The day before the final between China and Japan, the U23 Asian Cup was played in a third-place final, and this match was about who would go to Madrid for the last place.

The two sides are the Vietnamese Olympic team and the South Korean Olympic team.

The Vietnamese team was not able to qualify for the Olympic Games from the Chinese team, and they were forced to a dead end, so they naturally had to fight the South Korean team.

And South Korean fans absolutely cannot accept the result that the South Korean Olympic team cannot even participate in the Olympics.

The game was held in Dashun City, because it is located in the northeast and close to South Korea, so many Korean fans came to cheer for the team.

Nearly half of the seats at Ocean Stadium were filled with South Korean fans.

In the cheers of their own fans, the South Korean team played very actively and gradually gained the upper hand.

Their main centre-forward, Park Kye-hyun, opened the scoring for South Korea in the 31st minute.

It was also his third goal in the Under-23 Asian Cup.

That number of goals left him alone in second place in the scorers' charts.

If it weren't for Hulai, he wouldn't have been able to get the top scorer in this U23 Asian Cup.

But now, his three goals are not worth mentioning.

Fortunately, this time he learned to be obedient, before going to the U23 Asian Cup, in an interview with the Korean media, he did not say that his goal was to be the champion and the top scorer.

Otherwise, he would now become the laughing stock of Chinese and Japanese fans - some Japanese fans have expressed regret on the Internet, and they don't understand how Park Gye-hyun, who has always been a big mouth, is honest, which makes them feel very bored.

Hulai's five goals in nine minutes made the Golden Boot race for the Under-23 Asian Cup a lot of suspense, just as he did in last year's East Asian Cup, scoring all the goals of another game in just one game - before Hulai, two or three goals were often enough to win the top scorer of the East Asian Cup.

In the U23 Asian Cup, Hulai went even further, scoring a goal in just nine minutes that others have struggled to achieve until now. When it took Park Kye-hyun six games to score three goals, just think about the fact that it took Hulai less than four minutes to complete the three goals, and he probably didn't even have the heart to celebrate.

So he didn't think about it, he just celebrated his goal, which helped South Korea take the lead in the fight for a ticket to the Olympics.

Thinking about it, the smile on his face brightened a little.

Anyway, after all, life still has to be lived......

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In the end, the South Korean Olympic team relied on Park Gye-hyun's goal to defeat Vietnam in the third and fourth place finals and get the last ticket in Asia to the Madrid Olympics.

As a result, the teams representing Asian football at this Olympics are all from East Asia.

This has never been done before. After all, in the past, at most, only the two East Asian teams, Japan and South Korea, could participate in the Olympics, and the other quota was often for West Asian teams.

But this time, there was not a single West Asian team, and West Asian football suffered a big rout.

Qatari football, in particular, has been hit hard.

Having just hosted the 2022 World Cup, the boom in domestic football, and the large number of talented players of all ages from other countries, Qatari fans are eager to continue to stimulate domestic football and elevate their status in Asian football by reaching the Olympic finals.

And now, nine minutes after that storm, Qataris' football ambitions have been blown away by the rain.

Now they have become the laughing stock of the entire Asian football world.

Let's not talk about whether there are small actions behind the scenes, let's just say that there are so many naturalized players from all over the world in their team, but they were defeated by Hulai alone in the U23 Asian Cup, which is simply embarrassing.

At least now in Asia, when it comes to Qatari football, the first thing that comes to mind is no longer the World Cup in 2022, but the tragedy of their five goals scored by Hulay in the U23 Asian Cup.

As for the referee of that match, Alireza Fahani, there was news two days ago that after he returned to Iran, he went for a walk in the street one day and was stopped by three masked men in an unmonitored alley, and then beaten up.

After the fight, the three of them scattered and quickly disappeared at the end of the alley. Due to the lack of surveillance video and eyewitnesses, the police have not caught the attacker until now.

As for the reason why Farhani was beaten, one of the most widely circulated theories on the Internet is that he obviously received money from Qatar, but failed to help Qatar win the game, and did not find an excuse to punish Hulai when he was in full swing, or blew all the goals scored by Hulai into invalidity, resulting in the Qatari Olympic team not only missing the Olympic Games, but also becoming the laughing stock of Asian football, so it attracted the revenge of the Qataris.

However, Qatar naturally denied this statement at the first time, saying that the beating of Farhani had nothing to do with them.

They didn't give Farhani a penny either.

The Qatari media blamed China for the incident, believing that Fahani was chased to Iran by angry Chinese fans and beaten up.

However, this statement is so nonsense, not to mention that the three beaters spoke the language of Iran, and even if their faces were covered, they could see the obvious West Asian characteristics in their towering noses and sunken eye sockets.

And why is it necessary for Chinese fans to chase all the way to Iran to play a referee?

They had already done it at the airport, resulting in one being detained and three being criticized for education. Why do you have to spend money on air tickets and hotels to go to Iran just to fight Fahani?

How big is Farhani's face? As for it?

This statement is really untenable, but Farhani was beaten by the angry Qatar Football Association, which is more in line with the imagination of the vast number of people who eat melons, so the latter statement is widely circulated. No matter how the Qatari side refutes the rumors and denies them, it is useless, everyone believes that the Qatar Football Association must have spent money to buy off Farhani, after all, the Qatar Football Association has a history in this regard......

It doesn't matter if you don't have evidence, anyway, everyone is happy to think so, can you still seal the mouth of the world's people on the Internet?

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The fact that both West Asian football and referees have been reduced to a laughing stock is just a small episode.

If the match between China and Qatar has just ended, there may still be a lot of interest. For example, the news that Alireza Farhani was beaten for a walk outside her house only stayed on the Weibo hot search list for less than half a day, which shows how tragic the out-of-fashion Internet celebrity is......

Now, Chinese fans are more concerned about the next U23 Asian Cup final.

As Shi Wuyun said, at the home of the Chinese team, against the Japanese team, such a game simply does not need to be mobilized, and there is no need to explain too much, everyone knows how heavy it is.

In football, China and South Korea are mortal enemies, so as long as the match between the Chinese team and the South Korean team can attract the most widespread attention.

China and Japan, on the other hand, have a historical feud that extends to football.

For those Chinese fans who experienced the 2004 Asian Cup, they removed the "U23" before the U23 Asian Cup final and directly regarded it as the Asian Cup final.

The revenge that the senior team had no ability to avenge back then can only be concluded by the young people.

Tickets for the finals have long been sold out, and there are still many people on the Internet asking for tickets at high prices.

This scene is really like the second "grand occasion" when Huawei released the flagship mobile phone Mate40 Pro series......

The official of the event had to make an announcement on the Internet, suggesting that everyone should not buy scalpers from unknown sources, but in this way, there are still people who turn to scalpers for help, and some people even do not hesitate to increase the price of a thousand to buy a ticket to the U23 Asian Cup final.

This situation has been somewhat absent for the Chinese national team for a long time - even in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team's home games have not reached the point where it is difficult to find a ticket.

This is because this national Olympic team has given many Chinese fans the confidence to see the light of day.

After nearly ten years of Chinese football reform, it has finally borne fruit, and it is such a national Olympic team.

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"Mom, if I don't come back for dinner at night, you won't care about me." Yan Yan stood at the door, changing his shoes and calling his mother who was at work. "We had a class reunion today...... High school, high school reunion. After eating, I have to find a place to watch the game, and it may be a little late to come back...... Oh, don't worry about me, there are so many of us, what can be insecure...... What? Is it because you're worried that we're getting into trouble? Mom, are you football hooligans from our Dongchuan Middle School football team? Okay, okay, I know, I won't tell you, I'll call a taxi......"

After hanging up the phone, Yan Yan pushed the door and went out, and at the same time circled everyone in the group: "Guys, I'm leaving!" See you at the school gate! ”

"Roger!"

"Team Yan, you just set off? I'm all here! ”

After Shen Yulin finished speaking, he posted a photo of himself and coach Li Ziqiang.

"Nonsense, your house is right next to the school, of course you're there!"

After Yan Yan said this, he put his mobile phone in his pocket and ran out of the building.

Today is the day of the reunion of their former teammates on the Dongchuan Middle School football team.

The matter was only brought up more than a week ago, as Hulay completed the "95 Supreme" performance in the match against Qatar. At that time, everyone in the group rushed to recall the days when they played football with Hulai to show that they were honored.

In the end, Yan Yan waved his arms and simply organized a party of school teammates.

While everyone is at home during the winter vacation, get together and meet, many people haven't seen each other for several years.

And this time, Chu team Chu Yifan is also coming back.

Everyone made an appointment to meet at Dongchuan Middle School and called coach Li Ziqiang as well. Thinking that the Spring Festival is coming, his daughter Li Qingqing is still abroad, and it must be lonely to be alone at home, everyone is his disciple, and he must go to send warmth to the coach at this time.

Now looking at the photos sent by Shen Yulin, he has successfully pulled Coach Li out.

After playing at school for a while, everyone will go to the cafeteria to eat, and after eating, they will watch the game together.

Meals are in a restaurant near the school.

After dinner, everyone changed places collectively, also in a bar not far from the meal, they chartered the venue in advance, and they were the only ones in the bar at that time, everyone watched the live broadcast of the game with a 120-inch large projection, cheering for Hu Lai and Luo Kai.

At the same time, it is expected that they can beat the Japanese team in the game and win the U23 Asian Cup.

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When Yan Yan arrived at the school, everyone was chatting on the court around Coach Li.

He heard Chen Rui shouting from afar: "Coach, Li Qingqing is your daughter, why haven't I heard you mention it before!" If it weren't for the exposure on the Internet, we would still be in the dark......"

"What are you bringing it for?" Meng Xi asked him, "What else can I do if I know your kid?" ”

"Of course I can't do anything...... Chen Rui hurriedly waved his hand to defend himself. It's a pity for me, I knew I was looking for her for an autograph! ”

"Out of breath! I'm going to have a group photo! Meng Xi scoffed at Chen Rui's statement.

Mao Xiao next to him laughed: "Then I'll take a group photo and sign it!" ”

When Yan Yan arrived, he saw that the coach next to the Chu team had a somewhat unnatural face, and hurriedly interrupted everyone's fantasy about the coach's daughter in a loud voice: "I said you guys are talking so awkwardly?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to see him and asked, "Then what do you say, Team Yan?" ”

Yan Yan took out his mobile phone: "Isn't the final starting tonight?" Why don't we each say a few words of cheer to Hu Lai and Luo Kai, and I'll record it and send it to the two of them? ”

"Great idea, I'm for it!" Chu Yifan took the lead in supporting.

Others also think this is a good proposal - if the national Olympic team wins the final, will it also be our share of the credit?

So everyone appeared in front of Yan Yan's camera one by one to cheer for Hu Lai and Luo Kai.

In the end, Yan Yan pointed the camera of his mobile phone at coach Li Ziqiang: "Coach, can you also say a few words?" ”

Everyone chimed in: "Yes, yes, you're a coach!" ”

Li Ziqiang originally wanted to refuse, but seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic, he still stood in front of Yan Yan's mobile phone camera with a straight face.

"It's the final, but don't have any pressure, you can play how you train and ......."

Li Ziqiang said and suddenly realized that his posture was too much like the coach of the two of them, although Hu Lai still called himself "coach", but he had to know that he was no longer their coach, and he was not qualified to guide them how to play. So he changed his tone again:

"There's nothing to say, you both know what you have to do, just do it."

Yan Yan was stunned for a while with his mobile phone, and seeing that Li Ziqiang didn't continue, he asked in a low voice, "That's it, coach?" ”

"Well, that's it." Li Ziqiang nodded and said very seriously.

"Okay, I'll send it to Hulai and Luo Kai."

When Yan Yan was about to send it, he found that the video was so big, and he wailed: "I'll go, my traffic!" ”

"You edit it, how can there be a ...... to send the original documents," Chu Yifan said.

"No, Team Chu...... You just cut out who's picture, right? ”

"Uh...... Then you can spend some traffic. Chu Yifan suddenly had no opinion.

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"Ready to go! Ready to go! ”

Wang Zijian excitedly ran around the corridor of the hotel, knocking one by one...... Or rather, slamming on the door where his teammates were.

But he didn't wait for the people inside to come out and open the door for him, just left a "ready to go" and ran to knock on the next door.

And just like that, he knocked all the way, and the doors behind him opened one by one, poking out the heads of his teammates.

"Wang Zijian, you're excited! Knock on the door when it's time?! ”

"That's why I said I'm ready to go, ready! It's ready! Wang Zijian's voice came back from the front, accompanied by a new knock on the door.

Wang Guangwei turned his body back from outside the door and looked at Hu Lai: "Let's go down early, so many people will wait for the elevator at that time, and they won't have to wait for death?" ”

Hu Lai got up: "Okay, anyway, everything is packed up." ”

The two men kicked their backpacks, took their coats in their hands, and walked out of the hotel room.

At the same time, a new message alert popped up on Hulai's phone.

He opened it and found that it was Yan Yan who sent it to him...... A video.

He didn't even think about it, he clicked on it directly, and then found that the video began to load in circles at turtle speed......

"I'll go, what is this?" Hu Lai was surprised and asked Yan Yan directly on WeChat.

"We're here today, and here's a video of everyone cheering you on!" Yan Yan replied in seconds.

"Okay, then I'll go down first. I'll look at it later. ”

"You're ready to go?" Yan Yan asked.

"Well, I'm ready to get on the bus."

"We're eating, waiting to see the game live! Come on for a while! Fight to get a championship back! ”

"That's a must!"

Hu Lai put away his mobile phone, and Wang Guangwei saw that he was smiling happily, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Who sent the message? ”

"Team Yan, they had a party with the Dongchuan Middle School team today, and he recorded a video, and his teammates cheered me on. How is it, Lao Wang, envy or not? ”

Wang Guangwei took out his mobile phone and shook it in front of Hu Lai's eyes: "What a coincidence, Wu Yue and they also cheered me on WeChat, voice." ”

"What do you two say?" Chen Xingyi came over.

Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei took out their mobile phones at the same time to show off to Chen Xingyi.

After listening to the two of them's show-offs, Chen Xingyi exclaimed, "What's this?" My teammates from Shuguang High School not only cheered me on, but also sent me a big red envelope! ”

Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei glanced at each other, and then accelerated their pace and walked towards the elevator at the same time with a very tacit understanding.

As soon as he took two steps, Luo Kai walked out of his room, saw Hu Lai and asked, "What's going on with that video of Yan Yanfa?" I didn't open it for a long time. ”

"They're having a party today, and here's a video to cheer you on." Hulai explained succinctly as he walked.

"Ah, this ......" Luo Kai froze in place, looking down at his phone, a little unexpectedly that the former teammates of the Dongchuan Middle School football team still remembered him.

He replied under that video: "Thank you Team Yan, and thank you everyone, I will work hard." ”

Soon he received a voice message from Yan Yan: "That's so polite, Luo Kai! This is a little bit of our heart, and we will go to the game in a while to let little Japan see how powerful you are! You weren't there the last time you played them in the East Asian Cup, so this time you surprised them! Don't let Hulai be in the limelight alone! ”

The background sound behind his remarks was so loud that he had to raise his voice.

Luo Kai could still faintly hear someone shouting: "Coach, I toast you!" ”

Someone else was asking Yan Yan: "What are you doing?" Drink and drink, don't pretend to chat about WeChat! ”

"Who are you talking to?"

Listening to the excitement in this voice, Luo Kai couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

He replied: "I promise not to let Hulai be in the limelight alone!" ”

Then he also put his mobile phone in his pocket, carried a sports backpack, and quickly chased after Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Chen Xingyi.

In the corridors, more and more players of the National Olympic team, dressed up, came out of their rooms, gathered together, like a stream, ready to run to the sea.