Chapter 5 (13) (I)

The rain was still falling. The entire stadium was shrouded in mist of water. Players on both sides of the pitch were running exhausted in the rain in their completely soaked jerseys and pants, and the short cries of reminders and warnings echoed through the empty stadium, looking thin and monotonous. The jerseys of the players were covered with large chunks of mud to varying degrees, and they were all embarrassed like mud monkeys, but no one cared about wiping them, and often got up from the ground, just hurriedly lifted the corners of their clothes to wipe their faces, and hurriedly re-entered the game.

From time to time, there will be a short shout of reminders from players or warning teammates on the field; The sound echoed through the empty stadium, sounding thin and monotonous. Occasionally, there would be a piercing and piercing whistle. More often than not, there is only the even sound of rain in the stadium.

There are also three cameras on the side of the field chasing the changes on the court. The cameras, the OB trucks and the staff are all economic television stations belonging to the city, but they are not here to broadcast the game, but are hired by a television station in other places to broadcast live for others, and all the TV pictures will be transmitted to Zhuhai in real time through satellite lines, and then broadcast locally by a television station in Zhuhai. As for the fans and spectators in the provincial town, they simply did not see the game.

There are almost no spectators in the stands on all sides, only rows and rows of neat concrete seats, which calmly surround the players running around the pitch in an almost brutal gray tone. Only at the top of the West Stand is a shelter from the wind and rain, and a dozen people sit here and there.

These people are very quiet, neither cheering nor noisy, and occasionally there are wonderful cooperation or thrilling scenes on the field, and they are not as noisy and excited as ordinary fans, at most they look a little nervous, or clench their fists, or just breathe. They don't look like passionate fans.

They're really not fans, not even spectators, they're staff members of both clubs. For them, revolving around football is just work, and the club is just their employer; They don't need to cheer for football, and football isn't all they have to do. Although they are all gathered here at the moment, they are not particularly concerned about the transient changes on the court, and they just silently wait for the game to end.

Gao Jinsong is also here. In front of him sat several employees of the New Era Club, but next to him sat Xiao Nan.

Xiao Nan came to watch the ball on purpose. At least that's what she said to Gao Jinsong. However, since the two met, her topic has nothing to do with football.

She is telling the story of how she fought against the profiteers in the tourist souvenir shop when she traveled to the Huanglong Scenic Area in Jiuzhai, Sichuan Province two days ago, and finally bought a jade pendant with the original price of 1,040 yuan for 900 yuan. She also took out the jade pendant and showed it to Gao Jinsong, pointing to the fine patterns on it to show off her experience and insight in jade appreciation.

"Good eyesight, this stone is worth at least one thousand two." Gao Jinsong casually perfunctory. His gaze only turned around on the jade pendant and returned to the court. The new era just had a chance that was not a chance, the ball flew not far when the defender of Zhuhai South broke the big foot, and was pushed into the penalty area by a player in the new era, but the guy who received the ball paused before shooting, and a player in Zhuhai South immediately shoveled the ball out of the bottom line.

Zhang Chi, this bastard!

Gao Jinsong couldn't help but slap lightly on his leg. There is still a distance from the goal in the south of Zhuhai, and there are players in mud dangling in front of the goal, and he can't tell which are the attacking players and which are the defenders, but as soon as the shooter pauses, he immediately recognizes that it is Zhang Chiyi, how to confirm the position of the goal before shooting, the problem is that it can't be changed?

"It's jade!" Xiao Nan rolled his eyes and looked at him.

"Oh." He glanced at the white stone that Xiao Nantuo held in his hand again. "This sheep is very delicately carved, and it looks like a ......"

"It's a horse!"

Is it a horse carving? He looked at it carefully. It really didn't look like a horse, but he couldn't say that he was a sheep anymore, so he had to change the subject and ask: "If you go to Sichuan, you will buy a stone ...... Jade Horse? ”

How can you just buy a jade pendant? Xiao Nan glanced at him with disgust. She went to a lot of places this time, Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong Prairie are just one of the stops, she also went to Qingcheng Mountain and Emei Mountain, and then went down to Chongqing to visit the Three Gorges......

"Really? Well, I don't even know if you don't say it. Oh, and then what? Gao Jinsong replied indiscriminately, but his eyes kept paying attention to the situation on the court.

Rainy games are always tasteless, especially when both sides are still hovering near the relegation zone. Because the field is muddy and the turf is slippery, there is no small cooperation between the two sides, usually from the back court directly to the front of the ball to let the players in front and the opponent to fight. However, this simple and crude way of handling the ball is not very effective. Both sides have a heavy backcourt stack, and the ball is often passed from the back to the opponent's feet, and then the opponent hands back control of the ball, and so on......

The consequence of this is that the strikers on both sides suffer.

The two strikers in the south of Zhuhai are Brazilians, and they have some real skills at their feet, and there is no barrier to language communication, and often a eye contact can stir up the opponent's defense, and they have also made a lot of contributions to the team by tacit understanding, but today's conditions have made the two of them suffer, rolling in the mud, but only found a chance to shoot, and this only opportunity also made the No. 9 striker step on the ball that suddenly stopped and fell into the mud puddle in front of the goal of the new era, and the defenders of the new era were shocked to sweat, and laughed half to death again.

The two strikers of the new era are not much better. Bolivian foreign player Cucu, like Zhang Chi, is a standard goalkeeper opportunist, except waiting for others to create opportunities for him, he can only pick up the missing notes in front of the goal, but now the ball is high in the air, he has to use his thin body to compete with other tall defenders over and over again. This errand was almost impossible for him to complete, and the end result was that he could not even touch the edge of the ball except that he often crawled on the ground and grabbed mud on his hands. His companion Zhang Chi was in a better situation than him, and he could occasionally touch the ball, but Zhang Chi's jersey was almost covered with mud, and when the referee warned him to fake a fall, he had to use his hands to help him wipe off the mud on the back of the jersey before he could identify the number on the jersey.

Although Zhang Chi and Kuku's life is not easy, fortunately, the team's back line is quite stable, and they won't see any danger for a while, Gao Jinsong asked Xiao Nan again: "That means, you came back from Wuhan?" ”

"...... from Jinan" Xiao Nan said this time not so energetically. She bowed her head gloomily, clasped her fingers, and did not speak for a long time.

Gao Jinsong pretended not to see the change in her expression, and turned his head to watch the game.

Chen Mingcan's pass on the left was a bit big, and the ball went over the heads of the Zhuhai Southern players who jumped up and fought with Kuku, and flew straight into the penalty area, where it was intercepted by Zhuhai South's No. 5.

This No. 5 is the guy he specially reminded Zhang Chi to pay attention to! It's the centre-back who likes to show off his skills at his feet!

Zhang Chi posted it without hesitation.

But Zhuhai Nanfang's No. 5 is not stupid, Zhang Chi has not yet approached, he has already passed the ball to the side, it seems that this guy knows that playing with footwork in the penalty area under such field conditions is tantamount to playing with fire.

Zhang Chi had no choice but to slowly retreat back with the back line pressed out by the south of Zhuhai, waiting for the next opportunity.

"You've been walking for so long, do you still know you when you come back?" Gao Jin let go and joked, "It didn't bite you?" ”

Xiao Nan's mood was still not high, and he barely squeezed out a smile on his face and said, "...... It dare! ”

"Looks like a bite." Gao Jinsong said firmly. He also explained his reasoning, "Whatever kind of people have what kind of dogs." Look at the way you look, you know that Peanut is not a good dog. ”

Xiao Nan smiled, didn't argue with him, grabbed a thin wooden stick that he didn't know where to find it, and drew it on the ground with his brows twisted.

Her appearance taught Gao Jinsong that he didn't know what to say for a while. He was used to Xiao Nan chattering non-stop in front of him, and she suddenly fell silent, which suddenly made him feel at a loss. He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have something on your mind?" ”

Xiao Nan continued to draw meaningless symbols on the cement bench, as if he didn't hear his words.

Gao Jinsong realized that something might not be quite right. He took his mind away from the court and said to her in a calm and serious tone, "If you think it's appropriate, you can tell me...... Maybe I can help you with some ideas. ”

The wooden stick in Xiao Nan's hand paused, raised his head and stared at the court for a long time before shaking his head gently.

She said, "Actually, it's nothing......

Gao Jinsong glanced at her in surprise. Nothing? What are you doing when you have nothing to do and put on a preoccupied look? He wanted to speak, but he stopped. She must have something on her mind, she just didn't want to talk to herself. Forget it, if you don't say it, don't say it! This is normal, if something happens to you, you can't tell her...... In fact, he has a stomach full of things to talk to someone right now, but who will listen to him? Zhang Chi Guan Mingshan and they were already anxious enough, he didn't want to bother them with his own affairs anymore; Sun Junshan was so busy with the affairs of the club that he couldn't find time to listen to him, and besides, Mr. Sun and him were so different in age, and it was the relationship between superiors and subordinates, so I couldn't say it; Yu Fat Man will listen to himself, but the Fat Man has been having conflicts with his girlfriend all this time, and he sighed vigorously when they had dinner together last week, how can he say it?

He subconsciously took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, so that he could finally refocus his scattered mind on the game in front of him.

Now, the No. 16 player in Zhuhai South is advancing from the right with the ball. Chen Mingcan, who was bypassed by his opponent's one-two, had already lost his physical fitness and obviously couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm, so he gave up after chasing a few steps, turning his head to cut off No. 16's passing route. The breakthrough cross on the right side was originally one of the most accustomed attack methods in the south of Zhuhai, but this offensive line did not play a role at all in today's game, just like this time, the No. 16 player saw Zhou Zhidong pressing up, hesitated, and hurriedly passed the ball back to his teammates to deal with it Soon after the opening, he was cut off by Zhou Zhidong three times in a row, and now in the face of Zhou Zhidong's pressing, his heart is always worried......

His teammates couldn't find a good pass direction under Chen Mingcan's block, so they had to pass the ball to him again.

He controlled the ball by the sideline, waiting for Zhou Zhidong to come up and intercept. But to his regret, Zhou Zhidong, who still had a soft mustache on his lips, was as calm as a veteran player, leaning up step by step, but he was not in a hurry to get up. He's already observed that another new-age player is coming running, and it looks like they're going to use a trap tactic on themselves. Now he doesn't even have a chance to pass the ball, so he can only choose to break through helplessly.

The first action is made, and the opponent does not react at all; The second action was made, and the opponent still didn't react, but the moment he really wanted to break through with the ball, the young player in front of him had already stood on the route of his breakthrough with the ball one step ahead of him, and he completely took the initiative to send the ball to others!

Zhou Zhidong immediately handed the truncated ball to his teammates who outflanked him; The teammate took a step and handed it to Chen Mingcan, who had just crossed the middle line; Chen Mingcan got rid of the Zhuhai Southern players who had just been entangled by him and now came to pester him again, ran a few steps to look at the position and find the angle, and immediately passed the ball out one by one

Zhang Chi, who was closely defended by Zhuhai South No. 5 central defender, hurried a few steps, and finally caught the ball on the edge of the small penalty area outside the goal, but he had completely lost the opportunity and angle to shoot, one by one, others were still in the air, twisted his waist and turned around to pick up his feet, and knocked the ball with the arch of his foot, one by one, he rolled two or three times in succession on the lawn outside the bottom line, his face was covered with mud and water, but he finally didn't teach the ball to fly out of the bottom line; Not only did the ball not go out of bounds, but it was knocked back in just the right position!

One by one, Kuku meets the ball and rushes to the top!

Gao Jinsong slapped himself on the thigh with a slap!

Hell yes! Can this ball be blocked by the goalkeeper in the south of Zhuhai?!