Fox in the Penalty Area

Li Qingqing picked up her phone and checked the official website of the Anton Cup again. Of course, there was still no news related to the finals.

"What... It's been five years since the Anton Cup was merged into the national competition system, and the official website can't even do a text live broadcast. It's rubbish!" Li Qingqing, who was lying on the bed, threw his phone aside and pressed his arm On his forehead, his eyes stared at the yellowed and blackened ceiling due to water leakage.

In the past, she didn't go to Dongchuan Middle School's away games because conditions did not allow it.

At that time, she was not as restless as she is now.

Because she knows that Hu Lai will not play, she really just cheers for her father when she goes to the game.

Now that she knew that Hu Lai might play, she was very nervous, not knowing what was going on in the game.

Generally speaking, only when the game is deadlocked can his father replace Hu Lai to break the deadlock. If Dongchuan Middle School is already behind by a large score, Hu Lai should have little chance to play.

There is another situation. If Dongchuan Middle School leads Jiaxiang High School, but only leads by one goal. If this lead is not safe, Hu Lai should not be sent to the game.

Li Qingqing closed her eyes and prayed in her heart, praying that the game was still in a stalemate, and praying that Jiaxiang would not have a big lead to end the suspense.

As for the fact that Dongchuan temporarily led Jiaxiang by one goal... Li Qingqing thought about it and forgot it. Because it would be too much to ask her to pray that Dongchuan Middle School will not lead Jiaxiang High School by one goal.

Then she turned over, knelt on the bed, put her palms together and murmured: "I hope that Hu Lai can play! I hope that Hu Lai can play! I hope that Hu Lai can play!"

Important things should be said three times!

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At this moment, at the Provincial Sports Center in Jincheng, Hu Lai had finished warming up and returned to Li Ziqiang's side.

This time, Li Ziqiang didn't let Hu Lai do it perfunctorily like last time.

Although he didn't take out the tactical board, he obviously had something to tell Hu Lai specifically.

Seeing Hu Lai's eager expression, Li Ziqiang sighed in his heart and said, "Your problem is that your foundation is too weak. Although I have given you two months of basic training, it is still not enough, far from enough."

Hu Lai thought that the coach wanted to arrange special tactics for him, but he didn't expect the head coach to say these words, and he didn't know how to respond to the coach.

"In the last training session on Thursday, I let you participate in a whole team's offensive tactics drill, but that's just to give you a feeling. Don't expect yourself to understand our offensive tactics through this training. So you It's easy to go out there...remember those shooting drills?"

Holly nodded.

"All you have to do is two things, first, catch the ball that is passed to you, and second, shoot the football towards the goal."

Li Ziqiang showed two fingers.

Hu Lai continued to nod: "I understand coach."

But Li Ziqiang was still worried, because he thought of Hu Lai's unauthorized attempt to volley directly in training, and he added: "Don't do anything superfluous. At this stage, you can do a good job of shooting after catching the ball It’s already not easy, let’s talk about things like using your imagination after you have practiced the basics.”

"Relax, Coach."

"Go." Li Ziqiang said no more, and pushed Hu Lai in the direction of the fourth official.

Then he turned his head to look at the field, and Jiaxiang, who had scored a goal, took it back again. Seeing that he was going to play steadily, he kept the lead of this goal until the end of the game. Of course, they also have the capital to do so...

He still doesn't know if he made the right decision. However, based on Jiaxiang High School's understanding of Dongchuan Middle School, this is already his change that is most likely to surprise Jiaxiang High School.

If he still can't break through Jiaxiang's defense in the end and misses the finals of the national competition, he won't be too frustrated. After all, this is only his first semester of coaching Dongchuan Middle School. It has only been less than three months since he took over the team. He was able to bring Dongchuan Middle School, which missed the semi-finals twice in a row, to the final , he has already performed very well, I believe Principal Zhai will not be dissatisfied with his work...

If he loses here, he will naturally sum up his experience and lessons, and then use another year to make a comeback.

A year later, he believes that Luo Kai will be more mature, his tactical preparations will be more adequate, and the strength of the entire team will rise to a new level. At that time, it will be his chance to take revenge on Jiaxiang.

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"Dongchuan Middle School is going to change." The assistant coach noticed the situation on the fourth official's side. He saw a No. 14 player from Dongchuan Middle School running to the fourth official with his competition card. "The one who is going to be replaced is the forward, No. 14, called... Hu Lai, a freshman in high school, who just joined the school team this year."

The assistant coach searched briefly in his memory and reported the simple information of Hu Lai.

"I remember, he seems to have scored a goal in this Anton Cup?" Feng Yuanchang asked.

The assistant coach nodded, but his expression was a little embarrassed: "Although I scored a goal,... I asked someone after that game. This Hu Lai came off the bench, and he didn't perform well enough. It was because of good luck that he ran into it. It is said that Luo Kai shot the goalpost after passing people in a row, bounced back, and fell right under his feet. He faced the empty goal and hit the football in..."

After Feng Yuanchang heard the form of the goal, he did not show the joking smile that other people would have after hearing it. Instead, he asked: "Except for this goal? How about his other performances in this cup?"

"No other performance." The assistant coach spread his hands and smiled helplessly. "The 20 minutes when He Zongbei Middle School came off the bench was his entire performance in this year's Anton Cup."

"That is to say, Li Ziqiang, when his team fell behind by one goal, decided without hesitation to replace him with a substitute striker who only played 20 minutes and scored a goal by luck?" Feng Yuanchang frowned. Wrinkled, suddenly remembered something and asked: "How did he perform in the Anton Cup in the junior high school group?"

The assistant coach was also prepared for this, and replied: "There is no record for him in the Anton Cup of the junior high school group. There are no records of appearances, goals, registration...all of them."

Feng Yuanchang, who has always been calm and calm, couldn't hold back any longer, and asked, "Did this person jump out of a crack in the rock! Did Li Ziqiang lose his mind? Sending such a person at this time? Or is it him?" Hope this person can have another shit luck?!"

The assistant coach uses gestures and expressions to indicate that he doesn't know either.

Feng Yuanchang turned his head to look over, his eyes switched focus repeatedly on Hu Lai and Li Ziqiang.

Judging from his stature, the No. 14 player from Dongchuan Middle School is thin and not tall. Looking at his arms and legs, he doesn't seem to have much strength. The jersey even looks a bit big on him, and there is nothing under the jersey...

And that number, he knew that in many teams, no one wanted the number 14. He wore this despised number, which shows that his status in the team must not be important.

So why did Li Ziqiang send such a person?

What is so special about this striker named Hu Lai?

Feng Yuanchang couldn't figure it out.

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Feng Yuanchang was still puzzled, but Chu Yifan, the captain of Dongchuan Middle School, had a complete understanding.

When he saw Hu Lai standing on the sidelines waiting to play, he turned his attention to Yan Yan.

Seeing Yan Yan spreading his hands and smiling at him.

That's the "everything is under control" smile.

He no longer has any doubts about Yan Yan's brain holes.

Sure enough, the head coach had high hopes for Hu Lai!

Sure enough, this seemingly rookie actually shoulders the hope of the whole team entering the national competition!

Since he is the chosen one, can his appearance bring a little luck and turnaround to the current dire situation of Dongchuan Middle School?

Chu Yifan stared at Hu Lai with fiery eyes.

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After the fourth official verified Hu Lai's participation certificate, he took Hu Lai to the sidelines, checked his studs, and then began to press the number of the player to be replaced on the electronic card for substitution.

After a dead ball, the fourth official held up his sign for a substitution.

It shows: Replace No. 9 with No. 14.

Zhong Shihao will be replaced again.

And Hou Lai will usher in his second appearance in the Anton Cup.

Zhong Shihao ran off the field with a dark face all the way, and ran back to the bench without giving Hu Lai a high-five.

This time, Hu Lai didn't foolishly raised his hands and waited to give him a high-five. When Zhong Shihao was off the court, he also ran onto the court.

Just when the soles of his shoes had just stepped on the turf, he heard the emotionless voice of the system in his mind: "Mission: Help Dongchuan Middle School enter the national competition with goals. Reward: points × 10000, [primary training Scroll: Shot] × 1."

Hu Lai didn't pay attention to the mission just released this time. He took a deep breath and smelled the unique smell of natural grass.

It's the taste of the Anton Cup final!