Hu Lai trained with Anton Shining Star for a week like this. Except that he did not go to the game with the team, he felt like he had returned to the life before he transferred to Liuyang.
And his existence was quickly noticed by media reporters and fans.
After all, every time they come to training or leave the training base, everyone can see Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan, and others in the car. Look again - good guy! Isn't this Hu Lai?! Why did he return to Flash Star? No.
Should you be on vacation?
All reporters turned into children, with questions on their heads.
There are also some more rumors on the Internet, all kinds of good and bad.
For this reason, Zhao Kangming had to clarify at a regular press conference: "... He was not invited by us, Hu Lai came by himself. It was my idea to train with the team. I think this can keep him in shape. After all, the country
The team will have to wait until June 3rd to start gathering... No, Flash Star will not rent Hu Lai back. He is developing so well in the Premier League now, there is no need to come back... I know Flash Star fans are very excited, but he is now
Relationally, he belongs to Leeds City and not to Flash Stars. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to participate in the competition on behalf of Flash Stars, and we have not registered a quota for him to participate in this year's Chinese Super League..."
Hu Lai himself was interviewed by reporters outside the training ground: "Actually, I just wanted to come back and see the guys from the beginning, but after Director Zhao made that suggestion, I felt he was right, so I just stayed.
I came down to train with everyone... It's not a big deal, no need to read too much into it. It feels good to be able to play football with my former teammates again. I said that no matter how far I go, Flash Star will be mine.
Home, this has not changed until now..."
Wang Guangwei: "After Hu Lai went to the Premier League and played for half a year, his improvement was obvious. When he came back, he felt that he was not on the same level as us. We benefited a lot from playing against him in training... Of course, we will continue to work hard.
, try not to let him go too far...Through Hu Lai, all of us have seen the effect of studying abroad...Me? Of course I also hope to be able to play abroad. But now I just want to represent the Flash Stars, I am still a
Flash star player..."
When I heard that Hu Lai returned to train with the Flash Star team, the number of fans and reporters waiting for Hu Lai outside the Liucheng training base every day more than doubled than usual.
So much so that the traffic police department had to dispatch police officers to be on duty on the two main traffic roads outside the Liucheng training base to maintain traffic order.
But despite this, every time the training ends, the entrance to the training base is still overcrowded and the traffic jam is serious. On all navigation maps, this area is dark red and is automatically avoided by the system.
At first, Hu Lai opened the window to meet the fans' request for photos and autographs. Later, he found that as soon as he stopped, the cars behind him were blocked and unable to get out of the base, and nearby social vehicles were also unable to move.
So much so that the traffic police had to come forward to persuade Hu Lai to leave quickly...
In the next few days, Hu Lai huddled in the car, not daring to show his head. He had to ask the police to clear the way so that they could leave smoothly.
Wang Guangwei, who was driving at the time, sighed in the car: "I really didn't expect that one day I would be qualified to let the police car clear the way... Hu Lai, you are so pretentious!"
Hu Lai sighed: "It is due to strength, but it is always misunderstood by you as showing off. Alas, how lonely a genius is!"
"Pooh!"
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After the twelfth round of the league on June 2, the Chinese Super League was temporarily suspended to give way to the national team competition.
On June 16, the Chinese team challenged Australia away from home.
This game is a matter of life and death for the Chinese team - or, in fact, every game is a matter of life and death for the Chinese team.
As of the seventh round of the group stage, the Chinese team has eight points and is still ranked fifth, but it has the same points as Qatar and is only three points behind Saudi Arabia and Australia.
If the Chinese team can beat Australia on the road, they can catch up with their opponents immediately.
But this possibility is really too low.
On the other hand, if Australia can defeat the Chinese team at home, the Chinese team will most likely lose the right to qualify for the World Cup.
After all, in this round of the group stage, Qatar's opponent, who has the same points as the Chinese team, is the United Arab Emirates, which has not won a game or scored a single point in this group.
Even if Qatar is playing away from home, I believe they can defeat their opponents.
If Qatar wins and the Chinese team loses, regardless of the result of the home game between Saudi Arabia and South Korea. With two rounds left in the top 12, the Chinese team only has eight points, three points behind Qatar and three points behind Australia.
With six points, the chance of qualifying is almost zero.
There are two rounds of top 12 games left, one against South Korea, which is a mixed bag.
One game was an away game against Qatar, which was equally unlucky.
Therefore, in this game, the expectation of the Chinese media and fans for the team is that they can escape unscathed and come back with one point from the away game in Australia.
Then we hope that the South Korean team can defeat Saudi Arabia in the away game. In this way, Saudi Arabia, which is third in the group, will still have 11 points, while the Chinese team will have nine points and continue to bite Saudi Arabia. The South Korean team also really wants to fight against Saudi Arabia.
Arabia, after all, Saudi Arabia is ranked third, and the two teams are currently separated by four points. If the South Korean team can defeat Saudi Arabia and the point difference between the two teams widens to seven points, the South Korean team can qualify for the World Cup two rounds in advance. So even if it is an away game
, the Korean team will also try its best.
In this way, even if Qatar defeats the United Arab Emirates in an away game and has the same points as Saudi Arabia, the Chinese team will not be left behind, because the final round of the top 12 is a direct dialogue between the Chinese team and Qatar.
As long as you bite your opponent tightly before then, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Although the hope is still very slim.
But compared with the despairing prospect after the first half of the top 12, this slim hope is enough to make Chinese fans feel happy.
But it is not easy to draw with Australia on the road...
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In the Australian National Stadium, as the 60,000 home fans screamed in unison, the stadium seemed to be churning with huge waves.
They had just experienced a narrow escape from death.
"Hu Lai—oh! His shot was saved by Barres!" He Feng yelled regretfully.
If Hu Lai scores this goal, the Chinese team may be able to defeat Australia.
But Barres, who plays for West Herts in the Premier League, performed very well this time. When Hulay headed the goal, he quickly moved backwards, then jumped into the air, leaned back and stretched out his arms, pushing Hulay over the head.
The incoming football clicked and lifted the crossbar.
"Although there was no goal in this attack, Shi Wuyin's strategy was still successful. It was different from the tactic we imagined before the game, which was to shrink the defense and then put a bus in front of the goal. Shi Wuyin retained Hu Lai for this game.
Constantly harassing the opponent's goal from the front, making full use of Hu Lai's characteristics of high efficiency and strong ability to seize opportunities, creating many threats to Australia's goal..." Yan Kang explained next to him.
"For this reason, Australia's offense in this game has never been able to explode at full strength. Because as long as they attack, they will be threatened by Hu Lai behind them. After training in the Premier League, Hu Lai can now face the strong Australian midfielders.
The defender is also capable of fighting... He really tormented the Australian defenders in this game. Coupled with the speed advantage of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, Australia's entire defense line was firmly blocked.
Pinned at the back, it is difficult to move forward to support their attack..."
"Shi Wuyin's tactics for the Chinese team in this game were very targeted. Hu Lai's ability to seize opportunities and the quick attacks from the two wings were used to contain as many Australian players as possible with the least number of attackers, thus
It has reduced the pressure on the Chinese team's defense... The game has entered stoppage time, and the score is still 0:0. As long as we persist for four more minutes, we will be able to escape unscathed in the away game!"
Yan Kang's last words were a bit offensive, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV suddenly became nervous.
I'm afraid that he is setting up a flag to poison the Chinese team.
But fortunately, Shi Wuyin's tactics did work.
Even at the last moment of the game, the Chinese team's counterattack can threaten Australia's goal.
Instead, Australia became the party that could not afford to lose.
After all, they are currently ranked second in the group. They were originally tied with Saudi Arabia, but in the two top-12 matches yesterday, Saudi Arabia lost 2:3 at home to the South Korean team.
Australia suddenly no longer had to defeat the Chinese team at home - it is good to score three points, but if they rush forward for these three points, they will be taken away by the Chinese team and lose the game.
It's too big...
Even if they can't win now, as long as they don't lose, they can continue to maintain their second place in the league.
The Chinese team, on the other hand, was very aggressive, as if they wanted to take advantage of the last few minutes of the game, and Australia sent out all the troops to fight back. It seemed that they wanted to take the opportunity to kill Australia and get the precious three points...
Based on this calculation, it will be very uneconomical for Australia to continue to fight against the Chinese team.
Therefore, at the last moment of the game, Australia, playing at home, did not go all out to try to win the game.
Instead, they tightened their defense and played steadily, hoping to withstand the Chinese team's crazy counterattack at the last moment.
I have to say that this is the psychological shadow that Hu Lai brought to them throughout the game...
If it weren't for the fact that there were so few players in the Chinese team who could attack, the Chinese team might have already scored a goal in this game.
The next few minutes of the game seemed a bit calm compared to the previous ninety minutes.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, He Feng cheered in the studio behind: "The game is over! The Chinese team tenaciously tied Australia 0:0 in the away game! We got one point and surpassed the loss.
Qatar, which dropped out of the competition, is ranked fourth in the group! It is only two points away from Saudi Arabia, which is third in the group!"
This is also an important reason why Chinese fans and media are so satisfied with this draw - in the two top 12 games yesterday, Saudi Arabia lost 2:3 at home to the South Korean team, sending the South Korean team to qualify early. Qatar
The ship capsized in the gutter of the away game and lost to the United Arab Emirates 0:1.
The UAE finally got their first victory and first point in the top 12 as they wished. However, they did not expect that this result was not obtained by the Chinese team, but by the West Asian brother Qatar...
This is simply the best situation for the Chinese team besides defeating Australia in an away game.
There are still two rounds of group matches left. In the next game, the Chinese team will face the South Korean team at home, which has already qualified for the World Cup in advance. Considering the early qualification, the South Korean team may not field the strongest lineup by then, and the Chinese team still has a glimmer of hope.
As long as they can not lose to the South Korean team at home, the final top-12 match against Qatar may really determine whether the Chinese team can finish third in the group and go to the play-offs.
Of course, this depends on the competition between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
In short, there are still many uncertainties in the future.
But now at least the Chinese team has the right to continue dreaming.