A week later, Hu Lai went to the birthday party of his friend Song Jiajia under the pretext of attending the birthday party of his friend Song Jiajia at the same table, and went to Jincheng, the provincial capital, to participate in the final of the Anton Cup.

Unlike the first time they came here, this time the players of Dongchuan Middle School will no longer be shocked by the natural turf.

Because Jiaxiang High School failed to reach the finals this time, their huge cheerleading team also failed to come in handy.

The stands at the Provincial Sports Center are somewhat empty.

However, after Dongchuan Middle School reached the finals this time, they also had some of their own cheerleading teams. The number of people is not very large, but it is also a remarkable zero breakthrough.

The cheerleaders organized themselves to ride the high-speed train with the team to the finals venue, and after ascending to the stadium stands, they began to hang banners and slogans cheering them on.

Another team that reached the finals, Jincheng No. 13 Middle School, was a local middle school, and many students came to cheer for the team.

So although the number of people who came to watch the game was not as large as last year's final, the momentum was still not bad.

Dai Zetao also appeared in the stands of the stadium.

He had come to observe Hulay.

After that semi-final, he followed Wang Guangwei's advice and decided to observe Hulai.

After all, in this Anton Cup, the most noteworthy of young local players is Hulai.

After the semi-finals, Hulai has become the top scorer with ten goals, and because the other rival's school stopped in the semi-finals, there is no chance of overtaking Hulai. It can be said that Hulai won the Golden Boot honor of this year's Anton Cup in advance - after the final, he will receive a small trophy as a reward for the first place in the scorer list.

This trophy belonged to Luo Kai last year.

This year fell into the hands of Hulai.

In Dai Zetao's view, this seems to mean a kind of "inheritance".

Hulai, who succeeded Luo Kai, became the top scorer in the Anton Cup, so what kind of performance can he show in the national competition?

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The final itself was not much in suspense.

Although Jincheng Thirteen Middle School can be regarded as half of the home game, there are more people who come to cheer for them.

But the difference in strength between the two sides is there.

Before Jiaxiang High School, Dongchuan Middle School has always been the king of high school football in Andong Province, they are the first middle school in Andong Province to win the "Football Tradition Strong School" - this brand is not the so-called "key middle school", it can be won by a school, and there are only two schools in Andong Province so far that have won such honorary titles, one is Dongchuan Middle School, and the other is Jiaxiang High School.

After beating Jia Xiang High School, another "traditional football powerhouse", 3-1 away, the players of Dong Chuan High School were full of confidence, and they were confident that no other team in Andong Province could stop them from going to the national competition.

That allowed them to get into the groove of the game quickly, and after 27 minutes of resistance in the 13th, the goal was lost.

It was Hu Lai who scored the goal for Dongchuan Middle School!

He opened the scoring with a goalmouth shot!

As Hulai made his trademark celebration again, he simultaneously heard the task completion chime ringing in his head.

This made the smile on his face even brighter.

When I looked at the slogan "Come on Xiaoyu" in the stands, my eyes softened a lot.

Finally, I'm going to have my own female fan group!

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Hulai's goal opened the door to victory for Dongchuan Middle School.

In the second half, Xia Xiaoyu scored a goal with a long-range shot to rewrite the score to 2:0.

In the end, Dongchuan Middle School defeated 13 Middle School with this score, successfully defended the Anton Cup championship and qualified for the second national competition.

After the award ceremony, this time there was no need for the captain to look for Hu Lai, Hu Lai himself had already sandwiched the trophy in the middle with Yan Yan on the left and right, and behind them and on both sides, were all the players from Dongchuan Middle School.

They hugged the trophy and completed the family portrait of the winner.

On the high-speed train back to Dongchuan from Jincheng, Li Ziqiang came to Hu Lai's side and took the initiative to ask him: "Do you still need me to bring your clothes back this time?" ”

Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, and quickly nodded: "Yes, coach." You can keep this for me for the time being......"

After saying that, he also put his Golden Boot trophy into a sports backpack and handed it to the head coach.

Looking down at the backpack in his hand, Li Ziqiang asked, "Your dad still won't let you play?" ”

Hu Lai smiled a little embarrassedly: "I told him that I came out today to celebrate the birthday of my classmates......"

"You do have the talent and you have proven that you can go this way."

"It's useless, my dad doesn't care about this, he just hates football, and he hates my contact with football."

"Why"

"I don't know......" Hulai shook his head a little dazedly.

Li Ziqiang did not continue to ask this question, in today's society, there are indeed some people who are full of natural prejudices against football.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the image of Chinese football in the past was really unbearable. Not to mention the match-fixing black whistle, for youth football, it is not uncommon for various grassroots coaches to accept bribes from parents. If you don't give money, no matter how talented and capable your child is, don't want to have a place in the team. And as long as the money is enough, even if you are a cripple, you can be arranged.

There are also youth soccer coaches who do not hesitate to destroy the bodies of those children for the sake of team results. Or the parents of the children who deceive them keep throwing money into it, and when they can't squeeze anything more, they kick the child away......

This kind of thing is simply an "unspoken rule" that everyone knows in the previous Chinese football environment.

In recent years, this situation has improved dramatically as China has vigorously cleaned up the football environment from the top down.

However, for ordinary people, this kind of improvement is not strong in their perception, but the long-term inherent image of Chinese football has left a deep and indelible impression on them.

As a result, many people's inner thoughts are difficult to reverse.

In Li Ziqiang's heart, Hu Lai's father should belong to this kind of person.

He sighed in his heart, this is a debt owed by Chinese football in the past, and it must be repaid by everyone in Chinese football now.

It's not just himself who pays his debts, but Hulai as well, even though he is actually quite innocent......

"Do you want to play professional football?" Li Ziqiang suddenly asked again.

"Huh? Think, I want to kick. Hulai hurriedly replied.

"Professional football is not easy to play." Li Ziqiang said as usual.

"So I'm going to work harder. Coach, the Anton Cup is over, but the next step is the national competition, do you think I have anything to improve? ”

Li Ziqiang didn't speak, first looked Hu Lai up and down, and said in his heart, what do you need to improve? You need to improve everywhere in your body.

However, he didn't say that, but said to Hulai: "Aside from the winter vacation, there are only two months between now and the national competition, and there is not much time, you still have to do a good job of catching the ball and shooting, and at the same time don't stop physical and strength training." ”

"Ah, don't practice dribbling or something?" Hulai still hopes that one day he can dribble the ball past five people in a row, break into Longtan alone, enter the opponent's penalty area, and finally give the goalkeeper three times, and then hit the football into the goal.

In other words, any boy who plays football may have had this kind of dream.

However, Li Ziqiang poured a basin of cold water on him: "With the ball? Just your poorly coordinated body? Forget it. Spending precious training time on that is a waste. I'll tell you, you can do both stopping and shooting, and you'll benefit a lot in the future. There are some balls that others can't stop, and if you can stop, you can get more shots than others. There are some goals that others don't dare to shoot, but if you shoot with confidence, you can score more goals than others. As for dribbling...... Don't think about being an all-rounder, people's energy is limited, and everything will end up being commonplace. ”

When he said this, Li Ziqiang's tone was much colder, and his attitude was much more severe, as if he was afraid that Hu Lai, a bastard boy, did not take his words to heart, and he added: "As long as I am your coach, I will not let you practice dribbling." You can shoot and stop the ball at the top, and in professional football, there will definitely be a place for you. ”

"Just shooting and stopping?" Hulay asked rhetorically.

"Do you think it's easy?" Li Ziqiang glanced at him. 'I'm not talking about shooting and stopping the ball in training, but stopping and shooting in confrontational situations. In the Chinese national team, there are not many people who can do these two things well. The same is true in world football. ”

"Well...... 'Hulay' is not a blind man who knows nothing, he knows the manager is right. Not to mention this world, even the world he came from.

Stopping the ball and shooting are the basic skills of being a player, but the truth is so cruel and ironic, there are many people who become professional players without even practicing the basics.

Li Ziqiang saw that Hu Lai agreed, and said: "No one can become an all-round player, and if you choose to improve in one aspect, you will naturally give up the possibility of improving in another aspect." You're a player who is good at shooting from the spot, you have to know what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are. Your second goal in the semi-finals was very smart, and you didn't blindly fight Wu Yue in the middle, but after attracting his attention, you decisively gave up the middle and ran to the front to grab the point. Use your brain, that's your style of football. ”

After speaking, Li Ziqiang also pointed to his temple, and then got up to leave.

Mao Xiao sat down beside Hu Lai again, turned his head to look at the head coach, and said a little strangely: "The coach has been chatting with you for a long time today, and he has said a lot of things." I don't think he had much to say to you before......"

"Because I'm the top scorer in the Anton Cup now!" Hulean grunted with his head raised. "If you have strength, you will naturally be favored!"

Mao Xiao frowned, always feeling that things would not be as simple as Hu Lai said.

He turned around and peeked at the manager, who sat in his place with a straight face, unsmiling, and serious, as usual.

I don't know what's going on in my mind.