All the shining star players who entered the 18-man squad, including Lai Zekai, thought that Hu Lai would definitely start this home game against Youjiang Red Lotus.

But when the team set off from the Shining Star Liucheng training base and arrived at the provincial sports center in the northern part of Jincheng City, Zhao Kangming announced the starting list of 11 men, but Hu Lai was not included in this list.

Lai Zekai is still the starter.

It's as if what Zhao Kangming said when he replaced Lai Zekai in the last game was not perfunctory, but sincere, he really still has to rely on Lai Zekai in the next game!

Lai Zekai, who came back to his senses, didn't expect his opportunity to come so easily and so quickly.

He glanced at Hulai in ecstasy.

Not only him, but the rest of the team also set their sights on Hulai.

After all, everyone knew that Hulai did well in training and won the trust of the manager, but they still didn't start, some of them were worried about Hulai, and some of them were simply curious about how Hulai would react.

Hulai didn't react, his face was expressionless, he couldn't tell if he was unhappy, or confused.

And after the head coach Zhao Kangming announced the starting list, he obviously saw everyone's eyes on Hu Lai, and did not explain much.

He believed that with Hulai's tacit understanding with himself, there was no need to explain more, and that saying it would seem contrived and hypocritical.

Besides, he didn't want to explain to Hulai in front of so many people - the dignified manager had to explain to him because the player didn't start? What does this make the other players think? Does that mean that all the players who are not selected in the starting lineup in the future have to explain it themselves?

It's not that pretentious.

Hulay will surely understand why he didn't have him in the starting line-up.

"Alright, let's go out and warm up!" Assistant coach Chen Mo stood up and slapped his face.

The players then got up and walked out of the dressing room.

Hulai is among them.

When they walked out of the locker room, Wang Guangwei came up: "Actually, I occasionally came off the bench last season and performed well, but I still waited for a long time, and it wasn't until Director Zhao came this season that I started in the first team." Don't be discouraged, Hulai, sooner or later there will be a place for you in the starting lineup......"

Hu Lai couldn't help laughing when he heard him comfort himself like this: "I'm not discouraged, Lao Wang." ”

"Huh? Are you not discouraged? I thought you had some opinions on Director Zhao's arrangement......"

Hu Lai hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no opinion." I knew that Coach Zhao was doing it for my own good, and wanted me to relieve some of the pressure. After all, after I came off the bench to help the team win the game in the last game, I'm being targeted by a lot of people now, so normally, there will be pressure. So Director Zhao asked me to play as a substitute because he didn't want me to be under the gaze of so many people all the time. ”

After Wang Guangwei listened to Hu Lai's words, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He patted Hu Lai, looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "It's okay, I think Lai Zekai will definitely not be able to score today......

Hu Lai grinned: "Lao Wang, you are so bad......"

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"What? Hulai didn't start?! ”

When Yan Yan brought his former high school teammates to the Provincial Sports Center, the starting list for this game was also released.

Everyone exclaimed when they found out that Hu Lai was not in the starting list.

"Isn't it? That Lai Zekai can still start? He's actually the manager's godson! ”

"It's just that it's obvious that Lai Zekai is out of form, why do you still let him start? What does Zhao Kangming think? ”

"Fuck, I came to watch the game, just to come to Hulai, but Hulai didn't start, so I still have to watch a Jiebao!"

"I'm going to play, I think that Lai Zekai will definitely not be able to score, and at this time the manager will know who is the most trustworthy person for him......"

"That's the case, but the devil knows when Hulai will be able to play?"

Everyone was talking, and Yan Yan, who was surrounded in the middle, felt that there was a swarm of flies around him, so he had to raise his hand and say, "Okay, okay, don't make trouble, it's all here, can we still turn around and leave?" It wasn't easy to buy a ticket in the first place. We're just waiting in the stands, even if he's out for ten minutes, we're going to have to let him see us!" ”

The former captain of the team spoke, and the others naturally had no opinion.

So everyone packed up their things and walked to the court.

It's just that this incident has affected the mood to some extent, and everyone who went to watch the game was not as elated as before, and the conversation was strong.

Many people fell silent, wondering in their hearts when Hulai would be able to appear.

Will it be the same as the last game, with 25 minutes left, or will it be later, or sooner?

Because it's not a start, there are a lot of possibilities, and the development of the game on the pitch can also affect the chances of the substitutes playing.

For example, if a star is sent off in a game, a substitution will be wasted, and when there are only two substitutions left, will the manager still give Hulai a chance?

Although the probability of this kind of thing happening is very small, but caring is chaotic, everyone cares about Hulai, and will unconsciously consider the worst possibility.

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"I said it's not that easy to start, is it?" Hu Lixin glanced at his wife.

Xie Lan just knew that Hu Lai did not start this game, and the whole person was depressed, and when she heard her husband pouring cold water on her, she frowned and said in disgust: "Why didn't you go out for a walk today?" ”

"The time hasn't come yet." Hu Lixin said.

Xie Lan snorted and ignored him.

Hu Lixin saw his wife's absent-minded look, hesitated for a moment and said: "It's good that Hu Lai scored a goal in the last game, but the situation faced by the starter and the substitute is different. When the opponent's physical strength decreases when he comes off the bench, it is naturally easy to get opportunities. The starters will be heavily defended by the opposition from the start. Just because he came off the bench and scored a goal doesn't mean he's going to start, no manager would do that......"

Xie Lan didn't expect her husband to take the initiative to explain to herself, she was stunned for a moment and then asked, "Then how can I start?" ”

"At the very least, you have to perform well in a row, and it's useless to perform well in one game."

"And what about our son scoring again in this game?" Xie Lan's eyes lit up when she heard her husband say this.

Hu Lixin snorted: "Childish! You say you score a goal, you score? How easy are you to score a goal, like a meal? ”

"I think it's easy for our son to score a goal, run to the goal, the ball comes, lift your foot and touch it, the ball goes in." Sheeran said.

"You ......" Hu Lixin felt that it was impossible to talk to a ball blind.

Although he didn't watch that game or how Hulai scored, was it so easy to "run to the goal" after hearing his wife say that...... "run to the goal"? Is it true that the opponent's forbidden area is his own living room, and he can run to the empty space if he wanders around? "The ball is coming", how did the ball come? Running with long legs on your own? Do you know how many people's efforts and plans are behind the words "the ball is coming"? "Raise your foot and touch", the shooting technique that best reflects a striker's skills, is the same as the eight punches of the king in your mouth, and it depends on luck whether you can hit or not, right?

And this "ball goes in"...... What a simple description, so to speak, the goals in all the games in the world can be summed up in these four words, doesn't it sound that all goals are particularly simple?

Anyway, it can be expressed in the phrase "shot, the ball is in".

"What am I, what do you say......"

"I'm too lazy to tell you......" Hu Lixin picked up his cigarette and walked to the gate.

"What are you going to do? You make it clear to me, Hu Lixin! ”

"I'll tell you a hammer ......"

After throwing off this sentence, Hu Lixin ran out of the door, closed the door by the way, and locked the roar of his wife behind him in the house.

Then he lit a cigarette and went downstairs for a "walk".