Chapter 143: Freshman of the Chinese team

"Lasky... chance!"
The commentator yelled and Dominic Laski appeared behind the goal.
The football is flying high from the front.
And he is in an unmarked situation!
The Chinese fans in the stands also burst into eager cheers-because of Hu Lai, Laski, as Hu Lai's teammate at the club, naturally won the support of the majority of Chinese fans.
So in the semi-finals of the "China Cup" between Poland and Mexico, Poland became the "home team".
Amid the cheers of the Chinese fans, Lasky adjusted his pace while running, then jumped up and turned towards the football in the air.
Mexico’s goalkeeper Salvador Manlix has almost surrendered-he turned around, raised his hands, and saw Laski hit the football in the air!
And he had no time to make a save, so he could only watch the football over his head and fly towards the goal behind him... the back point!
"Lasky header!"
The football was pushed out of a parabola and flew towards the goal under everyone's attention.
At this moment, on the big screen of the grandstand in the distance, the time of the game is beating:
94:21
The whistle for the end of the game is approaching. This is the last attack of the Polish team in this game.
He has an unparalleled opportunity!
As long as this goal can be scored!
Lasky's eyes are firmly locked on the football, the goalkeeper has already raised his hand to surrender, but wherever the football falls in the frame...
But he saw the football hit the upper edge of the crossbar, and then the bottom line popped out!
"Oh!" the Chinese commentator exclaimed regretfully. "Laski missed the chance to tie Mexico! This is Poland's last chance to attack in this game! What a pity! What a pity!"
Watching the football fall outside the bottom line, Lasky fell on the ground with his legs weakened and knelt in front of the goal, then put his head in his hands and sighed.
At this moment, the referee also blew the whistle at the end of the game.
"The game is over! Mexico defeated Poland 2:1! Laski almost became a Polish hero at the last minute! Unfortunately, although his header bypassed the goalkeeper, he was rejected by the crossbar!'China Cup' The first semi-final is over. Congratulations to Mexico for qualifying for the final..."
In the TV broadcast, Lasky looked very regretful and frustrated.
"Before the game, Laski said that he and Hulay had agreed to meet in the final. Now he bid farewell to the final. I have to say that this is indeed a very regrettable thing... But in fact, Laski doesn't have to. Too disappointed. He scored the only goal of the Polish team in the game. His performance was very tenacious and outstanding..."
The commentator is right, Laski's performance in this game is actually very good.
In addition to that goal, he had several shots that fully tested Mexico's goalkeeper Salvador Manlix.
The last chance to attack was instigated by him after a sudden grab in the midfield, and in the end he ran to the back point to top the football.
Although not in, but without Laski, the Polish team would not even have this attack.
Reluctantly in terms of overall strength, Mexico, in the last sixteen finals of the World Cup, really has to be even better.
Mexico goalkeeper Manlix did not rush to celebrate with his teammates, but first pulled Laski, who was kneeling in front of his goal, up, and he reached out and patted the latter's shoulder and face to comfort him. But Lasky still looked sullen.
It wasn't until he was interviewed on the sideline that he recovered somewhat from the feeling of depression and loss.
"I'm sorry, I failed to keep my promise, Hu." He shook his head at the camera lens. "I wish you good luck and hope you can reach the finals. It's up to you next!"
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"Next to my son!"
Xie Lan stood on the stand of the Provincial Sports Center, took a photo of the stadium down, and sent it to the circle of friends with such text.
She had just arrived at the race with the school bus of her husband’s school.
There are about forty minutes before the semi-finals between the Chinese and South African teams.
The stands were already full of people, almost "full of seats."
This is in contrast to the last game between Poland and Mexico.
Although Mexico was the top 16 team in the last World Cup and a traditional strong team in Central and North America, its influence in China is certainly far inferior to that of the host Chinese team.
That game was not arranged at the Provincial Sports Center, but at the stadium in Liucheng District, west of Jincheng. The game time is also in the afternoon, and the game time between the Chinese team and the South African team is the prime time of eight o'clock in the evening.
The fans who went to watch the game between Poland and Mexico did not even fill the stadium at the beginning of the game.
In the end, according to the statistics of the stadium, the number of attendees in that game was 27,000.
Before the game between China and South Africa started, there were already full seats-the provincial sports center has a capacity of 60,000.
The defeat of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup did not affect the enthusiasm of the majority of Chinese fans.
Not long after Xie Lan just finished posting to Moments, someone below replied: "Sister, are you here too?"
It's her elder brother.
"Yes, I came with the team organized by Lao Hu School. Are you there?"
"We are in the stands opposite you."
Xie Lan looked up and saw that there were a large number of Chinese fans in red, who could not tell where his eldest brother was.
But anyway, it must be among the crowds.
She lowered her head and replied on the phone: "Where is Dad?"
"Dad is watching at home, Mom won't let him come to the scene."
Seeing this sentence, Xie Lan laughed.
Dad's body is really not suitable for watching the game... but Dad will definitely nag with Mom and then lose.
Just after setting up the children with the school teacher, Hu Lixin turned his head and saw Xie Lan smiling with her mobile phone, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"It's okay, even our elder brother is here to watch the game..." Xie Lan showed her mobile phone to her husband.
Behind them, the children standing in their respective positions were chatting and discussing:
"I guess we can win this game!"
"Oh, your guess is too simple, right?"
"Guess the score, guess the score! I'll come first, 3:0! The Chinese team wins!"
"Then I guess 4:0!"
"I think 2:0 will do..."
"No matter what you guess, I think Hu Lai can definitely score a goal!"
"Hey! You are flattering him in front of our coach!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The children laughed.
Hearing this conversation, Xie Lan laughed first and looked at her husband at the same time.
Hu Lixin, who was originally stern and serious, gradually laughed while his wife was watching.
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"We have been doing high-intensity training these days. I know you will be a little tired. But I believe that after you step on the court, you will find that the training these days are effective. This game will be a very good one. Good opportunity to test the effect of our training these days."
Jorge Dillon is giving his first pre-match mobilization speech to the players of the Chinese team in the locker room.
"I have always told you to treat yourself as a strong team. Not only from a tactical point of view, but also from a psychological point of view. No matter what problems you encounter on the field, don't panic. After all, you are the players who have participated in the World Cup. The team. And this South African national team has not yet participated in the World Cup. This is your home court again. You have to believe from your heart that you can beat your opponents!"
"If you have a chance, take the risk. If you don't have a chance, take control of the ball. Keep the formation intact and keep your head clear. Dare to do actions and dare to imagine ~EbookFREE.me~ The most important thing is to be bold and have the Confidence! Whether it is South Africa or Mexico, it is just an opponent, and we are their opponents. They will also fear us because we are really strong!"
Dillon repeatedly emphasized that "we are strong" in order to instill confidence in the Chinese team players.
In his view, this is more important than any technique and tactics, and it is the basis of all performance.
He believes that Chinese players are very lacking in confidence, and do not know whether it is influenced by the traditional virtues of modesty, or because they have been cooking for so many years, they dare not have confidence. After all, confidence with strength is called self-confidence, and confidence without strength is called arrogance.
Although there are outstanding performances in the World Cup, Chinese players think that it is a special case under special circumstances and cannot be used as a reference.
During the World Cup, it can be said that they did their best to achieve such results in a collective explosion.
Let them reappear again, they themselves think it is impossible...
Players without confidence dare not make moves or decisions on the court, nor do they dare to take risks when making decisions. Can only follow the rules, how can this win?
Dillon wants to change the Chinese team in all aspects in terms of skills, tactics and mentality.
And all the changes started from this first game!
"From today, it is the new life of Chinese football. A brand new national team will be displayed in front of the world. From today, we will officially embark on the road to the 2030 World Cup!"
Yu Jintao passionately translated Dillon's words and spoke it loudly to the international players in the locker room.
According to common sense, the road to the 2030 World Cup should start from the top 40 of the qualifiers, but it is not wrong. Because the goal of this new Chinese team assembled here was originally to be able to participate in the World Cup three years later.
(End of this chapter)