Fox in the Penalty Area

After the game against the Port of Yokohama, the games that fans across the country are most concerned about are the upcoming top 12 games on September 5th and 9th.

The Chinese team is in a group with South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.

They are all in the top 12, and there is no such thing as a "group of death" - there are only two groups, whichever group they are assigned to is a group of death.

There are six teams in one group, and in the end only two teams can qualify to directly participate in the World Cup finals.

There is also a team that has qualified for the play-offs with the third-placed team in another group. Defeated the competitors in the play-offs, and then went to compete with the Oceania team for the last place in the World Cup finals.

Competition is fierce.

Some people even said that the football event representing the highest level in Asia is not the Asian Cup at all, but the top 12 World Cup Asian qualifiers.

This statement is not bad, because many teams that performed well in the Asian Cup have a high probability of overturning in the top twelve.

The same team, if you beat them in the Asian Cup, is very likely to lose to them again in the top twelve.

After all, everyone's emphasis on the game is completely different.

It goes without saying who is more attractive, the World Cup or the Asian Cup.

In the two top 12 matches in September, the Chinese team first played against the United Arab Emirates at home, and then challenged Saudi Arabia away.

Before these two games, the most eye-catching thing is whether Hu Lai, as the top scorer of the Olympic team and the current top scorer of the Chinese Super League, can be selected for the national team and help the national team compete in the top twelve.

Before Flash Star's AFC Champions League match, this topic has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet and has become a hot topic.

The vast majority of fans hope that the national team can recruit Hu Lai, although they admit that what Marcel Wilson said is also reasonable, the current national team may not really be suitable for recruiting newcomers, but even as a striker Alternative options are also available, at least it will give everyone an extra thought.

Some fans even imagined that after Hu Lai was recruited into the national team, he was temporarily replaced when the team was unable to start the situation, and then became a blockbuster and became the hero who saved the team...

Of course, this is considered an extreme idea.

More fans still think that recruiting Hu Lai, even if he doesn't play much time, is a very good symbol.

Besides, if the top scorer of the Olympic team has just scored five goals in the Olympics, becoming the player with the most goals in the Olympic men's football event, and the top scorer among local players in the Chinese Super League If you can't be selected for the national team... When did the threshold for the Chinese national team become so high?

Are we a glut of talented strikers?

But there are also people who are not very optimistic that the national team will recruit Hu Lai this time. After all, the head coach of the national team Wilson did not come to watch the AFC Champions League match between Shining Star and Yokohama Port.

What does this mean?

It means that he doesn't want to investigate Hu Lai.

If you don't investigate Hu Lai, then naturally you won't recruit Hu Lai.

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Zhao Kangming, who was discussing the next training arrangement with Chen Mo in the office, suddenly received a call, and he answered the phone: "Hello, I'm Zhao Kangming...Okay, are you out yet? Okay, I see...Okay, goodbye .”

When he hung up the phone, the defensive line Chen Mo kept looking at him: "Did you call from the national team?"

"Yes." Zhao Kangming nodded. "Notify us that our players will be recruited on the national team match day."

Every time before the national team match day, the national team will call the head coaches of the clubs that need to send players to participate in the national team match, informing them of this matter, showing respect for them.

Even though it was just a notice, it doesn't matter whether the club's head coach agrees or not.

"Who is there?" Chen Mo stared at him and asked.

Zhao Kangming knew who he really wanted to ask, so he smiled and said, "There is Hu Lai."

Chen Mo stayed for a few seconds,

Then he said with a complicated expression: "I really don't know whether to be happy for that kid or feel a headache for ourselves. Will the national team notify him?"

"Team leader Hong Renjie will call him."

Chen Mo sighed lightly: "Finally, this day has come..."

After expressing his emotions, he asked again: "Where are Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi?"

"They weren't chosen."

Chen Mo nodded, which is normal. After all, it's the top 12 match, not a warm-up match. Selecting so many rookies is not what a mature coach should do.

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Just finished the game against Yokohama Port, all the players who participated in the game the next morning rested at home and did not go to training.

But Hu Lai and the others did not relax. They got up early to accompany Qin Qi for morning exercises as agreed with Qin Lin.

Of course, after the morning exercise, no one cares about them, they can do whatever they want.

All six of them participated in last night's game, but Xia Xiaoyu came off the bench in the second half, so this morning, he went to the team's training base alone for training.

There are only five people left in the huge villa.

Wang Guangwei stood in front of the washing machine and waited for his clothes to be washed and taken out to dry. He lowered his head and waited while swiping his phone. With the sound of canned laughter coming from the phone, he also laughed.

Junpei Morikawa worked hard on his pronunciation in front of the tablet computer in his room: "Is Niujin ready for seven? Is the meatball ready... Oh, sorry, I don't want coriander... Seven is very happy today, thank you for explaining..."

Zhang Qinghuan was wearing a casual T-shirt, pulling slippers, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and said as he walked: "Mom, look at the weather in Jincheng today, the sun is very good..."

When he turned to the back garden, he saw a reclining chair on the football field, and a figure was lying on it.

He walked over and saw that it was Chen Xingyi: "Chen Xingyi, why are you basking in the sun here? Are you afraid of crushing the turf?"

Chen Xingyi, who was wearing sunglasses, spread his hands: "The side garden is just in the shadow of the house, and it's unobstructed, how nice. Why are you taking pictures with a mobile phone? I'll tell you that if I appear on camera, I will I'm asking you for an appearance fee, do you know how many fans I have..."

"Mom, let's change places." Zhang Qinghuan turned around and left without bothering him.

As soon as Chen Xingyi heard this, he stood up and saw the video call screen on Zhang Qinghuan's mobile phone. He quickly pushed the sunglasses on his forehead, and then waved to Zhang Qinghuan's mobile phone: "Hello, Auntie! I was joking with Brother Huan just now... ..."

Zhang Qinghuan's mother on the phone also smiled and waved: "Hello, Chen Xingyi, there are fans of your little girl in the auntie's unit!"

"Hey!" After being told by his aunt, Chen Xingyi could only smirk at the camera.

Zhang Qinghuan turned the phone around, allowing herself to appear on the camera screen, and continued as she walked, "Mom, what kind of work do you still have? The money I earn now is not a problem at all to support us..."

"I'm not old yet, so why stay at home when I don't go to work? Let me tell you, I felt that I was in poor health a few years ago, and I just rested at home. I was sick all over. Now I go to work every day, and there is nothing wrong with me... ..."

The voices of the two gradually faded away, and Chen Xingyi lay back on the chair again, pulling down his sunglasses to cover his eyes. The morning sun shone on his body, not as hot as it was at noon, and it felt just right.

The sunshine time in Jincheng is short, so we must seize the time to get rid of the moisture in our bodies...

Thinking of this, he turned over again, lay down on the chair, and turned his back to the sky.

At this moment, he heard a cheer seem to come from the villa.

He got up and turned to look over there.

"Comrades!" Soon Hu Lai's voice sounded in the room.

Morikawa Junpei was practicing oral pronunciation when he heard a rush of footsteps from the stairs outside, accompanied by Hu Lai's shout.

He quickly got up and ran out.

Wang Guangwei also heard the movement from upstairs in the laundry room, and he walked up with his mobile phone strangely.

Zhang Qinghuan had just walked around and returned to the room when he saw Hu Lai rushing down the stairs. When he was three steps away from the ground, he jumped down. Seeing Zhang Qinghuan, he said happily and loudly: "They gave I'm calling, Brother Huan!"

"Who called you?" Zhang Qinghuan didn't react for a while.

But then he came back to his senses and laughed: "Congratulations, Hu Lai!"

"What's the matter, it's noisy, just like Fan Jinzhongju..." Chen Xingyi walked in from the outside while talking.

"Leader Hong of the national team called me!" Hu Lai announced excitedly holding up his mobile phone, "I'm going to the national team!"

Wang Guangwei, who had just walked into the living room, and Morikawa Junpei, who had just come down from upstairs, were both stunned.

"Fuck...that's awesome!" Chen Xingyi opened his mouth and sighed. "It really hit the mark..."

Because of Wilson's ambiguous attitude before, they all thought that Hu Lai would not be selected for the national team this time, but they did not expect to be selected.

"Congratulations, Hu Lai. You should be selected for the national team." Wang Guangwei said with a smile. "The national team doesn't recruit you, I'm afraid the fans won't be able to explain it."

"Hu Laisang is already a player of the national team?" Junpei Morikawa stared at the stars, "It's really amazing! I also want to work hard to enter the Japanese national team!"

Amid everyone's congratulations, Hu Lai was very happy: "At that time, I can go to the national team to report with you, Brother Huan."

"Okay, go to the national team and I'll cover you!" Zhang Qinghuan patted his chest.

Chen Xingyi looked down at his pocket, the phone was there.

This morning, his cell phone was as quiet as a chicken, and he didn't even receive a courier call, let alone a call from the national team leader Hong.

So the situation is obvious, among these former Olympic players, only Hu Lai was selected for the national team.

Although this was what he expected, when this result really appeared in front of him, he was still a little disappointed.

However, this loss was only a momentary thing. He quickly made up his mind in his heart that he must continue to work hard and strive to join Hu Lai in the national team in the future.

Chen Xingyi, who was in a better mood, yelled: "Treatment! Hu Lai, let me tell you that you can't justify not treating yourself today anyway! The restaurant in the owner's club is not counted! We want to have a big meal!"

"No problem! When Xiaoyu comes back, let's go out to have a massage at night!" Hu Lai agreed very simply this time.

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Xie Lan, who was working at the unit, suddenly received a call from her son. As if she had a premonition, her heart beat faster when she saw the call.

Fortunately, the phone was smart enough to automatically lower the ringtone of incoming calls to near-silence under her gaze, otherwise Xie Lan, who hadn't answered the phone, might become the focus of attention in the entire office.

Even so, someone still cast a curious look at her.

Xie Lan picked up the phone, got up and left his desk, walked out of the office quickly, walked to the end of the corridor, and then took a deep breath and pressed the answer button.

"Mom! I have good news for you, I have been selected for the national team!"

As soon as the connection was made, the son's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

Xie Lan leaned against the window frame at the end of the corridor without saying a word.

"Hello? Mom? Can you hear me?"

"I can hear it." Xie Lan replied, stabilizing his emotions.

"Then why don't you speak?"

"You let me breathe..."

"Ha!" Hu Lai laughed, "Isn't it a natural thing for your son to be selected for the national team?"

"Isn't it also said on the Internet that it may not be true?"

"What do people on the Internet know... Your son is now a real international player!"

"Okay, don't be proud, keep working hard...you can tell your dad again."

"Hey, why don't you just tell him?" Hu Lai seemed unwilling to call his father.

"I'm at work now, but I'm not by his side. Besides, this is your selection for the national team, not me. Why do you want me to tell your dad? You say it yourself." Xie Lan didn't wait for Hu Lai to refuse again. Hang up the phone directly.

Then she didn't go back to the office right away, but occupied the spot alone for a while, looking at the garden view of the unit outside the window to calm down, then turned and walked back to the office.

Even so, she felt that she was still floating under her feet, almost floating back to the office.

Sitting at her workstation, she also held back the curious gazes from all around, and kept silent.

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Hu Lai looked at his mobile phone. His mother hung up the phone very rudely just now, as if forcing him to tell his father the news.

He scratched his head.

Although the father and son seemed to have reconciled, he still felt a headache at the thought of calling his father alone, and even cringed and resisted.

It is not so easy to eliminate the influence of the previous ten years of obscenity...

He stared at the phone for a long time, and finally decided to call.

Extending the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife.

After the number was dialed, while waiting for the call to be connected, Hu Lai listened to the ringtone coming out of the earphone, and wanted to hang up the phone every moment.

He even thought in his heart that he hoped his dad couldn't answer the phone while he was in the bathroom, or the phone was accidentally set to silent and he didn't hear it at all... Then it's not his responsibility.

But Hu Lai's "wishful thinking" failed to make a call, and the phone was connected soon, and his father's slightly indifferent voice sounded inside: "Hello?"

"Hello? Ah, Dad... um... There's something I want to tell you..."

"what's up?"

"This... I was selected for the national team."

"Oh." The other side of the phone paused after the oh, and then said: "Just being selected for the national team does not mean that you are a real international player."

"I know I know, Dad. I actually didn't expect myself to be the main force once I went to the national team..."

"Being the main force? What do you think?"

"I mean I didn't think..."

"You don't need to talk about this kind of thing! Even if you sit on the bench in the national team, that's normal!" The father on the other end of the phone became more serious.

"Yes, yes, I must correct my mentality. Dad, that... I'll hang up if there's nothing to do. I'm going to train here..."

"okay."

"Dad again..." Before Hu Lai finished speaking, he heard the notification that he was hung up from the phone.

Taking down the phone, Hu Lai heaved a sigh of relief and finally completed the task.

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Hu Lixin looked at the mobile phone that had returned to the desktop, and a smile gradually appeared on his serious face.

International...

The son is a national player!

He looked up out of the window, the afternoon sun was just right.

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