an opportunity to take advantage of them because they underestimate them..."
In Shi Wuyin's plan, the first game the Olympic team played against Nigeria was the key to the goal of qualifying for the group.
Because as the team with the weakest paper strength in this group, the other three teams presumably will not pay too much attention to them. The tactical discipline of Nigeria, an African team, is not outstanding, even if the head coach If you remind them more, the players may not take it too seriously when they get on the field.
These are all points that the Chinese team can take advantage of.
As long as it can defeat Nigeria, the Chinese team will be in a favorable position in the next qualifying situation.
In the remaining two games against Belgium and Argentina, Shi Wuyin plans to let the team use bus tactics to draw their opponents.
If we can get two draws, plus the previous three points and five points, the Chinese team can completely break out of the group of death.
Of course, this is all a theoretical roadmap for qualifying for the group stage. As for whether it can really be realized, Shi Wuyin is not sure yet.
He can only try to boost the team's morale and bring everyone closer to that theoretical possibility.
While Shi Wuyin was talking about mobilizing the players before the war, Hu Lai used the [Lingxi Card] in his own system space for each teammate who was going to play.
This time he spent 300,000 points very extravagantly and purchased ten [Lingxi Cards].
Except for himself - because he didn't use it himself - he used [Spirit Card] on all the starting players in the team.
In this way, for the first time, he had the effect of making all the players on the team and himself feel connected.
Opening the system's view, the locker room was spectacular, and the space above the players' heads was almost filled with white light chains.
After using [Lingxi Card] on all his teammates who were going to start the game, Hu Lai began to equip himself with props.
He had already opened the Olympic gift package as a reward for the U23 Asian Cup mission. When he saw the reward at first, he was quite disappointed.
Because there are props that he is familiar with, such as [broken Bear shin guards], [worn Bear jersey], [lover's red rope]... there is nothing new.
But when he took a closer look, he realized that these props were different from those he had used before.
There is the same text description under each piece of equipment: "Olympic Limited Edition, only for use during the 2024 Madrid Olympics. There is no limit on the number of games and can be used repeatedly."
After reading the description clearly, Hu Lai immediately felt that the gift package was worth it.
At least it saves him the points he needs to buy props in every game, otherwise he will have props in the first game and then disappear.
In fact, Hu Lai rarely uses props in games now. He only uses props in those games where he thinks it is necessary.
For example, in the three games against Wang Xianke, he used [Lingxi Card] on his teammates. But when it comes to the equipment and props I used, I only used them in the first game. I didn’t buy them in the remaining games because I didn’t have enough points.
Especially the Bear shin guards, which he only equipped in the first game and not in the next two games.
It's all supported by [Love's Red Rope]. With a little bit of luck, you might be able to avoid an injury.
But it is impossible to say that I am not uneasy at all.
After all, his opponent is Wang Xianke, the Wang Xianke with a criminal record.
Hu Lai is also worried that he will jump over the wall and do something cruel to him...
Fortunately, in the end it was just a cut at the corner of the eyebrow, and it is almost invisible now.
It can be said that it has no impact.
He doesn't know if there will be evil players in the Olympics, but protecting yourself is always something a professional player should keep in mind, especially for a player like Hu Lai, who has a body that doesn't look very collision-resistant. He must protect himself.
In addition to this set of equipment, there are three [Lingxi Cards] in the Olympic gift pack, which Hu Lai really didn't expect at all. At first, he complained that if he had known better, he would not have bought so many [Lingxi Cards]. But then he figured it out - wouldn't Director Shi make adjustments to the lineup throughout the Olympics?
The player who did not start in this game will start in the next game. Doesn't that mean there is a huge hole in the airtight "net"?
So at this time, the three [Lingxi Cards] given in the Olympic gift package came in handy, and they were specially reserved for my own flexible use.
Thinking about it this way, the gift package is indeed a gift package, and I have taken every aspect into consideration... I wonder if I help the Chinese team reach the World Cup finals in the future, will I also get a World Cup gift package?
After adding "BUFF" to himself, Hu Lai exited the system and heard Director Shi asking loudly: "Do you understand?"
Hu Lai quickly replied loudly with his teammates: "I understand!"
"Very good!" Shi Wuyuan was very satisfied when he saw that the team members were full of energy and energy in their answers.
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"Xiao Shi, I feel that your behavior in the locker room just now was a little abnormal..."
On the coaching bench, assistant coach Li Zhifei was talking to Shi Wuyuan.
At this time, their entire coaching staff came to the coaching bench, and the substitute players had also taken their seats.
They are all waiting for the starting players from both sides to come out of the tunnel and the game will begin.
"Well... I'm a little nervous, Lao Li. Che Zhuluan said back and forth. Now I'm worried that my state will affect the players and infect them with my nervousness..."
"Are you okay? I was watching in the locker room, and I felt that the players were performing quite normally. Especially Hu Lai, I didn't see him being nervous at all."
"That kid has a big heart. Before we played the South Korean team in the East Asian Cup, how many people scolded him... He also behaved like a normal person."
"Then, Xiao Shi, aren't you worse than Hu Lai?" Li Zhifei teased.
Shi Wuyin coughed twice: "I'm not as thick-skinned as him, so I'm really sorry..."
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"Hey Hu Lai, I always feel that Director Shi talked a bit too much today. He had a rare long speech in the locker room for a long time." Standing in the player tunnel, Chen Xingyi turned to Hu Lai, who was standing behind him.
"Maybe you're nervous?" Hu Lai replied to him.
"Are you nervous, Hu Lai?" Chen Xingyi asked again.
"Not nervous. What about you?" Hu Lai asked.
"It's strange... I thought I would be nervous. I was sitting in the car just now and watching the stadium getting closer and closer. I was still a little nervous... but now I'm not nervous anymore." Chen Xingyi frowned. “I don’t know when I started to stop being nervous...”
"Is it when Director Shi is speaking?" Hu Lai asked.
Chen Xingyi thought about it seriously this time, then nodded: "That's true!"
"That means Director Shi's speech worked." Hu Lai gave the military medal to Director Shi.
But in fact, this is a subsidiary effect of [Lingxi Card].
He has used the [Psychic Card], and now all the other players have a mental connection with him. He is not nervous. Why are the other players so nervous?
"I didn't expect that Director Shi's back-and-forth talk by Che Luolun would have such an effect?" Chen Xingyi felt strange and couldn't understand it, but the facts were right in front of him, and he really didn't feel nervous now.
He looked at his other teammates and found that their expressions seemed...normal.
No one was nervous or nervous.
Then Chen Xingyi became even more surprised - no wonder Director Shi's words really had such a big effect? As he was talking, everyone was stunned. Wasn't it that they were no longer nervous?
You know, this is the Olympics!
The first game in the Olympics!
No one in the team had such experience, and no one knew what was waiting for them in the game.
But no one was nervous about it.
Damn it!
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Li Qingqing sat among his teammates, looking at the TV screen in front of him.
After the women's football team members had dinner, they all came to the conference room and found their seats to sit down, waiting for the game to start.
The TV was turned on and the live signal was switched on.
It was in the tunnel, and the cameraman was taking footage of the players in the backcourt.
The camera scanned the upper bodies of the players on both sides one by one.
When Hu Lai appeared in the camera, unexpectedly, he raised his hand and said hello to the camera.
His action made all the women's football girls in the conference room laugh - they are all experienced professional players, having played hundreds of games at least, and no one was looking at the TV while waiting to play. The camera lens of the broadcast said hello... This is not on "If You Are the One"!
He is obviously an experienced professional player, but he behaves like an amateur, which amused many people.
Someone said loudly: "Okay, at least now we know that Hu Lai is not nervous!"
Amidst the roar of laughter, Li Qingqing opened her lips slightly and said silently:
Come on, Hu Lai!
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"Come on, son!" Xie Lan sat in front of the TV and waved to Hu Lai on the screen.
"He can't hear you if you shout here..." Hu Lixin said this, and still waved at the TV screen, "So just wave, keep your voice down, so as not to disturb the neighbors..."
Xie Lan also realized that the sound insulation in this old community was very poor - they had not moved there yet, even though the new house was ready, Xie Lan would go over with Hu Lixin to clean the house every now and then.
But there was no move.
According to Xie Lan, a major event like moving should wait until his son comes back. It would only make sense for the family to move there together.
So now they still live in the old house.
Realizing that it was half past two in the morning, Xie Lan lowered his voice and said to the TV screen: "Come on, son." (End of Chapter)