One week before the official start of the new Chinese Super League season, there is a very important game.
That’s the Super Bowl game.
This game pits last season’s Chinese Super League champion and the Chinese Football Association Cup champion against each other to determine the king of Chinese football.
It is different from some European giants who do not pay much attention to domestic cup competitions, resulting in the pre-season Super Cup competition being like a large-scale warm-up match.
In Chinese football, because China’s professional league process is still relatively short, the Football Association Cup organized by the Football Association has had the same importance as the Chinese Super League in the country.
After all, there is only one league champion. Under such circumstances, how can an extra FA Cup champion be considered useless? European giants may regard the Champions League champion as the brightest jewel in their crown, but in Chinese football,
Many Chinese teams are still unable to win the AFC Champions League, so the domestic cup champion is naturally an important championship and is the only way for many teams to reach the rich.
This will naturally enhance the status of the FA Cup, making the FA Cup champion very valuable.
After all, belittling the FA Cup means belittling the efforts and dedication of the powerful Chinese Super League teams who are striving for it.
Under such circumstances, the Super Cup between the Football Association Cup champion and the league champion is not as simple as a big warm-up match in Chinese football.
Even if you put aside this background knowledge, the game itself is very gimmick and is the focus of the media.
The first is the story between Zhao Kangming, the head coach of Flash Stars, and the South China Tigers.
As we all know, Zhao Kangming played and worked for Poseidon before, and Poseidon is the rival of the South China Tigers in the same city. The two teams have been entangled in their feud for more than twenty years, although both teams have changed sponsorships.
Although the company has a business name, it has never been bankrupt or dissolved, and it can be said that it has continued to this day.
The feud between the two teams has naturally continued to this day.
Chao Kangming was a Poseidon player during his playing days, and often competed against the South China Tigers on the court.
Now that he has become the head coach, the encounter between the Stars and the South China Tigers is naturally worth the hype.
But among all the grievances, the grievances between Zhao Kangming and the South China Tiger are actually the smallest.
After all, Zhao Kangming has been engaged in the Poseidon youth training since his retirement, staying away from the first team, and there is no interaction with the South China Tigers.
Because they both performed well in the U23 Asian Cup, the contest between Hu Lai and Lin Zhiyuan attracted more attention than Zhao Kangming.
In this U23 Asian Cup, the reason why the Chinese Olympic team was able to win the championship and qualify for the Olympic Games was naturally due to Hu Lai's constant attack in the frontcourt. But Lin Zhiyuan, as the goalkeeper, tried his best to protect the Chinese Olympic team's goal in front of the goal.
No matter what is lost, it is also an indispensable contribution.
The Olympic team only conceded two goals after playing this U23 Asian Cup. In addition to the collective efforts of the defenders, Lin Zhiyuan's performance is also an important factor.
His performance in the game conquered many people.
This talented goalkeeper who returned from Germany has been regarded by some media and fans as the future national goalkeeper of Chinese football.
Although Hu Lai and Lin Zhiyuan are both important contributors to the National Olympic team, one after another made great contributions to the emergence of the National Olympic team.
But everyone has not forgotten what Lin Zhiyuan said to the media when he first joined the South China Tigers.
When we were on the Olympic team, the media, for the sake of the team's atmosphere, could naturally pretend that this incident had never happened.
But now the two of them have their own priorities, and there is no need to consider the issue of destroying the harmonious atmosphere within the team. The media will definitely not let go of this excellent hype stunt.
So Lin Zhiyuan’s evaluation of Hu Lai at the ceremony to join the South China Tigers was revealed by the media again.
Such a video began to circulate on the Internet.
The video begins with an interview Lin Zhiyuan had when he joined the South China Tigers last year. The reporter asked him: "As we all know, Hu Lai is now recognized as the most successful representative of the development from campus football to professional football. You have also stepped from campus football to professional football.
, do you have the confidence to reach the heights of Hu Lai?"
Then the screen was zoomed in, giving a close-up of Lin Zhiyuan sitting high on the stage. The nonchalant smile on his face in the close-up was very obvious.
“Isn’t this height too low?”
The next scene turned, it was a quick clip of Hu Lai's nine-minute five-goal performance against Qatar in the U23 Asian Cup. It was a flash of him jumping up and making his signature celebrations again and again. It was him who won the East Asian Cup championship trophy and won the Chinese League One.
League championship trophy, Chinese Football Association Cup championship trophy, U23 Asian Cup championship trophy, as well as East Asian Cup top scorer, best player, Chinese League top scorer, best player, FA Cup top scorer, best player, U23 Asian Cup
Flashback of the top scorer and best player trophies.
Paired with the suddenly exciting BGM, it gives people a feeling of excitement.
This video was probably made by a fan of Hu Lai. It first appeared on Douyin and was quickly reposted by major media outlets all over the Internet.
There was even a hot topic on Weibo called “Lin Zhiyuan thinks Hu Lai’s achievements are low”.
In the WeChat group of the Olympic team, someone forwarded this video to the group, and then specially circled Lin Zhiyuan: "First of all, let me state that I am not a troublemaker, but I can't stand it 100% if this matter is brought to me!"
Wang Guangwei jumped out and said: "Wang Zijian, just be a human being!"
“Why am I not a human being? I am complaining for my teammates!” After saying that, Wang Zijian circled Lin Zhiyuan again, as if he would not give up until Lin Zhiyuan was called out.
Lin Zhiyuan was really trapped by him: "What's the matter? I have already agreed with Hu Lai that I will beat him in the game. The better he performed before, won't it make me look more awesome after defeating him? ?”
After he finished speaking, Hu Lai typed two words in the group: "Haha."
Wang Zijian posted a picture with an emoticon of "Tear well, tear louder!"
Teammates who had been silent until now also started lining up to send emoticons saying "Tear well, tear louder".
“Damn! A bunch of old bastards!” Wang Guangwei, who was holding a mobile phone, cursed, “They were diving and eating melons before I dared to love you!”
Next to him, Hu Lai was typing on his mobile phone with his head down. Soon he sent a new message to the group: "Football is played with feet. It doesn't matter how good your oral skills are. We will see the real results in the Super Cup!"
Lin Zhiyuan also quickly replied: "Okay!"
Someone asked again: "Lin Zhiyuan and Hu Lai are both our teammates, so who will we support during the game?"
Wang Zijian said: “I support giving out red envelopes!”
"agree!"
“I also support giving out red envelopes!”
Under the shouts of the masses, Lin Zhiyuan handed out a red envelope, divided the two hundred yuan into twenty parts, and then disappeared in seconds.
Then everyone saw that Hu Lai was also among the twenty people, and he was the luckiest one...
So under everyone’s strong request and condemnation, Hu Lai also handed out a red envelope.
One dollar is divided into one hundred red envelopes.
Teammates who received the red envelopes sent out various "kneel down and thank the boss" emoticons, and then withdrew them all.
For a while, the group screen was flooded with a system prompt saying “××× withdrew a message”.
Replaced by all kinds of indignation and the same hatred: "Damn it! I support Lin Zhiyuan!"
“I also support Lin Zhiyuan!”
“Lin Zhiyuan, let me tell you, if you can’t beat Hu Lai, you have to treat all of us to dinner at the next Olympic training camp!”
Wang Guangwei also withdrew the emoticon he sent, turned to Hu Lai and said: "Now I really feel that you made that video, Hu Lai."
Hu Lai first glanced at his WeChat coin purse with satisfaction, and then rolled his eyes at Wang Guangwei: "Am I such a boring person?"
"You are." Wang Guangwei said, "You are so awesome. Even if you snatch Lin Zhiyuan's red envelope, it doesn't matter that you are the luckiest. You can actually give out a red envelope worth one yuan and one hundred shares..."
“Then you robbed it too?”
“No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat!” Wang Guangwei said confidently.
“Hiss…where is the Wang Guangwei who I know with noble character, extraordinary nature, and meticulous hair style?”
"Hu Lai, what the hell..."
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“So far, only two media reporters have called you... I thought no one remembered that you once played for the South China Tigers.”
When Qin Lin returned to the house after answering the phone outside, his wife Wang Yuan made a joke on him.
“Isn’t this nice? I don’t want to be in the middle of it.”
“I saw that there are all kinds of discussions on the Internet about Hu Lai and Lin Zhiyuan, and you have become a has-been internet celebrity, ha!” said the wife with a smile.
"Now is their time." Qin Lin sat down on the sofa and put his arms around his wife. "Xiaoyuan, I want to discuss something with you... I will retire after this season, you know...
I want to stay in Jincheng after retirement, and I plan to start learning how to be a coach at Flash Star..."
After saying that, Qin Lin looked at his wife with some anxiety.
Wang Yuan smiled, then raised her head and looked around the room: "Qiqi and I have been in Jincheng for a year and a half, right?"
Qin Lin nodded: "Yeah."
"This house is actually quite good, but it is rented... It is not a problem to live in a rented house, don't you think?" Wang Yuan withdrew her eyes from looking around, and finally landed on her husband's face.
Qin Lin was stunned for a moment, and then understood what his wife meant. He hugged her with surprise on his face: "Thank you, Xiaoyuan!"
"Are you so polite? I'm your wife." Wang Yuan, who was being hugged, raised her hand and patted her husband's back lightly. "It's true..."