Chapter 70 of the Text Volume According to the agreement, when Li Qingqing walked out of the exit of the terminal building, she saw enthusiastic fans and media reporters.
When the latter saw her appearance, they swarmed over, stretched out the microphone in front of her, and asked her, "Qingqing, are you tired from the journey?"
Although she was mentally exhausted, Li Qingqing still managed to cheer up and smiled and shook her head in front of the reporters: "I'm not tired, I slept on the plane."
Looking at Li Qingqing's smile, it seemed that he was really not affected by the journey, and many reporters breathed a sigh of relief.
This next game is really important for the Chinese women’s football team.
They must defeat the Australian women's football team at home to qualify for the Olympics.
It’s no wonder reporters are so concerned about Li Qingqing’s physical condition.
As the only overseas player in the team, she had to fly across the entire Eurasian continent in order to participate in the competition. The fatigue of traveling and jet lag meant that it was completely normal for her to perform poorly in the competition.
But if Li Qingqing does not perform well, the Chinese women's football team's attempt to qualify for the Olympics this time will be in doubt. Who would have thought that the Chinese women's football team, which has never missed every Olympic Games, would also face the same predicament as the men's football team?
Previously, due to the team's poor performance, it was severely beaten by the Australian women's football team, its direct competitor in qualifying.
“Qingqing, what are your expectations for the next game?”
Li Qingqing originally wanted to reflexively say something like hello, me, hello, everyone, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she thought of the content of Hu Lai’s chat with her on WeChat: “Let me tell you, I have already obtained the qualification to participate in the Olympic Games.
Qualifications, if you can’t come to the Olympics, you’ll owe me sixty meals!”
At that time, Li Qingqing protested: "Why sixty meals?!"
“Because you proposed this agreement in the first place. If I complete it and you let me go, you will have to pay double the responsibility!”
Thinking of this, Li Qingqing confidently told reporters: "We will definitely go to Madrid!"
This is also her reply to Hu Lai on WeChat.
Seeing Li Qingqing’s direct and confident reply, the reporters looked at each other, feeling that it seemed a little different from Li Qingqing’s usual style...
However, everyone was quite happy to hear Li Qingqing say this.
Hope that the women’s football team’s performance in the qualifiers this time is just a blip, and they will eventually be able to successfully go to Madrid to participate in the Olympics.
Otherwise, this time the men’s football team all went to the Olympics, but the women’s football team did not. What a pity!
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“Why are they all old faces?” While eating in the restaurant, Hu Lai and his teammates greeted each other one by one, then sat down and asked Wang Guangwei, who was at the same table, this question.
"The method of inspecting new players cannot be used at this juncture." Wang Guangwei explained to him. "The Olympics are in August, and there will be training in July. What new players are still being inspected now? All the new players that should be inspected have been inspected, and they feel that they have the strength.
The people who have entered the Olympic team are all here. Even if there are any new people coming out now, Director Shi will not recruit them."
“Then Xiaoyu won’t have a chance to participate in the Olympics?” Hu Lai felt sorry for his junior.
"There is nothing we can do about it. If we are still inspecting newcomers now, what will others think? I think the Olympic team has not even fixed the most basic lineup, how can it achieve good results in the Olympics? And I think it is small
It is a good thing for Director Zhao that Yu will not come to participate in the Olympics, otherwise if we all leave then, how can we still play in the league?"
“Hey, do you think Brother Huan will go to Madrid with us as an over-age player?” Chen Xingyi asked from the side.
“Nine times out of ten, it will be... so Xiaoyu can’t go, he has to guard the house! Otherwise, when we come back, the house will be stolen, and it’s a waste of time!”
Wang Guangwei’s analysis is correct. For the current Olympic team, the focus is no longer on inspecting new players but on the basis of the existing lineup, constantly deepening the tacit understanding between the players and their ability to understand and execute tactics.
So for this match against the Serbian Olympic team, Shi Wuyin not only did not recruit any new players, but he also seemed to be very indifferent to the results of this warm-up match.
He chose completely different tactics and personnel configuration in the first and second half of the game.
Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi played in the game. Chen Xingyi scored a goal for the Chinese team in the game, but it did not change his fate of being replaced together with Hu Lai at halftime.
Wang Guangwei came on as a substitute in the second half and finished the game.
With such a drastic rotation, it is reasonable for the Olympic team to eventually lose 1:2 to the powerful Serbian Olympic team.
In the eyes of professionals, this is not surprising.
The result of this game itself is not what everyone values. What they value more is the performance of the players in the game, which is the players’ understanding and execution of Shi Wuyuan’s tactics.
From this point of view, the performance of the boys of the Olympic team is not bad.
Basically completed the task of this training camp warm-up match.
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The players of the Olympic team disbanded after returning to the hotel after the afternoon game. They will return to their clubs and wait for June to regroup and play two warm-up games before disbanding. Then they will come to the Olympic team in July.
According to reports, a month-long training camp was held to prepare for the Olympic Games.
Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei went through the security check and found a KFC to have dinner while waiting for their flight.
The three of them were carrying their own plates and had just sat down at a table in the corner when Hu Lai took out his mobile phone, put on his wireless Bluetooth headset, and skillfully opened the live broadcast software.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Xingyi came up curiously, and at a glance he saw a close-up of Li Qingqing appearing on the mobile phone screen. "Oh, look at Li Qingqing."
Upon hearing his words, Wang Guangwei also glanced at the mobile phone screen: "There is a women's football match today? Oh, by the way, a key match for the right to qualify for the Olympics... What's the score? Still 0:0? It's already the second half.
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“The commentator said that Li Qingqing is in trouble.” Hu Lai took off half of his earphones and said.
Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei changed positions and moved to Hu Lai's side, holding hamburgers in their hands and staring intently at the small mobile phone screen.
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Li Qingqing got up from the ground. There were no clean spots in her jersey and shorts.
In this game, as the core midfielder and number one star of the Chinese team, she received special attention from the Australian women's football team. At least there was one person around her, and sometimes there were even four people guarding her. It was as if she was being held captive.
It's like being in a cage.
The referee called a foul on an Australian female football player. The player who was called for a foul is appealing to the referee. She believes that she did not commit a foul but that Li Qingqing was too careless.
At the same time, she glanced at Li Qingqing, hoping to see an anxious and angry mood on Li Qingqing's face.
This is the team's tactical goal, which is to use repeated physical confrontations and fouls to make Li Qingqing lose his mind.
As long as Li Qingqing is unable to play normally, the Chinese team's offense will be in a quagmire.
Whoever wins this game will be able to go to Madrid, so he will naturally use all possible means in terms of tactical design.
Australia’s goal is to destroy Li Qingqing.
But what surprised the fouled player was that after Li Qingqing got up from the ground and patted the grass clippings on his jersey, there was no anxious expression on his face. He only gave the referee a verbal warning instead of a card warning.
There is no dissatisfaction either.
Her teammates seemed to be angrier than her...
In the next game, what surprised the Australian female football player was that Li Qingqing not only was not intimidated by herself, but also came specifically towards her. When Li Qingqing dribbled the ball forward, the target was obviously herself!
This little girl...
She decided to show the other person a real show of strength.
So she also stepped forward and tried to use her physical advantage to stop Li Qingqing again. It didn't matter even if she was called for a foul again. She must not let the little girl's momentum rise. She had to let her know that she was afraid!
But when she rushed forward, she was knocked over by Li Qingqing with a very clean emergency stop.
The Australian female football player who originally hit Li Qingqing with all her strength made herself lose her balance and fell out...
The Phoenix Football Stadium in Yunyang City, Zechu Province, was originally the home stadium of Yunyang Phoenix Club, and now it is the home stadium of the Chinese Women’s Football Team. The stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people, was half full, and 15,000 spectators were all watching.
Li Qingqing cheered at the loudest level, venting out all their frustration and dissatisfaction at being knocked to the ground again and again by the goddess in their hearts.
The three Olympic team players in front of the mobile phone screen couldn't help but exclaimed: "I'll go! Beautiful!"
Li Qingqing, who had made a breakthrough, did not go straight to Huanglong. Instead, he took advantage of the opponent's defensive players approaching him, stretched out his foot and poked the football to the right front, giving it to the Chinese team's forward Ni Sumei.
Because Australia's defensive focus is placed on Li Qingqing, Ni Sumei is in an empty space.
After receiving the pass from Li Qingqing, she entered the penalty area. Facing the weak defensive force, she calmly started to kick. The football flew into the goal from the back top corner, and the Chinese team took the lead!
Amid the roaring cheers, the door to Madrid, which was originally closed, was finally a little looser.
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After losing the ball, the Australian women's football team strengthened its counterattack and once played the Chinese team very passively. The girls of the Chinese women's football team even used their bodies to block the opponent's attention to prevent the opponent from scoring.
In this tense atmosphere, the game came to the last ten minutes.
The game is still 1:0, and the Chinese team is temporarily in the lead.
Wang Guangwei suddenly raised his head: "Hey, was it announced on the radio that our flight has started boarding?"
“I don’t know.” Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi continued to stare at the phone screen without raising their heads, appearing unconcerned.
Wang Guangwei saw that these two people were so unreliable, so he took out his mobile phone, checked the flight information through Air Travel, and found that boarding had indeed begun.
So he reminded the two of them: "We are really boarding the plane, we should leave."
Chen Xingyi had no choice but to stand up: "Let's go then..." His eyes were still staring at Hu Lai's mobile phone screen reluctantly.
At this moment, in the live broadcast, Li Qingqing was pulled to the ground by an Australian player when he was making a breakthrough in the middle. The Chinese team won a free kick 32 meters away from the goal and in the center.
Hu Lai raised his hand: "Wait a minute and finish watching this attack."
“Okay!” After saying this, Chen Xingyi sat down again in a daze.
“Then we have to leave after watching this…” Wang Guangwei had no choice but to stand aside and continue watching the game while waiting for his two teammates.
The airport announcement above his head came again: "Passengers taking flight 3U8962 from Shanhai to Jincheng, your plane has started boarding, please take your luggage..."
Wang Guangwei thought to himself that fortunately it was relatively close to the boarding gate and he didn't have to cross half of the terminal, otherwise he would have to drag two people away.
On the screen of the mobile phone, the players of the Australian women's football team have formed a human wall in the penalty area. On the Chinese team's side, Li Qingqing bent down and placed the football in the place marked by the referee with spray.
It looks like she will take the free kick she won herself.
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After Li Qingqing placed the football, he stood up and backed away to make room for a run-up.
Then she stood with her hands on her hips, turned to look at the referee, and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.
In the stands of the Phoenix Stadium, the shouts suddenly became much quieter, and many fans couldn't help but breathe softly.
In the quiet scene, the crisp whistle sounded particularly clear.
The whistle sounded, Li Qingqing took a deep breath, exhaled the breath in his chest, and started to run.
After a very crisp two-step approach, her left foot hit the football!
The football then soared into the air, high over the struggling Australian wall, and then fell rapidly, like a cruise missile emerging from the clouds, heading towards the Australian goal!
Although the Australian goalkeeper tried her best to take off, her view was blocked by the human wall. The timing of taking off was too late. She was still far away from the football and could not reach it by stretching her arms as much as possible.
Looks like just a failed death struggle...
The football flew into the Australian goal amid huge cheers that could not wait to be heard!
“Beautiful! Beautiful!! Li Qingqing scored directly with such a beautiful free kick, almost locking the Chinese team’s ticket to Madrid!” The commentator’s excited roar came from Hu Lai’s headset.
He also vaguely heard the exclamations of Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei.
“Here we go, this ball is beautiful! What an elevator ball! It’s a world-beater in men’s football!” Chen Xingyi quickly took his knee.
Wang Guangwei also forgot about the reminder to board the plane, and stared at the small mobile phone screen dumbfounded: "Li Qingqing is too strong!"
After scoring the goal, Li Qingqing ran to the corner flag area and was surrounded by his teammates, hugging him in celebration.
Yan Encai, the old coach on the sidelines, rushed out of the coaching bench, then excitedly took off his lucky hat and threw it into the sky. The pressure accumulated on him due to the team's poor performance in the qualifiers also disappeared.
With this action, he was thrown out of the sky.
After hugging every teammate who came up to celebrate, Li Qingqing followed them back to her own half. On the way back, she raised her palms to the sky, then retracted four fingers, leaving only her little finger standing upright and slightly bent.
Then she looked up at the sky and smiled at the face that did not exist in the night sky.
According to the agreement, Hu Lai, I am also going to Madrid!
Hang yourself with a hook, see you in Madrid!
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“Li Qingqing’s celebration is really unique. What does it mean? 666?” Chen Xingyi guessed.
“Isn’t the gesture of six made by the thumb and the little finger together? How can it be made by only the little finger?” Wang Guangwei corrected his guess at the side.
Hu Lai did not participate in their speculation, but stood up and put away his mobile phone: "Let's go home!"
Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi followed him with their suitcases, still guessing and arguing about the meaning of Li Qingqing's gesture.
Hu Lai, who was walking in front of them, was grinning.
