Chapter 38: The First Round

High School Soccer Magazine.

"The results of the match are in. Everybody's going to be busy again. This year, the most interesting ones are three teams: needless to say, the High School Affiliated to the University of Science and Technology; Then there is Luoyang's 'uncrowned king - Dingding Middle School', they have the strength to enter the national competition, and last year's big dark horse, Shuguang Middle School, but this year their strength has increased again, and they can no longer be regarded as dark horses. The focus of our coverage is on these three schools. Liu Yang is still holding the annual mobilization meeting.

But Chen Huafeng stared at the match table in his hand in a daze.

"Xiao Chen, you've been talking to Shuguang about your opinion, right?"

Chen Huafeng didn't look up: "Shuguang Middle School's first round opponent is Kai Middle School. Pioneer is the alma mater of Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's junior high school......"

The others looked at each other, not understanding what Chen Huafeng was talking about.

Zhang Jun looked at the newly posted huge table on the wall of the lounge in a daze. The first game of Dawn turned out to be a race with Pioneering.

How can this be?

Sophie knocked Zhang Jun's head with a notebook: "It's time to train!" ”

Looking at Zhang Jun, who always made mistakes, Liang Ke asked Sophie next to him: "Do you know what happened to Zhang Jun?" ”

Sophie shook her head: "He just looked at the table in a daze. ”

"Bracket? That's right......"

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Anyone who looks at it in the back will think that Zhang Jun is studying hard, but he knows that his mind is not on studying at all, and the language book in front of him is 98 pages an hour ago, and it is still 98 pages an hour later.

Zhang Jun got up and took out a photo album from the bookshelf, which was full of photos from junior high school. Turning the first page, it is a photo of him with Yang Pan, Yuan Gang, and Liu Peng. At that time, they were in their third year of junior high school, and the smiles of the four of them were so bright.

"Yuan Gang, Liu Peng......" he softly read the names of his two good friends. It's been a year since we were apart and haven't been in touch again. The two of them must be angry, right? Otherwise, why didn't a single phone call come? He left the two of them without saying a word, without even saying goodbye. What was he saying the night before, "We want to play football together in high school!" The next day, they went their separate ways. Yang Pan won't have the way he feels now, his best friends in his heart are only Zhang Jun, Yuan Gang and Liu Peng are just ordinary friends, maybe his mentality is the same as usual in Saturday's game, right? But he can't do it himself, Yuan Gang and Liu Peng are also good friends. At that time, when everyone was at their best, no one thought that one day everyone would meet each other on the field, right?

Is this called fate?

When the hand pointed to "12", Zhang Jun was still scrolling through the photos of junior high school under the lamp. Every bit of the past was awakened by those photos.

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"It's October, and it's still so hot! What an abnormality! A tall boy fanned his collar and complained about the weather.

"El Niño, don't you know?" A short boy next to him said.

"Will it be so hot on Saturday?" The tall man asked.

"What, are you worried about the game?" The short man laughed.

"I'm worried about Zhang Jun."

"How?"

"Ape, don't you know Zhang Jun's surname? His fellow who values friendship so much must be worrying right now! ”

"Hey! What is there to worry about? We were good friends with him, but we had no friends when we played. He doesn't even understand this? ”

"It's not that you don't know, he's always been simple-minded and has little strings."

"But, Liu Peng, don't worry about others. There's a headache for you to deal with in the game the day after tomorrow. ”

"You mean Yang Pan?" Liu Peng asked.

"Who else could it be but him? Last year's scenery was infinite, and even stole the limelight of Zhang Jun, the protagonist. His long-range shots, we know better than anyone else. If we let him start in the middle of the race, we're going to have a hard time. ”

"Don't worry! I promise to do the maggot attached to the bone, to the point of not leaving an inch. ”

Yuan Gang smiled, Liu Peng's ability to mark people was even scared of him, who was said to be more flexible than a monkey. In the national competition in the third year of junior high school, he, Yang Pan and Zhang Jun attacked the city in the front court, and Liu Peng alone could support the defense. His man-marking has made many of the team's core players "obscure".

"But," Liu Peng said, "who will take care of Zhang Jun?" ”

"How much do you think a striker who only cares about the enemy can do in a game?"

"Hey! That's not the tone of a good friend! ”

"No way. In order to win the game, sometimes some means are needed. Although I'm sorry for Zhang Jun, there is no way to do it. You know how terrifying it would be to let him play at full strength, right? Yuan Gang took off his coat, revealing the dark blue team uniform, and the pale yellow captain's armband on his arm was a little dazzling in the sunlight. It's time to train, Liu Peng. ”

Liu Peng sighed in his heart. Yuan Gang is now the captain, he is responsible for the whole team, and he can't delay major events because of personal feelings. For the sake of winning the game, for their dreams, even if they are facing their former friends this time, they can only be sorry. However, deep down in Liu Peng's heart, he really hopes that everything will be arranged as Yuan Gang did. He didn't want to compete with Zhang Jun, not because they were good friends, but because he didn't have the confidence to defeat Zhang Jun at all. In the team competition in junior high school, Yang Pan was frozen by him, but No. 11, who usually looked lazy and didn't care about anything, could only watch his back run in front of him.

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In the lounge of the Shuguang Middle School football team.

"Yang Pan, Kai Kai is your alma mater, half of the main force in this team are your junior high school teammates, tell us what kind of team Kai Kai is in." Liang Ke handed the red pen to Yang Pan.

Yang Pan did not shirk, took the red pen and drew on the white writing board: "The development of junior high school is a team with a balance of offense and defense. There are me and Zhang Jun in the frontcourt, and Yuan Gang is the engine of the attack, and many goals are instigated by him. He is short, only 166cm, and is as agile as a monkey. What he's best at is drilling into the crowd with the ball, attracting defenders and then suddenly passing the ball to the strikers. So you can't deal with him all at once, one entangles him, and the other helps to defend on the sidelines. Yang Pan calmly analyzed and talked eloquently. Without any sense of color, like a professional stock commentator.

But in Zhang Jun's ears, every word he says is a story of the past, whether happy or painful.

In the national competition of junior high school, he, Yang Pan, and Yuan Gang formed an attack trident that was invincible. Yuan Gang's scheduling and organization, Yang Pan's speed and passing, while he turned the efforts of his two friends into goals. Whenever a soccer ball hits the net, it's always the three of them who hug each other first. Liu Peng is the pillar of the development defense. At 188cm, he is tall enough and has a sturdy body like an ox to pose a threat to any striker. What's even more terrifying is that with his kind of body, he is extremely flexible. Whether it's turning or defending, his explosiveness is nothing short of extraordinary, and he's an expert at personal marking.

And his header, in a corner, is an important means of scoring.

Yang Pan continued: "Liu Peng is an experienced defender, when facing a striker, he can always see through the opponent's next move, so as to cut off the ball in advance. This makes his steal success rate very high. He, Yuan Gang and Zhang Jun formed the central axis of the junior high school football team. But now, after Zhang Jun and I left, the strength of the development has been affected, and the other team members are also good players in various positions, but compared with Yuan Gang and Liu Peng, there is still a gap.

In general, to contain Yuan Gang in defense and avoid Liu Peng as much as possible in the offense, there is still a great hope of defeating Kaifang. ”

"The analysis is so good!" Liang Ke applauded.

The analysis is so good...... After all, I have been teammates and classmates for three years, and I can say every action of them with my eyes closed!

"Tomorrow's game, everyone has to do their best to win. Don't miss anything in the first game! Do you understand? ”

"Got it!"

Liang Ke glanced at Zhang Jun, he was the only one who didn't open his mouth, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

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On the noisy court, Zhang Jun, who was warming up, rolled the ball to the open half, and "help ......" he saw a familiar face.

Yuan Gang picked up the ball and walked in front of him: "Hello, Zhang Jun." I haven't been in touch for a year, but I didn't expect to meet here. What a coincidence! There was no trace of joy in his eyes for his friends to be reunited, but he couldn't suppress the spark of anger.

"I'm not going to show mercy!"

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Zhang Jun woke up, this was the first time he had dreamed of Yuan Gang. It's strange why there was such an unfamiliar expression on that familiar face, and he said, "I won't show mercy!" ".

It's all said that he is on the third pole, when did he fall asleep last night, he has no impression, he just thought about a lot of junior high school things, and then fell asleep after thinking about it.

After getting up and freshening up, he went to the balcony to blow the wind, only to find Sophie there. That bracket must have cost her another night, right? Your knees must hurt, right? But why, why will the opponent in the first game be Kaifang, and will it be the Kaifeng where Yuan Gang and Liu Peng are located?

Sophie also noticed Zhang Jun's arrival, and she smiled at Zhang Jun: "Why didn't you say good morning today?" ”

Zhang Jun pointed to the sun above his head: "It's almost noon, what do you say good morning?" ”

"Oh? You didn't sleep in a mess today! ”

What's going on? The distance between him and Sophie is only three meters, but why does Sophie's smile and voice feel so far away? Didn't wake up?

Zhang Jun shook his head, then looked up at the sky. Today's sky is exceptionally blue, and it is really a good weather for outdoor sports.

Yuan Gang looked at the clear blue sky and said to himself: "The weather is good, sunny, few clouds, no wind and sand, and the temperature is moderate...... It's a great weather to kick a ball......";