When Li Qingqing returned to the locker room from outside, she was greeted with cheers and applause from all her teammates.

Li Qingqing hurriedly bowed to everyone.

But she should accept such treatment calmly.

Because she deserves it.

The Chinese women's team defeated the Zimbabwe women's football team 5-0 in the first game of the Olympic Games, and as the absolute core of the team, Li Qingqing performed well in this game, scoring a hat-trick and also contributing an assist. China scored a total of five goals, and she was involved in four of them.

Doesn't this kind of performance deserve the applause and respect of the whole team?

But Li Qingqing is not Hu Lai, he still needs to be faced......

Therefore, for the kindness given by his teammates, Li Qingqing also repaid them with his kindness.

After frolicking with his teammates in the locker room for a while, Li Qingqing went to take a shower, change his clothes, and then sat down in his place, picked up his phone, and sent a message to Hulai.

"Hat-trick, whew!"

Soon Hulai came back: "What is there to say about a hat-trick against a weak team like Zimbabwe?" I'll tell you, if you want to enter, you will enter the strong team! ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for you to wear a hat against Argentina!"

Hulai's heart was beating out when he saw this sentence on his phone, he was afraid that he would hear that emotionless voice, and then told himself that the system had issued a new task asking him to score a hat-trick against the Argentine Olympic team......

Luckily, this time there was no sound in his head.

He waited a little longer, making sure that the system really wouldn't trigger the task because of this, and then he breathed a sigh.

"Why don't you speak? Cowardly? ”

"Instigating......, cowardly," Hu Lai hurriedly sent an expression of his hand. Sister, you are awesome, you are willing to bow down! ”

It's not okay to admit this kind of thing, he's really scared of that damn system.

Seeing Hu Lai's confession, Li Qingqing showed a bright smile on his face, which was brighter than scoring three goals.

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When the women's football players returned to their hotel by bus, the national Olympic team also boarded the bus en masse and headed for the stadium of Santa Lucia, the venue of the competition.

Before getting off the bus, Yan Encai, the head coach of the women's football team, said to everyone: "After dinner, let's gather in the hotel conference room at eight o'clock in the evening, watch the games of the national Olympic team, and cheer for the boys of the national Olympic team!" ”

"Good!" The girls answered him in unison.

Although the promise was very simple, everyone really didn't dare to expect too much when they thought of the opponents that the Chinese Olympic team would face.

Since being assigned to the "Group of Death", many people have not dared to expect much from the performance of the national Olympic team in this Olympic Games.

After all, such an opponent, if there is any expectation for the results of the national Olympic team, it is unkind.

We just hope that the boys of the Chinese Olympic team can play in style and show their spirit.

As for the grades...... Win less when you lose.

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"I know that the outside world is generally not very optimistic about us now, of course, this kind of disapproval is very normal, after all, the strength of us and the opponent is very different, and out of concern for us, sometimes this disapproval is actually a kind of protection...... But the outside world has no requirements for our results, which does not mean that we can also have no requirements for ourselves. Football Association leaders, media reporters and fans across the country are very much in love with us, but we can't help but know what is good and bad, and we really feel that the game can be played casually and played in any way! ”

In the locker room, head coach Shi Wuyun was speaking to all the players of the national Olympic team.

"From the beginning of the training camp, we set a goal for ourselves, which we have never announced to the public, because we know that actions are more powerful than words! So far, this goal has not changed, and in the face of strong opponents, we still have to aim to qualify from the group. This is our first appearance at the Olympics and our opponents must not know much about us, so this is our chance. So in this game we had the best chance to get the three points. Once this game is played, the opponents will know us better, and then it will be difficult to expect the opponent to give us a chance to take advantage of the opponent's underdogship......"

In Shi Wuyun's plan, the first match of the national Olympic team against Nigeria is the key to the goal of qualifying from the group.

Because as the weakest team on paper in this group, presumably the other three teams should not put too much attention on them, and the tactical discipline of the African team Nigeria is not outstanding, even if the head coach reminds them more, the players may not take it too seriously.

These are all points that the Chinese team can take advantage of.

As long as they can beat Nigeria, the Chinese team will be in a good position to qualify for the next qualification.

In the remaining two games, against Belgium and Argentina, Shi Wuyun intends to let the team use the tactics of swinging buses to force the opponent to draw.

If you can get two draws, plus the previous three points and five points, you can completely let the Chinese team break out of the group of death.

Of course, this is all a theoretical roadmap for the group to qualify, and as for whether it can really be realized, Shi Wuyun is now unsure.

He could only try to boost the morale of the team and bring everyone closer to that theoretical possibility.

While Shi Wuyun was there chattering about the pre-battle mobilization of the players, Hu Lai used the [Spirit Rhinocard] in his system space for each of his teammates who were going to play.

This time, he was very extravagant and directly spent 300,000 points to buy ten [Spirit Rhino Cards].

Except for himself—because he didn't use it himself—he used the Spirit Rhinos for all of the team's starters.

For the first time, he had the effect of reinvigorating the whole team and himself.

Open the view of the system, and the dressing room is spectacular, and the space above the players' heads has almost been filled with white chains of light.

After using [Spirit Rhino] on all teammates who were going to start the game, Hulai began to equip himself with items.

The U23 Asian Cup mission reward has been opened by him, and when he saw the reward at first, he was quite disappointed.

Because inside are the props he is familiar with, what [broken giant bear shin guards], what [worn giant bear jersey], what [lover's red rope]...... There's nothing new either.

But when he looked closer, he realized that these props were different from the ones he had used before.

The same text is written underneath each piece of equipment: "Olympic Limited Edition, only for the 2024 Olympic Games in Madrid, no limit on the number of performances, can be used over and over again." ”

After reading the text description clearly, Hu Lai suddenly felt that this gift package was not a loss.

At least save him the points for buying props for every game, otherwise there will be props in the first game, and then they will be gone.

In fact, Hulai rarely uses props in matches now, and only uses props in those matches that he deems necessary.

For example, in the three games against Wang Xianke, he used the [Spirit Rhino Card] for his teammates. But if you want to use the equipment and props for yourself, you only use them for the first game, and you don't buy the rest of the games because you don't have enough points.

Especially the Bear Shin Guards, which he only equipped in the first game, and none in the next two races.

It's all up to the [lover's red rope], and with a little luck, you may be able to avoid an injury.

But to say that there is no apprehension in the heart is also impossible.

After all, his opponent is Wang Xianke, the one with a criminal record.

Hulai was also worried that he would jump over the wall and ...... himself

Fortunately, in the end, it was only a hole in the corner of the eyebrow, and now it is basically impossible to see.

It can be said that there is no impact.

He doesn't know if there will be bad players in the Olympics, but protecting himself is always something that a professional player should always keep in mind, especially a player like Hulai, who is not very resistant to collisions.

In addition to this set of equipment, there are also three [Spirit Rhino Cards] in the Olympic gift pack, which is really something that Hu Lai didn't expect at all. At first, he complained that he knew that he couldn't buy so many [Spirit Rhino Cards]. But then he figured it out - wouldn't Coach Shi make any changes to the lineup throughout the Olympics?

The player who did not start in this game will start the next game, so isn't there a huge hole in the middle of this airtight "net"?

So at this time, the three [Spirit Rhino Cards] sent by the Olympic gift package came in handy, and they were specially reserved for their own flexible use.

Thinking about it this way, the gift bag is worthy of being a gift bag, and all aspects have been taken into account for yourself...... I don't know if I help the Chinese team reach the World Cup finals in the future, will there be a World Cup gift package?

After adding the "BUFF" to himself, Hu Lai exited the system and heard Director Shi ask loudly, "Do you understand?" ”

Hu Lai hurriedly replied loudly with his teammates: "Understood! ”

"Good!" Shi Wuyun saw that the team members' answers were full of spirit, full of energy, and very satisfied.

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"Xiao Shi, I feel that your performance in the locker room just now is a little abnormal......"

In the coach's seat, assistant coach Li Zhifei was saying to Shi Wuyun.

At this time, the entire coaching staff came to the dugout, and the substitutes were seated.

They are all waiting for the starters from both sides to come out of the tunnel and the game will begin.

"Hmm...... I'm a little nervous, Lao Li. The car talked back and forth. I'm worried right now that my form will affect the players and spread their nervousness......"

"Are you alright? I watched in the dressing room and it felt like the players were doing quite well. Especially that Hulai, I didn't see him nervous at all. ”

"That kid is a man with a big heart. Before the East Asian Cup played South Korea, how many people scolded him...... He doesn't act like he's fine. ”

"So, Xiao Shi, aren't you even inferior to Hu Lai?" Li Zhifei teased.

Shi Wuyun coughed twice: "I'm not as thick-skinned as him, I'm really sorry......"

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"Eh, I always feel that Director Shi has talked a lot today, he has been talking at length for a long time, which is rare in the locker room." Standing in the players' tunnel, Chen Xingyi turned his head and said to Hu Lai, who was standing behind him.

"Maybe nervous, right?" Hulai replied to him.

"Are you nervous?" Chen Xingyi asked again.

"Not nervous. What about you? Hulay asked rhetorically.

"Weird...... I thought I was going to be nervous, but I was a little nervous when I was sitting in the car and watching the stadium get closer...... But now I'm not nervous. Chen Xingyi frowned. I don't know when I started to stop being nervous......"

"Is it when Shi Zhi is speaking?" Hulay asked.

Chen Xingyi thought about it seriously this time, and then nodded: "It's really true!" ”

"That means that Guiding Shi's speech has worked." Hulai assigned the military merit medal to Shi Gui.

But in fact, this is a subsidiary effect of [Spirit Rhino Card].

He has used the [Spirit Rhino] card, and now the other teams all have a good understanding of him, he is not nervous, and the other players are still nervous with a hammer?

"I didn't expect that Director Shi's words back and forth would still have this effect?" Chen Xingyi felt strange and couldn't understand it, but the facts were in front of him, and he really didn't feel nervous now.

He looked at his other teammates and saw that their expressions seemed to be ...... It's normal.

No one is nervous.

So Chen Xingyi became more and more strange - is it any wonder that those words of guidance really have a real effect? Let him talk and talk, and everyone will be stunned and not nervous?

You know, it's the Olympics!

The first race at the Olympics!

None of the team had such an experience, and no one knew what awaited them in a game for a while.

But no one was nervous about it.

Hell really!

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Li Qingqing sat among his teammates, looking at the TV screen in front of him.

After dinner, the women's football players came to the conference room, each found a place to sit down, and waited for the game to start.

The TV was turned on and the live signal was also cut.

It's in the players' tunnel, and the cameraman is filming footage of the players' backfield.

The camera swept over the upper bodies of the players on both sides one by one.

When Hulai appeared in the camera, unexpectedly, he raised his hand to say hello to the camera.

His action made the girls in the conference room laugh - everyone is a seasoned professional footballer, has played hundreds of games, and no one is waiting to say hello to the TV camera lens...... This is not on the "do not disturb if you are not sincere"!

Obviously an experienced professional player, but he behaved like an amateur, which amused a lot of people.

Someone shouted, "Alright, at least we know now that Hulai is not nervous!" ”

In the midst of laughter, Li Qingqing opened her lips lightly and said silently:

Come on, Hulai!

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"Come on, son!" Xie Lan sat in front of the TV and beckoned to Hu Lai on the screen.

"You can......'t hear him when you shout here," Hu Lixin said, still waving at the TV screen, "So you just wave your hand, be quiet, so as not to disturb the neighbors......"

Xie Lan also realized that the sound insulation of this old community was very bad - they had not moved in yet, although the new house had already been prepared, and Xie Lan would go over with Hu Lixin to clean up every once in a while.

But it didn't move.

According to Xie Lan's meaning, a major event like moving should only be said after his son comes back, and it will only make sense if the family moves over together.

So now they still live in old houses.

Realizing that it was half past two in the middle of the night, Xie Lan lowered her voice and said to the TV screen, "Come on, son." ”