Chapter 69: A Sense of Ritual

Anton Flashing Star's 2:1 away defeat of Lingnan Nanhai actually had a consequence, but everyone was attracted all the attention by Zhang Qinghuan's wonderful performance and Hu Lai's brace at that time, which was obviously more favored by the media, so the media reports after the game were dominated by these two things.

But in fact, the other result may have a deeper impact on the team.

That's because they beat Nanhai away from home, while Yunshan Caiyun drew at home, and the difference between the two sides reached six points.

Whether it is the number of goals, the number of goals difference or the relationship between the two sides, at present, the shining stars are ahead of Yunshan Caiyun in an all-round way.

Especially in the case of the same number of points, the priority goal difference is compared, the shining star is now four goal difference, while the cloud mountain color cloud goal difference is minus eighteen.

If Yunshan Caiyun wants to succeed in relegation, it is not only necessary to tie the flashing star in points, but also surpass the shining star in goal difference, which is completely impossible to achieve.

So with two rounds left in the league, this point difference means that the flash stars are basically relegated early.

Before the home game against Yunshan Caiyun, the Sparkling Star players, who had been nervous for a season, were very relaxed in training.

This time, even head coach Zhao Kangming and assistant coach Chen Mo did not express any objections, and even if the goal of this season is achieved, there is really no reason to continue to force the players to work hard.

After all, everyone has been tired for a season, and it's normal to relax a little at the end of the season. After all, players are human beings, not tireless machines that set up programs as long as they have energy.

Moreover, there is no rule that the broadcast rights income is directly related to the league ranking like the Chinese Super League, so as long as it is not promoted or relegated in the Chinese League, it doesn't matter how many rankings it is.

In the penultimate round of the league, the shining stars hosted Yunshan Caiyun, which was also the last home of the shining stars this season, and many fans came to the provincial sports center.

They are here to say goodbye to this season's Chinese league, and at the same time to express their outlook for the new season.

In fact, the team's performance in the first half of the season really disappointed these fans, so the attendance at the home stadium of the flash stars plummeted.

With the introduction of Qin Lin and Hu Lai in the summer transfer window, the team's results have improved, and fans have returned to the stands of the provincial sports center.

Qin Lin's injury made the team's results fluctuate.

But in the last game, Zhang Qinghuan's successful comeback brought everyone the motivation to come to the scene to watch the game.

Although everyone scolded Zhang Qinghuan for his professional attitude, scolded him for picking up girls, and scolded him for drunk driving, no one denied his talent.

A large part of the reason why people hate him is that he wantonly wastes his talents.

In the last game, Zhang Qinghuan proved with his actual performance that he was really a prodigal son, especially when he assisted Hu Lai to score the second goal, and Hu Lai's last blow was certainly wonderful.

But in fact, the most beautiful part of this ball is the part where Zhang Qinghuan ran with the ball before.

With such a performance, everyone naturally has higher expectations for Zhang Qinghuan.

So in this round of home games, many fans actually came for Zhang Qinghuan.

Zhao Kangming also put Zhang Qinghuan in the starting lineup.

However, he did not let Hu Lai start, but let Ni Ziang and Nie Jin start.

Ni Ziang has not had a chance to play since he returned from injury, and Nie Jin, as a young player promoted by the team's youth team, has not had many opportunities to play this season.

Now that the team is relegated ahead of schedule, there is no clear goal, and of course, there is no need to let the main squad dominate the opportunity to play.

Getting more substitutes to play is good for reassuring people and maintaining the atmosphere in the dressing room.

For a young player like Nie Jin, he needs more opportunities to play to train himself, and playing against weaker opponents can also help young players boost their confidence.

And a veteran like Ni Ziang needs to increase his appearances in order to get a contract with better terms when negotiating with the club.

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Zhang Qinghuan provided another assist in the game, in addition to a shot that almost scored. He continued his excellent performance in the previous game and did not disappoint the fans who came to watch him play.

When he was substituted in the 70th minute, he also received applause and cheers from the fans in the stands.

It's been a long time since he was substituted in the last game, and because it was away, the applause and cheers weren't as big as they are now.

It's a good thing that my performance can be recognized by the fans.

But he was not very happy when he sat back on the bench, and even stared at the court with a frown and fell into deep thought.

"Does frowning like this make you look more handsome?" Hulai, who hadn't played yet, asked next to him.

Looking at Hu Lai, who imitated his frowning and staring at the court, Zhang Qinghuan smiled: "If you do this, people will misunderstand that you are dissatisfied with Director Zhao not letting you play." ”

"Are you happy? Why are you still dissatisfied with yourself? ”

Zhang Qinghuan turned his head to look at Hu Lai, and then shook his head: "No, no, it's just a little unfinished." ”

"Understood." Hulai nodded.

Zhang Qinghuan turned his attention to the court again, but this time he didn't make a frowning expression, and he was afraid that the media would be blind to his expression.

However, he didn't tell the truth about Hulai.

He frowned not because he was still unsatisfied, nor because he was dissatisfied with his performance.

In fact, he felt that although his performance in this game was okay, he did not play well on the court. Even at his home stadium, he didn't play as comfortably as he played away from home in the last round.

The reason for this is that although the last game was away and it was a very hard game, there is Hulai in the front line, and he can understand his thoughts very well, for example, there is a gap that will appear in two seconds, which may only be seen by him and Hulai.

So he's going to pass the football that way, and Hulai is going to run that way.

It's very comfortable and it's very rewarding for him to play – it's a great feeling that every pass won't be wasted.

And in today's game, he saw the vacancy, passed it, and his teammates didn't run, or ran late.

It seems that he has grown up......

That's what makes him not play very well.

Hulay is not on the pitch, and no one can understand him in football.

But he didn't tell Hu Lai, not because he was afraid that this kid would get carried away, but because he was worried that after being heard by other teammates, he would have a negative opinion of Hu Lai - oh, as long as you Hu Lai can cooperate with Zhang Qinghuan, the rest of us are not worthy, right?

He can not care about what others think of him, and he is not afraid of making trouble for himself, but he can't make trouble for others.

Hulai has a good relationship with his teammates, and he can't make other players feel sorry for Hulai because of this.

However, he should stay in the shining star next season, so that he can cooperate with Hulai on the court again.

The thought of this makes him feel satisfied.

He leaned back in his chair, his eyes slightly closed, and a smile spread across his face.

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Zhang Qinghuan sat on the bench and enjoyed it very much...... It seems that he is very satisfied with his performance in this game, otherwise why would he have such a happy smile on his face? The commentator of Anton TV's sports channel joked.

Because the score is ahead, the commentator also seems to be relaxed.

Sun Juan was in her rental house, looking at the incomparably good-looking face on the TV screen, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.

Although the head nurse persuaded herself, let yourself stay away from Zhang Qinghuan and let yourself have less illusions.

But she just couldn't help but want to pay attention to the man.

Curious if he got better later, and if he could go back to the way he was......

She doesn't know much about football, but whether it's a commentator, a media reporter, or a fan on the Internet, everyone is saying that the Zhang Qinghuan they were looking forward to is back.

She thought that the agent uncle should really be talking.

Recently, I really haven't heard that he has appeared in nightclubs or bars again, and I haven't heard that he has an inexplicable ambiguous relationship with any woman.

He's the guy who drives fans and commentators crazy again, not women and paparazzi.

That's nice.

Sun Juan held a pillow in her arms and happily shook her body gently on the bed.

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Hule was only substituted in the final five minutes of the game.

At this time, the shining star was already 3:0 ahead of the opponent, and it was obviously not for him to score goals at this time.

It's about letting him enjoy the cheers of the home fans.

This is the last home game of the 2022 season for the Sparkling Stars, and as the best player in the Sparkling team in the second half of the season, Hulai deserves such treatment.

So Zhao Kangming replaced him on the field and let him enjoy this moment alone.

Sure enough, when Hulai was substituted, his name was passionately chanted on the live radio at the Provincial Sports Center, and the fans cheered loudly and applauded him.

Normally this would only happen when a player was substituted, but when Hulay came on, there was such a momentum.

The commentators couldn't help but sigh: "If I have to choose the biggest harvest of this season's shining stars, of course it is not Zhang Qinghuan who turned back as a prodigal son, nor Qin Lin who is strong and strong, and Wang Guangwei, a young central defender who is becoming more and more mature...... It's the young man in front of him, the nineteen-year-old striker. He only moved in the middle of the season and is the team's current top scorer with 11 goals. And his contribution to the team is far from these eleven goals, but with his arrival, it seems to have changed a lot of things for the shining star, as if a fresh wind is blowing from the window......"

Xie Lan pointed to the TV screen and turned her head to ask her husband, "He's talking about my son?" ”

Hu Lixin nodded helplessly: "Yes, it's Hu Lai......"

"Hey, hey!" Xie Lan smirked.

My colleague Sister Wang also mobilized them to vote for her son online in the office, which was an award activity conducted by a training institution. My son doesn't need to rely on these pheasant awards to gild himself at all, the praise of the TV commentator and the cheers of the fans are the best honor!

“…… It's his first professional season, and it's not complete, just half a ...... has already come up with such a performance, but unfortunately there is no selection of the best newcomer in the Chinese League, otherwise I would definitely vote for him. I'm really looking forward to the youngster's next season because it will be his first full professional season. Come on, Hulai! ”

Peng Hao sat in front of the TV with his grandfather and watched the game.

This was the first time he watched a football match with his grandfather, and it was also the first time he was sure that his grandfather had known the identity of Hulai's cousin...... Before, it was just speculation.

Now that my cousin has finally been replaced, I finally didn't wait in front of the TV in vain, otherwise it would be embarrassing......

"I knew he was going to play." Grandpa said in a hoarse voice. "It's the last home game, and I'm going to give him a curtain call."

Peng Hao looked at his grandfather with some surprise: "Grandpa, how do you know everything?" ”

"Hey, I've eaten more salt than you've ever eaten, isn't it normal for me to know everything?"

"Okay, grandpa, you're amazing......"

The two of them then stopped talking, but watched the television intently, enjoying Hulai's performance.

At the bedroom door behind them, Grandma raised her phone with a smile and filmed the scene.

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Hulay, who was substituted at the last minute, did not score and was not tasked with scoring.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, he and the rest of the team lined up around the stadium to applaud the home fans in the stands.

Also saying goodbye to his first professional season at home.

At this time, he, like those who follow him, is already looking forward to the new season.

He looked at the enthusiastic fans and fantasized about what he could do next season at this stadium and whether there would be more goals.

What will you gain?

What to expect?

Come on, Hulai, your future is not a dream!

Just as Hu Lai was cheering himself up in his heart, Wang Guangwei hugged him from the side and said to him happily: "Congratulations, Hu Lai." In the first season of your career, you can have such a performance, you are simply jealous of the quality wall separation! ”

"Chen Xingyi?"

Wang Guangwei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this name at all, this person who was "jealous of the quality wall separation" was just his imaginary finger.

But when he reacted, he burst out laughing.

That's right, I'm talking about you, Chen Xingyi!

Let your kid block me!

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Chen Xingyi suddenly sneezed, which made the teammates next to him very nervous: "Don't catch a cold!" ”

Chen Xingyi rubbed his nose and shook his head: "No, it's just that the nose suddenly itches......

Then he looked at the game in progress.

He was named in the squad again, but was also unavailable again – head coach Wang Gui has used up all three substitutions.

He sighed in his heart, did he come to Golden Arrow just to watch the game on the bench?

Watching the game in this position is not as good as having a view in the VIP box, and there is no risk of being scolded by the head coach to watch the game and play on the mobile phone in the VIP box......

He has already made up his mind to let his father go to the club to talk to the club after this season, and simply loan him out next season and find a team that can play games to practice, even if it is a Chinese team.

At his age, when he was the time to play the ball, he had to sit on the bench for 90 minutes, and he felt that this was a violent thing......

Look at Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, the two of them are now in the middle armor shining star.

I was also dizzy at the beginning, and I thought it would be better to go to a Chinese Super League club......

Just like that idiot at Rokai......

Luo Kai entered professional football earlier than himself, but he, like himself, has not yet made occasional appearances in the Chinese Super League, but has not yet achieved his first professional league goal.

Thinking of Luo Kai, Chen Xingyi's mood was much better.

Hey, sure enough, happiness is comparative.

Chen Xingyi sat down in a chair on the bench and began to fantasize about next season.