Chapter 203 Hu Lai, the scorer (seeking a monthly ticket)
"After Shuguang High School bombarded Dongchuan Middle School's goal for a while, they finally slowed down their pace. Facing the hole-blocking defense of Dongchuan Middle School players, they had no better way. Chen Xing
Yi was also tightly defended by Dongchuan Middle School players...If this continues, I'm afraid this game will really end in a penalty shootout..."
the narrator said.
"I think many people definitely didn't think of this before the game, especially after Shuguang High School scored two goals in the first half, they didn't expect that there would be a penalty kick in the game. Everyone just thought that Shuguang High School would definitely win.
...I have to say that the tenacity of Dongchuan Middle School left a very deep impression on us. For them, as long as they can score a penalty kick, regardless of whether they can win or not, they are already winners...
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In front of the TV, a student from Dongchuan Middle School was not happy when the commentator said this. Instead, he frowned: "Why does it sound so unlucky?"
A girl next to him who doesn't usually watch football asked curiously: "Isn't the commentator praising the school team? Why does it feel bad?"
"It sounds like a compliment, but the hidden meaning behind this compliment is actually looking down on us..." the boy explained to his deskmate.
It’s just that girls still don’t understand: “I don’t understand…”
The boy opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain.
At this moment, Song Jiajia, who was sitting behind them, appeared: "Oh, what don't you understand? When I suddenly heard everyone saying good things about a person, my first reaction must be whether this person is dead.
Got it!"
"Ah?" The girl turned around and looked at Song Jiajia with wide eyes.
"The dead are the most important. Of course, only good things can be said when people are dead. Isn't that always the case in eulogies? So this commentator is reading a eulogy!" Song Jiajia pointed at the projection screen and said.
"Yeah, that's what it means. Fatty Song, it's easy to understand as you said!" The boy from before slapped the table. "What does 'already the winner' mean? Isn't it just to comfort us? To put it bluntly, it means 'although defeated'
You're proud of it!"
The girl also understood, and she frowned: "Isn't it good to be honored even if you lose? Everyone has tried their best, but actually it's not bad to be the runner-up, right?"
"If we were three goals behind at the beginning of the game, then I might also think that finishing second would be good. But in the final analysis, it is just self-comfort. Now that the game has reached this point, we have recovered from two goals behind.
Besides, being the runner-up...I can't accept it anyway." The boy at her desk shook his head.
"I can't accept it either." Song Jiajia nodded. "Even if the opponent is the defending champion, I won't accept it."
The female classmate looked at the two stubborn boys and didn't know what to say. She could only turn her attention to the live broadcast of the game again.
She originally wanted to comfort her two classmates with her eyes, and wanted them not to be too entangled in this, but now it seems that they have different ideas from her.
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Li Zhiqun, who was on leave at home, glanced at the clock on the wall for the first time.
He did not go to school but stayed at home.
Knowing that the school would organize everyone to watch a game today and cheer for the school team, he made up his mind to ask for leave.
He is unwilling to cheer for someone he hates. Even if this person is no longer the clown he was before, he will still feel uncomfortable if he is asked to bow his head.
Not to mention that Fatty Song might cause trouble for him.
So in order to be out of sight and out of mind, I simply asked for leave and didn't go.
In order to make his parents believe that he was really sick instead of pretending to be sick, he deliberately opened the window when he went to bed last night without covering himself with a quilt. After sleeping all night in the cold night of early spring, he successfully
I have a cold.
I got up this morning and asked my mother to take my temperature. It was 39.3 degrees, and I definitely had a fever.
Although his whole body was burned to the point of being confused, at least he didn't have to go to school anymore, which was gratifying.
After sleeping at home for most of the day, he finally regained some energy in the afternoon. He got up from the bed, heated up the preserved egg and lean meat porridge left by his mother in the microwave, ate it, took medicine, and curled up on the sofa to play with his mobile phone.
But as the time approached, he found that he couldn't focus on his phone.
I always glance at the clock on the wall.
At four o'clock, he took a look and knew that the game had begun.
At half past four, he took another look, thinking that the first half was about to end.
At five o'clock, the second half of the final has begun.
It's five fifteen, there are still fifteen minutes left before the end of the game.
I don’t know what the score is like on the field...
It should be difficult for Dongchuan Middle School to defeat Shuguang High School. After all, it is Shuguang High School with Chen Xingyi!
If they can be defeated by Dongchuan Middle School, wouldn't Chen Xingyi and Shuguang High School have wasted their fame?
He looked up at the clock again, it was five twenty-five.
There are about five minutes left before the end of the game.
Li Zhiqun hesitated for a while, but finally decided to turn on the TV to see the results.
He wanted to see the painful and depressed expression on Hu Lai's face after losing the game. This was the only comfort for him who was ill. Otherwise, why would he suffer from a cold and a fever and feel weak all over?
Thinking of this, he got up from the sofa, found the TV remote control, turned on the TV, and quickly found Capital TV.
Just after changing the channel, Li Zhiqun saw Dongchuan Middle School wearing yellow jerseys launching an offensive towards the penalty area of Shuguang High School.
The current time and score are displayed in the upper left corner of the TV screen.
He only glanced at it and was stunned.
In the 74th minute of the game, the score was 2:2...
2:2!
Dongchuan Middle School and the defending champion Shuguan High School actually had a tie!
Li Zhiqun raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. He thought he had been burned.
But even if he rubbed his eyes red, the score had not changed.
Dongchuan Middle School did draw 2:2 with Shuguang High School.
He stood blankly in front of the TV.
On the TV, the commentator was saying: "... Dongchuan Middle School launched an attack, but whether it was Shen Yulin or Hu Lai, both of them were closely watched by Shuguang High School's defenders. There was a Shuguang beside everyone. It is difficult for high school players to get the ball. The same is true for Xia Xiaoyu... It seems that although Shuguang High School slowed down the pace and gave up a certain amount of space, it does not mean that Dongchuan Middle School can easily hit the edge of their penalty area... "
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Chen Rui controlled the football at his feet, but he was in a huge crisis - he didn't know what to do with the ball.
Normally, he would always pass the football to Xia Xiaoyu, but there was a Shuguang High School player next to Xia Xiaoyu, and he did not dare to pass it to him.
As for Shen Yulin and Hu Lai, they were so far away from him, so it was even more impossible for them to pass the ball.
When he hesitated, Zheng Qian, the midfielder from Shuguang High School, pressed forward.
Chen Rui was afraid of losing the ball, so he could only turn around to protect the ball, but this also turned his back to the direction of the attack, making it impossible to launch an attack.
Upon seeing this, central defender Mao Xiao rushed forward and shouted to Chen Rui: "Give me the ball!"
After Chen Rui heard Mao Xiao's greeting, he quickly passed the football over - that's what he is good about, he never shows off, he only does his job honestly, and doesn't do anything extra. .
After Mao Xiao caught the ball, he also looked up at the situation in front of him.
It's really not easy to do.
Everyone is being marked by the opponent and their positions are fixed, making it easy for Shuguang High School to defend.
So he passed the football horizontally to Yan Yan.
Yan Yan did not stop the ball, but moved it directly to the feet of right back Wang Junchao - ever since he was intercepted by Chen Xingyi and lost the ball, he has paid special attention to this kind of thing and will never hold the ball to observe again.
After Wang Junchao got the ball on the wing, he passed the football to Xia Xiaoyu who came up to meet him, and then he pushed forward, trying to play a one-two with Xia Xiaoyu and hit the wall to cooperate.
However, both he and Xia Xiaoyu were always surrounded by players from Shuguang High School, so it was difficult to work together.
Xia Xiaoyu tried to turn around and dribble the ball to break through, but was blocked by Fei Yi and almost lost the ball. If he hadn't reacted quickly and hooked the football back, the ball would have changed hands this time.
Xia Xiaoyu, who couldn't turn around, could only pass the football back under Fei Yi's pressure.
With a pass back from more than 20 meters, the football fell back to Yan Yan's feet.
Yan Yan passed the football to Mao Xiao again.
After nearly a minute of game time, the football turned around and returned to Mao Xiao's feet.
From the moment Chen Rui passed the football to him, Dongchuan Middle School's offense did not advance an inch and had no ideas.
When Shuguang High School just slowed down the pace, the players from Dongchuan Middle School really thought they had an opportunity, but after attacking, they found that it was difficult to get close to the opponent's penalty area, let alone score a goal.
It seems that Shuguang High School deliberately attracted them to press them out, and then planned to hit them behind.
Therefore, the players from Dongchuan Middle School did not dare to press too hard.
When the two full-backs are unable to step forward to support, it will be even more difficult for the offense to threaten Shuguang High School's goal...
I'm afraid we really have to count on luck in the penalty shootout.
Dongchuan Middle School prepared penalty kicks in advance, but wouldn't Shuguang High School prepare penalty kicks?
Mao Xiao looked forward and saw that the high center forward Shen Yulin had penetrated into the penalty area of Shuguang High School.
He decided to take a risk and give it a try. Anyway, back and forth kicking would not make the result better. Instead, he would run the risk of being intercepted by the opponent in the midfield, so he kicked a long pass of the football into the penalty area of Shuguang High School with his big foot. Go find Shen Yulin.
But just after he kicked the football out, he discovered that in front of Shen Yulin, Hu Lai and the opponent's midfielder Fei Yi were also running over. He and Shen Yulin were occupying the important positions!
Shen Yulin entered the penalty area diagonally from the right to the left, but at the same time, Hu Lai also watched the football in the air while retreating into the penalty area, and the two were on the same line.
In Mao Xiao's plan, he hopes that Shen Yulin can win the first landing point, and then Hu Lai will control the second landing point.
But now, if two people grab the same spot, how can there be a second spot?
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After Shen Yulin ran to his position, he looked up and saw Mao Xiao passing the football from the backcourt.
He knew the ball was passed to him.
Because in the offensive tactics of Dongchuan Middle School, such long passes from the backfield usually require you to fight for the top.
So he put his hands up and blocked Hu Qiyan behind him, trying to control the first landing point.
Hu Qiyan was behind him and pushing him hard. At this time, Shen Yulin certainly couldn't let Hu Qiyan push him away. He had to hold on to his current position no matter what.
But when he withstood Hu Qiyan, he looked up to watch the ball again, only to find a figure leaping up in front of him! The sun poured down from the sky, shrouding himself in the shadow of this figure. …
It's Hu Lai!
He was so focused on fighting for position with Hu Qiyan that he didn't even notice when Hu Lai came over and jumped ahead of him to fight for the top!
There was only one thought in Shen Yulin's mind - Oh no, he and Deputy Hu grabbed a spot...
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"Mao Xiao directly made a long pass to find the one in front..." The commentator originally wanted to say "find Shen Yulin", but when he turned his eyes following the football, he found that Hu Lai, who had just ran into the penalty area, jumped up and wanted to compete. top!
As if he didn't see Shen Yulin who was not far behind him, he jumped up high and wanted to compete with Fei Yi for the football.
"Oh, this ball..." Yang Mingwei in front of the TV couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.
In his opinion, Hu Lai should not be in this position.
He and Shen Yulin made mistakes in their movement, or Hu Lai's movement was a little off. He shouldn't have jumped up to grab the first spot, because with his height and physical fitness, he wanted to grab it. This point is almost impossible.
Maybe I am too anxious, after all, the end of the game is getting closer and closer...
Young people are bound to be a little impulsive.
And it's not a bad thing. Anyway, this attack itself is difficult to create a threat.
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Just as Yang Mingwei expected, Hu Lai couldn't hit the ball even though he jumped with all his strength.
The football passed over his and Fei Yi's heads and fell towards Shen Yulin behind him.
In Shen Yulin's sight, Hu Lai helped him block the dazzling sunlight, and then the football suddenly appeared from above Hu Lai's head and fell!
But the height is wrong, lower than expected!
Finding that the height of the football was different from what he expected, Shen Yulin panicked. It was impossible to continue heading the ball as planned. He reflexively raised his foot and tried hard to stop the football.
But the football landed too fast. Before he could lift his feet, the ball had already hit the side of his calf and bounced back.
Stopping error!
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When the football hit the side of Shen Yulin's calf, Hu Lai had just landed with Fei Yi. He was still thinking about the football and turned around as soon as he landed.
Only then did he realize that there was Shen Yulin behind him.
But he couldn't care less about being surprised because he had already seen the football flying back!
Seeing the football approaching him in a parabola in the air, with a very strong rotation, Hu Lai had only one thought left in his mind - shooting!
It's not easy to stop the ball, so why not just try your luck with a shot...
"Shen Yulin made a mistake in stopping the ball. This ball... was stopped by Hu Lai..."
Before the commentator finished speaking, he saw Hu Lai swinging his right leg to meet the flying football.
This is a very, very non-standard shooting action - because he just landed and turned around, his center of gravity was still unstable. He leaned back, opened his hands and tried to maintain balance. His left foot was slightly bent to support the entire weight of his body, and his right leg was lifted towards the football...
It looks like it was just a random slap in the face!
When his right foot hit the football, the football drew an obvious C-shaped arc in the air and flew to the right of the goal!
Although goalkeeper Pei Jie was a little surprised by Hu Lai's shot, he still reacted quickly, which fully demonstrated the qualities of an excellent goalkeeper. He tilted his body to his left and prepared to save.
Because football comes here.
But just as he soared in that direction, he was surprised to see the football in the air turning back to his right as if someone was controlling it!
Just passed by his hastily swung right hand!
Oops...
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"Hu Lai stop... shoot directly! Hu Lai! Wow——!!!" The commentator suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted while pressing the headset that almost fell off with his hand.
"The goal is in!!! Hu Lai! He scored the goal of Shuguang High School for the third time with an incredible shot! Oh my god! World wave! Absolute world wave!! He will once seemed to have failed. Attacks turned into goals! His ability to seize opportunities is unparalleled!"
The entire Lotus Stadium erupted with a volcanic eruption of sound. Not only were there cheers for the goal, but there were also screams and exclamations from Dawning High School supporters.
Amid the deafening noise, Hu Lai, who completed the shot, turned around and ran towards the corner flag without hesitation.
This time, no teammate could interrupt his celebration, because Shen Yulin, who was closest to him, stood completely motionless, turning his head to look at the goal in a daze.
He ran straight to the corner flag area, adjusted his pace, sprinted with long strides, jumped high, turned 180 degrees in the air, folded his hands in front of his chest, and then swung downwards as his body fell.
Finally, his legs quickly bent after landing, and his body leaned forward to resist the inertia, ensuring that his center of gravity was in the center of his body and firmly planted on the turf.
His back was slightly raised, facing the camera lens in the corner flag area.
In the shot, the number 14 on his back and the word "Hu Lai" above the number shimmered in the afternoon sun, attracting the attention of the TV audience and appearing simultaneously on two large screens at the scene.
It was as if he was solemnly announcing to everyone who saw this scene: