The cheers at the Provincial Sports Centre were much quieter than before, and after the initial excitement, everyone was now nervous, worried that the penalty would not be scored – although the penalty is claimed to be the best way to score goals in football, it is not uncommon for the penalty to be kicked away at critical moments.

It is precisely because the penalty kick is so good to score that every player standing on the penalty spot will be under great pressure.

Therefore, the fans of Shiningstar quickly calmed down and did not dare to continue cheering, for fear of losing their character.

The players of the Golden Arrows had already withdrawn from the penalty area, protesting and defending, but could not change the referee's decision.

The players of the shining stars are also standing outside the box.

There are now three people in the penalty area, one is the Golden Arrow goalkeeper Zheng Donglin, one is the referee, and the other is Hu Lai.

He was the number one penalty taker for the shining stars.

He had put the ball on the penalty spot and was back to a suitable run-up distance, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.

Then he took the time to look back at the coach's seat of Dashun Golden Arrow on the sidelines, and saw Wang Xianke standing on the sidelines.

When the penalty was awarded just now, Wang Xianke, who was still sitting on the coach's seat and stilted his legs, rushed to the sidelines very excitedly and shouted loudly to the referee, as if he was saying that Chen Xingyi faked a fall.

Hu Lai thought to himself, fortunately, Xiaoxing has confirmed that he wants to renew his loan for another season, otherwise it will be embarrassing to go back......

Then he grinned at the man and turned his head back.

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Wang Xianke stood on the sidelines, staring at the court nervously and unhappily, and saw Hu Lai, who was standing behind the penalty spot, suddenly looked back.

Although there is no evidence, Wang Xianke just thinks that the kid is looking at himself.

He looked at himself, and then smiled at himself?

Wang Xianke suddenly panicked in his heart - that kid wouldn't already know, right?

By the way, aren't there posts on the Internet mentioning his relationship with his father? If he saw it, would he take this post and run to ask his father? How would Hu Lixin answer?

For a while, Wang Xianke was even more upset.

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Qin Lin stood outside the forbidden area, looking at Hu Lai's back.

It was his third penalty of the season, and the previous two penalties were scored without any suspense, and the performance can be said to be very consistent.

But the first two penalties don't add up to the current one.

It's the same penalty, and the pressure he has to bear on the penalty spot is completely different from before.

This is the perfect opportunity for the Twinkle Star, and if he can get this penalty in, then the Twinkle Star will still have hope of wrestling his wrist with the Golden Arrow.

But if you can't kick it in......

The collapse may have started from this moment.

Qin Lin has experienced too many such moments.

In the history of Chinese football, there has been a similar situation, a penalty may change the fate of a country's football.

But alas, at those twists of fate, the people who stood on the penalty spot could not withstand the pressure like a mountain.

Of course, what Hulai is facing now is not the expectation and pressure of the whole country, but the eyes of the fans in the province are not light.

Can his emaciated body hold it?

Thinking of this, he took half a step forward and stepped on the line of the big forbidden area with one foot.

He was ready to rush in as soon as possible.

"Ringo."

At this moment, he heard Zhang Qinghuan beside him shouting at him in a low voice.

He turned his head to look at the latter.

"That's okay kid." Zhang Qinghuan stood half a meter behind him, holding his hands on his chest, without the intention of coming up to prepare for the shot.

"Even if he is the enemy of the whole world, he is not afraid."

Qin Lin retracted his gaze and turned his head to look at the back again.

He couldn't see the front of Hulai, and he didn't know what the boy's expression was at this moment.

But after listening to Zhang Qinghuan's words, he still stepped back a little and moved his feet away from the white big forbidden area line.

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Close-ups of Hulai appeared in the television broadcast.

Standing in front of the penalty spot, he was staring at the goal in front of him.

In the camera, his eyes are sharp, his brows are slightly furrowed, and his expression is solemn.

Xie Zelin couldn't help muttering: "I was nervous when I dropped the chain at the critical moment......"

Peng Hao put his hand in front of his lips: "Shhh ”

Being treated like this by his junior life is like being slapped in the face, Xie Zelin is very unhappy, and he can't bear to scold the other party.

But at this moment, he heard He Feng, the narrator on the TV, sighing: "These eyes ...... There's a knife! ”

He stared at the screen, which was still a close-up of Hulai's face, with the camera focused on his eyes.

The light of the stadium's nighttime lights was reflected in his pupils, shining brightly and brightly.

It's as if there's a sword hidden in it.

Xie Zelin was stunned.

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Hu Lixin sat on the sofa, and his wife held his hand tightly, so that it hurt faintly.

He could even feel the sweat on his wife's palms.

He wanted to comfort his wife, but he didn't know what to say.

So he pursed his lips tightly.

The previously noisy Provincial Sports Center on the TV fell silent.

In this quiet environment, the whistle was unusually clear.

At the same time as the whistle sounds, Hulai runs!

He ran to the football.

Zheng Donglin in front of the goal line stared at Hu Lai's feet, and then found that if he followed this pace and rhythm, Hu Lai would use ...... Left-footed shot!

Left foot?

Zheng Donglin was stunned for a moment.

I hadn't heard of him shooting with his left foot......

Before the game, he watched the only two videos of Hulay's penalty kicks, all with his right foot......

Why did you suddenly switch to your left foot?

He secretly practiced his left foot, and then kept hiding it, waiting for this time to use it?

Just when all kinds of thoughts were coming to Zheng Donglin's mind, he saw that Hu Lai really picked up his left foot and kicked the football!

Ignoring those thoughts, he took a step forward to shorten the distance between himself and the ball, widened the angle of the blocked shot, and then slammed into his left, Hulai's right - according to his predictions, Hulai's left-footed shot would most likely kick the ball to his right, because that was the safest way for a player with a weak left foot!

But just as he pounced, he saw the football Hulai's left foot swinging over the football!

He kicked it empty!

No!

Immediately after he found that his right foot, which was supposed to be a supporting foot, shrugged behind him, the football suddenly burst out and rolled towards the goal on Zheng Donglin's right hand......

He completely reversed the direction!

The ball was not fast, but he was still in the air, and he had nowhere to borrow his strength, so he couldn't turn around in the air and change direction and pounce back.

He could only look back at the soccer ball bouncing and rolling forward on the turf, while praying in his heart that the ball would go wide of the goal......

Under the gaze of Zheng Donglin, under the gaze of the players of both sides behind Hulai, under the gaze of the 60,000 fans in the stadium, and under the gaze of countless viewers in front of the TV.

The ball rolls into the goal of the Dashun Golden Arrows.

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Hulai Run...... Shoot ......"

Hu Lai's kick not only deceived Zheng Donglin, but also almost shook the commentator He Feng's waist.

He was amazed at what he saw, when he realized that the football had entered the goal!

"The ball is in!!" He raised his arms and shouted.

"The ball is in!! Hulai! "The commentary of Anton Satellite TV is a little far away from the commentary seat at the scene, and the action of Hulai's shooting is not very real, so there is no such problem.

He only saw the football fly into the goal, and then he saw Hulay running towards the corner flag with his arms outstretched......

"Good shot!!" In front of the TV, Peng Hao slammed his throat, startling the stunned Xie Zelin, who was trembling, and almost jumped out of the chair.

Then he tried to turn around and express his anger and disgust to Peng Hao with his eyes, but when he turned his head, he found that Peng Hao was waving his fist at him with a fierce gaze.

His gaze shrank......

In the entire living room, not only Peng Hao, but also other people, such as his sister, were slapping and laughing.

And his old father, sitting on the sofa without moving, but judging by his red face, he also knew that he must be very excited.

He looked left and right and saw that everyone around him was cheering, even his son and wife......

All of a sudden, he was alone.

This made Xie Zelin very uncomfortable, and he was a little stunned in the cheers of everyone.

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Xie Lan screamed and threw her husband on the sofa, then pointed to the TV screen and shouted to Hu Lixin: "He is your son!" He's your son! ”

In her yelling, Hu Lixin, who was lying on the sofa, tilted his head and watched TV.

The broadcast picture happened to cut to the top of the stands of the Provincial Sports Center, and from his angle, in the trembling picture, the Provincial Sports Center seemed to have overturned.

Hulay's goal turned the world upside down......

“…… Listen to the cheers from the stadium of the Andong Provincial Sports Center, like thunder! The narrator He Feng's voice came through the noisy background sound. Although this goal does not give the Twinkle a lead in the aggregate score, it can bring hope! When the fans felt the darkest, helpless, and desperate, he struck him with stones, ignited the dead grass with the sparks that burst out, and lit the first bonfire in the dark night......"

In his lyrical commentary, Hulay leaps high and falls steadily to complete the celebration.

Then he turned around and opened his arms to greet his teammates who pounced.

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Zhang Qinghuan and Chen Xingyi took the lead in running towards Hu Lai, and the two of them flew up one left and one right, sandwiching Hu Lai in the middle.

When Hulai took the penalty, Wang Guangwei dragged at the back as a central defender to prevent the opponent's possible counterattack.

After seeing Hulay score, he rushed forward as soon as possible.

But they still couldn't get faster than Zhang Qinghuan and Chen Xingyi, who were close to the water.

Running on the way to celebrate, looking at that scene, Wang Guangwei suddenly remembered that a year ago, he, Zhang Qinghuan and Hu Lai took the bus to train for the last time - after that, because Zhang Qinghuan pretended to reveal his identity, they were never able to take the bus to the training base.

He and Zhang Qinghuan are both complaining that everyone doesn't understand professional players, but in fact, there are endless complaints and depression behind the glamorous professional players.

Only Hu Lai said very well, saying that they are full men, but they don't know that hungry men are hungry.

This was quite annoying, but he and Zhang Qinghuan both laughed.

Hulai, who shouts in front of them, "No matter how much it takes, I will succeed", is like a child who says, "I want to be a scientist/athlete/artist/singer/astronaut ...... when I grow up".

Childish?

It's quite childish, because only children who don't know anything have so many dreams.

When children grow older and gradually realize that dreams are not so easy to achieve, and they have to fully consider the difficulties of reality, they grow up.

But is this a kind of maturity, or is it a begging for mercy?

Wang Guangwei suddenly understood why Zhang Qinghuan was envious of Hu Lai at the beginning, and asked him to continue to keep it, hoping that he would always be a teenager and forever young.

Maybe it's because Brother Huan himself can't be a teenager anymore, so he envies Hu Lai, who can still have so much hope for the future.

When Brother Huan was called the number one genius in Chinese football, did he have the same mentality as Hu Lai?

I think that although this world is big, with my ability, where can I not go?

He once dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword, making meritorious achievements, leading the Chinese team out of Asia to the world......

Of course, in the end, all the crazy ones hung up, all the ones fell, and all the people who didn't know the height of the sky became silent (Note 1).

Brother Huan is such an awesome genius, but in the end, he was defeated by reality, defeated by this cruel world and fate, and had to kneel and beg for mercy.

On that sunny bus stop, he must have seen the light of his dreams in Hu Lai's body, and also saw the difference between Hu Lai and himself, that sentence was his emotion, and it was also his blessing to Hu Lai.

Be a teenager forever, be young forever, Hulai.

And we, your teammates, will always be proud of you......

Wang Guangwei plunged headlong into the celebratory crowd.

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Note 1: This passage is a quote from Pu Shu's "F", including the title of this chapter, which is also taken from the lyrics of this song.