Chapter 168: The Opponent of the Semifinals

“…… In a FA Cup quarter-final this afternoon, after 90 minutes of hard work, the Shining Stars team of our province finally defeated Haihe Shuanggang from the Chinese Super League 2:0 at home, breaking out a small upset......"

“…… Before the start of the game, most of the media were not optimistic about the shining star playing at home. But after the game started, it was the Shining Stars who scored first! The team's top scorer Hu Lai took the lead in the 33rd minute, and after receiving an assist from Zhang Qinghuan, he fired a clean shot from near the penalty spot to blast the Haihe Shuanggang goal...... After taking the lead, the Shining Stars were in high spirits, and they scored another goal six minutes later, this time with Hulai assisting Qin Lin, who scored from outside the penalty area...... Although Haihe Shuanggang tried to counterattack in the second half, the whole team of Shining Star worked together to resist the ferocious attack of Haihe Shuanggang in the rest of the game, maintaining the score of 2:0 to the whole game! Knock out your opponents in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and advance to the semi-finals! ”

“…… After the game, the fans of the shining stars were still reluctant to disperse, and they gathered outside the provincial sports center outside the city's northern third ring road, chanting slogans and cheering for the shining stars. When the Shining Stars bus pulled out of the parking lot, it was warmly cheered by these fans. Here's what the film crew sent back from the front......"

In the news picture, it was already sunset outside the Provincial Sports Center, and the lights were on.

At this time, almost an hour had passed since the end of the game, and there were still many shining fans gathered at the exit outside the stadium.

They wore uniform clothes, waved flags and slogans in their hands, chanted slogans, and sang in unison.

Apparently waiting for the team's bus to come out.

And when the bus slowly drove out, there was a huge cheer at the scene.

Amid the cheers, the camera captured the Shinstar players who had changed their clothes in the car, smiling and waving to the Shinstar fans outside the car to thank them.

At this time, the flashing lights turned the dark window glass white.

In addition to the fans, there are also a large number of reporters waiting here.

Tomorrow...... No, this night, there will be a lot of photos and live reports on the online media, and tomorrow Jincheng's major newspapers will also report on this game, as well as the stories and pictures behind this game.

Although it is not the first day that the star has appeared in the media, it is not common for such a large volume and such a grand focus on the local media to be reported before.

After all, it was the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, and the Shining Stars beat a Chinese Super League team.

The significance of the victory in this game is extraordinary.

Football has returned to the lives of the people of Jincheng with a high profile, and now they have to get used to this kind of life with football again.

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Fans of the Shining Star will surely call out their friends this Sunday night for hot pot restaurants, skewer restaurants, and barbecue restaurants...... Wait for everything they can get together for a drink, and then excitedly discuss the game and the future of the shining star.

And the victory of this game within the Shining Star team is relatively calm.

After the bus drove back to the training base, Chen Mo informed everyone to come back tomorrow afternoon to participate in the resumption of training, and the team was disbanded on the spot.

On the way back, Zhao Kangming had already made it clear to the players that the victory in this game was nothing, because the opponent was obviously underestimated. So they still haven't tried to really perform against the Super League teams.

In that case, let's do our best in the next FA Cup semi-finals.

At that time, no matter whether you win or lose, as long as you do your best, you will have no regrets.

On Monday night, after all FA Cup matches, the Football Association held a draw for the semi-finals online.

In fact, the draw for the semi-finals of the FA Cup this time is already a formality, because no matter who the twinkle star draws, it can basically be announced that their FA Cup this season is over.

Or conversely, any team that draws them means being guaranteed to the final.

Shiningstar is simply a "super luxury gift package" in the minds of fans of the other three Chinese Super League teams.

Yes, although Shining Star just eliminated Haihe Shuanggang, it was a small upset. But no one is optimistic about their prospects in the FA Cup.

Because the remaining three Super League teams are all in the top six teams in the Super League this season.

Dashun Golden Arrows, who won the Chinese Super League last season and are currently ranked first in the industry in the Chinese Super League, are very likely to defend their title.

Shanhai is currently ranked third in the Chinese Super League.

Lingnan Poseidon is currently ranked sixth in the Chinese Super League.

They are not at all the same as the tenth-ranked Haihe Shuanggang.

The most important thing is that since the shining stars were able to eliminate Haihe Shuanggang in the quarterfinals, no matter who is their opponent in the semi-finals, how can they still underestimate the opponent with the experience of Haihe Shuanggang?

When the opponent is no longer underestimated and the strength is much stronger than the flashing star, what capital does the leader of the Central League, Anton Shining Star, have to reach the final in the FA Cup?

Therefore, being able to reach the semi-finals is already the final result of the FA Cup this season.

And this result is actually very good for them, after all, no one expected them to make it all the way to the semi-finals in the FA Cup before.

I believe that the shining star himself did not expect to enter the final again, or even win the championship.

In that case, wouldn't it be better to just give up the FA Cup in the semi-finals?

Because there are only four teams, only two draws are needed, so the draw ceremony ends very quickly.

The final results are in:

In the first semi-final, Dashun Golden Arrows faced Shanhai Hands at home.

In the second semi-final, Lingnan Poseidon hosted Anton Shining.

Zhao Kangming looked at the lottery results in a daze, and Chen Mo next to him snorted: "I really suspect that the Football Association did it on purpose." ”

Zhao Kangming, who came back to his senses, waved his hand: "That's not it, the little grudge between us and the sea god, the Football Association may not know at all." ”

"Anyway, we're going back to the Poseidon, how do you feel, Lao Zhao?"

"'No matter if you win or lose, as long as you do your best, you will have no regrets' This sentence is said early......" Zhao Kangming sighed, "Even if I try my best to lose, I will still be a little unwilling." ”

Chen Mo nodded: "I also want to prove to the management of the Poseidon Club that their original decision was wrong." But if we lose the game, there's no evidence that we're on the right track. ”

"Alas......" Zhao Kangming closed his eyes.

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"Hulai, it's your former employer!" After Wang Guangwei saw the results of the draw, he said to Hu Lai next to him.

"Isn't it? How awesome is that? ”

Hulay replied perfunctorily.

He didn't pay attention to the draw results at all, and he was communicating with Haihe Shuanggang fans on the "Goal" website with the ID of "WHO of the Forbidden Area".

"Yes, yes, you're right, Shining Star was able to win Haihe Shuanggang purely by luck! It is recommended that the Football Association declare the result of this game invalid and replay it on a later date until Haihe Shuanggang can eliminate the shining star! ”

"Eh, didn't I follow your words? How did it become yin and yang? Or else you're not right? Is it self-inflicted that Haihe Shuanggang was eliminated from the game? ”

Wang Guangwei leaned over and rolled his eyes when he saw the words sent by Hu Lai on his mobile phone: "Are you boring?" ”

"It's not boring, it's so fun!" Hulay looked up and smiled like a child.

"Aren't you afraid that one day someone will have your vest exposed? You'll be socially dead then, Hulai. ”

Hu Lai waved his hand nonchalantly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I used the number registered by Song Jiajia's mailbox." ”

"......" Wang Guangwei was speechless, "I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing to be your friend...... Hey, in the next round of the FA Cup semi-finals, we play Poseidon, you don't have any ideas? ”

"Yes, I want to win." Hu Lai lowered his head and continued to confront the Haihe Shuanggang fan, he said casually.

"Win? What the hell is your mind on, Hulai? Wang Guangwei was taken aback. That's the sixth in the Super League! ”

"So what, if you change to another team, if you lose, you lose, but if the opponent is Poseidon, I must win." Hulai said with his fingers on his phone: "What? That doesn't work? You guys don't admit that you lose, and you can't win on the field, it's really embarrassing for me (to delete) the shining star, friend......"

"How do you win?" Wang Guangwei asked.

Hu Lai shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"I don't know if you said you must win?" Wang Guangwei was amused.

Hu Lai put down his phone and looked up at his roommate very seriously: "Lao Wang, how to win is something that our Director Zhao considers, if I can figure it out, you should call me 'Director Hu'." As players, we just need to cooperate with Coach Zhao to show the determination to win. So no matter how I win, I must win, and I will let Director Zhao know this, so that he will have confidence when arranging his tactics. Otherwise, if our players all descend before fighting, Coach Zhao will definitely be very painful, right? ”

When Wang Guangwei heard Hu Lai say this, he remembered that Director Zhao and the Poseidon Club also had grievances...... He just thought that Hu Lai was swept out of the house by the sea god.

But in fact, strictly speaking, Hu Lai was not swept away, but a normal transfer, and Poseidon also received a transfer fee of 500,000 yuan from him, and they didn't spend a penny to sign Hu Lai.

Coach Zhao and Coach Chen were really swept away by the Poseidon Club, they worked for Poseidon for ten years and six years respectively, and cultivated countless new stars for the Poseidon Club.

As a result, because of a disagreement in philosophy, he was directly expelled by the club's top management - nominally the two coaches resigned voluntarily, which is just a statement to protect the face of the two coaches.

So if there is anyone in the Shining Star team who wants to defeat Poseidon the most, it must be Coach Zhao and Coach Chen.

They certainly have a reason to do so, but if the players are not willing to continue fighting for games that are destined to be abandoned, then the coach's ideas sometimes don't work. He also had to consider whether he would cause discontent within the team if he forced it to do so.

Thinking of this, Wang Guangwei nodded: "Hulai, you're right, I also want to win this game." ”

Hulai smiled at him, picked up his phone again, and continued to play passionately online.