The venue for the FA Cup final, the home stadium of Dashun Golden Arrow, the Ocean Stadium was filled with people.
The home team fans are celebrating the team's goal.
Just three minutes after the second half started, Dashun Golden Arrow finally blasted the goal of Flash Star, breaking the deadlock on the field.
"...In the first half, the Flash Stars set up a bus in front of the goal again. They successfully withstood Dashun Jinjian's attack and didn't concede a single goal in the entire first half. But we talked about this problem in the first half.
——This kind of passive defense will not last long. As a result, just at the beginning of the second half, Golden Arrow took advantage of the lack of concentration of the Flash Star players and scored the first goal..."
He Feng watched this scene from the studio behind and shook his head.
"The team lacked sufficient offensive means and lacked support. Hu Lai, who started the game, was almost invisible. Chen Xingyi, who performed well in the counterattack in the semifinals, failed to pose any threat to the Golden Arrow's defense...
Golden Arrow's defense against Chen Xingyi was very successful, and Flash Star's counterattack was almost impossible..."
"He Feng, this is the objective strength gap between the two teams. The gap between the second in the Chinese Super League and the first in the Chinese League is so big. Facing the Dashun Golden Arrow, which is second in the Chinese Super League, Anton Shining Star can only
They cowered in defense and couldn't hold on..." Commentator Yan Kang shook his head and sighed, "You can't say that Flashing Star didn't do well enough. They have done well enough. I can only say that Dashun Golden Arrow is too powerful..."
"It's just a lost goal!" The commentator of Anton TV was cheering for the Anton fans in front of the TV, and also for the entire Shining Star team on the field. "How can we not lose when we are playing away from home and are second in the Chinese Super League?"
What about the ball? Of course, everyone hopes not to concede a goal, but it’s not a big deal if a goal is conceded. It’s just a conceded goal... If we lose a goal in the end of this game, it is completely acceptable for Flash Star..."
Xie Lan in front of the TV listened to the commentator's voice and frowned.
This time, she did not have her husband by her side.
He said yesterday that his unit was on duty at short notice today and he would not be able to watch the game.
Although Xie Lan always felt that her husband's reaction was strange. Ever since her son reached the FA Cup final, something seemed wrong with him. But she did not force her husband to watch this game.
She knew very well that for men, face is more important than heaven, and some things cannot be forced. Since her husband does not want to watch this game, then let him fulfill his wish.
After all, aren’t there two more finals?
During the second final, she asked her husband to watch it with her. He would be embarrassed to refuse twice in a row, right?
Xie Lan had such a plan to watch the game alone at home, but now she regrets it.
Because she wanted to hear her husband's analysis of the game situation, whether Flash Star could hold on and stop conceding the ball, or whether there was any hope of stealing one, just like they did against Poseidon in the semifinals...
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"Hey, Lao Hu. You're not on duty today, why are you here?" When Lao Fan returned to the security duty room to change clothes, he immediately saw Hu Lixin sitting on the sofa wearing his own clothes and playing with his mobile phone.
, he was a little surprised.
"I had a fight with my wife and I don't want to stay at home." Hu Lixin said without raising his head.
"Oh, why are you doing this..." Lao Fan persuaded Hu Lixin and walked towards the TV in the duty room, "But now you can't even watch your son's game, right? It's okay, you can watch it here...
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After saying that, he turned on the TV with the remote control.
"Oh no, I..." It was too late for Hu Lixin to stop him. The TV screen that had been on standby was quickly lit up, and then Lao Fan operated the remote control to switch to the Anton TV sports channel.
There was a huge noise coming from the TV.
At the same time, the commentator of the Anton TV Sports Channel said frustratedly: "... Flash Star made a mistake in defense. The team's captain Li Tielin accidentally touched the football into his own goal while blocking Sosa's shot.
...This is an own goal! And it has only been six minutes since the Stars conceded the goal just now...Now the Stars are trailing 0:2 in the away game..."
Hearing such a voice and checking the score in the upper left corner of the screen, Lao Fan felt a little embarrassed.
"Uh...this...what is Flash Star doing?!"
Hu Lixin looked up at the TV hanging on the wall. At this moment, the image of the Golden Arrow coaching bench appeared on the TV screen.
Golden Arrow head coach Wang Xianke was waving his fist to celebrate the goal.
When Hu Lixin saw this scene, he immediately lowered his head and continued to look at his mobile phone: "We are only two goals behind. Flashing Star has already played very well."
"That's what I said, but didn't we only concede one goal against Poseidon in the semifinals?" Lao Fan asked.
"The teams are all different, how can it be so simple? Poseidon and Golden Arrow are different. The same tactics that work for Poseidon may not work against Golden Arrow." After Hu Lixin finished speaking, he stood up to go out.
"What are you doing?"
"Go to the bathroom." Hu Lixin put his cell phone in his trouser pocket, bowed his head and walked out.
The noise from the TV in the house was left behind him.
Lao Fan looked at Hu Lixin's back strangely, then looked back at the TV and scratched his head.
He always feels that today's old man is weird.
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Hu Lixin walked out of the duty room and walked in the community. Without the security uniform, he looked like a resident of this high-end community.
When he walked around Buildings 5 and 4, he suddenly saw the lawn in the courtyard of the community.
Although it is already late autumn and early winter, specially selected grass species ensure that the large area of lawn in the community can remain green even in late winter. The owners of the community poke their heads slightly on their balconies or bay windows.
Being able to see the lush green community scenery made them feel relaxed and happy, and they felt that the money was well spent.
The carefully designed and maintained greenery is also one of the reasons why the housing prices in this community are higher than those in other surrounding communities.
After seeing the atrium of this community, more than one person couldn't help but exclaim: "Wow! It's just like a park!"
There are several kindergarten children chasing a football on this park-like lawn.
Three boys and one girl were playing football without any structure, just running after the football.
Someone catches the football first and kicks it forward. Then his companions swarm past him and continue chasing the bouncing football.
They just ran from one side of the lawn to that side, and then ran back to this side.
At four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the community was filled with their laughter and noise.
Hu Lixin stopped and watched this scene in trance.
He thought of the old-fashioned community where his home was located. Many years ago, when there were not so many cars, the open space between the buildings in the community was not turned into a parking lot, and there were often children playing football there.
If you accidentally break the window glass on the first and second floors, you will get scolded and cursed by the people in the house, and it will also cause disputes with neighbors.
But even so, it is difficult to prohibit children from playing football there.
Because children like to play, but there is no place, they can only play in the open space of the community.
He remembered that Hu Lai was playing football with other children downstairs at that time.
Then he kicked the glass window of an old man's house and broke it. He took this opportunity to punish his son severely, using this as an excuse to not allow him to continue playing football.
Later, everyone gradually installed anti-theft fences, and football could no longer be played in other people's homes. Children would still play football in the open space. Hu Lai also tried to apply for football again, but he was rejected.
Later, as cars entered thousands of households, the empty space in this old community was gradually occupied and filled by those cars.
The children had no place to continue playing football, and Hu Lixin no longer had to worry about his son running away to play football on his back.
Everything seemed to be back on track and football was no longer in his life.
But he didn't expect that, despite all the precautions he took, his son would eventually become a professional player.
Watching him score goals one after another in the professional league, watching him even put on the jersey of the Chinese national team and win the championship trophy in international competitions...
Hu Lixin's heart is extremely complicated.
His wife always blames him and is not happy about her son's success.
But deep in Hu Lixin's heart, he often asks himself, what does success look like?
Son, is this considered a success?
He has only entered the professional league for two seasons. So far, he is still in the Chinese League One and has never even played in the Chinese Super League. And the most important thing is... his career is still very long. Who knows what will happen next?
After all, this is not a world where good people are rewarded and evil people are rewarded with evil.
How dare he be happy about the meager achievements his son has achieved now...
I think he was happy that he had the opportunity to join the first team, but what happened next? What was the result?
Who would have thought that that person would kick his knee so hard during training?
Lying in a hospital bed with serious injuries, he originally thought that the person who did such a thing would be unable to continue working in this industry. After all, this kind of thing is extremely bad.
But the explanation of "It was just an accident during training. I didn't mean it. I didn't mean to attack anyone, I just didn't stop." This explanation cleared him of all "crime", and he didn't expect a frivolous apology.
be able to gain forgiveness from the victim.
When he often wakes up in his sleep because of the pain in his knees, what he sees is the news that that person has become famous... He doesn't know how to face the world.
He wrapped himself in a quilt and stayed in a room with no lights on, just thinking that he was a seed buried in the ground, a rotten seed that had not sprouted.
Don’t watch football, don’t pay attention to football, don’t let football appear in your life, and don’t let that person have another chance to appear in your life.
But he failed.
All his efforts were in vain, and he never expected that more than twenty years later, it would be his son who would bring that person into his sight again.
The past is gone as it is
There are always obstacles in life that cannot be overcome.
The man he hated the most was still living so well and became one of the most successful people in football in this country.
Now he is asked to look at his son's prospects in Chinese football from an optimistic perspective.
Why?
Why can shameless people rise to great heights?
Why do despicable and shameless people have a bright future?
Why are beasts dressed in robes admired by others when they become successful?
But he can only die alone in failure?
Why?
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"The game is over... Flash Star lost to Dashun Golden Arrow 0:2 away from home. They lost two goals in the first round of the FA Cup final. But the result is not the most important thing. What is important is that this game fully illustrates
We can see how huge the strength gap is between Flash Star and Dashun Golden Arrow, which is second in the Chinese Super League... Faced with such a huge gap, even if they return to their home court in the second round, to be honest, we have to admit that Flash Star is almost
It is impossible to comeback... This is not the kind of competition where two teams are at the same level. Flash Star, as a Chinese League One team, can reach the finals all the way and has won everyone's respect, but we must also see clearly.
Fact... We often say that nothing in life is a hurdle that cannot be overcome, but for today's Flash Star, the Dashun Golden Arrow is no longer a hurdle, but an almost unreachable mountain. If you want to conquer this mountain
, we still have a lot of work to do and a long way to go, so everyone must be patient and understand them..."
On the TV, the commentator of the Anton TV Sports Channel spoke in a somber tone, as if he was reading a eulogy for Shining Star.
Of course, he said this to the Stars fans in front of the TV, telling them not to have too high expectations, appeasing their emotions, and asking them not to blame the team for this failure.
After all, when it comes to the finals, everyone wants to win the championship.
But there is only one championship. If you don’t win the championship, does it count as a failure?
of course not.
The team's performance has been very good.
It’s just that we are not strong enough, so what can we do if we lose?
We shouldn't have expected the Stars to beat the Golden Arrows away from home, let alone win the FA Cup.
The failure of this game may make the team realize that the FA Cup championship is a poisonous dream, and the league is the foundation of its existence.
They were able to reach the finals and faced three Chinese Super League teams. They have accumulated a lot of experience against Chinese Super League teams. This experience may become the capital for Flash Star to avoid relegation in the Super League next season.
Xie Lan, who was in front of the TV, heard the commentator say this and opened his mouth to refute, but was speechless.
She could only turn off the TV irritably, not wanting to listen to the narrator's deliberately neutral and objective talk.
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"uncle!"
Hu Lixin, who was standing on the edge of the lawn, was awakened by the cry of a child.
"Uncle! Play football!"
The child in the distance pointed to his feet.
Only then did Hu Lixin realize that the football had rolled to his feet at some point.
Although the children asked him to kick the football over, he still bent down to pick up the ball with his hands and threw it back.
The football landed and bounced up behind the children, causing the children to chase after him with laughter, while he himself turned around and left.