The New Era team did not stay in the hotel provided for them by the Chengdu tournament organizers, and even the club staff did not go there to stay. They didn't even enter the city, and when they came out of the airport, they boarded two buses that had been waiting here early in the morning, and then went straight from the airport highway to another highway and headed south.

The first person in the team to notice that something was not quite right was Chen Mingcan. He had been to the city several times in the past two years, and he could vaguely recall the direction of the city, and after repeatedly observing the flashing signs on the side of the road while leaning on the window of his car, he whispered his doubts. He believes that the direction of the bus is now in the opposite direction from the urban area.

His words caught everyone's attention. Some of the players have also been here, and after reminding each other and comparing the roadside scenery with the vague impressions in their minds, they agreed with Chen Mingcan's point that the team is not getting closer to Chengdu, but getting farther and farther away.

This fact immediately caused a small commotion. Several impatient players are already scolding their mothers in their mouths. And pointed the finger at the organizer of the event. In the eyes of the players, those are the only people who can do things like this kind of transportation and accommodation. Some team members threatened to clean up the driver if he didn't turn around immediately.

Dai Zhenguo, the assistant coach who arrived in Chengdu in advance, hurriedly stood up to refute the rumors.

The coach was rented by the club through a travel agency, and had nothing to do with the organizer of the event, and the driver was the owner of the car; It is not at all sticky with the organizer of the event; As for why they didn't go to the city, it was a completely impromptu decision of the club and the coaching staff – the hotel they had booked for them in Chengdu was so far away from the training ground that they had to travel almost half the city, and it would take more than an hour to make a round trip, so it could not be used as a foothold for the team. But there is no suitable training ground near the hotel, and they can't find a satisfactory hotel near the training venue for a while, but Dai Zhenguo and their time is not rich, so they can't find it patiently. In desperation, Dai Zhenguo had to find a local acquaintance to help find a way. The acquaintance smiled after hearing his request, and told him on the phone that Sichuan Hongsheng, a club in Chengdu, can only live in the Provincial Sports Institute, and their training ground is also a rented school playground. He also told Dai Zhenguo bluntly that in a bustling modern metropolis like Chengdu, it would be whimsical to find a quiet football training ground. In the end, the person who solved the problem for Dai Zhenguo and them was the driver of the bus, who introduced them to a resort that had just opened.

"The accommodation conditions of this resort are similar to those of a three-star hotel, with air-conditioning in the rooms, hot water available 24 hours a day, in addition to four standard football fields, tennis courts and swimming pools...... Dai Zhenguo advertised for the resort. And you can still see a lot of acquaintances there, and the team that won all seven games in the group stage - Changsha Qinyuan - is also there now. ”

This new situation made Sun Junshan frown, and glanced at Dai Zhenguo with dissatisfaction. How can you live with a possible opponent? Isn't that all your hole cards to the other party? The general manager, who is wholeheartedly planning for the team, forgets that while he can be seen clearly by his opponents, he can also put his opponents under the microscope to observe.

"I forgot to ask if there were any other clubs at that resort." Dai Zhenguo frustrated himself admitted his mistakes in his work. Unfortunately, he didn't even have time to correct that mistake right now. Fortunately, the area of the resort is large enough, and several courts are not close to each other, and the field he looks at is even more obscured by a plantain forest, which can be more or less a climax.

Seeing that Sun Junshan and Zheng Changsheng were silent, Dai Zhenguo said again: "Living here is just an expedient measure, Vice President Wang is still in the city to continue to run accommodation and training, it is estimated that in the next two or three days, there will be eyebrows." ”

Zheng Changsheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you been in contact with them?" He doesn't have any problem with Dai Zhenguo doing this, anyway, the team's training in recent days has been focused on physical recovery, and it is not a big deal to show Changsha Qinyuan. He is concerned about whether the team will have any negative impact if they live in such a big way, for example, whether Changsha Qinyuan will have any complaints about it. After all, the new era is a latecomer, and it is a bit unreasonable to live in it without taking measures to avoid it in this situation.

"Nope." Dai Zhenguo said with certainty, "I heard that we also chose it as a foothold, and they are a little happy." ”

Two hours ago, when he saw Changsha Qinyuan training, he deliberately asked the driver to stop the car and walked to the side of the field to find their head coach to talk a few words. The other party not only didn't care about the two clubs squeezing together, but also said half-jokingly and half-seriously that he must play with the new era team another day, and wanted to understand how many catties and taels are in the new era when he beat Qingdao Shuangxi and the provincial city Mingyuan to advance as the first in the group.

Before Zheng Changsheng could say anything about the challenge, several players who were sitting close to him were already shouting unconvinced, and they vigorously pouted the old coach and asked him to agree to the game. They had all read the newspaper and scoffed at the article that made Changsha Qinyuan so wild, and since the opponent was so arrogant, then it was better to play with them.

The enthusiasm of the players made Zheng Changsheng, who didn't want to arrange this warm-up match, hesitate. The top priority is to restore the physical fitness of the main players, so this kind of non-itching and painless game is completely redundant. But he couldn't splash cold water on the enthusiasm of the players. This made it difficult for him to turn right and left. He glanced at Dai Zhenguo with some reproach. Who made you talkative?

Dai Zhenguo didn't care about the old coach's dissatisfaction, he said excitedly to Zheng Changsheng: "Coach Zheng, let's play with them." "He had already thought about it on the way to the airport, and it was just the time to put forward his idea." In three or four days, when we have rested, we will pull the main lineup up to play with them - the players are easy to slack off after not playing for a long time, and playing a warm-up game with such an opponent is just the right way for them to keep the game in shape; What's more, we may have to meet Changsha Qinyuan later, so take this opportunity to familiarize ourselves with their lineup and style of play......"

"Hmm-" Zheng Changsheng responded.

Dai Zhenguo is right.

"About two is better." Zheng Changsheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's split in the middle for two or three days." Specific things you look at the arrangement. "The team will be staying at the resort for a week to 10 days and will not return to the city until the official start of the game, and two less intense games will be enough in between. As for why it's two games - he doesn't think that what is written in that article is all nonsense, no matter how much the reporter makes up nonsense with a clear conscience, he can't make something out of nothing, he has to be reliable, right? Therefore, Changsha Qinyuan's offensive and defensive speed must not be slow, and several of their core players must also have some real ability. In the first game, we can find out the bottom of them, and in the second game, we can get the right medicine. He doesn't care much about the result of the game, losing can ring the alarm bell for the players, winning can bring psychological advantages to the later games, this kind of door-to-door thing, he really has no reason to refuse.

"Okay."

The players who were noisy and wanted to give their opponents a good look soon mixed with the players of Changsha Qinyuan. Many of them were originally teammates, or had already known each other through various competitions and training camps, so the players of the two teams were completely free to combine together at dinnertime, and many of them were carrying wine glasses from one table to another, cooing and pouring beer, and before they could say a few words with two mouthfuls of food, they were immediately called out by the other table. The restaurant was full of shouts for waiters to add food and drink, and several waiters ran back and forth, so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground. The excitement of the sight made the resort manager angry, how could he underestimate the thickness of the wallets of these guys who played football? Why didn't he let the chefs concoct a few more high-priced signature dishes?

Since there is a lively and noisy scene, there will naturally be a secluded corner.

Gao Jinsong quickly finished his dinner in this secluded corner, and quietly left the restaurant before others remembered him.

He did not immediately go back to his dormitory, but followed the cement and stone paved path that stretched down the dirt slope to the small pavilion on the slope.

He didn't really like the atmosphere of the restaurant, and seeing others pushing cups and changing lamps to call friends made him feel very depressed. He didn't know any of the team members in Changsha Qinyuan, and he didn't even have an impressive face, which made him feel ostracized. He remembered his former teammates. Wu Jun is now a physical education teacher, and he has a reliable job; Duan Lianrui works in a steel factory and has to set up a barbecue stand on the street every night; He Ying is probably the most promising, and he is worried about which club to sign with...... But the others haven't even heard from them for more than half a year, and even He Ying, who is the most well-informed, can't tell where they are now and what they are doing......

He can't think of others without thinking of himself. Last night, Coach Zheng talked to him, although the old coach said very tactfully, but the meaning was very clear - in the future games, he still can't start as the main player. If it's not the main force, it's not the main force, anyway, he hasn't tasted the main force since he entered the senior team, but at the end, Director Zheng's sentence "Your skills are still relatively rough" made him very tired. At that time, he was very eager to contradict him and ask the old coach to tell him who in the team was "delicate". But he didn't dare to do it in the end, but he just thought in his heart that if he was delicate another day, Director Zheng would criticize him for "too fancy and impractical".

He tore a leaf from a plantain tree by the side of the road and rubbed it in his hand. His mind was still on the manager's words from last night.

"Football is a team sport and it requires all the players to work together to win; And there are only 11 players who can play, which inevitably requires some people to make sacrifices for the sake of winning the game. This sacrifice of personal interests is sometimes due to tactical necessity, and sometimes to a lack of personal ability. In either case, as a player, you should keep your mind at ease. You're still young, you have a great future ahead of you, and there will be more competitions......"

Those were the words the manager told him. At the time, he didn't feel anything, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, the taste inside and outside the words was completely different. If he can't become the main force just because of the team's technical and tactical needs, he can accept this, but what is the matter of "you should calm your mentality"? When did his mentality become unstable? Until now, because he was able to sit firmly on the bench and had many opportunities to play, he was not only very grateful for his good luck, but also grateful to the club for giving him a contract, and even more grateful to Coach Zheng for giving him so many opportunities.

There must be someone playing right and wrong in front of Director Zheng!

He immediately thought of it on the bad side. He knows that in order to be able to play in the game, some players can do whatever they want. Director Zheng, who was provoked by their rumors, must have come to teach himself a lesson, and the last sentence was not only a reminder, but also a slight threat.

But it seems unlikely that Zheng will do so. The strength of the team is clear there, it depends on a little luck to qualify for the group stage, and the semi-finals have to be carefully taken step by step, and the hope of entering the finals is so slim that it is almost invisible, not only did he contribute two precious goals to the team, but also made the team's tactics more abundant, if Director Zheng cleaned himself up at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to cleaning up the team? Anyway, I'm an all-rounder, so sitting on the bench can save the coaches a lot of worry......

But he still couldn't figure out what the head coach was trying to say when he said such a complicated thing to himself for no reason.

It's just too complicated.

He found that trying to figure out such a complex issue was a complete torture for him. But his situation makes it impossible not to think about it, because the manager will never talk to him about it for no reason.

Alas, we have to say that Director Zheng, who is always a dignified division commander in front of the players, is really not good at praising and encouraging the players, so he originally intended to appease Gao Jinsong's words, but in the end it brought countless troubles to our little guy......

Gao Jinsong stopped by the gazebo.

He was surprised to find that there was a larger dirt slope hidden behind the dirt slope, and behind the big dirt slope were rolling hills. The afterglow of the setting sun casts a golden hue over these navy-blue peaks. Against the backdrop of the fading sky behind them, and under the shadow of the rising fog at the foot of the mountain, the mountains stretching to the east and west rise like a majestic wall from ancient times, gazing majestically into the distance.

He gazed with fascination at this magnificent picture, which many people have become accustomed to because he was familiar with it.

A strange question popped up in his mind: So this is the edge of the Chengdu Plain? So what's behind the mountain?

He was amused by the stupid question that suddenly popped up with him, which somewhat subsided the impetuousness and depression in his heart.

He sat in the gazebo for a long time, until the night breeze that occasionally blew over the hillside brought a little chill, and then he walked back to the team's dormitory in the vast twilight. He wanted to be in that pavilion for a while more quietly, but he couldn't let himself catch a cold, even if he hadn't played in the last few days.

His league isn't over yet. The team's league is not over yet......

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