When Li Qingqing returned to the locker room from the outside, she was welcomed by cheers and applause from all her teammates.
Li Qingqing quickly bowed to everyone.
But she should actually accept such treatment calmly.
Because she deserves it.
In the first game of the Olympic Games, the Chinese women's team defeated the Zimbabwe women's football team 5:0. As the absolute core of the team, Li Qingqing performed well in this game, scoring a hat trick and contributing an assist. The Chinese team scored a total of
Five goals were scored, and she was involved in four of them.
Isn’t such a performance worthy of the applause and respect from all the teammates on the team?
But Li Qingqing is not Hu Lai, he still wants to save face...
So for the kindness given by his teammates, Li Qingqing also repays them with his own kindness.
After having fun with his teammates in the locker room for a while, Li Qingqing went to take a shower, change clothes, then sat in his seat, picked up his phone, and sent a message to Hu Lai.
“Hat-trick, bah!”
Hu Lai soon came back: "What's there to say about scoring a hat-trick against a weak team like Zimbabwe? I'm telling you, if you want to make it, join a strong team!"
“Well, I’ll wait for you to wear a hat against Argentina!”
When Hu Lai saw this sentence while holding his mobile phone, his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He was afraid that he would hear that emotionless voice and then tell himself that the system had issued a new task, requiring him to play against the Argentine Olympic team.
A hat-trick...
The result was okay, this time there was no sound in his head.
He waited for a while to make sure that the system would not trigger the task, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Why don’t you speak? Are you scared?”
“I’m sorry…” Hu Lai quickly passed over with a hand-over expression. “Sister, you are so awesome, I’m willing to show you my inferiority!”
It's not okay to be timid about this kind of thing. He is really scared by that damn system.
Seeing Hu Lai giving in, Li Qingqing had a bright smile on his face, which was even brighter than after scoring three goals.
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When the female football players took the bus back to their hotel, the Olympic team also boarded the bus collectively and headed for the Santa Lucia Stadium, the competition venue.
Before getting off the bus, Yan Encai, the head coach of the women’s football team, said to everyone: “After dinner, we will gather in the hotel conference room at eight o’clock in the evening to watch the National Olympic team’s game and cheer for the boys of the National Olympic team!”
“Okay!” the women’s football girls answered him in unison.
Although the promise was straightforward, when everyone thought about the opponents that the Chinese Olympic team would face, they really didn’t dare to expect too much.
Since being assigned to the "Group of Death", many people have not had any expectations for the Chinese Olympic team's performance in this Olympics.
After all, it would be unreasonable for such an opponent to have any expectations for the performance of the Olympic team.
Everyone just hopes that the young men of the Chinese Olympic team can play in style and show their spirit.
As for results...lose less and win more.
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"I know that the outside world is generally not very optimistic about us. Of course, this lack of optimism is normal. After all, there is a huge difference in strength between us and our opponents, and out of concern for us, sometimes this lack of optimism is actually a form of protection.
...But the outside world has no requirements for our performance, which does not mean that we have no requirements for ourselves. The leaders of the Football Association, media reporters and fans across the country show great love to us, but we must not be ignorant of good and bad, and really feel that the game can be played casually.
You can play it in any shape!"
In the locker room, head coach Shi Wuyin is speaking to all the players of the Olympic team.
"Since the beginning of the training camp, we have set a goal for ourselves. We have never announced this goal to the outside world because we know that actions are more powerful than words! So far, this goal has not changed. In the face of powerful enemies, we have also
The goal is still to qualify from the group. This game is our first appearance in the Olympics. Our opponents must not know much about us, and this is also our opportunity. So in this game we strive to get three points.
The best opportunity. Once this game is over, our opponents will know us better. By then, it will be difficult to expect our opponents to give us opportunities to take advantage of them because they underestimate the enemy..."
In Shi Wuyin’s plan, the first game the Chinese Olympic team plays against Nigeria is the key to the goal of qualifying for the group.
Because as the team with the weakest paper strength in this group, the other three teams presumably will not pay too much attention to them. The tactical discipline of Nigeria, an African team, is not outstanding, even if the head coach
If you remind them more, the players may not take it too seriously when they get on the field.
These are all points that the Chinese team can take advantage of.
As long as they can defeat Nigeria, the Chinese team will be in a favorable position in the next qualifying situation.
In the remaining two games, against Belgium and Argentina, Shi Wuyin plans to let the team use a bus tactic to draw the opponent.
If we can get two draws, plus the previous three points and five points, the Chinese team can completely break out of the group of death.
Of course, this is all a theoretical roadmap for qualifying for the group stage. As for whether it can really be realized, Shi Wuyin is not sure yet.
He can only try his best to boost the morale of the team and bring everyone closer to the theoretical possibility.
While Shi Wuyin was talking about mobilizing the players before the war, Hu Lai was using the [Lingxi Card] in his own system space for each teammate who was going to play.
This time he spent 300,000 points very extravagantly and purchased ten [Lingxi Cards].
Except for himself because he didn’t use it, all the players in the team used the [Spirit Card].
In this way, for the first time, he had the effect of making all the players on the team and himself feel connected.
Opening the system view, the locker room was spectacular, and the space above the players' heads was almost filled with white light chains.
After using [Lingxi Card] on all teammates who were going to play, Hu Lai began to equip himself with props.
He has already opened the Olympic gift package for the U23 Asian Cup mission. When he saw the reward at first, he was quite disappointed.
Because there were props inside that he was familiar with, such as [broken Bear shin guards], [worn Bear jersey], [lover's red rope]... there was nothing new.
But when he took a closer look, he found that these props were different from those he had used before.
Each piece of equipment has the same text description under it: "Olympic limited edition, only used during the 2024 Madrid Olympics. There is no limit on the number of games and can be used repeatedly."
After reading the description clearly, Hu Lai immediately felt that the gift package was worth it.
At least it saves him the points he needs to buy props in every game, otherwise he will have props in the first game and then disappear.
In fact, Hu Lai rarely uses props in games now. He only uses props in those games where he thinks it is necessary.
For example, in the three games against Wang Xianke, he used [Lingxi Card] for his teammates. But when it comes to the equipment and props he used for himself, he only used them in the first game. In the remaining games, because he did not have enough points,
Didn't buy either.
Especially the Bear Shin Pads, which he only equipped in the first game and not in the next two games.
It’s all supported by the [lover’s red rope]. With a little bit of luck, you might be able to avoid an injury.
But it is impossible to say that I am not uneasy at all.
After all, his opponent is Wang Xianke, the Wang Xianke with a criminal record.
Hu Lai is also worried that he will jump over the wall and do something cruel to him...
Fortunately, in the end it was just a cut at the corner of the eyebrow, and it is almost invisible now.
It can be said to have no impact at all.
He doesn’t know if there will be bad players in the Olympics, but protecting yourself is always something that a professional player should keep in mind, especially a player like Hu Lai whose body is not very collision-resistant. He must protect himself even more.
In addition to this set of equipment, there are three [Lingxi Cards] in the Olympic gift package, which really surprised Hu Lai. At first, he complained, knowing that he would not have bought so many [Lingxi Cards]. But then he
Do you think that Director Shi will not make any adjustments to the lineup during the entire Olympic Games?
The players who are not in this game will play in the next game. Wouldn’t it mean that there is a huge hole in the airtight “net”?
So at this time, the three [Lingxi Cards] given in the Olympic gift pack come in handy, and they are specially reserved for your own flexible use.
Thinking about it this way, the gift package is indeed a gift package, and I have considered all aspects... I wonder if I help the Chinese team reach the World Cup finals in the future, will I also get a World Cup gift package?
After adding "BUFF" to himself, Hu Lai exited the system and heard Director Shi asking loudly: "Do you understand?"
Hu Lai quickly replied loudly with his teammates: "I understand!"
“Very good!” Shi Wuyuan was very satisfied when he saw that the team members were full of energy and energy in their answers.
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"Xiao Shi, I feel that your behavior in the locker room just now was a little abnormal..."
At the coaching bench, assistant coach Li Zhifei was talking to Shi Wuyin.
At this time, their entire coaching staff came to the coaching bench, and the substitute players had also taken their seats.
They are all waiting for the players from both sides to come out of the tunnel and the game will begin.
"Well... I'm a little nervous, Lao Li. Che Luan said back and forth. Now I'm worried that my state will affect the players and infect the nervousness to them..."
“Are you okay? I was watching in the locker room, and I felt that the players were performing quite normally. Especially Hu Lai, I didn’t see him being nervous at all.”
“That kid has a big heart. Before the East Asian Cup match against South Korea, how many people scolded him... He also behaved like a normal person.”
“So, Xiao Shi, aren’t you worse than Hu Lai?” Li Zhifei teased.
Shi Wuyin coughed twice: "I'm not as thick-skinned as him, I'm really sorry..."
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“Hey Hu Lai, I always feel that Director Shi talked a bit too much today. He had a rare long speech in the locker room for a long time.” Standing in the player tunnel, Chen Xingyi turned to Hu Lai, who was standing behind him.
“Maybe you’re nervous?” Hu Lai replied to him.
“Are you nervous, Hu Lai?” Chen Xingyi asked again.
“I’m not nervous. What about you?” Hu Lai asked back.
"It's strange... I thought I would be nervous. I was sitting in the car just now, watching the stadium getting closer and closer, and I was a little nervous... But now I'm not nervous anymore." Chen Xingyi frowned. "I don't know.
Since when did I stop being nervous..."
“Is it when Director Shi is speaking?” Hu Lai asked.
Chen Xingyi thought about it seriously this time, and then nodded: "It's really true!"
“That means Director Shi’s speech worked.” Hu Lai gave the military medal to Director Shi.
But actually this is a subsidiary effect of [Lingxi Card].
He has used the [Psychic Card], and now all the other teams have a clear understanding of him. He is not nervous. Why are other players so nervous?
“I didn’t expect that Director Shi’s back-and-forth talk about the wheel would have such an effect?” Chen Xingyi felt strange and couldn’t understand it, but the fact was right in front of him, and he really didn’t feel nervous anymore.
He looked at his other teammates and found that their expressions seemed...normal.
No one is nervous or nervous.
Then Chen Xingyi became even more surprised. Is it any wonder that Director Shi’s words really had such a big effect? As he talked, everyone was stunned. Wasn’t it that they were no longer nervous?
You know, this is the Olympic Games!
The first game in the Olympic Games!
No one in the team has had such experience, and no one knows what is waiting for them in the game.
But no one was nervous about it.
What the hell!
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Li Qingqing was sitting among his teammates, looking at the TV screen in front of him.
After the women's football team members had dinner, they all came to the conference room and found their seats to sit down, waiting for the game to start.
The TV has been turned on and the live signal has been switched on.
It's in the tunnel, and the cameraman is taking footage of the players in the backcourt.
The camera scanned the upper bodies of the players on both sides one by one.
When Hu Lai appeared in the camera, unexpectedly, he raised his hand and said hello to the camera.
His action made the women's football girls in the conference room laugh. They are all experienced professional players. They have played hundreds of games at least, and no one was watching the TV broadcast while waiting to play.
The camera lens is saying hello...this is not on "If You Are the One"!
Obviously he is an experienced professional player, but he behaves like an amateur and makes many people laugh.
Someone was saying loudly: "Okay, at least now we know that Hu Lai is not nervous!"
Amidst the roar of laughter, Li Qingqing opened her lips slightly and said silently:
Come on, Hu Lai!
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“Come on, son!” Xie Lan sat in front of the TV and waved to Hu Lai on the screen.
"He can't hear you if you shout here..." Hu Lixin said this, and still waved his hand at the TV screen, "So just wave your hand and keep your voice down so as not to disturb the neighbors..."
Xie Lan also realized that the sound insulation in this old community was very poor and they had not moved there yet. Even though the new house was ready, Xie Lan and Hu Lixin would go there to clean the house every now and then.
But he did not move.
According to Xie Lan, it would be meaningful to wait until his son comes back for such a big deal as moving. It would only make sense for the whole family to move there together.
So now they still live in the old house.
Realizing that it was half past two in the morning, Xie Lan lowered his voice and said to the TV screen: "Come on, son."