Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 34 You Are You, You Are Zhou Zijing

When Hu Lai ran onto the training ground in full view, he apologized to head coach Parotti with a big smile on his face:

"Sorry, sorry, late, late... sorry, sorry..."

The coaches looked at him, and so did the youth players who trained with him.

This is indeed a very strange thing.

It was the first time that something like being late for training happened to Hu Lai.

Although he is not the kind of player who often stays and takes the initiative to practice, he is definitely very professional.

He was never late for training, and everything required by the coach was seriously completed.

So when Hu Lai was late for training, everyone thought it was incredible.

Even if he's only five minutes late...

"It's unbelievable..." Parotti shook his head in response to Hu Lai's apology, "Did you get stuck in traffic?"

As the head coach, Parotti has already started to find reasons for Hu Lai.

On the one hand, it is caused by his "good guy" personality, and on the other hand, it is also because Hu Lai is the team's number one star, and he has no previous criminal record. The head coach is willing to give him a step down.

But unexpectedly, Hu Lai shook his head: "There is no traffic jam, sir. I just started late because I was watching the game at home..."

"A match?" Parotti was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Your match against the Japanese team?"

Hu Lai nodded.

"So that's how it is." Parrotti asked him again, "The result of the match is..."

Hu Lai shook his head: "I don't know. I hurried to practice before the game was over, but I didn't expect to be late..."

"You were only five minutes late." Parotti said, "But according to the team's rules, you still have to contribute 500 to the team fund. This is the rule, you know."

Hu Lai nodded.

According to the rules of the team, whoever is late will be fined 100 euros for every minute of being late. The team has a special small treasury, and all fines go into this small treasury.

Then any activities of the team, such as team building, will be spent with this money.

No matter what the reason is, even if you encountered a car accident on the road and acted bravely to save others, you will still have to pay the fine.

Rules are rules.

So even a player like Hu Lai who has never been late before has to take the initiative to hand in the fine to the team's small coffers after being late.

"No problem, I accept the punishment."

Seeing that Hu Lai was so straightforward, Parotti nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's warm up now and try to keep up with the training rhythm."

Seeing Hu Laiqu warming up, Parotti turned his head and said to assistant coach Enzo Naher, "You go to the Internet to check what the result of this game is."

Naher took out his mobile phone to check, and quickly gave Parotti a reply:

"The game isn't over yet, but it's almost over, it's 2-2 now,

The two sides tied. "

"The Chinese team without Hu can still draw with the Japanese team, which is fighting for the right to qualify?" Parotti was a little surprised. "The performance is pretty good."

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The stadium was full of voices. If you listen carefully, you can hear majestic singing coming down from the stands.

The fans of the Chinese team are singing that "old" song over and over again:

"The big knife cut off the devils' heads!"

"The stoppage time has reached the last two minutes, and the score is still 2:2. The Japanese team fought to the death... It was cut off! The Chinese team counterattacked!"

The singing stopped abruptly, replaced by deafening cheers.

"Zhou Zijing headed back... Guo Junfu caught the ball and brought it forward, but no one came up..."

After Zhou Zijing headed the ball, he rushed forward immediately and took away the central defender of the Japanese team. In the second half, after Guo Junfu, who came on as a substitute for Zhang Qinghuan, got the ball, there was no Japanese player within ten meters in front of him to defend him.

Of course, behind him, Morikawa Junpei was desperately chasing after him.

But Guo Junfu didn't give him a chance to catch up with him. Seeing that the Japanese players were restrained by Zhou Zijing, he took a long shot from outside the penalty area!

"Junfu Guo shot from long range! Ouch! Nobuo Nishiguchi made a crucial save and he saved the football from the baseline! China won a corner kick!"

"In the last minute of stoppage time, the Chinese team won a corner kick. Don't worry at this time, take your time...Eh? Don't worry!"

Seeing Guo Junfu running towards the corner flag area to kick a corner kick, He Feng and Yan Kang became anxious.

They feel that the Chinese team can draw against the Japanese team under such circumstances, which is already a very good result.

On the contrary, the Japanese team will not be satisfied with this result, they will be anxious.

Since they are in a hurry, why should we be in a hurry?

In the imagination of the two commentators, the entire Chinese team should now respond to the last minute of the game with a calm attitude.

Try to delay the time and send the Japanese team a draw. As a result, the Japanese team's group ranking dropped from second to third, sending them to play-offs!

But the players of the Chinese team on the field seemed unwilling to delay the time. Except for Guo Junfu who was going to serve, the others also ran forward one after another, rushed into the penalty area of ​​the Japanese team, and wanted to attack actively.

Logically speaking, at this time, the Chinese team's corner kick tactics should be based on delaying time, arrange two players to serve corner kicks, and only arrange one center forward in front of the goal. Others, including the central defenders, are all in their own backcourt and do not go up.

Then when the corner kick is taken, it will wander around the opponent's corner flag area, and the receiver will protect the football, forcing the opponent to foul, or continue to make corner kicks.

But what the Chinese team is showing now is that they regard this corner kick as a normal corner kick.

No one went up to cooperate with Guo Junfu to delay the time.

Central defender Wang Guangwei also rushed to the goal of the Japanese team, trying to compete for the top.

This made the two commentators in the stands unable to understand - obviously the score of 2:2 is enough to push the Japanese team to a dead end, why is there any need to press it?

If you want to beat the Japanese team at home, you will also face the risk of being attacked by the Japanese team's dog jumping over the wall and finally counterattacking, instead of losing the game and giving the Japanese team three points...

What a waste!

But the Chinese players on the court and on the sidelines don't see it that way.

Chen Xingyi, who had already been replaced, stood on the sidelines and shouted into the arena: "Old Wang, go up! Go to the front!"

In fact, Wang Guangwei had already gone up, but Chen Xingyi still couldn't help shouting. He was not shouting to Wang Guangwei, but to himself.

Once again they are faced with a situation where they can win but also lose, and if they do nothing, they can draw.

But this time, most of them made a different choice than last time.

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"Is the Chinese team crazy?"

The head coach of the Japanese team, Carlisle, widened his eyes when he saw this scene:

"Aren't they afraid of being counterattacked by us?"

"Isn't this a good thing? We still have one last chance to counterattack..." the assistant coach asked back.

Carlisle stopped talking, which is indeed a good thing for the Japanese team. He was worried that the Chinese team was deliberately delaying time.

But looking at it now, the Chinese team did not choose to do that.

The Chinese team, which was thought to easily lose to the Japanese team before the game, seems to be unwilling to just draw with the Japanese team!

This is a good thing for the Japanese team, but Carlisle is always vaguely worried.

He was worried that the Chinese team would really take advantage of this corner kick to push the football into the Japanese team's goal...

But the situation no longer allowed Carlisle to do anything more.

The referee whistled, and Guo Junfu kicked the football towards the goal of the Japanese team!

Wang Guangwei jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal!

Nobuo Nishiguchi was beyond his reach, but Junpei Morikawa, who was guarding the back post, jumped up and pushed the football out!

"Junpei Morikawa! Rescue at the goal line! The Japanese team escaped!" The Japanese commentator exclaimed again and again.

The football pushed out by Junpei Morikawa on the goal line did not fly out of the baseline, but flew into the penalty area.

Players on both sides are vying for football placement.

"There is still a chance to launch a counterattack..."

The Japanese commentator also shouted anxiously.

But before he finished speaking, he saw a person in the restricted area jumping high, jumping higher than anyone else!

He was wearing a red jersey with the number nine on his back!

"Zhou Zijing!"

He jumped in the air, and across the mountain, Qianwu hit the football!

Then rub the football towards the goal in a very awkward posture!

Nobuo Nishiguchi soared into the air and held it up with all his might!

Then the ball jumps up and hits the top edge of the crossbar and bounces out!

"oops!

beam!

Zhou Zijing missed the chance to kill the Japanese team! What a pity!

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There were huge exclamations and sighs from the stands at the same time.

Zhou Zijing didn't bother to put his head in his hands to feel sorry for his header. After he landed, he pointed to the corner flag area, indicating that it was a corner kick for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team has another chance to attack!

It is a pity that the Chinese team's corner kick failed to threaten the Japanese team's goal.

Guo Junfu's corner kick was pushed out by Japan's central defender Takehiro Nakaoka.

The Japanese team wanted to take advantage of the situation to launch a quick counterattack, and then Sugiyama Tatsuya was pulled to the ground by Gao Ruimin in the midfield.

Gao Ruimin received a yellow card for this, but the last hope of the Japanese team was also shattered.

The referee then blew the whistle for the end of the game, and didn't even let the Japanese team take the free kick in the backcourt.

"competition is over!

Without Hu Lai, the Chinese team performed very tenaciously at home, which is remarkable! The final 2:2 draw with the Japanese team! This result did not affect the qualifying result of the Chinese team, but it made the Japanese team fall into a very embarrassing situation-they are now down to third in the group, and they are likely to play in the play-offs! For Japanese football, this is the first time since the 1998 World Cup! Make history! "

He Feng's tone carried a gloating feeling that Tibet could not hide.

Zhou Zijing missed his last chance, but no one cares.

Because what they want has been achieved.

That is to make the Japanese team third in the group.

Wins can be done, as can draws.

Now that the goal has been achieved, what is there to be dissatisfied with in this process?

Except Zhou Zijing himself.

When the head coach Dillon came up to shake hands with Zhou Zijing after the game, he said directly to Dillon in English in a depressed mood: "Sorry, coach, I wasted another chance..."

Dillon rubbed his head vigorously and said in English: "That's not important, Zhou. You're doing well."

"But I still can't be like Hu Lai..."

"Oh no, no no no." Dillon shook his head again and again, "No, don't try to be like Hu. He is him and you are you. You are different types of players with different playing styles and personalities. Hu same? You are you, Zhou, you are our 'cannon'!"

Speaking of the last sentence, Dillon patted Zhou Zijing on the shoulder hard.

Zhou Zijing, who was affirmed and comforted by the head coach, felt a little better, and he ran to the sidelines to find his father.

He was easy to spot in the dense crowd in the stands.

When he waved to his father, he saw his father waving to him too.

Wave your hand and give it a thumbs up.

Thumbs up with both hands.

Zhou Zijing finally grinned.

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