Chapter 585 National Football Team
After the game against Yokohama Port, the games that fans across the country are most concerned about are the two top 12 games that will be played on September 5th and 9th.
The Chinese team is in a group with South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.
It's already the top 12, and there is no so-called "death group" - there are only two groups, and no matter which group you are assigned to, it is the death group.
There are six teams in a group, and in the end only two teams can directly qualify for the World Cup finals.
One team qualified for a play-off with the third-placed team from another group. Defeated its competitors in the play-offs, and then competed with South American teams for the last spot in the World Cup finals.
Competition is very fierce.
Some people even said that the highest-level football tournament in Asia is not the Asian Cup at all, but the top 12 Asian qualifiers for the World Cup.
This statement is not bad, because many teams that performed well in the Asian Cup have a high probability of overturning in the top 12.
The same team, if you beat them in the Asian Cup, will probably lose to them again in the top 12.
After all, everyone attaches completely different importance to the game.
It is self-evident which one is more attractive, the World Cup or the Asian Cup.
In these two top-12 matches in September, the Chinese team first faced the United Arab Emirates at home, and then challenged Saudi Arabia away from home.
Before these two games, the most eye-catching thing was whether Hu Lai, as the top scorer of the Olympic team and the current top scorer in the Chinese Super League, could be selected for the national team and help the national team compete in the top 12 matches.
Since before the AFC Champions League game of Flash Star, this topic has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet and has become a hot topic.
The vast majority of fans hope that the national team can recruit Hu Lai, although they admit that what Marcel Wilson said is reasonable. The current national team may not be suitable for recruiting a new player, but even as a forward There are also alternatives. At least it gives everyone something to think about.
There are even fans who imagine that after Hu Lai was recruited into the national team, he was temporarily substituted when the team was unable to start a new situation, and then suddenly became a blockbuster and became the hero who saved the team...
Of course, this is a relatively extreme idea.
More fans still feel that recruiting Hu Lai, even if he doesn't have much playing time, is a very good symbol.
Besides, if the top scorer of the Olympic team has just scored five goals in the Olympics, becoming the player with the most goals in the Olympic men's football event, and the top scorer among local players in the Chinese Super League, it will all If you can't be selected for the national team...when did the threshold for the Chinese national team become so high?
Do we have a surplus of talented forward players?
But some people are not optimistic that the national team will recruit Hu Lai this time. After all, the national team coach Wilson did not come to watch the AFC Champions League game between Shining Star and Yokohama Port.
What does this mean?
It shows that he does not want to investigate Hu Lai.
If Hu Lai is not investigated, then Hu Lai will naturally not be recruited.
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Zhao Kangming, who was discussing the next training arrangements with Chen Mo in the office, suddenly received a call. He answered the phone: "Hello, this is Zhao Kangming... OK, are you out? OK, I understand... OK, bye." .”
When he hung up the phone, he found that Chen Mo had been looking at him: "Is this the national team calling?"
"Yeah." Zhao Kangming nodded. "Inform us that our players will be called up for this national team match day."
Before every national team match day, the national team will call the head coaches of the clubs that need to send players to participate in the national team match to inform them of this matter and show respect for them.
Although it is just a notice, it doesn't matter whether the club's head coach agrees or not.
"Who is there?" Chen Mo stared at him and asked.
Zhao Kangming knew who he really wanted to ask, so he smiled and said: "There is Hu Lai."
Chen Mo stayed for a few seconds, and then said with a complicated expression: "I really don't know whether to be happy for that kid or feel a headache for ourselves. Will the national team notify him?"
"The team leader Hong Renjie will call him."
Chen Mo sighed softly: "The day has finally come..."
After sighing, he asked: "Where are Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi?"
"They were not chosen."
Chen Mo nodded, which was normal. After all, this is the top 12 tournament, not a warm-up match. Selecting so many newcomers is not what a mature coach should do.
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The game against Yokohama Port had just ended. All the players who participated in the game the next morning were resting at home and did not go to training.
But Hu Lai and the others did not relax. As agreed with Qin Lin, they got up early to accompany Qin Qi for morning exercises.
Of course, after the morning exercise, no one cares about them, and they can do whatever they want.
All six people participated in last night's game, but Xia Xiaoyu only came on as a substitute in the second half, so this morning, he went to the team's training base alone for training.
There were only five people left in the huge villa.
Wang Guangwei waited in front of the washing machine, waiting for his clothes to be washed and taken out to dry. He lowered his head and checked his cell phone while waiting. He also laughed along with the canned laughter sound coming from the cell phone.
Junpei Morikawa was practicing pronunciation hard on his tablet computer in his room: "Is the beef ready for seven? Are the meatballs ready... ah, sorry, I don't want coriander... Qi is very happy today, thank you for explaining..." < br>
Zhang Qinghuan was wearing a casual T-shirt, pulling on his slippers, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and said as he walked: "Mom, look at the weather in Jincheng today, the sunshine is very good..."
When he turned to the back garden, he saw a deck chair placed on the football field, and a figure was lying on it.
He walked over and saw it was Chen Xingyi: "Chen Xingyi, why are you basking in the sun here? Aren't you afraid of crushing the turf?"
Chen Xingyi, who was wearing sunglasses, spread his hands: "The side garden is just in the shadow of the house. It's unobstructed. How nice. What are you taking with a mobile phone? Let me tell you, if I appear on camera, I have to I'm asking you for appearance fees. Do you know how many fans I have..."
"Mom, let's change places." Zhang Qinghuan didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned around to leave.
As soon as Chen Xingyi heard this, he stood up and saw the video call screen on Zhang Qinghuan's mobile phone. He quickly pushed his sunglasses to his forehead, and then waved to Zhang Qinghuan's mobile phone: "Hello, aunt! I was joking with Brother Huan just now... …”
Zhang Qinghuan's mother on the mobile phone also smiled and waved: "Hello Chen Xingyi, my aunt has fans of your little girl in her workplace!"
"Hey!" When his aunt said this, Chen Xingyi could only smile stupidly at the camera.
Zhang Qinghuan turned her phone around so that she would appear in the camera's view. As she walked, she continued: "Mom, what kind of job do you still have? I have no problem supporting us with the money I earn now..."
"I'm not old yet, why should I stay at home when I don't go to work? Let me tell you, I think I was in poor health a few years ago, and I just rested at home and got rid of all the illnesses. Now I go to work every day, and I don't have any problems at all... …”
The voices of the two people gradually faded away, and Chen Xingyi lay back on the chair again, pulling down his sunglasses to cover his eyes. The morning sun shone on his body, not as brightly as at noon, and it felt just right.
The sunshine time in Jincheng is short, so you should seize the time to get rid of all the moisture in your body...
Thinking this, he turned over again, lying on the chair with his back facing the sky.
At this moment, he heard a cheer coming from the villa.
He stood up and turned to look over there.
"Comrades!" Hu Lai's voice soon sounded in the room.
Junpei Morikawa was practicing his spoken pronunciation when he heard a rush of footsteps coming from the stairs outside, accompanied by Hu Lai's shout.
He quickly got up and ran out.
Wang Guangwei also heard the noise coming from upstairs in the laundry room. He strangely came up with his mobile phone.
Zhang Qinghuan had just circled back indoors when he saw Hu Lai rushing down the stairs. When he was still three steps away from the ground, he jumped down. When he saw Zhang Qinghuan, he happily said loudly: "They gave me I called, Brother Huan!”
"Who called you?" Zhang Qinghuan didn't react for a while.
But he came back to his senses immediately and smiled: "Congratulations, Hu Lai!"
"What's going on? It's so noisy, just like Fan Jin passed the exam..." Chen Xingyi said as he walked in from outside.
"Leader Hong of the national team called me!" Hu Lai announced excitedly, holding up his mobile phone, "I'm going to the national team!"
Wang Guangwei, who had just walked to the living room, and Morikawa Junpei, who had just come down from upstairs, were both stunned.
"Fuck...that's awesome!" Chen Xingyi opened his mouth and sighed. "It really hit the mark..."
Because of Wilson's ambiguous attitude before, they all thought that Hu Lai would not be selected for the national team this time, but they did not expect that he was selected anyway.
"Congratulations, Hu Lai. You deserve to be selected for the national team." Wang Guangwei said with a smile. "If the national team doesn't recruit you, I'm afraid the fans won't be able to explain it to you."
"Is Hulesan already a player of the national team?" Junpei Morikawa's eyes were filled with stars. "That's amazing! I will also work hard to enter the Japanese national team!"
Hu Lai was very happy amid everyone's congratulations: "I can report to the national team with you then, Brother Huan."
"Okay, I'll protect you when you go to the national team!" Zhang Qinghuan patted his chest.
Chen Xingyi lowered his head and looked at his pocket. The phone was there.
His mobile phone was as quiet as a chicken this morning. He didn't even receive a delivery call, let alone a call from the national team leader Hong.
So the situation is obvious. Among these former Olympic players, only Hu Lai was selected for the national team.
Although this was what he expected, when this result actually appeared in front of him, he was still a little disappointed.
However, this loss only happened for a moment. He quickly made up his mind to continue working hard and strive to join Hu Lai in the national team in the future.
Chen Xingyi, who was in a better mood, shouted: "A treat! Hu Lai, I'm telling you, you can't be justified if you don't treat today! The restaurant in the owner's club doesn't count! We want to have a big dinner!"
"No problem! When Xiaoyu comes back, let's go out and have a meal at night!" Hu Lai agreed very simply this time.
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Xie Lan, who was working at her workplace, suddenly received a call from her son. As if she had a premonition, her heart beat faster when she saw the call.
Fortunately, the phone was smart enough and automatically lowered the ringtone to nearly silent under her gaze. Otherwise, Xie Lan, who had not answered the phone, might have become the center of attention in the entire office.
Despite this, some people still cast curious glances at her.
Xie Lan picked up the phone and got up and left his desk, quickly walked out of the office and walked to the end of the corridor. Then he took a deep breath and pressed the answer button.
"Mom! I have good news for you, I have been selected for the national team!"
As soon as the call was connected, my son's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.
Xie Lan leaned against the window frame at the end of the corridor and said nothing.
"Hello? Mom? Can you hear me?"
"You can hear it." Xie Lan replied calmly.
"Then why don't you speak?"
"Let me take a breath..."
"Ha!" Hu Lai laughed, "Isn't it normal for your son to be selected for the national team?"
“Isn’t it said on the internet?”
"What do people on the Internet know...your son is now a real national football player!"
"Okay, don't be proud, keep up the good work... Just tell your dad again."
"Hey, couldn't you just tell him directly?" Hu Lai seemed unwilling to call his father.
"I'm at work now, and I'm not with him. Besides, it's you who was selected for the national team, not me. Why do you want me to tell your dad? You tell yourself." After saying that, Xie Lan didn't wait for Hu Lai to refuse again, and Hang up the phone directly.
Then she did not go back to the office immediately, but stayed there alone for a while, looking at the garden view of the unit outside the window to calm down, and then turned around and walked back to the office.
Despite this, she still felt buoyant under her feet, almost floating back to the office.
Sitting at her workstation, facing the curious glances from everywhere, she held back and remained silent.
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Hu Lai looked at his cell phone. His mother had just hung up the phone very rudely, seemingly forcing him to tell his father the news.
He scratched his head.
Although the father and son seemed to have reconciled, he still felt a headache at the thought of calling his father alone, and even flinched and resisted.
The influence of the past ten years is not so easy to eliminate...
He stared at the phone for a long time, and finally decided to make a call.
Extending one's head is a sword, and shrinking one's head is also a sword.
After the number was dialed, while waiting for the call to be connected, Hu Lai listened to the colorful ringtone coming from the earphones and wanted to hang up the phone every moment.
He even thought in his mind that he hoped that his dad could not answer the phone while he was in the bathroom, or that he accidentally set his phone to silent and didn't hear it at all... Then it would not be his responsibility.
But Hu Lai's "wishful plan" failed, and the phone was quickly connected, and his father's slightly indifferent voice sounded: "Hello?"
"Hello? Ah, dad... um... I have something to tell you..."
"What's going on?"
"This...I was selected into the national team."
"Oh." The person on the phone paused for a moment after finishing this, and then said: "Just being selected for the national team doesn't mean you are a real national player."
"I know, I know, Dad. I actually don't expect that I can be the main player once I join the national team..."
"Be the main force? What do you want?"
"I mean I didn't think about it..."
"You don't need to say this kind of thing! Even if you sit on the bench in the national team, that's normal!" The father's tone on the other end of the phone became stern.
"Yes, yes, I must correct my attitude. Dad, um... I'll just hang up if nothing happens. I'm going to train here..."
"Well, okay."
"Dad, please..." Before Hu Lai could finish his words, he heard a hang-up tone from the phone.
Taking off the phone, Hu Lai let out a sigh of relief and finally completed the task.
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Hu Lixin looked at his mobile phone that had returned to the desktop, and a smile gradually appeared on his originally serious face.
The national football team...
My son is a national footballer!
He looked up and looked out the window. The afternoon sun was just right.
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