Fox in the Penalty Area

Anton Shining Star's 2:1 away game against Lingnan Nanhai actually had a consequence, but everyone was attracted by Zhang Qinghuan's wonderful performance and Hu Lai's brace, which was obviously more important. Favored by the media, so the media reports after the game are mainly based on these two things.

But in fact, the other result may have a deeper impact on the team.

That is because they defeated Nanhai in the away game, and at the same time, Yunshan Caiyun tied at home, and the point difference between the two sides reached six points.

Whether it is the number of goals, goal difference or the relationship between the two sides, at present, Flash Star is ahead of Yunshan Caiyun in an all-round way.

Especially when the points are the same, the goal difference is prioritized for comparison. Shining Star now has a goal difference of four, while Yunshan Caiyun has a goal difference of minus 18.

If Yunshan Caiyun wants to succeed in relegation, he must not only tie with Flashing Stars in points, but also surpass Flashing Stars in goal difference. This is completely impossible.

So with two rounds left in the league, this point difference means that Flash Star has basically been relegated ahead of schedule.

Before the home game against Yunshan Caiyun, the Flash Star players who had been nervous for a season were very relaxed in training.

This time, even the head coach Zhao Kangming and the assistant coach Chen Mo didn't raise any objections. If they successfully avoided relegation, even if the goal of this season has been achieved, there is really no reason to continue to force the players to work hard.

After all, everyone has been tired for a season, and it is normal to relax a little at the end. After all, players are human beings, not machines that will never tire as long as they have energy and a well-programmed program.

Moreover, China League One does not have the rules of the Chinese Super League that directly correlate the income of broadcasting rights with the league ranking, so as long as it is not promoted or relegated in China League One, it does not matter what the ranking is.

In the penultimate round of the league, Flash Star played against Yunshan Caiyun at home. This is also the last home game of Flash Star this season. Many fans came to the Provincial Sports Center.

They are here to bid farewell to this season's Chinese League One, but also to express their outlook for the new season.

In fact, the team's performance in the first half of the season really disappointed these fans, so the attendance at Flash Star's home court plummeted.

With the introduction of Qin Lin and Hu Lai in the summer transfer window, the team's performance has improved, and the fans have returned to the stands of the Provincial Sports Center.

Qin Lin's injury caused the team's performance to fluctuate.

But the last game,

Zhang Qinghuan's successful comeback has given everyone the motivation to watch the game live.

Although everyone scolded Zhang Qinghuan's professional attitude, scolded him for picking up girls, and scolded him for drunk driving, no one denied his talent.

A large part of the reason why everyone hates him is that he wasted his talent wantonly.

In the last game, Zhang Qinghuan proved with his actual performance that he is really a prodigal son, especially the second goal he assisted Hu Lai to score.

But in fact, the most beautiful part of this ball is the part where Zhang Qinghuan ran wildly with the ball before.

With such a performance, everyone naturally has higher expectations for Zhang Qinghuan.

So in this round of home games, many fans actually came for Zhang Qinghuan.

Zhao Kangming also put Zhang Qinghuan into the starting lineup.

However, he didn't let Hu Lai start, but let Ni Ziang and Nie Jin start.

Since Ni Ziang returned from injury, he hasn't had a chance to play. As a young player promoted from the team's youth team, Nie Jin doesn't have many chances to play this season.

Now that the team is relegating ahead of schedule, there is no clear goal anymore, and of course there is no need for the main lineup to dominate the playing opportunities.

Allowing more substitute players to play is conducive to calming people's hearts and maintaining the atmosphere in the team's locker room.

For a young player like Nie Jin, he needs more opportunities to play to train himself. Playing games against weaker opponents will also help young players improve their confidence.

And a veteran like Ni Ziang needs to increase the number of appearances, so as to get a better contract when negotiating with the club.

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Zhang Qinghuan sent another assist in the game, and also almost broke the goal with a shot. Continuing the outstanding performance of the previous game, he did not disappoint the Flash Star fans who came to watch him play.

When he was substituted in the 70th minute, he received applause and cheers from the fans in the stands.

For him, it has been a long time—after he performed well in the last game and was replaced, because it was an away game, the applause and cheers were not as loud as they are now.

It is a good thing that his performance can be recognized by the fans.

But when he sat back on the bench, he was not very happy, and even frowned and stared at the court lost in thought.

"Does it make you look more handsome by frowning like this?" Hu Lai, who hadn't played yet, asked beside him.

Looking at Hu Lai, who imitated himself frowning and gazing at the court, Zhang Qing smiled happily: "If you do this, people will misunderstand that you are dissatisfied with Director Zhao for not letting you play."

"Then do you look happy? Why, are you still dissatisfied with yourself?"

Zhang Qinghuan turned his head and glanced at Hu Lai, then shook his head: "No, it's just that I still have something to say."

"Understood." Hu Lai nodded.

Zhang Qinghuan turned his attention to the court again, but this time he didn't make a frown expression. He was also afraid that the media would make wild associations with his expression.

But he didn't tell Hu Lai the truth either.

He didn't frown because he didn't want to finish, nor because he was dissatisfied with his performance.

In fact, he felt that although his performance in this game was not bad, he didn't play well on the court. Even at his home court, he didn't play as comfortably as he played at his away game in the last round.

The reason is that although the last game was an away game, it was very difficult, but with Hu Lai on the front line, he can understand his own thoughts very well. For example, there is a gap that will appear after two seconds. Only he and Hu Lai can see it.

So he will pass the football there, and Hu Lai will also run there.

It was very comfortable and made him feel very fulfilled - it was a good feeling that every pass was not wasted.

But in today's game, he saw an empty space and passed the pass, but his teammates didn't run, or they ran late.

It seems that he is too big...

That's why he didn't play very well.

Hu Lai is not on the field, and no one can understand him in football.

But he didn't tell Hu Lai, not because he was afraid that this kid would get carried away, but because he was worried that other teammates would have negative opinions on Hu Lai after hearing it—oh, as long as you Hu Lai can cooperate with Zhang Qinghuan, the rest of us are not worthy right?

He could not care about what others thought of him, and he wasn't afraid of making trouble for himself, but he couldn't make trouble for others.

Hu Lai has a good relationship with his teammates, so there is no need to make other players feel bad about Hu Lai.

But I should stay in Flash Star next season, so that I can cooperate with Hu Lai on the court.

Just thinking about it made him feel satisfied.

He leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and smiled on his face.

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"Zhang Qinghuan is sitting on the bench, enjoying himself very much... It seems that he is very satisfied with his performance in this game, otherwise why does he have such a happy smile on his face?" The commentator of Anton Satellite TV Sports Channel joked .

Because the score is leading, the commentator also seems very relaxed.

Sun Juan was in her rented house, looking at the face with an incomparably beautiful smile on the TV screen, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Even though the head nurse persuaded herself to keep herself away from Zhang Qinghuan and make herself less imaginative.

But she just couldn't help but want to pay attention to that man.

I wonder if he has changed for the better, and wonder if he can return to the way he was before...

She doesn't know much about football, but whether it's the commentator, the media reporter, or the fans on the Internet, everyone is saying that the Zhang Qinghuan they are looking forward to is back.

She thought, the uncle manager should really keep his word.

In the recent period, I really haven't heard of him appearing in nightclubs or bars again, nor have I heard that he has an unexplainable ambiguous relationship with any woman.

He's again the guy who drives fans and commentators crazy, not women and paparazzi.

very nice.

With a pillow in her arms, Sun Juan happily rocked her body gently on the bed.

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Hou Lai was substituted in the last five minutes of the game.

At this time, Shining Star had already led the opponent 3:0, and it was obviously not for him to score a goal when he was replaced at this time.

Instead, let him enjoy the cheers of the home fans.

This is the last home of the Flash Stars in the Chinese League One in the 2022 season. As the best player in the Flash Stars team in the second half of the season, Hu Lai deserves such treatment.

So Zhao Kangming put him on the field and let him enjoy this moment exclusively.

Sure enough, when Hu Lai was replaced, his name was passionately shouted on the live broadcast of the Provincial Sports Center, and the fans cheered loudly and gave him a standing ovation.

Usually this kind of situation will only happen when a player is replaced, but when Hu Lai came on the field, there was such momentum on the scene.

The commentator couldn't help but sigh: "If I had to choose one of the biggest achievements of this season, it would certainly not be Zhang Qinghuan, the prodigal son, nor Qin Lin, the boss, or the young and mature central defender Wang Guangwei... It's the young man in front of him, a nineteen-year-old striker. He was transferred in the middle of the season, but he is currently the team's top scorer with eleven goals. The contribution is far from the eleven goals, but with his arrival, it seems to have changed a lot of things in Shining Star, like a new wind blowing from the window..."

Xie Lan pointed at the TV screen and turned to ask her husband, "Is he talking about my son?"

Hu Lixin nodded helplessly: "Yes, it's Hu Lai..."

"Hey!" Xie Lan laughed triumphantly.

My colleague, Ms. Wang, also mobilized them in the office to vote for her son online. It was an awards activity organized by a training institution. My son does not need to rely on these pheasant awards to gild himself. The praise of the TV commentator and the cheers of the fans are the best glory!

"...This is his first professional season, it's not complete, it's only half...but he has already shown such a performance. It's a pity that there is no selection of the best rookie in the Chinese League One, otherwise I will definitely vote for him .I'm very much looking forward to next season for this young man as it will be his first full professional season. Come on, Holly!"

Peng Hao sat in front of the TV with his grandfather, watching the game.

This was the first time he watched a football match with his grandfather, and it was also the first time he was sure that his grandfather already knew the identity of Cousin Hu Lai... and it was just a guess before.

Now that my cousin was finally replaced, it was finally worthwhile to wait in front of the TV, otherwise it would be embarrassing...

"I've known for a long time that he will definitely play." Grandpa said hoarsely. "This is the last home game, and we have to give him a curtain call."

Peng Hao looked at his grandfather in surprise: "Grandpa, why do you know everything?"

"Hey, I've eaten more salt than you've ever eaten, isn't it normal that I know everything?"

"Okay, grandpa, you are amazing..."

Afterwards, the two of them stopped talking, but focused on watching TV and enjoying Hu Lai's performance.

At the door of the bedroom behind them, grandma raised her phone with a smile and took a picture of this scene.

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Hu Lai, who was replaced at the last moment, did not score, and his task was not to score.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, he lined up with all the players to go around the field and applaud the fans of the home team in the stands.

Also bid farewell to his first professional season at home.

At this time, like those who are paying attention to him, he has already begun to look forward to the new season.

He looked at the enthusiastic fans, imagining what he could do in this stadium next season, would he score more goals?

What will be gained?

What will you meet?

Come on, Hu Lai, your future is not a dream!

When Hu Lai was cheering himself up in his heart, Wang Guangwei hugged him from the side and said to him happily: "Congratulations, Hu Lai. You can have such a performance in the first season of your career. You are amazing." Jealousy's wall separation!"

"Chen Xingyi?"

Wang Guangwei was stunned for a moment, he hadn't thought of this name at all, and this "jealous phylogenetic separation" person was just his false finger.

But when he realized it, he laughed out loud.

That's right, I'm talking about you, Chen Xingyi!

Let your boy block me!

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Chen Xingyi sneezed suddenly, making the teammates next to him very nervous: "Don't catch a cold!"

Chen Xingyi rubbed his nose and shook his head, "No, it's just a sudden itchy nose..."

Then he looked at the game in progress.

He was selected for the game squad again, but he was not able to play again-the head coach Wang Guidance has used up all three substitutions.

He sighed in his heart, did he come to Golden Arrow just to watch the game from the bench?

Watching the game from this location is not as good as going to the VIP box, and there is no risk of being scolded by the head coach when watching the game in the VIP box and playing on the mobile phone...

He has already made up his mind to ask his father to talk to the club after this season. He might as well loan him out next season and find a team that can compete, even if it is a Chinese team.

At his own age, it was time for the long ball, but he had to sit on the bench for 90 minutes. He felt that this was a waste of money...

Look at Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, the two of them are doing well in the middle class now.

I was also dizzy at the beginning, and I actually thought it would be better to go to the Super League club...

Like that idiot Rocky...

Luo Kai entered professional football earlier than himself, but he is the same as himself. Although he has occasionally played in the Super League team, he has not performed well and still has not waited for his first professional league goal.

Thinking of Luo Kai, Chen Xingyi's mood improved a lot.

Hey, happiness is indeed a comparison.

Chen Xingyi sat paralyzed on the bench chair, and began to fantasize about next season.