Chapter 584 A familiar feeling
In the early morning of August 28th, China’s domestic time, the 19-day Madrid Olympics came to an end.
Li Qingqing's Chinese women's football team finally reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games and won a bronze medal. This is the best result of the Chinese women's football team in various world competitions since the 21st century.
At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, Li Qingqing, as a representative of the women's football team, walked across the podium with other Chinese Olympic athletes and participated in the closing ceremony.
Her scene in the TV broadcast flashed by, not for a long time, so no one could see the trace of loneliness in her smile.
On the evening of the same day, tens of thousands of Star Flash fans poured into the Provincial Sports Center to welcome the triumphant young Olympic athletes.
When the names of the players who competed for the Chinese Olympic team in the Olympics were called out, the shouts from the audience were louder than usual.
Of course, Hu Lai's cheers were definitely the loudest.
Facing a strong enemy, Zhao Kangming did not give up in advance. He deployed the strongest lineup he could.
Fans of Flash Star have been waiting for two months, and finally they can see the complete body of Flash Star.
"...Zhang Qinghuan no longer has to be both a father and a mother, taking care of scoring at the same time. Now that the top scorer of Shining Star has returned, he can also be his own organizer with peace of mind - Zhang Qinghuan once said in an interview that compared to scoring goals , He still prefers assists. I think the reason why he has the confidence to say this is because there is a very efficient shooter in front of him..." He Feng and Yan Kang also returned to China from the Olympics and devoted themselves to it. It’s time to commentate on the AFC Champions League.
The stage has changed, but the mood of the two of them has not changed at all. There is a kind of joy of seeing old friends again.
The two of them were still joking during the commentary: "Honestly, He Feng, fortunately the home jersey of Flash Star is red, so now when I see Hu Lai and the others, they are not violating the rules at all, and I feel like they are still there. Same as in the Olympics..."
Then both men laughed.
The Olympic team has such wonderful memories that remain in their hearts for a long time, and it is difficult to get rid of them emotionally for a while.
It may take a while to get used to it before you realize that this is no longer a game for the Olympic team.
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Yokohama Port is a strong team in the J1 League. Even though it was an away game, they played very well.
But when facing such a team, Flash Star, who plays at home, was not intimidated by the opponent's name.
They played proactively and created a lot of threats.
Fans of Flash Star feel deeply about this.
In the past two months, Flash Stars played seven league games and one FA Cup match without Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, Chen Xingyi and Morikawa Junpei.
In these eight games, Flash Star achieved three wins, two draws and three losses. Considering the lack of four core main players, this result can even be said to be excellent.
But the course of the game was definitely not what the results showed.
The reason why some games can be won depends on luck and the personal heroism of Zhang Qinghuan or Qin Lin. Winning is very difficult and unconvincing.
In some games, the losers are unable to fight back, leaving no hope of winning in the game.
The players' fighting spirit is still there, and their energy is not bad, but during the operation process, it feels unsmooth, like the machine is rusty.
At this time, the fans of Flash Star discovered that they had long been accustomed to the previous game style of Flash Star without even realizing it.
Now, this familiar feeling has returned to the hearts of every Flash Star fan.
When everyone is in their right position, the team seems to be playing smoothly.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, Flash Star launched an attack from the backcourt. After a series of moves and moves in the midfield and frontcourt, Zhang Qinghuan moved the football to the left wing. Chen Xingyi received the ball and cut inside. Break through inwards.
When he just broke into the penalty area, he saw Hu Lai's movement and passed the football.
Hu Lai, who was originally preparing to grab the ball in front of the goal, suddenly took two steps back, widening the distance between him and the Yokohama Port center back. He just received the ball from Chen Xingyi and shot!
For this kind of opportunity with the goal within easy reach, Hu Lai has always been very stable.
Even though the goalkeeper of Yokohama Port fell to the ground and jumped sideways, he failed to touch the football!
"The goal is scored!! Hu Lai!! He scored again in the first game after returning to the club! This is his eleventh goal in the AFC Champions League this season and continues to be the top scorer in the AFC Champions League. Far ahead on the list!”
"Hulai has continued his good form in the Olympic team. As a killer in front of the penalty area, nothing can better reflect his value than scoring goals!"
Hu Lai's goal is actually mediocre, not beautiful, let alone world-famous.
But when he scored, the Provincial Sports Center erupted in cheers as if Flash had won the game.
This was a belated cheer given to Hu Lai by Flash Star fans - in fact, when Hu Lai scored on behalf of the Olympic team, they wanted to cheer for Hu Lai at the scene like today.
So rather than saying that their warm cheers were given to Hu Lai, who took the lead in the game for Flash Stars, it would be better to say that they were given to Hu Lai, who scored a goal in the Olympics wearing the jersey of the Chinese Olympic team.
Amid deafening cheers from the audience, Hulay ran towards the corner flag and made his signature celebration.
Then his teammates at the club ran up to him, hugged him, gave him high fives, and celebrated the goal.
Every Flash Star fan who saw this scene sighed in his heart: This is a familiar feeling...
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Although Hu Lai opened the scoring for Shining Star.
But the opponent Yokohama Port is far stronger than the opponents they have encountered in the AFC Champions League before.
In the second half of the game, Yokohama Port regained the initiative with its strong strength and equalized the score in the 70th minute.
Later, both sides had some opportunities, but they failed to seize them. Especially Yokohama Port, they even almost took the lead in the away game.
Fortunately, Zhao Kangming made timely adjustments and strengthened his defense, which stabilized the situation.
But because of this, Flash Star was forced to accept the result of 1:1.
They failed to win at home and lost the opportunity in the two-round knockout round.
Yokohama Port, which returned home in the second round, had more room for maneuver.
But to be honest, although they failed to win the game in the end, neither the Flash Star fans at the scene nor the TV commentators expressed much dissatisfaction with the result.
After all, everyone can see that as a newly promoted polo team, Shining Star is doing very well this season.
In terms of objective strength, Yokohama Port is indeed better than Shining Stars. Shining Stars did not lose at home, which is not a bad performance.
Subjectively speaking, Shining Star fans do not believe that Shining Star can really win the AFC Champions League and reach the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League. For Shining Star, a team participating in the AFC Champions League for the first time, this is a good result. Leaves people speechless.
Zhao Kangming did not express dissatisfaction with the result at the post-match press conference. The focus of his speech was all on the performance of the players in the game. He was very satisfied with everyone's performance and believed that the team performed what they had done in previous training. , and also further played a role in training the team and accumulating experience.
In fact, after eliminating the Dashun Golden Arrow led by Wang Xianke, Zhao Kangming's positioning for the AFC Champions League is somewhat similar to the original Football Association Cup - training the team and accumulating experience.
It would be good to move forward, but if it stops here, as long as the team learns something during the game, then he is completely acceptable.
What he is most happy about is that after Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, Wang Guangwei and Morikawa Junpei returned to the team after the Olympic Games, they quickly got in touch with the team, found the feeling, and performed well. This gives him confidence that the next team will meet his ultimate goal for the season.
Of course, he did not disclose this goal to the outside world. The news media and fans still don’t know that Flash Star is now focused on holding back his energy and wants to compete for the top three in the league...
On the one hand, if you speak out, you are afraid of arousing the vigilance of your competitors, so you will use extra force when facing them. Now in the eyes of the outside world, after successfully avoiding relegation in advance, Flash Star should be the kind of team that has no desire for victory or defeat.
On the other hand, Zhao Kangming is also afraid that he will be slapped in the face by the facts. After all, he is not as shameless as Hu Lai, so he still wants to save face. Moreover, he himself is not the type of arrogant head coach who likes to stir up trouble in the media whenever he has nothing to do.
Just like the topic of relegation.
The relegation situation was obviously very good before, but no matter what the outside world said or how the media reporters tried to seduce him, Zhao Kangming would not let go. He was not sure whether he could successfully avoid relegation. Even if this seems like a show-off...
It wasn't until later that he really couldn't stop the team and after calculating the points and found that even if they lost all the next games, it was impossible to be relegated, he changed his mind and admitted that the team had completed the task of avoiding relegation.
Many media reporters breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if they had completed their mission.
This is Zhao Kangming's style.
Do things first and then talk about it, unlike Hu Lai, who blows off his boasts first and then fights for his life to realize what he boasts...
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