Fox in the Penalty Area

"The game is over! The game is over! Dashun Golden Arrow lost 1:2 to Hedong Thunder in the away game! This result is really beyond the expectations of many people... It stands to reason that at the critical moment of hitting the Chinese Super League championship, how could the defending champion Golden Arrow fall? What about the chain? But they really fell off! I don’t know if it has something to do with the upcoming FA Cup final, I feel that the Golden Arrow players are a little absent-minded today..."

In the TV broadcast, the Dashun Golden Arrows players in blue and black jerseys lowered their heads and quickly walked from the court to the player tunnel.

And their head coach Wang Xianke just shook hands with the head coach of Hedong Thunderbolt perfunctorily, and he was also walking towards the passage, but he seemed to be muttering something when he walked...

It seems to be dissatisfied with the performance of the players.

Of course he should be dissatisfied, after all, after losing this game, the ranking of Dashun Golden Arrow dropped from the first place to the second place.

Originally Dashun Golden Arrow led the South China Tigers by one point in the standings, but now they are behind by two points.

Can their head coach Wang Xianke not be angry?

Back in the locker room, when the last person came in, Wang Xianke went to close the door of the locker room by himself, and then began his "rant about Dafa":

"What kind of crap are you guys playing! Huh?! Playing normally, how could we not win the Thunder? Even if this is an away game... so what? Last season we won them here 3:1, this season Just lose 1:2? A bunch of shit! What are you thinking?! Thinking about the FA Cup final next Saturday? There is still a whole fucking week...who allows you to think?! I didn’t mention it before That game was just to let you concentrate on playing the league in front of you! What about you... you just 'play' the league like this?! Ah!"

Then he began to name and curse people one by one.

The Dashun Golden Arrow players, both Chinese and foreign, were scolded bloody by Wang Xianke.

Even the substitute players who didn't play the game will not be spared at this time, and they will still be scolded honestly with their heads down.

If Chen Xingyi was present, he must have been deeply touched - he once sat on the bench for 90 minutes, returned to the locker room and was scolded by the head coach as a grandson together with other players.

When he was scolded like this for the first time, he was completely at a loss - I didn't play again, what does it have to do with me when the team loses the game, why scold me?

But later he knew that this was Wang Xianke's unique way of managing the team, claiming that it would allow all players to share weal and woe and enhance cohesion...

Wang Xianke is indeed good at leading the team to win the championship, but the psychological pressure he brings to the players is also huge.

If you make a slight mistake, you will be scolded by him so that you can't hold your head up. He doesn't care how good you were before, as long as you make a mistake, you can't forgive it.

Under his high-pressure management style, every player is squeezed to the limit by him, and naturally they will work hard on the field and go all out.

Of course, there are disadvantages to doing so, that is, if the results are good and the championship can be won, it doesn't matter what the means are, and the players are willing to obey Wang Xianke in order to win the championship.

But if you can't win the championship, this kind of inward high pressure doesn't have a vent, and it's especially easy to have internal problems.

Wang Xianke himself knew this, so he was so angry.

Last season he won the league championship in Dashun Golden Arrow. The goal of the club this season is naturally to defend the title. If he fails to win the championship, he will be considered a failure.

Originally, the team's performance has been very good, but the league was about to sprint but lost the chain.

This made Wang Xianke especially unbearable.

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"Xing Yi, playing the Golden Arrow in the final is really a good opportunity for us, try to perform well, so that when we return to the Golden Arrow next season, the club will definitely pay more attention to you..." While eating,

Chen Hantang said to his son, "Let me tell you, don't think it's hard to hit your old club... In fact, it's the opposite. The harder you strike, the more Golden Arrow will value you. Do you hear me?" !"

Seeing that his son was absent-minded, Chen Hantang raised his voice.

"I did hear it, but Dad...I'm wondering if I should stay in Xingxing next year..."

"Continue to stay in Xingxing..." Chen Hantang thought for a moment, then nodded. "It also makes sense. Flashing Star is obviously more willing to give you a chance. It's hard to say about the Golden Arrow... But Xingyi, based on your performance in Flashing Star this season, I think the Golden Arrow may feel that you have already got it." Get enough exercise, and then wait until the new season to resolutely keep you."

"What kind of exercise can I get in just one season? Will I return to the Golden Arrow and continue to be on the bench? Even if I change to a rotation player, it must not be as good as my main player in Flash Star, right? And Flash Star will also play in the Super League in the new season." Chen Xing Yi frowned.

"That's what I said, I'm afraid that the Golden Arrow doesn't think so..."

Chen Xingyi looked at his father and smiled: "Isn't it your job to convince the club, Dad? You are my manager!"

Hearing this, Chen Hantang also laughed: "You're right, you just choose where to play, and I'll take care of the rest for you... By the way, you're so happy in Shining Star, why don't you just transfer to us?" come over?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Xingyi put away his smile and shook his head simply: "No, the loan is for training and improving myself, there is no need to transfer. I will still return to the Golden Arrow."

"Why is that?" Chen Hantang was a little surprised. He originally thought that his proposal would be enthusiastically supported by his son, and then he would have a headache how to persuade the golden arrow to let him go.

Unexpectedly, his son opposed the transfer to Flash Star.

"Aren't you having a good time here? There are teammates who cooperate with each other tacitly, and there is also a head coach who knows people and makes good use of them..."

"Because I don't want to be said that I'm here to hug Hu Lai's thigh, Dad." Chen Xingyi said, "I always have to leave on loan, but if I transfer over, isn't it just to hug Hu Lai's thigh? I After improving myself here, I still have to go back to the original place to prove my ability, and at the same time prove that I can not only rely on Hu Lai. The reason why I will continue on loan next season is that I feel that I am not strong enough. To be honest, Dad , I really felt the improvement in Flash Star after half a season, that is, after we played the South China Sea team at home..."

Chen Hantang thought for a while, and then nodded in agreement: "That's true. Before, I felt that you were a character who passed the ball to Hu Lai and gave assists."

"Yes, I still want to continue playing under Director Zhao. The remaining half of the season is really not enough for me."

"Okay, since you have a clear idea, I won't make the decision for you. In short, I will help you negotiate a new loan contract and persuade the Golden Arrow to let you rent out for another season. In this season , you can try your best to improve yourself, but Xingyi, you also need to know that it will be your last season in Xingxing."

"I know, don't worry, Dad. I won't let you down."

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Sitting on the bus from the airport to the hotel, Chen Xingyi stared at the street scene of Dashun outside the window in a daze.

After Shining Star's bus came out of the airport, it just passed the "Football Square". There is a huge football in the middle of the square, which is one of the landmarks of Dashun.

Around the football, there is another circle of sculptures around the square, which is every celebrity who can make outstanding contributions in the football history of Dashun, and is the witness of this "football city".

Among the sculptures are international football players and coaches who led the Dashun football team to the championship. But not every player and coach who plays in Dashun football can have this kind of treatment. In active service, only Chai Shun, the midfielder captain of Dashun Golden Arrow, can win this honor. The statue stood on the football square.

This is because Chai Shun has been playing in Dashun since he was a child. He is now 34 years old and will definitely retire in Dashun Golden Arrow. He has only played for such a team in his life, and he is a loyal representative of Chinese football, so he can be treated like this.

Because of the strict standards, the statues around the circular football square only account for less than a quarter of the side length.

Chen Xingyi thought that when he first came to Dashun Golden Arrowhead, he had visited here with his father.

At that time, he also made a bold statement to his father that in the future he would leave his name and image on this huge football sculpture and become a part of Dashun football history.

At that time, he was high-spirited, full of longing and expectations for the future, and felt that a bright future was waiting for him in the distance. He will become a famous name in the history of Dashun football.

But the cruel reality only took one year to turn his rhetoric into a joke.

So what about "first man in high school football"?

When you come to professional football, you are no fart, and everything has to start from scratch.

What you achieve in school football, professional football doesn't actually look at it at all.

Now revisiting the old place brought back Chen Xingyi's memory, he felt a little embarrassed and embarrassing...

"Little Xingxing, is there any delicious and fun place in Dashun?"

This is when he suddenly heard Hu Lai sitting behind him calling him.

Chen Xingyi came back to his senses and shook his head, then he was very surprised: "What? You still have the mind to play? Our opponent is Golden Arrow."

"No, I see that you have been staring outside, wondering if you are very familiar with this place... Is it the place where you once fought?" Hu Lai said, pointing to a particularly magnificent building passing by.

The huge signboard on the building reads "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", and below it is a few small words "Bath Center".

"Fight with a shovel!" Chen Xingyi scolded. "I have been in Jincheng for so long, and I rarely even go to the city center. Am I that kind of person?"

Hu Lai pointed to Zhang Qinghuan beside him and said, "Then you mean Brother Huan is that kind of person?"

"Your sister..." Chen Xingyi didn't expect Hu Lai to be so tricky.

Fortunately, Zhang Qinghuan also knew what kind of virtue Hu Lai was, so she turned her head and gave Hu Lai a blank look: "When I get back to Jincheng, my master will take you to see the world, okay, Hu Lai?"

"Is there such a good thing? Then I have to bring Lao Wang!" Hu Lai said.

Wang Guangwei quickly shook his head: "I'm not going to that kind of place..."

Hu Lai spread his hands together: "Good brothers advance and retreat together, if Lao Wang doesn't go, I won't go either!"

Seeing this, Wang Guangwei quickly changed his words: "Then I'll go!"

"Okay! Since you want to go so much, then you go on my behalf! Just go and tell me when you go." Hu Lai patted Wang Guangwei's shoulder hard. Then he turned to Zhang Qinghuan again: "Brother Huan, help me take good care of Old Wang. He is a newcomer and has never seen the world. Don't make a joke. You have fallen into your title of 'Mr. Qinghuan'..."

Everyone gave Hu Lai the middle finger, and they didn't want to talk to this king of words and a coward in action.

Hu Lai seemed to be very interested in the bathing center, because their bus passed another bathing city: "Hey, little star, I heard that there is a bathing service in the northern bathhouse. I have always had a doubt... You said it's okay to take a bath lying on your stomach, but if you turn it over and lie down for people to rub, what will happen to that place?"

"Where is it?" Chen Xingyi didn't realize it at first.

It was Zhang Qinghuan who reacted quickly. He pointed to Hu Lai and said, "Hu Lai, what are you thinking about all day long?"

"This shows that I have a strong thirst for knowledge!" Hu Lai said proudly.

Chen Xingyi also reacted, and he gave Hu Lai a disgusted look: "You want to know so much, go and experience it yourself!"

"I'm not consulting you, a local..."

"I'm not a local, I'm from Nanhe!"

"Nanhe is also in the north, so there is no bathhouse?"

"Of course there is..."

"Then have you ever taken a shower!" Hu Lai pointed at Chen Xingyi.

Chen Xingyi was tongue-tied, he didn't expect Hu Lai to come back like this. After recovering, he shook his head: "No!"

"Liar!"

"I lied to you to fuck!"

Hu Lai turned his head and said solemnly out of the car window: "So we still don't know whether Chen Xingyi has had his balls rubbed."

"Who are you talking to, Hu Lai?" Wang Guangwei asked curiously.

"reader!"

"I love you Hu Lai!" Chen Xingyi turned around and wanted to pinch Hu Lai's neck, but was blocked by the back of the chair.

Both Zhang Qinghuan and Wang Guangwei were amused by this scene, and they laughed loudly, attracting the attention of other people in the car.

"What are you going to do next!" Captain Li Tielin turned around and asked loudly.

"Report to Captain Li, I'm asking Little Xingxing... um..." Before Hu Lai finished speaking, Chen Xingyi, who finally broke through the barrier of the back of the chair, rushed forward and covered his mouth.

At the same time, he explained: "It's okay, it's okay, Captain Li. Hu Lai is being mean again!"

"Oh." Hearing that it was Hu Lai, Li Tielin turned around and stopped paying attention to the movement behind him.

Chen Xingyi kept covering Hu Lai's mouth, and then threatened him not to mention this matter with his eyes. Hu Lai blinked, and he agreed, before letting go.

As soon as he let go, Hu Lai whispered: "It's okay, if you feel ashamed, little Xing Xing, you can tell me on WeChat, and I promise that firstly, I will not take screenshots, secondly, I will not send screenshots to Moments, and thirdly, I will send them to Moments I will definitely block you when..."

Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan laughed again.

Chen Xingyi took a deep breath, and then... laughed too: "Damn it, Hu Lai, are you cheap!"

He suddenly found that the feeling of a little bit of loss and embarrassment just now disappeared without a trace under this nonsense.

Is it determined to become a hero of Dashun football, and it is embarrassing to stand around this football square with his own statue?

Or is it embarrassing to be confronted with the question of whether or not one's balls have been rubbed?

He thought about it, and felt that the latter was more embarrassing...

Then he leaned back in the chair and slowly exhaled the stale air in his chest.

The bus turned a corner, and a huge white football field wall appeared outside the window on the right.

That is the venue for tomorrow's FA Cup final, Dashun Golden Arrow's home court, Ocean Stadium.