The home team's locker room at the Provincial Sports Center outside the North Third Ring Road of Jincheng is filled with all kinds of sounds. For example, every time someone comes in or goes out and opens the door, the noise from the stadium outside will be amplified countless times and come in.
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There were also people walking around in the locker room wearing changed football shoes, and the spikes made a clear and dense sound when they hit the marble floor.
Various sounds of cabinet doors opening and closing, voices, and the sound of football being played in the locker room...
These are the sounds in the locker room before every game.
For a professional player, he is already very accustomed to preparing for games in such an environment.
But today's home team locker room is a little different from usual games.
When Zhao Kangming led all members of the coaching staff out of the locker room, the door was closed again, and the sounds outside were many times quieter.
Qin Lin stood up from his seat and walked to the middle of the locker room. With one hand, he held the table filled with sports drinks and fruit snacks in the middle, with one hand on his hip, and then he looked around at his teammates.
The originally noisy locker room gradually became quiet.
"Brothers!" he said, "Everyone outside thinks that this game should be abandoned. Even though the stands outside are full of people, in fact they are all here to celebrate our promotion——
After all, this is our first home game after confirming our promotion.”
When the team went out to warm up just now, they saw the Provincial Sports Center that was almost full. This stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 people, had almost never been filled before, except for celebrities who came to hold concerts.
Today, the enthusiastic Stars fans, Anton fans, and Jincheng fans filled the stands of 60,000 people.
When the Flash Star players went out to warm up, they were busy in the stands, hanging the banners they carried on the railings of the stands at each level. Colorful banners, slogans, and ribbons just wrapped the railings.
Various slogans and flags were flying in the stands.
That scene really looked like a championship celebration.
Considering that this is an FA Cup final, it may make people think that Flash Star fans are determined to win the FA Cup championship.
But in fact, Flash Star fans just came to celebrate the team's promotion.
Although the next league match was also the home stadium of Flash Stars, the excited fans couldn't wait at all, so they flooded in and filled up the Provincial Sports Center where the FA Cup final was held.
Of course, they must also be here to cheer for the team in the FA Cup final.
It's just that they don't value the results of the game that much.
Even if they really lose the finals and lose the championship, it will not affect their mood at all.
It's really like what Qin Lin said, this is a game that should be abandoned.
But the Flash Star players themselves are unwilling to give up.
"...I always remember how we answered Coach Zhao twenty days ago. All of us want to win, and no one gives up. I think this game is an excellent test for us.
Test whether we are really ready to participate in the Chinese Super League next season. Otherwise, when we are promoted to the Chinese Super League, will we have to give up directly against every opponent who is stronger than us?"
Facing the boss Qin Lin's questioning, some people couldn't help but shake their heads.
"We are two goals behind in the total score. But what does it mean to be behind by two goals? There is no precedent in football where we are two goals behind in the first half and then complete the comeback in the second half... What's more, we still have 90 goals left.
Minutes! The opponents are indeed very strong, but we are also very strong! We have defeated so many teams in an upright manner and reached the finals all the way. Of course we have the strength to stand in front of them and fight them to the death!"
"We are strong!" After Qin Lin finished speaking, captain Li Tielin stood up and shouted, waving his fist.
"We are strong!!!" The other players of Flash Star responded with a shout, and the whole locker room was filled with all kinds of howls.
"We can fight them to the death!"
"Fight them to the death!!!"
Almost all the Flash Star players in the locker room jumped up from their seats and roared at the top of their lungs.
"Very good!!" Qin Lin clapped his hands several times, "Get ready to go out! Get ready to go out!!"
Amid the commotion, Hu Lai sat down again and entered the system space.
Now in his conscious space, there is a locker room with a layout that is almost identical to that of Flash Star, as well as a virtual locker room that is almost exactly the same.
In the virtual dressing room, there were several things placed on the table in front of him.
He was like a soldier about to go to the battlefield, checking and confirming his weapons and equipment.
[Lover’s Red Rope], [Damaged Bear Shin Pads], [Worn Bear Jersey], two [Spirit Cards].
This is all the equipment he prepared for today's game.
He spent all his points on this.
[Broken Bear Shin Pads] was bought in the official mall using 30,000 of the 100,000 rewarded points after he completed the East Asian Cup mission. Based on his father’s experience, he felt that in the game against Wang Xianke’s team
Wearing this injury-reducing shin guard is definitely the right choice, otherwise he may regret it for the rest of his life...
The [worn Bear jersey] was drawn with ten consecutive lottery tickets when he was playing football in Dongchuan Middle School. But it was never used because his physical strength was not good enough at the time. This was improved on the basis of his own strength.
A jersey with strong confrontation ability seems to be useless. It is different now. After such a long period of professional football training, especially the strength training specially designed for him by the physical fitness coach Sun Yi, his physical strength today is different from that in middle school. This shirt
The jersey naturally has its place.
Hu Lai also specifically studied that the main central defenders of Golden Arrow are all tall and large. One is the main central defender of the current Chinese national team Mao Junzheng, who is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 86 kilograms.
One is Jin Yong. Although he is not a national team player, he is not bad at all. Otherwise, he would not be the main force in Wang Xianke's Dashun Golden Arrow formation. He is 1.9 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms.
Hu Lai had fought against these two central defenders in the first round. Once they were attached to them, it was really difficult to deal with them. Their strength made Hu Lai feel like he was fighting against a sandbag filled with sand.
—If you are too weak, you won’t even be able to shake the sandbag.
That's why he chose to take this jersey out of the storage space and let it play its due role.
[Lover's Red Rope] Hu Lai spent 10,000 points to buy it from the official mall last night.
I also bought two [Lingxi Cards] together.
Why two?
Because Hu Lai found that after buying [Lover's Red Rope], he only had 63,000 points left.
In the official mall, the price of [Lingxi Card] is 30,000 points each, which is just enough to buy two.
So why buy two?
Because Hu Lai was very imaginative. He remembered that he had used one for Chen Xingyi and the effect was very good. He couldn't help but think about what effect it would have if he used a [Lingxi Card] for each of the two people.
Doesn’t the outside world say that he, Chen Xingyi and Zhang Qinghuan are the shining star trident?
Let's make arrangements for that, let's see what kind of sparks can be created between these tridents!
In this way, Hu Lai exchanged the few remaining points in his hand for two [Lingxi Cards].
Now I only have 3,400 points left, and I can almost go back to before liberation overnight.
However, Hu Lai has no regrets or heartache, not to mention that if he successfully completes the task, he will be rewarded with 200,000 points.
Just say that in order to kill Wang Xianke, this is the price that must be paid.
If you can't bear the child, you can't trap the wolf, and if you can't bear the points, how can you kill monsters by leapfrogging levels?
"Let's go, Hu Lai!"
Wang Guangwei, who had already stood up, turned around and saw Hu Lai still sitting on the stool, so he turned around and waved to him.
"coming."
Hu Lai stood up.
[Broken Bear Leg Guards] was equipped on his legs.
His right hand passed across his left wrist, and a thin red rope appeared on his wrist.
He shook his neck and shook his shoulders, and the [worn Bears jersey] had already been put on.
He followed Wang Guangwei and walked out of the locker room with his teammates. Listening to the dense sound of spikes hitting the floor, he looked at the numbers and names on the backs of his teammates, and walked step by step toward the one waiting to play.
Corridor.
The shouts in the stadium outside the tunnel are getting louder and clearer.
"The shining star rises!!!"
"Rise!!!"
Every Flash Star player knows that they are here to celebrate their promotion, but it doesn't matter. From now on, just think that they are here to cheer for their victory over Dashun Golden Arrow.
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In the corridor, players from both sides met.
Before these two finals, the Golden Arrow players didn't know much about the other Flash Star players except Chen Xingyi, who was on loan. The only exception was Qin Lin.
As the last big boss of Chinese football, Qin Lin’s status in Chinese football is by no means comparable to that of his Flash Star teammates.
Even the opponents, local Chinese players from Golden Arrow, would all take the initiative to say hello to Qin Lin after seeing him.
For example, the 34-year-old Golden Arrow captain Chai Shun was once a midfield partner with Qin Lin during the national team, and the two had a pretty good relationship.
Even before such a crucial game, we can get together and talk and laugh.
Mao Junzheng, who is also a teammate of the national team, also came over to chat with Qin Lin.
After exchanging pleasantries, they went back to their respective teams.
Qin Lin, who had a smile on his face before, became serious again and stood in the middle of the team.
The Golden Arrow players, Chai Shun and Mao Junzheng, also had serious expressions on their faces, waiting for the referee to take them out.
Just before they came out of the locker room, they experienced the "storm of words" from head coach Wang Xianke.
Coach Wang asked them to think about the shame of losing the league championship and asked them if they were willing to become the laughing stock of others.
Naturally, the players responded loudly that he was unwilling to do so.
Wang Xianke asked them to use the victory in this game and the FA Cup championship to fight back those who questioned and ridiculed them.
After successfully arousing the players' murderous intent, he drove them out of the locker room.
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The atmosphere in the corridor suddenly became a little... stiff.
Everyone is tensed up, for fear that they will fall off the chain at the critical moment, fail to hold on tight, show cowardice or be discouraged.
Only Hu Lai’s painting style is different from everyone else’s…
He stared blankly at the air in front of him, his eyes unfocused.
His gesture was naturally noticed by others.
First, Golden Arrow midfielder Bian Li, who was standing next to him, noticed something strange about him, and then touched his teammates in front and behind him with his arms, motioning them to look at Hu Lai.
The Golden Arrow players, who were originally full of murderous spirit, stopped holding back when they saw Hu Lai's piggy look on his face. Some of them laughed out loud first.
Then more desperately suppressed laughter sounded in the half of the corridor occupied by the golden arrow.
And alarmed the Flash Star players.
Wang Guangwei turned around and saw that Hu Lai was still stunned, so he reached out and poked the other person, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
Hu Lai's originally dull eyes became lively again: "Ah, you didn't do anything, what's wrong?"
"You were laughed at..." Wang Guangwei leaned into Hu Lai's ear, frowned and whispered, and briefly explained the situation just now.
After listening to Wang Guangwei's explanation, Hu Lai turned to look at Bian Li, who was standing next to him.
The latter was covering his mouth and was enjoying himself, but unexpectedly saw Hu Lai's eyes. He quickly straightened his face and assumed the majestic look of a Chinese Super League player again.
Hu Lai suddenly grinned: "Brother, I'm sorry to make you laugh... I was thinking about something just now and was distracted. Brother, do you know that our club announced before the game that if we can win the FA Cup, there will be a chance
Ten million bonuses, almost 400,000 are spread out to everyone... I was just thinking about how I would spend such a large sum of money. Brother, do you think I should buy a house or a car first? What if?
If you want to buy a car, what car should you buy? Hey, brother, what car do you drive?"
Bian Li was stunned for a moment, and then realized what Hu Lai had just said. His expression changed. He wanted to retort for a while, but then he thought about it and thought it might be the opponent's psychological tactics. Although the possibility was very low, he still wanted to be safe.
, don’t chat with him...
So in the end he snorted and ignored Hu Lai.
When Hu Lai saw that the other party did not continue talking to him, he turned around and looked at the other Golden Arrow players around him. Every time he saw a smiling Golden Arrow player, he grinned at them.
The Golden Arrow players who originally laughed at him had no choice but to put away the smiles on their faces and tighten their expressions again.
Hu Lai just looked at them one by one, forcing all the Golden Arrow players he could look at to stop laughing, and then turned back with satisfaction.
Then he continued to stare at the front of the team in a daze.
What a thick light chain...
In his field of vision with the system turned on, there were two thick milky-white light chains shining softly in the flashing star queue extending from the top of his head and projected to the front of the team. One penetrated into Chen Xingyi's head, and the other penetrated into the queue.
into Zhang Qinghuan's body.
There is another link between Zhang Qinghuan and Chen Xingyi that connects them.
When Hu Lai takes a step to the side, the positions of the three light chains will also change, turning into an extremely long and narrow triangle.
This was the effect after he just used [Lingxi Card] on Chen Xingyi and Zhang Qinghuan, and it was also the reason why he looked dull just now.
Before this, when he used [Lingxi Card] on Chen Xingyi, there were no such cool special effects...
Even without any explanation, Hu Lai could sense that a certain bond between himself, Chen Xingyi and Zhang Qinghuan had become stronger.
At the same time, Chen Xingyi at the front of the team raised his eyes and glanced above his head with feeling.
There was a familiar but unclear feeling that resurfaced in his heart...
But this time, he did not look at Hu Lai, but turned his attention to Zhang Qinghuan.
Zhang Qinghuan also happened to look back at him at this moment.
Hu Lai, who saw this scene completely from behind, quickly turned off the system vision, and the strange scene in front of him disappeared.
It turns out that using more than two [Lingxi Cards] has this effect. So if I have enough points, buy ten [Lingxi Cards], and use them for all my teammates, wouldn’t it be possible to form a net on the court?
Can the entire team of eleven people think in one place and move their energy in one place, just like an arm moving a finger?
Hu Lai suddenly fancied that he would become rich overnight. Because to buy ten [Lingxi Cards], he needs 300,000 points, and now he only gets 200,000 points after completing the task...
At this moment, the four referees came up from the back of the team. They called to the players on both sides: "Follow up!"
The players from both sides followed behind them, stepping out of the corridor together, with deafening shouts above their heads, and stepped onto the green field under the lights.
"CCTV, CCTV, good evening to all viewers, what you are watching now is the second round of the 2023 Chinese Football Association Cup final. The two sides are the home team Anton Shining Star and the visiting team Dashun Golden Arrow... Now the two sides
The players have already appeared and the game is about to begin!"
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