Chapter 596 Don’t believe every word that Flashing Star says
The players of Anton Flashing Star took a shower, changed their clothes, came out of the locker room, walked through the special player tunnel, and came to the place where the bus stopped. The distance from the passage to the bus was about ten meters, and a guardrail separated a passage specifically for them to pass.
General media reporters will stay here, but players will basically not stay here for interviews. All that needs to be said was said during the interview in the mixed zone, so I won’t say much more here, unless there is something else I suddenly want to say - it was probably because I had a quarrel with someone in the locker room... But such cases are rare, very rare, almost never.
So the media reporters just took photos and videos and wrote a short press release based on the photos and videos after the game.
For example, "The Flash Star players seemed very happy after winning the game. Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi were talking and laughing, and they waved to the fans before boarding the bus."
In addition to media reporters, fans are waiting here. They are mainly fans of their own teams. If the team wins, they come here to cheer and scream for their heroes and share the joy with the players. If the team loses, there are two situations. The first is to comfort the players and cheer them up. The second is because the team plays too poorly and the fans block the door and scold them.
Today's situation is a little special. In addition to some Anton fans who followed the team to the capital or were originally in the capital, there are also many fans of the Capital Tamron gathered here.
When they saw Zhang Qinghuan walking out of the tunnel, the fans wearing Tamron jerseys cheered, many of them female.
"Qing Huan——!!!"
Zhang Qinghuan himself was shocked.
Those Tamron fans shouted again: "Qinghuan, welcome back!!"
"Welcome home, Qinghuan!"
"Qing Huan, we miss you!"
Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, Wang Guangwei and others who were following Zhang Qinghuan looked at each other and walked past Zhang Qinghuan faster. Hu Lai patted him on the shoulder, and then everyone got in the car and waited.
The same goes for other Flash Star players.
They ceded the stage to Zhang Qinghuan in a tacit understanding, so that the media reporters on the scene could focus their cameras and camera lenses on the protagonist.
But Zhang Qinghuan did not get in front of the fans and interact with them cordially, or perform the touching scene of returning home in front of the media. He just did what he did after scoring the game-sealing goal on the pitch:
Put one hand on your chest and bend down to bow.
Bow three times in a row.
Then he turned around and walked towards Flash Star's bus, leaving the screams and cries of reluctance behind him without stopping at all.
After Zhang Qinghuan returned to the car and sat down, Hu Lai came up to him and said, "Brother Huan, you are so heartless. So many fans are calling your name, but you don't even look back..."
Zhang Qinghuan was too lazy to discuss this topic with Hu Lai. His current mood was not suitable for talking to a bitch like Hu Lai, so he changed the topic: "Aren't you still competing with Bernardo for the top scorer? How can you be so nice? Did you pass the single-handed ball to me? ”
Hu Lai snorted first: "I have already caught up with him. There are still four rounds in the league. It is not difficult to defeat him."
Then he laughed mischievously again: "I'm not thinking about Brother Huan, you finally returned to your parents' house. No matter what, you can't escape empty-handed... No, you are empty-handed. That's outrageous."
"Isn't it true that the thief didn't cheat? Oh, I dare you to defeat Tenglong. Is this a gift from me to Tenglong?" Zhang Qinghuan complained before asking.
"Isn't that what it is?"
"Hu Lai, let me tell you, if one day you get someone to put a sack on me and beat me, I won't be surprised at all." Zhang Qinghuan said with emotion. “We even have to open champagne and eat dumplings.”
The Flash Star players in front, left, and right burst into laughter.
Amid this laughter, the bus closed the door, started slowly, and drove out of the Workers' Stadium.
They left here the famous scene where all the fans stood up and applauded Zhang Qinghuan. Hu Lai assisted Zhang Qinghuan's classic goal with a single heel and left with three points.
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When Shining Star left the capital, when everyone looked at the league standings, they were a little surprised but not very surprised to find that Anton Shining Star had joined the competition for the league championship.
The reason why I say surprise is that everyone thought that this team had no desires after relegation in advance. Unexpectedly, they are now quietly approaching the first place in the league.
It's not surprising, but judging from Flash Star's performance this season, it seems quite normal for them to end up in this position.
After twenty-six rounds of the league, Flash Stars had fifteen wins, five draws and six losses, accumulating 50 points, scoring 50 goals, conceding 34 goals, and having a goal difference of 16, ranking fourth.
They are only five points away from the South China Tigers, who are first in the league.
Moreover, this achievement was achieved despite the absence of the four absolute main players Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, Chen Xingyi and Morikawa Junpei for seven rounds of the league.
Everyone couldn't help but think about it carefully, and suddenly felt horrified - if Hu Lai and the four of them could maintain full attendance without the impact of the Olympics, would Flash Star be directly sitting at the top of the league now?
This is a newly promoted team!
Is this how a newly promoted team should behave?
Many people have raised such soul questions.
In the history of Chinese football's top league, no newly promoted team has ever been able to win the league championship.
In the long history of European football, there is such a precedent, but it is very, very rare - so far, only four teams in the five major leagues have done it, and the most recent one was thirty years ago.
In today's context of increasingly capitalized football, wealthy teams have unparalleled financial power and can sign the best players. The gap in strength between them and the newly promoted teams is getting wider and wider. The newly promoted teams want to compete in the long league. It is absolutely impossible to beat those wealthy teams with terrifying lineups.
Because that time 30 years ago was a miracle created by the then Premier League team Lancashire Rangers. This was the only time a newly promoted team won the championship in the five major leagues in the era of television broadcasts, so the matter of the newly promoted team winning the championship is also called "The Miracle of the Rose", because Lancashire Rangers have a red rose on their crest.
After Lancashire Rangers, no team in the five major European leagues can achieve such a performance.
"Miracle of the Roses" also became a swan song.
Today's "Red Rose" Lancashire Rangers have been reduced to England's third-tier league League One, and have long lost the glory of winning the Premier League championship. But because they were so dazzling that year, they can still be mentioned constantly, and they have not been forgotten as they fell to the third level. In a sense, every time the media and fans mention the term "Miracle of the Roses", they are paying tribute to Lancashire Rangers in the 1993-1994 season.
Now look at the performance of the Stars, are they going to repeat the "Miracle of the Rose" in the Chinese Super League?
Even Flash Star himself didn't expect that they would reach this point.
"I really just wanted to get into the top three in the league at the beginning...and we haven't even achieved this goal yet. How come we are related to the league championship?" Zhao Kangming said to Dong Wen.
"But the problem is that now the media reporters are asking us about the league championship. 'Miracle of the Roses' is so famous that everyone will naturally think in that direction." After finishing speaking, Dong Wen changed his tone and asked with a hint of expectation, " Lao Zhao, tell me, do we have any hope of winning the league championship?”
Zhao Kangming looked at the fat man helplessly: "When I told you that I wanted to win the top three in the league, you still thought it was exaggerated. What? Now you actually want the league championship?"
"Hey... how can there be? Didn't I say that the top three in the league and the league championship are the same level of goals?" Dong Wen argued, "With the stalemate situation of the top four in the league this season, if we can win the league The top three may not have any hope of winning the championship..."
Zhao Kangming shook his head: "That's hard to say. The South China Tigers are five points ahead of us, and the Mariners are four points ahead of us. There are four rounds left in the league. If they just win two more games, we will basically have no chance. Let's be pragmatic, old man. Dong, it is a very, very great achievement for us to finish in the top three in the league.”
Dong Wen stared at the league standings on his mobile phone and frowned with some regret: "This may be the closest we are to the league championship..."
"Don't be so discouraged. Who knows what will happen in the future?" Zhao Kangming comforted him.
"In the future, Hu Lai is gone and Chen Xingyi returns to Golden Arrow. What else can we do to compete for the league championship?"
Zhao Kangming was speechless when asked by Dong Wen.
This was also a headache for him.
Next season's shining star... will be difficult to bring.
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"...Although Anton Shining Star has achieved very good results in the league, since the young Olympic players returned to the club, they have won consecutive victories in the league and made rapid progress. The league ranking has also jumped from the previous sixth place. In fourth place, we are only five points away from the South China Tigers who are first in the league..."
"This has aroused everyone's speculation about the prospects of this team's championship... But just this morning, Dong Wen, the general manager of Flash Star Club, and Zhao Kangming, the head coach of the first team, both said in interviews that Flash Star would not They will set their goal on the league championship... After relegation in advance, their goal is to strive for third place in the league and qualify for the AFC Champions League next season..."
"Indeed, as a newly promoted team, it is already a very remarkable achievement to win third place in the league and qualify for the AFC Champions League. However, the outside world is still skeptical about Flash Star's statement. After all, it is here Not long before this, they kept claiming that their goal was to avoid relegation..."
——Excerpted from the domestic football news "Don't believe every word that Flashing Star says" (End of Chapter)