Chapter 177: The Arena
The annual football match of the First Clinical College is held in March every year, usually in the second week after the start of the school year.
We went back to school in mid-February, and although spring had already begun, the willow branches by the pond had not yet spit out new green, and the cold wind caused us to shrink our necks into our collars, so it took three weeks for the football game to start.
In the college, almost all cultural and sports activities are sponsored by the Youth League Committee. The secretary of the Youth League Committee, who was bald prematurely and never smiled, brought a lot of happiness to the college students.
The soccer team in the class has long been formed. When the team was formed, someone recommended me to join the team, and I politely declined. I don't know why I don't want to get involved in football anymore.
The football game was in full swing for more than a week, and every evening I sat in the reading room and could faintly hear shouts coming from the football field. Sometimes, I put down the book I had at hand and walk to the window of the reading room and look in the direction of the football field. The football field was far from the reading room, separated by the basketball court, and separated by a few houses, which was not in my field of vision at all. I'm reminded of the situation on the soccer field at the Railroad Middle School.
Seven brothers, Xiang Wangfu went to another world, Jie Feixiang studied in a secondary school in the provincial capital, which is a major in pharmacy, but I was not in any mood to contact him. Shi Zhiqiang and Xu Xianren repeated their studies in a high school. Wu Jianhua is missing. Xiang Jianjun went outside to break into the world, I don't know if he will sleepwalk in the middle of the night.
I don't want to talk about football, maybe I just don't want to reminisce about the past, right?
However, when it came time for the class football team to play the championship and runner-up match with another team, I still couldn't stand Xu Zhengping's bewitchment and went to the football field.
The academy's soccer game was much more formal than the high school game, with one referee, two linesmen, and a fourth official. Each team has a regular uniform, and each team consists of eleven players.
We stood inside the class cheerleaders. Wu Shufang stood beside me.
"Zheng Qihang, do you know that you have come to care about the event?" Sadako Ai criticized me.
"I'm not interested in football." I say.
"I'm not interested in football, but I have to cheer for every game." Ai Sadako gags me.
"You are a class cadre, and you have a strong sense of collective honor. I, an ordinary member of the class, did not have a high level of ideological awareness. I said.
"If your ideological consciousness is not high, then ask the secretary of the Youth League Committee to do ideological work for you to improve your ideological understanding." Said the deputy squad leader standing next to Ai Sadako.
"You guys, you know all about criticism," Ding Ying said, "Didn't Zheng Qihang come?" The fact that he can come to such a crucial event shows that he still cares about the collective. ”
"That's right. The heart of setting sail is still hot. Wu Shufang said.
"My heart is so hot, don't scorch my internal organs." Zhu Defa, who was standing next to Ding Ying, said.
"You still think Zheng Qihang is a red child, and there is a real fire of samadhi hidden in his stomach." Ding Ying said.
"Then our Jin Da will first spit out the fire and burn Zhu De to death." Xu Zhengping said.
"Jin Er, why do you speak so strongly?" Zhu Defa was a little unhappy.
"What do you see coming out of your mouth?" Xu Zhengping said.
"I'm kidding."
The competition was very intense. With both teams at the same level, the entire first half ended without a single goal scored by either side.
After a fifteen-minute break, the second half began. Unexpectedly, less than five minutes into the second half, the opponent scored a goal. This frustrated the cheerleaders in the class, who shouted more and more desperately. But then it was as if it was frozen, and for a long time no team scored. The poor cheerleaders were hoarse.
", what's going on? If we go on like this, we won't lose? Xu Zhengping said.
"your crow's mouth, fifteen minutes to go." A classmate scolded.
"Can you go on like this without losing?" Xu Zhengping was very unconvinced, "No matter what, the other party still scored a goal." ”
"Stop arguing." Ding Ying said angrily.
"Look, there's hope. Come on, come on! Ai Sadako shouted. Her voice was hoarse.
saw that on the football field, several main players in the class had pressed on the opponent's court, and they successfully dribbled the ball past and rushed to the opponent's goal.
We couldn't help but raise our hearts to our throats.
"Oh, it's not good, Ma Jiajie wrestled!" Cao Shuigen shouted.
"What's going on? Why did you suddenly fall? The classmate who was in front of Xu Zhengping said.
"Damn, it's the other party who makes it bad!" Xu Zhengping said.
Ma Jiajie is a winger in the football team in the class, with fast speed, strong ball control ability, and accurate shooting. I saw him lying on the ground, his legs hooked, and he looked very painful. There were a lot of people gathered around.
I heard the players arguing. The players on both sides have a lot of fighting positions.
However, as soon as the referee came, they stopped arguing. Medical personnel ran over with stretchers. After a while, they carried Ma Jiajie out of the football field on a stretcher.
Mr. Hu, the head teacher, came over.
"Which one? Which classmate will play some football and replace Ma Jiajie. "The head teacher was extremely anxious. He asked several times in a row.
Xu Zhengping pushed my body and motioned for me to play, but I ignored him.
"Quick, which one? As long as you know a little bit, it's fine. The head teacher asked again.
"Teacher, Zheng Qihang is actually very good at playing football." Xu Zhengping said suddenly.
"Zheng Qihang?" The head teacher looked at me.
Many of my classmates looked at me.
"Yes, he played soccer a lot in high school." Xu Zhengping said.
"Really?"
A whistle sounded on the football field.
I didn't answer the homeroom teacher's words and walked straight onto the football field. Then I trotted over to the referee.
I heard several people shouting behind me: Zheng Qihang, come on!
There are only ten minutes left in the game!
When I was watching the game just now, I noticed that the other winger of the football team in the class was very good at passing, but the other players ignored his specialty and often transferred the football directly to the striker. I realised that if I wanted to equalize, I had to take advantage of this player.
So, when the ball was at my feet, I gave full play to my dribbling function, threw off one of the opposing players, saw the winger's position, and passed the ball decisively.
The winger immediately took control of the ball and I ran forward as fast as I could.
Obviously he had noticed where I was, and he saw a long pass and the ball landed at my feet – it was so timely and accurate. At this point, I was very close to the opponent's goal. I kicked it hard and the ball went straight into the goal from the right side of the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper misjudged and made the wrong save.
The whole stadium immediately boiled. A couple of team members rushed over and hugged me. Everyone was very excited.
Extra time began. The fourth official showed two minutes of extra time.
It was our team that attacked first. The goalkeeper tosses the ball to the defender. The defender drove the ball straight into the first half. The ball is controlled by the opposing player. The opposing player passes the ball to his teammate, who intercepts it and immediately passes it to the winger who is good at passing. The striker and I rushed forward.
The winger passes the ball to the striker. The opposing players quickly came up and scrambled, and the striker had to pass the ball to me.
I controlled the ball and then dribbled forward. I quickly dribbled into the box. Two opposing players came up to block. I tried to shoot before they blocked and they fouled. The referee's whistle blows.
This is something that the other party never dreamed of.
That's something I didn't expect, because I got a penalty for us!
Cheerleaders on both sides were cheering on.
The referee sets the penalty spot. I walked slowly to the penalty spot. I feel like I can hear my own heartbeat.
Walking to the penalty spot, I took control of the ball on the spot and looked straight to the goal. The opposing goalkeeper is doing some very strange movements. I knew he wanted to interfere with my emotions.
I met his gaze for a few seconds, then looked down at the soccer ball at my feet.
I decided to shoot the ball as far to the left side of the goalkeeper as I had done the previous time. When I looked at the goalkeeper just now, I realized that this was a very stubborn person. Stubborn people tend to have stubborn thoughts. He's probably going to judge me for kicking his right-hand side.
As soon as the whistle blew, I stepped out decisively.
Everything was as I expected, the goalkeeper pounced in the opposite direction. Football is in again!
I got excited and knelt down on the lawn and looked up at the sky. The team members ran towards me. The cheerleaders also ran towards me.
"Zheng Qihang, you are amazing!"
"Good Zheng Qihang!"
"Zheng Qihang, I love you! I love you to death! ”
Men and women are yelling like crazy.
I was lifted in the air by the team. They threw me into the air again and again. I saw the white clouds in the sky spinning, but I remembered the high school football game, Yu Jinrong, and Xiong Yanfei, who was focused on Yu Jinrong at that time.
The passion faded and I was put to rest.
"Mom, I'm dizzy." I say.
"It's blissful dizziness. Zheng Qihang, you can really turn the tide. Said the captain of the football team.
"Don't say that, it's all the result of everyone's cooperation. Football is not something that can be played by one person. I said.
"OK, it's great that you have such a heart." The captain said, "Let's all go to the small fried shop, let's celebrate." ”
"Is there a share of our cheerleaders?" Ai Sadako asked.
"yes. Military merit medals, half of yours and half of mine. Ding Ying said.
"We're all hoarse." Wu Shufang said.
"I can't call the shots. Ask our class leader. The captain said.
Several girls stuck out their tongues. When you win the championship in a football match, you will invite the members of the football team to dinner, which is announced at the class meeting. At that time, someone suggested that everyone have a dinner together, but the head teacher did not agree. We don't know the temper of the head teacher. If he doesn't agree with it, he can't do it.