Chapter 87 of the Main Text Volume Some changes are taking place. Even though Hu Lai couldn't wait any longer, he also knew that the remaining nearly twenty days had to be passed day by day.
During this period of time, the schedule is still intensive for Flash Star.
On April 13th, Saturday, Flashing Stars challenged Shanhailanyue away from home. Because they just went to Sydney, Australia to play an AFC Champions League group match in the middle of the week, most of the players were in poor physical condition. Zhao Kangming made significant changes to the lineup.
The rotation caused Flash Star to lose 1:2 to Shanhai Lanyue in the away game.
Although Hulay came on as a substitute and scored a goal, he could not save the team's defeat.
However, even if they lose this game, Flash Star's ranking in the league standings only dropped one place, from sixth to seventh.
For the Flash Stars who aim to avoid relegation, this ranking is completely acceptable, so no one will be dissatisfied with the team losing the game.
Coupled with the fact that they have just qualified from the AFC Champions League group stage, the fans of Flash Star no longer care about the league. Like Hu Lai, they are eager for the AFC Champions League quarter-finals to start in the middle of next week.
This is of course impossible.
The middle of next week is the last game of the AFC Champions League group stage.
The two teams from this group that have qualified in advance will play a friendly match for everyone.
Zhao Kangming used a half-main and half-substitute combination in the AFC Champions League match against Osaka Victory at home.
The main purpose is to allow more players to experience the atmosphere of the AFC Champions League and get game training.
It’s really about learning.
The Osaka Victory in the away game also did not send out all the main players, and also mainly rotated the lineup.
In a peaceful atmosphere, the two teams tied: 1, ending their respective AFC Champions League group stage journeys.
After the final round of the AFC Champions League group stage, all teams participating in the knockout stage have been determined.
At the same time, the specific schedule for the quarter-finals has also been released.
The first leg of the quarter-final match between Flash Stars and Golden Arrows is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8th, and the second leg will be a week later, Thursday, May 16th.
After the results came out, the fans all laughed when they saw the schedule:
On Saturday, May 11, between these two quarter-finals, there was a Chinese Super League match, which was the tenth round of the Chinese Super League that had attracted much attention before.
Dashun Golden Arrows vs. Anton Flashing Stars at home!
Good things come in pairs, double happiness comes to your door.
Let’s all go together!
In just eight days, the Flash Stars and Golden Arrows actually had to play each other three times in a row in the AFC Champions League and the league!
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"This is really... Hu Lai, will you hit me with a golden arrow until you vomit?"
Wang Guangwei is unable to complain about such a schedule.
"That's not the case, it should be because the golden arrow can vomit. It was vomited by us." Hu Lai was quite happy.
He was really afraid that he would not have a chance to compete with the Golden Arrow and show his determination to the world.
After all, if we just rely on two competitions in the league, the arguments will not be strong enough and the persuasive effect will not be very good.
“I also hope that we can meet the Golden Arrow in the FA Cup!”
"But don't..." Wang Guangwei waved his hands repeatedly, "You have to think about Chen Xingyi."
Chen Xingyi had a question mark on his head: "What does it have to do with me?"
“Aren’t you afraid that after Hu Lai goes crazy killing you, you will never be able to return to the Golden Arrow?” Wang Guangwei asked him.
Humbling about Hu Lai's revenge against Wang Xianke, the only embarrassing problem is here.
Chen Xingyi is now a Flash Star player, so of course he has to consider issues from the Flash Star's perspective. The Golden Arrow is his opponent. As a Flash Star player, he must try his best to defeat the Golden Arrow in the game.
But in essence, his contract relationship still belongs to Dashun Golden Arrow. If he follows the Flash Star and beats Golden Arrow again and again, what will Golden Arrow fans think of him? What will Golden Arrow players think of him? Golden Arrow
What would coach Wang Xianke think of him?
“Yes, it’s obvious that Wang Xianke is a small-minded person. If he hates Wujiwu, he will hate you too. How will you get along with him when you return to Golden Arrow next year?” Zhang Qinghuan was standing by to scare Chen Xingyi.
Hu Lai consoled him: "Don't worry, little Xingxing, it's no big deal. I'll help you get Wang Xianke out of class, won't this problem be solved? When you return to the Golden Arrow next season, you don't have to worry about Wang Xianke stepping on your heels! Because it's not a big deal at all.
There is no such thing as Wang Xianke!"
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The players of Dashun Golden Arrow returned to the locker room after training and were changing clothes while discussing the hottest topic recently: their opponents in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals.
"There are crazy hypes about these three games outside. Yesterday, there were reporters who wanted to interview me and asked me what I thought about this matter... I'm just kidding, what can I say? That's a matter between Director Wang and Hu Lai.
What does it matter to me? I really don’t understand what those media reporters are asking me for?”
“What else can I do? Of course it’s just to watch the fun and don’t worry about it. This shit has been hyped for so long that my ears feel calloused...”
“Hey, tell me, did our Director Wang really do that?”
The lively discussion in the locker room came to an abrupt end and everyone fell silent.
The person who asked the question also realized that he had asked a very stupid question. How could he expect to get the answer to this question in a semi-public place like the locker room?
No matter what everyone is thinking, they will definitely not say it out loud.
There has been a similar discussion in the locker room before, but there was no answer to this question.
But this time the silence in the locker room was suddenly broken: "I think... maybe I did..."
Everyone looked at Jin Yong who was speaking in surprise.
It’s just that they just stared at each other with wide eyes but did not speak, and no one asked stupidly: “Why?”
After Jin Yong said this, he stopped talking. Instead, he changed his clothes in silence and walked out of the dressing room alone.
Others in the locker room also speeded up their movements, as if they were embarrassed by staying here and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Chai Shun, the team captain, noticed the change in the atmosphere in the locker room and frowned slightly.
The game against Flash Stars was still very early, but now the locker room seems to be affected by that game.
As an experienced captain, Chai Shun was a little worried.
He thought he couldn't let this atmosphere develop, so he said in the silent locker room: "Okay, that's the coach's private matter and has nothing to do with us. Why do you think so much? We just need to play well.
Our game will be fine.”
As the captain, everyone must listen to what he says.
But Chai Shun could still see from the faces of some players that they did not take his words to heart.
In fact, Chai Shun himself felt that what he said was extremely weak and untenable at all.
The matter itself is of course the head coach's private matter, and whether he did it or not has nothing to do with today's Golden Arrow. After all, even if he did do that kind of thing, he did not do it when he was playing for Golden Arrow.
But after fermentation, does this matter still have nothing to do with the golden arrow?
If you still say that, you would be deceiving yourself and others.
Wang Xianke is the head coach of Golden Arrow. If Hu Lai wants to take revenge on Wang Xianke, he can’t find someone to put a sack on Wang Xianke and beat him up, right? Of course he wants to take revenge on the football field, so the actual target of his revenge is Dashun Golden Arrow.
So how can we say that this matter has nothing to do with the Dashun Golden Arrow?
In a sense, if Wang Xianke really did that thing, which made Hu Lai very angry and wanted to seek revenge on Wang Xianke, his anger would actually fall directly on Dashun Jinjian.
It can be said that the Golden Arrow team took the blame for their head coach.
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Wang Xianke found that since the team’s opponents and game time in the AFC Champions League quarter-finals were determined, something seemed wrong in the atmosphere.
He even always felt that the team must be talking about him and Hu Lai behind his back.
Not only the team, but also the club staff, he always felt that there seemed to be some hidden meaning behind the way they looked at him.
The ongoing training was interrupted by a sharp whistle. Wang Xianke strode into the training ground angrily, pointed at a player and cursed: "How many times have I told you, after losing the ball, just fight back on the spot! What did you just do?"
Is that a counter-robbery? If my grandma could survive, she would be more powerful than you! You didn’t eat for damn lunch, didn’t you?”
The Dashun Golden Arrow player who was scolded by him just lowered his head and did not dare to refute Wang Xianke.
Other players watched this scene and remained silent, only daring to cast sympathetic glances at their teammates.
But don't think that Wang Xianke will let them go. He turned to the other players and yelled: "I'm telling you, don't take it seriously when I am doing nothing in training! If anyone can't correct their attitude, get out."
!My team doesn’t need those bastards! Don’t think that winning the league championship will mean you can rest easy for the rest of your life... You haven’t won the AFC Champions League yet, and this season is your last chance!”
So I won’t be here to serve you next season!
Wang Xianke added in his mind.
Every player looked numb when the head coach yelled and scolded him, with no joy or sadness, and no emotion showed on his face.
Wang Xianke became even more angry when he saw such a group of players who looked like puppets no matter how much he scolded them.
"Why are you looking at me? Ah? You have a stupid head! So you want me to teach you even the most basic things... Who will believe it? Ah! The Chinese Super League champion can't even fight back on the spot after losing the ball!
With your virtues, no wonder you lost the championship last season!"
After venting his anger, he handed over the training to the assistant coach and simply left the training ground.
A group of players looked at each other in disbelief, and doubts finally appeared on their numb faces. They didn’t understand why the head coach was so angry...
Even if some players don’t do well in training, they won’t be so angry, right?
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After much thought, Chai Shun decided to go to Xue Chaoyu, the club’s general manager, to explain the situation.
After the training, the teammates chatted in the locker room about the incident that happened on the training field.
During this conversation, everyone was neither confused nor dissatisfied with the approach of head coach Wang.
Although no one refuted Wang Xianke at the time, it does not mean that they were willing to be scolded by the head coach.
After all, all of them are professional players who have been famous for a long time, don’t you want to lose face?
Chai Shun quietly listened to everyone’s complaints and confusion about Wang Xianke’s behavior in the locker room, then came out of the locker room and went to find Xue Chaoyu.
“Shunzi, you came just in time, I was planning to go find you.” Xue Chaoyu said with a smile after seeing Chai Shun, “I heard that during today’s training, Director Wang left early?”
Chai Shun was not surprised at all that Xue Chaoyu knew about this. After all, it was not a secret. So he nodded: "Well, Director Wang is not satisfied with our team's performance in training."
“Oh? Did the team perform poorly in training?”
Chai Shun told Xue Chaoyu everything that happened during the training.
After listening, Xue Chaoyu fell into silence for a while, and Chai Shunze continued: "Old Xue, I'm a little worried. The team's atmosphere has become more and more abnormal recently. If this continues, I'm afraid it will affect the next game."
Xue Chaoyu did not respond immediately, but asked him: "When did this abnormality start?"
Chai Shun thought for a while and said frankly: "It was after we won the first place in the AFC Champions League ahead of schedule. I guess it has something to do with Hu Lai's incident... Originally, after he said that, as time went by, many
No one took it seriously. As a result, now we are going to meet the Flash Star in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League. After bringing up the old story again, the heat is now very high. To be honest, Lao Xue, I didn’t even think about it at the time.
Hu Lai's words were taken seriously. I thought to myself, what kind of trouble could a young boy make? As a result, his performance in the U23 Asian Cup suddenly made him the hope of fans across the country. What he said was so important.
It’s different…”
When Xue Chaoyu heard what Chai Shun said, he sighed softly: "Who says it's not the case? The national team has basically decided that after Hu Lai finishes playing in the Olympics, he will be selected for the national team and help the team play in the World Cup qualifiers.
The attention paid to him by the superiors is extraordinary... Because of this incident, it is said that the Football Association has suspended its investigation of Wang Xianke."
Chai Shun was stunned, and then he suddenly realized: "I know why Director Wang has been in such a bad mood recently..."
He had known before that the Football Association was inspecting Wang Xianke and seemed to intend for him to succeed Marcel Wilson as the head coach of the Chinese national team.
To be honest, why does Wang Xianke have such a high prestige within the Dashun Golden Arrow team?
Isn’t it because he may become the head coach of the Chinese national team in the future?
If you dare to offend him now and disobey him, do you still want to join the national team in the future?
Thinking of this, Chai Shun suddenly asked: "Why didn't the club terminate his contract before the start of the season?"
Xue Chaoyu sighed: "Isn't it because there is no suitable candidate? Domestic coaches are basically like that, and foreign coaches can't talk about it for a while."
“Is there a suitable candidate now?”
Xue Chaoyu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We are trying to talk."
Chai Shun understands Xue Chaoyu's difficulties. Although the two have cooperated for many years and have a close relationship, there are some things they cannot say casually.
So he nodded: "Okay, I understand."
Seeing that Chai Shun was so reasonable, Xue Chaoyu breathed a sigh of relief: "In the locker room, you and the old players still need to maintain your maintenance and try not to let them be affected and interfered by off-field factors. This time we are in the AFC Champions League.
The performance is good, so the club is naturally ambitious."
"I understand, Lao Xue. That's why I came to you. I don't want our team to collapse like this."
“I will also talk to Wang Xianke again and let him control his temper. After all, no one in the team is a kid who doesn’t understand anything. It’s useless for him to do this.”
"Well, that's good. I don't want the players and the coach to quarrel. When things get to that point, there will be big trouble."
After sending Chai Shun away, Xue Chaoyu returned to his office, sat down at his desk, shook the mouse, and the computer screen that had been dormant came back on.
A document appears on the screen.
A photo of an obviously older white man with white hair appears in the center of the document.
When any real football fan sees this photo, he can immediately recognize the person in the photo. It is the famous Spanish coach Hall who once led two different teams, the Madrid Kings and the Turin Bulls, to win the Champions League.
H. Dillon.
This is the candidate that Xue Chaoyu is trying to talk about.
The old man’s agent’s asking price is a bit high, but now it seems that Golden Arrow may have to make some concessions. After all, time is not on Golden Arrow’s side.