Chapter 67: There is always someone to look forward to
The stands at the Provincial Sports Center, home of the Shining Star, roared with joy.
Fans raised their arms and chanted, chanting their signature cheering slogans.
And the reason why they are so emotional is the change in the score that has just occurred.
The two sides fought fiercely for 45 minutes in the first half, but the score never changed.
As a result, at the beginning of the second half, after a successful combination by Shining, Qin Lin used Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi to help attract the attention of the defense, and broke the deadlock with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.
It was the first goal scored by the club in the AFC Champions League.
It was also the first AFC Champions League goal that was born at the Andong Provincial Sports Center.
Regardless of the impact of the AFC Champions League on this season's Sparkling Star League, and don't think about what the future holds, at least the moment the football flew into the Sydney Coast goal, all the Sparkling Star fans in the stands jumped up and cheered.
They just want to enjoy the pleasures of the moment.
And with a little bit of luck – maybe in the end the situation is not as sensational as the media suggests?
"Qin Lin! Pretty!! He helped Twinkle break the deadlock! Also helped Twinkle Star take the lead! At the same time, this is the first goal in the history of the AFC Champions League! ”
When He Feng praised Qin Lin, Yan Kang quickly rummaged through the information next to him, and then he excitedly continued: "He Feng, I checked just now, Qin Lin's goal is more than that...... It also made him the oldest goalscorer in the history of the AFC Champions League! More than forty-year-old AFC Champions League goalscorer, none of them before, forty-one-year-old Qin Lin made history! ”
Qin Lin in the TV broadcast camera does have a lot of wrinkles on his face, especially the nasolabial folds on the side of his nose and face are very deep, and his image has changed a lot from when he was young.
At a glance, you can see that he is a "veteran" on the pitch.
When he left the South China Tigers, some media also swore that Qin Lin's career had entered the end of his career, and leaving the South China Tigers and the Chinese Super League meant retirement and retirement.
Many people seem to have pronounced the death sentence of Qin Lin's career in advance.
Who would have thought that he would not only lead the flash star back to the Chinese Super League, but also return to the AFC Champions League, and score a goal as soon as he came back!
Where does this mean "coming to the end of your career"?
Thinking of his retirement declaration after the Super Cup, I have to sigh - why did Qin Lin retire in such a state?
Even if you can't play the main force, can't you play rotation and play substitutes?
Isn't it a pity that such a state should only play for one season and then retire?
But Qin Lin is obviously "determined to retreat".
After the retirement declaration was issued, he was also asked by reporters whether he would reconsider the retirement decision, and he replied very simply - he would not reconsider the decision, and he would definitely retire after the contract expired.
Many outsiders couldn't understand why Qin Lin's resoluteness was, and Qin Lin had never said his thoughts to the outside world.
Everyone can only guess that maybe Qin Lin is tired of continuing to play football......
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Qin Lin's goal didn't keep the lead for the shining star for long.
In the 66th minute, the Sydney Coast equalised.
They took advantage of a mistake in the Twinkle Defence and opened the scoring.
The atmosphere at the Provincial Sports Center, which had been hot before, cooled down a little.
"Ah...... What a pity! He Feng saw the lost goal and said regretfully, "But this is the AFC Champions League, and this is the club competition with the highest level of competition in Asia." If you make a little mistake, it may not be too big a problem in the league, but in the AFC Champions League, there is a great chance of conceding a goal. ”
What he was talking about was the momentary uncertainty of the flashing star back line in protecting each other's goals just now, and there was a tacit situation between Wang Guangwei and Ding Yuanhai.
Two people concede the ball to each other, only to be seized by the Sydney Coast striker and steal the football from between the two of them? Forming a single blade? The final goal was scored.
It stands to reason that it is normal for two people to have such a tacit understanding mistake? On the one hand, haven't two people been playing and training together long enough? On the other hand, it was easy to misunderstand each other.
Because two people are very close and football is in the middle of them? Wang Guangwei thought that Ding Yuanhai would come up to get the ball, and Ding Yuanhai thought that Wang Guangwei would control the ball.
The result is such a hesitation? Let the opposing striker seize the opportunity.
Wang Guangwei raised his arm after conceding the ball? Took the initiative to take all the responsibility: "Mine! ”
Although in fact, he is at most responsible for Ding Yuanhai for this lost goal, but as the third captain of the team, he still feels that he needs to take the initiative to take responsibility, and should not think about how to shirk responsibility after losing the goal? Or blame a teammate.
His move made Ding Yuanhai can't help but look at him more? I wonder why most of my teammates voted for this young man when the team voted for the captain......
From this point of view, Wang Guangwei is indeed very leader-like.
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The Sydney Coast, who equalised, were in high spirits and tried to take all three points away from home.
After all, the Twinkles are arguably the weakest team in this group, although Sydney Coast also lost in the first round to South Korea's Seoul LG? But they only conceded two goals, while Twinkle conceded three.
So Sydney Coast certainly have reason to feel they can pick up a valuable three points against the group's weakest opponents? Lay the groundwork for the right to qualify from the group.
They believe their equaliser has crushed the morale and confidence of the Chinese team.
The Sydney Coast team also has an Australian international in the team, and they have played against China's national team? I also know the level of Chinese players.
Isn't the Chinese team the worst at playing against the wind?
The psychological quality is terrible...... A little frustration and it feels like it's going to collapse.
But when the coast of Sydney was attacked, they found that the situation was a little different from what they had imagined.
At the very least, the weakest team in the group in front of them was not knocked down by conceding a goal.
After just conceding a goal, they shrank defensively? withstood the attack on the coast of Sydney.
Originally, Sydney Coast wanted to find Wang Guangwei, a young defender, as a breakthrough point? Going to take advantage of his unstable mood because he lost the goal he conceded? Crush him completely.
But it soon became apparent that the young Chinese defender did not seem to be affected by the goal he had just conceded...... No, it's not that it wasn't affected, but that it quickly learned from the mistake just now.
It's more decisive and crisp in handling the ball.
Even when his teammates might hesitate, he will take the initiative to shout: "I'm coming!" ”
Then rush up and kick the ball out.
At the end, he reminded his teammates: "Be careful! ”
Zhao Kangming, who saw this scene on the sidelines, laughed: "That's why I asked them to go all out in the AFC Champions League, and the young people really didn't disappoint me...... There are some things that you say 10,000 times on the training ground and it doesn't work, but if you put them through it once in a game, you understand everything. ”
Chen Mo nodded and said, "Wang Guangwei's growth is really amazing. It's no wonder that everyone was willing to vote for him as the third captain before this season. ”
"Li Tielin is gradually unable to keep up with the team's requirements, Qin Lin is retiring, Wang Guangwei, a young man with good roots, is indeed a good candidate for captain."
"Speaking of the captain's choice, I thought that Hu Lai would be voted for by many people, after all, he is very popular, but I didn't expect him to have no ...... a single vote."
Zhao Kangming glanced at Chen Mo: "Old Chen, do you have any misunderstanding about 'good popularity'?" ”
Chen Mo smiled and shook his head: "Can you imagine what Hu Lai looks like as a captain?" ”
This sentence reminded Zhao Kangming of the scene when Dongchuan Middle School won the national competition, when the original captain suddenly tied the captain's armband to Hu Lai's arm at the award ceremony and forced him to lift the trophy as the captain.
The captain's armband seems to have magical powers, and most people will unconsciously make themselves more calm when they wear this thing, and they look more like a qualified captain.
But Hulai didn't, wearing the captain's armband, he deliberately pretended to miss when he lifted the trophy, which shocked everyone present.
Zhao Kangming, who saw this scene in the stands at that time, also thought that Hu Lai really didn't hold it steady, and thought that this is over, the championship trophy was dropped like this, is this considered an award accident?
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai just played a joke with everyone, and after successfully scaring everyone, he smiled and lifted the trophy.
That was the only time Zhao Kangming had ever seen Hu Lai work as a captain.
Zhao Kangming sighed: "Then he must be the most special captain." ”
"It's hard for me to imagine. I always felt that if Hulai was to be the captain, the words he said in the dressing room would definitely make the new players who didn't know him think that the captain of this team was very serious...... But when the team is in trouble, a lot of people, including me, will probably look at him again and always have some seemingly unrealistic expectations of him......"
Chen Mo looked at Hu Lai on the field and said.
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Wang Guangwei once again cut off the ball off the coast of Sydney, and he quickly passed the football to Zhang Qinghuan in front.
Zhang Qinghuan looked up to observe the situation in front of him while holding the ball, and saw that there was no good time to play the ball, so he decided to control it again.
But it was the Sydney Coast midfielder who rushed up and used his physical advantage to crash away and stab the football.
The Shiningstar fans in the stands let out a burst of exclamations.
But before they could finish their exclamations, they saw Morikawa Junhei nimbly slash out from the diagonal stab, intercepting the football that the Sydney Coast player had just stabbed away, and then quickly passed it to Zhang Qinghuan.
At the same time, because the player defending Zhang Qinghuan was no longer by his side, he calmly received the ball and turned around, and then used the outside instep to send the football directly to the front, giving it to Chen Xingyi, who was sprinting on the side.
"Twinkle Star's counterattack!"
In the cheering sound of the Provincial Sports Center, Chen Xingyi raised his foot to stop the ball from Zhang Qinghuan, and then accelerated and rushed up.
The Sydney Coast full-back quickly returned to play with him.
Chen Xingyi looked up and observed the situation in the middle of the road in front of him, and found that there was a lot of space, but Hu Lai hadn't run up yet.
So he took the ball forward again and chased it hard.
"Chen Xingyi's speed is really fast!" He Feng expressed his heartfelt admiration.
When Chen Xingyi caught up with the football again, he didn't even look up to observe the situation in the middle this time, and directly passed the football to the middle with his left foot.
When Hu Lai faced the ball from Chen Xingyi in his right rib, he picked up his right leg and made a posture to shoot directly.
But when the football really flew over, he knocked the football lightly with his right foot, causing the Sydney coast defender in front of him to slide over.
"Good shot!!"
The shouting from the stands almost reached its climax at this moment.
Hulai, who dodged the defenders, got up again, this time not a feint.
The football was pushed into the far corner by him, and it was too late for the Sydney Coast goalkeeper, who had just been shaken by Hulai's fake shot and really stopped, to make another save.
"Hulay shot – beautiful!! 2:1!! Twinkle Stars are leading again!! ”
It was as if a thunderbolt had suddenly exploded over the Provincial Sports Center.
With a loud roar, the goal-scorer turned to the camera in the corner flag area and then made his trademark celebration.
Chinese fans have seen this set of actions I don't know how many times, but this is the first time it has appeared in the AFC Champions League!
"Hulai! He scored his first goal in the AFC Champions League! In this way, in all the competitions he has played, he has scored goals! Chinese League, Chinese Super League, FA Cup, Super Cup, East Asian Cup, U23 Asian Cup, and now the name of the AFC Champions League will be added to his goal list! This young shooter is running on the high-speed railway! What else is there that he can't score? What else could he not do? Score, Hulai! Make your voice heard to the world with goals! ”