When Li Qingqing finished training, he was stopped by head coach Yang Mingwei: "Li Qingqing, you change your clothes and come to my office to find me." ”

He didn't explain why he asked Li Qingqing to find him, and left straight after speaking.

Although Li Qingqing was in a hurry to go home, he did not show an impatient expression, but followed his teammates back to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes.

In the locker room, everyone had some speculation about the head coach suddenly looking for Li Qingqing: "It won't be to criticize Qingqing, right?" ”

"What do you think? How can it be criticism? Qingqing's performance is impeccable, okay! ”

"Oh, it's really annoying, and said that while you don't train in the afternoon, you can ask Qingqing to go out shopping together......"

Li Qing smiled and said, "This ...... I still have to watch football in the afternoon, so I definitely can't go shopping. ”

"Watching the ball? What balls to watch? ”

"In the final of the National High School Championship, my alma mater made it to the final." Li Qingqing explained to his teammates.

"Ah, the team that played the fishing celebration at the beginning?"

"Yes, they've made it to the final."

"That's amazing!"

"But the coach left you behind, won't he ask you to practice in the afternoon? So how else do you watch the game live? ”

A teammate asked the question, which startled everyone else: "Impossible! No way! Does Qingqing still need extra training? Our whole team has to practice, and Qingqing can't practice more......"

Li Qingqing interrupted everyone's discussion with a smile: "Okay, don't you guess, won't I know what's going on when I go there?" ”

As she spoke, she had already finished showering, came out to change her clothes, put on her bag to say goodbye to her teammates, and walked towards the head coach's office.

The women's team is not as imposing as the men's team, with all the facilities, including the players' locker rooms and the coach's offices, housed in a small three-storey building.

Li Qingqing stepped up the steps to the second floor, turned right, and found the head coach's office.

She knocked on the door and heard the manager's voice coming from inside: "Come in" before pushing the door open and entering.

Yang Mingwei, who was sitting in the office, saw Li Qingqing come in, a smile appeared on his face, and then he said to her: "Close the door." ”

After Li Qingqing obediently complied, he asked, "Uncle Yang, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"It's nothing." Hearing Li Qingqing's title, Yang Mingwei smiled happily, "Is there a game of your father's team this afternoon?" ”

Li Qingqing nodded: "Well, the final of the national competition." ”

"When I'm done, we'll go together in a while, you go to my house, let's watch the game together, after watching the game, and then have dinner at my house, and ask your aunt to cook you something delicious."

Li Qingqing didn't shirk, but simply nodded and agreed: "Okay, then thank you, Auntie!" ”

"Ouch, I really didn't expect it, your father has only led the team for two years and will be able to bring the team to the finals......" Yang Mingwei sighed. And the Hulai you introduced me to at the beginning was ranked first on the scorer list. ”

Li Qingqing quietly listened to Uncle Yang complimenting Hu Lai, and kept the smile on his face after entering the door.

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Chu Yifan and his roommates came out of the subway station exit and saw the huge building standing in the square in front of them.

It was the Lotus Stadium, home of the South China Tigers football team in Lingnan City, Nanling Province, where the final of the national competition was held.

A professional football stadium that can accommodate up to 100,000 people without a running track.

The facilities are designed to the highest international standards and are simply luxurious.

The only thing that's what it looks like......

"Damn, every time I see the Lotus Stadium, I can't help but think of that evaluation - this is the lotus seat left by Guanyin!" Chu Yifan's roommate couldn't help but complain after seeing the outer wall of the court.

"Actually, it looks okay during the day, pure white and elegant, but at night you can't look at it when you turn on the lights...... another roommate said. The color scheme reminds me of the lotus candle on the birthday cake, which turns on automatically when lit and then lights up and plays a happy birthday song......"

"Haha! Maybe this is the wishful thinking of the South China Tiger? If the game is played in the evening, when the away team comes to the square outside the stadium and sees the lotus candle, they are mentally polluted, and then they can't play normally and lose the game......"

Chu Yifan didn't care much about the appearance of this stadium, his eyes stayed on an arch in front of him, and the arch read "2021 7th National High School Football Championship Finals" in big words. Starting from this arch and continuing to the entrance button area in front of the stadium is a carpet of artificial turf.

On both sides of the green carpet, flagpoles are planted every five meters, and the flags of the two participating teams are hung, one on each side, and the distinct is clear.

His gaze stayed on the four big characters of "Dongchuan Middle School" on the left team flag for a long time.

A year ago, he led the team to the national tournament and saw a similar scene on the way to the main stadium. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the bus turned a corner, and the famous Bird's Nest Stadium appeared in everyone's field of vision, and the propaganda flags of the national competition were planted all over the stadium, waving in the wind in the sun.

At that time, he was a member of the Dongchuan Middle School football team, and sitting on the bus, the flag of the Dongchuan Middle School football team was neatly folded and placed on his lap. He is full of anticipation for the upcoming national competition, and he can't hide his excitement.

Although when he retired from the team, Chu Yifan said that he was very content and did not regret it. But when he saw the flag of the Dongchuan Middle School football team that extended all the way to the stadium today, he still couldn't suppress a thought in his heart - how nice it would be if I were in that team now...... Even if it's to be a substitute, I'm willing.

If it were possible, who wouldn't want to go to the final, who wouldn't want to lift the trophy? Saying that there are no regrets is just self-comfort.

"Let's go, Da Chu!" The teammates had already walked to the front and found that Chu Yifan had not followed, so they turned back to greet him.

"Coming, coming......" Chu Yifan trotted two steps, caught up with his roommates, walked through the arch with them, stepped on the soft artificial turf carpet, and walked towards the final of the national competition as a spectator.

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When all the players from Higashikawa Middle School step into the locker room, they will find one thing.

In the position of each starter, there is a neatly folded jersey, with the number at the top, which is clear at a glance.

But to their surprise, this time on the jersey number, there was something else......

"Damn, it's my name!" Meng Xi was the first to react, rushed up with an arrow step, shook off the jersey, and on the number "1", his name was indeed printed, and it was still printed directly in Chinese characters, not in accordance with international practice printed Chinese pinyin letters.

The two square words "Meng Xi" are very eye-catching.

The other players also found their names on their jerseys, holding them one by one, stroking their names, and couldn't put them down.

"Is this the final treatment? Loved, loved! ”

Mao Xiao was also admiring his name, and when he heard a teammate say this, he shook his head and said: "No, there was no such thing in the previous finals, the jersey only has a number, no name." ”

"Eh, so we're getting special treatment?"

Mao Xiao said: "I heard that the organizing committee of the national competition is considering starting from the next national competition, requiring all participating teams to print the names of the players on their jerseys, not just the numbers. Maybe this final is to show everyone in advance what the player's name on the jersey is. ”

Not only the starters, but also the substitute players also have jerseys with their names printed on them, but they are not put out, and the team leader, Mr. Liu, is distributing jerseys to them.

Every player who gets their hands on the jersey is extra excited, even though the jersey may have been with them for a year, two, or even three years. But it was only when their names were printed on the shirt that they felt that the shirt belonged to them for the first time, and even if they didn't play, they felt a sense of pride just by wearing the shirt.

"Mr. Liu, can I keep this jersey for myself?" The question was raised.

As soon as these words came out, everyone else in the locker room also looked at the team leader.

The team leader, Mr. Liu, said with a smile: "Of course you can keep it, this is actually for everyone to keep, it is a commemoration of your participation in the finals of the national competition." ”

"Wow! That's great! ”

"Alright, hurry up and change your clothes and go out to warm up!" The team's head coach Li Ziqiang appeared at the door.

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The bell rang in the teaching buildings on campus, and cheers were faintly heard.

But in the classroom of the second class of high school, the math teacher ignored the bell, but lowered his head and said, "Let's hurry up and talk about another problem......

In the past, even if the students were dissatisfied, they would not show it, but today, when she finished saying this, she suddenly heard a loud sigh erupting in the classroom: "Ah——? ”

To the surprise of the math teacher, she looked up and saw that almost every student in the audience had a disappointed look on their faces.

She thought about it, and the next thing seemed to be arranged by the school to watch the live broadcast of the game.

This group of students obviously can't wait to watch the game, and maybe even before the class ends, many of them are not in class at all......

So she sighed: "Okay, that's all for today's class, ...... class is over"

"Stand up!" The class leader shouted.

There was a rumbling sound in the classroom, and the students all got up quickly, with an extremely correct attitude, and said in unison with extremely loud voices: "The teacher has worked hard!" ”

The math teacher bowed perfunctorily: "Goodbye, students......" put away his teaching aids and lesson plans, walked off the podium, and left the classroom of the second class of high school.

Behind her, the students were already moving quickly.

"Drop the projection screen!"

"Turn on the projector!"

……

It's a mess.

The math teacher sighed and shook his head with a wry smile.

Two minutes after the math teacher left, the live broadcast finally flashed on the projector screen in the second class of high school.

Hulai appeared in the curtain, standing on the sidelines, seemingly being interviewed by reporters.

"Holy shit, and pre-game interviews! Regular! ”

"Don't make a noise, I can't hear Hulai!" Song Jiajia roared.

Everyone fell silent.

The reporter's voice came from the loudspeakers in the four corners of the classroom, and it was a female voice: "So Hu Lai, will you be a little nervous when you reach the final of the national competition for the first time and face the two-time champion Shuguang High School?" ”

Hulai shook his head: "Not nervous, not nervous." Shuguang High School, which shouted out the triple crown in advance, wears shoes, and we are barefoot, how can barefoot people be afraid of wearing shoes? It's our first time in the finals, and even if we lose to the defending champions, it's a normal result, but if they don't win three consecutive championships at Aurora High School, we'll lose the adults! ”

Everyone in the classroom laughed when they heard their classmates say this.

The reporter in the live broadcast was also laughing, and then asked: "Last question, you and Chen Xingyi have both scored nine goals in this tournament, do you have the confidence to compete with him for the honor of top scorer?" ”

Hulai's expression was solemn, and he said very seriously: "That's right, I will go all out to compete for the top scorer." ”

"Well, I wish you success, Hulai-san, come on for the game!"

Hulai in the picture also nodded to the reporter, then turned to leave.

Then the live broadcast cut to the studio, and the host said to the camera: "Okay, this is a video replay of the reporter's interview with the key players of the two teams before the game earlier...... Now that the game is about to start, let's go into a bit of an ad and head straight into the Lotus Stadium! ”

While the advertisement was playing, there was a resurgence of discussion in the classroom.

"Alas, now that I think about it, it's like a dream, who would have thought that Hu Lai would be able to appear in the final of the national competition in such an capacity and be interviewed by reporters?"

"Yes, yes, don't say that Hu Lai is unexpectedly handsome!"

"The temperament has changed...... It feels like two people. ”

In the midst of the discussion, Song Jiajia glanced at the empty seat beside her.

Before going to the national competition, his table mate had told him that he had to fight for a professional contract when he went to the national competition, so that he could get out of his father's control and go the way he wanted.

However, if Hulai does succeed, it means that after returning from this national competition, he will have to say goodbye to high school life completely, go to professional teams to train, and work hard to become a first-team player.

Song Jiajia once very much hoped that Hu Lai would achieve nothing in football, so that he would not have to be ridiculed and could play games and eat chicken with him.

But today, Song Jiajia hopes that Hu Lai, a fish, can successfully cross the dragon gate, turn into a dragon, rise from the clouds, go to a broader world, and swim to his heart's content.

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ps, well, publish the answer to the question of the previous chapter.

The easter egg is the plot where Li Ziqiang and the team leader Mr. Liu went to the ward round, and before the first game of the "Do You Care About I Play Football" national competition, head coach Liang Ke went to the ward to check to see if the players were ready.

It's no wonder that everyone can't guess...... When I wrote the last chapter, I went to read "Do You Care When I Play Football" and I thought it was quite interesting, so I moved it directly to this book......