Chapter 67 There is always someone worthy of your high hopes
The stands of the Provincial Sports Center, the home stadium of Flash Stars, were filled with cheers.
The fans raised their arms and chanted their signature cheering slogans.
The reason why they were so excited was the score change that had just occurred.
The two sides fought fiercely for forty-five minutes in the first half, but the score never changed.
As a result, just at the beginning of the second half, after Flash Star played a successful cooperation, Qin Lin took advantage of the opportunity of Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi to help attract the defensive attention, and broke the deadlock with a long shot from outside the penalty area.
This is the first goal scored by Flash Star Club in the history of the AFC Champions League.
It was also the first AFC Champions League goal born at the Andong Provincial Sports Center.
Regardless of the impact of the AFC Champions League on this season's Star League, and let's not think about what will happen in the future, at least the moment the football flew into the goal on the coast of Sydney, all Star fans in the stands jumped up and cheered.
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They just want to enjoy the pleasure of the moment.
And with a little bit of luck in mind - maybe the final situation is not as sensational as the media said?
"Qin Lin! Beautiful!! He helped Flash Star break the deadlock! He also helped Flash Star take the lead! At the same time, this is the first goal scored by Flash Star Club in the history of the AFC Champions League!"
When He Feng praised Qin Lin, Yan Kang quickly rummaged through the information nearby, and then he excitedly continued: "He Feng, I just checked, Qin Lin's goal is not only that... it also allowed
He became the oldest goal scorer in the history of the AFC Champions League! There has never been an AFC Champions League goal scorer over 40 years old before. The 41-year-old Qin Lin made history!"
Qin Lin's face in the TV broadcast footage does have a lot of wrinkles, especially the deep nasolabial folds on the sides of his nose and face. His image has changed greatly from his youthful appearance.
You can tell at a glance that he is a "veteran" on the court.
When he left the South China Tigers, some media swore that Qin Lin's career had entered the end, and leaving the South China Tigers and the Chinese Super League would mean retirement.
Many people seemed to have pronounced the death sentence on Qin Lin's career in advance.
Who would have thought that he not only led the Flash Stars back to the Chinese Super League, but also returned to the AFC Champions League, and scored a goal as soon as he came back!
What does this mean about "entering the end of your career"?
Thinking back to his retirement declaration after the Super Cup, people have to sigh and sigh - why did Qin Lin retire in such a state?
Even if you can't play as the main force, isn't it okay to play as a rotation or as a substitute?
Don’t you think it’s a pity to retire after only playing one season in such a state?
But Qin Lin is obviously "decided to quit."
After issuing his retirement declaration, he was once asked by reporters if he would reconsider his decision to retire. His answer was simple - he would not reconsider this decision and would definitely retire after the contract expires.
Many outsiders cannot understand why Qin Lin is so determined, and Qin Lin has never told anyone what he thinks.
Everyone can only guess that maybe Qin Lin is tired of playing football...
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The lead brought by Qin Lin's goal to Flash Stars did not last long.
In the 66th minute, Sydney Coast equalized the score.
They took advantage of a defensive mistake by Flash Star and scored.
The previously heated atmosphere in the Provincial Sports Center has cooled down slightly.
"Ah... what a pity!" He Feng said regretfully when he saw the goal lost, "But this is the AFC Champions League, this is the club competition with the highest level of competition in Asia. If you make a little mistake, it may not be a big deal in the league.
problem, but in the AFC Champions League, there is a great possibility of conceding goals."
What he was talking about was that there was a moment of uncertainty among the Shining Star defense line in protecting each other's goals, and there was a lack of tacit understanding between Wang Guangwei and Ding Yuanhai.
The two people gave each other the ball, but the Sydney Coast forward seized the opportunity and stole the ball from between them, forming a one-on-one goal.
It stands to reason that it is normal for two people to have such a tacit understanding error? On the one hand, the two people have not played and trained together for long enough? On the other hand, the situation at that time was indeed very easy to misunderstand each other.
Because the distance between the two people is very close, the football is between them? Wang Guangwei thought Ding Yuanhai would come up to get the ball, while Ding Yuanhai thought Wang Guangwei would control the ball.
The result was such a hesitation, which allowed the opponent's forward to seize the opportunity.
After losing the ball, Wang Guangwei raised his arm? He took all the responsibility on his own initiative: "Mine!"
Although in fact he was at least 50/50 responsible for the loss of the ball with Ding Yuanhai, as the third captain of the team, he felt that he still had to take the initiative to take responsibility, and should not think about how to shirk the responsibility or blame after the ball was lost.
teammate.
His move made Ding Yuanhai couldn't help but take another look at him? No wonder when the team voted for the captain, most of his teammates voted for this young man...
From this point of view, Wang Guangwei does have leadership qualities.
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Sydney Coast's equalizer boosted their morale and tried to take all three points away from home.
After all, Stars are recognized as the weakest team in this group. Although Sydney Coast also lost to South Korea's Seoul LG in the first round, they only conceded two goals, while Stars conceded three.
So Sydney Coast certainly has reason to think they can get three valuable points from the weakest opponent in the group, laying the foundation for the right to qualify from the group.
They believed that their equalizing goal had destroyed the morale and confidence of the Chinese team.
The Sydney Coast team also has Australian international players. Have they ever played against a Chinese national team? They also know the level of Chinese players.
Isn’t the Chinese team the worst at playing against the wind?
My psychological quality is extremely poor... I feel a little frustrated and about to collapse.
However, when they attacked the Sydney coast, they discovered that the situation was a little different from what they had imagined.
At least the weakest team in the group was not knocked down by conceding a goal.
After just conceding the ball, they tightened their defense and withstood Sydney Coast's attack.
Originally, Sydney Coast wanted to find the young defender Wang Guangwei as a breakthrough point. They planned to take advantage of his unstable mood because he lost the opportunity to concede the ball and completely defeat him.
But soon they discovered that the young Chinese defender seemed not to be affected by the loss of the ball just now... No, it was not that he was not affected, but he quickly learned lessons from the mistake just now.
He is more decisive and crisp in handling the ball.
Even when his teammates might hesitate, he would take the initiative and shout: "I'll do it!"
Then he rushed up and kicked the football out.
At the end, he reminded his teammates: "Be careful!"
Zhao Kangming, who saw this scene on the sidelines, laughed: "This is why I asked them to go all out in the AFC Champions League. The young people really did not disappoint me... There are some things you say 10,000 times on the training ground.
It’s useless, but if you let them experience it once in a game, they will understand everything.”
Chen Mo nodded and said: "Wang Guangwei's growth is really amazing. No wonder everyone was willing to vote for him as the third captain before this season."
"Li Tielin is gradually unable to keep up with the team's requirements. Qin Lin is retiring. Wang Guangwei, a young man with upright roots, is indeed a good candidate for captain."
"When it comes to the selection of captain, I thought Hu Lai would be voted for by many people. After all, he is very popular, but I didn't expect that he didn't get a single vote..."
Zhao Kangming glanced at Chen Mo: "Old Chen, do you have any misunderstanding about 'popularity'?"
Chen Mo smiled and shook his head: "Can you imagine Hu Lai being the captain?"
This sentence reminded Zhao Kangming of the scene when Dongchuan Middle School won the championship in the national competition. The original captain suddenly tied the captain's armband to Hu Lai's arm at the award ceremony, forcing him to win the trophy as captain.
The captain's armband seems to have magic power. Most people wearing this thing will unconsciously make themselves calmer and look more like a qualified captain.
But Hu Lai didn't. Wearing the captain's armband, he deliberately pretended to miss when he picked up the trophy, which shocked everyone present.
Zhao Kangming, who saw this scene in the stands at the time, also thought that Hu Lai was really not sure. He also thought that it was over. The championship trophy was dropped just like this. Was this considered an awards accident?
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai just made a joke with everyone. After successfully scaring everyone, he smiled and picked up the trophy.
That was the only time Zhao Kangming had ever seen Hu Lai act as captain.
Zhao Kangming said with emotion: "Then he must be the most special captain."
"It's actually hard for me to imagine. I always feel that if Hu Lai is the captain, the words he said in the locker room will definitely make the new players who are not familiar with him think that the captain of this team is very irregular...
...But when the team is in trouble, many people, including me, will habitually turn their attention to him and always have some seemingly unrealistic expectations for him..."
Chen Mo looked at Hu Lai on the field and said.
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Wang Guangwei once again intercepted the ball from Sydney Shore, and he quickly passed the ball to Zhang Qinghuan in front.
Zhang Qinghuan raised his head to observe the situation in front of him while holding the ball. Seeing that there was no good opportunity to release the ball, he decided to take another control.
But it was the midfielder from Sydney Coast who rushed up, used his physical advantage to knock him away, and took away the football.
The Flash Star fans in the stands let out a burst of exclamations.
But before they even finished exclaiming, they saw Junpei Morikawa nimbly coming out of the diagonal stab, intercepting the football that the Sydney Coast player had just poked away, and then quickly passed it to Zhang Qinghuan.
At the same time, since the player guarding Zhang Qinghuan was no longer with him, he calmly caught the ball, turned around, and then used the instep of his outside foot to directly send the football forward to Chen Xingyi, who was sprinting on the wing.
"Flashing Star's Counterattack!"
Amidst the cheers rang out from the Provincial Sports Center Stadium, Chen Xingyi raised his foot to stop the ball from Zhang Qinghuan, and then accelerated forward.
The Sydney Coast full-back quickly got back and raced against him.
Chen Xingyi looked up and observed the situation in the middle ahead, and found that there was a huge gap, but Hu Lai had not yet run into it.
So he moved the football forward again and chased the ball hard.
"Chen Xingyi is so fast!" He Feng expressed his heartfelt admiration.
When Chen Xingyi caught up with the football again, this time he didn't even raise his head to observe the situation in the middle, and just passed the football to the middle with his left foot.
When Hu Lai faced the ball from Chen Xingyi on the right rib, he raised his right leg and made a posture to shoot directly.
But when the football really flew over, he tapped it lightly with his right foot and let the Sydney Coast defender in front of him slide over.
"nice shot!!"
The shouts in the stands almost reached their climax at this moment.
Hu Lai, who dodged the defensive player, took off again, but this time it wasn't a fake move.
The ball was pushed to the far corner by him, and the Sydney Coast goalkeeper, who had been staggered by Hu Lai's fake shot and stopped it, made a move to save, but it was already too late.
"Hu Lai's shot - beautiful!!! 2:1!! Flashing Star takes the lead again!!"
It was as if thunder suddenly exploded above the Provincial Sports Center.
Amidst the huge roar, Hulay, who scored the goal, turned and ran towards the camera in the corner flag area, and then made his signature celebration move.
Chinese fans have seen this move countless times, but this is the first time it has appeared in the AFC Champions League!
"Hu Lai! He scored his first goal in the AFC Champions League! In this way, he has scored goals in all the competitions he participated in! Chinese League One, Chinese Super League, FA Cup, Super Cup, East Asian Cup, U23 Asia
Cup, and now he will add the name of the AFC Champions League to his goal list! This young shooter is running on the high-speed railway! Is there any goal that he cannot score? What else has he done?
Something you can't do? Score a goal, Hu Lai! Use your goals to make your voice known to the world!"
