"You two said you want to apply for the FA Cup in midweek?" Zhao Kangming looked at Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei standing side by side in the office, and his mind was filled with questions. "Why?"
So Hu Lai repeated the reasons he explained to Wang Guangwei yesterday.
"So you just think you can't take the salary given by the club in vain and want to play in the FA Cup?" After listening, Zhao Kangming asked.
Hu Lai nodded.
Zhao Kangming looked at Wang Guangwei again: "Is this the same reason for you?"
"Although my salary is not as high as Hu Lai's, I am still willing to contribute to the team. After all, I have been at Flash Star longer than Hu Lai. I can be regarded as his senior. There must be seniors."
You should set an example for the younger generation!" Wang Guangwei stood up straight and spoke decisively.
Zhao Kangming smiled.
He really didn't expect to hear such reasons for participating in the game from two young people.
As a head coach, this is not the first time that players have come to him, hoping to let him arrange for them to play games.
The reasons given by these people are various. Some are very direct. It is because the number of appearances is stipulated in the contract. If you can reach the standard in a few more games, you can get an extra bonus, or in the subsequent contract renewal negotiations.
Automatically receive a certain level of salary and contract length.
Others feel that they have performed well in training and are in good shape, and want to prove themselves in the game.
But the two young men in front of him came to him and said that they wanted to play because the club gave them a lot of money and the thought of them getting paid without working made them panic... This was really the first time he had encountered them.
Who would mind having too much money?
Some players would rather receive high salaries but not play a single game...
If you're selected for the squad, you'll sleep on the bench. If you're not selected for the squad, you'll go to a club, play golf, etc., isn't that a pleasure?
He looked at the sincere gazes cast in the eyes of the two young people and sighed in his heart - it's so good to be young, still have career ambitions and the urge to pursue ideals, and have not been tainted by the messy worldly world.
Although he was moved by the two young people in his heart, Zhao Kangming still shook his head and rejected them: "No. We have a league game on Saturday, and it's an away game. I don't want you two to waste your energy in the insignificant FA Cup."
Wang Guangwei was actually not surprised by this result at all, because this is a reason that any normal person can think of. It was also based on this reason that he initially felt that it was impossible for Hu Lai to play in the FA Cup.
So he glanced at Hu Lai, wanting to see what Hu Lai could do about it.
"But Director Zhao, my physical fitness is fine." Hu Lai said, "If you don't believe me, ask the team doctor to do a comprehensive physical examination on me. Director Zhao, it's not like you don't know that my physical fitness recovers very quickly after every game. One week.
The double and triple matches basically have no impact on me. Of course, I don’t know if Wang Guangwei has any problems..."
Wang Guangwei said quickly: "I have no problem, Director Zhao! As you know, my physical fitness has always been my advantage! Double matches in a week is really drizzle for me..."
Hu Lai added: "Moreover, Coach Zhao, I know that we have to rotate during double matches a week, but as the team's main forward, is it normal to play one game every week? When there is a game in the middle of the week, I will
Do you want to be rotated down? Now we are in the Chinese League One, and we will go to the Chinese Super League in the future. There is also the AFC Champions League in the middle of the week. Can I not play in the AFC Champions League?"
Zhao Kangming laughed: "AFC Champions League? You are thinking too far, Hu Lai."
"Oh, people always have ideals. What if we really make it to the AFC Champions League?"
Zhao Kangming really wants to say that he wants to participate in the AFC Champions League, which means that the Flash Stars have to finish in the top two in the Chinese Super League, or win the FA Cup, or at worst be third in the Chinese Super League, so that they can still participate in the AFC Champions League qualifying rounds.
How can a team of Flash Star's level easily achieve such results?
But his mouth opened, but the words did not come out. He felt that it was meaningless to talk about "normal principles" in front of Hu Lai, a monster.
And leaving aside the question of whether Flashstar can participate in the AFC Champions League, what Hu Lai said is quite reasonable.
He is obviously the main player of the team, but if he doesn't have the physical fitness to play two games a week, then why should he be the main player? He might as well be a rotation player.
Whether it is Hu Lai or Wang Guangwei, they are the pillars and core of this team in Zhao Kangming's plan.
Since he is the main force, what does it mean to rotate out of the lineup whenever there is a double match in a week?
Looking at the two young men standing in front of him, and thinking about what they had said since they came in, Zhao Kangming was filled with emotion.
He also thought about giving the young people as much protection as possible, helping them onto their horses and sending them on a journey... Now it seems that some young people have grown up so fast that they have completely exceeded his expectations, and they may not need his careful care anymore.
You can let them go to fight in the sky.
Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded: "Okay, as long as you can pass the physical test and prove that your physical fitness is really good, I will let you start in the Football Association Cup."
Wang Guangwei looked at Hu Lai with incredible eyes: This kid actually convinced Director Zhao! What kind of material is his mouth made of?!
No... Director Zhao is too partial to Hu Lai, right? He agreed to every request he made, just like an old father who dotes on Yao'er without any bottom line!
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The subsequent physical fitness test proved that Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei were not lying, and their physical conditions fully met the competition requirements.
Moreover, considering that Flash Star’s opponent in this round of FA Cup is the Chinese second-division team Hejiang Xiaoyao, which is not very strong, so even if the playing time is the same, the physical energy consumed may not be the same. If the game leads by a big score
, and they can be replaced in advance. In fact, the impact on the weekend league is not as big as people think.
In this way, when Zhao Kangming announced the FA Cup squad for the team's midweek home game against Hejiang Xiaoyao, Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei were among them.
This somewhat surprised the other teammates.
After all, most of the players who played in the last league game have been rested. Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, and goalkeeper Yu Zhiming are the only players on this roster who started in the last league game.
No one, including Qin Lin and Zhang Qinghuan, was selected into the squad. They could stay at home to rest on the day of the game and recharge their batteries for Saturday's away game.
In fact, it was not just the Flash Star players who were surprised. After the roster was revealed, many Flash Star fans and media reporters were also puzzled.
In this FA Cup match with Hejiang Xiaoyao, there is really no reason to let main players like Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei play... Although no one knows yet whether Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei will start, or they may sit on the bench.
Keep it, just in case.
But why must players of Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei’s level do this kind of work?
Isn't it possible that no one else can be found in Team Flash?
And when the two teams announced the starting lineup before the game started, everyone was even more puzzled - Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei actually started!
Playing on a second-tier team, you are the team's main shooter and main central defender...isn't it a bit "killing a chicken with a big knife"?
After the game started, as the game progressed, many people felt that Flash Star's side was a bit... wasteful.
Only eleven minutes into the game, Hu Lai opened the scoring for the Stars.
And the person who provided him with an assist was... Chen Xingyi!
"Aha! Beautiful!" After scoring the goal, Hu Lai happily ran to Chen Xingyi to give him a high-five to celebrate.
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"Actually, I finally decided to let Hu Lai start, and I also had this idea. Considering that He Jiang Xiaoyao is not strong, it can be used to verify whether there really is some kind of tacit understanding between the two of them that we don't understand.
." On the coaching bench, head coach Zhao Kangming explained to assistant coach Chen Mo.
"Now it seems that the two of them are really interested." Chen Mo smiled and helped Zhao Kangming fill in the answer.
At the beginning, when Chen Xingyi was unable to integrate into the team, he was also worried about Chen Xingyi, but he didn't show it. In fact, he had always been thinking about how to speed up the process of Chen Xingyi's integration into the team.
Unexpectedly, the final solution was so simple - just put him and Hu Lai on the field at the same time.
It seems to be to prove the effectiveness of Zhao Kangming's method.
In the next game, Hu Lai scored two more goals, completing a hat trick.
Two of these three goals were passed to him by Chen Xingyi.
Chen Xingyi also scored a goal himself. Although it was not passed to him by Hu Lai, he took advantage of the space left by Hu Lai to pull away the defender for him.
Chen Xingyi was very excited after scoring the goal.
Although it was only the Football Association Cup and the opponent was still a weak Chinese second-division team, this was Chen Xingyi's first goal in professional football after all.
The meaning is extraordinary.
In the end, Anton Shining Star defeated their opponent 5:0 at home. Hu Lai only played half of the game and was replaced during the halftime break.
Chen Xingyi was also replaced early in the 70th minute.
This seems to mean that he will still have a chance to play in the league game against Youjiang Honglian on Saturday.
Otherwise, Zhao Kangming can let Chen Xingyi play for the full ninety minutes. Chen Xingyi performed well in this game and was replaced early. This only shows that Zhao Kangming hopes to let Chen Xingyi also play in the next weekend league game.
Continue to show up.
Chen Hantang, who saw this scene in the stands, smiled very happily.
