Chapter Thirty-Seven: Two Goals
When the night is completely over the Jindu Plain, the temperature difference between day and night causes the air to move, and the cool breeze is taking away the heat of the city after a day's exposure.
The city is at its finest.
Only the provincial sports center outside the third ring road in the north of the city is still hot, and the cheers are thunderous.
Hulai ran to the corner flag area, jumped high and made his signature gesture of celebration.
The deafening cheers are the best BGM for his celebration moves.
And Hulai's teammates have been running from all directions, hugging and high-fiveing Hulai one by one, celebrating his goal.
When Chen Jianyu saw this scene, he felt something.
It's very difficult for a young guy to fit into a team when he first arrives because he has no roots here. And the football team locker room is a place that is very particular about seniority and factions. In the past, everyone knew what kind of virtue Chinese football was, and after all these years, some things have not changed much, after all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
Where there are rivers and lakes, it is natural to divide factions.
Of course, local players will play better with each other, because there is a sense of fellowship, not only in football, but also in all walks of life.
Foreign aid is more likely to come to foreign aid because they don't speak the language with other people.
The in-house reinforcements of non-local players either form a loose group on their own, or simply go to local players to hug their thighs and try to squeeze into the core of the team, so that life is much better on and off the field.
This is true in any team, not only in China, but also in foreign teams.
Because that's part of human nature.
The Shining Stars is a young team, after all, it has been less than ten years since its establishment, and the situation of the factions in the team is relatively much better, but it can't be said that there is none.
Qin Lin doesn't care about these things, because he is a big man in Chinese football, whether it is a national team or a local team, everyone has to give him face. He came to Shinstar like a dragon crossing the river, as long as he doesn't take the initiative to provoke others, there is definitely a place for him in this team.
But it is not easy for Hulai, a newcomer who can't be newer, to get the support and recognition of his teammates so quickly.
Even with Wang Guangwei's help to introduce him, this integration speed is too fast...... It's on par with the speed at which he rose to prominence in the professional league.
However, as soon as Chen Jianyu thought that this kid was obviously distracted at the welcome ceremony, but he could use the excuse of worshiping Qin Lin to twist his image back, he had to admit that he might be the only one who could integrate into a new team so quickly......
Look at that Zhang Qinghuan, he hasn't integrated into the team yet.
Of course, he may not need to fit in, because Chen Jianyu believes that when this season is over, Shinstar will definitely return Zhang Qinghuan to Zhao.
Chen Jianyu then looked at the small phalanx formed by the former members of the Dongchuan Middle School football team in the stands, and they were really waving the banner in their hands.
"Hu Lai, the teammates of the Dongchuan Middle School team are here to cheer you on!"
The sight made him laugh and look up at the night sky.
This is the most beautiful moment in Jincheng.
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Hulay's header gave the team the lead and opened the deadlock.
Haizhou Fangda, who were behind, could not continue the tactics they had developed before the game and had to make some adjustments. After all, even if their strength is weaker than Anton Shining, even if they are fighting away, there is no need to admit defeat and surrender after only half an hour of opening, right?
It's also necessary to resist and struggle a little.
How to adjust?
Of course, it's to press out and attack......
How else can I adjust it.
The level of the Chinese League is not high, and the head coach is naturally not a world famous coach, even if he is a world-class coach, it is impossible for every game to be clever and make a game famous.
Therefore, if you fall behind, you will strengthen your attack, hoping to equalize, this is human nature, and the routine operation is not necessarily clever, but it may not be a big mistake.
To strengthen the attack, it is not enough to just make the frontcourt players work hard, and more troops need to be invested.
But there are only 11 people on the field, except for the goalkeeper, there are only 10 people, and if you want to invest more troops, you can't find them from the bench, right? You have to dispatch from these ten people on the field.
That's why when it comes to strengthening the attack, everyone sees the full-backs actively pressing the scene of participating in the attack. Because this is the easiest and most effective way to strengthen the attack.
Increase the threat of attacking from the wings by pressing forward from full-backs, change the rhythm of the attack, and enrich the attacking routine.
Of course, there are definitely risks or hidden dangers in doing so.
For example, after the full-backs press to participate in the attack, what happens to the space behind them? Will it be caught and used by opponents?
Absolutely!
So before the end of the first half, the space behind the Haizhou Fangda fullback was caught by the shining star and played a very beautiful quick counterattack.
Foreign striker Macaulay Murphy scored another goal for the shining star, and the score was rewritten to 2:0!
"The whole team is in good shape today! After a week of recuperation and training, the players' fitness is much better......" said the commentator of Anton TV with joy.
"Hopefully it's going to be a hearty victory!" Guest Lu Guanlin said hopefully.
The commentator hurriedly said: "Eh, it's only the first half, and we're only two goals ahead." β
Lu Guanlin also reacted immediately: "You're right, the game isn't over yet!" β
The two of them are afraid that they will damage Shiningxing's character.
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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the shining stars did not make adjustments, after all, they were the ones who were two goals ahead, and the leaders did not need to be the first to make adjustments.
Haizhou Fangda, who was behind, tried his best to attack the goal of the shining star.
Haizhou Fangda, which was previously ranked fifteenth, is only one place higher than the relegation zone, and it is still entirely possible to fall into the relegation zone if you are not careful.
This forced them to have no choice, and they had to earn as many points as possible.
They may not be counting on beating the Twinkin on the road, but what if they can get a point?
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, not to mention that this point may save their lives in the end.
In the 52nd minute, their attack was not successful, and the flash star seized the opportunity to counterattack.
In desperation, the Haizhou Fangda player fouled on the side and gave the star a chance to take a free kick on the side.
Although the foul player received a yellow card, it gave his teammates time to return to the defense and defused a quick counterattack by the shining star, which seems to be quite cost-effective.
So the Shining Star fans in the stands booed and expressed their displeasure.
Subsequently, almost all the players of Haizhou Fangda recycled to the first line of their penalty area to defend the set-piece.
The head coach of Haizhou Fangda also got up from his seat, walked to the sidelines, and made a gesture.
This gesture was only understood by the players of Haizhou Fangda, which told them that they could use the opportunity of this set-piece to play the counterattack of the flashing star.
After all, set-pieces are a very useful means of scoring for weak teams - not only in set-piece attack, but also in set-piece defence.
It's easy to understand by attacking set-pieces, but what is the point of defending set-pieces as a means of scoring?
This is what the head coach of Haizhou Fangda is trying to do. Look at the side set-piece of the shining star, it is almost like a corner kick, so the two central defenders of the shining star, Li Tielin and Wang Guangwei, both pressed up to grab the point.
As a result, their defense at the back is correspondingly empty.
Wouldn't it be beautiful if Haizhou Fangda could withstand this wave of set-piece attacks from Shiningxing, and then take the opportunity to counterattack?
Qin Lin on the field noticed the actions of the head coach of Haizhou Fangda, although he couldn't understand the meaning of the gesture, he could also guess with his rich experience, most likely he wanted to hit the counterattack of the flashing star.
So he motioned Leng Jinyu to come up and send this free kick, but he ran to the middle, and at the same time told his teammates with gestures - let's not pass the ball directly to the goal, but kick an indirect free kick and control the ball.
As the on-field commander of the team, Qin Lin is experienced and well-informed, and he is almost equal to half of the head coach on the court, so everyone naturally listens to what he says.
So when the free kick was kicked out, Leng Jinyu did not directly kick the football in front of the gate of Haizhou, but passed it horizontally to Ma Wenyi, who came up to pick him up.
Marven made a gesture to pass the football at a 45-degree angle after receiving the ball, but he shook a shot and continued to pass the football horizontally.
It was naturally Qin Lin who received the ball.
As soon as the players of Haizhou Fangda saw that the flashing star did not cross directly, they knew that their intentions had been recognized, so since this was the case, there was no need to stay in the penalty area.
So their goalkeeper shouted, and everyone rushed out, intending to create an offside position.
At this moment, Qin Lin, who took the ball, sent a straight kick!
The football penetrated Haizhou Fangda's defense from the ribs, and Watters, another foreign midfielder of the Shining Star, cut in the back row to receive the ball!
Because he was inserted from outside the box, he was not offside!
Seeing this, the players of Haizhou Fangda hurriedly retreated.
Such a rush and retreat made many people dizzy, and they couldn't take care of any defensive positions and marking defenses......
Someone rushed to get the ball and Waters pounced, and someone hurriedly turned back to defend the star player - at this time, there is no offside or offside, as long as Waters is closer to the baseline than all the star players when passing, then all the star players are not offside.
The two central defenders of Haizhou Fangda are relatively sober and know that they will stand at two points in front of the goal for the first time.
But it was just a matter of standing still, with the eyes of both centre-backs all eyes fixed on Waters who was picking up the ball in the ribs of the penalty area, and had no idea what was going on around them.
In this chaotic situation, Waters went down and crossed!
When he kicked the soccer ball, he retracted a little force, and then with a slight tilt of his toes, he picked up the soccer instead of rubbing it.
The result is that the ball will fly slower, smoother, and easier to control the accuracy of the pass.
But the disadvantage is also that it is slow, and it is easy to give the opposing defenders time to react, so that they can defend.
It's just that in the case of a hasty defense, the impact of this disadvantage can basically be ignored, but the accuracy of the pass is the most important, because the space is small, a little small pass may not be able to pass the top of the first central defender, and a slightly larger pass may fly to the head of the second central defender......
And it was the space between the first centre-back and the second centre-back that Waters was passing through.
That small space hides the best shot opportunities!
Waters believed the youngster on the team must have seen it, so instead of passing the ball to Macaulay Murphy at the back post, he chose to take a risk.
Sure enough, when the football flew above the head of the first Haizhou Fangda central defender, Waters saw a red figure come out of the dense and chaotic crowd in the middle of the penalty area and go straight to the space behind the central defender!
"Hulai!" The Anton TV commentator excitedly.
There was thunder in the stands.
In front of the goal of Haizhou Fangda, Hu Lai jumped up in the space between the two central defenders and shook his head to attack the goal!
Although the goalkeeper of Haizhou Fangda had turned around and pounced, he still could not stop the football - Hulai consciously threw the ball back when he headed the ball to avoid being saved by the goalkeeper.
"The ball is inββ!! Pretty! Hulai scored twice! Anton Flashing Star leads Haizhou Fangda by three goals! β
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PS, there is also a goal video easter egg chapter, you can watch it by turning the page.