In fact, Hu Lai didn't intend to shoot when he made a diagonal shot. He just thought that there was a space behind him, so he should make a decisive shot. This was entirely due to his instinct or talent.
Of course, because he is the most threatening shooter of Anton Shining Star, his sudden diagonal thrust in the penalty area was keenly caught by Youjiang Honglian's defender.
So someone quickly came up to stop him from catching the ball.
Under such circumstances, Hu Lai felt that there was no need for Chen Xingyi to pass the football to him, thinking that he could not do anything if he passed it to him.
In a ninety-minute game, Hu Lai didn't know how many times he had to do this kind of wasted run. He didn't count it, but it was countless. That's why his physical fitness was at its limit before the end of the game.
Almost exhausted.
His style of football really requires physical fitness. Fortunately, he has [Stamina Potion], otherwise he can only be a super substitute. No matter how fast he has a dagger, he can only stab it once.
Hu Lai has already considered asking physical coach Sun Yi to arrange physical training for him after the strength training has come to an end to greatly improve his physical fitness. He does not want to rely on [Stamina Potion] to provide battery life every time.
Back to this run, Hu Lai ran just because he is a forward who is always looking for openings. If he doesn't run, he has no chance at all. Everyone says that he is a very efficient forward, but that's just looking at him.
conversion ratio of shots to goals.
But if you look at the number of times he runs in search of opportunities, you will find that he may have to run like this a dozen times on average to complete a shot.
Specifically, in this run, after he made a diagonal move, there was no chance of shooting at all, so there was no need for Chen Xingyi to pass the ball to him.
But Chen Xingyi still passed it on.
When the football rolled towards him, Hu Lai was already thinking about what he should do next.
A direct shot is definitely not possible. Even if it is not blocked by the opponent, the ball cannot hit the goal frame. Such a shot is meaningless.
Stop the football and then control it in the penalty area and wait for your teammates to come up and pick you up?
Let’s not talk about whether his foot skills can “dance on a postage stamp” (Note 1). He can move the football around in a small space to avoid defenders. Let’s talk about whether his body can withstand the impact of the opponent’s defender.
That's totally hard to say.
So I can neither shoot nor stop the ball, so what else can I do?
All that's left is passing the ball.
To whom? Where to pass it?
Hu Lai realized that his diagonal movement had attracted Youjiang Honglian's defensive attention to the direction of his diagonal movement. So...should there be an opening behind him?
Hu Lai had no way to look back, but based on his analysis based on experience, he felt that this possibility was very high.
Since there is space behind him, he can pass the football to him. Whether anyone can catch it is not his business.
After all, he is not Zhang Qinghuan. Isn’t it normal for him to fail to pass the ball well?
Thinking of this, he adjusted his steps, slowed down, raised his arms to hold the opponent's center back, and knocked the football behind him with his right heel!
After passing the ball, he looked back and saw Chen Xingyi kicking a shot!
Then the football flew into Youjiang Honglian's goal.
Facing Youjiang Honglian's fierce defense, it should have been very difficult for Anton Shanxing to score a goal. It should have taken a lot of effort and a little bit of luck to be able to score a goal.
Youjiang Honglian’s locked goal.
But now this goal seems so... natural and smooth.
It is as if there is a lowland on the earth. The snow on the mountain turns into water, rushing into this lowland, rushing forward. When encountering obstacles, it turns to one side, and when encountering towering peaks, it goes around. Taking advantage of the situation, it flows forward, and finally
A river was formed that rushed to the sea.
Flashstar's attack is like a river, and everything comes naturally.
"Chen Xingyi scored a goal! And the one who assisted him turned out to be... Hu Lai!" Anton TV's commentator shouted in surprise. "This is so rare! Hu Lai gave an assist!"
No wonder the commentator was so surprised and excited, because it is really rare for Hu Lai to have an assist...
Last season, Hu Lai only played half a season in the Chinese League One with Shining Stars, contributing 11 goals and becoming the top scorer in Shining Stars.
But at the same time, he only had one assist.
And this assist was because he earned a penalty kick for the team against Heihe Polaris - according to the rules of the Chinese League One, winning a penalty kick is also considered an assist.
Therefore, Hu Lai's countermeasures have an assist in his personal statistics.
It's just that the number "1", next to the "11" representing the number of goals, looks a bit dazzling.
This was originally the only assist Hu Lai had in his career so far.
But now, the number is "2".
Apart from scoring goals, Hu Lai is not a forward with other tactical functions. Many professionals know this.
It is impossible to expect him to pull outside the penalty area, connect the team's offense, pass the football to teammates in better positions, and help his teammates score goals...
Most of the time, the position he runs to is the best position. How can he pass the football to players in a better position than him?
In addition, if there is a chance to score a goal, he must have come by himself. How could he pass the football to others? That is seriously inconsistent with the identity of a "shooter".
But just now, in full view of everyone, he passed the football to his teammate Chen Xingyi, and it was a very beautiful heel pass...
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Chen Xingyi, who had scored a goal, recovered from his momentary excitement and turned around to pounce on Hu Lai who passed the ball to him.
"I didn't expect you to pass the ball to me!" He was both excited and confused.
Hu Lai patted him on the shoulder: "I told you we have a good connection! Haha!"
He can't tell Chen Xingyi that this is the effect of the [Lingxi Card] - since there is a tacit understanding, it doesn't make sense that Chen Xingyi has a tacit understanding with Hu Lai, but Hu Lai doesn't have a tacit understanding with Chen Xingyi, right?
So Chen Xingyi can provide assists for him, and he can also assist Chen Xingyi in turn.
"Thank you!" Chen Xingyi hugged Hu Lai hard and thanked him sincerely.
This goal is indeed very important to him, much more important than the goal in the FA Cup, and more important than the assist he gave Hu Lai before.
This is a league goal!
"It's so strange for us to say thank you. I'll give you an assist and you can give me another one, okay?" Hu Lai laughed.
"That's right!" Chen Xingyi nodded, feeling that what Hu Lai said made sense.
The two of them said thank you very politely, and they repay the favor on the football field with football!
Teammates rushed up to join in the celebration. Zhang Qinghuan patted Hu Lai on the shoulder and said in surprise: "Hu Lai, did you steal my lesson? Can you pass that heel pass?"
"Damn, I usually keep a low profile and you think I really can't pass the ball!"
"Then let's compete in fixed-point passing during training. How about a treat for the loser?" Zhang Qinghuan said.
"Boring!" Hu Lai refused. "My strength is not just for the sake of entertaining my teammates!"
"Haha!" Everyone laughed.
Qin Lin saw the young people getting along well with each other, and everyone was so united, and a bright smile broke out on his face.
The contract he signed with the club was for two and a half years, and by the time the contract expired, he was already over 40 years old.
As a professional player, this is a big age.
If it hadn't been for the injury last season, he would still have wanted to continue playing.
But after the injury, he occasionally felt inadequate, and now he sees young people playing better and better, and they can already take the lead in multiple positions.
This forced him to reconsider his plans.
Maybe...he should retire after his contract expires.
Retiring with the regret of never playing in the World Cup, just like his predecessors, Zhao Kangming, Shi Wuyin, Wang Xiaojun... and many more names like this.
They spent their entire careers and still failed to reach the World Cup finals.
Looking at Hu Lai, who was surrounded by his teammates and making people laugh, Qin Lin remembered what this young man said in an interview with the Olympic training team.
What a loud tone.
But... maybe it is their generation of young people who can hope to realize the dream of all Chinese footballers - reaching the World Cup?
If you win the World Cup, just listen to it.
It is not impossible to reach the World Cup.
Because they are still young, and youth means unlimited possibilities.
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Before the end of the first half, Zhang Qinghuan pulled to the wing to pass the ball, but the football hit the open arm of Youjiang Honglian defender in the penalty area.
The referee blew his whistle decisively, and despite the boos of the home fans, gave Flash Star a penalty kick.
According to the order of penalty kicks determined by Zhao Kangming, all penalty kicks taken during regular game time will be given to Qin Lin to take the penalty if Qin Lin is on the court.
Everyone in the team has no objection to this arrangement.
After all, this veteran was the team's number one penalty kicker whether he was in the national team or the South China Tigers. He has rich experience in taking penalty kicks and has a big heart. He rarely missed a penalty kick in his career.
Hu Lai followed his teammates out of the penalty area as usual.
Of course, he didn't intend to retreat very far, he just stood outside the penalty area.
He decided to wait for Qin Lin to kick the football out, then rush towards the goal and prepare for a follow-up shot.
I didn’t do this because I couldn’t trust the boss, Brother Lin.
It's purely out of a shooter's instinct - never miss any opportunity to score a goal.
Rush forward every time and be prepared for follow-up shots. Maybe the previous ninety-nine times were in vain, but what if the opportunity appears on the hundredth time?
Just like he is always running around in front of the goal looking for space, the previous nine runs may have been in vain, and they were of no use except a waste of energy. But the tenth time he ran into the space, the ball was also passed.
Then he can score directly.
There are neither many nor few opportunities in every game, but if you don’t run, you will never have them.
But this time, just after Hu Lai took a stand a little outside the penalty area, he saw Qin Lin, who was already standing at the penalty spot, turned around and waved to him: "Hu Lai."
Hu Lai was surprised: "What's the matter, Brother Lin?"
"You come."
After Hu Lai ran forward full of suspicion, Qin Lin put the football in his hand into his arms: "You take the penalty kick."
"Me?" Hu Lai was surprised, "I didn't..."
"Not only this penalty kick, but all the penalty kicks in the team from now on will be handed over to you."
Hu Lai looked at Qin Lin with wide eyes.
Qin Lin obviously did not intend to explain to Hu Lai why he did this. After putting the football into Hu Lai's arms, he turned around and walked out of the penalty area.
"Eh? Something happened on the field...Qin Lin actually gave up the penalty kick opportunity to Hu Lai!"
Not only was the commentator surprised, but the head coaches Zhao Kangming and Chen Mo also looked at each other and saw the surprise and confusion in each other's eyes.
Then Chen Mo shook his head and said he didn't know why.
On the court, Hu Lai did not continue to struggle with why Lin Ge gave him the right to take the penalty kick. After seeing Qin Lin standing outside the penalty area, he turned around and bent down to put the football on the penalty spot.
Although I don’t know why, is there any reason not to eat the meat that is fed to my mouth?
Let's kick the ball in first, and then ask Brother Lin for the reason during the halftime break.
After placing the football, he stood up and stepped away, preparing to run.
Players from both sides exited the penalty area. Youjiang Honglian's goalkeeper opened his arms in front of the goal, lowered his center of gravity, and prepared for the attack.
The referee blows the whistle.
Hu Lai started his run-up. After two steps, he put his left foot next to the football and swung his right foot to shoot!
The football flew to the lower right corner against the turf.
The goalkeeper of Youjiang Honglian rushed to the opposite side - he judged the wrong direction!
"The goal is scored! Anton Shining Stars in the away game leads Youjiang Honglian 2:0! After Hu Lai came back from the East Asian Cup, he scored in two consecutive league games! He brought his hot state in the East Asian Cup to
In the club!”
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Note 1: This is a word used to describe Riquelme, praising him for his excellent foot skills and his ability to dance on a small stamp.