Chapter 20 Listening to the Big Boss Talking About the Past
In the new week of training, Hu Lai once again participated in the team's offensive routine training instead of Lai Zekai.
Now everyone, including Lai Zekai himself, felt that Hu Lai would definitely get the starting spot in the next game.
Lai Zekai was deeply uneasy about his situation and also quite angry.
He knew that Zhao Kangming was biased towards Hu Lai, because the two of them were masters and apprentices when they were in the Poseidon Youth Team. With this kind of human relationship, what could he do to compete with Hu Lai?
In his opinion, if he wants to break the situation, he can only wait.
Wait for Hu Lai to pass this "fresh period". Generally speaking, it is not unreasonable to say that "changing hands is like changing knives". When you can't get past this level after playing a game, changing to a new controller may be enough.
The feel is overwhelming, God blocks and kills God, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha.
Then when Flash Star's offense has not improved yet, replace it with a new forward to the team. Although he does not look like a person who can take on big responsibilities in all aspects, he may still perform well on the field and score goals.
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This is also reasonable.
But the changes brought about by freshness often do not last long.
Lai Zekai really didn't see Hu Lai's greater abilities from training. In his opinion, Hu Lai was just a young player with some special skills and super luck. He chose the right player at the right time.
My opponent played a game and happened to score a goal...
Maybe after one game it will be back to its original shape.
At that time, head coach Zhao Kangming will definitely know who can be the main forward of this team.
After all, even if you can't score a goal, you still have other roles on the front line, such as creating opportunities for teammates and passing the ball to provide assists to your teammates...
And what ability does that young man who can only grab points have?
He decided to lie dormant, patiently waiting for opportunities and the goddess of luck to come to him again. After all, he was almost thirty years old, so what storms had he not seen in his career?
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Flash Star’s opponent in the next round is Honglian Club from Youjiang Province.
This team is currently ranked second from the bottom in the league and is a relegation team.
If this ranking remains unchanged until the end of the league, Youjiang Honglian will participate in the promotion and relegation play-offs. Together with the third-to-last team, they will fight against the fourth and fifth teams in the Chinese Second Division to finally decide who can
Will he continue to stay in the Chinese League One?
Although Flash Stars improved to twelfth place due to their victory in the last game, they seem to be far away from the relegation zone.
But there is still no room for sloppiness. Because the league has only reached the 19th round, and there are still 15 rounds left, anything is possible in these 15 rounds.
Not to mention that they are facing a relegation team in this round of the league.
Anyone who knows a little bit about football knows that in the second half of the league, relegation teams are much more difficult to beat than teams in the middle and upper reaches.
It doesn't matter whether it's home or away.
Because they are here to fight you to the death.
Before this game, some people began to look forward to whether the young player named Hu Lai could appear on the court. Before this, almost no one cared about the name on the game roster.
The roster for the game was announced the day before the game. It is not a secret. It can be found on the official website of Flash Star, the official social media account, and the official website of China League One.
Hu Lai, who scored the winning goal for the team in the last game, was indeed among them.
"Look, our son is about to appear again!" Xie Lan waved her cell phone in front of her husband.
Hu Lixin turned around and didn't look at his phone.
Xie Lan didn't care what her husband looked like. She continued to say happily: "This time it will definitely be the first one!"
Hearing his wife's words, Hu Lixin finally couldn't help but hum: "What do you know? You can start the game after scoring just one goal? Do you know the difference between starting the game and coming off the bench?"
"What don't you know about this? A starter will come on the field at the beginning of the game, and a substitute will come on the field after the game begins." Xie Lan said proudly.
"What's the difference!"
"What difference does that make?"
Hu Lixin opened his mouth to explain, but after seeing his wife's expression, he closed his mouth again.
"Hey, you are such a person. If you know what you know, just tell it..."
Hu Lixin got up and left.
"Why are you going again?"
"smokes!"
Seeing her husband leaving in a hurry, Xie Lan curled her lips.
She originally wanted to use this method of asking her husband to give her popular football knowledge so that he could enter her son's world little by little and find out how he felt when he was a professional player. Through this common topic, she could slowly dissolve her husband's heart.
of solid ice.
But now it seems that it may not be as easy as she imagined.
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"Hu Lai is on the list!"
In a WeChat group called "Dongchuan Middle School Team Jincheng Branch", someone announced excitedly.
"Isn't this a matter of course? The important thing is not the squad, but the starting lineup!"
"There should be no suspense about starting, right? He performed so well as a substitute in the last game, much better than the original starting forward Lai Zekai. If I were the head coach, I would definitely let Hu Lai start!"
"That's right, that Lai Zekai is not playing well, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. Do you really think that Flash Star can't survive without him? If you ask me, the club is right not to renew his contract! Why does such a person get a high salary?
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Everyone in the group was discussing in full swing, and Yan Yan jumped out and asked: "Are you ready for tomorrow's competition?"
He also circled Tang Yuan.
Tang Yuan, who was circled, sent out a picture, which was a folded red banner, with large white characters on the back vaguely visible.
"The banner has been made, Captain Yan."
"Okay. Don't forget to wear your school team jersey tomorrow. We want Hu Lai to be able to see us in the stands at a glance!" Yan Yan reminded everyone.
The color of the home jersey of the Flash Stars is mainly red and supplemented by white.
The jersey of the Dongchuan Middle School football team is mainly yellow, supplemented by a few blue patterns.
This is still a big contrast in the stands - twenty or thirty fans wearing yellow jerseys suddenly appeared inside a large pile of red, just like opening a skylight in the square of the home team's fans, plus their banners
, I believe it will definitely attract everyone’s attention, and if Hu Lai can pay attention to them, then the goal will be achieved.
They just want to tell Hu Lai: All the teammates from the Dongchuan Middle School team are here to cheer you on!
This idea was originally proposed by Yan Yan, hoping to let Hu Lai see them in a way that was incompatible with the surrounding Flash Star fans. In order to surprise Hu Lai, they did not tell Hu Lai in advance.
Of course, it’s also thanks to the fact that Youjiang Honglian’s away jersey is not yellow or white, but dark green, otherwise it would be bad if he was regarded as a fan of the visiting team...
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The night before the home game, according to the request of head coach Zhao Kangming, all Flash Star players selected for the squad must stay overnight in the dormitories at the training base. This is also for the convenience of management and to avoid the appearance of people running away to have fun before the game.
, which ultimately affects team morale and performance.
This situation was not uncommon in the early days of professional football in China. Even if the coaches strictly prohibited this behavior, they could not resist the temptation of the colorful world outside.
Many people simply climbed over the wall and left the base, ran away to enjoy themselves, and did not return until late at night.
Either he was extremely drunk, or he exhausted all the energy he should have prepared for the competition on the woman.
Of course, after decades of development and progress, as the concept of more professional European football has been introduced into domestic football, this situation has become much less common.
Most players know that doing this kind of thing before a game will not do them any good.
"...In fact, everything has its pros and cons. It's definitely not right to hang out before a game, but the media and fans always hope that all of us professional players are pure-hearted Puritans, and going to a bar and nightclub seems to be a heinous crime...
...This is not right." Qin Lin was telling Hu Lai, who lived in the same room with him, about professional players.
The room arrangement for collective accommodation before the game was designated by the club at the beginning of the season, so Hu Lai, who had just transferred in midway, lived in the same room as Qin Lin.
This isn't the first time they've stayed together - they shared a hotel room before last week's away game.
What surprised Qin Lin was that although Hu Lai was a young man, he seemed to have no pressure when he was alone with him, which was completely different from the behavior of some other young players when they saw him.
He will take the initiative to chat with himself and ask himself many questions, as if he is very curious about himself...
"Except for the night before the game, I think at any other time as long as you make good time, it's okay to go to nightclubs and bars."
When Hu Lai heard Qin Lin, who is known as the most professional among Chinese players, say such words, he was a little surprised - he originally thought Qin Lin would be a very stereotyped person. After all, big bosses have this impression on others.
Who would have thought that a big boss would say such a thing.
"The premise is that the amount is appropriate." Seeing Hu Lai's surprised expression, Qin Lin asked him with a smile: "You know that I am in the Andong Xingcheng Youth Team, right?"
Hu Lai nodded.
"The training base in Xingcheng at that time was the training base of Flashing Star today. After so many years, except for the renovation, the location of the dormitory building has not changed." Qin Lin looked up at the ceiling of the dormitory room, "I am here
When I was in the youth team, I lived here. We often trained with the first team at that time, and we were all very familiar with each other. Every team would have some big brothers, and every big brother would be surrounded by a bunch of younger brothers, and that was me.
One of those little guys."
It was hard for Hu Lai to imagine what it would be like for the last big man in Chinese football to be someone else's younger brother, but he didn't say anything and listened intently to Qin Lin talking about his youth.
"For a while, I had a mental problem. I was idle in training, had diarrhea, and couldn't keep my spirits up. Then Xue Bowen, the 'second brother' of the first team, saw me. He knew why I was like this - at that time
I also didn’t perform well in the youth team. I couldn’t even play in the youth team games. I was a little confused about my future... My second brother is a very generous person with a warm heart and is willing to help us little kids in the youth team. In order for me to
Pick yourself up again, what do you think he did?"
Hu Lai shook his head. This kind of gossip between players, especially in the "ancient times" - he had never heard of Xue Bowen's name before, but after traveling through time and searching about the history of Chinese football and Anton football, he
Knowing that this is a famous figure in the history of Anton football and one of the representatives of Anton football - gossip among the players, even more unknown.
"He took me to various dance halls and bars in Jincheng to eat, drink and have fun after training for three days in a row."
Hu Lai opened his mouth wide.
Seeing Hu Lai like this, Qin Lin laughed: "That was my first time going to a dance hall, my first time going to a bar, and I was sitting in my second brother's car. At that time, we got off the car and saw a group of people wearing heavy makeup.
The woman came up to us and greeted us in a cooing voice... I will never forget that scene. For a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, it was really impactful."
Hu Lai nodded repeatedly - when he was in the Poseidon Youth Team, he also went to the bar with his teammates. Although it was not as exaggerated as Qin Lin said, it was still an eye-opener for him.
They were all unknowns at that time, and no one paid much attention to them. But when Qin Lin followed his "second brother" Xue Bowen, he must have been admired by everyone, and he became the most handsome boy in the field.
"After playing like this for three days, I became a bit addicted. Every day I looked forward to the second brother taking me there again after training... but the second brother suddenly stopped taking me. He told me the reason why he took me
He went to play to tell me what a wonderful life I could live by becoming a professional player and a main player in the first team. He hoped that I could take this as a goal and become serious in training. There is still such a wonderful life waiting for me in the future.
As for me, my second brother called this method he invented "self-wei"... Of course, I later learned that becoming a professional player will indeed lead to such a life, but if you want to make your career more successful,
, you must not be addicted to such a life. Proper relaxation is beneficial to your career, but addiction is not."
After listening to the boss's narration, Hu Lai couldn't complain anymore.
So taking young players to see the world of entertainment and entertainment is to make young players strive for this goal? This is really not afraid of leading young players into a ditch...
But if you think about it carefully, this kind of thing is indeed in line with the atmosphere of the early professionalization of Chinese football where Xue Bowen lived, and is quite consistent with Xue Bowen's personal style.
It is indeed something that Xue Bowen is capable of. After all, it can be said that Xue Bowen fell into this aspect later on, and his career achievements are far inferior to those of his younger brother Qin Lin, who was taken care of by him at the beginning.
Does Xue Bowen regret living such a life?
Hu Lai didn't know, but he knew that in that era when the sports team had just changed from professionalism to professionalism, how many Chinese players could have today's professional vision and career plans? Let alone players, fans, reporters
I have no idea myself.
It was the golden age of Chinese football. The professional reform unleashed the pent-up enthusiasm of fans, the market, the media, and the players, and it spurted unbridled.
But that was also the most dangerous time for Chinese football, because what happened after the long-simmering passion ended? It was endless emptiness and chaos.
It's just that even the Football Association was in such an excited state at that time, how many people could realize this?
As a result, Chinese football missed out on youth training during the most prosperous era of professionalism. It grew wildly and repeatedly broke the rules, with constant scandals and numerous ills.
It will have to take longer to make up for it later.
In a sense, Hu Lai's ability to become a professional player as a high school player is also part of this compensation.
There was a knock at the door. Hu Lai jumped out of bed and opened the door, only to find that it was the team's head coach Zhao Kangming.
After seeing Hu Lai, he glanced at Qin Lin who was inside, and said with a smile: "Are you all here? It's good. Go to bed early, don't do it too late."
Hu Lai said quickly: "Don't worry, Director Zhao, we will wash up and go to bed soon."
Zhao Kangming nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time did not give Hu Lai too many instructions. With Qin Lin here, he could rest assured that Hu Lai would never do anything wrong.
After checking Hu Lai and Qin Lin's rooms, he continued to check the rooms.
Hu Lai closed the door and was really ready to wash up and go to bed.
