Text Volume Chapter 116 Reporter's Notes "... In the quarter-finals of a national competition that ended tonight, the football team of Dongchuan Middle School from Dongchuan City, Andong Province entered the national competition for the first time.
The team met the last national competition champion, Shanhai Chongwen Middle School, a nationally renowned traditional football school."
As soon as Sun Yonggang wrote this, he took his hands away from the laptop keyboard, lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, and then continued to type on the keyboard while holding the cigarette in his mouth.
"Dongchuan Middle School attracted much attention because they eliminated Xizi Middle School 6:0 in the first round. In the last round, they also unexpectedly eliminated the fourth place in the previous competition 3:2 even though they were not favored by others.
Minghuitang Middle School was considered the dark horse of this competition. However, this dark horse ran into Chongwen Middle School... Luo Kai, the head player of Dongchuan Middle School, took the lead for the team in the game. He dribbled horizontally outside the penalty area and continuously
After passing two people, he pulled the lever and fired a shot, knocking on the goal of Chongwen Middle School. This was also the first time that Chongwen Middle School conceded a goal in this competition..."
Sun Yonggang's hands left the keyboard again, and he took out the cigarette from his mouth. As he breathed, swaying white smoke rose in front of his eyes.
Through the smoke that almost filled his entire field of vision, he seemed to have returned to the arena an hour and a half ago.
At that time, he was standing in the stands of the stadium and witnessed Luo Kai's entire scoring process.
That was a really, really beautiful goal.
Dongchuan Middle School launched an attack from the wing. Luo Kai switched positions to the right. After receiving the pass from his teammate, he pretended to go straight to the bottom. After deceiving his opponent to take a step first, he moved the football to the center.
, then facing two defensive players who rushed to defend, he stepped over the football with his left foot, attracting the attention of the defensive players and covering his right foot to knock the football towards the center.
He used this action to get rid of the defensive player and gain space for himself at the top of the free throw arc.
Then he hit the football with his left foot, and the football rose up during the flight, catching Chongwen Middle School goalkeeper Marin off guard.
The football rose high just before Marin's hands, and then flew into the goal of Chongwen Middle School.
Sun Yonggang still remembers that when he saw the goal, he slapped the iron railing in excitement, and later found that his palm was red...
He looked down at his right hand. After more than an hour, the palm of his hand had already returned to its original color, but if he pinched it with his other hand, he would still feel a little pain.
He flexed his fingers and continued typing on the keyboard.
"...There were countless scouts from professional teams gathered in the stands for this game. They came not only to observe Luo Kai, but also to observe the players of this year's favorite to win the championship, Chongwen Middle School.
"But Luo Kai stole the limelight from Chongwen Middle School. Although Chongwen Middle School is stronger overall, Luo Kai's goal still fully reflects his super personal ability. In front of Chongwen Middle School, which has stronger overall strength, even if only
Alone, Luo Kai is not at a disadvantage at all!
"We always say that the national competition is a stage for football teenagers to realize their dreams. But only after Luo Kai scored this goal, I had the most intuitive feeling about this sentence. Every football teenager must have done something to become a player in the game.
The protagonist, the dream of being watched by everyone on the court. When Luo Kai scored, the lights in the entire stadium seemed to automatically focus on this young man, and he became the only protagonist on this stage!"
As he wrote this, Sun Yonggang stopped for a moment to calm down his excitement.
Maybe after this article was published, some netizens thought he was exaggerating. But this was what he really thought in the stands at that time.
At that moment, he really felt that the national competition was like setting a stage for Luo Kai alone.
When the stage was set up, Luo Kai jumped up with brisk and powerful steps, stood in the spotlight, and became the only protagonist.
If the game can continue in this situation, it will almost become a youthful and passionate boy comic.
The talented football boy led the team to defeat powerful opponents and made his name known to the world with his victory.
But unfortunately, real life is often not as fulfilling as the hot-blooded boy comics.
"...But the moment that belongs to Luo Kai only lasts a moment. Although Dongchuan Middle School scored first, Chongwen Middle School gradually showed their super ability and stability in the following games. They won the first half
Evened the score... They took the lead just after the second half started. Whether in the midfield or the back line, they had a full advantage and completely suppressed Dongchuan Middle School. After playing two consecutive games in six days
, Dongchuan Middle School, whose lineup is not deep enough, also exposed the problem of insufficient physical fitness...
"Hu Lai, the No. 14 player who scored twice in the last game and helped the team eliminate Huitang Middle School, did not appear in this game, but it can be seen that the coach of Dongchuan Middle School was ready after conceding the second goal.
He was allowed to play, and he ran from the bench to warm up... But the sudden injury of Dongchuan Middle School captain Chu Yifan completely disrupted the Dongchuan Middle School head coach's plan. He called Hu Lai back and did not let him play.
Instead, another midfielder was replaced..."
Sun Yonggang took another puff of cigarette, and the rising white smoke seemed to distort into the young man's face in the air.
When he ran back from the warm-up area, only to find that the head coach was not going to send him on the field, but instead asked him to sit back on the bench, his expression seemed to be outlined by these distorted lines.
Painful, depressed, disappointed, and a little confused.
Then he sat back on the bench and watched his teammates come on for him, replacing the injured captain.
Sun Yonggang sighed, blew away the smoke floating in front of his eyes, and continued to write:
"...The turning point of the game happened after Chu Yifan was injured. Dongchuan Middle School, which had completely lost its midfield, could only be beaten passively. Everyone was huddled in the backcourt, unable to provide support for Luo Kai. Even if his personal ability was better
No matter how powerful he was, when he really faced the defense line of Chongwen Middle School alone, he was still at a loss... He was like a lone wolf that had broken into a trap, and he was still helpless when facing an enemy several times his size.
It showed a fierce light and showed its sharp teeth and claws. But it could not break out of the encirclement.
"Before the end of the game, Chongwen Middle School made another victory and completely sealed the victory. Dongchuan Middle School, the dark horse that entered the national competition for the first time, ended their journey to the national competition. It was not a tragic but heroic game with all their efforts. The failure was a sudden and fragile defeat. Dongchuan Middle School was only happy for a few minutes, that is, the few minutes before and after Luo Kai scored... At other times, the rhythm of the game was controlled by the stronger Chongwen. The secondary school is firmly in control.
"This is also a result that is in line with the strength comparison between the two sides and everyone's expectations. After consecutively defeating Xizi Middle School and Huitang Middle School, Dongchuan Middle School is already at the end of its strength. The whole team lacks physical fitness. Luo Kai is surrounded but no one else can go. Help him share the burden... To be honest, with the strength of Dongchuan Middle School, it is a very unexpected result to reach the quarterfinals. I can even say that the players on this team should feel proud of the results they have achieved. Proud and proud, they don’t have to go home crying, but they have to proudly raise their heads to accept the praise and welcome from the teachers and students of their school.”
As he wrote this, Sun Yonggang stopped again. Having finished smoking, he took the cigarette that had burned down to the filter tip from his mouth and inserted it into the ashtray next to it that was filled with many cigarette butts.
Then I planned to take out another cigarette and light it.
But when he grabbed the cigarette box, he found that it was empty, with no cigarette left.
He stood up and rummaged around in his coat pocket, his jeans pocket, and his backpack, and finally determined that the cigarette box crumpled into a ball on the table was his last pack of cigarettes.
This discovery made him upset. After getting up and walking around the room twice, he finally sat back in front of the computer and started typing quickly:
"But at the end of the game, looking at the painful and disappointed Dongchuan Middle School players, I felt deeply sorry and regretful for them. With his outstanding performance in this competition, Luo Kai must have attracted many fans from The attention of professional teams. Ordinary high school life would probably make it difficult for him to refuse an invitation from a professional football club... If Luo Kai finally leaves, then this team will most likely bid farewell to the national competition stage this time next year. We may never see them again...
"This is a pity and regret for me. To be honest, I like this team's new-born calf and fearless temperament... I went to Dongchuan Middle School for interview work, and I also felt this What a cute group of teenagers. If I can’t see them again in next year’s national competition... I think I will miss them.”
After writing this, Sun Yonggang stopped.
He felt that this article should be finished, and he still had articles about Chongwen Middle School to write.
But the most urgent thing now is to buy cigarettes. Without cigarettes, he doesn't know how to complete those writing tasks during this long night...
But just when he was about to get up and leave, he looked at his manuscript and hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and entered a new line after the last paragraph:
"Especially the boy who scored with his face. To be honest, that celebration was really exciting. Of course, it would be better if there were no nosebleeds on his face."
After typing these words, a smile appeared on Sun Yonggang's face. Then he got up, dressed, changed his shoes and went out to buy cigarettes.
After the sound of closing the door, the room returned to silence, except for the low hum of the laptop fan.
The computer screen placed on the table was glowing with fluorescent light, the open document remained in the input state, and the cursor flickered and jumped behind the last punctuation mark in the document.