Fox in the Penalty Area

There is a saying that the top killer only needs one knife to kill.

Killed with one blow.

Those who still need to make up the knife are not really top-level.

According to this statement, Nahu Lai must be the top killer on the football field.

It only took ten seconds from when Junpei Morikawa stole the ball and passed the football to Qin Lin, and when Hu Lai finally scored the football into the goal.

He only had two touches with the ball - one on stop and one on goal.

Passed two defenders on first touch.

Such efficiency is indeed extremely rare among domestic forwards.

When the football flew into the goal, there seemed to be only one voice over the entire Provincial Sports Center, an unknown voice.

Mixed with cheers, screams, shouts... and various sounds without specific meaning.

In the end, they intertwined and formed a storm that swept the entire court.

Blowing the hair of countless people also touched their heartstrings.

The commentator of the sports channel of Anton Satellite TV raised his arms like crazy and shouted in the commentary booth: "Hu Lai! Hu Lai!! Hu Lai!!! This is a lore! In the real sense! A countdown lore in a theoretical sense! In the last second of stoppage time, the football crossed the goal line of the South China Tigers! Although the referee has not blown the whistle for the end of the game, I can already announce-the game is over! The star lore The South China Tigers have reached the top of the Chinese Super League championship by virtue of their advantages in points! They have become the first newly promoted team in the history of Chinese football to win the top league championship!"

In fact, as a rigorous commentator, these words should not be said before the game is over.

But the commentator of Anton Satellite TV's sports channel no longer cared about those rules. He just wanted to vent his emotions and speak out what he had suppressed in his heart for a long time.

Anton Soccer is a champion!

No wonder he was so excited, CCTV commentators He Feng and Yan Kang were no better than him.

"This is definitely a lore! The stoppage time has run out. I guess the South China Tigers can't even drive the ball. The game should be over..."

"Hu Lai's ball is so beautiful! I think this ball can be selected as the best goal of the season in terms of viewing and importance! Efficient, direct, simple and rude! Hu Lai's stop control of the football It's so wonderful! Stopping the ball and passing the goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan at the same time... Such a stop is incomparable!"

"In terms of importance... A goal in the last second of a key game for the championship, while crushing the South China Tigers' hopes of winning the championship, also brought Flashing Star to the championship throne - is there any more important goal in the entire Chinese Super League than this? ?!"

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As the commentators had guessed, Hou Lai turned and ran to celebrate after watching the football fly into the goal.

The referee on duty in this game first whistled and pointed to the center circle, indicating that the goal is valid.

Then he raised his hands, pointing forward.

The whistle for the end of the game was blown directly!

This game is really over!

The entire 2024 Chinese Super League season has also come to an end.

A champion is born!

The roar in the Provincial Sports Center became louder and louder, and the volcano continued to erupt, turning the enthusiasm of all the fans into hot magma and spraying it above the sky.

Xie Lan threw herself into her husband's arms, crying and laughing, her face covered with tears.

Hu Lixin held her tightly in his arms, and did not shout like the fans around him.

He just felt as if something had been stuffed into his chest, preventing him from opening his mouth to make any sound.

He turned his head and looked at the people around him who were so excited that they almost lost their composure.

Among them are men, women, young faces, and wrinkled old faces, some have immature voices, some are hoarse and lose their voices...

Some people took off their clothes and waved their flash star jerseys vigorously on this cold winter night.

All these people, their faces glistened with the reflection of tear stains.

"We won! We won! We are champions!"

Peng Hao cheered loudly along with the people around him.

The grandfather next to him stood with the support of his grandmother and shook his fist.

There was no cheering, but there was a smile on his face and a rosy complexion.

Grandma was a little worried, she didn't care if Flash Star could win the championship, she cared about her husband.

Will this scene stimulate him too deeply...

Grandpa turned his head and saw his wife looking at him anxiously, so he made a grimace at her, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue.

It made grandma raise her hand and hit him, and then laughed too.

Two gray-haired old men smiled like two children in the stands.

This scene appeared in the screen of the TV broadcast.

Looking at this picture, He Feng said with emotion: "This is the happiness that football can bring to people! At this moment, I am extremely envious of the fans of Shining Star, because their team and them have become famous players in the history of Chinese football. For eternity! Anton Shining Star! It is the first team in the history of Chinese football to win the top league championship as a newly promoted team! The 2024 Chinese Super League championship belongs to them!"

"Congratulations to Anton Xingxing! Congratulations to Director Zhao Kangming, his hard work in this team has finally paid off! And Anton Xingxing, who won the league championship, is almost an all-Chinese class! In the team's main lineup Among them, there is only one foreign player, Morikawa Junpei, and most of the other main players are young players... This championship is of great significance to Chinese football. It proves that under the right environment, young players trained by our own Chinese football can also provoke Daliang! The Chinese Super League is no longer just an arena for foreign players!"

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On the court, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, those flash star substitute players who were waiting on the sidelines rushed onto the court collectively to celebrate with their teammates.

The same goes for my colleagues on the coaching staff. Chen Mo rushed forward immediately.

The head coach Zhao Kangming couldn't run, he still had to go through the procedure.

So he tidied up his clothes, turned around and walked towards Lehman, the head coach of the South China Tigers, and offered to extend his hand to him.

Friedrich Lehmann, who lost the championship, still maintained an excellent demeanor. He congratulated Zhao Kangming with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, the last goal is very wonderful, I have nothing to say..."

After shaking hands with Zhao Kangming, he spread his hands and shook his head with a wry smile.

Hu Lai's goal really made him very helpless.

Being killed at the last second... It was almost as if it had been calculated.

And Hu Lai's ball was so beautiful-with Lin Zhiyuan intercepting in front and Yao Huasheng chasing behind, he got rid of both of them at the same time with only one stop and successfully broke the game.

Even Lehman, who is well-informed in Europe, rarely sees such a beautiful goal.

If he wasn't the head coach of the South China Tigers, he would have raised his hands and cheered for the goal when Hu Lai scored.

Lehman had nothing to say after losing such a goal.

After Zhao Kangming expressed his gratitude to Lehman, he did not continue to chat with the other party, but turned around and ran onto the court.

At this time, he no longer had the calm appearance of the head coach before, and ran with open arms, just like those young people.

Dive headlong into the celebrating players.

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Hu Lai, the hero who helped the team win the game, has been crushed by many teammates and cannot move.

Qin Lin didn't go up to join in the fun. He went to South China Tigers captain Yao Huasheng to comfort his teammate in the South China Tigers and the national team.

"Brother Lin, your pass is really beautiful..." Yao Huasheng shook his head helplessly and sighed.

I don't know whether to praise Qin Lin or complain.

Qin Lin smiled and said, "There is a wrong and a debt, you should go to Hu Lai. He parked beautifully and lived beautifully."

Yao Huasheng shook his head: "Indeed, it's beautiful. I have nothing to say."

Then he decided not to talk about Hu Lai, and looked at Qin Lin: "Brother Lin, you are still in such a good condition, why don't you retire if you don't have to?"

Everyone knew that this game was the last battle of Qin Lin's career. But look at his performance in this game. He started the game and played for 90 minutes. Until the last moment, he instigated Flash Star's Jedi counterattack and directly assisted Hu Lai to kill the South China Tigers.

Is this kind of performance a veteran who can no longer persist and can only retire?

To put it bluntly, Qin Lin's state this season is better than many domestic football players in their prime.

If Qin Lin is going to retire, then those people should retire even more.

Hearing Yao Huasheng's words, Qin Lin said: "Before this game, my wife also asked me this question, asking me if I should reconsider my decision to retire. Then I reconsidered and decided to retire."

"Why?" Yao Huasheng couldn't understand. He believed that as long as Qin Lin withdrew his decision to retire, the Flash Star Club would definitely give him another lucrative contract. With Brother Lin's status, retirement should definitely not be a financial concern.

"The future of the stadium is young people's. Why am I an old guy holding on to the space? Besides, I've found a new identity and I can start over."

"What new identity?"

"Coach. As a coach, I'm still a young man." Qin Lin replied with a smile. From his face, he really couldn't see any reluctance or unwillingness to retire.

"Besides...Huasheng, I won another league championship this last season. If I don't retire at this time, do I still have to wait until the end of the season?"

Yao Huasheng was amused by Qin Lin's Versailles-style showing off: "Are you still afraid that we will seek revenge on you?"

Qin Lin smiled without saying a word.

"Okay, Lin Ge. I wish you good luck!"

Yao Huasheng stopped chatting with Qin Lin. After waving goodbye, he went to comfort his teammates, especially Lin Zhiyuan who was crying like a man in tears.

Qin Lin's eyes fell on Lin Zhiyuan, and he thought about it carefully. It seems that this group of young people is better than the young people he has seen before.

Even if they lose the game or lose the championship, you will not see anything hopeless from them.

Because each of them has a ray of hope shining, or hidden in tears, or hidden in sweat.

Just like the question he answered his wife on WeChat last night.

If he hadn't met young people like Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi, he might not have chosen to retire. Even if he really had to retire because of injuries and couldn't play, he would be full of reluctance.

But now that he has truly retired, he stands at this important juncture in his life, but his heart is peaceful.

He sees hope and has no regrets.

At the same time, he also wants to make himself a qualified professional football coach as soon as possible, so that he can help more young people like Hu Lai to grow faster and smoother after entering professional football, so as not to die young.

Just like Zhao Kangming did.

He can't wait to start working in his new capacity.

He just retired from the position of a player, not leaving football, and continued to engage in football-related work with a different identity.

In fact, he doesn't feel that he has lost anything and needs to be sentimental.

Qin Lin turned around and looked up at the VIP boxes on the upper floor of the stands.

Although he couldn't see it, he was sure his wife and children were there.

Must be looking at myself.

So he raised his arm and waved there.

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In the box, Qin Qi choked and asked her mother: "Why did Dad retire? He can continue to play! How well he passed the ball just now! Is it to make room for Brother Xiaoyu?"

"Stupid child, what does it have to do with Xiaoyu? Your dad just wants to change his identity, from a player to a coach." Wang Yuan comforted him by touching his head.

"But why do you want to change your identity?" Qin Qi was puzzled. "Wouldn't it be better to keep playing?"

"...As a player, I can make very little contribution to Chinese football, but as a coach, I still have a lot to do, so I will not change my decision to retire."

This is what Qin Lin replied to his wife Wang Yuan on WeChat last night.

Wang Yuan said to her son: "Because your dad still wants to continue to do things related to football. Only when he retires and becomes a coach can he continue to do it."

Qin Qi was still crying, and Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Okay, son. After a while, I will tell you that the TV camera will scan over. If you don't want the picture of yourself crying to be seen by audiences all over the country, then stop crying."

Hearing what her mother said, Qin Qi twitched, and stopped crying immediately.

Then he wiped away the tears from his face, and waved to the figure in the court with his mother.

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The scene of Qin Lin waving his hands appeared on the TV broadcast and on the big screen at the scene. He Feng said with emotion:

"Today's game is also the last game of Qin Lin's career. Although many people hope that he can change his mind, there has been a season since he announced his retirement. He has never let go, and he has made up his mind. Personally, I am very sorry. Looking at his performance in today's game, I think at least he can play in this state for another season. In terms of his physical condition, there is no problem at all... Now he's waving, wondering if he's saying goodbye to his 24-year career..."

"I'll say goodbye to him too..." Yan Kang beside him sighed. "Goodbye to the era of Chinese football that will never return. It was the darkest years of Chinese football, and Qin Lin was the only light in these years. His career left a lot of regrets, but fortunately he is about to I met Hu Lai and the others when he was retiring. I think...that's why he was able to retire so resolutely. Let the young people make up for their regrets. That is their historical mission. Just like Qin Lin in Chinese football It's like shouldering his mission during the most difficult years..."

The commentator of Anton Satellite TV's sports channel looked down from the commentary seat, and his eyes fell on the figure in the middle.

The players of Flash Star are still celebrating the victory, and have not withdrawn from the great joy of winning the championship.

Qin Lin is obviously someone who is used to such scenes. This is already his eighth Chinese Super League championship in his career.

It was also the last league title of his career.

"If... If we say that everyone's life is a long journey. Then twenty-four years ago, when the young Qin Lin packed his bags, left Jincheng where he was born and raised him, and went to a distant country to pursue his own football. When I dreamed, no one knew that this journey would be so long. This journey spanned thousands of mountains and rivers, and as time passed, Anton Football and him have changed. I still remember that when Qin Lin left Xingcheng, many Xingcheng fans look forward to the day when he will return and continue to play for Xingcheng. Our media is still arguing whether letting Qin Lin go will make Xingcheng Club regret in the future... Who would have thought that Xingcheng Football Club would No, what do you regret? There are quite a few Jincheng fans who have been brooding over this..."

Anton Satellite TV sports channel commentator said emotionally.

"In the young team of Shining Star, Qin Lin played the role of a magic needle. He played the role of a good big brother of the team and a good helper of Zhao Kangming. He helped these young people on the horse and sent them off...and This season's Chinese Super League champion is the best parting gift these young people give their big brother...Welcome home, wanderer from afar. May the water in your hometown wash away the dust on your body, and may the wind in your hometown soothe your tired body Wrinkles. Thank you, returning home, I hope you don't have to travel far..."

The applause in the stands was like thunder, and all the Shining Star fans were applauding while looking at the standing figure waving.

The Flash Star players who were excited for the championship also came to their senses. They surrounded Qin Lin and lifted him up. In the end, Wang Guangwei and Li Tielin carried him on their shoulders, allowing him to enjoy the respect and gratitude from all Anton fans alone.

After comforting his teammates, Yao Huasheng turned around and saw this scene, and stood still and applauded.

Not only him, many South China Tigers players stood there, looking at Qin Lin who was being lifted up by his teammates, paying attention.

In the end, Qin Qi couldn't hold back the tears that welled up in his eyes, and wept heavily in his mother's arms.

Although my mother told her that retirement does not mean leaving, but just the beginning of a new journey.

But in the young man's heart, he was still full of unspeakable loss and reluctance.

His heroic father is about to take off his armor today.

Hearing the applause, looking at the stands full of people, Qin Lin lowered his head again, and saw his lovely teammates smirking at him and calling: "Brother Lin! Brother Lin! Brother Lin..."

He raised his head again and looked up at the night sky.

I don't want the juniors to see the tears overflowing from his eyes.

He said that his heart was peaceful, but why was there a rush of energy in his chest at this moment, wanting to rush out.

There is a song that seems to be singing softly in everyone's ears:

Many things I thought about before

but don't know how to express

Only the wind whispers in my ears:

Don't look back, don't hesitate

The story of yesterday is already in the bag

Hope for tomorrow is still on the way...

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Note 1: The last paragraph comes from "Everyone's life is a long journey" by singer Yin Wu.

s, although there is nothing to save, but there is still one more chapter today, it seems that I still love everyone, right?

It's just that it can only be updated at 8:10 am tomorrow.

I made this decision without discussing it with you, and I hope you understand.

At least everyone can have a good time tonight.

Let's enter the sage time together tomorrow...