On Friday, there is one day left before the race between Iron Man Middle School and Yuying Middle School. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the gate of Iron Man Middle School, Cao Hong was standing here, he was the captain of the school football team, and the time was almost close to the morning training, but he didn't enter the school, he stood outside the school gate and stood for a long time.

He looked up at the four big words "Iron Man Middle School" above the school gate and kept looking. The classmates around him also looked at him with strange eyes, and some of them looked at the place where he was looking, but there was nothing but the name of the school.

I don't know what the old captain is looking at.

"Captain, do you have a nosebleed?" teammate Li Cheng came from a distance and saw Cao Hong looking up at the sky.

"Nope. Cao Hong lowered his head.

"Then what are you looking at the sky?"

"I'm looking at the school plaque. ”

"Plaque?" Li Cheng also glanced at it a few times: "It's nothing special." ”

Cao Hong sighed: "Do you know? ”

Li Cheng laughed: "What's the matter? I remember that our old captain is not a person who loves to learn very much. ”

Cao Hong also laughed self-deprecatingly: "Because I'm a junior in high school." ”

Li Cheng couldn't laugh.

Every senior high school student will always have some feelings in the final year, feeling this simple and young high school years. This is true for the average student, let alone the athletes on the varsity team.

Cao Hong sighed: "This year is the last time I will hit the national competition, and once I fail, I will have no chance." ”

Li Cheng didn't know how to comfort him, but said, "Isn't it that the qualifiers are not over yet?"

"Our current record is not good, only ranked fifth, and we have to compete with Yuying Middle School, Shengding No. 1 High School and Ling'an No. 1 High School for the right to qualify. We don't have to think about Shin Kong Middle School, they will definitely qualify. ”

"Rest assured, there is still hope for us. ”

"I know, but as a senior in high school, I'm always a little inexplicable at this time. It's like some old people who think about things completely different from young people. ”

Li Cheng patted him on the shoulder: "You're only eighteen years old, where are you old?"

Cao Hong said: "You are only a freshman in high school, you won't understand my thoughts." By the time you're in your third year of high school, you'll understand. ”

Now Li Cheng really doesn't understand, Cao Hong can't be said to have worked hard in the school team for three years, but because the competition in the football world of Dalian High School is too great, in addition to the "six favorites" who have won the national championship, there are still five teams that have participated in the national competition! In the qualifiers every year, there are one or two popular teams that have missed the national competition, and last year was the Iron Man Middle School.

During Cao Hong's three years at Iron Man Middle School, he only participated in a national competition in his freshman year of high school, but unfortunately he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the past three years, Iron Man Middle School's record is not brilliant, and the reason why they can still be remembered by the media is partly because of their proud history, and because they have won the most times against Shin Kong Middle School among all teams in the city.

It's just that in recent years, they haven't won against Shin Kong Middle School again. When they met Shin Kong Middle School again in this year's qualifiers, they lost for the fourth time in a row.

Cao Hong also blamed himself, and after the game with Xinguang Middle School, he took the initiative to find Coach Liang Fei and handed over the armband on his left arm. But Liang Fei put it on for him again, and told him that in the entire Iron Man Middle School, only he is worthy of the captainship, and letting him be the captain is not only the meaning of the coach, but also the requirement of all the team members.

Li Cheng clasped his hands: "Okay, old captain, don't be so sentimental, as long as we beat Yuying Middle School in tomorrow's game, we can rise to fourth place." If Shengding No. 1 High School and Ling'an No. 1 Middle School lose in future competitions, then our Iron Man Middle School will be able to go to the national competition as the second place. ”

Cao Hong frowned: "You think perfectly." ”

"It's not like I'm thinking, what doesn't happen on the football pitch? Think of Liverpool in 2005 and Manchester United in 1999, both of which came back from defeat when it was certain that they were going to lose. ”

'That's different, they can control the game themselves. We can't, and even if we win two in a row, we still have to look at other people's faces. ”

Li Cheng was also very helpless in this regard: "I can't control my own fate, and I feel really uncomfortable when I am in the hands of others." ”

Cao Hong smiled bitterly and said: "That's no way, we can't blame others for being too strong, we can only blame ourselves for not doing well enough." ”

Li Cheng also glanced at the school's plaque, and suddenly felt that those four words were very dazzling.

Will they stop at qualifying this year, as they did last year?

"Captain, let's go, training is about to begin. Li Cheng urged.

Cao Hong didn't say anything, nodded his head, and walked to the court with Li Cheng.

At noon, in the cafeteria of Yuying Middle School, school had just ended, and students lined up with dishes and chopsticks to eat. Middle and Upper School students eat in a cafeteria, which is a bit crowded despite the fact that the cafeteria has two floors.

Zhang Shujie never went home to eat at noon, because it was troublesome and delayed, so he stayed at school for lunch. He finished cooking and walked to Chen Zihua and sat down, and after a while, Yan Tao and Zhou Ying also came over with the meal.

Most of the members of the school team are day students, but some of them are far away from home and choose to eat at school at noon.

Today, the training of the Yuying High School football team is still adapting to the new tactics, intercepting and defending in the midfield, and inserting the full-backs in attack. After a few days of rehearsals, they have become familiar with a lot.

To be honest, the training intensity in the past few days has been a little bigger, and An Rong saw that everyone was a little tired, so he announced that he would no longer train this afternoon, and let the players rest and prepare for tomorrow's game.

Zhang Shujie turned his head to look around, and Zhou Ying, who was sitting opposite, asked him, "What are you looking at?"

"Why haven't you seen Wang Shihan for dinner in the past few days?

"It's not. She didn't dare to eat with us from Monday to Friday. ”

"Why?"

"Her homeroom teacher told her to stay away from our team. ”

Several people were stunned for a moment, and Chen Zihua asked, "What's going on?"

Zhou Ying explained: "Her homeroom teacher thinks that the people who play football are people who don't do their jobs and don't like to study, and a good student like Wang Shihan shouldn't have too much intersection with the people on the team." ”

Yan Tao was a little angry when he heard this: "Damn! How can you say that?"

Zhang Shujie asked, "What about Wang Shihan's attitude?"

"Do you still need to ask? It must be that the head teacher is farting, otherwise how could she have taken pictures with our team the night before? But in order to avoid gossip, she will try not to look for us on weekdays, but as long as there is nothing too important for Saturday's game, she will definitely come. ”

Yan Tao took the vegetables, stuffed them into his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's the third year of junior high school, and I'm busy with the high school entrance examination, we can understand what she does." ”

Zhang Shujie drank the soup and read in his mouth: "Wang Shihan, their head teacher, is comparable to Yao Mengyin." ”

Zhou Ying really wanted to raise her hand in agreement: "I think so, I don't like students who play football." ”

Chen Zihua felt amused, chewed his rice and said, "Zhou Ying, Wang Shihan's homeroom teacher is male and female?"

"Male. What's wrong?"

"It just so happens that he and Yao Mengyin are paired with a man and a woman, and they can go to perform a two-person turn and sing a double reed. ”

"Haha!" the crowd laughed.

An Rong approached with laughter and sat down next to Zhou Ying with food: "Tomorrow is going to compete with Iron Man Middle School, you all seem to be relaxed?"

Yan Tao replied proudly and confidently: "Who are we, coach, are we afraid of Iron Man Middle School? I don't believe that they are really made of steel." ”

Zhou Ying asked, "Coach, didn't you always go home to eat before, why did you eat in the school cafeteria today?"

"I'm alone at home today, and I'm too lazy to do it. What were you guys talking about? Laughing so happily. ”

"Nothing. Zhou Ying decided to hide it, and it was not good for the coach to hear these words.

An Rong looked at the expressions of the four people, and his eyes fixed on Zhou Ying's face: "Tell me, what is the matter." I vaguely heard you talking about Wang Shihan, what other class teacher. ”

Zhou Ying hesitated for a while, and finally said: "It's not a big deal, that is, Shihan's head teacher...... People who think of our team...... If you don't study, you have no future. ”

An Rong was unhappy: "Why didn't you study? Our games and training are not played during class time." ”

Zhang Shu smiled bitterly: "That's what I said, but how many of the players who play football are among the best? ”

Yan Tao also said: "Playing football, it is inevitable to be distracted. That's why the Education Bureau will give extra points to the team's college entrance examination. ”

Chen Zihua tapped the rice bowl twice with the chopsticks in his hand: "In fact, for most people, reading is really the only way out. There are exceptions to those who have special expertise, but such people are in the minority, such as some stars. ”

Zhang Shujie didn't speak when he heard it, as if he was pondering something, Zhou Ying and An Rong were also silent, and even Yan Tao, who had always talked a lot, just lowered his head to eat.

A few people were speechless anymore, only the sound of eating.

After An Rong finished eating, he suddenly said to everyone: "In tomorrow's game, you will be substitutes first." ”

"What?" exclaimed the trio. Zhang Shujieqi said: "Coach, why is this?"

"Don't be surprised, you're all excellent, and I have my own reasons for doing this. Also, I've told you before that I've coached in the development squad of a professional team and brought in a lot of players, but none of them have been as good as you, really. ”

A few people were a little puzzled, how did An Rong talk about this? This has nothing to do with the competition in Iron Man Middle School, right?

An Rong ignored the confused eyes of several people, and continued: "Even if you are put into the reserve team of any team in China now, it will take another three years or so, and you will be able to adapt to professional football." ”

The farther An Rong spoke, Zhang Shujie wanted to ask him what he wanted to express.

After a pause, An Rong continued: "But the domestic football environment is too poor, there are too many shady scenes, I have seen a lot of them in the reserve team, if I have the opportunity in the future...... In the team of Yuying Middle School, I can't guess what the future of the other players will be, but the three of you are different. If you really have it, remember to cherish it and prove it to those teachers who look down on the football team. After An Rong finished speaking, he picked up the empty bowl and left.

The four of them were in front of the table, you look at me, I look at you, recalling An Rong's words, they were all confused.

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