The sun is setting, and the wind is cold.

Zhang Liqun grinned and drove the car, at this time he felt sore, his arms were especially strong, and the hands holding the steering wheel were trembling, and if he continued like this, there might be no accidents. Zhang Liqun didn't dare to be careless, he bit the tip of his tongue hard and forced himself to drive.

This afternoon was the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou Winner's Cup, and Zhang Liqun played three quarters of the game on behalf of the Education Bureau, which tired him like a dog.

The Winner's Cup is a very traditional and very popular basketball tournament in the Guangzhou administrative organ, which is played at least twice a month from the middle of the year to the end of the year.

Zhang Liqun has participated in the Winner's Cup for more than ten years, his team has won the championship, and has been rewarded by the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee, with a height of 190, Zhang Liqun is invincible under the basket, he is the team's rebounding king.

With such a skill, the previous leaders are very fond of Zhang Liqun, Zhang Liqun's status and salary are also rising, he is forty-two years old this year, he is already the director, he believes that in a few years he may have the opportunity to play a leader, his parents are alive, his wife is an excellent teacher, his son is in a key middle school, the family is well-off, no matter from which point of view, Zhang Liqun is considered to be successful, it can be envied by ordinary people, but in the depths of Zhang Liqun's heart, there is always a trace of regret.

In fact, Zhang Liqun didn't know how to play basketball when he was a student, and he only started to learn to play basketball when he worked after graduation.

At that time, he was still a teacher, and the school organized basketball games for teachers of all grades, Zhang Liqun was pulled by the grade director to grab rebounds because he was superior, and he played basketball not because he liked it in his heart, it was just an accident.

Zhang Liqun's real favorite sport is playing football, his height of 1.9 meters, he has always been the school's first high school striker when he was a student, his foot skills are average, but the header is very good, almost every game he can top one or two headers, after the goal, he will pat his head excitedly, and then hug his teammates, that is the passionate years that he will never forget.

After graduating from work, Zhang Liqun first worked as a teacher, and later entered the administrative agency, whether in the school, in the education bureau, or in the municipal government, there is a staff basketball team, but there is no football team.

Zhang Liqun felt that this situation was very bad at the beginning, and he reacted to the leader that there should be a football team, but the leader disagreed, saying that playing football made a lot of mud, which was too unimpressive.

The leader disagreed, Zhang Liqun found like-minded friends by himself, but after working for 20 years, Zhang Liqun remembered that there were only three times to get together a team, and each time it was disbanded in no more than two months, some were injured, some were afraid of injury, some felt that there was no benefit, and some were transferred, in short, twenty years later, no one knew that Zhang Liqun would play football, and Zhang Liqun himself no longer insisted.

Until the beginning of this year, Zhang Liqun had a strong expectation of organizing football events, because this year there was an additional tennis event in the Guangzhou municipal authorities.

Hearing the news, Zhang Liqun couldn't help but burst into a foul language, why is tennis so easy to pass, but football is not.

Zhang Liqun immediately asked the leader to reflect, but the proposal was still rejected.

"Can't I just play football for my colleagues, can't I ......?"

Zhang Liqun actually understands that he just wants to be recognized, colleagues say he is the rebounding king, but he wants his colleagues to call him a super center, but unfortunately, as a person in the system, he may never have the opportunity to let his teammates see his heroic appearance on the football field.

"Hey, this is my life!"

The journey was smooth, Zhang Liqun returned home at just six o'clock, his wife was cooking, and his son Zhang Xin was watching TV.

"Cat poop beer welcomes the Asian Cup and cheers for the Chinese athletes."

The advertising lines sounded, and Zhang Liqun was shocked, "Asian Cup? So fast? ”

Zhang Liqun likes football, but he is busy with work and getting older, he never stays up late to watch football, so he watches Evergrande Guoan's games on his days off at most, and usually even watches sports news relatively little, forgetting that the Asian Cup is about to start at the beginning of 15 years.

"When does the Asian Cup start?" Zhang Liqun asked while changing his slippers.

"In the opening match on the 9th of this month, the Chinese team's game will be on the 10th, and the opponent is Saudi Arabia."

Zhang Xin also likes football under the influence of Zhang Liqun, but he only likes to watch, but rarely plays, he himself said that the pressure in the key middle school is too great, and his classmates don't play football, he can't find a partner.

"Saudi?" Zhang Liqun thought that the national team had failed to qualify for the group stage twice in a row, and when he heard Saudi Arabia, he couldn't help but be very nervous, "Who are the other two opponents?" ”

"North Korea and Uzbekistan, this time it's a real group of death."

Zhang Liqun sighed, sat on the sofa, closed his eyes and rested.

Zhang Xin raised his voice and said: "However, the national team may also break out." ”

"Why?"

"Li Yun, Li Yun has entered the national team, he is a bull, he is definitely the most powerful No. 9 and a half player in the history of Chinese football, he is on the field, so you don't have to worry about no one in the front court being able to hold the ball."

"It's so powerful, why haven't I heard of it?"

"Last year, I led the Chinese team to win the FA Cup, you said that it is not powerful, this year Yongchang has the AFC Champions League, and it will definitely be popular all over China at that time, you don't watch the FA Cup, of course you haven't heard of it."

"I hope it's as good as you say," Zhang Liqun said with a smile.

"Really, Dad, he's a foreign player, a little bit worse than Conca."

"Okay, I believe, when the time comes, let's watch the game together."

Zhang Xin nodded happily, "Well, what's more, I also read the news, Saudi Arabia changed its coach in December last year, and the new coach took office for less than a month, and now the Saudi team is in a bad situation, and several warm-up games are not good." ”

"Oh, the Saudi Football Association is still so stupid, change the coach at this time?"

"I don't know what they think, there is also news that the AFC has punished the North Korean men's football coach for a one-year ban, and then the North Korean men's football coach will not be able to command on the spot."

"What about Uzbekistan? Any news? ”

"Yes, he said that he would change the head coach and replace Milu, but it doesn't seem to have changed, it's still the same coach from before, Dad, do you think you can qualify?"

Zhang Liqun looked at Zhang Xin's expectant eyes, and replied with a smile: "I can qualify." ”

Zhang Xin nodded, "That's what I said to my classmates, this time I qualified, it should be against the team in Group A, it should be South Korea or Australia, I want to watch the game between China and South Korea." ”

"Then the Chinese team is doomed."

"Who said that the Chinese team was stronger than the South Korean team in the past, and it began to fear South Korea after two thousand years, and now the Chinese team has Li Yun, and the Chinese team plays the South Korean team, just like Evergrande beats the Korean club - hanging."

Zhang Liqun laughed, "Who told you that the Chinese team was stronger than the South Korean team in the past, not the longer the better, except for the Republic of China, Chinese football has never been stronger than South Korea, South Korea has entered the World Cup in the fifties of the last century, and has been in the World Cup finals since 86 years, Asia, South Korea and Iran are the real traditional strong teams, and Japan only began to rise in the nineties." ”

"China's strongest 97th national team is at least not weaker than the South Korean team, right?" Zhang Xin said unconvinced.

"Maybe."

"I will definitely win this time, because Li Yun is here."

Zhang Liqun smiled slightly, but did not respond, he had only one thought in his heart, "Asian Cup, here." ”