Fox in the Penalty Area

Facing the tenacious resistance of Zongbei Middle School, Luo Kai failed to complete the hat-trick in the end.

After scoring the goal, Hu Lai was no longer in the state of herding sheep without a player from Brown North Middle School, so he only scored that one goal.

At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 4:0. Dongchuan Middle School eliminated Zongbei Middle School and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

Considering the results of Dongchuan Middle School in the past two competitions, it is very happy to be able to reach the semi-finals now. After all, in the past two sessions, they made it to the first round of the qualifiers once, and the other time they stopped in the top 32.

So it was extra fun when everyone celebrated after the game.

This year they changed a high-level head coach and also brought in a talented player with super talent. It seems that this year they can really look forward to that elusive goal!

During the celebration after the game, the deputy captain Yan Yan touched the captain Chu Yifan with his arm, and winked at him: "Maybe I can really go to the national competition this time!"

But Chu Yifan said very seriously: "There is also Jiaxiang. According to the matchup table, if we can reach the final, we will meet Jiaxiang."

"Be confident, we have Luo Kai!" Yan Yan patted Chu Yifan on the back.

"Luo Kai is indeed very strong, but you can see that he still failed to complete a hat-trick under the intensive defense of Zongbei Middle School..."

Yan Yan laughed loudly: "What are you thinking, Team Chu? Ordinary people should be praised for scoring a goal, but Luo Kai scored twice and assisted a goal. Even if he didn't complete the hat-trick, it's nothing at all. Big deal. Now you think he didn't complete the hat-trick, so he didn't perform well enough... If I were Luo Kai, I would have to beg you to be human, Team Chu."

Hearing Yan Yan's words, Chu Yifan also laughed, and put away his tense expression: "You are right, my request is too unreasonable."

After this game, the players of the whole team still came to the stands to thank the fans who supported them at the request of the head coach.

Standing in the crowd, Hu Lai held his head high and waved his arms, accepting the cheers with peace of mind.

He saw Li Qingqing and Fatty Song, who were waving vigorously towards him.

So he waved his arms too.

It was different from just pretending before, this time he was really involved.

Mao Xiao leaned forward and bent over to hug Hu Lai, hugging him vigorously: "Okay, Hu Lai! I didn't expect you to be able to score a goal!"

Meng Xi also said beside him: "You are so lucky!"

Hu Lai rolled his eyes and ignored him.

Mao Xiao retorted to his friend: "No, that's not luck. I think Hu Lai's off-ball running is very good. This goal was only scored by him when he ran into the space correctly."

Meng Xi said: "Then how do you explain that the football hit the goal post and fell right in front of him?"

"That's also because of Hu Lai's ability to run without the ball. People who don't have this ability will naturally not be able to run where the football lands." Mao Xiao said.

Meng Xi laughed: "So it's not because football went to him, but because he found football?"

Mao Xiao nodded and said seriously: "Yes, that's it."

Hearing this, Meng Xi looked at Hu Lai who was still waving towards the stands, with a red bracelet tied on his wrist.

He said: "Then his luck is good enough!"

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After thanking the students who cheered for me in the stands, everyone went back to the locker room to change their clothes. This was considered to be the end of the game. After changing their clothes, they could go back to their respective homes and find their mothers.

The players who were not yet excited were changing their clothes while chatting about the game that had just ended and looking forward to the future. The atmosphere in the locker room was very relaxed.

But at this moment, the door of the locker room was suddenly pushed open.

As soon as everyone turned their heads, they saw the head coach standing at the door with a dark face.

Seeing the head coach's expression, the people who were talking and laughing immediately fell silent.

They don't understand, they won by a big score and reached the semi-finals, why are they not happy at all seeing the face of the head coach?

After Li Ziqiang came in, he closed the door of the locker room, looked around at the people in the locker room, and finally set his sights on Hu Lai.

Seeing this, everyone suddenly realized that they must be in trouble with Hu Lai again.

As for why...does the coach need to ask Hu Lai why?

Seeing the head coach's gloomy gaze, Hu Lai felt a little uneasy. He was always happy that he scored a goal before. Although that goal had an obvious element of luck, it was still a goal, right?

How can I think that the head coach seems to be not very satisfied with his performance?

When Zhong Shihao saw this scene, he sneered in his heart—to make you proud!

But to everyone's surprise, after staring at Hu Lai for a while, the head coach looked away again, and then looked at the whole team: "Winning four goals, reaching the semi-finals, you are quite happy. So there is Can someone come out and explain to me why no one passes the ball to Hou Lai during the game?"

When he said this, he pointed to Hu Lai.

After understanding what the head coach said, there was a strange silence in the locker room. No one could have imagined that what the head coach was going to say was this matter... Most of them didn't know how to answer the head coach, but He hasn't recovered from the shock at all.

In the game, there were indeed very few passes to Hu Lai. On the one hand, he looked down on Hu Lai's ability. On the other hand, he was naturally afraid that Hu Lai would lose possession of the ball after he took the ball. Kay completed a hat-trick, so as long as he is in the attack, he will definitely pass the ball to Rokai.

Even after Hu Lai scored a goal, these thoughts have not changed. After all, Hu Lai's ball luck is too strong. In everyone's opinion, it does not mean that Hu Lai's performance has won their trust.

Seeing that no one was talking, Li Ziqiang snorted and said in a bad tone: "I know what you are thinking. But I want to remind you that you are a team! As long as Hu Lai plays, he is also a member of this team!"

In the oppressive atmosphere, the captain Chu Yifan finally stood up and bowed his head to apologize to the head coach: "I'm sorry, coach. It's my fault. As the captain, I didn't set an example."

Li Ziqiang still had a straight face, and instead of looking at him, he looked at all the players: "You guys should reflect on it! Don't think that everything will be fine if you win the game. You only rely on Luo Kai's personal ability to win the game!"

After speaking, he turned and left, leaving a room full of silent players.

Hu Lai was in a daze throughout the whole process. He never thought that this head coach who usually didn't seem to deal with him very much would speak for him. Is it because he scored a goal?

He was not the only one who was confused, but also other players. After the head coach left, everyone turned their puzzled eyes to Hu Lai.

At this moment, Chu Yifan walked up to Hu Lai and said to him very solemnly: "I'm sorry, Hu Lai. I apologize to you on behalf of the whole team!"

This startled a lot of people, and the expressions on the faces of some people represented by the captain became unnatural.

Hu Lai quickly waved his hand: "Don't worry about Team Chu, I'm fine. Besides, didn't I score a goal? Hehe!"

As he spoke, he inserted his hands into his waist. If Li Qingqing was present, he would definitely see a tail sticking up behind Hu Lai's buttocks, pointing straight up...

It's okay if he doesn't talk about scoring goals, but the expressions of many people are more colorful when he mentions scoring goals.

They watched this scene with mixed emotions, feeling that the reality was so absurd.

Obviously they beat their opponents 4:0 and advanced to the semi-finals, but the head coach rushed in and scolded them.

The reason for scolding them is because they didn't pass the ball to Hu Lai during the game.

But Hu Lai is a rookie who has almost zero foundation after joining the team and needs to start from scratch... Besides, didn't the previous head coach always target Hu Lai? what is it today? Is it because Hu Lai scored a goal? But that ball was obviously out of shit luck and crashed into it by mistake!

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"I said Team Chu, even if you want to apologize to that kid, you should apologize in private. If you apologize to him in front of so many people, doesn't it look good? Look at that kid's last look... "

After the competition and leaving the school, Yan Yan walked with Chu Yifan, and he asked his doubts.

"I apologized to him in front of the whole team, just to show the rest of the team. This time it is indeed our problem, and the coach is right." Chu Yifan, who was riding a shared bicycle, told Yan Yan said. "I also hope that everyone can pay attention to it. Regardless of Hu Lai's level, he is a member of the school team after all."

Yan Yan frowned and said, "I just can't figure it out... Why did the coach change his attitude towards Hu Lai by 180 degrees? Eh?" He suddenly frowned, "I have an idea—do you think it will be true? Our head coach has always been very optimistic about Hu Lai, so he deliberately treated him so viciously, just to hone him. Didn’t someone say that?” The mind, the muscles and bones are exhausted, the body is hungry, and the body is empty...'What else is there?"

"Xingfu messed up what he did, so he moved his heart and tolerated it, and Zeng benefited what he couldn't do." Chu Yifan continued. "This is what Mencius said. It means that when God wants to place a heavy responsibility on a person, he must first have his heart distressed, his muscles and bones tired, and he suffers from hunger and hunger. Things are not going well. The purpose is to make him tough and increase his abilities that he didn't have before."

"That's right, that's right! That's what I mean!" Yan Yan gave a thumbs up to Team Chu, who could recite the whole text and translate it. "Do you think our coach tortured Hu Lai just because he wanted to let him take on the big responsibility? If Hu Lai can survive, it means that he has the ability..."

Chu Yifan turned his head to look at Yan Yan, and said with a smile: "I think you think too much. The coach scolded us simply because we forgot the spirit of teamwork. Otherwise, what do you think the coach can let Hu Lai take on? Leading our team Did the team make it to the Nationals?"

Yan Yan thought for a while and shook his head: "That's too exaggerated, it depends on Luo Kai. The coach said the last sentence today is correct. In fact, we can win until now because of Luo Kai. .”

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Luo Kai was sitting on the bus, the road was brightly lit, and the whole city was gradually entering the night. Only some orange-yellow remained in the western sky, which was the afterglow of the setting sun.

He stared at the neon street scene outside the bus in a daze.

Still replaying the scene where his shot hit the post over and over again in my mind.

That crisp sound seemed to hit his face instead of the goal post.

The ball he hit on the goal post finally assisted Hu Lai-according to the rules of the Anton Cup, when the shot hits the goal post and bounces back, his teammates make up the shot into the net, which is counted as an assist for the player who hit the goal post.

He felt God's deep malice towards him.

Hu Lai's goal was actually assisted by him! I personally won a green cheer for him!

Luo Kai, who was full of thoughts, didn't know how attractive his melancholy look was in the eyes of some girls on the bus.

He just looked out of the window with deep eyes and sighed faintly.

This scene broke the hearts of countless girls.