Fox in the Penalty Area

The players of the Chinese national team flew back to the Chinese capital the next day after their match in Doha, where they will be disbanded and then return to their respective clubs to continue preparing for the next league match.

They will turn from teammates who work hard for a common goal to bloody opponents who fight for a common goal.

After picking up their luggage and walking out from the exit, the national team players were warmly welcomed by the fans and reporters who had heard the news earlier.

Thank you with banners, flowers, cheers and flashing lights.

Although the Chinese team only qualified for the play-offs of the World Cup qualifiers, it did not really enter the World Cup finals.

In the eyes of the fans, such an achievement is already worth celebrating.

Perhaps in the end, it is impossible to escape the ending of broken dreams, and it does not prevent them from looking forward to the future now.

Fans and media reporters are so enthusiastic, but some players of the national team feel a little bit uncomfortable.

"I always feel that they are actually here to welcome Hu Lai..." Lin Zhiyuan muttered.

"What are you thinking? They know that Hu Lai has already left, so they came to welcome us." Captain Yao Huasheng patted the back of Lin Zhiyuan's head.

"I always feel that we accepted their enthusiasm for Hu Lai..." Lin Zhiyuan was still muttering.

Yao Huasheng glanced at the tough boy, but said nothing.

Because in a sense, Lin Zhiyuan was right.

The national team players returning to their country have been honored by Hu Lai to have such a lively scene.

It's just that Hu Lai couldn't come by himself, so their teammates from the national team enjoyed it instead of Hu Lai.

As the only player in the national team playing abroad, Hou Lai flew back to the UK by plane on the day after the match against Qatar.

Not even an extra night in a hotel in Doha, no time to rest and adjust.

Leeds City's fifth round of the Premier League kicked off on Saturday, September 13th with the whistle blowing, leaving little time for Hou Lai to return to the team and train with the team.

Also allow time for commuting and jet lag.

Playing football in Europe is beautiful, but hard work is also really hard.

Because of the slow pace of the Chinese Super League, the other players of the national team will have enough time to rest and adjust after returning.

The Premier League is different, it is one of the fastest paced national leagues in the world.

You must know that Pu Chuntai, who is also playing for the Premier League team, returned to the club early after the game against the Chinese team to rest and prepare for the game.

Hu Lai obviously did not have such a good fate. The South Korean team qualified two rounds ahead of schedule, but the Chinese team had to fight until the last moment. As the main shooter of the Chinese team, he naturally had to accompany him throughout the process.

If it hadn't been for the last game against Qatar, the Chinese team had too much of an advantage, and he might not even be eligible for an early rest.

Although the South Korean team scored a goal at the last minute, they drew with Australia in the away game. However, Australia, which scored one point, still relied on the advantage of this one point to get the second place in the group as it wished, and joined hands with the South Korean team to qualify.

The Chinese team finally won the third place in the group, and then they will play two home and away play-off games with Uzbekistan, the third place in another group, on October 9th and 14th, competing to go to Paraguay, the fifth place in South America in November Qualify for the final playoffs.

It can be said that the next two months will be very busy and tiring for Hu Lai.

He has to travel back and forth between England and China, and if the Chinese team is lucky, he has to fly to distant South America...

Fortunately, judging from the two top 12 games, he didn't seem to be affected by the travel and jet lag.

In stark contrast is Park Sun-tae, the star of the South Korean team.

The scene of him falling asleep on the flight from London to Jincheng is still being mentioned from time to time, which makes Korean fans feel lingering fear. Rumors that Park Chun-tae may have some hidden illness have also begun to circulate on the Korean Internet. Although the rumors have been officially dispelled, it is clear that no one believes such rumors. Everyone is more willing to believe their own guesses.

Compared with Pu Chuntai, Hu Lai makes people feel "it's nice to be young". He has just turned 22 years old, even after more than ten hours of flying and the time difference of eight time zones, he can still be alive and kicking on the court.

Watching him run and jump powerfully on the court, it seems that there is no physical problem at all.

When Hu Lai made his debut in Flash Star, he left a deep impression on everyone because of physical problems-at that time, Hu Lai didn't even have the physical fitness to finish a game.

Today, he already has the ability to fight continuously across continents.

His physical progress has been astounding.

It's not just physical fitness, all his progress has made many people feel incredible.

That also explains why China's football reform has cultivated so many outstanding young players in the past ten years, but in the end it was Hu Lai, who had a low starting point, who became the representative of everyone, "the hope of the whole village".

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When the Chinese national team arrived in the capital, Hu Lai had also returned to Leeds and met his agent Yong Jun again.

"Amazing, Hu Lai, five goals in two games!" Yong Jun gave him a thumbs up when he saw Hu Lai.

"Basic exercises." Hu Lai quickly waved his hands "modestly".

Yong Jun laughed: "We may really be able to go to the World Cup this time! When we really enter the World Cup, I must go to Lao Zhang's tomb and tell him..."

Hu Lai quickly waved his hands: "Uncle Yong, you have become a general on stage!"

"How?" Yong Jun was a little puzzled.

"The whole body is covered with flags!"

Yong Jun was stunned for a moment before recovering, and then laughed: "No, I believe in you, Hu Lai!"

After he finished speaking, he came back to his senses, worried that what he said before would put more pressure on Hu Lai, and waved his hand quickly: "It's okay, football is round, and any result is normal. Uzbekistan is really not easy to play... the big deal Waiting for four years, anyway, many people have waited, and there is nothing to wait for another four years..."

Hu Lai looked at Uncle Yong who said so.

The World Cup should be the biggest expectation of fans of his age for Chinese football.

Uncle Yong, who is in his 60s, has witnessed the time when Chinese football still had hope, and also witnessed the darkest time. His obsession and desire for the World Cup are far deeper than today's young football fans.

But the famous failures they have witnessed in the history of Chinese football are also the most...

He said something like "At worst, wait another four years." I'm afraid they have already deceived themselves and others and said it countless times.

After every failure, they said, "It's a big deal to wait another four years." There are many four years in life, and they can afford to wait.

So I waited from a young age to a white head.

Never reconciled to say "wait another four years!", wait until helplessly sigh "wait another four years..."

But in fact, there are only a few four years in life, and they really can't afford to wait.

Hu Lai promised Uncle Yong: "Uncle Yong, don't worry, I promise that there will be no accidents this time, and I will never let you wait another four years."

Yong Jun smiled: "Hey, aren't you afraid that your body will be covered with flags?"

"Don't be afraid!" Hu Lai said simply, "I am immune to those superstitions!"

Yong Jun muttered: "Then you kid just said that I am covered with flags..."

Hu Lai laughed and changed the subject: "Let me tell you, Uncle Yong. When we really enter the World Cup, I guarantee that the streets and alleys in our country will be full of joy... You must stay in China by then , don't stay in the UK, so you can feel the festive atmosphere. It's even more lively than New Year's..."

Hearing Hu Lai's hype, Yong Jun let out a hey: "It's as if you've seen it before..."

Hu Lai really wanted to say to Uncle Yong, "I really saw it."

But he knew that Uncle Yong would not believe what he said, so he could only answer him in his heart: I really saw it.

Although he didn't experience it at the scene, he saw it with his own eyes.

At the time and space when he came, he once watched a documentary about the first and only record of the Chinese team qualifying for the World Cup.

That happened before he was born. On October 7, 2001, the Chinese team defeated Oman at home in the top ten match and won the right to qualify for the World Cup ahead of schedule.

Cameras captured the reactions of different people across the country on that qualifying night.

They took to the streets to revel, scrambling to tell the camera and reporters their pride and excitement.

Those ecstatic faces and those lines of longing for a better future, even after seeing and hearing it after many years, still moved Hu Lai, a young man.

He did not expect such a beautiful day in Chinese football before he was born.

The people in the documentary are full of confidence in the future of Chinese football, and they all believe that entering the World Cup will usher in the golden age of Chinese football.

But as a latecomer, when Hu Lai watched this documentary, of course he knew what the future of Chinese football looked like.

Then he couldn't help but think—the people who appeared in the documentary, would they feel embarrassed and regretful when they saw what he said at the beginning?

Have some of them no longer cared about Chinese football?

Don't even pay attention to football?

But no matter what, on the night of October 7, 2001, the excitement and joy of everyone in and out of the documentary must have come from the heart.

People spontaneously gathered in the squares of their cities, singing and dancing.

The drivers also drove their cars onto the street, honking their horns, and sticking out the national flag from the car windows, letting the national flag flutter in the wind.

No matter men, women, young or old, whether they are football fans or not, at that moment, they feel proud and proud of their country.

In the special era of 2001, the Chinese team broke into the World Cup, which became an exciting era just like the success of the capital's Olympic bid and China's entry into the WTO.

"Why don't you talk?" Yong Jun saw that Hu Lai fell silent suddenly, worried that his words had hurt the child's self-confidence, so he quickly asked tentatively.

"Ah, no... Uncle Yong, you are right. I have never seen it, but I just closed my eyes and thought about it, and I felt that it would be very lively."

"Nonsense, it's already in the World Cup, can't it be lively? How many people's dreams..." Yong Jun lost his mind as he spoke.

"So, Uncle Yong. When the time comes, you must return to China and stay in the country to witness history." Hu Lai said seriously.

Seeing that Hu Lai mentioned the matter of letting him return to the country again, Yong Jun followed his words and nodded in agreement: "Okay, okay, I will definitely go back when the time comes. See you well..."

He no longer mentioned how difficult it is to achieve this goal. Hu Lai has this intention, so why should he destroy the atmosphere?

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