Chapter 33: Football and Basketball

I don't know if it's where his mind is, Yang Fan spent the morning in a muddy nightmare, and when he ate at noon, he couldn't even remember what class he was taking in the morning. As soon as www.biquge.info afternoon of class was dismissed, Zhou Xiaochuan took Yang Fan to the north playground to adapt to the venue.

The north playground is an old playground, the environmental conditions and the south playground can not be compared at all, not only uneven, even the weeds are not taken care of, it is said that it is the playground and even some lifting meaning, call it "vegetable field" I am afraid it is the most appropriate. However, this did not affect the enthusiasm for the upcoming game, and everyone changed into their shoes, jerseys and some players even put on socks. Threes, threes, twos and twos in that contact a small area of passing.

Zhou Xiaochuan pulled Yang Fan to the goal, and insisted that he practice pounce. Yang Fan rarely watches football games, but he was obsessed with football for a period of time when the Chinese men's football team hit the World Cup in 02, so the definition of an excellent goalkeeper in his heart is to be able to save all kinds of goals unbelievably, of course, all kinds of handsome postures are also a must. But looking at the bare ground in front of the goal, Yang Fan frowned, and he didn't know if it would hurt to save on this kind of field.

Zhou Xiaochuan's training content is very simple, that is, to play various set-pieces for Yang Fan to defend. Yang Fan feels that this kind of ball is still somewhat similar to the passing on the basketball court, it is nothing more than the speed of the football is faster, of course, he doesn't have to catch it completely, as long as he can block it, he will complete the task. Zhou Xiaochuan played more than a dozen goals in different positions, and Yang Fan's reaction was quite quick, successfully hitting nearly half of the shots.

Zhou Xiaochuan felt a lot relieved about Yang Fan's performance, and he felt that even if he changed to a classmate who specializes in playing goalkeepers, it was estimated that it would be nothing more than that.

The number of people on the playground gradually increased, and Yang Fan even saw a lot of familiar faces, and only now did he know that the first game was played in the Chinese Academy. In the last century, the School of New Communication of Ontario University was under the umbrella of the School of Chinese, which would still be called the Department of Journalism. In this year's two freshman competitions, the teams of the two colleges played each other in the first game, and I have to say that this may also be some kind of destined fate. The familiar faces in Yang Fan's eyes are all on the basketball team of the Chinese Academy, and it seems that there are indeed very few boys majoring in liberal arts, and there are only a few boys who can do sports. However, unlike the basketball game, there were significantly fewer girls from the Chinese Academy who came to watch the game this time. Yang Fan thinks that this may be because of their poor performance in basketball, when the enthusiasm fades, who will support a team that can't win? Even if this team is from their own academy.

The players on both sides are warming up off the field, and Zhou Xiaochuan, as the honorary captain of the team, is discussing the direction of their respective attacks in the first half with the opposite captain and the referee. Yang Fan didn't know what they were talking about together, but he saw Zhou Xiaochuan pointing to the goal in the north, and he was excited to the referee. After a while, it was estimated that the two sides had negotiated, Zhou Xiaochuan nodded while giving a thumbs up to the referee, and then ran straight over.

"What's going on?" Yang Fan couldn't help but ask. "You go to the north goal, in the first half we go to the south!" Zhou Xiaochuan pointed to the goal in the north.

"You're going to discuss this for a long time?" Yang Fan was a little puzzled. His question made Zhou Xiaochuan also puzzled: "This is a matter of principle, I have to put pressure on the referee!" Then he took off his coat and ran out on the pitch to warm up with the rest of his classmates.

Yang Fan pursed his lips, picked up his backpack and gloves, and slowly walked towards the goal to the north. After putting down the backpack, Yang Fan jumped up lightly and tried the height of the goal. Compared to the basket, the goal is not high, Yang Fan can easily hang on it, and he even wonders: "With such a short goal, why can the goalkeeper still lose the ball?" ”

The game started quickly, the two sides were entangled near the midfield, the Chinese Academy had a rare opportunity to attack Yang Fan, and the new mission academy did not have a few decent shots on goal. Yang Fan then understood why the classmates who played football were reluctant to play goalkeepers, it was not easy to be brilliant in this position, and it was easy to be ignored by the girls watching the football on the sidelines.

In fact, Yang Fan only guessed half right. After a while, the Chinese Academy played a simple combination, and a winger's bottom cross turned directly into an assist, and the opposite center scrambled to score the ball before Zhou Xiaochuan. In fact, the angle of this ball is not tricky, and the strength is not great, but Yang Fan's attention just now was completely attracted by the winger who took the ball, and he didn't see the insertion of the opposite center at all. After conceding the goal, Yang Fan understood three truths: goalkeeping turned out to be not simple; Football is also tactically coordinated, not to compare whose shooting strength and angle are awkward; Another reason why people are reluctant to play goalkeepers is that when they lose a goal, they all think that it is the goalkeeper.

Yang Fan thought this way for no reason, because there were several boys from other colleges standing outside the field behind him, and after the goal just now, they all agreed that the goalkeeper was too stupid, and they didn't realize that the defender who lost the ball this time was more responsible.

The race came to an end as time passed. I don't know if it's because the defense of the Chinese School is too poor, but the School of Journalism has a lot of firepower in this game, and a total of 5 goals were scored in the whole game. And Yang Fan's performance also had bright spots, he made several wonderful saves, and even saved a penalty. But alas, the gate he guarded was shot through 7 times by the opponent.

The two underdogs played a good game, with almost all the strikers scoring, which was a happy event, but the winning Chinese Academy was noticeably happier. After the game, Yang Fan walked towards Zhou Xiaochuan a little discouraged: "I'm sorry Brother Chuan, I couldn't guard the gate." ”

Zhou Xiaochuan patted Yang Fan on the shoulder: "Don't take winning or losing too seriously, it's already rare for us football fans to be able to play a game seriously." ”

Zhou Xiaochuan's words touched Yang Fan a lot, and Yang Fan understood that although basketball seems to be more popular in China at the moment, this is all due to Yao Ming's outstanding performance in the NBA. But in terms of influence, football is still the world's number one sport, but at the moment, there are about 40 basketball courts on the new campus of Anhui University, and only two football fields. organized this time, in order to ensure that the schedule would not drag on too long, there was not even a group stage, and it was eliminated directly. There are also many students who like football in the whole school, but they can't form decent friendly games and exchange games. The number of people is one of the reasons, but the school has only two courts, and if you use them to play, where should the other students go to play?

Thinking of this, Yang Fan's mind was suddenly opened. He suddenly remembered a CCTV special program he watched during the summer vacation, introducing the Argentine star Messi, Yang Fan remembered that his height was only a little more than 1.6 meters, but he had already made a name for himself in world football, which can give many people with the same physical conditions an encouragement. The most famous short man on the basketball court is Iverson, but his height is also 1.83 meters, and how much effort and hard work he has put in to get a place on the basketball court, this kind of sports with harsh physical conditions is simply prohibitive for ordinary people.

Yang Fan feels that he is lucky, because the height of 1.88 meters plays organizational guard, which is not short even in the NBA. He suddenly felt that he should cherish this luck and not squander it.