The air conditioner on the wall directly above the head was working, and the outdoor unit hanging outside the balcony made a buzzing roar, which made the balcony glass tremble, and continuously emitted low-frequency noise.

The temperature was set at 26 degrees Celsius, but Xie Lan still felt hot, and she was fanning herself with a round pu fan in one hand.

The voice of the narrator came from the TV directly in front of it:

"Today, the temperature in Kunyang has reached 34 degrees, and the air humidity is as high as 80 percent, which will make it even more stuffy, which will have a negative impact on the players on both sides of the field."

"That's right, today's weather in Kunyang is just two words: sultry!" The voice of the commentator of this game sounded, "The air humidity is too high, which will form a water film on the surface of the human body, affecting heat dissipation." Because of this, the game has not been exciting enough so far, and the players on both sides seem to be a little tired. Luckily, it's time to hydrate soon......"

It can be seen from the live TV footage that the game was indeed played under the scorching sun.

In such weather, not many people even went to watch the game, and the stands of Kunyang City Stadium, which can accommodate 40,000 people, were nearly two-thirds empty.

There are still a third of the fans, but there are also weak at this moment, and no one makes a sound, and if you don't give the stands cameras, it will make people think that this is an empty game.

The weather was already not good, and the game was played so far, and neither side had scored a goal, which naturally made the fans even more bored.

"The personnel arrangement of the flashstars in this game is actually more proactive than the last away game to open the flag Eagles, and they did create some opportunities in the game, but they couldn't take them. So no goals have been scored until now. At the same time, the defense line of the good shining star performed well and resisted the offensive of Kunyang City, which is 0:0......"

"In fact, if you end the game with this score, Kunyang City may not be unacceptable, even if it is their home game. But Twinkle Star is certainly unacceptable. If this game can't be won again, it will already be three consecutive games without a win, and Zhao Kangming is under a lot of pressure......"

Because the game scene was a bit dull and boring, the commentators and commentators of Anton TV's sports channel could only talk about it.

Xie Lan in front of the TV heard the narrator say this, and couldn't help but complain: "In that case, why don't you just replace Hu Lai with it?" My son is also a striker! To strengthen the attack, should we change the striker? ”

As she said this, she quickened the speed of her hand-cranked fan, as if trying to soothe her frowning brow with the wind that had picked it up.

It's 4:43 p.m. on Sunday, and the match between Shining Star and Kunyang City has been going on for 58 minutes, and the score is still 0:0. The only reason why she patiently sat in front of the TV to watch this dull football game was that her son Hulai had not yet played.

No one in the house answered her questions, and her husband, the only one who knew the ball, went out for a walk just after the game began.

In such a hot and humid weather, go out for a walk...... Xie Lan knew in her heart that her husband just didn't want to watch the game, and he didn't watch the game because he didn't want to bow to his son and admit defeat.

Men are like that, she's used to it.

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Hulai was not sitting on the bench, and he and several other substitutes were rushed to the warm-up area by the assistant coach and were warming up behind the goal of Kunyang City.

Sprint for 10 meters, then turn back, jog with your legs raised, return to the starting point, turn around and sprint, and repeat the process.

After doing five sets, he stood in place and began to twist and stretch, while standing behind the billboard to watch the game from behind the Kunyang City goal.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with Director Zhao's tactical arrangement, and the flash star played well away from home, especially in the midfield and backfield, and the performance was very stable.

Although Brother Lin is thirty-eight years old, your uncle is your uncle, there is no pressure to play in the middle league, and he has a stable group in the midfield. Tandem organization, both offensive and defensive.

That's the front......

Macaulay Murphy was closely marked by opposing defenders and had little chance.

As for Lai Zekai, I don't know if the defenders of Kunyang City know that he is in a sluggish state now, and his defense is obviously inferior to Murphy's, which also caused Lai Zekai to get some shooting opportunities instead.

But just like in his previous games, only one shot has hit the woodwork so far......

At that moment, Raisek forced his foot to shoot from the edge of the box, only for the ball to fly high over the crossbar and land directly behind Hulai's warm-up area.

The caddie at the home stadium of Kunyang City threw the football in his hand into the field, and then turned around and ran to pick up the ball.

Seeing the home team's caddie running hard under the scorching sun, Hu Lai felt some sympathy for the other party - when he played for the Dongchuan Middle School team before, there was no caddy, so if anyone shot a plane shot, everyone would be booed, because no one wanted to run that far to pick up the ball...... In the end, of course, whoever kicked the football out will pick it up.

"Lai Zekai's front door feels really bad......" Next to Hu Lai, Han Xiangfei, who was warming up with him, suddenly sighed.

"But didn't Brother Lai score sixteen goals last season?" Hulai asked, turning his head.

"Who knows the state for sure?" Han Xiangfei shook his head.

Hulai suddenly remembered something and asked: "Some people on the Internet say that Brother Lai is in a goal drought because the club does not meet his demand for a salary increase......"

"Maybe...... The salary increase did not increase, which did have some impact on Lai Zekai's mentality, and during that time, Lai Zekai always scolded Manager Dong in the locker room...... Team Li persuaded him to adjust his mentality, but he didn't listen. In fact, he has an annual salary of one million, even if the club doesn't give him a rise this time, as long as he performs well, he will still have a chance next time. As a result, he made such a fuss, which made everyone quite uncomfortable, and he was a person with an annual salary of one million in the locker room every day, saying that the club was asking for food...... He is asking for food, so we don't have anyone like 500,000 people, and we don't become beggars among beggars? ”

After Hu Lai heard Han Xiangfei's complaint, he pondered for two seconds and asked, "Brother Fei, you are all beggars, so what am I?" ”

Han Xiangfei laughed: "Don't worry, you kid, as long as you can perform well, are you worried about not having a good contract?" You see Guangwei, he only signed a professional contract with the club at the end of last year, but as far as his current performance is concerned, I tell you that before the end of this season, the club will definitely re-sign his contract, and the annual salary will increase sharply. ”

Hulai asked again: "Brother Fei, I just signed a professional contract in July, if I perform well in this half season, when the season is over, can the club re-sign me a contract and give me a salary increase?" ”

Han Xiangfei turned his head to look at Hu Lai, his eyes were shining, he only felt funny, he shook his head: "Then I don't know, how good do you have to behave so that the club can re-sign the contract with you in half a year?" ”

Hulai didn't know what conditions to trigger in order for the club to sign another professional contract with him for only half a season and give him a salary increase.

He just thought that he still owed 400,000 foreign debts, and he couldn't wait......

At this moment, the referee blew the whistle, and the players of both sides immediately stopped the game and walked towards their respective benches on the sidelines.

It's time to hydrate.

The managers of both sides took advantage of the opportunity to seize the time to make adjustments to what happened in the game just now.

It's a bit like a timeout in a basketball game.

The setting of hydration time also enriches the coaches' means of directing the game.

Hydrating on the sidelines has nothing to do with the substitute players, Hu Lai and Han Xiangfei did not continue to chat, but continued to warm up briefly.

At this time, the physical trainer of the team who ran out of the coach's seat of the shining star, he ran all the way, and soon ran to the corner flag area, and then held the billboard and waved at the warm-up area and shouted: "Hulai! Hulai! ”

At first, everyone thought that he was shouting "come back", asking everyone to finish the warm-up and go back to the bench. Unexpectedly, when they all finished their warm-up and walked back, the physical trainer hurriedly waved his hand: "What are you doing when you come back?" I mean Hulay! Hulai is back! ”

He also pointed to Hurley.

Han Xiangfei reacted first, he patted Hu Lai's shoulder hard: "It's okay, Hu Lai!" You're going to play! Don't be stunned, hurry back! ”

Hu Lai, who was pushed by Han Xiangfei, came back to his senses and hurriedly ran to the coach's seat under the envious eyes of other teammates.

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When Hu Lai ran back to the coach's seat and approached his teammates who were gathering to drink water, he heard Lai Zekai asking head coach Zhao Kangming to stay on the pitch: "I can still do it, I promise to score, Zhao Gui!" It's only sixty-five minutes now, and there's still twenty-five minutes, and you can give it to me again...... Give me fifteen minutes, and if you don't score by then, you can replace me with me!" I'm not going to say anything! ”

His tone was fierce and his voice was a little loud, Hu Lai could hear it clearly outside, but he didn't stop outside the crowd because of this, but got into it with a cat's waist, appeared in front of head coach Zhao Kangming, and said to the latter with a smile: "Director Zhao, you called me?" ”

He was afraid that Director Zhao would be persuaded by Lai Zekai, so he hurriedly jumped out to brush up on his sense of existence.

Naturally, he also succeeded in making Lai Zekai frown and look at him.

Lai Zekai, who glanced at Hu Lai, turned his gaze to Zhao Kangming again, and continued: "Coach Zhao, I feel really good in front of the goal today, and I almost scored in the first half!" ”

But Zhao Kangming's attitude was very resolute, and he shook his head in the face of Lai Zekai: "Playing in today's weather is quite a big drain on everyone, you come down to rest and rest, and the next game will depend on you, Xiao Lai." ”

Lai Zekai saw that he said so, but the head coach still refused to give in, and knew that he could only accept the decision to be replaced.

This made him particularly unhappy.

So he didn't respond to the manager's words, and turned straight to the bench.

It stands to reason that if Shiningstar wants to make a substitution, he shouldn't go back to the bench directly, because he hasn't been replaced yet. He should be back on the pitch and when the manager's side is ready, he will be substituted on the next dead ball and handed over to his team-mates.

But instead of doing so, he went straight back to the bench to express his displeasure with the manager's substitution.

As a result, the Shinkling Star side must make a substitution immediately, otherwise they will have one less person to fight on the field...... Could it be that because there is one less person, the opponent scored a goal?

Sure enough, as soon as Lai Zekai left, the referee came up to remind the players of the shining star to hurry up and go on the field, and not to turn the hydration time into a halftime break......

Assistant coach Chen Mo hurriedly told the referee that they were going to make a substitution.

"Why did you go earlier? Hurry! The referee waved his hand impatiently.

"It's good right away, it's good right away...... Chen Mo said as he went to get the race card for Hu Lai, without this thing, he couldn't play.

On the other side, head coach Zhao Kangming put his arm around Hu Lai's shoulders, leaned into his ear, and said to him: "I don't have time to talk to you too much, but I also know that talking too much is actually useless to you......"

Hulai grinned.

"Anyway, you've been watching from the sidelines for a long time, you must have your own ideas. The offensive routines that we have repeatedly practiced in training are still useful against the defense of Kunyang City......"

Hearing Director Zhao say this, Hu Lai nodded vigorously, this was indeed what he saw off the field. He now also believes that it is true that Coach Zhao said to himself that he has now found the feeling of coaching the first team, because Coach Zhao does have a level in training and tactical arrangement, and he has been improving during his time under Shining Star.

"So just play in training." Zhao Kangming put his arm around Hu Lai's shoulder and patted it gently, "Don't have any pressure, even if you don't score, it's not a big deal, the main thing is to experience the atmosphere and accumulate experience......"

Hu Lai interrupted Director Zhao's chatter: "I know, Director Zhao." But how do you feel more nervous than I am? ”

"What nonsense!" Zhao Kangming slapped Hu Lai on the back and pushed him away, "Hurry up and play!" ”

"Yes!" Hu Lai saluted Director Zhao back, took his participation card from assistant coach Chen Mo, and walked towards the fourth official while taking off his training vest and throwing it to the bench.

He carefully tucked the hem of his jersey into his pants, and by the time he pulled his hand out, there was already a red string on his left wrist.

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"Shining Star is going to be the first to change! Lai Zekai has returned to the bench, and it seems that Zhao Kangming is going to directly use this water replenishment time to make substitutions...... It was No. 33 Hulai who was substituted! The youngster only moved from the youth team of the Chinese Super League club Poseidon two weeks ago......"

Television footage shows Hulai tucking his shirt into his pants, with his last name emblazoned on the huge number behind him.

Seeing this scene, Xie Lan jumped out of bed, then turned on her phone's camera and started recording on the TV screen.

"Guanlin, do you know anything about this Hulai?" The narrator asked.

"I really know a little bit about it, this Hulai was actually a student player before this, and was favored by a professional team for his outstanding performance in the National High School Football Championship, and went to the Poseidon youth team in the Chinese Super League, and the youth director of Poseidon at that time was Zhao Kangming, who is now coaching the shining star." A bit unexpectedly, the commentator Lu Guanlin really did his homework, and did not rummage through the information on the commentary seat, and then exclaimed into the microphone: "Can anyone tell me who this is!" ”

"Speaking of student players, in fact, Wang Guangwei, the No. 15 central defender on the field, was also a student player, he played in Jiaxiang High School, a famous football school in the province, and was also the captain of the team. After graduating from high school, he became a member of the Shining Stars youth team. Now that we can see a team with two players from student players on the stage, I have to say that our country's school football has been quite effective...... "The commentator also knows about student football.

Xie Lan didn't care what the commentators said, her eyes were now fixed on her son's figure in the mobile phone video footage.

Watch him go and hand in his badge, watch him walk to the sidelines with the fourth officer, watch him take turns lifting two feet for the fourth officer to check the spikes, watch the fourth officer hold up the substitution sign, under the nine, on the thirty-three.

Finally, she saw her son running into the green field with his head held high.

"Come on, son......"

Mom whispered.