Chapter 103 Do you want to admit defeat in advance?
Lin Jin met the children from Dongchuan Middle School again in the parking lot. She already knew the result of the game. This team, which participated in the national competition for the first time, had a very amazing opening appearance, beating the whole country 6-0.
Xizi Middle School, a frequent visitor to the competition.
She was indeed worried that the team she was in charge of would have to go home tomorrow.
This will make her somewhat disappointed.
These staff members who are responsible for connecting with teams have a group. In the group, everyone will also chat, joke and tease each other. Moreover, everyone is secretly competing to compare the results of the teams they are connecting with.
I don’t know when this “tradition” started to form.
If the team you are responsible for performs well, you will feel proud, as if you have a share of the team's victory - in fact, you do, they have provided meticulous services to the team and helped the team.
They eliminate worries so that the team can train and compete with peace of mind.
And when allocating staff, we follow one principle, that is, if everyone cooperated in the last competition and there were no problems, then this competition will continue to be responsible for connecting this team - if this team comes, it can still
If you come to participate in this competition.
This is also to allow the team and staff to have less friction and more tacit understanding, which not only facilitates work, but also allows the team to prepare for games with peace of mind without being disturbed by other trivial matters.
Under such circumstances, teams that can participate in major competitions every year and the staff responsible for connecting them naturally become friends.
As for Lin Jin, since she was an intern who only joined last year, this year's competition is actually her first time leading a team.
Before coming into contact with the children from Dongchuan Middle School, she was a little nervous and didn't know how to make contact with these teenagers.
But at the airport, the boy named "Hu Lai" called her "sister" and she felt relieved - wouldn't it be enough to just regard them as her younger brothers?
Although she didn't have much contact time, she fell in love with these cute teenagers and hoped that they could go further and further in the national competition.
But as a team participating in a national competition for the first time, she also knew that the situation might not be too optimistic.
Unexpectedly, these teenagers gave her a big surprise today.
After the results of the competition came out, the WeChat group she was in exploded. Everyone @ her, congratulated her and expressed their surprise.
Lin Jin, who was sitting in the car at that time, smiled, her face looked like a flower in bloom.
Now she is standing next to the bus, watching the excited Dongchuan Middle School players running toward her, and then extends her hand: "Congratulations on your victory! Let's give a high five to celebrate!"
Then she high-fived every Dongchuan Middle School player who got on the bus.
After getting in the car, she looked at the children who were still noisy, and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.
She actually likes this job, because staying with these teenagers always makes her feel like she is back to that carefree youth full of dreams and longing for the future.
Youth is so good...
Just when she was feeling so emotional, she saw Li Ziqiang, the head coach of Dongchuan Middle School sitting in the row behind her, stand up and ask her to borrow a microphone.
After handing the microphone to Li Ziqiang, Lin Jin was also thinking about what this unsmiling head coach would say. I am afraid that even a stern head coach like him would be infected by the youthful vigor of the players and praise them mercilessly.
Bar?
Li Ziqiang, who was holding the microphone, did not speak immediately, but looked at all the players in the car behind.
Under his calm gaze, the commotion gradually disappeared, and everyone calmed down. They looked at the head coach, knowing that the head coach must have something to say to them.
After all the sounds disappeared, and after confirming that every look was looking at him, Li Ziqiang said: "It is a very happy thing to beat Xizi Middle School and enter the second round. You are in the competition.
Your performance is very good, and as your coach, I am also happy with your performance."
Although he said so, the expression on Li Ziqiang's face was very serious, and he didn't mean to be happy at all.
The players were used to their coach's stoic demeanor, so they didn't make a fuss.
On the other hand, Lin Jin was listening to what coach Li Ziqiang said. He couldn't hear the "happy" emotion in his tone. He muttered a little - was the coach talking sarcastically? Wasn't he in the car?
Infected by the youthful atmosphere?
"Next, we will meet the fourth place in the last national competition, Huitang Middle School in Meiling. As a team participating in the national competition for the first time, I did not set any specific settings for everyone before coming to the capital.
goal. Now we have reached the second round and become the top 16 in the country. It can be said that as a team participating in the national competition for the first time, our performance is already very good, at least better than Xizi Middle School."
Li Ziqiang said this with a cold face, but a burst of laughter broke out in the carriage.
Li Ziqiang did not ask everyone to stop laughing, but continued after the laughter subsided: "Now we have met a very strong opponent in the second round. This is a good reason to lose the game - after all, the opponent is too strong.
, if we lose to such a team, there seems to be nothing to complain about. So I would like to ask for your opinions here: Do you think we should just lose to Huitang Middle School and stop in the top 16?"
After speaking, Li Ziqiang put down the microphone and looked at the team members quietly.
Lin Jin was going crazy when he heard it - how could a head coach speak to his team like this? Although what he said was quite reasonable... But wouldn't saying this destroy the team's morale and confidence?
At this moment, she saw Hu Lai sitting in the back row and jumped up: "What do you need to say? He must have beaten Huitang Middle School! The game hasn't even started yet, why are you thinking about whether to lose the game?
What happened? Coach, you must be using aggressive tactics against us, right?"
The players who were quite quiet at first couldn't help laughing when they heard Hu Lai's last words.
Even Lin Jin chuckled, but she quickly covered her mouth, realizing that it was inappropriate for her to laugh like this at this time...
Li Ziqiang tried his best to keep a straight face and prevent his expression from getting out of hand. Then he glared at Hu Lai fiercely and said nothing.
At this time, Chu Yifan, as the captain of the team, stood up from his seat: "Coach, I don't know what others think, and I don't know if we will definitely be able to defeat Huitang Middle School. But we can compete with the fourth in the country.
It is a very rare opportunity to play against a team of 2020. I want to go all out in this game to see how close we are to the fourth place in the country. Even if we lose, I will not regret it because we are not strong enough.
Well, I accept this result."
After saying that, Chu Yifan sat back. Then Yan Yan also stood up: "Coach, I agree with what Team Chu said. I don't know if we can win, but we just want to give it a try. But here, Team Chu and I have some differences
Disagreement, because...what if we win in the end? Haha!"
Even Luo Kai, who had always been a man of few words, raised his hands and said, "I won't give in before the game is over."
Others also expressed their opinions one after another, and they were all unanimous - they would absolutely not accept losing to Huitang Middle School now and find a high-sounding reason for losing.
In the noisy carriage, Li Ziqiang raised his hand.
Seeing the head coach's action, everyone became quiet again and looked at their coach.
"Very good, it seems we have reached an agreement. After I get the video of the game between Huitang Middle School and Jincheng No. 6 Middle School, I will talk about this team with you based on the video. Let's rest now."
After speaking, he returned the microphone to Lin Jin and said thank you.
Then he sat back in his seat, and the bus returned to its previous appearance... No, it was still different from before. Some people looked out the window in trance, wondering if they were thinking about the next game.
Huitang Middle School from Meiling City, Nanling Province, is a formidable opponent.
Lin Jin felt worried for the teenagers from Dongchuan Middle School in her heart, but she was also infected by the courage shown by these teenagers and had some unrealistic expectations for the next competition... This made her very entangled in her heart.
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Also on the bus returning to the Olympic Village from the competition day, Lu Jianbai, the head coach of Huitang Middle School, was criticizing his team with a dark face: "Look at your performance! Facing the 20th team from the last competition
Five of you, you can actually concede a goal! What’s the matter? You feel stable after leading by four goals?! Then it starts to wave? Wave! Keep wave! Let’s continue the wave in the next game, okay?!”
Sitting by the front door of the car, Wang Hao, who was responsible for connecting Huitang Middle School, heard Lu Jianbai's words and kept complaining in his heart:
Brother, it’s already 4:0, why can’t you feel it’s stable? 4:0! Even if you’re leading by four goals, you still can’t feel it’s stable. Is there a stable enough score in this world?
However, he also knows that Lu Jianbai has this temper, and he has really high requirements for his team. Facing Jincheng Sixth Middle School, which was eliminated in the first round of the last session, he may be hoping that the team can defeat the opponent without conceding a goal.
After all, their opponent in the next round, Dongchuan Middle School, swept Xizi Middle School 6:0 in the first round. Moreover, in the last national competition, Xizi Middle School ranked higher than Jincheng No. 6 Middle School.
That's ten rankings higher.
It's the difference between the top 16 and the top 32.
All the players from Huitang Middle School were scolded by the head coach. They all lowered their heads and remained silent. Apart from their head coach's voice, there was no other sound in the bus.
If people who don't know the truth only see this scene, they will definitely think that Huitang Middle School was eliminated in the first round of the national competition...
"...I tell you, don't take it lightly because your opponent is a novice team participating in the national competition for the first time! If you face Dongchuan Middle School with the mentality of playing Jincheng No. 6 Middle School, I can guarantee that you will win in the end.
He will die without a burial place!"
"I have already obtained the game video between Dongchuan Middle School and Xixi Middle School. When we get to the Olympic Village, we will go to the conference room to study this team. Now you can reflect on it!"
After finishing his words, Lu Jianbai angrily sat back on his seat and stopped talking.
And the atmosphere inside the car seems to be more solemn than before...
