Chapter 256: Meet in Los Angeles

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Four years ago, when the Chinese Olympic team set off for Madrid to participate in the Olympic Games, they happened to meet the Chinese women's football girls who also transferred to Paris to prepare for the Olympic Games when they were transiting in Dubai.
It was a chance encounter. Everyone greeted each other at the airport, cheered on each other, and parted ways.
This scene was filmed into a short video, posted on the Internet, and became popular.
But this time, the boys of the national Olympic team should not expect to meet the women's football team on the way.
On the one hand, they don't need to transit somewhere at all - there are direct flights from Shanhai to Los Angeles.
On the other hand, the women's football team and the Olympic team have different routes. The women's football team set off from China ten days earlier than the Olympic team, and first went to Europe for a warm-up tour and practiced with the competition. Then go directly from Europe to Los Angeles for the Olympics.
One of the two teams is going east and the other is going west, and they can't get together at all.
Even in the Olympics, it would be difficult for the two teams to meet.
They don't even live in a city.
Most of the Olympic events are held in Los Angeles, but for a sport such as football, which requires a relatively high venue, a Los Angeles obviously cannot accommodate 16 men's Olympic teams and 12 women's football teams to compete at the same time.
So football games have to be split elsewhere.
Just like the Madrid Olympics four years ago, the Chinese Olympic team stayed and competed in Valencia.
This time, too, although the Olympics are in Los Angeles, the Chinese Olympic team is moving to San Francisco, where all their group matches will be played.
The Chinese women's soccer team will play and live in Seattle.
According to the schedule, if the Olympic team and the women's football team want to return to Los Angeles, they have to play until the semi-finals.
At the same time, because the Olympic football competition starts earlier than the Olympic opening ceremony, it is impossible for both men's and women's football to participate in the Olympic opening ceremony.
This is also a football tradition.
Although the players participated in the Olympic Games, they were unable to participate in the opening ceremony, which has to be said to be a pity.
Although the men's and women's soccer teams are unlikely to meet, Hu Lai and Li Qingqing can still meet in the United States.
Because before the Olympics, their joint sponsor, Falcon Sports, will provide them with custom Olympic boots.
Before the league last season was over, Falcon sent someone to Madrid, Spain, to collect the foot movement data of the two of them, and then bring it back to the U.S. headquarters for analysis, design and production.
Now the product produced is finally ready for use.
Before the Olympics, Falcon invited Hu Lai and Li Qingqing to Los Angeles to attend a press conference for their new equipment debut.
After putting on new shoes, show off a few more skills to meet the media reporters, celebrities, and ordinary fans invited to the scene.
This is also the only chance that Hu Lai and Li Qingqing can meet during the Olympic Games.
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Hu Lai and Li Qingqing were holding their own exclusive sneakers, facing the camera with smiles on their faces, and asked reporters to take pictures.
Falcon's sneakers designed for the two of them are "couples".
The sneakers in Hu Lai’s hands are red and black, and there is a circling dark gold dragon pattern on the shoe body. On the tongue of the sneakers, there is the same dark gold dragon head, which looks domineering.
The sneakers in Li Qingqing's hands are a combination of turquoise and pink, very girly and very fresh. There are dark phoenix feather patterns on the shoe body. The tongue of the shoe is not a simple crested head, but a phoenix crown pattern.
Hu Lai's sneaker style comes from the "Shooter" series of Flying Falcon. This series of sneakers does not pursue the ultimate lightness and speed, but emphasizes the stability of several key parts of the ball when touching the ball, which can help players shoot the ball more accurately.
Therefore, the "shooter" series of sneakers are mainly used by centers.
Hu Lai is not a speed player, and he naturally wore a "shooter" before. Now Flying Falcon has customized a private "shooter" based on his foot shape and sports data, which will be more suitable for him.
Li Qingqing's hand is another series of Falcon's "Free Man". This model is more comprehensive, has both speed and ball control, and is also very supportive, which ensures the stability of the player's body and accurate ball control during high-speed movement. It is very suitable for an all-around player like Li Qingqing.
After the new products were displayed, Hu Lai and Li Qingqing put on their shoes again and showed everyone their skills on the court.
If this event is for Hu Lai or Li Qingqing alone, then this link is basically a ball game.
Now that there are two people, the link to show the skills should also focus on interactivity.
So one person juggling the ball becomes two people passing the ball to each other.
This was not difficult for Hu Lai and Li Qingqing, and it even reminded them of their usual duel training.
The reporters present saw the two people passing the football with a smile on their faces. For some reason, they suddenly felt that their throats were sweet, and they were inexplicably full...
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After feeding the reporters dog food, Hu Lai and Li Qingqing sat down to be interviewed by the reporters.
A reporter asked: "Just now, the people of Falcon Company said that they hope you can wear your exclusive boots and achieve good results in this Olympic Games. So, do you have any prospects for participating in this Olympic Games in terms of performance? "
Hu Lai and Li Qingqing looked at each other, and Li Qingqing said first, "I hope to reach the semifinals at least."
In the last Olympic Games, Li Qingqing led the Chinese women's football team and won a bronze medal. This is also the best result of the Chinese women's football team in various world competitions after entering the 21st century - this best result was later replaced by the bronze medal in last year's Women's World Cup.
So if you reach the semi-finals, you might get a medal.
With a little humility, this result is completely acceptable for the women's football team.
"What about Hu Lai?" The reporter threw the question to Hu Lai.
"I also hope to reach the semi-finals," Hu Lai said.
Different from Li Qingqing's calm reaction when he said this goal, the reporters present heard Hu Lai's words and let out a low voice.
Although the outside world has many ideas about the goals of the Olympic team for this Olympic Games, and there are many optimistic people shouting the slogan of "winning a medal", the official team of the Olympic team has always avoided talking about it.
Now this is the first time reporters have heard about the goal of "winning a medal" from the relevant personnel of the national Olympic team!
So is this an "official announcement" in some sense?
The reporters became excited when they realized that they seemed to have encountered a "big news".
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"Hu Lai said it himself, the goal of the Olympic team is to reach the semi-finals!"
"What? Hu Lai is going to hit the medal?"
"Pass it on, Hu Lai said he won't return to China until he wins the Olympic gold medal!"
"Have you heard? Hu Lai said that if he wins the Olympic gold medal, he will go home and run naked!"
"Fuck, are the professional players playing so much now?"
"Why do you only have medals in your eyes? Hasn't anyone noticed that, according to the schedule, if Hu Lai and Li Qingqing want to meet in Los Angeles, they must both reach the semifinals? So why do you think they both said the goal is four powerful?"
"Good guy, so this wave is publicly feeding dog food?"
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Under the news that Hu Lai and Li Qingqing participated in the launch of Fei Falcon's new shoes, countless Chinese fans left such warm messages.
"Oh, Hu Lai's mouth... it's too fast!"
Ran Jiachang, the national Olympic team leader, sighed when he saw the news report.
"Although I think Hu Lai should agree with Li Qingqing, it's no big deal to be found out." Head coach Mai Zhaocheng smiled.
Before that, the Olympic team had never publicly announced what their goals were. Although the players know about it, there is no relevant report in the media.
After all, the goal is to inspire the team's fighting spirit, there is no point in yelling everywhere.
Failure to do so could easily be considered "big talk".
According to Ran Jiachang's idea, wait until the Olympic team really achieves that highest goal, and then say to the outside world that the team has always been working hard for this goal. Doing this without taking any risks - if we hadn't, no one would have known that the Olympic team had such audacious delusions...
But now because of a business event, Hu Lai has exposed the team's goal.
If this is not done... Ran Jiachang thinks about it, I am afraid that myself and the Olympic team will become synonymous with "oversighted".
Mai Zhaocheng didn't see it this way: "Think in a positive direction, Lao Ran. Let this matter become a stress test for our team. Besides, we have shown our strength in the domestic invitational tournament, and now we are People know this goal, but it has little impact on us - after the invitational tournament, aren't there more and more optimistic voices in the media and on the Internet?"
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"Hu Lai, if you say that, are you not afraid of putting pressure on your teammates?"
Li Qingqing asked on WeChat~EbookFREE.me~ The good time together is short-lived, she and Hu Lai have returned to their respective teams.
The butterfly effect caused by this gathering is that everyone has noticed the goal of the Olympic team.
"What kind of pressure can there be? I can't bear this pressure. Wouldn't the pressure on our local World Cup be even greater in the future? Some of these players will definitely enter the national team in the future, and now they should be rehearsed first!" Hu Lai didn't care. replied.
Of course he wouldn't admit that he was thinking about reuniting with Li Qingqing in Los Angeles at the time, completely unaware that saying that would be revealing the team's highest goals.
Li Qingqing thought about it and felt that Hu Lai's words made sense. Learning to face pressure is a compulsory course for professional players. Moreover, compared with the World Cup, the pressure of the Olympic Games is really much less.
She made a grinning expression: "Come on then, see you in Los Angeles!"
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