Fox in the Penalty Area

"Old Hu, Lao Hu, which is the best hot pot in Jincheng?"

On Hu Lai's mobile phone, he received a WeChat message from Li Chengwu.

"Any one is delicious, why do you want to invite Lao Wang and me to dinner?" Hu Lai replied.

"Okay, when we win you, I will invite you!"

"Stingy ghost, if you don't want to invite, just say it, what do you do with such an unfulfillable wish? How about this, let Chen Xingyi treat us to dinner after the competition is over!"

"Who is Chen Xingyi?"

"Damn it, Li Chengwu, did you do it on purpose? Is this stalking difficult?"

"No, I really don't know who Chen Xingyi is..."

"You don't even know the most powerful player in Chinese high school, how did you get along?"

"Ah, I remembered, the Golden Arrow... oh, he went to your flashing star?"

"That's right, you Heihe Jixing will face an attacking lineup composed of me, Chen Xingyi, and Zhang Qinghuan in Saturday's game, so I ask you if you are afraid?"

"Huh? Didn't the media say that Chen Xingyi won't start?" Li Chengwu discovered a blind spot.

Then he saw that Hu Lai withdrew the message just now.

Ok?

Li Chengwu's eyes widened.

Originally, he didn't take it seriously, just asked casually, but when Hu Lai withdrew it, Li Chengwu immediately thought that Hu Lai must have slipped his mouth!

Earn it, earn it!

I didn't expect that I accidentally obtained important information about Shan Xing!

Thinking of this, he deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Hey, Hu Lai, why are you withdrawing?"

"I don't eat hot pot very much. If you want to eat hot pot, you can go to Dianping and search online. Rank it according to star rating. The more stars the better..."

Oops, changed the subject!

Got it!

"Okay, thank you in advance!"

Li Chengwu found the WeChat account of head coach Yuan Jiang in the address book: "Director Yuan, Director Yuan, I found out a new situation about the Shining Star lineup..."

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The stands of the Anton Provincial Sports Center were full of voices. This was the team's second home game this season, and it was also the first home game where Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei both started.

Just now, Flash Star, who was playing at home, scored a goal in the game and took a 1:0 lead.

It was not Hu Lai who started the game that scored the goal, but Hu Lai's striker partner, foreign aid Murphy.

The head coach of Heihe Polaris, Yuan Jiang, looked back at Li Chengwu, who was sitting on the bench, and his expression was not very good.

Li Chengwu naturally noticed the head coach looking at him, and he leaned back, trying to shrink into the projected area of ​​his teammate's body.

Then he set his sights on Hou Lai, who was celebrating a goal with his teammates on the pitch.

The bastard!

They tricked me!

Where did Chen Xingyi start? Aren't you still sitting on the bench? !

Fortunately, he had sworn to the head coach Yuan that according to his internal reports in Xingxing, Chen Xingyi would definitely start this game...

Damn!

This caused the team to have some small errors when arranging targeted tactics...

Li Chengwu doesn't know if this error caused the team to lose the ball, but maybe if Director Yuan insists on pinning the blame on himself, he can't just take it obediently?

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After Murphy scored, Chen Xingyi, together with other substitute teammates, jumped up from the bench, cheering and celebrating the team's goal.

Then he sat down and looked at the court with some wistfulness.

The smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Shining Star's bench rules are far less than Golden Arrow's. In other words, even if he is playing with his mobile phone on the bench now, he will not be punished and reprimanded by head coach Zhao Kangming.

He didn't know if this was a common phenomenon in Zhongjia, or a unique phenomenon in Flashing Star.

It's just that the current Chen Xingyi has no idea of ​​playing with his mobile phone at all.

Before he was in the Golden Arrowhead, he heard across half of China that Hu Lai played in the Chinese Premier League match, and that Hu Lai scored a goal in the Chinese Premier League match...

But as for Hu Lai's specific game,

Actually, I haven't seen much of it.

Today was the first time he watched Hou Lai's game in the club team at close range.

Unlike the Olympic team games on TV, he found that Hu Lai, who had returned to the club, was more at ease. It’s like returning home, take off your coat, just slump on the sofa, do whatever you want, very free, it’s a state where your whole body and mind are relaxed, definitely not the kind of “relaxation” that you pretend to be in front of outsiders ".

He has really integrated into this team.

Although Hu Lai didn't score, listen to the cheers from the stands after he got the ball.

He belongs here.

Chen Xingyi was a little envious.

During the two years when he and Hu Lai hadn't seen each other, too many things had happened. Hu Lai had become much stronger than before, as if he had changed himself.

And only he himself seemed to be still standing still.

Before the game, the head coach Zhao Kangming had a chat with him and told him that the running-in with the team has not yet been completed and he is not familiar enough, so don’t worry, take your time, step by step, you can always wait for the opportunity .

These words were correct, but in front of Hu Lai's performance, it was really hard for Chen Xingyi not to be in a hurry.

He didn't know how long he had to wait, how long he had to take his time.

Is it just like this, watching the former national competition final opponent on the bench every game, and throwing himself further and further away?

Director Zhao also comforted him, saying that the span between youth team players and first team players is very large, and the two teams are simply two worlds. It can take many years for many youth team players to become qualified first-team players.

He, Chen Xingyi, is only twenty years old now, and to be able to enter the first team is already very talented and smooth.

In other words, he has defeated 99% of young people in Chinese football.

Zhao Kangming said that he hoped that Chen Xingyi could calm down and not be impatient.

Chen Xingyi also admitted that Director Zhao was right, especially what he said about the difference between the youth team and the adult team. Why is it only when you play in the first team that you are considered a real professional player? Just because not all youth team players can guarantee that they will be able to play in the first team, even if you are the best in the youth team, it does not prove that you have the ability to gain a foothold in the first team, or even play as a substitute in the first team. Neither is possible.

In this way, he was able to play as a first-team substitute for the Chinese Super League team Golden Arrow at the age of 19, which is really talented.

Not to mention that he entered professional football as a student player.

The training I received since I was a child is different from those professional players, and it is normal for there to be a gap.

He knew Director Zhao didn't lie to him, nor did he talk nonsense to comfort him.

If there is no Hu Lai in this world, Chen Xingyi can accept Director Zhao's comfort with peace of mind, and really calm down and develop slowly, waiting for the moment that belongs to him, it may take a year, maybe it will take Three years, but everyone around him is like this, Chen Xingyi will not think there is anything wrong with it.

But now, when there is an evildoer in front of him who only started football training at the age of sixteen and completed the triple jump from the school team to the professional team to the Olympic team in only three years, you have to let Chen Xing How could Yi calmly accept this reality?

He really wanted to ask Director Zhao, you said so much, all of which made sense, but... "What about Hu Lai?"

Why can Hu Lai ignore these rules, and why doesn't Hu Lai wait slowly on the bench for an opportunity?

As long as he thought about these reasons, it would be difficult for Chen Xingyi to calmly accept his fate.

Of course, in the end Chen Xingyi still controlled his emotions and didn't really ask that question.

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"After Hu Lai came back, the team's offensive performance was really different."

Although this goal was not scored by Hu Lai, assistant coach Chen Mo still praised Hu Lai's performance.

With him on the court, Flash Star's offensive threat is directly raised to a level. Even if he fails to score, the opponent must send more troops to defend him, and beware of his sniper that may appear at any time.

In this way, it naturally gave other players a chance to score.

That's how Murphy scored just now - Hu Lai ran to grab the point, and the players of Heihe Jixing thought that the flashing star's offense would definitely pass the football forward.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qinghuan passed the football to the back point, there was an empty space there.

Murphy came in from behind, dived to the top, and just put the football into Polaris' goal.

"Because our offense has a direction." Head coach Zhao Kangming said. "When he is on the court, everyone knows what to do when he is attacking - first look at Hou Lai, see where he is, and see how he moves. Take action as a reference."

"I feel that after going to the Olympic team, Hu Lai played more confidently."

"That's right, full of confidence. After all, he won the East Asian Cup championship, top scorer, and best player, the trinity..." Zhao Kangming added in his heart: He can beat his teammates violently in the locker room. You said he now has no confidence?

Last season, Hu Lai was still a "little brother" who needed to be taken care of by others in the team. With the leadership of Wang Guangwei, he gradually integrated into the team.

And now he is already a "veteran" in front of the new players who joined the team.

Especially in front of Chen Xingyi.

Thinking of Chen Xingyi, Zhao Kangming looked down at the time.

Thirty minutes until the end of the game.

He thought for a while, since the team's current offensive momentum is good, should Chen Xingyi be replaced, and let him familiarize himself with the team's offensive routines with Hu Lai on the court, after all, the future flash stars will still be played by Hu Lai. Playing on the pitch as a precondition.

In Zhao Kangming's mind, Chen Xingyi didn't come here to serve as a backup for Hu Lai.

Anyone can be replaced, except for Hu Lai, whose role in the team is very important and cannot be easily replaced.

He wanted to see what kind of chemical reaction Chen Xingyi, Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, and Qin Lin could have together.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kangming turned to Chen Mo and said, "Let Chen Xingyi warm up."

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Why is Chen Xingyi so sure that the head coach Zhao Kangming, who has never worked with him before, really does it for his own good, and what he said to him is the truth?

Because although he didn't perform well in the first game, Director Zhao still let him come off the bench in every next game.

Through this detail, Chen Xingyi can see that Director Zhao really wants to get in touch with the team more, instead of just saying one thing and doing another.

No, assistant coach Chen Mo came to inform him to warm up.

Chen Xingyi knew that he was going to come off the bench again.

He didn't know who he would replace, but he thought it was impossible to replace Hu Lai.

This time in front of Hu Lai, he must show a good performance, it is impossible for Hu Lai to look down on him!

With this in mind, Chen Xingyi ran to the warm-up area and started warming up very seriously.

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Five minutes later, Chen Xingyi stood on the sidelines and was about to be replaced.

The fourth official beside him was fiddling with the electronic number plate for the substitution.

Chen Xingyi already knew who he would replace. It wasn't Hu Lai, but the foreign forward Murphy who scored for the team.

Seeing this scene, Chen Hantang, who was sitting in the box in the stands of the stadium, stood up from his chair, walked to the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and stared down at his son's back.

He knew very well that choosing to come to Shining Star on loan from the Golden Arrow was an adventure with no future in sight.

It was a crazy gamble.

If his son can't succeed in Shining Star, even though China is big, he doesn't know where to send his son. Could it be... take your son abroad to try his luck?

For his son's professional football career, he resigned to be his agent, hoping to help his son pave the way.

As a result, the road was paved, and it seemed to be getting more and more sideways...

Originally thought that from the highly competitive Chinese Super League to the Chinese Premier League, with his son's strength, it should be easy to stand out.

Unexpectedly, he came to Flash Star because the transfer deadline was approaching, and his son missed the team's training camp and also missed the opportunity to run in with the new team.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

Up to now, his son is still in the process of getting familiar with the team and the new environment.

What Zhao Kangming said to his son was right, be patient and wait.

But the problem is that my son is only staying in Flash Star for one season, how long can he be patient no matter how patient he is?

Wait patiently, what if half the season has passed?

Chen Hantang looked down at his watch and found that Zhao Kangming gave his son about twenty-five minutes of playing time in this game.

The last game lasted twenty minutes, and the last game lasted fifteen minutes.

Each game played five minutes more than the previous game.

Zhao Kangming must not want to just give up on Xingyi, right?

Take your chance, son!

Standing in the box, Chen Hantang looked at his son's back and said in his heart.

Because your head coach isn't always so generous...

Especially after Hu Lai has returned to the team, his offensive needs may not be as urgent as before.