Fox in the Penalty Area

Hu Lai never thought that his childhood shadow came from Wang Xianke, the head coach of Dashun Golden Arrow.

Before this incident, the only thing he knew about Wang Xianke was that he was a very capable head coach.

That's all.

Neither like nor dislike.

Although Chen Xingyi couldn't play under him, that was normal. They didn't mean to target Chen Xingyi on purpose.

Perhaps Chen Xingyi had some complaints about Wang Xianke in his heart, but that was his business, so what did it have to do with him?

He originally thought that this last final match should be a grievance between Chen Xingyi and Golden Arrow.

I didn't expect that my side would be the main battlefield...

Although he has always had a bad relationship with his father, and the relationship can't be said to be very deep.

But this does not mean that he will be indifferent to what happened to his father, or stand on Wang Xianke's side.

In any case, it was his father, he was with his mother, and he was Hu Lai.

Besides, this matter also affected him - if his father hadn't retired because of Wang Xianke's serious injury, how could he have stubbornly opposed his playing football?

When I was young, I was beaten and scolded so much when I was playing football, that I could not receive formal football training until I was in the first year of high school, and Li Qingqing's father severely punished me because of my weak foundation.

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"Hey, do you feel that Hu Lai is working extremely hard in training, even more so than the previous few days?" In the locker room, after the team finished training, Hu Lai stayed on the court for extra practice.

The other teammates returned to the locker room and talked about the issues they were concerned about today.

"The final is approaching..."

Someone is not surprising.

Someone turned their attention to Chen Xingyi: "Chen Xingyi, were you with Hu Lai yesterday?"

Chen Xingyi nodded: "Yes..."

"That's because of you!"

Chen Xingyi pointed at himself: "What does it have to do with me?"

"Everyone knows about you and the Golden Arrow... Honestly, do you want to prove yourself in front of the Golden Arrow?"

"I think so, but what does this have to do with Hu Lai?"

"Is Hu Lai your good friend?" the teammate asked.

Chen Xingyi thought of the way Hu Lai kept spouting trash talk when he was playing games with him yesterday, so he really wanted to shake his head and say no...

But he finally nodded: "Yes."

"Hey, he must be planning to avenge you." Han Xiangfei said very firmly.

Chen Xingyi quickly waved his hands: "Thinking too much, Brother Han, thinking too much."

"Then how do you explain why he is so desperate?"

"He wants to win too, Brother Han."

"Please pay attention, it is suddenly so desperate."

"..."

Chen Xingyi didn't know what to say, he was afraid that if he continued, his teammates would have to ask him to thank Hu Lai with his body.

It was Qin Lin, the vice-captain and locker room leader, who came out to help Chen Xingyi out: "The important thing is not for whom. This is the second round of the final, and it is also our only chance to defeat the Golden Arrow. Don't you all want to win? ? If you want to win, who cares? Can’t you do it for yourself?”

Chen Xingyi nodded his head: "Yes, yes, Brother Lin is right! For yourself, for a common goal! Weah is tired of cutting wood!"

"It's only a few days before the match. If you grit your teeth and work harder, don't give up on your energy." Qin Lin's words made everyone in the locker room nod in agreement.

This little brother Hu Lai has worked so hard,

How could they have the nerve to steal and play tricks?

When the time comes to tell the truth, it's their big brothers who are holding back. Isn't it embarrassing?

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"The training attitude of the whole team is very good, and the morale is high..."

Before the start of the FA Cup final, Dong Wen, general manager of Flash Star Club, came to the sidelines of the first team training ground to watch the team's training.

Although it is very unlikely that Shining Star can reverse the Dashun Golden Arrow to win the championship in the final, this is the FA Cup final after all, and it is also a good thing that the team's internal fighting spirit is high.

As the club management does not express its position at this time, it cannot be justified.

So Dong Wen came to the training ground on behalf of the club's management, on the one hand to see the team's training situation, on the other hand to show that the club attaches great importance to this game, and of course there are other important tasks.

Hearing what Dong Wen said, the head coach Zhao Kangming smiled: "I haven't been so high in the past two days. It's Hu Lai."

"Oh?" Dong Wen became interested when he heard Hu Lai's name, "Why is everything related to him?"

"Hu Lai suddenly went all out in training, and then led the rest of his teammates. That's how the scene you saw, Manager Dong, came about."

"Hu Lai is such a good player..." Dong Wen looked at the training ground in full swing and said with emotion from the bottom of his heart.

He wasn't trying to play Zhao Kangming perfunctorily.

He really thinks from the bottom of his heart that Hu Lai is a good player who can score goals on the court and drive his teammates off the court. He is young and promising, has no negative news, and does not cause trouble for the club... Flash Star really found a treasure.

"Oh, yes, good player." Zhao Kangming echoed with a smile.

From the moment he saw this player in the high school national game, he decided that this player was a good player. But despite this, Hu Lai's progress has far exceeded his expectations.

He has been doing youth training for ten years, and now he coaches the first team, and no longer continues to do youth training, he can also make a summary of his youth training career.

He can proudly announce that Hu Lai is the best player he has trained in the past ten years of youth training, and it is his most satisfying "work".

When the training was over, Chen Mo gathered the players together and didn't let them go back to the locker room immediately.

Dong Wen, the general manager of the club, stood in front of them and announced something to them.

"I have brought you some good news." Fat manager Dong Wen smiled, like a Maitreya Buddha, "The club promises to everyone that if the team wins the FA Cup, it will distribute 10 million yuan to the first team. bonus!"

When Dong Wen waved his arms and reported the number, the players on the training field were stunned for a moment, and then burst into cheers collectively: "Okay!!!"

Before the season, the club has already promised the team that if they succeed in reaching the Super League, the club will reward them with 10 million yuan, and the Jincheng City government will reward them with another 10 million yuan.

And now if the FA Cup wins, it will be a bonus of tens of millions.

Hearing this number, many players gasped.

Twenty-six members of the first team, 10 million bonuses, even if the average score is 380,000 per person, not to mention that it is impossible to average the score, the main players and outstanding players will definitely get more.

Regardless of whether the team can win the championship or not, there are at least 10 million here, and many people will work harder.

For professional teams, this is the best pre-match mobilization.

Letting players know that they have a chance to win a big prize money after fighting to the death can reach these professional football breadwinners more than just shouting slogans and telling them to fight for honor.

The arrival of Dong Wen and the announcement made the players very happy.

After they return to the locker room, I am afraid they will continue to discuss the 10 million bonus issue.

Perhaps only after they gradually calm down will they consider whether the club is writing a blank check, and consider whether it is good to take the ten million yuan.

The party giving the money has already been considering this issue.

After the players left, Dong Wen said to Zhao Kangming: "It is said that I will give you 10 million for winning the championship, but Director Zhao, you should not put too much pressure on you. In fact, all the goals of the team this season have been achieved. This FA Cup championship is a complete addition—of course it’s good to have it, and it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t.”

Zhao Kangming nodded: "I know, Manager Dong. But I will not pour cold water on those players at this time. I will encourage them to pursue victory until the end of the game."

"Of course, of course. In short, what I want to express is that the club is very satisfied with your work this season and will not put any pressure on you. It doesn't matter what the FA Cup final is like... I think we can talk about it sometime. Renew the contract?"

When Zhao Kangming came to Flash Star, he signed a three-year contract. Now that two years have passed, there is still one year left in the contract. With his achievements in leading the team, Flashing Star certainly didn't want to let him leave just like that.

Any idiot can see that Zhao Kangming has done well in leading the Xingxing team and has a good relationship with the players.

Especially after the FA Cup semi-final against Poseidon, everyone saw how far Flash Star's players could do for their head coach—in order to avenge Director Zhao, they were able to overthrow the No. six!

How high is Zhao Kangming's prestige in this team?

Zhao Kangming smiled and nodded: "Of course the contract must be renewed. I think... after the FA Cup final is over, I will discuss the contract renewal with the club after the match."

"That's really great!" Dong Wen rubbed his hands. He came to announce the winning bonus this time, which is actually secondary. After all, it's hard to say whether the money can be given out. The main purpose is to find out about Zhao Kangming. It depends on whether he is willing to renew his contract with the club.

Although everyone has cooperated happily in the past two seasons, they are not as gluey as the newlyweds, without any gaps. There are always some small frictions. Although Qin Lin became the core pillar of the team after he came, but after all, it was an act of signing first and then playing, which would make the head coach a little bit concerned.

What if Zhao Kangming led the team with good results, was valued by other teams, and was poached with a high salary?

Running a head coach is not the most important thing, running a few main players is the most terrible thing.

Given Zhao Kangming's status in the hearts of these players, if he ran away, it would not be impossible for him to poach those core players.

The Poseidon's corpse is still hanging on the gate of the city and hasn't dried yet, forget about it?

After Poseidon drove Zhao Kangming away, Zhao Kangming poached Hu Lai from the Poseidon youth team, and everyone knows what happened afterwards.

So no matter what, keep Zhao Kangming. In other words, keeping Zhao Kangming behind will be more confident to face the poaching of Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, and Wang Guangwei by other Chinese Super League teams.

Only by retaining the core lineup can the flash stars in the new season hope to successfully avoid relegation in the Super League.

Dong Wen's thinking is very realistic. The club's goal for the team's first season in the Super League is to avoid relegation.

As long as you can successfully stay in the Super League, it is considered a success, no matter what the season is like.

It is of course good to relegation in advance.

If it doesn't work, it is completely acceptable to fight until the last round to avoid relegation.

Look at Daqin in Hexi and Xiangyun in the capital. They managed to get promoted and rushed to the top, but they fell back after playing for a season in the Super League...

Downgrading is easy, upgrading is hard.

When they come back, they want to go to the Super League again, but they don't know what year and month it will be.

Flash Star must use them as a lesson to lay a solid foundation in the Super League. Don't want to become the overlord of the giants in the Super League, just stay in the Super League for a long time.

For this reason, Zhao Kangming and the core players around him must be left behind.

Just yesterday, he had reached an agreement with Dashun Golden Arrow to continue loaning Chen Xingyi for another year.

In the beginning, he actually wanted to buy out Chen Xingyi directly, but Golden Arrow didn't listen to any offer about Chen Xingyi at all. Xue Chaoyu, the general manager of Golden Arrow, said very directly that Chen Xingyi will be the core of Golden Arrow for the next ten years, and it is impossible to sell it.

The best thing he can do is to seek a lease.

Dashun Golden Arrow didn't make things difficult for him this time. After asking the Flash Star Club to pay a rental fee of 4 million, they agreed to rent for another year.

The contracts are all signed, just wait for the official announcement at the end of the season.

Naturally, there is no problem with Chen Xingyi, he himself is very happy to continue to play football in Xingxing.

Think about the flash stars who have four young players Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, Zhang Qinghuan, and Wang Guangwei in the new season, and then dig some players from the transfer market who are worthy of the requirements of the Chinese Super League, and let Zhao Kangming train them well. I really don't know where I will end up in the Chinese Super League...

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