Fox in the Penalty Area

The Fox in the Restricted Area Chapter 189 The league and the Football Association Cup made Zhao Kangming the happiest thing. After the national team match day, he saw the whole body and limbs in the Liucheng training base of Anton Shining Star, alive and kicking. Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, Chen Xingyi and Zhang Qinghuan.

They have not been attacked or troubled by injuries in the past few national team games.

Because the head coach of the Olympic team, Shi Wuyin, mainly tried tactics and personnel in the three warm-up matches of the Olympic team, so Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi and Wang Guangwei did not play a game for the Olympic team. Ten minutes later, this also made them not very tired even though they played three games for the Olympic team.

The same is true for Zhang Qinghuan in the two games of the national team. The two games only played for 60 minutes, all of which came off the bench. It can be seen that after re-entering the national team after three years, he still needs to find his rhythm and feeling again.

Although some of his teammates in this national team were his teammates three years ago, his playing style is completely different now, and everyone needs to adapt again.

But in any case, being able to return to the national team is a very good progress for Zhang Qinghuan.

Back in the league, there is one and only one goal for Flash Stars, and that is to upgrade.

Although the first round of the FA Cup final will be half a month later, no one is in the mood to think about that issue now.

Because the number of promotion places is the top two in the league, if you want to ensure that you can be promoted, you only need the gap between them and the third place.

Twenty-six rounds have been played in the league, and there are still eight rounds before the end. Flash Star ranks first with 62 points. The third place in the league is Ningtian Yongan. They currently have 55 points, which is 7 points behind Flash Star.

Judging from the rest of the schedule, only Lingnan Nanhai can be regarded as a strong team that can directly threaten them, and the strength of other teams is not too strong.

Of course, the relegation team should not be underestimated.

But as long as Shining Star doesn't lose the chain, there is not much suspense about playing those teams in the league.

The only variable is the FA Cup final.

When the FA Cup reaches the final, it is no longer a game to determine the outcome, but a home and away game system.

According to the schedule determined by lottery, in the first round of the final, Shining Star will go north to challenge Dashun Golden Arrow on Saturday, November 4th.

The second round of the final will be on Sunday, November 26th, and the Flash Star will return to the home court to face the Dashun Golden Arrow.

But to be honest, if the second round of the final loses suspense, it will have little impact on the league.

The most important thing is the first round of the final.

And because of this final, the 30th round of the league match between Shining Star and Baishan Linchun Hongqi at home, which was originally held on the weekend, will be postponed until December 3rd. Flashing Star will once again play one game less than other competitors who have been promoted. field.

Fortunately, the league games before and after the final were not played in the middle of the week, so the physical impact on Flash Star was slightly smaller.

The last round of the league was also postponed to Thursday, December 7 due to a conflict with the second round of the FA Cup final.

But if Flash Star performed stably before, then the two rounds of make-up matches after the second round of the FA Cup final may be meaningless.

Zhao Kangming's strategy is that before the first round of the FA Cup final, the team must not lose the chain, and the remaining three games must be won.

Fortunately, there is a full week between the international match day and the league match day, so in terms of physical fitness, Zhao Kangming doesn't have to worry too much.

Now that the four players who were drawn to participate in the national team's game were not injured, it would be even better.

In addition, there is another situation that is beneficial to Flash Stars. In these three league games, two consecutive games are Flash Stars' home games, and they have less disadvantages of running back and forth.

In the twenty-seventh round of the league on October 21, Shining Star played against Wuzhou Dongshan, a mid-lower team, at home.

Zhao Kangming made a slight rotation.

In the end, Shining Star beat the opponent 3:0, but because Lingnan Nanhai and Ningtian Yongan also won the ball, the point difference was not further widened.

On the other hand, Sichuan Nan Chongshan, ranked fourth, lost 0:1 to Flash Star in the previous round, and was tied by Xiaojiang Green Forest in this round. He has not won two consecutive rounds, and currently only has 51 points. It can be said that he is in the process of upgrading The sprint stage has gradually fallen behind.

The final two promotion places are likely to be produced among the three teams of Anton Shining Star, Lingnan Nanhai and Ningtian Yongan.

After this league game, there is another league game on Thursday. These two games are very close to each other, but the Flash Stars are playing at home in both league games, so they don't have to travel back and forth in a short period of time. This is their schedule. Take advantage of arrangements.

Flash Star's opponent in this round of the league is the sixth-ranked Xiaojiang Lulin.

Xiaojiang Green Forest is naturally not weak, and they also drew with the fourth place in the last round of the league, Chuannan Chongshan, so Zhao Kangming sent the strongest lineup he could send in this game.

Flash Star, who played with all the main players, did not disappoint. They defeated Xiaojiang Lulin 2:1 at home and continued to maintain their winning streak.

At the same time, Hu Lai scored a goal in this game. This goal was his twentieth goal in the Chinese League One this season.

Although Ivar Moses, who ranks second in the league scorer list, has been in good form recently, scoring consecutive goals, bringing his total league goals to sixteen, Hu Lai still maintains four goals against him in the scorer list leading edge.

Now Hu Lai is only one goal away from Lin Gang's domestic player's single-season scoring record in the Chinese League One. Everyone feels that it will not be a problem for him to equal or even break this record.

And once Lin Gang's record is broken, he will also have the opportunity to break the single-season scoring record created by Olivier Ferrer last season.

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After the game against Xiaojiang Lulin, although there is still a league game left, Flash Star is already preparing for the FA Cup final.

The FA Cup final is a two-legged home and away game, and the first round of Flash Star is away, so Zhao Kangming's strategy for the team is to set up a bus in the away game, try not to concede the ball, or concede as few goals as possible.

"...Although our opponents are very strong, it does not mean that we have to admit defeat in advance. The reason is very simple, because we are also the team participating in the final." On the training ground, Zhao Kangming stood in front of all the first team players and said, They are just getting ready to start a day of training. "Since we have made it to the finals, we can't give up casually, right? Otherwise, why do we still work so hard to get to the finals? If we want to give up, why don't we just give up at the beginning? Since we have already made it to the finals, no matter the difference in strength No matter how old we are, we only have one goal, and that is... the championship!"

What Zhao Kangming said was categorical and natural.

It seems that Flash Star is really a team capable of competing for the FA Cup.

And the players of the Flash Star team who eliminated two Chinese Super League teams in a row, especially after defeating Poseidon 2:1 in the away game, did not feel that there was anything inappropriate about the head coach's words.

If you think about giving up in the semi-finals, it is understandable.

But since they have reached the finals, but want to give up, then such a person must not be a professional player, because he doesn't even have the basic competitive spirit.

"The Dashun Golden Arrow has relatively strong offensive power, so we only do one thing when we go to the away game, and that is to defend and defend with all our strength. If we only lose one goal in the end, it will be considered as having completed the task. If the game is 0:0, even if We won. So in the next week and a half, we will continue to strengthen our defensive training, just like before the semi-finals."

After boosting morale and arranging training tasks, Zhao Kangming asked assistant coach Chen Mo to take the whole team to warm up.

He himself took other coaches and started to get busy on the training ground, putting out the facilities and equipment that will be used for training in a while.

After doing this, he stood on the training ground and watched more than two dozen first-team players warm up in the already biting cold wind in the morning. He suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment.

He used to be just an ordinary coach.

Although turning from a professional player to a coach is the first choice of many players after retiring, but after becoming a coach, they find that things are not that simple. What to do as a coach.

In the beginning, he was just a grassroots youth training coach, and he only needed to be in charge of training.

Later, he gradually became the head coach of the youth team, and later the director of youth training.

He stepped back from the training field and became a manager.

And now, he is the head coach of a first-team team in China, and he also led the team to rank first in the league and reach the FA Cup final.

In this team, there are veterans like Qin Lin, Mesozoic like Li Tielin, and young people represented by Hu Lai and Zhang Qinghuan.

The distribution of the three generations of old, middle-aged and young people is reasonable, and the experience, physical fitness and young people's drive are perfectly combined.

And he made it all himself.

This team is the best carrier of his football philosophy.

Now he is like a hardworking old farmer, watching the crops growing in his field, looking forward to a good harvest.

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On October 30th, Monday, Shining Star played an away game against the relegation team Nanjia Tianyu.

Contrary to what many people thought before, Flash Star did not carry out a large rotation in this game.

So even though they played away games, even though Nanjia Tianyu ranked 16th and urgently needed to relegation, the desire to fight was very strong.

But Flash Star, where most of the main players started the game, still beat the opponent 4:1 in the away game and won an unexpected victory.

The reason why I say unexpected is because everyone thought that Zhao Kangming would give up this league and concentrate on preparing for the first round of the FA Cup final, just like what they did before the FA Cup semi-final.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Kangming did not do this, but to ensure the priority of the league.

His choice made people wonder whether this means that Flash Star has given up the FA Cup final?

After all, their opponents are strong, and Flash Star, who was able to reach the final, has tried his best. The creative set-piece tactics were also exposed in the semi-finals. The Golden Arrow must have been prepared. It is almost impossible to beat the Chinese Super League team by playing tricks.

Not to mention that the Golden Arrow is currently ranked first in the Chinese Super League, and its strength is completely different from that of the sixth-ranked Poseidon.

There is such a big difference in strength between the two sides, and they are still playing at home. Why would Shining Star give up the league for a game that must be lost?

The league guarantees a successful promotion, even if they lose the FA Cup final, no one will blame Zhao Kangming.

Based on this speculation, everyone thinks that Dashun Golden Arrow, the FA Cup champion, is secure.

And they were really lucky to meet a Chinese team in the FA Cup final. This means that they don't have to spend too much effort in the FA Cup final, so as to ensure that their main energy can be devoted to the league and compete with the Lingnan South China Tigers for the championship of the Chinese Super League.

Since the latter was eliminated by the Dashun Golden Arrow in the FA Cup, he went all out in the league and immediately caused huge troubles for the Golden Arrow. Now the two teams are inseparable in the league. Until the last moment, I don't know who can win the momentum of the league championship.

If Dashun Golden Arrow wants to successfully defend its title, it really cannot be negligent in the league.

Originally, the FA Cup final would be an important factor affecting them, but now that the opponent is a Chinese League One team...many Dashun Golden Arrow fans feel that it is Europe.

Strive to end the suspense of the championship in the first round of the two-round final of the FA Cup!

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