Fox in the Penalty Area

When Sun Yonggang went to the tea room to drink coffee, he ran into Zhang Chao, who came out of the office humming and bouncing.

So Sun Yonggang laughed: "Why are you so happy?"

"Ah, it's Brother Sun!" Zhang Chao just jumped in front of Sun Yonggang and said to him, "I found a big news today!"

"What big news? By the way, you went to Hongfengling..." Sun Yonggang guessed, "Have you seen Hu Lai?"

"I see, I see, the big news is about Hu Lai!" Zhang Chao said excitedly.

"Hey, what big news has he made?" Sun Yonggang also became interested.

"Hehe, actually he didn't accept interviews from our media, because the head coach Shi Wuyin didn't name him at all at first. I asked him to be interviewed on my own initiative, and I got the support of other reporters... "Zhang Chao simply told Sun Yonggang about the situation at that time.

"Actually, Brother Sun, I just wanted to ask him about his plans for his future career. How could he have found out such a big news... Guess how he answered my question?"

"Become the number one football player in the world?" Sun Yonggang tried to guess the result according to Hu Lai's thinking.

"..." Zhang Chao glanced at Sun Yonggang, "Brother Sun, are you kidding me? But it's really hard to say whether the future you mentioned is more difficult to realize, or the future Hu Lai said is more difficult to realize... "

After expressing his emotions, he revealed the answer to Sun Yonggang: "Hu Lai said that he hopes that one day he can win the World Cup wearing the Chinese team jersey!"

Sun Yonggang couldn't help laughing when he heard the words - this is really the style of that kid Hu Lai.

Zhang Chao is very proud of the big news he created, and he is still "showing off" to Sun Yonggang: "Brother Sun, do you know? This time I went to Hongfengling for interviews, whether it was the National Olympics or the women's football, whether it was Guo Junfu It’s still Li Qingqing, their answers to our reporters’ questions are boring enough! Until Hu Lai, he is really a treasure boy! His words are funny and nice, and he can always surprise people... And his answer It was the biggest surprise!"

Sun Yonggang asked: "What are you going to do with this news?"

"Is there anything else I need to do? Just letting out what he said is shocking enough!" Zhang Chao said. "This kid knows how to create topics to hype himself!"

"It's just a curiosity? Let everyone see how arrogant a player who was selected for the Olympic team for the first time?" Sun Yonggang stared at the triumphant Zhang Chao and asked.

Zhang Chao heard something different from Sun Yonggang's words, and he asked back, "Then brother Sun, what do you think should be done?"

Sun Yonggang shook his head: "Let me tell you an old story, maybe it can inspire you. You know I met Hu Lai at the national competition... It was the first national competition that Dongchuan Middle School participated in. At that time, because Luo Kai performed well. The National Competition Organizing Committee wanted to focus on promoting him, so they found a lot of media to interview Luo Kai. When we went to interview, Dongchuan Middle School was training, and the media flocked. There were too many people, so we needed I lined up for an interview. I waited on the sidelines with the photographer Xiao Li, and then I saw Hu Lai running to the training ground for extra practice... Guess what he is practicing?"

"Practice shooting?" Zhang Chao guessed based on Hu Lai's position on the field.

"No, he is practicing extra celebrations." Sun Yonggang said.

"Practice... more celebration?" Zhang Chao's eyes widened.

"Well, it has now become his signature celebration move. At that time, he was not very proficient. He might fail seven or eight times if he did it ten times, so he went to practice more. I thought that waiting is waiting anyway. It's okay to be idle. Come on, go and interview this weird boy, maybe there will be some extra gains."

Sun Yonggang continued to talk.

"In that interview, I asked a question similar to yours, asking him what he envisioned for the future. But my original question was to ask him what he envisioned for the future at the Nationals, and you guessed he How did you answer?"

Zhang Chao shook his head and said simply: "I don't know."

"He said he wanted to be a professional player." Sun Yonggang laughed when he said this, his eyes were a little empty, he didn't look at Zhang Chao in front of him, as if he saw the scene that day again. "Actually, I was crazily complaining in my heart. I said who would ask you about your career plan! You are a student player, participating in the national competition for the first time, and you are still a substitute on the team... Where did you get the qualifications to be a professional player? Now you I also saw that he not only became a professional player, he also scored eleven goals in half a season in the Chinese League One, and was selected for the Olympic team at the age of nineteen..."

Sun Yonggang spread his hand to Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao fell into deep thought after listening to what Sun Yonggang's grandson told him about Hu Lai's past.

Then he said: "I know what to do, thank you Sun Ge!"

He was very sincere in his thanks.

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"Hu Lai, when you said that, did you think about the impact it would cause?" Wang Zijian lowered his voice and asked Hu Lai who was eating next to him when he was eating in the restaurant after training.

"What impact?" Hu Lai lifted his face from the plate and asked Wang Zijian, an enthusiastic teammate, in confusion.

"Aren't you worried that others will think you're pretentious?"

"But I'm not pretending, I'm telling the truth."

Hu Lai thought that I had pretended to be a lot, but only this time, I really didn't want to pretend...

"Your behavior is more like pretending to be aggressive..." Wang Zijian complained helplessly.

"Why? Just because it is difficult to win the World Cup?" Hu Lai asked.

"It's not a question of whether it's difficult or not. We haven't even made it to the World Cup finals... You just said you're going to win the World Cup." Song Kun, the goalkeeper next to him, explained for his friend. "What do you make others think? Don't you think you are bragging and pretending?"

"I thought it was every football player's dream..."

"Dreams have to be divided. Some dreams can be realized with hard work. For example, if you say that your future dream is to participate in the World Cup, then many people probably have no other ideas. But you insist on winning the World Cup... This kind of dream that is impossible to realize at all will naturally be thought by others that you are pretending to be forced by something that is destined to be impossible to achieve." Song Kun said.

At this moment, there was suddenly another person at their table.

"Hu Lai, are you free? I want to talk to you."

Everyone turned their heads to look at Guo Junfu who said so.

Hu Lai looked at the almost finished dinner, got up and followed Guo Junfu out.

"Look, what did I say?" Wang Zijian looked at the backs of the two and spread his hands. "Guo Junfu must represent a lot of people in the team. He came to talk to Hu Lai about his being in the limelight... I went back to the dormitory yesterday and thought about it for a long time, and I felt that the scene of eating in the restaurant yesterday might have stimulated a little bit. people."

"Oh, in fact, if I were Hu Lai, I would tell Guo Junfu that it was a joke. After all, isn't there a Gold Cup tour before the start of each World Cup? There are also people who come to our country. At that time, Hu Lai will be a fan. , Wearing the Chinese team jersey to go up to hold the cup and take a group photo, isn’t it the same as fulfilling his words?” Sun Gang was at the side giving Hu Lai an idea. "Anyway, he was talking about wearing the Chinese team jersey to win the World Cup, but he didn't say he was winning the World Cup. There is a big difference in this."

Wang Guangwei frowned and said nothing.

At the same time, on the other side, at the dining table where the Chinese Super League players gathered, they were also talking about Guo Junfu going to find Hu Lai: "Guo Junfu went to find Hu Lai... because of Hu Lai's" dream'?"

"I think it's likely to be true. Hu Lai is a little too arrogant. He was selected for the first time. In the first training session, he was able to say such words in front of so many reporters. These days, The fact that the Chinese team won the World Cup won’t even dare to be written in the most flamboyant online novels! Guo Junfu probably wants to beat him up…” Xiao Xiao said.

"Xiao Xiao, stop guessing." Gao Ruimin frowned, "What is 'beating'? Is it 'beating' to give some advice and advice to newcomers as an old team member?"

Xiao Xiao is just a substitute goalkeeper. Facing a main midfielder like Gao Ruimin, he will inevitably feel a little short of breath. Seeing Gao Ruimin say this, he can only explain: "I used the wrong word, but the meaning is similar. I just feel that the newcomer He should keep a low profile. His high-profile is not only causing trouble for himself, but also for the team... Do you think when Xin Yan was so high-profile? He scored six goals in his family, and he didn't say he was going to win. Is it the Chinese Super League Golden Boot?"

His phrase "causing trouble for the team" indeed represented the opinion of some people in the team, so Gao Ruimin couldn't say anything more, but turned his head to watch Guo Junfu lead Hu Lai out of the restaurant gate, probably going to the artificial lake up.

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"Hey, have you heard? During training today, the media went to interview the players of the Olympic team, and something happened..." In the dining area of ​​the women's national team, someone gossiped to his teammates.

"What's the matter?"

"Did you mean that Hu Lai?"

"Huh? Did you know that too?"

"Well, I've also heard rumors..."

"You two, what's going on? Just talk about the matter, don't tantalize yourself!"

Facts have proved that even if it is a national team player, the gossip is still the same gossip.

Hearing Hu Lai's name, Li Qingqing, who was playing with her mobile phone, also pricked up her ears.

"Oh, I just heard that Hu Lai, who was selected for the Olympic training team for the first time, said in an interview that he hoped that he could lead the Chinese team to win the World Cup in the future. The reporters were blown up..."

"Hey! Young people these days are really crazy!"

"Hey, I can't say that. Isn't the Olympic training team all young people, none of them are over twenty-three, so why aren't the others so crazy?"

"I heard that he is the youngest in this training team. He scored eleven goals in the professional league at a young age, and was selected for the Olympic team. It's normal to be crazy. He has that capital..."

"I don't like to hear that. He has capital? Then what do we Qingqing say?"

After hearing Hu Lai's declaration of winning the World Cup, Li Qingqing was still sniggering, because she thought of the content of the conversation between Hu Lai and Hu Lai on the football field when they went back to Dongchuan during the holidays. She guessed that Hu Lai said so. It's not that I was stimulated by myself to participate in the World Cup...

Then when someone suddenly called her name, she raised her head and saw her club captain Shi Yuehua was arguing for her: "Oh, that kid is the youngest in the training team... We Qingqing are still in the national team The youngest one! They are both nineteen years old, why aren't they crazy?"

"Oh, Yuehua, it's not fair for you to say that. How can you take Qingqing as the standard?"

"That's right, that's right, how can that Hu Lai be compared with Qingqing?"

"That's right, if you say that, don't talk about that Hu Lai, even we have to die."

The women laughed together.

Li Qingqing looked at everyone like this, with a stiff smile on his face, but he sighed inwardly.

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Hu Lai and Guo Junfu walked by the artificial lake.

Hu Lai looked at the "black group" flying in the air in front of him, and thought to himself that it's a good thing it's not summer, and he was wearing long clothes and trousers, covering them well, otherwise he would never let Guo Junfu bring him to this lake of.

In the past two years, the winter in the capital and its surrounding areas has not been cold at all. It would be nice to have one snowfall a year. When it snows, the people in the capital are just like the southerners. They are so excited, they look like they have never seen the world.

This kind of warm winter makes it very comfortable for the players to train here, but because of this, there are more mosquitoes that are rare in previous years...

Guo Junfu's attention was not on the mosquitoes. He stood at the top of the slope, looking at the lawn extending from his feet to the lake, and said straight to Hu Lai: "I know that I am very excited to be selected for the first national team. Yes, I was the same as you back then, inevitably a little carried away... I know you may not like what I say, Hu Lai, but I really do it for your own good. It’s okay to want to show off, but you should also pay attention to some methods Method. It’s really not a good idea to use the World Cup championship to grandstand.”

Hu Lai spread his hands, and said innocently: "I didn't want to sensationalize, brother. What I said was the truth, and that reporter also asked me to speak the truth."

Guo Junfu looked at Hu Lai and shook his head: "The World Cup is so easy to win? We haven't even participated in the World Cup. You say you want to win the World Cup now. Don't you think you are grandstanding?"

"We haven't participated in the World Cup, so can't we think about winning the World Cup? We haven't participated in the World Cup for 60 years, and we haven't won the World Cup for 60 years. Is it different? One has to have a dream, big brother? First Regardless of whether this dream is exaggerated or not, don't you even dare to think about it?"

Hu Lai recalled it carefully and found that there is a century-old plan for Japanese football in both time and space.

So he said: "Just like our neighboring country Japan, they made a century-old plan when football was at its lowest point, saying that in a hundred years, the Japanese football team must win the World Cup. Brother, think about it, a hundred years Does it sound like a joke to win the championship later? Is such a plan nonsense? But people just follow the plan. When the plan was formulated, the Japanese team did not also enter the World Cup? How is Japan’s football strength now? I don’t need to say the same? Japan made a dream in the name of the National Football Association, so can’t I dream in my own name? It’s my dream to participate in the World Cup, and it’s also my dream to win the World Cup.”

Guo Junfu originally thought that with his qualifications as an old player, if he said a few words to a newcomer, he should be able to easily control the rhythm in his own hands.

Unexpectedly, this newcomer's mouth is very sharp, which makes him speechless now.

He had to admit that what the newcomer said was correct and reasonable.

Of course he is very clear about the development of Japanese football as a player.

Think back when the Japanese team met our Chinese team, it was simply meat on the chopping block. As a result, now, when the Chinese team meets the Japanese team, everyone will think: Oh, it's over, this time they will lose again.

He is also unhappy as a player, but is there a way to be unhappy?

No matter how upset you are, you still have to lose?

The strength gap between the two sides is there!

There is also South Korea. So far, the Chinese team has not even won the record of winning South Korea in an official game. Isn't it shameful?

What a disgrace!

But does feeling ashamed solve the problem?

People often say: Know your shame and be brave.

Knowing the shame, he was courageous, and because of the huge gap in strength between the two sides, he was taught by the South Korean team to be a man when he played.

Their U22 team has been fighting South Korean teams of all ages since U16. From the Asian Junior Championships to the Asian Youth Championships, and then to the Asian Games, as long as they meet the Korean team, it is one word: lose!

This East Asian Cup will definitely still play against the South Korean team, and everyone feels that there is more danger than luck. After all, after fighting as an opponent for so many years, how strong the opponent is, and how much weight I have, I can't be more clear in my heart.

The newcomer in front of me now says that we don't even dare to think about it...

Don't you even dare to think about it?

Who hasn't daydreamed...

It's just that they are all overwhelmed by reality!

Thinking of this, Guo Junfu snorted: "There are a lot of great principles, just nice to say. Do you think you can win the World Cup if you say a few nice words? Let me tell you, let's not mention the World Cup first. Even this East Asian Cup, the championship is not so easy to win!"

After finishing speaking, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with this ignorant newcomer, so he turned around and left.

Hu Lai, on the other hand, stood there, not intending to catch up. He lowered his head as if lost in thought.

Out of the corner of Guo Junfu's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Hu Lai's standing figure. He wondered if he was aware of his problem, talking about this champion and that champion, as if he would be embarrassed to meet people if he didn't win the championship.

As soon as I opened my mouth, it was the World Cup champion... Don't be kidding me, we have only won the East Asian Cup once, and that was eighteen years ago!

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PS, the next thing is still the easter egg chapter of the strongest Chinese team in history.

If we have such a Chinese team, our expectation may not be to enter the World Cup, but to win the World Cup, right?

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