Fox in the Penalty Area

Hu Lai scored four goals in the match against Lin Chunhongqi, which not only brought his total league goals this season to 28, but also scored four goals in a single game for the first time in his career—— Before, at most, he scored three goals in one game, completed a hat-trick, and scored four goals alone, which never happened.

After the game, because of his amazing performance, everyone started to face up to what he said before.

He said that he would be Wang Xianke's retribution.

He also said that every time he saw Wang Xianke in the future, he would beat him once.

Among those who laughed at Hu Lai unscrupulously before, some of them could no longer laugh.

Although there is a huge gap in strength between the Chinese Premier League and the Chinese Super League, Hu Lai has also proved in the FA Cup that he also has excellent scoring ability when facing the Chinese Super League team.

Because he is not the kind of player who needs to hold the ball at his feet to threaten the opponent's goal.

He's the type of player who is always waiting for an opportunity and taking it.

With his high efficiency, he doesn't need too many chances to score goals.

Then how could the Chinese Super League team not give Hu Lai a single chance in a game?

Not to mention that there are Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi, and Qin Lin behind Hu Lai, delivering shells and creating opportunities for him.

So Hu Lai wasn't talking angry, he was making a promise.

Whether this promise can be fulfilled, no one knows so far.

But this must not be nonsense that can be laughed at casually.

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Four days later, Shining Star ushered in their last opponent in the league at home - Nanling Nan'an Jinpeng.

This team, which was still playing in the Chinese Super League last season, performed very poorly after being relegated to the Chinese Super League this season, and has long lost its qualification for the Super League.

They are now ranked fifteenth, have successfully relegated ahead of schedule, and are completely in a state of wanting nothing.

Hu Lai's performance in this game was not as impressive as the previous one, but he also scored twice and scored two goals. At the same time, he also completed his second league assist of the season, helping Chen Xingyi score his goal. The thirteenth goal of the league.

In the end, Flash Star defeated the opponent 3:1 at home and ended the season with 13 consecutive victories in the league, which created the longest winning streak in team history.

They ranked first with 86 points in the league, leading the second place Lingnan Nanhai by as much as seven points—yes, Lingnan Nanhai finally managed to keep the chain in the final sprint, ranking second with 79 points, and they were originally with them. Ning Tianyong'an, who had the same score, failed to win in the final round, accumulating 77 points, and lost the promotion qualification by two points.

In this way, the final two promotion spots in the Chinese League One this season were obtained by the Flash Star and Nanhai teams.

Flash Star has performed well in the Chinese League One this season. They have become the team with the strongest offensive firepower in the league with 81 goals, and they have also become the team with the least conceded goals in the league with 17 conceded goals .

Arguably having the sharpest spears and strongest shields, it's no wonder they're league champions.

Flash Star has also become a "double crown" in a special sense-won the Chinese League One and the FA Cup in one season-this "double crown" is even more difficult to win than the Chinese Super League double crown arrive.

After all, it is easier for a Chinese Super League team to win the FA Cup than a Chinese Premier League team to win the FA Cup...

Hu Lai scored a total of 30 goals in the Chinese League One this season, greatly improving the original record of 22 goals.

This record may not be achieved for a long time in the future.

This season is Hu Lai's first full season and the second season of his career.

When everyone was worried that he would hit the "rookie wall", he surrendered 30 goals and 2 assists in the league, 11 goals and 1 assist in the FA Cup, and 5 goals for the national team (although he participated in the East Asian Cup as an Olympic team, But it is the national team in name, so it is counted as a goal of the national team), the three-goal report card of the Olympic team.

Forty-nine goals are shining and dazzling, not to mention the Chinese Premier League, and no one in the Chinese Super League can achieve such a result.

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Although all the matches were over, the Shining Star team did not disband. After they rested for a day, all the players and coaches of the team took the plane with Dong Wen, the general manager of the club, and flew to the capital to participate in the Chinese League One. award ceremony.

Unlike the Football Association Cup and the Chinese Super League, the trophy awarding ceremony for the champions of the Chinese League One is not held on the field, but after all the games have been played, they will be unified and awarded at an awarding ceremony.

As a champion, naturally no one can be absent, as long as the players registered in the league must accompany the team to attend the awards ceremony and receive their medals.

In this awards ceremony, Shining Star became the biggest winner of course.

In addition to winning the 2023 Chinese League One Championship, they also won the Club Culture Construction Award, because their home atmosphere is the best in the Chinese League, and their average attendance rate is the highest among the 18 teams in the Chinese League.

Dong Wen, the general manager of Flash Star Club, also won the Excellent Manager Award, which is specially awarded to those club managers who have made outstanding achievements in club operations.

Shining Star is not a very big club, nor does it have a very strong financial backing father behind it. It is naturally inseparable from Dong Wen, the general manager of the club, to be able to win the double championship of the Chinese Premier League and the Football Association Cup with limited investment. The busyness and superb means behind it.

The Best Business Maintenance award also belongs to Shining Star.

Shining Star's home Jincheng Division won the Most Popular Division Award. With their average attendance rate, especially the attendance rate in the second half of the league, they deserved this award.

The above are the club awards that Shining Star has won.

In terms of individual awards, Shining Star is still the biggest winner.

Zhao Kangming won the best coach award. He led Flash Star to win the double championship of the Chinese League One and the Football Association Cup. It is well-deserved to say that he is the best coach of the Chinese League One this season.

In addition, Hu Lai became the most dazzling star at this awards ceremony. He won four awards by himself, namely the best player, best scorer, best local scorer, and most popular player.

When he came to the stage to receive the best local shooter trophy, the hostess joked: "Hey, Hu Lai, don't go down, wait here for a while, we will give you all the next awards, lest you Run to the stage one after another."

There was a burst of laughter from everyone off the court, among which the players of Shining Star laughed the most.

But Luo Kai, who came to the awards ceremony with Nanhai team coach Pan Hongwei, didn't smile.

He just went up to receive his own trophy - the best rookie award of the season.

For him, this was originally a very important honor, a great encouragement and recognition.

He won in the fierce competition with Chen Xingyi. Both of them performed very well, even exactly the same - they both scored 13 league goals and 10 assists.

However, the organizing committee considered that Luo Kai did not have the help of players such as Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, and Qin Lin in the South China Sea, which could better illustrate his ability, so he gave this award to Luo Kai.

But for Luo Kai, he was not very happy.

First of all, this award was won by Hu Lai last season.

Second, look at the awards Hu Lai has won this season...

That's the real big prize!

In front of others, this best newcomer award to me feels like a consolation prize.

With such a straight face, he saw the host announce in the audience: "The most popular player... Hu Lai!!"

There was a burst of warm applause from the audience, mixed with cheers and whistles from the Shining Star players.

"Best scorer - Hu Lai!"

Again applause, cheers and whistles.

"The best player - still Hu Lai!!"

Applause, cheers, whistles and laughter.

The reason for the laughter was because Hu Lai couldn't hold the four trophies with both hands, so he could only hold them in front of his chest.

The beautiful hostess put the microphone to his mouth: "How about it, how about you give your acceptance speech?"

Hu Lai asked: "A acceptance speech for one award or four awards?"

The host was stunned. He didn't expect Hu Lai to be so rude, and the audience roared with laughter.

"Four in one!" Luckily, the host also went through the storm, so he immediately responded and humorously resolved the embarrassment she was stunned just now.

Hu Lai hugged the four trophies like this, and said seriously: "I just want to thank my teammates and coaches here, and thank the Flash Star Club. As a forward who can only score goals, without you, I am nothing. I thank Director Zhao for bringing me here from the Sea God Club..."

Chen Mo in the audience muttered to Zhao Kangming: "Fortunately, he didn't say 'Thank God, thank you Sea God', and he didn't say thank you Sun He..."

Zhao Kangming was delighted to hear that.

"I also thank Dong Zong of Shining Star Club, who signed me."

Dong Wen sat on his seat, holding the best manager trophy he had just received, and looked at Hu Lai on the stage with a smile on his face.

He once thought that signing Qin Lin was his most proud signing.

But now it seems that agreeing to Zhao Kangming's recommendation and signing a little-known player from the Poseidon youth team is probably the most proud thing he has done since he became the general manager of the Flash Star Club.

Many years later, when Hu Lai became famous, people will not miss his name when they visit the beginning of his career.

"I would also like to thank every one of my team-mates and coaches at the club, but I'm sorry I can't pronounce their names here, not because I'm not sincere enough, but because I'm afraid of saying them all. You will be scolded..."

In just a few words, everyone in the audience laughed so hard that the hostess on the stage laughed so hard that she almost couldn't hold the microphone.

"Finally..." After the laughter subsided, Hu Lai said, "I also want to thank my mother...and my father. When I was young, my father would not let me play football. I didn't understand why at that time, until I decided to go Playing professional football, I know the reason..."

Hearing Hu Lai say this, the people who were overjoyed before gradually silenced and looked at him seriously.

Everyone knows what he's talking about.

The smile on the hostess's face also disappeared, and she pursed her lips tightly to hold the microphone for Hu Lai, pretending to listen carefully.

"When I was going to play football, I had a big fight with my dad. He told me the cruelty of professional football, using himself as an example..."

In front of the TV, Xie Lan pointed to the screen and said to Hu Lixin: "He has shaken everything out."

Hu Lixin snorted: "I can't cover his mouth."

Sheilan smiled.

"I fully understood the cruelty of professional football from my dad. My dad may have hoped to scare me at the time, but I went anyway. I didn't hold the kind of 'playing professional football to make a lot of money, and I will be popular and drink hot food from now on,'" I have the idea of ​​driving a sports car and living in a mansion to play professional football. I know how many pitfalls and dangers there are in this industry. Is a Loser, laughing at him as a loser..."

Xie Lan glanced at her husband secretly, and found that he frowned slightly.

She thought in her heart, son, why do you say everything with such a broken mouth? This is being broadcast live on TV... Don't mention which pot is not open!

"But I want to say..." Hu Lai suddenly raised his voice, and said loudly, "So what? No matter how my dad fails, he is still my dad. And failure...is his success!"

"Okay! Hu Lai is awesome!!" Zhang Qinghuan from the audience shouted loudly.

Next to him were Wang Guangwei and Chen Xingyi who were desperately clapping their hands.

Many more people applauded enthusiastically.

Holding four trophies, Hu Lai stood in the center of the stage, bowed his head and bowed to everyone amid thunderous applause, and when he got up again, he smiled brightly.

(End of the second volume of Starfire)

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PS, this chapter is automatically updated. After I wake up, there will be a summary of the second volume to chat with you about my creative ideas.