Chapter 8 A decision that changed the future of Chinese football

The Chinese team didn't let the Chinese fans who cheered them on in the cold wind of the night wait too long.

They took the lead in the opening twenty minutes.

The whole stadium was like a boiling pot, with white gas rising and people making noise.

The sports photographers at the scene pointed their cameras at the players of the Chinese Olympic team celebrating the goal and pressed the shutter in their hands.

This is the first step taken by the Chinese Olympic team towards the Madrid Olympic Games, which is of great significance.

It must be recorded.

In their footage, the players of the Chinese Olympic team hugged each other, high-fived, then turned around with a smile and walked side by side back to their own half of the court, waving to the fans in the stands on the way.

The fans at the scene responded with warm applause and cheers.

The red Chinese team jersey is like a beating fire on this cold winter night, bringing warmth to people's vision and psychology.

Many years later, if the Chinese fans who were there recall this night, they may also be surprised, and they have many things in their memories, but they don't feel cold.

Just when they were on fire because of this goal, just four minutes later, in the twenty-fourth minute, the Chinese team's attack made a comeback.

This time, it was Chen Xingyi who cut inside after taking the ball on the side, but he did not dribble horizontally, but just cut inside, and suddenly passed the football to the middle of the penalty area with his right foot.

Hulai, who had been at the back of the net in the previous goal, stepped forward this time to take away an Omani centre-back and create an opening in front of the Omani goal.

Luo Kai plugged in this vacancy and jumped to the top!

The ball was pushed into the goal by him!

"Eh, good ball!! 2:0!! The national Olympic team scored two goals in a short period of time! This time it was Luo Kai who wasted a chance in the opening game! ”

"The Chinese team played very well, proactive, and all kinds of cross-positions, which made the Omani backline a little difficult to parry!"

In the praise of the commentator, Luo Kai, who scored the goal, got up from the ground, ran to Chen Xingyi, who passed the ball to him, and then hugged him.

Both of them were rivals, both of them in the club and in their student days, and their fans bit each other for a long time as enemies.

At that time, as fans of both of them, how could they have imagined that one day, their idols would hug each other so intimately and celebrate a goal?

Chen Xingyi's fans circled Luo Kai's fans on the Internet: "Na, remember, this ball of your family was assisted by our star!" β€œ

Luo Kai's fans can't go back, because they did assist Luo Kai, and Luo Kai also went up to hug him, so they could only hold this breath in their hearts.

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"Chen Xingyi has already completed two assists...... Although he hasn't scored so far, he has been very good. Since Shi Wuyun tried to launch the 'trident' of the national Olympic team in the three warm-up matches in October last year, this is actually the first appearance of the three of them in an official competition. Even though the game had only been played for less than half an hour, we were pleasantly surprised by the tacit understanding that broke out between them......

"Chen Xingyi and Hu Lai both played at Shin Star, while Luo Kai and Hu Lai were teammates when they were student players. All three of them have participated in our country's own national football tournament for high school students, and can also be regarded as role models for cultivating talents in campus football......"

Hearing the words of the commentator and the guests, Li Qingqing turned his head and asked Li Ziqiang with a smile: "Dad, what kind of experience is it to cultivate two international players at once?" ”

Li Ziqiang shook his head: "Luo Kai was not trained by me, he was already formed before he entered the Dongchuan Middle School team." But Hulai...... I really didn't think he would be where he is today. It stands to reason that at the age at which he is exposed to formal training, it will be difficult for him to achieve anything......"

"He's a genius!" Li Qingqing said proudly. "I told my dad back in the day."

Li Ziqiang glanced at his daughter meaningfully: "Just with his talent for running without the ball?" ”

"Of course not." Li Qingqing said seriously, "When I took him to do coordination training in that open space, I found that his progress was much faster than that of ordinary people. Dad, you also know that when you are too old, the effect of coordination training will be much worse...... But Hulai didn't, he was training for the first time, and the improvement was already visible to the naked eye. ”

Li Ziqiang didn't know this detail before, because his daughter hadn't told him.

However, he also followed his daughter's words and remembered Hulai's performance after being recruited into the school team by himself.

That kid's progress is indeed faster than ordinary people, he is like a sponge that has been dry for sixteen years, suddenly thrown into the water, and begins to absorb water frantically......

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I thought at the time, if Dad doesn't recruit him to the school team, I will take him to practice in the open space behind our house for a year, and I believe that if he goes to the school team exam again, he should be able to be selected. As a result, I didn't expect Dad, you to recruit him in the end...... Eh, Dad, why did you suddenly decide to recruit him to the school team in the first place? Is it because of those things I said to you? ”

Li Qingqing turned her head and looked at her father with wide eyes.

Under the gaze of his daughter, Li Ziqiang forced a smile: "Yes, I thought about it, I should really give him a chance......

Li Qingqing laughed: "Hehe, Dad, you made a right decision!" Otherwise, you see, the national Olympic team will have such a core missing! ”

She pointed to the TV screen and looked up.

Li Ziqiang smiled dryly and also turned his gaze to the TV.

There is a replay of Rokai's goal.

Before Luo Kai's header, Hu Lai was originally in the middle, and of course he could have waited there for Chen Xingyi's ball to come, and then jumped up to fight with the opposing central defender.

But he didn't.

Instead, he suddenly stepped forward and took away the central defender who followed him, creating a gap for Luo Kai who was inserted behind.

Does he not know the exact location of football?

Of course not, but he did it anyway and strictly followed the manager's tactics.

He's already a qualified professional.

It is difficult for Li Ziqiang to associate such Hu Lai with the original immature image.

Maybe my daughter is right, no matter what the reason, she has changed the trajectory of this kid's life after all, and it may not necessarily change the future trajectory of Chinese football......

Thinking of this, he did feel a little proud and laughed.

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After the Chinese Olympic team took a two-goal lead in the first half, it adjusted its rhythm slightly, and did not continue to maintain the previous high-level pressing style of play, but retracted and played with the opponent. That's not to say that they won't be chasing goals, but hopefully Oman can press out properly so that they will have more space to exploit from behind.

Oman seemed to be stunned by the two goals scored by the Chinese team in just four minutes, and even if the Chinese team retreated to make space, they could not boldly take advantage of it.

Until the end of the first half, neither side scored again, and the score was temporarily fixed at 2:0.

Although they did not score again, the Chinese team still had the advantage on the field.

Commentators He Feng, Yan Kang and fans were also very satisfied with the performance of the Chinese team in the first half.

In the review of the first half of the halftime at halftime, He Feng and Yan Kang almost brought out the first half of the Chinese team.

said that it played a spirit rarely seen in Chinese football in recent years - of course, we have to put aside the East Asian Cup game against South Korea, and the whole team of the National Olympic Team in that game was the same as hanging......

That's a special case within a special case.

And today's match against Oman is a normal game and sustainable.

At halftime, in the home team's locker room, Shi Wuyun also praised the performance of the players, but only praised one sentence, and did not keep praising and touting the players in different ways.

He only said: "Everyone played well in the first half and played our pre-match tactical arrangement. ”

And then another: "But, from now on, forget about those two goals in the first half, we're just playing 0-0 with the opponent now." So there is no right to celebrate and relax. ”

All the players in the locker room looked solemn, and they all knew why Coach Shi said this.

Isn't it just that they are afraid that they will be too satisfied with the performance in the first half, and their pride will be underestimated and they will be overturned by the opponent in the second half?

"After we start the second half, we still have to fight like in the first half, continue to press high, press them, make them not know how to deal with it, and stir their brains and the defense into a pot of porridge!"

In the end, Shi Wuyun smashed his fist into the palm of his hand.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and neither made any substitution adjustments.

As soon as the Chinese Olympic team came up, it pressed Oman as it did in the first half, and completely faithfully implemented Shi Wuyan's tactical arrangement.

In the face of the Chinese team's high-pressure tactics, Oman seemed quite uncomfortable, and their own weak strength in the face of the Chinese team's tactics soon led to many holes in the back line.

So just ten minutes into the first half, in the 55th minute, the Chinese team once again took advantage of the gap left by Oman's shrinking defense to launch an attack.

This time it was changed to the right side, and after the right fullback Bai Di received the ball from Luo Kai, he didn't stop the ball and crossed directly at a 45-degree angle!

The ball arced and flew high into the box.

Hulai ran to the gap between the two Omani players and jumped on the spot, accurately judged the landing point of the football, and shook his head back!

When he jumped up to fight for the top, the two Omani central defenders around him didn't even jump, and they didn't expect that there would be Chinese players on the ball in this place......

They just watched the ball fly towards the back of the goal.

And the goalkeeper who was in front of the point before, although he tried his best to fight back, was still out of reach of Hu Lai's slightly tricky head-shaking attack!

"Hulaiβ€”β€”!!! Brace!! The Chinese team leads Oman 3:0! It's only been ten minutes into the second half! He Feng cheered again.

After a fifteen-minute intermission, the atmosphere in the Ocean Stadium had cooled down slightly, but now it was rekindled and banged.

The shouts of the fans burst out like flames from the vents of planetary engines soaring into the sky.