Chapter 1677 Playing football itself is the most important
The match between the fourth-grade A team of Nancheng Primary School and the opponent's fourth-grade elite team of Huayuan Road Primary School is going on on a futsal field.
A banner hung on the wire fence at the edge of the court read:
"2028-2029 Dongchuan Youth Campus Football League (T League B) second half season"
There were many people gathered outside the small venue.
In addition to the parents of the players from both sides, there were also many people watching.
After all, this is a game for the team led by "Dad Hu Lai".
Many people didn't even come to watch the game, but came to see Hu Lixin, wanting to see "Daddy Hu Lai" up close.
Before the game started, many people came to take photos with Hu Lixin. Even the opponent's head coach and the referees of the game came to line up to take photos.
It made this game feel like a star-chasing scene.
Lin Xueyi secretly observed from the side and found that Hu Lixin was very used to this kind of thing.
No matter who comes to take a photo, even if he is busy with his own business, he will immediately switch to a smiling face and skillfully complete the photo with the other person.
At this time, Lin Xueyi finally understood why Nancheng Primary School's pre-game preparations were carried out on the school bus, instead of like other teams, where the players, accompanied by their parents, gathered individually on the sidelines of the game, and the coach gave a brief explanation.
Nancheng Primary School takes the school bus to the competition venue after gathering at school.
After arriving at the parking lot of the competition venue, Hu Lixin made preparations for his teammates on the bus, including how to play and what to pay attention to...
In this way, when they arrive at the playing field, the players only need to change their clothes and go out to play.
Hu Lixin, on the other hand, was busy dealing with all kinds of enthusiastic "fans" like a mascot.
Lin Xueyi can completely imagine that the first thing these people will do after taking a group photo is to happily post on WeChat:
"This is Hu Lai's father!"
"Finally met the legendary Dad Hu Lai!"
"Dad Hu Lai!"
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The first and second halves of the competition for the primary school age group are only twenty minutes each, with a ten-minute intermission.
The game has been going on for almost thirty minutes now.
Nancheng Primary School relied on its excellent overall cooperation and the players' skillful personal skills to score three goals in this thirty-minute game and currently leads with a score of 3:2.
The head coach of the backward Huayuan Road Primary School became anxious and shouted to the players on the court:
"Long pass! High ball! High ball!"
Lin Xueyi, who was mixed in with the audience on the sidelines, heard the keyword and turned to look at the opponent.
He was a middle-aged coach with dark skin, about forty years old, wearing sportswear. He was no different from any ordinary football coach. There was nothing special about him.
At the same time, he kept shouting the name of a player, asking the little player to move to the front.
Under his command, Huayuan Road Primary School began to frequently hit high balls from the backcourt to the goal of Nancheng Primary School.
In the 31st minute, Huayuan Road Primary School lifted the ball in the midfield and lobbed it in front of the goal of Nancheng Primary School.
The goalkeeper of Nancheng Primary School fell to the ground and jumped sideways. Although he blocked the football, he couldn't hit it far, or in other words... he missed it.
The striker from Huayuan Road Primary School who was ambushing in front of the goal immediately seized the opportunity, rushed to the spot where the football landed, and swung the football towards the goal before the goalkeeper of Nancheng Primary School even got up!
The football hits the net!
"Good shot! Beautiful!"
There was a burst of cheers from the crowd watching on the sidelines.
Someone else praised loudly: "This kid is so smart! Just like Hu Lai! His sense of smell in front of goal, his ability to seize opportunities... awesome!"
Before he finished speaking, the forward of Huayuan Road Primary School who scored the goal actually did a celebration imitating Hu Lai's.
It caused laughter in the audience.
When Lin Xueyi saw this scene, he glanced at Hu Lixin secretly, wanting to see his expression.
Hu Lixin had no expression. He just applauded from the sidelines and comforted his players: "It's okay, it's okay, good play..."
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Huayuan Road Primary School, who had tasted the sweetness of long balls, continued to play like this. For a while, the slim goalkeeper from Nancheng Primary School became the busiest person. He caught high and low blocks, and even once used his face to block The opponent's ball was blocked...
It was a very heroic performance, but it still couldn't prevent the goal.
The opponent's goalkeeper kicked the ball directly in front of the penalty area of Nancheng Elementary School. Under the interference of the opponent's forward, the center back made a mistake in clearing the ball with a header and went over the top.
The opposing forward received the football behind him, faced the goalkeeper, and scored easily.
4:3!
Huayuan Road Primary School overtook the score.
The people watching the game on the sidelines seemed to have witnessed a shocking reversal, and they started to shout excitedly.
"The same problem is repeated and no adjustments are made. It seems that Hu Lai's level is not that good..."
"I just don't understand why Hu Lai is so powerful and his father is..."
"Hey! Don't you know that Hu Lai didn't receive any training or guidance from his old man when he was a child?"
"Oh, yes, I remembered! When Hu Lai was a child, his father didn't allow him to play football. The relationship between them was very tense at that time... No wonder! That's why Hu Lai is so good now... Fortunately, he didn't let him play football when he was a child. Dad teaches me, otherwise Chinese football will lose a genius!”
"Hahaha!"
Listening to such discussions in the crowd, Lin Xueyi suddenly understood more deeply what Hu Lixin said to him the day before yesterday.
——Teaching is easy and you can still win. Parents are happy, children are happy, and the school is also happy. How wonderful.
Yes, everyone is happy, how wonderful...
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At the same time, at the cheerleading team of Nancheng Elementary School, the photographer was guest reporter, interviewing the parents of the players at Nancheng Elementary School.
Parent A: "Director Hu won't let me practice golf. My son lacks the experience to deal with golf. He panicked when the opponent hit him with a golf ball. What can I do? I really don't blame him for losing the ball..."
Parent B: "This is not the first time. Our opponents all know that Nancheng Primary School is not good at dealing with high balls, so some teams use high-altitude bombing as soon as they come up. Today, Huayuan Road Primary School is pretty good, at least in the end It took ten minutes before the long pass started..."
Parent C: "Actually, I don't understand why golf is not allowed. Golf is also a form of football competition, and the rules do not prohibit golf, so why can't we practice it? But Director Hu has his own theory. He said If you want to join his team, you must accept his theory. If you can't accept it, you can leave, and he won't stop you..."
Parent Ding came forward excitedly: "I completely agree and support Director Hu's theory. Our Chinese football team is too eager for quick success! Winning is more important than anything else! There are so many participating teams, but only one can win the championship in the end, and the others do not win." What about the championship team? If these children are taught with the goal of 'championship' and 'victory', will they feel that they cannot win? What is the point of losing football? Which path will Chinese football take? Or will everyone focus on competing for the only championship? Or will Director Hu be doing the right thing no matter whether he wins or loses? It may not seem easy to accept now, but it is a good thing that will benefit future generations, planting trees and those..."
He pointed at the half court of Huayuan Road Primary School.
"It's pulling the seedlings to encourage them to grow!"
The photographer waited for the excited parent who suddenly interrupted to finish speaking, and then asked the previous parent C:
"Then why are there so many children in Nancheng Primary School playing football under the guidance of Hu?"
Several parents looked at each other, and finally Parent C said first:
"Hey, that's not because... this is Hu Lai's father. How difficult is it to be able to play football under Hu Lai's father? When we go out in the future, our baby is also Hu Lai's classmate... ”
"It's just..."
"I don't expect my children to play professional football, so there's nothing wrong with being coached by Hu Lai. And speaking of it, the players coached by Hu Lai's father are indeed more respectable..."
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Nancheng Primary School, coached by Hu Lixin, finally lost the game with a score of 3:5.
The last goal conceded was caused by a coordination error between the goalkeeper and defender of Nancheng Primary School.
At that time, the goalkeeper of Nancheng Primary School was holding a football in the penalty area and wanted to pass the football to his teammates. However, every teammate who came back to assist was surrounded by players from Huayuan Road Primary School. He could only choose a target to throw the ball to.
As a result, the opponent's forward judged his intention, blocked the ball in advance, intercepted the football, and then scored alone.
The score was fixed at 3:5.
After winning first and then losing, the Nancheng Primary School players were frustrated and unwilling to line up to shake hands with the opposing players.
The opponent players were in high spirits, jumping up and down, and even showing off a bit.
They defeated the team led by Hu Lai's father. Does that mean they defeated Hu Lai?
As the head coach, Hu Lixin also had to go up and shake hands with the other team's head coach.
The other party grabbed Hu Lixin's hand with both hands and said with a smile on his face: "Director Hu, please give in!"
Hu Lixin kept a faint smile: "You played well and were very tenacious without panicking after falling behind. Victory is a reward for your tenacity."
"Oh, Coach Hu is really good at talking, ha! You're welcome! You guys also played well, well played!"
He shook Hu Lixin's hands vigorously, and he was so enthusiastic. I don't know if it was because the camera lens was right next to him...
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After once again satisfying the enthusiastic audience's request for photos with the opposing team's young players, Hu Lixin returned to the school bus.
By this time, the players had already changed their clothes and were waiting for him.
After boarding the bus, Hu Lixin said to the young players:
"Although we lost the game, I am still very happy. Because you insisted on our football. It is more important to insist on clarifying your own style than winning a game, because many times it is the most difficult to insist on taking the right path... And in the future we will find that those who now rely on long pass rushing Our opponents will be defeated by hanging, and their methods will become increasingly unworkable. What we insist on is that the body will grow first, and the strength can also be trained. The sense and understanding of football must be trained from an early age
"You may suffer a little now and lose a few games, but when you are older, you will know that what you learn here today will be used throughout your life. Even if you don't play football in the future, you can still use it. Football is not simple. Football is not a track and field race. It’s complicated. While your opponents are celebrating victory, you have accumulated enough experience from one game after another and learned how to read and understand the game correctly. When your body grows, your advantage here will be It really comes through.”
Hu Lixin pointed to his head.
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After sending all the young players and parents out of school, Hu Lixin finally took a complete rest.
So Lin Xueyi and Hu Lixin conducted a special "exclusive interview" on the football field of Nancheng Primary School.
They were like citizens exercising in the evening, walking around the track and chatting about today's game.
The photographer followed them and recorded this special interview from different camera positions.
"Do you talk to the young players about this after every game, Coach Hu?"
"Absolutely, most of the time. Especially when you lose the game."
"Why?"
"You have to give them some confidence, right?"
"So you also know that losing will affect everyone's confidence in your concept?"
Hu Lixin smiled: "I am fifty-six years old this year, and I have experienced so much before I have such an idea. It is difficult to ask those children to understand these principles as soon as they come up. That's why I have to say it again and again, even if they are It’s annoying, but as long as they can remember it, they will understand it in the future.”
"Will there be pressure? I heard some... uh, not very nice remarks at the game today..." Lin Xueyi said hesitantly.
But Hu Lixin had obviously heard it countless times. When he heard what he said, he laughed and said, "Does it mean it's a good thing I didn't teach Hu Lai to play football?"
Lin Xueyi nodded slightly awkwardly.
"I used to think that if I taught Hu Lai to play football since he was a child, would his football path be smoother? But then I discovered that maybe it was what I did in the beginning that made Hu Lai what he is today, and Hu Lai is what he is today. It's the best again... So actually they are right, fortunately I didn't teach Hu Lai to play football before." Hu Lixin laughed.
"You once said that it is easy to win in primary school, but it seems not easy for your team to win... and the general environment is like this now. You see, Dongchuan has its own primary school football league, and Nancheng Primary School is still in the second grade. Will there be pressure on the school?" Lin Xueyi asked a slightly sharp question.
"Of course there is pressure, but it's okay for me."
"Why?"
"Because I am Hu Lai's father."
"Ah?" Lin Xueyi didn't understand.
"Because I am Hu Lai's father." Hu Lixin explained again. "'Hu Lai's father' is a golden sign. No matter how good my performance in leading the team is, as long as I am Hu Lai's father, the school will be more tolerant of me. For the school, they should not care about me leading the team now. How is the team’s performance, as long as I can continue to teach at Nancheng Primary School? This way the school can publicize that Hu Lai’s father is a coach in their school.”
Having said this, Hu Lixin turned to look at Lin Xueyi and smiled at him.
"As you can see on the playing field today, everyone came to take photos with me, and they all came for the golden sign. In fact, I was quite disgusted with this at first. Hu Lai is Hu Lai, and I It’s me. But now I don’t care, as long as I can promote my ideas, it’s okay even if it’s a mascot.”
"But... do you really not care at all about being talked about and pointed at?"
"Teacher Lin, I used to be a security guard." Hu Lixin smiled again, then pointed at his face and asked. "What do you think of my smile?"
Lin Xueyi didn't understand why Hu Lixin said that. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer it.
"I used to stand at the gate of the community and smile like this at every owner who came in and out of the community. I was a security guard. Not to mention being talked about, even being pointed at the nose and scolded was commonplace. What should I do if I am scolded? ? Don’t you have to keep smiling? How can you quit? How can you say no to the income of several thousand dollars a month? ”
Hu Lixin said calmly.
A storm arose in Lin Xueyi's heart.
It turns out that he never knew what the inner world of a football hero's father was like.
And Hu Lixin was able to say this to him, which obviously showed that he really opened his heart to him.
He could suddenly roughly guess why the rumored low-key Hu Lixin would suddenly agree to his request for filming and interviews...
"I have heard a saying that when children play football, they need to win to accumulate confidence. So if there is a way to win, they should use... What do you think, Coach Hu?"
"This is not building confidence, this is coaxing the children to play." Hu Lixin shook his head, "There are always wins and losses in football. If you win, you have confidence. What should you do on the losing side? Tell them to win back after the end? Then in order to win , I should choose the strongest players, form the strongest lineup, and then choose the most winning tactics - such as long passes, defensive counterattacks... But this is the way of playing professional football, not children's football.
"The young players who can win enjoy the best training treatment, while the young players who cannot win are just taken to practice? I always believe that in the primary school football stage, utilitarianism cannot be so important. The whole society should form such a kind of The consensus and atmosphere is to tell children that winning is not the most important, but playing football itself is the most important. At the primary school level, their love for football should always be maintained instead of destroying them with the outcome of the game. Interested..."
The two of them walked and talked like this, walking around and around the primary school playground until the sun set, and their shadows were stretched very long.
Until the shadows and twilight merge into one, until all the battery power and storage space in all four cameras is exhausted.
※※※PS, two updates today!
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