Chapter 1122 I think it’s okay again
Hu Lai can actually shoot from long range, but most of the time he still likes to solve problems in the penalty area, so everyone's impression of Hu Lai is that he is a goal-grabbing shooter. The closer he is to the goal, the greater the threat.
His long-range goals were few and far between.
But no matter what, the best goal in last year's World Cup was the world-beating shot he scored just after passing the center circle!
Of course, after that game, Hu Lai said in an interview that his shot was blind and relied entirely on luck and had no technical content at all. He also did not admit that he was good at long-range shots...
That goal is indeed not explained by Hu Lai's good long-range shooting. Even other players who are good at long-range shooting have to rely on luck to score such a goal.
So no one thought there was anything wrong with Hu Lai's explanation.
As a result, no one expected that Hu Lai's cannon roared in this game, breaking the deadlock for the Chinese team and opening the scoring.
After scoring, Hulay did not run to the corner flag area - because that was too far.
He took two steps towards the center circle and then jumped up to make his signature celebration, and was surrounded by excited national team teammates.
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"Julay!! This long-range shot was earth-shattering! It caught the Mexican defense off guard! Perez didn't expect that he would take a long shot from that place... leaving enough room for Julay to kick! In the first half In the 36th minute of the game, the Chinese team led Mexico 1:0! ”
In the TV broadcast, after Hu Lai finished his celebration, it cut to the cheering fans in the stands.
In the bar outside the TV, Wu Yue and his friends were cheering and celebrating when they suddenly saw a banner:
“One school has four national football players and two three-time Tigers—the ‘cradle of national football’ Dongchuan Middle School cheers for the Chinese team!”
"It's Dongchuan Middle School! It's coming, it's coming!" The players of the former Jiaxiang High School football team became excited, looking for their school's banner on the screen with their eyes wide open.
Then they saw another banner under the banner of Dongchuan Middle School, but the words on it... were a little weird:
"女小冋屮疋土水土狠丬丬冋屮勋土兀丨力土乂目乂"
The excitement of the group of people died down as if they had been poured cold water on them. They looked at each other, and finally someone asked: "Is this our banner?"
"It seems... right?" Someone answered in an uncertain tone.
Then they all looked at Wu Yue, who claimed to have personally handed the banner to Yan Yan.
Wu Yue came back to his senses and cursed:
“The severe heat of a dog’s day!!”
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"Ah ha ha ha ha!! Hu Lai's cow batch! Dongchuan Middle School's cow batch!!"
In the stands, Yan Yanzheng and his teammates cheered for Hu Lai's goal, and suddenly shuddered.
But he didn't take it to heart.
Must be too excited...
Well, yes!
"The Chosen Son of God is Eternal!!" He raised his arms and shouted.
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"Facing the powerful Mexico, the Chinese team's offense still scored goals! After changing to 352, the Chinese team did not lose speed, on the contrary, it became more flexible. Adjustments can be made according to different situations. When speed is needed, speed is required; You can control it! ”
Amidst the deafening cheers at the scene, He Feng shouted at the top of his lungs.
"That's right, He Feng! When fighting a counterattack, we can still rely on the speed of the two wingers. In fact, even if Hu Lai doesn't shoot the ball himself, he can distribute the ball to the right. Luo Kai has already rushed to the right. At the same time, after passing the football to Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi did not stay where he was, but accelerated forward... So even during the counterattack, the Chinese team still had several shooting points. As for the situation where one point is blocked, nothing can be done!”
In fact, it is not just the two connection points mentioned by Yan Kang.
Behind Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, Zhou Zijing and Xia Xiaoyu are all rushing forward. Hu Lai can also pass the football back, and then cut and run himself to take away the opponent's defender, providing a way for the three forwards. teammates create a huge space for possession of the ball.
Of course, in the end, Hu Lai used his personal ability to solve the problem, which saved his teammates from having to run so far when celebrating... so they didn't have to run in vain.
In front of the coach's bench, head coach Jorge Dillon laughed: "Why don't I talk to Hu alone? Because there is no need! Look! As long as he plays normally, he can score goals. What's there to talk about?" ? Should I ask him to do some chores? ”
Yu Jintao and assistant coach Sequeiros laughed when they heard this.
Before the official assembly of the national team, Dillon interviewed Zhou Zijing, Xia Xiaoyu, Luo Kai, Chen Xingyi, and Wang Guangwei one by one about the matter. Later, it was leaked by the media who were closely related to the national team.
The media that leaked the news must hope that everyone will pay attention to what Dillon and the others talked about alone, so as to understand Dillon's coaching ideas for the Chinese team.
As a result, the focus of discussion on the Internet at that time was "Why didn't Dillon find Hu Lai alone?"
This has also given rise to some conspiracy theories, saying that Dillon doesn’t like Hulay, and that Hulay has fallen out of favor in Dilon’s national team...
Dillon didn't give an explanation. He was too lazy to meet people on the Internet. After all, he had to pay for interviews. Even if he was clarifying rumors about himself, he couldn't break this rule.
Yes, in addition to pre- and post-game press conferences and interviews on other occasions, Dillon charges by the minute. An interview of no more than fifteen minutes costs one hundred euros per minute. The TV interview can be done regardless of time, the last time was 30,000 euros.
This was the case when he coached Dashun Golden Arrow. This once caused reporters to complain privately. Most of the black materials related to Dillon on the Internet said that he was extremely greedy for money and stingy...
In fact, the price is not expensive, but you have to pay for any interview, and the price is based on minutes, which makes people feel uncomfortable. The relationship between the interview and the interviewee is a purely monetary transaction, which is easily reminiscent of some ancient special profession...
But Dillon goes his own way and doesn't care what others say - he doesn't come to China to teach for money, is he here to teach for charity?
After he became the coach of the national team, those who were dissatisfied with him charging for interviews became much less popular. After all, his status is different now. In addition, the Football Association also specifically told the media not to discuss Dillon's payment for interviews, and not to portray the national team coach as a money-grubbing villain. After all, this is also very detrimental to the image of the entire Chinese team.
They can't control Dillon, but they can still control the domestic media - the disobedient media will never get the right to interview the national team.
With the outstanding performance of the Chinese team in the semi-finals of this China Cup, those conspiracy theories on the Internet have gradually disappeared.
The reason is simple:
Regardless of whether there is any conflict between Hulay and Dillon, his performance in these two games made all speculation meaningless - with Hulay's strength and performance, which head coach dares to let him go? Which head coach has the ability to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup without Hu Lai? What? Is Jorge Dillon a world-famous coach? Even if the famous commander of the universe comes!
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After Hu Lai's goal, the Chinese team played more relaxedly.
After the game against South Africa, the players had a deeper understanding of the new formation and new tactics.
With the momentum of scoring goals, they actually suppressed Mexico, which is ranked 17th in the world.
This made the Chinese fans at the game and in front of the TV excited - Mexico was the top 16 team in the last World Cup! Now that we are able to suppress Mexico, does it mean that this Chinese team is likely to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup? !
Although this analogy is actually meaningless, everyone just likes to think so.
It was not until a few minutes before the end of the first half that, in order to avoid Mexico seizing the opportunity to counterattack and score, the Chinese team took the initiative to slow down the tempo and retreated to defend tightly.
Mexico also reorganized their offensive and tried to equalize the score before the end of the first half.
But they didn't do it.
The recycled Chinese team has three defenders in the middle, while Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai on the wings can use speed and fighting spirit to make up for their lack of defensive skills.
In addition, Xia Xiaoyu and Gao Ruimin actively ran to intercept and harass in the midfield, which also made Mexico's offense in the midfield not run smoothly.
It didn't leave much room for them to perform.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the cheers rang out above the Provincial Sports Center almost made people think that the game was over...
Chinese fans hope that the game will end here and the Chinese team will win the first China Cup.
Although the gold content is actually average, it is still a champion after all!
In fact, Chinese football does not have many championships...
Before this final, some fans felt that Mexico was very strong. They did not dare to have higher demands on the Chinese team, as long as they could play with style and level.
But after watching the first half, everyone felt that the Chinese team was good.
Be a champion!
Even a champion with low gold content...
It can also make everyone happy for a while.
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PS, happy National Day everyone!
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When everyone reads this chapter, I am already driving on the highway with my family...
Speaking of which, at this time last year, I took my family out to play, but at that time there were still twenty chapters in the manuscript. But who would have thought that it would be my last glory - twenty chapters are the most I have saved for this book except when I started the book.
This time, I only have ten chapters saved. In fact, ten chapters have been saved, which is the most I have saved in the past few months.
Last National Day, Hu Lai was still in the Chinese League One. In just the past year, he has come to Europe and became the Premier League Golden Boot and the World Cup Golden Boot.
I have to lament that time is like running water. Unconsciously, Hu Lai was no longer the unknown person.
Not just for the characters in the book, but for me too.
I always feel like last year’s National Day was just like yesterday... Maybe for me, because of the epidemic, the past two years seem to have been compressed.
Nothing important happens in life, only writing, writing day after day, immersing yourself in this world, breathing and sharing the joys and sorrows with the characters in the book. Maybe I will be very reluctant to part with you when I finish the book...
I did some calculations and found that I wrote 2.6 million words this year, which is not too much, but not too little either.
If nothing else goes wrong, this book should be finished next year. Thank you all in advance for your support. Finally, I wish you all a happy holiday, good food, good drinks, good fun, and good rest! (End of chapter)