Chapter 15: The Birth of a Goal
Hulai exchanged 10,000 points for a lucky bracelet before the last fight, and the reason why this match was so significant to him was not that it was his first professional match, but that he had already blown up his father in terms of professional appearances.
Rather, his performance in this game will have a direct impact on whether he can get a chance to play in the future.
He doesn't know if he can score goals when he plays, although Director Zhao said that he doesn't have to worry about improving goals, don't be under pressure.
But how can it really not care?
Obviously, as long as you can score in your debut, you'll be able to play more games after that, otherwise you don't know when your next chance will come.
It's like a game, when you miss a chance to score, maybe you won't score in the game.
Isn't Lai Zekai a lesson from the past?
He said he almost scored in the first half, and he was right, and it was the closest he came to scoring when his shot grazed the far post.
If he can score this goal, even if he is replaced now, he will definitely not stare at Hulai's back with unhappy eyes......
As a goalscorer who can only score goals, Hulay knows very well how hard opportunities can come by and he cherishes them and never squanders them.
So in order to ensure that he can still get a chance to play in the next game, Hu Laining is willing to use 10,000 points, and also add a little luck to himself.
He doesn't use the Lucky Bracelet in every game, but he has to use it for the first time.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and if this end is opened well, the road will naturally become wider and wider.
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Hulai came on to take the place of Raisek and when the game resumed, he quickly jumped into the game.
Running aggressively, responding to tactical requirements, dropping back, passing the ball to teammates in better positions, and occasionally getting involved in defence, not only in the front court, but also in front of the penalty area to stand in a defensive position - after all, the Twinkle has conceded the second-fewest goals so far, and it doesn't just rely on four defenders and a goalkeeper.
In such a situation, almost ten minutes into the game, he has yet to get a shot on goal.
When Lai Zekai saw this scene off the court, he couldn't help but sneer - boy, do you think the professional game is so easy to play? You think if you can score in training, you can score in the game?
Thinking of this, he suddenly put his mind at ease, leaned back on the back of the bench chair, crossed Erlang's legs, put his hands around his chest, and looked like he was ready to watch the play.
He remembered that this season, head coach Zhao Kangming did not make adjustments on the front line, and he was once adjusted to the bench, and various personnel combinations and formations were changed again and again, and the result?
In the end, isn't he the only one who can cooperate with Murphy?
So he thinks that this is just another futile attempt by Zhao Kangming.
After all, Hulai is new here, and he hasn't caught up with all the previous attempts......
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Xie Lan had already put down his mobile phone and stopped recording the video, instead focusing on watching the game.
Although she didn't understand it, for example, every time the flashstar hit the opponent's penalty area and didn't pass the football to Hulai, she would complain to herself on the TV screen: "Pass the ball, pass it to Hulai!" ”
In her opinion, if the players of the shining stars do not pass the ball to Hulai, she will not see Hulai's wonderful performance. That's the most important thing, and as for whether Shin Xing can win or not, she doesn't care at all.
Now just watching her son keep catching the ball, passing the ball, and running around, I don't know what to run, she feels like a headless fly, running like this under the sun, in addition to wasting physical strength, what's the point?
Unlike Xie Lan, Li Ziqiang, who watched the live broadcast of the game in the old house, paid more attention to these "meaningless" details of the game.
He saw that Hulay rarely let the ball stay at his feet for a long time, and if he had his back to the attack, he would pass the ball sideways or directly back as soon as he received it, and he didn't pass the ball forward once.
If he is facing the attacking direction, he will not dribble the ball, but still choose to pass the ball.
He would always pass the ball out and then run for the first time, either sideways or turn and run forward. It's just that his runs don't necessarily lead to the ball, because his teammates don't always pass the ball to him.
Li Ziqiang can see that this is different from the situation when Hu Lai didn't pass the ball to him when he played in the school team for the first time, the former was because Hu Lai was not able to win everyone's trust at that time, and some people hated him more, so no one passed the ball to him.
In the flash, Hulay sometimes didn't receive the ball, just because it was inconvenient for his teammates to pass the football to him, or there were better passing targets than him. Obviously, although this kid has only been with his new team for a week and a half, he has already earned the most basic trust of his teammates through his performance in training......
Regardless of Hulai's performance in the end, Li Ziqiang feels that this is a good sign.
Another thing that Li Ziqiang is more concerned about is that through these details of the game, he can see Hu Lai's progress during the year and a half after leaving the school team.
Since Hu Lai went to Poseidon Youth Team, he has never watched Hu Lai play football, and there are no live broadcasts, broadcasts, and video highlights of the Super League youth team matches on TV or online.
He didn't know if Hulai would be able to keep up with the demands of the professional clubs after going to the echelons of the professional team, and if he was really training hard and how much progress he had made - when Hulai left, he had told him that his talent had to work harder than others to manifest itself.
He wasn't sure if Hulay had listened to him, after all, he had been stared at by himself when he was playing under him. Li Ziqiang was worried that Hu Lai's "obedience" was just because he had been staring at him, and went to the Poseidon Club, which is a professional team, and the coach can't always stare at a person.
After watching the 10-minute game, he came to a preliminary conclusion - for the past year and a half, Hulai has not wasted time and his talent, he has really trained seriously. And his performance on the pitch is proof of that.
You know, this is his first professional game, but whether it's catching or passing, you can see his solid fundamentals.
It seems that Zhao Kangming did take good care of Hu Lai in the Poseidon Youth Training, and did special training for his technical characteristics.
When Hu Lai went to Poseidon, Li Ziqiang was actually a little worried, worried that the Poseidon Youth Team would add drama to Hu Lai, such as asking Hu Lai to be a high-fledged striker, so that he would be proficient in dribbling, passing organization, and defense.
That's going to make Hulaisheng useless......
Whether Hu Lai can score in this game or not, Li Ziqiang doesn't care at all, but these details of the game make him pay special attention.
In his opinion, Hulai is still young, he has just joined this team, and there is time. Even if you don't score in this game, it doesn't matter.
After all, how many people have scored in their first career game?
Most people don't even look back on their first career game, and even if they can perform well, they can be successful, but as for the debut performance, it is hard to come by and it takes a lot of luck.
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Hulai saw Wang Guangwei getting the ball in the backfield, and did not pass the ball to anyone, but pretended to make a long pass, but suddenly rushed forward with the ball, and two steps later he passed the football diagonally to George Waters, who retreated to answer.
Despite the fact that Waters was facing away from the attack and the football was still in the second half of the game, Hulay had already started to move forward. As soon as he moved, the central defenders of Kunyang City also retreated with him.
And not only did he move forward, but another striker, Macaulay Murphy, also pressed forward and ran back with the defenders of Kunyang City.
At this time, the football has been passed by Waters to the right wing-back Zhang Hao, who was inserted in the back.
The players from Kunyang City came up to defend Zhang Hao and prevented him from continuing to break through with the ball forward.
Zhang Hao passed the football to Qin Lin, who came up to pick him up.
The space for Qin Lin to receive the ball was created by the forward pressure of Hu Lai and Murphy - because the two forwards of the shining star ran forward and took away the defenders of Kunyang City, and there was a gap between the guard line and the center guard line of Kunyang City that was not too big.
Seeing Qin Lin receiving the ball, Kunyang City immediately had two midfielders pounce on him, after all, this is the most threatening player in the midfield of the shining star, he may not be able to adapt to the requirements of the team in the Chinese Super League, but there is still no pressure at all when he plays in the middle league......
In the face of the opponent's pressing, Qin Lin didn't take the ball much, he first protected the football, and then passed the ball back to Ma Wenyi, the back who stepped forward to receive him.
As soon as Marvin made a slight adjustment, he made a long diagonal pass, transferred the football to the left side of the field, and gave it to Liu Binwei, the left wing-back who was inserted in the back.
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"Good ball, nice transfer!" The commentator of Anton TV shouted in front of the TV.
In the TV picture, Liu Binwei received the ball and attacked with the ball, causing the right fullback of Kunyang City to desperately chase back, and the two started a speed race on the side.
At the same time, in the middle of the court, Hu Lai, Murphy and Qin Lin were also racing against the defenders of Kunyang City.
Three arrows were fired at the same time, killing the forbidden area of Kunyang City.
Murphy went straight to the front point, and Hulay ran to the back point. Qin Lin was a few positions behind them, and hit the top of the penalty arc at the front of the penalty area in Kunyang City.
The rest of the players pressed forward together to cover the space left by their attacking teammates after they stepped forward, as required in training.
In addition, Leng Jinyu did not follow forward to the opponent's penalty area, but changed direction and ran to Liu Binwei to answer him. If Liu Binwei can't shake off the opponent's fullback, then he must be ready to go up and respond.
However, Liu Binwei didn't mean to pass the football to Leng Jinyu, he accelerated the football forward, and after briefly throwing off half of his body, he caught up with the football and crossed directly!
The football drew an arc and flew high in front of the gate of Kunyang City!
"Cross!"
The narrator shouted, followed by the narrator frowning.
"Tsk, it's high!"
It's really high, under the close pressure of the opponent's fullback, Liu Binwei's pass is a little too strong, and the result is that Murphy, who outflanked the front point, can't top the ball - Murphy didn't jump at all, just looked up below to watch the football fly over him.
"Back ......"
The Kunyang City central defender in front of the goal jumped up and wanted to kick the ball to clear the siege, but after he jumped, he ordered a football, but it was not to push the football out of the danger zone, but just rubbed it.
Apparently he miscalculated the height of the ball......
With such a stroke, the football fell sharply, and it happened to fall to Hulai, who was outflanked at the back point!
Zhao Kangming in the coach's seat reflexively raised half of his buttocks, leaned forward, and wanted to jump up, but his arm was grabbed by the assistant coach Chen Mo next to him, who didn't care about making a sound, and his nervousness could be felt from the action he grabbed hard.
Li Ziqiang in front of the TV was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was hoisted high.
It was so unexpected that the ball was rubbed by the opposing central defender, and it seemed to be an opportunity, but because of this accident, it would also catch Hulai off guard......
He stared at the tiny figure on the TV screen, hoping that the stoppage that Hulay had repeatedly trained would work extraordinarily......
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Seeing the ball suddenly slide off the head of the opposing centre-back, Hulay reflexively lifted his right foot, his mind went blank and he couldn't do any effective thinking at all, muscle memory and instinct drove his body.
He gently paddled the falling football on the inside of his right foot, the force was not too big or small, the timing was not fast or slow, just right.
The soccer ball hit the inside of his foot, and its downward trend slowed down abruptly, as if the soccer ball was frozen in the air in slow motion......
At the same time, Hulai opened his arms to keep his balance, took a step to the side with his left leg, turned his body sideways, raised his right leg again, and kicked the football!
In front of him was a half-empty goal!
The opposing goalkeeper is still on his way back from the front spot......
But he was too late!
The power of the shot was not great, and in order to buy time, Hulai did not round the shot with his right leg, a very ordinary but standard push, and the inside of the right foot kicked precisely the position of a finger height below the center of gravity of the football, exerting a forward force on the ball.
A very slight "bang".
The soccer ball flies towards the goal.
After crossing the white goal line, the yellow-green gloves of the Kunyang City goalkeeper swooped.
This time Chen Mo failed to hold Zhao Kangming, after Lao Zhao shook his hand hard to break free of him, he rushed out with his teeth and claws, and Chen Mo, who couldn't hold him, followed closely and chased out, this time it was not to pull Zhao Kangming, but to hug and celebrate with him!
The Twinkle's seventeenth goal of the season was born!
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PS, let's ask everyone for a monthly ticket with the first goal of Hulai's career!
Thank you, everyone!