Fox in the Penalty Area

In fact, Hu Lai didn't think about shooting when he slanted in. He just thought it was an open space behind him, so he should go in decisively. This is entirely out of his instinct, or talent.

Of course, because he is the most threatening shooter of Anton Shining Star, his sudden oblique thrust in the penalty area was also keenly captured by Youjiang Honglian's defender.

So someone quickly posted it to stop him from catching the ball.

Under such circumstances, Hu Lai felt that there was no need for Chen Xingyi to pass the football to him, thinking that he could do nothing if he passed it to himself.

In a 90-minute game, Hu Lai didn't know how many times he had to do this kind of running for nothing. He didn't count it, but it was countless. That's why his physical fitness came before the end of the game. Almost exhausted.

His style of football does require physical fitness. Fortunately, he has [Physical Potion], otherwise he can only be a super substitute, no matter how fast the dagger is, he can only stab once.

Hu Lai has already considered that after the strength training has come to an end, let physical coach Sun Yi arrange physical training for him to greatly improve his physical fitness. He didn't want to rely on [Physical Potion] to provide battery life every time.

Going back to this run, Hu Lai ran only because he was a forward who was always looking for space, and he had no chance at all if he didn't run. Everyone says that he is a very efficient striker, but that only depends on his goal conversion ratio.

But if you look at the number of times he runs to find opportunities, you will find that he may have to run on average a dozen times to complete a shot.

Specifically, in this run, after he made a diagonal run, it was impossible for him to have a chance to shoot, so there was no need for Chen Xingyi to pass the ball to him.

But Chen Xingyi still passed it on.

When the football rolled towards him, Hu Lai was already thinking about what he should do next.

It is absolutely impossible to shoot directly. Even if it is not blocked by the opponent, the ball cannot be hit within the range of the goal frame. Such a shot is meaningless.

Stop the football and control it in the penalty area and wait for your teammates to come up to meet you?

Not to mention whether his foot skills can "dance on stamps" (Note 1), he can move around with a football in a square inch to avoid the siege of defenders. It's hard to say whether his body can withstand the impact of the opponent's defender.

So you can't shoot, you can't stop the ball, so what else can you do?

Just pass the ball.

to whom? Where to send it?

Hu Lai realized that his diagonal running position had attracted Youjiang Honglian's defensive attention to the direction of his diagonal running, so behind him... there should be a gap?

Hu Lai had no way to look back, but based on his analysis based on experience, he felt that this possibility was very high.

Since there is space behind him, then pass the football by himself. As for whether anyone can catch it, it is not his business.

Anyway, he's not Zhang Qinghuan, isn't it normal that he didn't pass the ball well?

Thinking of this, he adjusted his steps, slowed down, raised his arms against the opponent's central defender, and knocked the football behind him with the heel of his right foot!

After passing the ball, he turned his head to look, just in time to see Chen Xingyi swung his foot to shoot!

Then the football flew into Youjiang Honglian's goal.

Facing Youjiang Honglian's fierce defense, it should have been very difficult for Anton Shanxing to score a goal. Youjiang Honglian locked the goal.

But now the goal seemed so...natural, fluid.

It's as if there is a lowland on the earth, the snow on the mountain turns into water, rushes into this lowland, rushes forward, turns to one side when encountering obstacles, detours when encountering towering peaks, and flows forward according to the situation. A river was formed that rushed to the sea.

Flash Star's attack is like a river, and it's a matter of course.

"Chen Xingyi scored a goal! And it was Hu Lai who assisted him!" The commentator of Anton Satellite TV shouted in surprise.

"This is simply too rare! Hu Lai sent an assist!"

No wonder the commentator was so surprised and excited, because it is really rare for an assist to happen to Hu Lai...

Last season, Hu Lai only played half a season in the Chinese League One with the Flash Stars. He contributed 11 goals and became the top scorer in the Flash Stars team.

But at the same time, he only had one assist.

And this assist is because he earned a penalty kick for the team against the Heihe Polaris-according to the rules of the Chinese League One, winning a penalty kick is also considered an assist.

Therefore, Hu Lai's countermeasure has an assist in his personal statistics.

It's just that the number "1" looks a bit dazzling next to the "11" representing the number of goals scored.

This would have been the only assist in Hu Lai's career so far.

But now, the number is "2".

Apart from scoring goals, Hu Lai is not a forward with other tactical functions. Many professionals know this.

It is impossible to expect him to pull outside the penalty area, connect the whole team's offense, pass the football to teammates in better positions, and help teammates score goals... that is impossible.

Most of the time, the position he runs to is the best position. How can he pass the football to a player in a better position than him?

In addition, if there is a chance to score a goal, he must have come by himself. How could he pass the football to others? That is seriously inconsistent with the identity of a "shooter".

But just now, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he passed the football to his teammate Chen Xingyi, and it was a very beautiful heel pass...

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Chen Xingyi, who scored a goal, recovered from the momentary excitement, turned around and rushed to Hu Lai who passed the ball to him.

"I didn't expect you to pass the ball to me!" He was both excited and puzzled.

Hu Lai patted him on the shoulder: "I said we have a good understanding! Haha!"

He couldn't tell Chen Xingyi that this was the effect of the [Lingxi Card] - since there was a tacit understanding, it didn't make sense that Chen Xingyi had a tacit understanding with Hu Lai, but Hu Lai didn't have a tacit understanding with Chen Xingyi, right?

So Chen Xingyi can assist him, and he can also assist Chen Xingyi in turn.

"Thank you!" Chen Xingyi hugged Hu Lai with all his strength, and thanked him sincerely.

This goal is indeed very important to him, much more important than the goal in the FA Cup, and more important than his previous assist to Hu Lai.

This is a league goal!

"It's so strange for us to say thank you. If I assist you one, can you give me another one?" Hu Lai laughed.

"That's right!" Chen Xingyi nodded, feeling that what Hu Lai said made sense.

It's too polite for the two of them to say thank you, and you can use football to repay the favor on the football field!

The teammates rushed up to celebrate. Zhang Qinghuan patted Hu Lai on the shoulder and said in surprise: "Hu Lai, did you steal from me? You can pass that heel pass?"

"Damn, I usually keep a low profile and you think I really can't pass the ball!"

"Then let's compare fixed-point passing during training, how about a treat for the loser?" Zhang Qinghuan said.

"Boring!" Hu Lai refused to answer. "My strength is not the capital to entertain my teammates!"

"Haha!" Everyone laughed.

Qin Lin looked at the young people getting along well, everyone was so united, and there was a bright smile on his face.

The contract he signed with the club was for two and a half years, and he was over 40 years old when the contract expired.

It's a big age to be a professional player.

If there is no injury like last season, then he still wants to continue playing.

But after being injured, he occasionally feels powerless, and now he sees young people playing better and better, and he can already play a leading role in multiple positions.

This made him have to reconsider his plan.

Maybe... after the contract expires, he should retire.

Retiring with the regret of never having played in the World Cup, just like his predecessors, Zhao Kangming, Shi Wuyin, Wang Xiaojun... There are many names like this.

They exhausted their entire career and failed to step into the World Cup finals.

Looking at Hu Lai who was surrounded by his teammates and made everyone laugh, Qin Lin remembered what this young man said in an interview with the Olympic training team.

What a great tone.

But... Maybe it is their generation of young people who can hope to realize the dream of all Chinese football players-whether to enter the World Cup?

If you win the World Cup, just listen to it.

It is not impossible to qualify for the World Cup.

Because they are still young, young means unlimited possibilities.

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Before the end of the first half, Zhang Qinghuan pulled to the side to cross, but the football hit the outstretched arm of Youjiang Honglian defender in the penalty area.

The referee blew his whistle resolutely, and against the boos of the home fans, he blew a penalty for Shining Star.

According to the order of penalty kicks determined by Zhao Kangming, if Qin Lin is on the court for penalty kicks obtained during regular game time, they will all be handed over to Qin Lin to take the penalty kicks.

Everyone in the team has no objection to this arrangement.

After all, whether he was in the national team or the South China Tigers, this veteran was the team's number one penalty shooter. He has rich penalty kick experience and a big heart. He rarely misses penalty kicks in his career.

Hu Lai also followed his teammates out of the penalty area as usual.

Of course, he didn't plan to retreat very far, he stood outside the penalty area.

He decided to rush to the goal immediately after Qin Lin kicked the football out, ready to make a follow-up shot.

It's not because he can't trust the big brother Lin Ge.

Purely out of a shooter's instinct - not to let go of any possible scoring opportunities.

Every time I rush forward, I am ready to make a follow-up shot. Maybe the previous ninety-nine times were useless, but what if the hundredth chance appears?

Just like he was always running around in front of the door looking for space, the previous nine runs might have been in vain, useless except wasting energy. But the tenth time he ran into space and the ball was passed, he could score directly.

There are neither too many nor too few opportunities in each game, but if you don't run, you will never have them.

But this time, after Hu Lai stood a little outside the penalty area, he saw Qin Lin, who was already standing on the penalty spot, turned around and waved at him: "Hu Lai."

Hu Lai was surprised: "What's the matter, Brother Lin?"

"You come."

After Hu Lai ran up suspiciously, Qin Lin stuffed the football in his hand into his arms: "You kick this penalty kick."

"Me?" Hu Lai was surprised, "I didn't..."

"Not only this penalty kick, but all the penalty kicks in the team will be handed over to you in the future."

Hu Lai stared at Qin Lin with wide eyes.

And Qin Lin obviously didn't intend to explain to Hu Lai why he did this. After stuffing the football into Hu Lai's arms, he turned and walked out of the penalty area.

"Eh? Something happened on the field... Qin Lin actually gave up the opportunity to take the penalty kick to Hu Lai!"

Not only the commentator was surprised, but the head coaches Zhao Kangming and Chen Mo off the field also looked at each other, seeing the surprise and doubt in each other's eyes.

Then Chen Mo shook his head, expressing that he didn't know why.

On the court, Hu Lai didn't continue to worry about why Lin Ge gave himself the right to take the penalty. After seeing Qin Lin standing still outside the penalty area, he turned around and bent down to put the football on the penalty spot.

Although I don't know why, is there any reason not to eat the meat that is fed to my mouth?

Kick the ball in first, and then ask Brother Lin to find out the reason during the intermission.

After he set up the football, he got up and backed away, ready to run.

Players from both sides exited the penalty area, and Youjiang Honglian's goalkeeper opened his arms in front of the goal, lowered his center of gravity, and stood ready.

The referee blows his whistle.

Hu Lai started the run-up. After two steps, he stepped on the football with his left foot and swung his right foot to shoot!

The football hit the turf and flew towards the lower right corner.

But Youjiang Honglian's goalkeeper rushed to the opposite side - he judged the wrong direction!

"The goal has been scored! Anton Shining Star in the away game leads Youjiang Honglian 2:0! After Hu Lai returned from the East Asian Cup, he scored in two consecutive league games! He brought his fiery state in the East Asian Cup to the next level In the club!"

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Note 1: This is a word used to describe Riquelme, praising him for his excellent skills at his feet and his ability to dance on small postage stamps.