Chapter 116: The Reporter's Codex

“…… In the quarterfinals of a national competition that ended this evening, the football team of Dongchuan Middle School from Dongchuan City, Andong Province, which reached the national competition for the first time, met the champion of the previous national competition, Shanhai Chongwen Middle School, a well-known traditional football school in the country. ”

As soon as Sun Yonggang wrote this, he took his hand off the keyboard of his laptop, lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, and then continued to type on the keyboard with the cigarette in his mouth.

"Dongchuan Middle School has attracted much attention because it eliminated Xizi Middle School 6:0 in the first round of the competition, and in the last round of the competition, they also unexpectedly eliminated Huitang Middle School, the fourth place in the last competition, 3:2, and are considered to be the dark horses of this competition. However, this dark horse ran into Chongwen Middle School...... Luo Kai, the leading player of Dongchuan Middle School, took the lead for the team in the game, he dribbled horizontally outside the penalty area, connected two people and then burst into the goal, knocking on the goal of Chongwen Middle School, which was also the first time Chongwen Middle School conceded a goal in this tournament......

Sun Yonggang's hands left the keyboard again, and he pulled out a cigarette from his mouth, and as he breathed, swaying white smoke rose in front of his eyes.

Through the smoke that filled almost all of his vision, he felt as if he had returned to the arena he had played an hour and a half ago.

At that time, he stood in the stands of the stadium and witnessed the whole process of Luo Kai's goal.

It was a very, very beautiful goal.

Dongchuan Middle School launched an attack from the side, Luo Kai switched to the right, after receiving the pass from his teammates, he pretended to go straight to the bottom, and after the opponent ran first, he turned the football to the middle, and then faced the two defenders who pounced on the defense, his left foot stepped over the football, attracting the attention of the defenders, covering his right foot to knock the football to the middle.

He used the move to get rid of defenders and buy himself space at the top of the free throw arc.

He then pumped the ball with his left foot, which went up during the flight and caught the goalkeeper of Chongwen Middle School by surprise.

The ball rose right in front of Marin's hands and flew into the goal of Chongwen Middle School.

Sun Yonggang still remembers that when he saw the goal, he slapped the iron railing with excitement, and later found that his palm was red......

He looked down at his right hand, and after more than an hour, the palm of his hand had already returned to its original color, but if he pinched it with his other hand, he still felt a little pain.

He moved his fingers and continued typing on the keyboard.

“…… The stands of this game gathered an unknown number of scouts from professional teams, who came not only to observe Luo Kai, but also to observe the players of Chongwen High School, who won the championship this year.

But Luo Kai stole the limelight of Chongwen Middle School - although Chongwen Middle School is stronger as a whole, Luo Kai's goal still reflects his super personal ability to the fullest, in front of Chongwen Middle School, which is stronger overall, even if there is only one person, Luo Kai is not at a disadvantage at all!

"We always say that the national tournament is a stage for young footballers to achieve their dreams. But it was only after Luo Kai scored this goal that I had the most intuitive feeling of this sentence - every football teenager must have dreamed of becoming the protagonist of the game and being watched on the field - and when Luo Kai scored, the lighting of the whole stadium seemed to automatically focus on this teenager, and he became the only protagonist on this stage! ”

Writing this, Sun Yonggang paused a little to calm down his somewhat excited mood.

Maybe after this manuscript is sent, some netizens will think that he is too exaggerated. But that's what he really thought in the stands at the time.

At that moment, he really felt that the national competition seemed to be like building a stage for Luo Kai alone.

When the stage was set up, Luo Kai jumped up with a brisk and powerful step, standing in the spotlight and becoming the only protagonist.

If the game can be played in this situation all the time, then it is almost a youthful and enthusiastic shonen manga.

A talented soccer boy led the team to defeat a strong opponent and shouted his own cry to the world with victory.

But unfortunately, real life is often not as desirable as hot-blooded shonen comics.

“…… But there is only one moment that belongs to Luo Kai. Although they were scored by Dongchuan Middle School, Chongwen Middle School gradually showed their super ability and stability in the following games. They equalised in the first half...... They came back from the start of the second half. Whether it is in the midfield or on the back line, they have an all-round advantage and completely suppress Dongchuan Middle School. And after playing two games in a row in six days, Dongchuan Middle School, which lacked depth in the squad, also exposed its lack of physical fitness......

"Hu Lai, the number 14 player who scored twice in the last game and helped the team eliminate Huitang Middle School, did not start this game, but it was clear that the coach of Dongchuan Middle School was ready to play after conceding the second goal, and he ran from the bench to warm up...... However, the sudden injury of Chu Yifan, the captain of Dongchuan Middle School, completely disrupted the plan of the head coach of Dongchuan Middle School, and he called back Hu Lai and did not let him play, but replaced him with another midfielder......"

Sun Yonggang took another puff of cigarette, and the rising white smoke seemed to distort into the young man's face in the air.

When he came back from the warm-up area, only to find that the manager was not going to send him on, but to sit him back on the bench, his expression was as if he had been drawn by these twisted lines.

Pain, depression, disappointment, and a little confusion.

He then sat back on the bench and watched his team-mates come on for him and replace the injured captain.

Sun Yonggang sighed, blew away the smoke floating in front of his eyes, and continued:

“…… The turning point of the game happened after Chu Yifan was injured, and Dongchuan Middle School, which completely lost its midfield, could only be beaten passively. Everyone was huddled in the backfield, unable to provide support to Luo Kai. No matter how strong his personal ability is, when he really faces the back line of Chongwen Middle School alone, he is still helpless...... He was like a lone wolf in a trap, still showing fierce eyes in the face of enemies several times his size, showing sharp teeth and claws. But he couldn't break out of the encirclement.

Before the end of the game, Chongwen Middle School went to the next city and completely sealed the victory. Dongchuan Middle School, the dark horse that entered the national competition for the first time, ended their journey to the national competition. It was not a tragic defeat with all their might, but a sudden and crisp defeat - in the whole game, Dongchuan Middle School was only happy for a few minutes, that is, the minutes before and after Luo Kai's goal...... Other times, the pace of the game was firmly controlled by the stronger Chongwen Middle School.

"This is also a result that is in line with the comparison of strength between the two sides and everyone's expectations, Dongchuan Middle School is already at the end of its strength after successive victories over Xizi Middle School and Huitang Middle School, the whole team is not physically fit, Luo Kai is surrounded by a lot and there is no one else to help him share it...... To be honest, with the strength of Dongchuan Middle School, it is already a very unexpected result to be able to reach the top eight. I would even go so far as to say that the players of this team should be proud and proud of what they have achieved, and instead of going home crying, they should proudly hold their heads up and receive praise and welcome from the teachers and students of their school. ”

Writing this, Sun Yonggang stopped again. Now that he had finished his cigarette, he took the cigarette that burned to the filter from his mouth and inserted it into the ashtray next to it, which had been stuffed with a lot of cigarette butts.

Then I plan to take another cigarette and light it.

But when he grabbed the cigarette case, he found that it was empty, and not a single one of them was gone.

He got up and went to the pocket of his coat, to the pocket of his jeans, to rummage through his backpack, and finally determined that the cigarette case on the table that he had crumpled up was his last pack.

Distraught by this discovery, he got up and walked around the room twice, before finally sitting back down at the computer and starting to type quickly:

"But at the end of the game, looking at the bitter and disappointed players of Dongchuan Middle School, I felt deep regret and regret for them. With his outstanding performance in this tournament, Luo Kai must have attracted a lot of attention from professional teams. Ordinary high school life may not make it difficult for him to turn down an invitation from a professional football club...... If Rokai does leave, there is a good chance that the team will leave the national stage with them – we may not be able to see them again this time next year......

"This is what makes me feel pity and regret, and to be honest, I still like the temperament of this team's newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers...... When I went to Dongchuan Middle School because of the interview, I also felt the cuteness of this group of teenagers. If we don't see them again at next year's national competition...... I think I'm going to miss them. ”

Writing this, Sun Yonggang stopped.

He felt that this article should be finished, and he still had a manuscript to write about Chongwen Middle School.

But now the most urgent thing should be to buy cigarettes, without which he doesn't know how to complete those writing tasks this long night......

But just as he was about to get up and leave, he looked at his manuscript and hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and entered the car behind the last paragraph to start another line:

"Especially the teenager who scored with his face. To be honest, that celebration was quite explosive, and of course it would have been better if there were no nosebleeds on the face. ”

After typing this sentence, a smile appeared on Sun Yonggang's face, and then he got up to dress, changed his shoes and went out to buy cigarettes.

After the sound of the door closing, silence returned to the room, save for the low honk of the laptop fan.

The computer screen on the desk glows, the open document remains typed, and the cursor flickers and jumps behind the last punctuation mark of the document.