Fox in the Penalty Area

In this way, Hu Lai trained with Anton Shining Star for a week. Except that he didn't go to the game with the team, he felt like he had returned to his life before he moved to study abroad.

And his existence was quickly noticed by media reporters and fans.

After all, every time you come to training and leave the training base, everyone can see Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan and the others in their car. Look again - good guy! Isn't this Holly? ! How did he return to the flash star? Shouldn't you be on vacation?

All the reporters turned into children with question marks all over their heads.

There are also some more rumors on the Internet, all kinds, good and bad.

For this reason, Zhao Kangming had to clarify at a regular press conference: "...We didn't invite him, but Hu Lai himself. It's my idea to train with the team. I think this can keep him in shape. After all, the country The team will not start to assemble until June 3rd... No, Flash Star will not rent back Hu Lai, he is developing so well in the Premier League, there is no need to come back... I know Flash Star fans are excited, but he is now In terms of relationship, he belongs to Leeds City, not Flash Star. So it is absolutely impossible for him to represent Flash Star to participate in the competition, and we have not registered him for this year's Super League quota..."

Hu Lai himself was interviewed by the reporter outside the training ground: "In fact, I really just wanted to come back to see the big guys at the beginning, but after Director Zhao made that suggestion, I thought he was right, so I just stayed. Came down to practice with everyone...it's not a big deal, don't read too much into it. It's good to be able to play football with old teammates again. I said no matter how far I go, the star is mine Home, this has not changed until now..."

Wang Guangwei: "After Hu Lai went to the Premier League to play for half a year, his improvement is obvious. When he comes back, he feels that he is not at the same level as us. We benefited a lot from playing against him in training...Of course, we will continue to work hard , trying not to let him go too far...Through Hu Lai, all of us have seen the effect of studying abroad...Me? Of course I also hope to play abroad. But now I just want to represent Shining Star. Flash star players..."

I heard that Hu Lai returned to Flash Star to train with the team, and the number of fans and reporters waiting for Hu Lai outside the Liucheng training base every day has more than doubled than usual.

So much so that the traffic police department had to send a special police force to be on duty on the two main traffic roads outside the Liucheng training base, responsible for maintaining traffic order.

But despite this, every time the training ends, the entrance of the training base is still overcrowded and the traffic jam is serious. On all navigation maps, this area is dark red and is automatically avoided by the system.

At the beginning, Hu Lai opened the window to meet the requirements of the fans to take a group photo and sign, but later found that he stopped,

It was so congested that all the cars behind couldn't get out of the base, and the nearby social vehicles couldn't move an inch.

So much so that the traffic police had to come forward to persuade Hu Lai to leave quickly...

For the next few days, Hu Lai huddled in the car, not daring to show his face at all, and had to entrust the police to clear the way before they could leave smoothly.

Wang Guangwei, who was driving at the time, said with emotion in the car: "I really never thought that one day, I would also be qualified to let the police cars clear the way... Hu Lai, you are such a big pretender!"

Hu Lai sighed: "It's because of strength, but you are always misunderstood as pretending to be coercive. Alas, how lonely a genius is!"

"Pooh!"

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After the twelfth round of the Chinese Super League on June 2, the suspension was temporarily suspended to give way to the national team.

On June 16, the Chinese team challenged Australia away.

For the Chinese team, this game is a matter of life and death—or, in fact, every game is a matter of life and death for the Chinese team.

By the end of the seventh round of the group stage, the Chinese team had eight points and was still ranked fifth, but it had the same points as Qatar and only three points away from Saudi Arabia and Australia.

If the Chinese team can beat Australia in the away game, they can immediately catch up with their opponents.

It's just that the possibility of this is really too low.

Conversely, if Australia can beat the Chinese team at home, the Chinese team is likely to lose the right to qualify for the World Cup.

After all, in this round of the group stage, Qatar's opponent with the same points as the Chinese team is the UAE. The UAE has not won a game in this group and has not scored a point.

Even if Qatar is playing away, I believe it should be able to win the opponent.

If Qatar wins and the Chinese team loses, regardless of the result of the match between Saudi Arabia and South Korea at home. With two rounds left in the top 12, the Chinese team has only eight points, three points behind Qatar, and six points behind Australia. The possibility of qualifying is almost zero.

There are two remaining rounds of the Top 12, one against South Korea.

One was an away game against Qatar, which was also bad luck.

So in this game, the expectation of the Chinese media and fans for the team is to be able to retreat unscathed and get a point back from Australia's away game.

Then count on the South Korean team to beat Saudi Arabia in the away game. In this way, Saudi Arabia, which is third in the group, still has 11 points, while the Chinese team has nine points and continues to bite Saudi Arabia. The South Korean team is indeed going to beat Saudi Arabia. After all, Saudi Arabia is ranked third, and the difference between the two teams is currently four points. If the South Korean team can beat Saudi Arabia and the point difference between the two teams widens to seven points, the South Korean team can qualify for the World Cup two rounds in advance. So even if it is an away game, the South Korean team will do their best.

In this way, even if Qatar beats the United Arab Emirates in the away game and has the same points as Saudi Arabia, the Chinese team will not be left behind, because the last round of the top 12 is a direct dialogue between the Chinese team and Qatar.

As long as you bite your opponent tightly before then, there is still a glimmer of hope.

Although the hope is still very slim.

But compared with the hopeless prospect of finishing the first half of the top 12, this kind of slim hope is enough to make Chinese fans feel relieved.

But it won't be easy to draw with Australia away...

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In the Australian National Stadium, with the exclamation of 60,000 fans at home, the stadium seemed to be churning with huge waves.

They had just had a narrow escape.

"Hu Lai -- oops! His shot was saved by Bares!" He Feng yelled regretfully.

If Hu Lai scored this goal, the Chinese team might be able to kill Australia.

But Barres, who plays for West Hertz in the Premier League, played very well this time. When Hou Lai headed the ball, he quickly moved back, then rose into the air, leaned back and stretched out his arms, and pushed Hou Lai to the top. The coming football clicked and held out the crossbar.

"Although this attack did not score, Shi Wuyin's strategy was still successful. It was different from the tactic of shrinking the defense and placing a bus in front of the goal that we envisioned before the game. Shi Wuzhen kept Hu Lai in this game. Constantly harassing the opponent's goal in front, making full use of Hu Lai's high efficiency and strong ability to seize opportunities, created a lot of threats to Australia's goal..." Yan Kang explained beside him.

"Because of this, Australia's offensive in this game has not been able to explode at full strength. Because as long as they attack, they will be threatened by Hu Lai behind them. After training in the Premier League, Hu Lai is now even facing Australia's strong central players. Defender, he is also capable of fighting... He really tossed the Australian defenders in this game. Coupled with the speed advantage of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, Australia's entire defense line was firmly controlled. Nailed in the back, it is difficult to step forward to support their attack..."

"In this game, Shi Wuyin's tactics for the Chinese team were very targeted. Relying on Hu Lai's ability to grasp opportunities and the quick assault on the two sides, he restrained as many Australian players as possible with the least number of offensive players. The pressure on the Chinese team's defense has been reduced... The game has entered injury time, and the score is still 0:0. As long as we persist for another four minutes, we will be able to retreat in the away game!"

Yan Kang's last words were a bit offensive, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV suddenly became nervous.

I'm afraid he is standing up and poisoning the Chinese team.

But fortunately, Shi Wuyin's tactics did work.

Even in the final moments of the game, the counterattack of the Chinese team can threaten Australia's goal.

Instead, Australia became the party that couldn't afford to lose.

After all, they are currently ranked second in the group. They originally had the same points as Saudi Arabia, but in the two top 12 matches played yesterday, Saudi Arabia lost 2:3 to South Korea at home.

Australia suddenly couldn't afford to beat the Chinese team at home - it's good to score three points, but if it is for these three points, the Chinese team seizes the opportunity to counterattack and take away the game, losing the game. it's too big...

Even if they can't win now, as long as they don't lose, they can continue to keep the second place in the league.

On the other hand, the Chinese team was aggressive, as if they wanted to take advantage of the last few minutes of the game, and Australia would attack them with all their strength. It seems that they want to take the opportunity to kill Australia and get a precious three points...

In this way, it would be very uneconomical for Australia to fight against the Chinese team.

Therefore, at the last moment of the game, Australia, which was playing at home, did not go all out to try to win the game.

Instead, shrink the defense and play steadily, hoping to withstand the crazy counterattack of the Chinese team at the last moment.

It has to be said that this is the psychological shadow Hu Lai brought to them throughout the game...

If it weren't for the fact that there are too few people in the Chinese team who can invest in the offense, maybe the Chinese team has already scored in this game.

Compared with the previous 90 minutes, the next few minutes of the game seemed a little calm.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, He Feng cheered in the studio behind: "The game is over! The Chinese team drew Australia tenaciously at 0:0 in the away game! We scored a point and surpassed the loss. Qatar, which lost the game, is ranked fourth in the group! It is only two points away from Saudi Arabia, which is third in the group!"

This is also an important reason why Chinese fans and the media are so satisfied with the draw—in the two top 12 matches just yesterday, Saudi Arabia lost 2:3 at home to the South Korean team, sending the South Korean team ahead of schedule. Qatar capsized in the away gutter and lost 0:1 to the United Arab Emirates.

The United Arab Emirates finally got their wish and got their first victory and first point in the top 12 match, but they did not expect that this result was not won by the Chinese team, but by the West Asian brothers Qatar...

This is simply the best situation for the Chinese team except for defeating Australia in an away game.

There are still two rounds of group matches left. In the next match, the Chinese team will play at home against the South Korean team that has already qualified for the World Cup. Considering the early qualifying, the South Korean team may not send the strongest lineup at that time, and the Chinese team still has a glimmer of hope.

As long as they can not lose to the South Korean team at home, then the last top 12 match against Qatar may really determine whether the Chinese team can get third in the group and go to the play-offs.

Of course, this has to count on Qatar and Saudi Arabia to fight each other.

In short, there are still many uncertainties in the future.

But now at least the Chinese team has the right to continue dreaming.