Chapter 53: Regret, Homecoming
In the early morning of mid-September, in a player's dormitory at the National Academy in northern Seoul.
Li Kong, who had already gotten up at this point in time, continued to sleep deeply on the bed at this moment, and the rising sun was very dissatisfied with the light that soon spread the light throughout the bedroom, but the streamer was very soft, gently caressing the sleeping young man's face, trying to wake them up, but the team members of Yangzhi Middle School were too sleepy and tired.
The dormitory was silent, only the slight snoring of the teenagers and the sound of turning their hands could be heard, and time could not bear to disturb the sweet dreams of these teenagers at this moment, and it passed slowly until it ......
"Bang!" "My boys, get up for lunch, we'll pack up and go home!"
The door of the dormitory was violently pushed open, Park Seong-hoon's voice sounded in the dormitory at the moment, and the young players of Yangzhi Middle School were awakened, rubbing their sleepy eyes, yawning and getting out of bed, the lower bunk was okay, but the players sleeping on the upper bunk only smiled bitterly at this time and waited for the lower bunk players to help them get out of bed.
After the teenagers in the two dormitories quickly washed up, they walked towards the cafeteria with their partners who were still a little weak in their legs.
Li Kong moved his feet, which were still a little sore, looked at the sun that was already hanging high in the sky, scratched his head, and muttered, "It's already noon......"
Looking at the already familiar environment around him again, Li Kong shook his head, shook off the distracting thoughts in his heart, and hurried towards the cafeteria.
In yesterday's quarter-finals, Yangzhi High School ended up losing their first and final game of the tournament by a score of 2-3.
In the first half, after Li Kong scored that domineering header to equalize the score, neither team got any good chances, but in the second half, the old coach of Dacheng School took advantage of the shortcomings of the inexperienced defenders of Yangzhi Middle School to attack this point, and finally scored two goals in the 60th and 78th minutes to establish the victory in one fell swoop.
Although Li Kong then scored an unreasonable long-range shot in the 86th minute, there was too little time left for him to play in the end, and the players of Yangzhi Middle School had lost much physical strength and could not provide more help to Li Kong, and in the end, Yangzhi Middle School could only regretfully lose this crucial game.
A team composed almost entirely of professional club academy players, and another team composed entirely of ordinary students, it can be said at a glance who wins and who loses in the end, and the players of Yangzhi Middle School have worked hard, but there are some gaps that can not be fully caught up by hard work alone, such as the individual ability of the players, such as physical fitness.
Yangzhi Middle School can also be said to lose in the final defeat in physical fitness, in the last ten minutes, except for Li Kong and Park Inzhi, the other team members have been unable to keep up with the actions of the Dacheng School players, in this case it is normal to lose, but Li Kong is a little unwilling, Gu Zizhe is a good opponent, but they failed to distinguish the winner in the end.
Both of them scored two goals in the game, although Gu Zizhe's goal was far less exciting than Li Kong's, and the teammates of the two were not of the same grade at all, but in Li Kong's eyes, he lost the final game, so he couldn't be regarded as winning Gu Zizhe!
It's his paranoid about winning, and if he could, as long as he could win, he would rather not score himself or do the "dirty work" all the time, as long as he could win the game!
It's a pity that there is no if, losing is losing, Dacheng School continues to move forward, and further attacks towards the championship of the championship, while Li Kong can only go home with his teammates, no amount of unwillingness can change all this, and Li Kong is already in the third year of junior high school, he will not be able to participate in next year's championship, and he will not have a chance to win the championship of this event again.
However, at the thought of being able to go back to school in the afternoon and seeing the girl he hadn't seen for more than a week, Li Kong's mood seemed to be much better.
Remembering the appearance of Gu Zizhe who was looking for him to exchange jerseys after yesterday's game and comforting himself with a grin, Li Kong pursed his lips and muttered: "Stinky boy, I will definitely blow you up next time I meet you!
Li Kong, who was chattering along the way, quickly entered the cafeteria with his teammates, because now there are only eight teams left in the youth training base, so the canteen looks very spacious.
The eager lads quickly settled their lunch, returned to the dormitory, stuffed a change of clothes and toiletries into their suitcases, and walked downstairs to the apartment to wait for the arrival of the school bus from Yangzhi Middle School.
At about half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the school bus of Yangzhi Middle School drove to the downstairs of the apartment, and after the coach and all the players got on the bus, Li Kong looked back and took a good look at the youth training base that had been working hard here for more than a week, said "goodbye" in his heart, and said "come on" to Jeonnam No. 3 Middle School and Bai Yonghao, who had already broken into the top four, and then got on the bus.
With the roar of the bus engine, the team members of Yangzhi High School left the national youth training base, they were full of confidence when they came, and they did not leave any regrets when they left, they have already created the best record in the Korean junior high school championship, what is they not satisfied?
Facing the late summer breeze and the warm sun, the school bus slowly drove out of the gate of the youth training base, the laughter, sweat, hard work and final loss of the past week, all became a good memory, most of the young players in Yangzhi Middle School will not eventually embark on the road of professional football, but their love for football, will only with the passage of time, with this good memory, more and more deep.
Li Kong sat in the back row of seats on the bus, watching the scenes that flew by in the window: flower fields planted in the suburbs, wide asphalt roads, teenagers riding bicycles in the suburbs, and the huge city looming in the distance.
Li Kong's eyes seemed to pass through Seoul, all the way south, directly to a corner of the small city he was familiar with, he seemed to see on the counter of an optical store, a cute girl with a single ponytail propping her head, very distressed to poke at the math problems spread out on the counter.
The warm light would flow softly on her face, her eyebrows would be pale and light, but the wrinkled look would be lovely, and she would always puff out her fleshy cheeks and gently pin her hair tossed by the summer breeze behind her ears.
Actually, she's very quiet, she's been quiet all the time.
Li Kong seemed to hear the sound of falling leaves, which was accompanied by the sound of his heartbeat.
That's the sound that makes her heart pound at the thought of her......