Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 8 A decision that changed the future of Chinese football

The Chinese team didn't keep the Chinese fans who were cheering them on in the cold night long waiting.

It took the lead in the opening 20 minutes.

The entire stadium is like a boiling pot, with white gas rising and people's voices noisy.

The sports photographers at the scene pointed their cameras at the players of the Chinese Olympic team celebrating their goals, and they pressed the shutters in their hands one after another.

This is the first step of the Chinese Olympic team towards the Madrid Olympics, which is of great significance.

It must be recorded.

In their shots, the players of the Chinese Olympic team embraced each other, high-fived each other, turned around with a smile, and walked back to their own half side by side. On the way, they did not forget to wave to the fans in the stands.

The fans at the scene gave them warm applause and cheers.

The red jersey of the Chinese team is like a beating fire on this cold winter night, bringing warmth to people both visually and psychologically.

Many years later, if the Chinese fans who were at the scene recall this night again, they may be surprised. There are many things in their memories, but they don’t feel cold.

Just when they were on fire because of this goal, just four minutes later, in the 24th minute, the Chinese team's offense made a comeback.

This time, Chen Xingyi cut inside after taking the ball from the wing, but he didn't dribble horizontally. Instead, he just cut inside and suddenly passed the football to the center of the penalty area with his right foot.

Hou Lai, who was behind in the last goal, went forward this time and took away an Oman central defender, creating an opening in front of Oman.

Luo Kai plugged in and dived to the top in this gap!

The football was headed into the goal by him!

"Hey good goal!! 2:0!! The Olympic team scored two goals in a short period of time! This time the goal was scored by Luo Kai who wasted an opportunity at the beginning!"

"The Chinese team played very well. They were proactive and made various crossovers, which made Oman's defense a bit difficult to parry!"

Under the praise of the commentator, Luo Kai who scored the goal got up from the ground, ran to Chen Xingyi who passed the ball to him, and hugged him.

Whether in the club or in the student days, the two of them were rivals,

And their fans have been biting each other as enemies for a long time.

At that time, as a fan of the two of them, how could they have imagined that one day, their idols would hug each other so intimately and celebrate a goal?

Chen Xingyi's fans circled Luo Kai's fans online: "Hey, remember, your ball was assisted by our star!"

Luo Kai's fans couldn't return, because he really assisted Luo Kai, and Luo Kai also went up to hug, and they could only hold this breath in their hearts.

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"Chen Xingyi has completed two assists... Although he has not scored so far, his performance is also very good. Since Shi Wuyin tried to launch the Olympic team's ' After Trident', this is actually the first time these three people have appeared in an official competition. Although the competition lasted less than half an hour, the tacit understanding between them has already surprised us... ..."

"Chen Xingyi and Hu Lai both played in Flash Star, while Luo Kai and Hu Lai were teammates in the student player era. All three of them have participated in our country's own national football championship for high school students. It can also be regarded as a model for cultivating talents in campus football..."

Hearing what the commentator and guests said, Li Qingqing turned her head and asked Li Ziqiang with a smile: "Dad, what kind of experience is it like to train two international players at once?"

Li Ziqiang shook his head: "I didn't train Luo Kai. He was already in shape before he entered the Dongchuan Middle School team. But Hu Lai...I really didn't expect him to achieve what he is today. It stands to reason that with his contact with formal training At my age, it's hard to achieve anything..."

"He's a genius!" Li Qingqing said proudly. "I told my dad about it from the earliest days."

Li Ziqiang glanced at his daughter meaningfully: "Just because of his talent for running without the ball?"

"Of course not." Li Qingqing said solemnly, "When I took him to do coordination training in that open space, I found that his progress was much faster than ordinary people. Dad, you know, too old The effect of coordination training would be much worse... But Hu Lai didn't, it was almost his first training, and the improvement was already visible to the naked eye."

Li Ziqiang didn't know this detail before, because his daughter never told him.

But he also followed his daughter's words and remembered Hu Lai's performance after he was recruited into the school team.

That kid's progress was indeed faster than ordinary people. He was like a sponge that had been dry for sixteen years, and when he was suddenly thrown into the water, he began to absorb water crazily...

"...I thought at the time, if you don't recruit him to the school team, Dad, I will take him to practice in the open space behind our house for a year. I believe that if he goes to take the school team exam, he should be able to be admitted. I was selected. I didn’t expect you, Dad, to recruit him in the end... Hey Dad, why did you suddenly decide to recruit him into the school team? Is it because of what I said to you? "

Li Qingqing turned her head and stared at her father with wide eyes.

Under the watchful eyes of his daughter, Li Ziqiang forced a smile on his face: "Yes, I thought about it, and I really should give him a chance..."

Li Qingqing laughed: "Hey, Dad, you made the right decision! Otherwise, you see, the Olympic team will lose such a core!"

She pointed at the TV screen, raised her chest and looked up.

Li Ziqiang smiled dryly, and turned his attention to the TV.

There is a replay of Luo Kai's goal just now.

Before Luo Kai's header, Hu Lai was originally in the middle. Of course, he could also wait there for Chen Xingyi's ball to come, and then jump up and compete with the opponent's central defender for the top.

But he didn't.

Instead, he suddenly advanced forward, took away the central defender who followed him, and created a gap for Luo Kai who advanced behind.

Does he not know exactly where the football will fall?

Of course not, but he did it anyway, strictly implementing the coach's tactics.

He is already a qualified professional player.

It is difficult for Li Ziqiang to connect this Hu Lai with the immature image at the beginning.

Maybe my daughter is right, no matter what the reason is, I have changed the trajectory of this kid's life after all, and may even change the future trajectory of Chinese football...

Thinking of this, he did feel a little proud and laughed.

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After the Chinese Olympic team took a two-goal lead in the first half, they adjusted their rhythm slightly. Instead of continuing to maintain the previous high-position pressing style of play, they retreated and dealt with their opponents. This is not to say that they will not pursue goals, but hope that Oman can properly press out to attack, so that there will be more space behind them to be used.

Playing Oman seems to be stunned by the two goals of the Chinese team in just four minutes. Even if the Chinese team retreated to make room, they failed to take advantage of it boldly.

Until the end of the first half, neither side scored any more goals, and the score was temporarily fixed at 2:0.

Although no more goals were scored, the Chinese team still had the upper hand on the scene.

The commentators He Feng, Yan Kang and the fans were also very satisfied with the performance of the Chinese team in the first half.

In the replay of the first half of the halftime break, He Feng and Yan Kang almost gave the Chinese team the best of the first half.

It is said that he played the spirit that is rarely seen in Chinese football in recent years-of course, we have to put aside the East Asian Cup game against the South Korean team.

That's a special case of special cases.

Today's game against Oman is still a normal game, and it is sustainable.

During the intermission, in the locker room of the home team, Shi Wuyin also praised the performance of the players, but he only praised one sentence, and did not keep praising and touting the players in different ways.

He only said: "Everyone played well in the first half and played our pre-match tactical arrangement."

Then there was one: "But, from now on, forget the two goals in the first half, we are just playing 0:0 with the opponent now. So we are not qualified to celebrate and relax."

All the players in the locker room looked solemn, and they all knew why Director Shi said that.

Isn't it because they are too satisfied with their performance in the first half, and they are proud and underestimate the enemy, and they will be overturned by their opponents in the second half?

"After the start of the second half, we still have to fight like the first half, continue to press high, press them, let them not know how to deal with it, and stir their brains and defenses into a pot of porridge!"

In the end, Shi Wuyin punched the palm of his hand.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and no one made substitution adjustments.

As soon as the Chinese Olympic team came up, they pressed Oman as they did in the first half, and completely and faithfully implemented Shi Wuyin's tactical arrangement.

Faced with the high-pressure tactics of the Chinese team, Oman seemed quite uncomfortable. Their own weak strength faced the tactics of the Chinese team, which soon led to many loopholes in the defense line.

So just ten minutes into the first half, in the fifty-fifth minute, the Chinese team once again used the space left by Oman's shrinking defense to launch an attack.

This time it was changed to the right. After the right defender Bai Di received the ball from Luo Kai, he didn't stop the ball and directly passed it at a 45-degree angle!

The football arced and flew high into the penalty area.

Hu Lai ran to the gap between the two Oman players and took off on the spot. He accurately judged the landing point of the football, and shook his head!

When he jumped up to fight for the top, the two Oman central defenders around him didn't even take off. He didn't expect that there would be a Chinese team player hitting the ball in this place...

They just watched the football fly to the back of the goal.

And even though the goalkeeper who was at the front point tried his best to fight back, he was still beyond his reach for Hu Lai's slightly tricky head-shaking attack!

"Hu Lai——!!! Score twice!! The Chinese team leads Oman 3:0! The second half has just started ten minutes!" He Feng cheered again.

After a 15-minute intermission, the atmosphere in the Ocean Stadium had cooled down a little, but now it was rekindled with a bang.

The shouts from the fans were as if the flames of the planetary engine spouted into the sky, straight into the sky.

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