Fox in the Penalty Area

"You two said you want to apply for the FA Cup in the middle of the week?" Zhao Kangming looked at Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei standing side by side in the office, his mind full of question marks. "Why?"

So Hu Lai repeated the reason he had explained to Wang Guangwei yesterday.

"So you just feel that you can't take the salary given by the club for nothing and want to play in the FA Cup?" Zhao Kangming asked rhetorically after listening.

Holly nodded.

Zhao Kangming looked at Wang Guangwei again: "Is this the reason for you too?"

"Although my salary is not as high as Hu Lai's, I am also willing to contribute to the team. After all, I have been with Flash Star for a longer time than Hu Lai. I can be regarded as his senior. You have to set an example for the younger generation!" Wang Guangwei stood up straight and spoke firmly.

Zhao Kangming smiled.

He really didn't expect to hear such a reason for playing the game from the mouths of two young people.

As a head coach, this is not the first time players have come to him, hoping to let him play them.

These people gave various reasons, some of them were straightforward, because the number of appearances stipulated in the contract, and a few more games will meet the standard, and they can get an extra bonus, or in the next contract renewal negotiations Automatically obtain a certain grade of salary and contract period.

There are also people who feel that they have performed well in training and are in good condition, and want to prove themselves in the game.

But like the two young people in front of him who came to him, they said that it was because the club gave them a lot of money, and they felt flustered at the thought of taking money and not working, so they wanted to play... This is really the first time he met them.

Who would think too much money?

Some players would even rather not play a game with a high salary...

Wouldn't it be nice to sleep on the bench after being selected for the big list, or to go clubbing or play golf if you weren't selected for the big list?

He looked at the sincere eyes projected in the eyes of the two young people, and sighed in his heart—it's nice to be young, to be self-motivated in career, and to pursue ideals, and not be polluted by the messy world.

Although he was touched by the two young people in his heart, Zhao Kangming still shook his head and rejected them: "No. We have another league game on Saturday, and it's an away game. I don't want you two to waste energy in the insignificant FA Cup."

Wang Guangwei is not surprised by this result at all, because this is a reason that any normal person can think of. At first, it was also based on this reason that he felt that it was impossible for Hu Lai to play in the FA Cup.

So he glanced at Hu Lai, wanting to see what Hu Lai could do about it.

"But Director Zhao, I have no problem with my physical fitness." Hu Lai said, "If you don't believe me, ask the team doctor to give me a comprehensive physical examination. Director Zhao, you know that my physical fitness recovers very quickly after every game. One week The double match and the triple match basically have no effect on me. Of course, I don’t know if there is any problem with Wang Guangwei..."

Wang Guangwei quickly said: "I'm fine, Director Zhao! As you know, my physical fitness has always been my strength! Double matches a week is really drizzle for me..."

Hu Lai added: "Furthermore, Director Zhao, I know that we have to rotate during double matches a week, but as the team's main striker, is it normal to play one game a week? If there is a game in the middle of the week, I will Are we going to be replaced? Now we are in the Chinese Premier League, we will go to the Chinese Super League in the future, and there will be the AFC Champions League in the middle of the week, can I not play in the AFC Champions League?"

Zhao Kangming laughed: "AFC Champions League? You're thinking too far, Hu Lai."

"Oh, people always have ideals. What if we really win the AFC Champions League?"

Zhao Kangming really wants to say that he wants to participate in the AFC Champions League, which means that Flash Star must win the top two in the Chinese Super League, or win the FA Cup, or at worst be third in the Chinese Super League, so that they can still participate in the AFC Champions League qualifying round. And how can such a result be obtained casually by a team of Flash Star's level?

But he opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. He felt that it was meaningless to say "common sense" in front of Hu Lai, a monster.

And regardless of whether Shining Star can participate in the AFC Champions League, what Hu Lai said is quite reasonable.

Obviously he is the main player of the team, but if he doesn't even have the physical fitness to play two games a week, what kind of main player is he? Just be a rotation player.

Whether it is Hu Lai or Wang Guangwei, in Zhao Kangming's plan, they are the pillars of this team and the main core.

Since they are the main force, they will rotate out of the lineup whenever there is a double match in a week. What is it like?

Looking at the two young men standing in front of him, and thinking about what they said since they came in, Zhao Kangming was deeply moved.

He also thought about giving young people as much protection as possible, helping them on horses and sending them on for another journey... Now it seems that some young people have grown so fast that they have completely exceeded his expectations, maybe they don't need to be cared for by him. They can be released to fight the sky.

Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded: "Okay, as long as you can pass the physical test and prove that your physical fitness is really good, I will let you start in the FA Cup."

Wang Guangwei looked at Hu Lai with incredulous eyes: This kid really convinced Director Zhao! What material is his mouth made of? !

No... Director Zhao is too partial to Hu Lai, right? He actually agreed to whatever request he made, just like an old father who has no bottom line and spoils his son!

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The subsequent physical fitness test proved that Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei were not lying, and their physical conditions fully met the requirements of the competition.

And considering that Flash Star's opponent in this round of the FA Cup is the second team Hejiang Xiaoyao, which is not strong, so even if the playing time is the same, the physical energy consumed may not be the same. If they lead by a big score in the game, they can be replaced in advance. In fact, the impact on the weekend league is not as great as people think.

In this way, when Zhao Kangming announced the squad for the FA Cup against Hejiang Xiaoyao at home in the middle of the week, Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei were on the list.

This surprised the other teammates somewhat.

After all, most of the players who played in the last league game have been rested by rotation. Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei and goalkeeper Yu Zhiming are the only players on this roster who started the game in the last league game.

None of them, including Qin Lin and Zhang Qinghuan, were selected into the big list. They can stay at home to rest on the day of the game and recharge their batteries for Saturday's away game.

In fact, it wasn't just the Flash Star players who were surprised. When the roster was revealed, many Flash Star fans and media reporters were also puzzled.

In this FA Cup match against Hejiang Xiaoyao, there is really no reason for main players like Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei to play... Although everyone still does not know whether Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei will start the game, or they may sit on the bench Keep it, just in case.

But why does this kind of work have to be done by players of the level of Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei?

Couldn't there be anyone else from Team Flash?

And when the two teams announced the starting rosters before the start of the game, everyone was even more puzzled-Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei actually started the game!

Playing a second-tier team, you are the team's main shooter and main central defender... Isn't it a bit "killing a chicken with a bull's knife"?

After the game started, as the game progressed, many people felt that Flashing Star was a bit...wasteful.

Only eleven minutes into the game, Hu Lai opened the scoring for Shining Star.

And the person who gave him an assist was... Chen Xingyi!

"Aha! Beautiful!" Hu Lai happily ran to Chen Xingyi to give Chen Xingyi a high-five after scoring the goal.

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"In fact, I finally decided to let Hu Lai start. I also had this idea. Thinking that He Jiang Xiaoyao is not strong, it can just be used to verify whether there is really a tacit understanding between the two of them that we don't understand. .” On the coaching bench, head coach Zhao Kangming explained to assistant coach Chen Mo.

"It seems that the two of them are really calling." Chen Mo smiled and helped Zhao Kangming complete the answer.

"That's right, haha!" Zhao Kangming smiled happily.

At first, when Chen Xingyi was unable to integrate into the team, he was also anxious for Chen Xingyi, but he didn't show it. In fact, he has been thinking about how to speed up Chen Xingyi's integration into the team.

Unexpectedly, the final solution is so simple-just send him and Hu Lai on the field at the same time.

It seems to be to prove the effectiveness of Zhao Kangming's method.

In the next game, Hu Lai scored two more goals and completed a hat-trick.

Two of these three balls were passed to him by Chen Xingyi.

Chen Xingyi also scored a goal himself. Although Hu Lai did not pass it to him, he took advantage of the gap left by Hu Lai to pull away the defender for him.

After scoring the goal, Chen Xingyi was very excited.

Even though it was only the FA Cup, the opponent was still a weak Chinese team, but this was Chen Xingyi's first goal in professional football after all.

The meaning is extraordinary.

In the end, Anton Shining Star defeated his opponent 5:0 at home. Hu Lai only played halftime and was replaced during the intermission.

Chen Xingyi was also replaced early in the 70th minute.

This seems to mean that he will also have the opportunity to play in the league game against Youjiang Honglian on Saturday.

Otherwise, Zhao Kangming could make Chen Xingyi play for 90 minutes. Chen Xingyi performed well in this game and was replaced in advance, which only shows that Zhao Kangming hoped that Chen Xingyi would continue to play in the next weekend's league.

Chen Hantang, who saw this scene in the stands, smiled very happily.

He bet right with his son!