Before the game started, the starting players from both sides had already walked out of their respective locker rooms, and came to the tunnel in groups of three or three, waiting to play.
Xia Xiaoyu stood alone in the passage, staring at the exit at the end of the passage in a daze.
Going out from that exit is the Super Bowl stadium, where there is a lot of people, as if they are welcoming the actors to the stage.
He didn't know how many times he had experienced scenes like this.
Whether it was the Anton Cup or the national competition, he used to stand in the tunnel with his teammates, listening to the noise outside, waiting to appear.
But none of those games can compare with today's game.
So he still couldn't help but feel nervous.
This is the first official professional game in his life and an important beginning of a new stage in his life.
It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Whether he can take this first step well may very well affect his subsequent career development.
But the opponent in this first game was so powerful - last season's Chinese Super League champions, the dominant Lingnan South China Tigers.
How can he perform when facing such an opponent?
Will it disappoint Director Zhao and his family members who are waiting in front of the TV to watch his game?
For a moment, Xia Xiaoyu's mind even flashed through the scene of him being replaced early in despair...
At this moment, he felt someone tap him on his right shoulder, but when he turned his head and looked to the right, he saw no one.
He reacted immediately and turned to the left.
Sure enough, I saw Hu Lai's smiling face.
"Why are you dazed?" he asked.
"I'm a little nervous, Brother Hu..." Xia Xiaoyu said in a low voice.
"Didn't you play for the first team in the warm-up match before?"
"That was a warm-up match. How can it be compared with the Super Bowl?"
Hu Lai waved his hand: "Hey, isn't it just an oversized warm-up match?"
Just then, Lin Zhiyuan, wearing goalkeeper uniform, came up from behind. After seeing it, Hu Lai raised his hand and said hello to him: "Hey, the game will be waiting to pick up the ball from the goal later!"
Lin Zhiyuan raised his hand and returned the greeting: "Haha, are you thinking about shit?"
Then the two of them passed each other, and Hu Lai muttered to his back: "Look at that kid, it's his first time to represent the South China Tigers first team in a formal game, so he's not nervous. So Xiaoyu, sometimes,
You have to be thick-skinned.
Let me tell you, when I first met Lin Zhiyuan in person in the Chinese Olympic team, I found that this kid was not out of touch at all. He kept Lao Wang around and drank on the training ground, just like walking a dog..."
"Hu Lai, what are you talking about?" Wang Guangwei came up from behind.
"Nothing, nothing, I'm adding BUFF to Xiaoyu." Hu Lai patted Xia Xiaoyu on the shoulder casually, "It's done."
"Aren't you being too perfunctory?" Wang Guangwei said in disgust.
"How about you come?"
Wang Guangwei really stood up: "Actually, it's not a big deal, just play like you did in the warm-up match. You really need to learn from your senior brothers from Dongchuan Middle School in this aspect..."
Having said this, he pointed at Hu Lai.
"Seven-character mantra: Be bold and careful and shameless."
After saying that, he also patted Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder and added the BUFF.
"Tsk, Lao Wang, why are you talking? Who is so shameless?"
"Then change it to 'bold, careful and cheeky'? Well, I think this one rhymes better..."
While Wang Guangwei and Hu Lai were bickering, Chen Xingyi followed suit and patted Xia Xiaoyu on the shoulder: "Since Director Zhao has chosen to start you, it means that you must have the ability to start. If you don't believe in yourself, you have to believe
Director Zhao’s vision, right?”
Zhang Qinghuan, who was standing next to Chen Xingyi, also put his hand on Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder: "During the game, you should pay attention to my position, and I will also pay attention to your position. Always keep in touch and don't stay too far away. If you are in the game,
If you are under siege and it is difficult to pass the ball, then pass the ball to Lin Ge, or simply pass it to Wang Guangwei. But be careful, sometimes the opponent forces you to pass back, which is just a trap. They may pass it back when you
Make a steal..."
Just as these teammates were giving Xia Xiaoyu encouragement, Qin Lin came over from behind.
As soon as he appeared, he became the most eye-catching presence in this passage.
When he saw the South China Tigers' Brazilian foreign aid forward Alessandro de Lima, he went up and slapped the opponent on the back of the head. When Lima looked confused, he turned around and saw who had slapped him.
After that, a smile broke out on his face, and he opened his arms and hugged Qin Lin: "Hi, Qin! I'm so happy to see you!"
"I'm also glad that you are still in South China Tiger, Alex." Qin Lin responded to his enthusiasm in English.
After the greetings, Qin Lin let go of the opponent and hugged another South China Tigers player next to him, the Brazilian forward Bernardo da Silva, but it was just a hug and no greetings.
Because Bernardo was transferred during the season when Qin Lin decided to leave the South China Tigers, the two people had not been in contact for a long time, and their relationship was not very close.
In this way, Qin Lin greeted the South China Tigers players who had come out one by one. If they were on good terms, they would hug each other and exchange greetings. If they were on good terms, they would shake hands, pat their shoulders and nod.
With Lin Zhiyuan, a rapidly rising young genius, he just patted the other person on the shoulder because they were not familiar with him.
The person he chatted with for the longest time was the 31-year-old central defender Yao Huasheng, the captain of the South China Tigers and the current captain of the Chinese national team.
Yao Huasheng has played for the South China Tigers for eight seasons and is the longest-serving player in the current team. He and Qin Lin have also worked together for six and a half seasons in the South China Tigers. He is Qin Lin’s most familiar player in the current South China Tigers.
people.
At the same time, after Qin Lin retired from the national team, it was Yao Huasheng who took over Qin Lin's captain's armband in the national team.
To a certain extent, Yao Huasheng has the meaning of Qin Lin's "successor", so the two of them talk more than others.
Watching the two of them chatting, Chen Xingyi sighed in a low voice on Shanxing's side: "The communication between the big guys... What do you think they will talk about?"
Hu Lai glanced at him: "Anyway, it's definitely not a discussion about which bathhouse master is better at rubbing balls."
"Hu Lai, your uncle..." Chen Xingyi stretched out his hand to pinch Hu Lai's neck.
Hu Lai stuck out his tongue, widened his eyes, and made a grimace towards Xia Xiaoyu.
Xia Xiaoyu was surprised at first, and then couldn't help laughing.
The movement here naturally attracted the attention of Qin Lin and Yao Huasheng, and they both looked over.
"Brother Lin, you have a group of outstanding young people..." Yao Huasheng sighed with envy.
"Don't be envious, you can have it too."
"Are you talking about Lin Zhiyuan? Of course Lin Zhiyuan is very good, but we only have one..."
"No. I mean the national team."
"National team?" Yao Huasheng was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Yes! Before the Asian Cup last year, he said that he would recruit Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, but your coach Zhao blocked them."
"After this year's Olympics, Director Zhao will no longer prevent them from being recruited by the national team." Qin Lin withdrew his gaze and looked at Yao Huasheng, "When the time comes that they join the national team, you will have to help me take care of them.
The young people are a little jumpy, but they are not bad, they are just a bunch of innocent kids."
Yao Huasheng smiled: "Brother Lin, you are worrying too much. Let me tell you, I have heard Team Leader Hong talk about the young people in your team more than once... If you really come to the national team, do you still need me to take care of you?
Leader Hong has long been regarded as a treasure. It is said that he was greatly stimulated by Leader Ran..."
The "Leader Hong" mentioned by Yao Huasheng is Hong Renjie, the leader of the Chinese national team.
"Of course, don't worry. When you play on your own in the club, and when you join the national team, it's all about bringing glory to the country. I definitely won't let anyone bully them. Otherwise, wouldn't my captaincy be for nothing?" Yao Huasheng said.
He patted his chest.
After receiving Yao Huasheng's guarantee, Qin Lin said goodbye to him and returned to his team.
Qin Lin, who came back, changed his attitude towards his former teammates, high-fiving each teammate and cheering them on loudly.
At this time, he was the captain of Flash Star, not the old general of South China Tiger.
When passing by the place where Xia Xiaoyu, Hu Lai and other young people gathered, he slapped those people on the back of the head one by one.
After passing them, he clapped his hands vigorously again and continued to shout loudly: "Cheer up! It's our turn to appear soon! Let them see how powerful we are!"
Yao Huasheng had no intention of cheering up his teammates in the tunnel. After all, as the defending champion of the Chinese Super League, it seems that there is no need to be so serious about playing against a newly promoted team. But after seeing what Qin Lin did, he also shouted: "
Go all out and take it seriously! Don’t underestimate your opponent!”
The players tunnel suddenly became heated.
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"Good afternoon, viewers, welcome to watch this season's Super Cup. Now the game has begun. The one wearing a red jersey and white shorts on the field is last season's Chinese Super League champion Lingnan South China Tigers, and the one wearing a white jersey and blue
The one wearing shorts is last season’s FA Cup champion Anton Shining Star…”
The voice of CCTV commentator He Feng came from the TV.
In front of the TV, Xia Xiaoyu's parents and relatives crowded the living room.
"Come on Xiaoyu!"
At this time, Xia Xiaoyu's shot appeared on the TV, and people in the living room cheered.
If you just listen to this voice, you will definitely think that Xia Xiaoyu made a very beautiful move, but in fact he just passed the football to Qin Lin...
"...In this game, Zhao Kangming arranged for Qin Lin to start with the young Xia Xiaoyu. Xia Xiaoyu is a player who has just been promoted from the youth team. He has a background in campus football. He once won the championship of the campus national competition with Hu Lai.
He is a very talented player..."
He Feng began to introduce the new faces of this game to the audience in front of the TV in a script-like manner.
"Listen, you are praising our Xiaoyu for his future!" said the elder in the family, pointing to the TV screen.
When Xia Wu in the crowd saw this scene, his eyes were a little wet - he used to think that a scene like this could only appear in his fantasy, but he didn't expect that it would actually happen in his life now.
His cousin, from an ordinary high school student, became a professional player, and played side by side with his national football idol Qin Lin in major events such as the Super Cup!
There is also Wang Guangwei’s team. When his cousin chose to join Dongchuan Middle School, he was unable to play with the team, which always made Xia Wu feel bad.
Unexpectedly, after going round and round, his cousin finally became teammates with the Kings.
He thought of the Anton Cup final that year, when he took his cousin to watch the match between Dongchuan Middle School and Jiaxiang High School, trying to strengthen his cousin's determination to attend Jiaxiang High School.
As a result, he failed in the end.
But now that he saw his cousin wearing a Flash Star jersey on the TV broadcast, he thought that the story actually started from that time.
The opponents on the field and the spectators in the stands have now become teammates of the same team.