Chapter 210: A generation will eventually grow old, but there are always people who are young
What is this idiot Jin Yong doing!"
Wang Xianke, who saw this scene on the sidelines, cursed unhappily.
He indeed arranged such a task for Jin Yong, asking him to be cruel to Hu Lai.
But he didn’t let Jin Yong take the initiative to take the card!
At this time, the angry Wang Xianke had forgotten what he had said to Jin Yong.
Now the two main central defenders have received yellow cards, which can be said to be a heavy blow to the subsequent Golden Arrow defense.
Because Shining Star's offensive became more and more fierce.
"Damn it, not enough success, more than enough failure!" Wang Xianke sat on the coaching bench, shaking his head and sighing.
Then he raised his wrist and looked at his watch.
It’s already the 76th minute of the game.
He was wondering whether he should simply shrink his defense and withstand Flash Star's attack in the last ten minutes or so, he would be able to win the championship.
Of course, when the team that was the runner-up in the Chinese Super League faced a Chinese League One team, they cowered up and set up a bus. This scene was really not good-looking...
But Wang Xianke feels that if he loses the FA Cup championship in the end, it may not be as simple as looking bad.
After much thought, he made up his mind, and then said to the assistant coach beside him: "Go tell the players to shrink the defense."
The assistant coach was a little surprised, but he reacted quickly, stood up and strode to the sidelines, conveying Wang Xianke's adjustment instructions to the players on the field.
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"The Golden Arrow actually set up a bus?" Anton Satellite TV's commentator asked this question in a tone that was half teasing and half mocking. "The dignified runner-up of the Chinese Super League was actually beaten at home when facing a Chinese League One team.
There’s a bus at the door?! Ha!”
The Flash Star fans in the stands also booed when they saw this.
"Although shrinking the defense is the right approach, considering the identity and strength gap between the two teams, the obviously stronger Golden Arrow was forced to look like this... It is still far beyond the expectations of many people before the game.
Unexpected." He Feng also made his own evaluation of the changes in the situation he saw on the field. "Before the game, many people thought that the Golden Arrow would win easily in the away game..."
"This is the interesting part of football, He Feng." Commentator Yan Kang said. "Wang Xianke made a very correct decision. But I believe that even if the Golden Arrow finally wins the FA Cup, many people will still have doubts about it.
.Even if Flash Star loses the championship, it is still an honor to lose. After seeing their performance in this game, I am now looking forward to their performance in the Chinese Super League next season!"
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The Golden Arrow side tightened their defense, and the Flashing Star side naturally strengthened their offense.
However, facing the defensive formation of the Chinese Super League team, it is difficult for Flash Star to make a breakthrough.
Many times their offense can only move around outside the penalty area and cannot really hit the dangerous area in front of the goal.
Upon seeing this, the Shining Star fans in the stands kept booing the Golden Arrow players, hoping to make them press out a little out of shame and create an opening for Shining Star.
The boos made the Golden Arrow players sitting on the bench a little restless.
As the dominant players in the Chinese Super League, they have almost swept Chinese football in the past two seasons and have also reached the quarterfinals in the AFC Champions League.
Such achievements give them a strong sense of superiority wherever they go to compete.
I feel that in the entire Chinese football world, they are the leaders who speak the truth.
As a result, such a big brother was beaten so hard that he squatted down in the corner at the home court of a Chinese League One team, covering his head with his hands to protect his face...
It’s just too crotch-stretching!
The Golden Arrow players on the bench lowered their heads and listened to the boos with mixed emotions.
They all know that doing this is actually the most likely way to win the championship, and they also know that competitive sports championships speak for themselves.
But they still felt a little depressed.
If they switch to a team that is evenly matched with them, then Golden Arrow will be forced to shrink their defense, and they will not have any psychological burden at all.
But to be able to play like this against a Chinese League One team really made the Golden Arrow players feel very unhappy.
Why should we be the one setting up the bus? Shouldn't it be that we used sharp and fierce offensives to make the opponent unable to hold his head up, so he was forced to set up the bus, but in the end he still lost to us?
Just like the first round of the game, Flashing Star was full of fans and lost 0:2 in the end.
This is a normal game!
Wang Xianke also heard the boos from the stands, but he ignored them.
For the sake of the championship, what’s the point of being ugly?
As long as I win, everyone will only remember that the winner of the 2023 Chinese Football Association Cup is Dashun Golden Arrow, and nothing else will be left.
Wang Xianke sat on the coaching bench, raised his wrist to look at his watch again, and found that there were only ten minutes left before the end of the game. He felt calm.
If I persist for ten more minutes, the championship will belong to me, and I will still be the successful championship coach!
Even if that kid does something stupid, it can't shake my foundation!
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"The game has entered the 80th minute, and there are still ten minutes left before the end of the game. If this score is maintained until the end, then Dashun Golden Arrow will win the Chinese Football Association Cup this season by virtue of the advantage of away goals...
..." When He Feng said this, his tone seemed a little listless.
To be honest, after watching such a game, if the final result is that Dashun Golden Arrow wins the FA Cup, then He Feng will really not be excited.
Of course, for the sake of live broadcast effect, fairness and professionalism, he will announce the championship in a very excited tone. Congratulations to Dashun Golden Arrow.
But in his heart, he still sighs for Twinkle Star.
Xie Lan in front of the TV had already sighed.
Xie Lan was able to understand the current dire situation of Flash Star without the need for a commentator or her husband Hu Lixin's explanation.
It seems like a raging fire, but as the end of the game approaches, the Flash Star team will realize that their efforts are in vain, so can they continue to maintain this high fighting spirit?
Xie Lan actually knew very well that Flash Star had done well enough. Even though they were two goals behind in the first round, they tied the total score at 3:3, so he still hoped that they would win the FA Cup. Really.
An unrealistic hope.
She secretly glanced at her husband and found that he was sitting quietly on the sofa with no intention of getting up to smoke.
This made her a little uneasy.
She forced her husband to watch the FA Cup final, but saw his enemy win again. Wasn't she even more shocked?
The person he hated the most did not die in front of it, but instead defeated his son more than twenty years later...
Is this a fate?
Thinking of this, Xie Lan suddenly got up from the sofa.
When Hu Lixin glanced at her, she explained in a panic: "I'm going... to use the toilet!"
After saying that, he ran out of the bedroom as if running away and went straight to the toilet.
Behind her, Hu Lixin cast his gaze briefly, but ultimately stayed on the TV screen.
In the live broadcast, Flashing Star was preparing to attack the Dashun Golden Arrow goal again.
Because the Golden Arrow is now retracted and the bus is moving, Flashing Star has many more offensive opportunities than before.
But most of the time, their offensives ultimately failed.
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Chen Xingyi took the ball in front of the penalty area and tried to dribble laterally closer to the center. However, in the process, he was heavily defended by the Golden Arrow players, who deployed layers of defense to prevent him from getting close at all.
If we continue like this, we will lose the ball sooner or later.
Chen Xingyi was not stupid. After passing the football to Zhang Qinghuan who came up to meet him, he changed his direction and ran without the ball, entering the Golden Arrow penalty area.
It seemed that he was going to repeat his old trick and copy the path of the first ball of the game.
But after having such experience, how could Golden Arrow be easily fooled?
Golden Arrow's defensive choice is to press upward collectively to cause Chen Xingyi to go offside.
Their defense was successful, so Zhang Qinghuan did not pass the football to Chen Xingyi, but to center Hu Lai who was in the penalty area with his back to the attacking direction and raised his hand to ask for the ball!
He didn't pass the football into any open spaces. Now there are no open spaces in Golden Arrow's penalty area due to their intensive defensive tactics.
So he could only pass the football to Hu Lai's feet.
Hu Lai turned his back to the direction of the attack, opened his arms, stood firm in Zamabu, and felt the pressure exerted on him by Jin Yong, the Dashun Golden Arrow center back behind him.
But because of the [worn Bear jersey], Hu Lai was able to withstand it and was not directly overwhelmed by the opponent.
Jin Yong, who was pushing Hu Lai from behind, saw the football rolling towards Hu Lai and immediately pressed his whole body towards Hu Lai, harder than before, but not as completely indifferent as when he received a yellow card.
He carefully found the right strength, thinking that with this strength, he could make it difficult for Hu Lai to stop the ball without falling.
In such a small space in the penalty area, as long as he fails to stop the ball in the first shot, the defense will be considered a success.
Sure enough, under his pressure, Hu Lai's feet were mixed when stopping the ball. He did not use the most suitable part to stop the ball, but let the football hit his toes and jumped up.
Mao Jun, another Golden Arrow center back not far away, saw this and immediately realized that this was his opportunity to grab the ball. So he rushed up and kicked the football with his feet, trying to knock the football away from him.
Kicked away in front of Hu Lai!
But he missed!
Because Hu Lai picked up the football with his right foot before him!
Jin Yong saw this scene clearly from behind. He really didn't expect that when Hu Lai was competing with him, he would still have the energy to pick the ball and avoid Mao Junzheng's steal...
Is it because my own strength has weakened me?
He did not continue to increase his strength, because after the football was picked up by Hu Lai, it flew into the air, and he only had to jump up and head the ball out... No matter what Hu Lai did at this time, of course the priority was to clear the ball!
He dropped Hu Lai in front of him and tried to go around Hu Lai to header the ball to clear the ball.
Jin Yong only had football in his eyes and didn't notice what Hu Lai did in front of him.
But others see it really clearly.
He Feng exclaimed: "Hey, this is..."
He saw Hu Lai, who had picked up the football, suddenly lean back and jump, and at the same time he raised his left leg and pressed down.
While his left leg was pressed down, his right leg was lifted up immediately!
Seeing this scene, Mao Junzheng ran into him. At this time, he didn't care whether it would be a foul or not. He only had one thought - we must not let this kid complete this set of actions under our noses!
Just when Jin Yong was about to hit the football, he suddenly heard the wind whistling in his ears, and then a foot rose up from below, suddenly appearing in his field of vision!
That is……
The sound of the wind forced him to blink reflexively.
Bang!
A muffled sound exploded in his ears.
When he opened his eyes again, the football was gone.
Zheng Donglin was completely blocked from view by Jin Yong at first, so when he saw the football suddenly being pulled from Jin Yong's head, it was too late to react...
He could only watch helplessly as the football flew into the goal from his right side!
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"Wow——!!!" Anton Satellite TV's sports commentator jumped up from his seat excitedly at the scene. He pressed the headset on his head with one hand and clenched his other hand into a fist in the direction of the Golden Arrow goal.
Waving. "The ball is in!!! Hu Lai!! Upside down golden hook!! He used a beautiful hook to kick the football into the golden arrow goal! We went ahead with a total score of 4:3!!!"
"Hey, this is...I - beautiful!!!" He Feng almost blurted out "fuck me", but fortunately he reacted in time, turned a corner and got back on track. "Beautiful! Beautiful!! Wonderful
Awesome goal!!"
"This is definitely a world wave! There is no doubt about it!" Yan Kang was also very excited next to him. He ignored the cooperation with He Feng and directly interjected. "Hu Lai, under the defense of two top-level central defenders, used this
An earth-shattering overhead kick allowed Flash Star to exceed the total score! This is also the first time they have taken the lead in the total score!"
She excused herself to go to the bathroom and left the bedroom door. Xie Lan, who was hiding in the bathroom, heard shouts coming from the TV in the direction of the bedroom. She immediately rushed out of the bathroom, not even bothering to pretend...
When she ran to the bedroom door, she saw her husband slowly leaning against the back of the sofa behind her. When his body was pressed against the back, he looked up at the ceiling.
The fluorescent light from the TV screen flickered and danced on his face, which was older than his actual age.
Huge cheers and the crazy voice of the commentator came from the Provincial Sports Center.
It was as if a storm was sweeping through this small bedroom.
"...Hu Lai! Hu Lai!! Hu Lai!!! Hat trick!! Oh my god! Dear audience friends, can you believe it? He used such a wonderful upside-down gold medal on the stage of the Chinese Football Association Cup final.
Hook, completing a hat trick! He is the first player to complete a hat trick in the history of the FA Cup final! He helped the Flash Stars, who were two goals behind in the first round, surpass the Chinese Super League powerhouse Golden Arrow in the total score! And did it
All this, he is just a twenty-year-old young man!"
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PS, the title of this chapter is taken from the lyrics of "The Train Sails Beyond the Clouds, Dreams Rest in the Sky" by the Hedgehog Band.
This title was also something I had already thought of using here when I first started writing this book.
"Look at the darkness below and the bright stars above you"
"What is lost will never come back, what is preserved in the world is now returned twice as much"
"The enthusiasm of waving flags and shouting will fade away with time."
"The tragedy, joy, and tragedy in the world are endlessly played day and night."
"A generation will eventually grow old, but there will always be people who are young."
PS2, two updates will be resumed tomorrow, and I’m in a hurry to save the manuscript. In addition, the second volume is coming to an end. When the second volume is finished, I will write another long chapter to talk about the second volume with everyone. Thank you everyone!