Before the start of the game, the players who started on both sides had already walked out of their respective locker rooms, and they came to the passage one after another, waiting to play.

Xia Xiaoyu stood alone in the passage, looking at the exit at the end of the passage in a daze.

From that exit, the Super Bowl stadium is buzzing, as if welcoming the actors on stage.

He doesn't know how many times he has experienced a scene like this.

Whether it was the Anton Cup or the national competition, he used to stand in the passage with his teammates, listening to the noise outside and waiting to play.

But none of those games could compare to today's game.

So he still couldn't help feeling nervous.

It was his first official professional tournament and an important start to a new phase in his life.

It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and whether he can take this first step well is likely to be related to his subsequent career development.

But this first game is against such a strong opponent - last season's Chinese Super League champion, the hegemon Lingnan South China Tigers.

What can he do against such an opponent?

Will it disappoint Director Zhao and his family who are waiting in front of the TV to watch his game?

For a moment, Xia Xiaoyu's mind had even flashed the scene of him being replaced early......

At that moment, he felt a tap on his right shoulder, but when he turned his head to look to the right, he saw no one.

He reacted immediately and turned to the left.

Sure enough, I saw Hu Lai's grinning face.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I'm a little nervous, Brother Hu......" Xia Xiaoyu said in a low voice.

"Didn't you play for the first team in the warm-up before?"

"It was a warm-up game, how can it be compared to the Super Cup?"

Hu Lai waved his hand: "Hey, isn't it just a super-sized warm-up game?" ”

At this time, Lin Zhiyuan, who was wearing a goalkeeper's uniform, walked up from behind, and Hu Lai raised his hand to greet him after seeing it: "Yo, I'm waiting for the game to pick up the ball from the goal for a while!" ”

Lin Zhiyuan raised his hand and saluted back: "Hehe, are you thinking about fart?" ”

Then the two passed by, and Hu Lai said to his back: "Look at that kid, he is also the first time to play an official game for the South China Tigers, so he is not nervous." So Xiaoyu, sometimes, has to be thick-skinned.

Let me tell you, when I first met Lin Zhiyuan in the national Olympic team, I found that this kid was not seen at all, and he called Lao Wang around on the training ground, just like walking a dog......"

"Hulai, what are you talking about?" Wang Guangwei came up from behind.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I'm adding a buff to Xiaoyu." Hu Lai patted Xia Xiaoyu on the shoulder very casually, "It's okay." ”

"You're too perfunctory, aren't you?" Wang Guangwei said in disgust.

"Why don't you come?"

Wang Guangwei really stood up: "Actually, it's not a big deal, just play like you did in the warm-up game." You really need to learn more from your senior brother in Dongchuan Middle School in this regard......"

At this point, he pointed to Hulai.

"Seven-character mantra: bold and careful, shameless."

After speaking, he also patted his hand on Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder and added the BUFF.

"Tsk, Lao Wang, how did you speak? Who's shameless? ”

"Then change it to 'bold and thin-skinned'? Well, I think this one rhymes a bit more......"

In the kung fu of Wang Guangwei and Hu Lai's quarrel, Chen Xingyi patted Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder as if he came up: "Since Director Zhao chose to let you start, it means that you must have the strength to start." You don't believe in yourself, you have to believe in Director Zhao's vision, right? ”

Zhang Qinghuan, who was standing next to Chen Xingyi, also put his hand on Xia Xiaoyu's shoulder: "In the game, you have to pay attention to my position, and I also pay attention to your position, always keep in touch, don't get too far away." If you are besieged in the game and it is difficult to play the ball, then pass the ball to Brother Lin, or simply pass it to Wang Guangwei. Be careful, though, sometimes your opponent forces you to return a pass, it's just a trap and they may make a steal when you return a pass......"

Just when these teammates were giving Xia Xiaoyu encouragement, Qin Lin walked over from behind.

As soon as he appeared, he became the most eye-catching presence in this passage.

When he saw the South China Tigers' Brazilian foreign striker Alessandro de Lima, he went up and slapped the opponent on the back of the head, and when the bewildered Lima turned his head to see who slapped him, a smile bloomed on his face, and then he opened his arms and hugged Qin Lin: "Hi, Qin!" What a pleasure to meet you! ”

"I'm glad you're still in the South China Tigers, Alex." Qin Lin responded to his enthusiasm in English.

After the greetings, Qin Lin let go of the other party, and hugged another South China Tigers player next to him, Benardo da Silva, who is also a Brazilian striker, but it was just a hug, no greetings.

Because Bernardo transferred in the season when Qin Lin decided to leave the South China Tigers, the two have not been in contact for a long time, and their relationship is not very close.

In this way, Qin Lin and the South China Tigers players who had come out greeted each other one by one, and hugged and greeted each other if they had a good relationship. If the relationship is average, shake hands, pat the shoulder, and nod.

Lin Zhiyuan, a young genius who is rising rapidly, because he is not familiar with the relationship, he just patted the other party's shoulder.

He has been chatting with the South China Tigers captain for the longest time, and is also the captain of the current Chinese national team, 31-year-old central defender Yao Huasheng.

Yao Huasheng has been with the South China Tigers for eight seasons and is currently the longest-serving player in the team. He and Qin Lin have also worked together for six and a half seasons in the South China Tigers, and they are the people Qin Lin is most familiar with in the current South China Tigers in China.

At the same time, after Qin Lin withdrew from the national team, it was Yao Huasheng who took over Qin Lin's captain's armband in the national team.

To a certain extent, Yao Huasheng has the meaning of Qin Lin's "successor", so the two of them talk more than others.

Looking at the scene of the two of them chatting, Chen Xingyi let out a low sigh on Shanxing's side: "The communication between the big guys...... What do you think they will talk about? ”

Hu Lai glanced at him: "Anyway, it will definitely not be a good way to discuss which bathhouse is good at rubbing the bath master's balls." ”

"Hu Lai, your uncle......" Chen Xingyi reached out and pinched Hu Lai's neck.

Hu Lai stuck out his tongue, his eyes widened, and he was making a strange appearance towards Xia Xiaoyu.

Xia Xiaoyu was startled at first, and then couldn't help laughing.

The movement here naturally also attracted the attention of Qin Lin and Yao Huasheng, and the two of them turned their eyes over in unison.

"Brother Lin, you have a group of excellent young people......" Yao Huasheng sighed with envy.

"Don't be envious, you can have it too."

"You mean Lin Zhiyuan? Lin Zhiyuan is of course very good, but we only have one ......"

"Nope. I mean the national team. ”

"National team?" Yao Huasheng was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "That's right! Before the Asian Cup last year, he said that he would recruit Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, but he was blocked by your Zhao Gui. ”

"After this year's Olympics, Director Zhao will no longer stop the national team from calling them up." Qin Lin retracted his gaze and looked at Yao Huasheng, "When the time comes to enter the national team, you have to help me take care of a few of them." The young people are a little jumpy, but they are not bad, they are a simple group of children. ”

Yao Huasheng smiled: "Brother Lin, you are too worried, let me tell you, I have heard Team Leader Hong talk about those young people in your team more than once...... If you really come to the national team, do you need me to take care of it? Team Leader Hong has long been a baby. It is said that he was stimulated by Team Ran ......"

The "Team Leader Hong" in Yao Huasheng's mouth is Hong Renjie, the leader of the Chinese national team.

"Of course, you can rest assured. In the club, they are fighting separately, and when they enter the national team, they are all winning glory for the country, and I definitely can't let people bully them. Otherwise, wouldn't I be the captain for nothing? Yao Huasheng patted his chest.

Qin Lin, who had been assured by Yao Huasheng, said goodbye to him and returned to his team.

And Qin Lin, who came back, changed his attitude towards his former teammates, and cheered them up loudly while high-fiveing each teammate.

At this time, he was the captain of the shining stars, not the veteran of the South China Tigers.

When he passed by the place where Xia Xiaoyu Hulai and his group of young people gathered, he slapped those people on the back of the head one by one.

After walking past them, he clapped his hands vigorously and continued to shout: "Cheer up! It's our turn soon! Let them see how good we are! ”

Yao Huasheng didn't plan to cheer up his teammates in the passage, after all, as the defending champion of the Chinese Super League, it seems that there is no need to be so serious about playing a promoted horse. But after seeing Qin Lin's approach, he also shouted: "Go all out and take it seriously!" Don't underestimate your opponents! ”

The tunnel suddenly became hot.

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"Good afternoon, fellow spectators, and welcome to this season's Super Cup. Now that the game has begun, the red jersey and white shorts on the field are last season's Chinese Super League champions Lingnan South China Tigers, and the white jersey and blue shorts are last season's FA Cup champion Anton Shining Star......"

The voice of CCTV commentator He Feng came from the TV.

In front of the TV, Xia Xiaoyu's parents and relatives at home crowded the living room.

"Come on, Xiaoyu!"

At this time, Xia Xiaoyu's lens happened to appear on the TV, and the people in the living room cheered.

If you only listened to this voice, you would definitely think that Xia Xiaoyu made a very beautiful move, but in fact, he just passed the football to Qin Lin......

“…… In this game, Zhao Kangming arranged for Qin Lin and young Xia Xiaoyu to partner in the start. Xia Xiaoyu is a player who has just been promoted from the youth team, born in campus football, and has won the championship of the campus national competition with Hu Lai, and is a very talented player......"

He Feng began to introduce the new faces of the game to the audience in front of the TV as usual.

"Listen, praise our Xiaoyu for being promising!" The elders of the family pointed to the TV screen and said.

Xia Wu in the crowd saw this scene, his eyes were a little wet - he used to think that a scene like this could only appear in his fantasy, but he didn't expect it to happen in his life now.

His cousin, from an ordinary high school student, has become a professional player, and in major events such as the Super Cup, he fights side by side with his national football idol Qin Lin!

There is also Wang Guangwei's Wang team. When my cousin chose to join Dongchuan Middle School, he couldn't play with the Wang team, which always made Xia Wu angry.

Unexpectedly, after going around and around, his cousin finally became teammates with the Wang team.

He thought of the Anton Cup final that year, and he led his cousin to the scene to watch the match between Dongchuan Middle School and Jiaxiang High School, trying to strengthen his cousin's determination to study in Jiaxiang High School.

In the end, he failed.

But now that he saw his cousin in the flash planet suit on the TV broadcast, he thought that the story actually started at that time.

The opponents on the pitch and the spectators in the stands are now teammates in the same team.

That's great!