"I'll go, Lingnan Nanhai actually lost to an amateur team!"

"yes, the performance of the South China Sea is really weak...... When they were drawn amateur, I thought they were going to be guaranteed to the fifth round......"

"Tsk, the leader of the dignified Chinese League, was eliminated by an amateur team, it's a shame to say it!"

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In the dressing room of the next day's training base, the first-team players were discussing the big news that shook the entire football world yesterday.

A big upset in the FA Cup.

There were not many people in the dressing room, because the part of the players who played the FA Cup match yesterday had not yet come to the training base for training, and according to the request of head coach Zhao Kangming, they would not come to the training base until the afternoon for recovery training.

So now the only players in the dressing room are the first-team players who didn't travel with the team.

They chatted while changing their clothes and getting ready for training.

Today's topic is yesterday's Chinese League A leader Lingnan Nanhai was eliminated in the FA Cup by an amateur team, Dongtai Juxing City.

After years of development and reform, the Chinese Football Association Cup aims to become a football competition that can be participated by all people like the English FA Cup, so special attention is paid to the participation opportunities of amateur teams.

The current rules of the tournament are to ensure that at least 12 amateur teams are able to compete in the main tournament each year, which is the first round of the FA Cup.

At the same time, in order to make the FA Cup more unexpected and upset, and increase the attractiveness and gimmick of this game, it is stipulated that all FA Cup matches except for the final will be won by a two-legged home and away system. And there is no extra-time, there is no option to replay on a later date, and if the two sides draw, it will go straight to the penalty shootout.

These rules greatly increase the odds of a weaker team beating a stronger team in an upset.

But even so, it is still difficult for amateur teams to beat teams of the Chinese First Division and the Chinese Super League......

That's why the result of yesterday's game surprised everyone so much and quickly spread throughout Chinese football.

Many amateur teams will be eliminated in the first round, and those who survive will be further eliminated in the second round.

In the third round, after the Chinese team entered, it was much more difficult to advance.

Unless you're lucky enough to draw the only remaining amateur team in the draw, or a team from the second division.

And by the fourth round, when the Chinese Super League teams have also joined, it will be almost impossible for any amateur team to survive.

If there is, it will be a big upset, like yesterday's game.

Of course, amateur teams that can make it to the fourth round can't simply be summed up as "lucky".

For example, Dongtai Juxing City, which has just eliminated the Lingnan Nanhai team, although it is an amateur team, it is obviously rushing to become a professional team in terms of hardware facilities and team building ideas - they have a training base with four natural turf football fields, a complete coaching team, and even an echelon, and all because they have a large local taxpayer behind them.

Such a team, although nominally an amateur team, is no different from a professional team. At least in the minds of local fans in Dongtai City, it is a professional team. Their goal is to hit the second division, and if they can successfully promote to the second division, with their hardware standards and registered capital, they can immediately register as a professional football club.

In the past, rich people played football, and it was to buy professional football clubs such as the Chinese Super League.

Then you will die of addiction and burn the money and leave.

Nowadays, rich people play football much more sensibly, know to take root in the country, start an amateur football club, and aim for professionalism. Even if it doesn't succeed in the end, you won't lose much money, after all, the training base and office building are fixed assets and will not depreciate.

If it succeeds, it can be regarded as a contribution to the development of Chinese football.

Therefore, if the Chinese A team encounters the giant of this kind of amateur team, if it is too proud and careless, it will really be able to capsize in the gutter.

Not to mention the Chinese League, there have been precedents in the FA Cup where Chinese Super League teams have been eliminated by amateur teams.

Dongtai Juxing City also equalled the best result of an amateur team in the FA Cup - reaching the round of 16.

In other words, there have been amateur teams that have done this before them.

In fact, the most attractive part of football is here, even if you are a Chinese Super League team, with a large number of international players, strong foreign aid, and strong financial resources, there is no guarantee that you can beat an amateur team.

Football is round, and how boring it is to have a world where the weak grassroots can only look up to the Big Mac forever......

"Okay, don't just gloat." Qin Lin stood up and said. "That's actually bad news for us. Without the FA Cup, the Nanhai team can devote more energy to the league competition. They were already top of the league, and now they have no distractions. ”

As soon as Qin Lin said this, the laughter in the locker room was much quieter, and a group of people who ate melons found that the melon was about to be eaten on themselves.

Six rounds of league games have been played this season, and Lingnan Nanhai has won five and drawn one, accumulating 16 points and ranking first.

They are a strong team despite their final success last season, and with a number of new signings this season, they are even stronger and currently in the league to match their quality.

In fact, if it weren't for their away game against Dongtai Juxing City, it would have been too underestimated, replacing almost all the main players, sending a lot of players from the reserve team and youth team on the field, and the players would have relaxed their minds and let go of their heads. With their strength, no matter how big Dongtai Juxing City is in the amateur team, it will only be crushed by Lingnan Nanhai, the leader of the Central League.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the locker room was a little solemn, Qin Lin also knew that his words were a bit heavy, so he smiled again: "Of course, there are two promotion places, they are not our direct competitors, at least not yet." ”

"Brother Ringo is right, the premise is to do our own things well. Don't care what happens to the opponent......" Captain Li Tielin also stood up and said.

This is someone who proposed: "Shall we simply give up the FA Cup?" I won't win the championship anyway......"

When Hu Lai heard this, he quickly stood up: "Don't, what if we draw this amateur team in the next round!" ”

"You think beautifully, Hulai!" There was a burst of laughter in the locker room.

"Dreams always have to come true, what if they come true?" Of course, Hu Lai also knew that he was thinking too beautifully, but of course he couldn't admit it at this time, and the dead duck's mouth had to be stiff.

"Then my dream is to buy a lottery ticket and win 5 million! I bought it all in the future, but I didn't see it! Han Xiangfei said.

"That means Brother Han, your dream is not big enough." Hu Lai said solemnly, "You should raise the winning target to 100 million, so that there is value in achieving it." Five million, you can play football for a few years, and you still need to get rich by lottery? ”

Han Xiangfei turned his head and asked his teammates: "Who is urinating hot, wake up Hu Lai!" ”

Everyone laughed: "Han Xiangfei, you can do it yourself!" ”

Zhang Qinghuan raised his hand: "Why don't you come and play a game, if Hu Lai you guessed correctly and scored a goal in the game, the celebration is that all of us in the team line up to shine your shoes." If you don't guess, how about you finish the ball and celebrate by yourself as a shoe-shine for the whole team? ”

Hearing Zhang Qinghuan say this, the people in the locker room were stunned, and they imagined that scene in their minds - they lined up to find Hu Lai to shine his shoes, and Hu Lai knelt on one knee in front of them, and then put their feet on his thighs and made a shoeshine ...... Everyone nodded: "Okay, good!" It's such a happy decision! ”

Only Hu Lai, he hurriedly waved his hand: "No! ”

"A man can't say no, Hulai!" Han Xiangfei led his teammates to coax.

Zhang Qinghuan smiled happily: "Why not, don't you have confidence in the realization of your dreams?" ”

Hu Lai didn't expect to be generalized by Zhang Qinghuan on this issue, I, Hu Lai, have not lost to others in my life, how can I admit it in front of a scumbag?

So he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay!" Bet on it! ”

There was a cheering commotion in the locker room.

Li Tielin and Qin Lin both looked at this scene, they just shook their heads, but no one stopped everyone's play.

Because the two of them also made up that scene, they felt that the picture of everyone queuing up to find Hu Lai to shine shoes was so beautiful, which made them a little moved......

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When the players who had played in the FA Cup came to the training base for recovery training, they heard from their other teammates about the gamble they had with Hulai in the morning.

This attracted everyone's interest, and they all said they wanted to get involved. It seems that everyone usually has a lot of resentment about Hu Lai's pretense, so much so that they are very active when they have the opportunity to pretend in front of Hu Lai.

Because the enthusiasm for participation was so high, in the end we had to negotiate with Hulai that it would only be valid after one goal, and it would be limited to the other ten players on the field, and those teammates who were sitting on the bench could not participate.

And Hulay has an impeccable reason: "If you come, whether you shine my shoes or I shine your shoes, the celebration time is overtime, and the referee can watch us play like this?" What should we do if we are deliberately delaying time when our opponent complains? Is there a yellow card for one person? ”

So, it was decided.

Now all that's left is to reveal the outcome of the game.

The draw for the FA Cup will not be broadcast live on TV, but it will be webcast on the Football Association's website.

The clock is in the evening after all the FA Cup fixtures in the round.

Many of the flashing players were in front of their computers and mobile phones that night to follow the results of the draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The team's WeChat group was very lively, and some people sent red envelopes to warm up, and everyone was very happy. Usually in the locker room, "this brother" and "that brother", at this time, all of them are not good. The big guy Qin Lin can send a "thank you boss" emoji after snatching Hu Lai's penny red envelope.

Then after finding out that it was a red envelope of one penny per person who divided one dollar into 100 shares, he withdrew the thank you picture......

After the atmosphere was stirred up by the rain of red envelopes, everyone waited for the final result to be revealed.

This lottery is really just a literal "lottery", without any red tape ritual procedures, and there are no theatrical performances or guest speeches.

A camera is pointed at a lottery box, and there is a notary public at the scene to supervise the notary, and two staff members are in charge of the lottery.

After the notarial deed is read out by the staff of the notary office, the draw begins.

The team drawn first plays at home, and the team drawn later plays against it.

"Dongtai Gathering Star City!"

There was a sudden silence in the WeChat group.

Dongtai Juxing City was drawn first, which means they will play at home.

And which lucky one will be their opponent?

It was at this moment that the results of the draw were revealed.

Anton Shiningstar.

……

The WeChat group of the first team of Shining Stars named "Spark of the Stars" has fryed.

"I'm ——!! I don't believe it! Shady! Blackbox operation!! ”

"How so? Do I really want to raise the winning goal of each lottery to 100 million? ”

"What the hell? What the hell is this? ”

"Something must be wrong with this world......"

"Hulai, you're so lucky with your shit, aren't you? Why don't you buy lottery tickets, what are you doing to harm us?! ”

"Zhang Qinghuan, come out! Honestly, did you collude with Hulai to do this game? ”

"Wronged, Team Li! I'm going to shine Hulai's shoes too!" Is there a game where you lose yourself too?! ”

"Aha! Concession and concession! My shoes...... It's waiting for you! ”

Wang Guangwei, who was in his bedroom, listened to Hu Lai's indulgent laughter from the next room, and then thought to himself if he should apply for Director Zhao and rest in the next game?