Assistant coach Chen Mo came to the head coach's room for a visit. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhao Kangming, who was frowning in thought.
"What are you doing? Are you in any trouble?" he asked with concern.
"No, I've always felt strange... Lao Chen, didn't you notice?"
"What did you find?"
"The morale of the team doesn't seem to be very high... The players who came to the away game this time were all lack of interest and not excited enough. I even think... they don't want to come to the away game." Zhao Kangming explained his confusion just now. came out.
"Isn't that true? What you said is like a negative competition." Chen Mo waved his hands, and then recalled it carefully, "I am a little depressed, but it is not as serious as you said. And if you really care about this matter, Can’t we find out if we call Qin Lin and Li Tielin and ask them?”
Zhao Kangming nodded: "What a good idea. Lao Chen, can you help me call them to my room?"
Chen Mo took out his mobile phone and called the two of them one by one.
Soon Qin Lin and Li Tielin came to Zhao Kangming's room one after another. After listening to Zhao Kangming's question, the two did not answer, but looked at each other for the first time.
Zhao Kangming's first reaction when he saw the two of them was that there must be a ghost.
"It seems you know what happened?" he asked in a deep voice, not in a good tone.
The entire team is in trouble under his nose, but he, the head coach, has been kept in the dark. This makes him feel like he can't lift the 40-meter sword?
When Li Tielin heard what the head coach said, he waved his hand quickly: "No, no, no, no, Director Zhao. There is a reason, but it may not be the same as you think..."
"What do I think?" Zhao Kangming looked directly at the team captain Li Tielin coldly. Even if a head coach is gentle at ordinary times, he is also the general manager of a team and has natural authority over the players.
At this time, Qin Lin stepped forward to help his teammates. After all, he and Zhao Kangming had a "teammate" relationship. The relationship was extraordinary, and some words were easier to say. He explained: "The thing is like this, Zhao Kangming Guidance. Didn’t we draw that amateur team in the Football Association Cup draw before? But before the draw, we all made a bet with Hu Lai..."
Then he told the two coaches present the whole story.
After listening, Zhao Kangming and Chen Mo looked at each other.
"It's that kid again!" Chen Mo said.
Zhao Kangming shook his head and then asked Qin Lin: "So you all plan to wait for Hu Lai to score a goal and then line up to shine his shoes?"
"Yeah, with so many people, you can't default on your debt, right?" Qin Lin was also speechless. Who would have thought that such a low-probability thing would happen to Hu Lai?
Everyone doubted whether Hu Lai's broken mouth was opened.
"Okay, it's okay. You two go back and have a rest early..." Zhao Kangming waved.
Qin Lin and Li Tielin said goodbye to the two coaches and walked out of the room. As soon as they closed the door, they heard a burst of laughter from the room behind them.
The two looked at each other and saw helplessness and depression in each other's eyes.
"If I had known, I would have stopped their nonsense." Li Tielin sighed.
"Who knows this?" Qin Lin shook his head, "Let's go back and rest. Don't get enough rest then. If you lose on the field tomorrow, you will be in big trouble."
Li Tielin also knew the seriousness of the problem: "Well, now the coaches know about this. If we lose, then Director Zhao will wonder if we lost on purpose to not shine Hu Lai's shoes..."
"Yes, yes, not only must he win, he must also score goals. He must score goals. I have to force the cake down his throat."
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Hu Lai just got a chance in the penalty area, but when he started to shoot, the football was poked out of the baseline by the opponent's defender. They would rather give Flash Star a corner kick than let Hu Lai in their penalty area.
Taking a shot, the Tongqi Eagles were really tight in defense against Hu Lai.
On the sidelines of the Shining Star bench, Chen Xingyi yelled regretfully and slapped his thigh hard.
Not only him, but the other Flash Star substitutes on the bench looked very upset.
Just watching this scene will definitely make people feel that the atmosphere in the Flash Star team is really good. The players who can't play are also so sincerely cheering for the players on the field. They don't act like "it's none of their business" just because they don't play.
"hang high" attitude.
Although the atmosphere within the Flash Star team is indeed very good, the excitement of these substitute players obviously has nothing to do with outside speculation.
They are just because if Hu Lai scores a goal at this time, then they can collectively escape the disaster of shining Hu Lai's shoes...
Especially Chen Xingyi. He originally scored a goal in the away game against Hercynian Elite in the FA Cup and performed well. On the way back, he was still dreaming about whether he could rely on such a performance to get a pass in the next game.
The Eagles' game earned him a starting spot.
If the head coach considers that he played in an away FA Cup match and wants him to rest on the bench, then he should follow Hu Lai's example and go to Coach Zhao, take the initiative to ask for a fight, and show him that he is young and has good physical strength, and there is no problem at all in fighting continuously.
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But when Director Zhao really didn't put him in the starting lineup before the game, he breathed a sigh of relief - this meant that he didn't have to shine Hu Lai's shoes on the court.
He thought to himself that Hu Lai couldn't wait until he came on as a substitute and still hadn't scored, right?
As a result, Hu Lai really didn't score in the first half, and the Tongqi Eagles' defense caused him a lot of trouble.
During the previous halftime break, Chen Xingyi asked Hu Lai: "Didn't you say you could score a goal with or without me? Then you should have scored one!"
As a result, Hu Lai said to him in a very disgusting manner: "Little Xingxing, I need you!"
Chen Xingyi turned around and complained to Zhang Qinghuan: "Brother Huan, Hu Lai doesn't want you anymore! This heartless and heartless man!"
Zhang Qinghuan waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't blame him, I wish you happiness."
Wang Guangwei couldn't stand it anymore: "What kind of Qiong Yao drama are you performing here!"
Hu Lai corrected him: "The line is wrong, Lao Wang."
"What line is wrong? Where is it wrong?" Wang Guangwei was confused.
Hu Lai said seriously: "You should say: 'Obviously it was me first'..."
There was a burst of laughter in the locker room.
Although Hu Lai did not score a goal, his movement attracted defensive forces and created scoring opportunities for others. Therefore, in the first half, Flash Star still used Zhang Qinghuan's long shot to score a goal, temporarily leading the home team by one goal.
Eagle.
Now the game has entered the second half, the score is still 1:0, and the away team is leading.
At this time, whether Hu Lai can score has become the most important thing for everyone.
Just now, Hu Lai almost got a chance to kick in the penalty area, but the opponent's defender rushed to clear the ball. The substitute players of Shining Star sighed and their happiness was in vain.
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Out of the corner of his eye, Zhang Qinghuan caught sight of an opening, far away, right behind the Tongqi Eagles' defense line.
And he believed that Hu Lai must have seen that gap and would run in that direction.
Therefore, as an attacking midfielder, he should pass the football to give Hu Lai a chance to shoot in the penalty area.
But if Hu Lai scores a goal, I have to shine his shoes...
But can he not pass the ball to Hulay for this reason?
Of course not.
Just having fun among teammates should not delay the team's game...
So whenever there is a chance, he has to pass the football.
This is his professional responsibility and his professional ethics.
But Zhang Qinghuan was a little unwilling to let him watch him deliver such a good opportunity to Hu Lai.
So he turned his head and looked at the area beside him, as if he was looking for an opening to pass the ball here, but instead kicked the football into the far space.
Can't bear to look at it, can't bear to look at it...
"Zhang Qinghuan passed the ball... wow! No Look Pass!" Shen Lang, the commentator of Tengfei Video, keenly noticed Zhang Qinghuan's small movements when passing the ball, and he exclaimed. "Beautiful! Pass the ball into the space, Hu Lai! He picked up the ball
Got the ball! After a slight adjustment, he took off and shot——"
In his roar, Hu Lai shot the football towards the goal before the opponent's defender could rush to block it.
The football flew close to the turf towards the near corner. The goalkeeper turned over and rushed back, but failed to touch the football. He could only watch the football rush into his own net!
"The ball is scored!! Hu Lai!! Zhang Qinghuan's pass is so beautiful! This is the strength of 'Francis of China'!"
Although Shen Fei wildly praised Zhang Qinghuan's pass, Zhang Qinghuan on the field was not happy at all after seeing Hu Lai's goal. In order to prevent the TV cameras from catching the strange thing, he could only force a smile, but he But there was no Hu Lai who ran towards the goal immediately.
However, after scoring the goal, Hu Lai turned around and ran back towards the corner flag area while hooking his hands to his teammates: "Come on! Be happy!!"
Chen Xingyi and his teammates on the bench jumped up, first hugged each other, and then raised their arms and shouted: "Hu Lai is awesome!!"
After high-fiving and celebrating on the coaching bench, Chen Mo and Zhao Kangming stood on the sidelines together, casting expectant glances at the court.
They would like to see how the entire starting lineup polishes Hu Lai's shoes alone.
"Isn't it? I want to go too?" Goalkeeper Yu Zhiming pointed at himself and asked captain Li Tielin.
Center defender Li Tielin grabbed Wang Guangwei and said to Yu Zhiming: "Go, all go. Didn't you all cheer for it back then? All go!"
Yu Zhiming sighed. He was just joining in the fun at the time, but who would believe what he said now?
So he had no choice but to follow the other teammates and run towards Hu Lai.
The only thing he could comfort himself with was that he didn't have to be the first.
The first one was foreign aid Murphy. The foreigner was so sincere. He simply knelt down on one knee, picked up Hu Lai's right foot, placed it on his thigh, and started to polish the shoes...
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"Wow! Shoeshine celebration! Murphy shines Hu Lai's shoes! Such a celebration is incredible!" Shen Lang exclaimed, and then taught the audience the symbolic meaning of this celebration. "This often represents the player who scored the goal. He has a very high status among his teammates and is very popular! Otherwise, how could ordinary people be willing to kneel down and shine shoes for others?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhang Qinghuan running up, kneeling down on one knee, holding Hu Lai's right foot, and shining his shoes...
"Ha! Zhang Qinghuan is here too! It's amazing, Hu Lai can actually let two teammates shine his shoes!"
Before Shen Lang finished speaking, he saw Qin Lin, the third Flash Star player, also kneeling on one knee and shining Hu Lai's shoes...
Not only that, behind Qin Lin, more Flash Star players came and lined up, kneeling down one by one to shine Hu Lai's shoes!
Shen Lang was dumbfounded.
"This is……"
Forget about him, the commentators from Anton TV, the commentators from Tongqi TV, the fans watching the live broadcast in front of TVs, computers, and mobile phones, as well as the fans in the stands, home team players, and coaches were all dumbfounded. --What's happening here?
The entire Shining Star team came to polish Hu Lai's shoes?
Is this battle too big? Is this status too high?
If one or two players come to shine his shoes, they can still say that he is popular and has a high status. But now the whole team comes. Is this just explained by his popularity and high status? Is there another deeper meaning?
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Hu Lai landed on one foot, raised his right foot, put his hands on his hips, raised his head and laughed!