Chapter 137: About the Football Association Cup

Because of Hu Lai's low-key response, Lin Zhiyuan and his affairs soon calmed down.
After all, it is just a dialogue between two young people, and one is a Chinese Premier and the other is a Chinese Super Youth Team.
Such things in themselves are not worth reporting and publicizing.
Everyone still pays more attention to on-court performance.
After playing the game against Youjiang Honglian, the Chinese A League ushered in a rare loosening period for one game a week.
There was no game in the middle of the week, but it was not until Saturday, April 15th, that they welcomed Ning Tian Yongan at home.
This team was the Super League team last season, but it was finally relegated. This season it will play in the League.
Although it is a relegated team, the lean camel is bigger than Marathon. Yongan also wants to get back to the Super League as soon as possible. Therefore, their personnel loss this season is not serious, and they are still a strong team in China.
In the end, Flash Star was tied at home by the opponents, the two teams fought 0:0, and no one scored.
Hu Lai was closely guarded by the opponent in this game, and Chen Xingyi's condition was not as good as the previous game. He was replaced at the 70th minute.
However, because of their outstanding performance in previous games, neither Chen Hantang, Chen Xingyi, or even Zhao Kangming felt anxious or dissatisfied with this.
Chen Xingyi's performance in the previous three games proved his ability. If he performs normally, he can fully meet the team's requirements.
With this kind of performance, Zhao Kangming has a bottom in his heart, knowing that he has made no mistakes.
Chen Xingyi also had the confidence and patience to face the occasional normal ups and downs.
After playing in the league with Ning Tian Yongan, Star Flash ushered in the fourth round of the FA Cup in midweek.
Starting from this round, all Chinese Super League teams have entered the field, and the FA Cup implements a comprehensive and disorderly mixed draw. In each round, the matches against both sides, home and away are all determined by drawing.
In this way, various unexpected situations are particularly prone to occur, but it also means that weak teams do not necessarily encounter stronger Super League teams.
For example, the luck of the Stars is particularly good. They have drawn the Haixi elite from the second round of the FA Cup in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Of course, they need to go to the away game this time and can't wait for work at home.
"Why didn't you go to Zhao's guide this time, Hu Lai?" After finishing the training and returning to the rental house, the two did not immediately return to their respective bedrooms, but sat in the living room to chat. Wang Guangwei issued such a question.
"Why should I go to guide Zhao?" Hu Lai was surprised.
"Didn't you say that it was not just the last FA Cup match, but you will participate in every future FA Cup match? If you don't ask Zhao for guidance, what if he doesn't put you on the roster?"
Hu Lai was stunned.
Wang Guangwei's eyes widened: "Did you forget?"
Hu Lai shook his head quickly: "I didn't forget, of course I remember!"
But of course he has forgotten this. At first, it was to make full use of the effect of [Lingxi Card], so I said those nonsense. Since it is a nonsense, of course, forget it after you say it. Anyway, he has already played in the FA Cup and has achieved the effect of [Lingxi Card], so why should I worry about the FA Cup?
It's just that, of course, he can't tell Wang Guangwei about this reason. It's not a question of whether people will not collapse. The main reason is that he doesn't believe Wang Guangwei...
Thinking of this, he explained: "I believe that with the attention Zhao Guiding attaches to me, he will take the initiative to put me on the list, without me reminding him. Otherwise, every time I take the initiative to find him, then you Let Director Zhao think?'Is Zhao Kangming such a forgetful person? Don't you believe me so?'"
Hu Lai imitated the tone of Director Zhao and said, then spread his hands: "You see how embarrassing it will be? Pharaoh, how can we as players embarrass the coach?"
Wang Guangwei thought for a while and accepted Hu Lai's explanation.
Then the next day, when Zhao Kangming announced that he would go with the team to play in the FA Cup squad, there was no Hu Lai or Wang Guangwei, but Chen Xingyi...
"This..." Facing Wang Guangwei's questioning gaze, he twitched the corners of his mouth, then frowned and said with a headache, "I didn't expect Director Zhao to be forgetful. It seems that Director Zhao is really old... , Coach Zhao, just..."
He forgot how old Zhao is to be.
It was Wang Guangwei who reminded him: "Forty-seven years old."
Hu Lai exclaimed: "What? Director Zhao is only forty-seven years old? Seeing his white hair on his temples, you say I believe him at fifty-seven! For our team, Director Zhao worked so hard, old fast! And memory It's not as good as before..."
"Hu Lai, you just forgot what you said?" No matter how lifelike Hu Lai was, Wang Guangwei could see through the essence at a glance. "Or it's just what you said casually, you don't take it seriously after saying it..."
Hu Lai said angrily: "Who said I just said it casually? I tell you, Lao Wang, I will go to guide Zhao in a while and ask him to add me to the list! I am serious about playing the Football Association Cup!"
"The list has been announced, what good is it for you to find it again?" Wang Guangwei hummed. "Afterwards, Zhuge Liang, the words were nice...
Hu Lai got up and left: "It's human action!"
He really went to Zhao Kangming.
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Sitting in the office, Zhao Kangming looked at Hu Lai with interest: "I'm considering that the next two consecutive weeks will be double matches in a week. This time the FA Cup is another away game. There is really no need for you to run so far. , Just to play for dozens of minutes. So I didn't put you on the big list...Why, are you really planning to keep your promise and play every FA Cup?"
Hu Lai smiled a little flatteringly: "Look at what you said, Director Zhao. A gentleman can't chase after a word. Since I have said it, I must do it, or else I will be looked down upon by people like Wang Guangwei?"
Zhao Kangming smiled and asked, "Are you despised by Wang Guangwei?"
"No, Director Zhao. Why would Pharaoh look down on me?" Hu Lai shook his head like a rattle.
Zhao Kangming didn’t care about these details. He smiled and shook his head:
If you come to me before the announcement of the big list, it’s okay to include you. But now it’s no longer possible. I’ve already published the list. In order to add you, Who do you think I should adjust? Although some people don't care about the FA Cup, most of the players I selected for the FA Cup are eager for this game..."
"Chen Xingyi," Hu Lai said suddenly, interrupting Zhao's guidance.
"what?"
"Guide Zhao, you can adjust Chen Xingyi and change me in. The position is the same, and it has no effect on the lineup. Moreover, Chen Xingyi also started in the league, which can just let him rest..." Hu Lai Said.
Zhao Kangming smiled: "I said Hu Lai, no matter how good your relationship with Chen Xingyi is, you can't point him at him alone!"
After smiling, he shook his head and said firmly: "Chen Xingyi now needs to play more games with the team. He cannot rest."
Seeing that Chen Xingyi could not be taken out of the list, Hu Lai frowned and felt embarrassed. Except for Chen Xingyi, he really can't replace others...
Seeing that Hu Lai was really embarrassed for not being able to play in the FA Cup, Zhao Kangming shook his head and said: "Well, this game is like this, Hu Lai. But I promise you, every next FA Cup match, I Will let you enter the big roster. Whether you start or come off the bench depends on the specific situation. What do you think?"
When Hu Lai heard the promise made by Zhao Kangming, he beamed with joy: "I think it will work! Zhao Guiming is wise!"
"Don't flatter me, get out now!" Zhao Kangming rolled up his sleeves.
Hu Lai turned and ran out.
Looking at Hu Lai's back, Zhao Kangming shook his head helplessly, this kid was full of energy.
He remembered the targeted training on physical fitness that Hu Lai had specifically mentioned to him after the league.
It seems that Hu Lai is not satisfied with his physical fitness, even though everyone thinks that his physical fitness is already very good.
But obviously he wants his physical fitness limit and recovery speed to be both.
Be self-motivated, know where else I am not doing well, and be willing to work hard for it...
Such young players are not just Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi are also like this, and they work very hard in training.
By the way, there is also Zhang Qinghuan, the boy's attitude in training now has nothing to say, it seems that he wants to make up for the three years he has lost.
These young people are really different from those of earlier years.
They have their own pursuit of football, not just as a tool for making money. Have a clear plan for your career, rather than follow the trend.
Then they are willing to train hard to achieve their goals, and can withstand some interference and temptations from the outside world...
He thought of Qin Lin who was planning to retire.
If the new era after Da Qin retired was created by these young people, I don't think he would have any more regrets and reluctances?
No, there will definitely be.
Zhao Kangming frowned.
He will definitely regret why he was not around a young man like Hu Lai when he was playing.
After all, in the Chinese football at the time, there were too few "professional" professional players like Qin Lin...so that "professional" has become Qin Lin's advantage.
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"Director Zhao really said that?" Wang Guangwei stared at Hu Lai with wide eyes.
Hu Lai triumphantly said: "I just told you, Director Zhao must have forgotten. He now promised me that as long as there are FA Cup matches in the future, I will be included in the big list!"
Then he ignored Wang Guangwei, who was in deep thought, and turned around and said to Chen Xingyi: "Little Xingxing, I can't accompany you this time. You have to fight for it. Don't make the media say that without me, you can't even play the ball. Can't get in!"
Chen Xingyi retorted: "You can't score without me, right?"
"Haha." Hu Lai sneered at him.
Chen Xingyi also realized that Hu Lai could score goals without him... He decided not to dwell on this topic of Hu Lai's advantage.
"My dad came to pick me up, I'm leaving now!"
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On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 19th, Chen Xingyi scored a go-ahead goal in the fourth round of the Football Association Cup where the Flash Star challenged Haixi Elite to help the Flash Star knock out the home team 2:1 away. He broke into the fifth round of the FA Cup.
But there is nothing special about this game, an ordinary FA Cup game.
The Hercynian elite might know that they are more ill-fortuned when they are drawn to the flashing star.
After losing the game, he was very calm.
Chen Xingyi's excellent performance in the game can only make his fans happy, but in fact, he can't make any waves in the media.
Because of this day of Chinese football, the protagonist belongs to an amateur team.
"The game is over! It's incredible! The Juxingcheng football team from Dongtai unexpectedly eliminated the Chinese first team Lingnanhai in the fifth round of the FA Cup!"
The Dongtai Sports Center, which can only accommodate 20,000 people, cheered and thunderous. The home team players embraced each other and celebrated their victory.
"Unbelievable, unbelievable... Dongtai Juxingcheng is just an amateur team. It is not easy to be able to reach the fifth round. This time I met the strong team Lingnan Nanhai, everyone thought they would lose. Unexpectedly, the tenacious Juxingcheng dragged the game into a penalty shootout! And in the penalty shootout, they defeated the Lingnan Sea, who had despised them before the game!"
Luo Kai sat on the turf in pain. He played the whole game in this game and scored one goal. This was the only goal of the South China Sea.
If you switch to other games, this performance can never be said to be bad.
But when the opponent in this game is an amateur team, this kind of performance is really hard to call it good...
His goal in the opening 13 minutes helped the South China Sea take the lead. Originally, this game should develop smoothly like this. The South China Sea team will score goals and eventually win with a very disparity.
The results of it?
After taking the lead, the Nanhai team was proud to underestimate the enemy, thinking that their opponents were soft persimmons that they could handle at will.
Changed tricks and wasted the opportunity. After being equalized by the opponent in the second half, the team panicked.
Can no longer organize a decent attack, can not threaten the goal of Star City.
In the end, the game was tied 1:1 in 90 minutes.
According to the rules of the Football Association Cup, a tie is tied at regular time and no extra time is played, but penalties are taken directly.
This rule is to make the Football Association Cup games full of surprises and create upsets.
This time, Zhongjia Nanhai became a victim of this rule.
Unpopularity appeared!
In the penalty shootout, Juxingcheng, an amateur team, played steadily amidst the cheering of more than 10,000 fans. The Nanhai team was completely panicked. They only scored four penalty kicks, but two of them did not score. In the end, they failed to score the fifth penalty and were eliminated by an amateur team.
Luo Kai played for the Nanhai team in the penalty shoot-out for the second time. He actually kicked in, but he still couldn't change the fate of the team being eliminated...
He values ​​the Football Association Cup matches very much~EbookFREE.me~ because he can't get a stable starting opportunity in the league, so the FA Cup naturally becomes his starting event.
So he was very serious in the FA Cup, went all out and scored goals.
But such an outstanding performance will now come to an abrupt end.
At this moment, the frustrated Luo Kai felt someone put his hand on his shoulder. He looked back and saw that it was Pan Hongwei, the coach of the team, who squatted beside him with an arm on his shoulder.
"Guide Pan, I'm sorry..." Luo Kai saw the coach quickly apologize.
"A lot of people should be responsible for the failure of this game, including me, but you don't need to apologize, Luo Kai." The old coach shook his head and said, "There is no more football in the FA Cup, and there is still the league. It is the East Taiwan gathering. Star City helped us with a multiple choice question, and now we can devote all our energy to the league and strive for a successful upgrade."
When he said this, he was looking at the Stars City players who were celebrating in the distance.
"This is football. You can't imagine that a Chinese team would be planted at the feet of an amateur team, just like no one would have imagined that a man who has been abolished for three years could actually eat our guard with speed. With a world-class assist, we strangled our dream of becoming a super player on our own home court..." Pan Hongwei murmured.
Luo Kai knew which game he was talking about, and the person who received this world-class assist and goal in that game was called Hu Lai.
"Guide Pan, I will do my best to help the team get promoted!" Luo Kai breathed heavily and made a promise.
Hearing this, Pan Hongwei smiled, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, then got up and walked towards the other players.
Luo Kai also got up from the ground, turned around and walked off the court without looking back.