Chapter 118 Football pays attention to talking and learning to sing
Junpei Morikawa stood on the court and focused his attention on the Chinese team's No. 14 player.
The second half of the game has begun, and his task has not changed from the first half. He is still responsible for defending this person.
In fact, from a certain perspective, he should be grateful to the person in front of him.
Because it was him who gave him the opportunity to play in the East Asian Cup.
Thinking of this, Junpei Morikawa decided to go find No. 14 to exchange jerseys after the game, and then keep his jersey as a trophy as a souvenir.
A commemoration of his first national championship.
He puffed up his chest when he thought about the encouragement and praise given to him by head coach Sato and captain Tatsuya Sugiyama during the halftime break.
In the position of central defender, Junpei Morikawa, who is not even 1.8 meters tall, does not have very good congenital conditions. He is not tall enough and not strong enough.
But he also has his own advantages, and he firmly believes that his advantages will definitely give him a place in Japanese football.
That's his flexibility and tenacity.
In order to stand out, he is always the hardest working person in training. He believes that whether he is in the club or on the Olympic team, his efforts will be seen by the coach.
No, he started the last game of this East Asian Cup and the most important game.
Before playing, head coach Sato patted him on the shoulder and said to him: "Morikawa, I know you are a capable player, and I believe you think so yourself, but some people outside don't think so. They think you are not tall enough.
Too light to be a central defender... Then this game is an opportunity for you to prove to them that they are wrong! You can become an excellent central defender!"
Captain Tatsuya Sugiyama also encouraged him: "Now it's time to show the results of your training to the outside world, Morikawa-kun!"
Everyone is supporting him, so what reason does he have for not repaying everyone's support for him?
His reward is to try to freeze Hu Lai in the game.
He did a good job in the first half, preventing Hu Lai from even taking a shot.
Hu Lai felt someone was staring at him. When he turned around, he saw No. 24 of the Japanese team, whom Shi said was Junpei Morikawa, looking at him.
That look... wasn't a look of jealousy when enemies meet, but a look of perseverance and determination, full of fighting spirit.
This makes Hu Lai a little strange - what's going on with such a middle-class look?
Junpei Morikawa saw Hu Lai looking back at him, and couldn't help but express his feelings to him: "Hello, my name is Junpei Morikawa, and I will let you know how good I am. I'm sorry, you won't have a chance to shoot in the game.
…After today’s game, everyone will hear my name!”
Hu Lai was even more confused - how could this person still chat with me? But the problem is, brother, you have been talking Japanese for a long time and you are beyond the limit. You didn't say a word of Japanese that I can understand...
Since the other party was so enthusiastic, Hu Lai thought that if I didn't reply a word, and when the media saw the game footage, would they say I was arrogant, disrespectful of my opponent, and impolite?
But he really couldn't understand what the other party said, but this couldn't help him. He remembered a video he had seen that taught people how to chat with Japanese people without understanding Japanese at all, so he did something like this
Following the example, he nodded repeatedly: "Hey, hey, hey... I searched the temple -"
When Junpei Morikawa saw that Hu Lai actually responded to him, he became even more enthusiastic: "Hu Lai-kun, if possible, I hope I can exchange jerseys with you after the game. I think you are a respectable opponent..."
"Oh? Saga - No-Maj... Which road has more monkeys..."
Morikawa Junpei didn't expect Hu Lai to agree!
He was overjoyed, and just as he was about to say "Aligado" again, he saw Hu Lai's figure swaying, and then suddenly jumped out from his side!
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"Guo Junfu's pass! Hu Lai! Shoot!"
Amid the roar of commentator He Feng, Hu Lai shot the football toward the Japanese team's goal.
Japanese goalkeeper Hiroki Ueshima jumped into the air and lifted the football with one hand!
"Wow! What a risk!" the commentator on Japanese TV exclaimed, "Fortunately, Hiroki Ueshima made a wonderful save to save the goal!"
There may not even be a second between Hu Lai leaving in front of him and him shooting, and Morikawa Junpei didn't react at all.
After the football flew out of the baseline, he realized that Hu Lai had just completed his first shot of the game!
And just half a minute ago, he boasted in front of Hu Lai, saying that he would never let him have a chance to shoot in this game...
"Hey! Morikawa, what are you doing!" Goalkeeper Hiroki Ueshima, who saved a goal, got up from the ground and shouted at Junpei Morikawa, who was in a daze. "The game is just a game, why are you talking to your opponent?!
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"Ah, I'm sorry..." Morikawa Junpei turned around and apologized.
"Don't be sorry, just keep an eye on him!" Hiroki Ueshima slapped Morikawa Junpei and pushed him to Hu Lai's side.
Morikawa Junpei looked at Hu Lai again, feeling ashamed and remorseful for his distraction just now. Fortunately, Ueshima-kun was as stable as ever, otherwise he would have become the sinner of the entire team...
At this moment, he saw Hu Lai look back at him again. This time, he did not speak to him, but just smiled slightly.
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"Hu Lai has a shot!" After the Chinese women's football girls in the stands regretted that this shot did not score, they also realized that this was Hu Lai's first shot of the game.
"It's such a pity not to get in! The opportunity is too rare to get. That number 24 was actually thrown away by Hu Lai this time..."
"Yes, yes, it's a golden opportunity. If this goal is scored, the Chinese team can equalize the score..."
But Li Qingqing shook his head: "No, it's not a big deal even if you don't get in."
Her point of view attracted everyone's attention.
"That No. 24 can't guard Hu Lai." Li Qingqing said firmly. "Hu Lai will have more shooting opportunities, and he will score sooner or later."
"Qingqing, what you said is too full..."
Li Qingqing neither explained nor refuted, but held his chin in one hand and looked at the court intently.
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"This Morikawa Junpei can't guard against Hu Lai!" In the bar, Yan Yan pointed at the scene on the projection screen and said loudly to the people around him.
"People have only been able to guard Hu Lai for one shot. Why do you think he can't guard Hu Lai?" someone in the bar asked curiously.
"Because Hu Lai is chatting with him!" Yan Yan said.
The other people in the bar looked at each other, not understanding what this had to do with being unable to guard against Hu Lai?
The middle-aged uncle sitting next to Yan Yan asked the question on his behalf.
Yan Yan laughed after hearing this: "Uncle, you don't know Hu Lai as well as I do. It's normal to have such questions... How about I tell you a story? That was Hu Lai's first time in the Anton Cup finals in our province.
Coming on as a substitute..."
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Seeing Hu Lai's shot being saved, the other players in the Chinese team felt regretful. Only Wang Guangwei's reaction was different from theirs - he twitched the corner of his mouth, having bad memories...
But what followed was curiosity: When did this kid Hu Lai become able to speak Japanese? Can he actually chat with Japanese players?
He decided to run up and ask what was going on - anyway, it was a corner kick, and he had to go up and fight for it.
After running into the penalty area, he found Hu Lai: "What were you talking about with that kid?"
"I don't know..." Hu Lai spread his hands and said with a confused look. "I can't understand Japanese, so how do I know what he is talking about to me...
Wang Guangwei was very angry: "I don't understand what you are talking about?!"
"When people talk to me, I don't reply a word. Isn't this impolite?"
"Can you speak Japanese?"
"No way..."
"I dare you two to talk to each other like a duck!" Wang Guangwei rolled his eyes and ran to take a seat.
He thought Hu Lai could really speak and understand Japanese...
"Damn, let's be clear! Who's the chicken and who's the duck?!" Hu Lai reached out, but he was a step too late and failed to grab Wang Guangwei's clothes, allowing him to slip away.
Then Hu Lai turned around and found that the "chicken-duck" fusion Morikawa Junpei was still beside him. He ran out of the penalty area, and Morikawa Junpei also followed.
Hu Lai is used to this. It is estimated that the head coach of the Japanese team specially arranged for such a person to mark him.
Seeing Junpei Morikawa staring at him with his eyes, he seemed to be even more confused than before.
It's really marking, literally...
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"Did you see Wang Guangwei who went up to say a few words to Hu Lai? At that time, he was made miserable by Hu Lai's 'crosstalk football', and finally collapsed and gave Hu Lai a chance to shoot. Hu Lai relied on
That shot defeated Jiaxiang High School, and our Dongchuan Middle School qualified for the national competition for the first time..." Yan Yan pointed at the projection screen and said.
"So now you understand why I am so sure that Hu Lai will score, right? When he starts chatting with the opponent's defender...hehe, that means that he is now very relaxed and has entered his rhythm. Don't
I thought that in the first half, Hu Lai was blocked by this kid and didn't even have a shot, so he would be upset... You see, I'm not worried at all. Why? Because I understand Hu Lai! It's just Junpei Morikawa.
, how could it be possible to guard against him? The head coach of the Japanese team really thinks that he can freeze Hu Lai by just finding a substitute? What a joke!"
After finishing speaking, Yan Yan leaned back slightly, leaned on the bar chair, crossed his legs, then elegantly picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine to sooth his throat after telling the story.
Others looked at him leisurely and contentedly, and were speechless.
Many of them have never heard of this story and cannot verify whether it is true or false.
After all, it's such nonsense. How can anyone have the time to chat with others during the game?
But they also thought that before the first East Asian Cup game, this young man insisted that Hu Lai would definitely score in the game, and in the end he was right.
It has to make people doubtful.
The middle-aged man sitting next to him suddenly asked: "I have a question, does Hu Lai know Japanese?"
Yan Yan shrugged: "I didn't hear that he would."
"Then how can he chat with Japanese players?"
Yan Yan waved his hands nonchalantly: "That's not important. As long as Hu Lai is willing, even if the person in front of him is a monkey, he can talk and laugh with him happily."
"Isn't this too exaggerated?"
"It's no exaggeration. Everything that happened to Uncle Hu Lai cannot be understood by common sense. Don't try to explain his behavior, and don't think about why or why, otherwise you will find that you are completely confused.
It's broken." Yan Yan shook his crossed legs. "How about uncle, let's make another bet? If Hu Lai can score a goal under the defense of that little Japanese, how about you pay for the whole game today?"
The uncle nodded: "Okay. If you don't score, you pay the bill."
"No problem!" Yan Yan curled his lips and agreed very calmly.
Others who heard the conversation between the two cheered: "Waiter, add more wine!"
"Waiter, bring me a dozen Qingdao from 1982!"
The bar was full of joy and excitement.
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PS, today’s second update is an hour earlier because there is another update at 10 o’clock in the evening, which will include Hu Lai’s goal.
Surprised or not? Unexpected?
It's the end of the month, so let's reach out to everyone and ask for monthly tickets, and try to get our monthly ticket ranking into the top 50 this month, okay?
