"Friends of No. 1 Middle School, are you ready?"

Seven or eight minutes into the second half, the offensive in the stream continued unabated. But after the first half, our defence got used to their attacking rhythm. I also made a couple of saves to keep shots out of goal. Everyone seems to have built up confidence, as "Guiding Yuan" said, as long as the stream can't kill us, we can find a chance to kill us with a single blow. Although we have only had two shots on goal so far, Yan Xi's appearance has undoubtedly led our attack, and the first hit can already threaten the opposition goal.

The coach must have sensed a potential threat, and tactical adjustments came into play. After getting a throw-in in the stream, they didn't throw it right away. There was already a substitute standing on the sidelines, not much like what we saw in the photos that day, a girl with short hair and goggles. Her jersey was a little bigger, and the wind blew it up. The girl has a thick black lining under her jersey, which protects her tightly in the season before it warms.

"Our trump card is out! The Xiling Middle School team was replaced, and the No. 24 Tong Jing ......"

With the excited voice of the MC on the scene, the few spectators in the stands also gave a standing ovation. Tong Jing directly replaced the captain of the field in Xizhong, she took the armband, put it on her arm steadily, and ran onto the field with the call of the bench, like a purple wind.

She seems to be taller than me, even though I'm slowly getting taller.

Before she had time to think about it, she came on the pitch and received a throw-in from her teammate. When no one stepped forward to press, she calmly plucked the ball with her left foot, and the ball arced from the right side of the court to the left. The number 33 on the wing stopped the ball, shook the space and hoisted into the box from a 45-degree angle. Originally, our defenders had a numerical advantage in the area, but with the long ball that pulled the whole line of defense, the defenders were out of position when the ball passed into the box. No. 10 rushed to the front to compete for this landing point, and stuck Ye Ruiyang behind him. I lunged forward in time, jumped and threw myself out of the box, punching the ball just as it was about to land in front of the 10 and into the box. However, the alarm was not lifted, Tong Jing appeared like a miracle where the ball fell, she did not stop the ball, a volley, the ball went over everyone's heads, fell quickly in front of the goal, and smashed to the bottom edge of the crossbar with a "bang". I hurriedly turned around and slammed the ball to the ground like a grenade about to explode. The player raised his hand to signal to the referee that the ball had crossed the goal line, but the referee looked at the linesman on the sidelines, and the opponent shook his head.

"You all give me a little serious! Stick to her, stick to the 24th! Don't let her shoot! "I held the ball in one hand and poked my head with my index finger in the other, signaling everyone to concentrate.

I have to admit that Senior Sister Tong Jing was able to compete definitely because of her extraordinary strength. When we really wanted to push her, her excellent dribbling always made our players go to nothing. After her debut, she became the command brain of Xizhong, and every attack was launched from her, and the ball passed through her dispatch, and the offensive ideas were sorted out very clearly. There is no doubt that she is to Xizhong what Kwong Hao is to us.

She has a fast cadence and excellent little skills. When she pushed to the edge of our box, she dribbled sideways at high speed and pulled our defence again. However, just as she dribbled sideways, she made a strange push with her right foot, and the ball was almost perpendicular to her direction of travel, rolling quickly and slowly into our defensive gap. Everyone didn't have time to react, and the number 10 tacitly hit the ball from the side, and this time he didn't make any adjustments, and he came to shoot steadily. The ball ran to the right side of the goal, I stretched out my arm and fell to the ground to save, but the ball grazed my fingertips and went into the net.

"What is due will come! Creek Ridge Middle School Team Scores! The scorer was number 10 ......"

The small court in the middle of the stream immediately erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and in the midst of the noise, all of us looked at the ball in the net with some blank stumbling, only the captain walked towards us, telling everyone to stand up and continue the game. Yuan Yikong ran to the referee's side, raising his arm and not knowing what to say, but we first-year children didn't seem to have eased up, and the ball just now was too sudden, just like Tong Jing's pass.

Is it impossible to hold on?

I heard a long whistle, far away from the horizon. Xizhong suddenly gathered in front of the referee, I seemed to understand something, turned my head to see, the linesman on the sideline raised the flag flat forward, with a helpless smile on his face.

Offside, the goal is invalidated. Good luck.

"Don't fight, let's go back to the game." In the face of the questioning of the Xizhong players, the referee has put his hand into the jacket pocket, and seems to be hesitating to issue a yellow card warning. Before he made the decision, the number 24, wearing the captain's armband, persuaded his teammates to return to their positions one by one in time to calm them down. Under her command, the attack in the stream made a comeback. Although it was difficult for them to bite us like in the first half due to the decline in fitness, they had a thinking brain and their physical distribution and attacking selection planning were much stronger, which also offset the negative impact of physical exertion.

The game was about 50 minutes old, and the coach made the second substitution adjustment, removing Mu Zheng and replacing him with Mi Le. Maybe it's going to turn back to a back four and hold on to the draw? But the tactic that Miller passed to us after coming on was not a change of formation, he took Yan Xi's current position and pushed the latter up front.

The effect of the change of formation has not yet appeared, but it has made the opponent smell the opportunity. Tong Jing apparently gave the order to her teammates to raise the ball in the little time left, trying to destroy our defense line by bombing from high altitudes. This was also the last move to open up the situation, and Xizhong was replaced by a tall player of more than 1.85 meters. As soon as he came on the pitch, he swooped into our box, Tong Jing pointed all his passes over his head, and his job was to put the ball on to his team-mates. Fortunately, none of our three defenders were too short, and with the constant interference of Miller and Xuexue, the indiscriminate bombardment in the stream did not have any effect. Only in a tactical corner, Tong Jing's curling cross gave them a great opportunity to head the goal. The big man pushed the ball to the far corner of the goal, but fortunately, the ball speed was not fast, and Miller stood firmly in front of the goal frame before the corner kick was taken, and blocked the ball with his chest on the goal line, and Ye Ruiyang immediately cleared the ball with a big foot.

But the ball didn't fly out of bounds, but into the middle circle of the court. The opponent's central defender stood firmly at the top of the center circle arc, presumably taking this high ball and continuing to organize the attack.

The player in the purple jersey jumped up, and I could see the ball grazing over his head in the scattered crowd, probably just his hair. It's a topping. The ball bounced to the ground and rolled towards the half of the stream. At that moment, a white shadow flashed past the misguided central defender and caught up with the ball that was slowly moving forward. He took a big step and used his pace to get behind the misguided centre-back. At the same time, everyone rushed towards the half of the stream like crazy, without stopping.

The game is in the final moments, and any attack can make the difference between victory and defeat. At the last moment, Yan Xi seized the opponent's mistake, walked like a fly, and had already rushed into the penalty area, and he faced only the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper in the stream abandoned the door like I did in the first half, as if a tiger had pounced on him. Yan Xi didn't shoot, he flicked it lightly, and the ball was out of the goalkeeper's reach. When he was about to catch up with the ball and push the empty goal, the goalkeeper in the stream could no longer control his body flying out, and his left foot brought down Yan Xi. As soon as the whistle blew, the referee who had just run out of the center circle pointed his finger at the penalty spot from a distance, and the linesman on the other side of the field also waved the flag. Almost at the same time, I saw several members of the Creek who were still running stop in despair.

Penalties, priceless penalties. In the final moments of the game, we were suppressed for a whole game and had a chance to change the score, and it all started with Miller's goal-line save and Ye Ruiyang's big foot clearance. The creek is only a few centimeters away from killing us, and now the scales of fate are quietly tilting in our favor. "Offense wins the victory, defense wins the championship", I heard Yuan Yikong say this more than once. It's still too early to talk about winning the championship, but to win, the opportunity is now.

The captain held the ball, and it was definitely him who took the penalty. Most of the people were on the outside of the box, with Ye Ruiyang and Miller staying in our half. The former follows the opposition's big center every step of the way, while the latter waits for opportunities to assist his teammates.

But the captain did not take the ball to the penalty spot, but gently handed the ball to the player wearing the number 18 shirt.

The main punishment is learning.

The referee's whistle for the start of the penalty blew and I'm sure everyone held their breath as it could have been the shot that would have decided the outcome of the game and who would have progressed to the Final Four.

From afar, I saw that Xuexue ran to the ball on the penalty spot without stopping, and without the small jump last time, he resolutely hit the goal, and I could tell at a glance that he was going to hit the bottom left corner. The opposing goalkeeper also guessed his intentions and swooped there the moment he shot. It was a powerful and awkwardly angled shot, and the ball clung to the turf like an arrow from the string, and slid into the net at the left-hand post. The goalkeeper, who was unable to save the penalty, hammered the ground hard after the ball went into the net. After seeing this scene, I couldn't help but rush out of the goal, raising my arms and shouting a few words that I couldn't even hear at the bench on the sidelines. When he turned around, he saw Xuexue pointing his finger high to the sky, and Ye Ruiyang was hugging him from behind. Everyone gathered together and slapped them as if they had scored the ball together. When he looked at the bench again, Brother Chuan also raised his fingers, although he put on his coat, he still kept the black veil, and continued to wrap it around his left arm, letting it fly in the air, like a fluttering reed, exuding an inaudible echo of life.

I did the same. The excitement of scoring a goal is intertwined with an indescribable sadness or tenderness. If only the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game at this time, I wanted to hug Ye Ruiyang immediately. But this is not a no-go. MC reported the goal with a somewhat dull note and reminded everyone that there were four minutes of stoppage time in the second half. There are still four minutes to go, and we have to hold on to the win.

If it is over at this point, today will be much more perfect.

The middle circle of the stream kicked off, and four of them stood in a row on the center line. Obviously, the ball is out of the way and it's going to be an all-or-nothing attack. Tong Jing dragged behind the four-person line, receiving a return pass from her teammates, and there was no interference in front of her. The long ball made its way through the last bit of the winter sky and found the big center with precision. He did his best and the ball landed on the edge of our box, and the number 33 was already in a position to shoot just waiting for the ball to fall into his range. Ye Ruiyang appeared again in time, met his kicked leg, and kicked the ball out of bounds first.

As the clock ticked by, it was difficult for the creek to threaten for a short period of time after conceding the goal. Maybe that's the beauty of football? Keizhong, who dominated the game and had almost 20 shots on goal, struggled to shake our defence, but it was only one sharp counter-attack that we managed to score. Of course, luck is also an important factor. There have been a couple of great chances to score in Creek, and if you take one, you will be able to win or lose.

Finally had a chance to relax our tense nerves and think about these things, because we were making one last substitution. There is no doubt that the coach is trying to consume game time. Xuexue, who was the hero of the goal, walked off the field unhurriedly, and Senior Xu Xiang was already waiting on the sidelines.

But learning is a little too slow, like taking a walk after a meal, obviously procrastinating time. It's permissible to use substitutions to consume time, but deliberately delaying it is likely to result in a yellow card. It's about 20 seconds, and it's not over yet. No. 33 in the stream got impatient and rushed straight to his side. Probably to urge him to hurry down.

"Hurry up, aren't you dead in your family? Why don't you go to the funeral in a hurry? ”

What did he say?

I was a little stunned, suspecting that I had heard a voice from another world. After all, it's very strange, and it's a bit of a distance from me.

"What the are you talking about?"

The voice and tone are familiar. I heard it the night I finished my midterm exams.

"Your family is dead! Dead! What's wrong? ”

It's louder. I heard them all.

Not a few meters from the sideline, the fuse of the conflict was lit, and in an instant it was an explosion. When I ran far past the goal, Xuexue was already in touch with the opponent's No. 33. I subconsciously looked at Ye Ruiyang, he rushed to No. 33, but No. 10 on the opposite side stopped him, and the two immediately began to push. Everyone was on the scene, including the referee and the benches on both sides. Shouts and curses came from every direction of the pitch, causing everyone to lose their minds. I barely knew who to pull, and just as helpless was Miller, and our eyes collided in confusion.

"Ye Ruiyang, boss, brother, brother, don't, I beg you, don't!" Mi Le obviously grabbed Ye Ruiyang's clothes and used all his strength to separate him from the No. 10 opposite. The other party was already blushing and clutching his arm. I joined the fight and wanted to bring Ye Ruiyang back. And more people seemed to be surrounding Xuexue, and just now both of them seemed to have moved their fists. The captain and senior Yuan Yikong went to pull, and I also heard Tong Jing's voice, wearing the captain's armband, she was also trying to separate the players on both sides. After the two of us came, Ye Ruiyang seemed to be much calmer, and the coach also arrived, he was already retreating outside the circle, but No. 10 still didn't let go. Brother Chuan on the bench rushed up coldly and pushed the other party away, so the object of his entanglement immediately changed, and they pushed each other again, and No. 10 was finally knocked to the ground, but he still didn't forget to stretch out his leg and trip Brother Chuan. This kind of indomitable and stoic attitude is a bit funny when I think about it now, and it also adds a bit of farce to the conflict, like a group of small animals biting each other.

In the end, with the intervention of the coaches and captains of both sides, the people in white and purple finally separated. The three referees gathered for a brief discussion, then called the coach and the captain to announce the decision to them.

"Damn, my record is gone." Xuexue wiped his cheeks, but he didn't know whether it was sweat or tears. Ye Ruiyang's hand was tightly on his shoulder.

"If you can't afford to lose, just say it, what the hell?" Brother Chuan was also standing on the field, and he probably knew what his fate would be, so he simply stayed with everyone.

"You have the ability, don't put the bus! Shrinking turtle! Give money to the referee! Brother Chuan's voice was not small, No. 33 must have heard it, rushed out of the crowd, and made a gesture to count the money, and his teammates hurriedly pulled him back. However, the referee's ears were not bad, and he was still explaining to the coaches and captains of both sides, and as soon as he heard this, he walked straight to the player in the stream and took out a bright red card from his trouser pocket. [1]

"No. 33 Xiling Middle School, violent acts, insulting referees, red card." As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at No. 10 again, "No. 10, violence, red card." ”

He pointed his finger to the sidelines, and then walked over to us without stopping. Everyone stayed together, quietly awaiting his verdict, like a prisoner on trial.

The referee's hand with the red card was raised.

"No. 18, No. 4, violence, red card." He put his hand in his jacket pocket again and pulled out a yellow card, "No. 5, pushing foul, yellow card." ”

"Referee, the two of them did it because of me. You give me a red card, it's nothing to do with them. Ye Ruiyang walked up to him and pleaded with his head down. The enforcer didn't say a word, just pointed to the outside of the field and signaled for the player who was sent off to leave the field immediately.

"It's okay, I volunteered. Nothing. Xuexue patted his waist comfortingly, and walked off the field with Brother Chuan.

The two of them must have known exactly what would happen if they went up. I don't know what I can do other than walk with Ye Ruiyang to my defensive position. If the other party said that to me instead of Xuexue, would I do something with him? I do not know. Maybe you don't have the guts. But that sentence is really too much, maybe I will rush up and overthrow him like the day the string was shoveled and flying. Probably. I'm so calm today, I'm a little guilty. I'm Ye Ruiyang's tablemate.

After four red cards and one yellow card, the game restarted, and it was 6 against 7 on the field, and I guess no one expected this game to be like this. The referee didn't give much time and ended the game after a few passes. Most of them walked to the bench on their own until they were driven back to the centre circle by their respective coaches to shake hands. Only the captains of both sides were still waiting in the queue with their duties. Almost everyone's face was gloomy, and there was no mood to shake hands at all at this moment.

"Well guarded." When she high-fived Senior Sister Tong Jing, she suddenly said something. When she looked up, she had walked up to Miller and said "good block" to him. Although everyone is out of shape today, does she still maintain her demeanor?

"Classmate, I don't know what's going on in your house, but I'm sad. I apologized to you for my teammates, you guys wait in the locker room, okay? Ye Ruiyang hid at the end of the team and became the last person to shake hands with her.

"It has nothing to do with you. Thank you, though. He gave her a slightly embarrassed look and turned to the sidelines. Both the coach and Yue Yin were waiting for him.

"Alright, don't be discouraged, we still have a chance, don't we? There's one more game. "We were leaving the pitch and walking towards the locker room when we heard Tong Jing's magnetic voice coming from behind us again. She must have brought the rest of her teammates on the field.

'The captain was right, we played well today, but we were a little bit less able to take chances. Don't complain about the referee, let's find the shortcomings ourselves, there will be opportunities in the next game......" The coach of Keinaka was also talking.

In the passage, I heard the slogan "Victory in the stream". However, I just want to hurry back and find my friends.

After entering the door, I found that Xuexue had already changed his clothes and was sitting with Ye Ruiyang.

"Anyway, thank you so much for today."

"There's nothing to thank you for, damn it, we're our own people."

"Before, I was a little prejudiced against you, and I thought you would lead my brother badly. I'm sorry, you're good. He hesitated, but said it anyway, "So...... We're friends now, right? ”

"Of course, or not?" Xuexue smiled at Ye Ruiyang lightly, and it was a very sunny and clear smile, as if he could float in the air.

"It's so boring to be a friend, if you want to be his father!"

"I'm your dad, okay?"

Crosstalk will be late, but it will never be absent.

"I discovered something amazing! It's so much fun! Seeing that the atmosphere had eased somewhat, Miller rolled his eyes and said to everyone mysteriously.

"What, are we going to score as soon as you get on the pitch? This pattern has long been discovered. Ye Ruiyang shook his head, "Well, I still discovered it by learning, I always remember it." ”

"No, it's much more amazing than that!" Miller stuck out his tongue and whetted everyone's appetite, begging him not to sell it.

"That's - no one but me can score Koko's ball! I can blow it out for you when I enter! ”

That's true, and everyone laughed. I deliberately pushed him. Now you can push it casually, and you won't get a yellow card anyway.

The coach and captain came in and they didn't blame anyone. He just came and touched our heads and told us that if there was a conflict on the field in the future, we should separate the two sides as soon as possible to avoid the conflict from expanding. She doesn't want anyone to get hurt on the pitch, especially because of the conflict.

There was a knock on the door. A girl was outside the door asking if she could come in, and the coach went out and told us to hurry up and change our clothes. When the door opened again, we met with both coaches and Tong Jing, as well as a few classmates in Xizhong who had been brought in to apologize.

"Next time something like this happens, you don't have to beat him, I'll help you clean him up myself. But, don't drag on time so blatantly, you kid, understand? "Coach Xizhong grabbed No. 33. I could see that he had been scolded and cried, and he couldn't speak when he apologized just now.

"Understood." Xuexue lowered his head and said, I don't know whether I really understand or fake it.

"Congratulations, but don't be too happy. The second round doesn't necessarily give you a chance to delay time. Tong Jing smiled at us and slowly pushed the goggles to her forehead, revealing gentle and confident eyes.

[1] Pendulum bus: "Pendulum bus" is a football term derived from the well-known football coach Jose Mourinho. "As we Portuguese are used to saying, they parked the bus in front of the goal." After Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur in September 2004, manager Jose Mourinho commented on the opposition's stubbornness. But Mourinho himself is a user of this tactic. The bus tactic is derived from the Italian chain defence, which means that only a few attacking players are left in the frontcourt, and most of the players defend in the middle and back positions. Seize the gap left by the opponent's attack, kick the ball to the attacking striker, and quickly counterattack. This is the safest tactic in football tactics (nicknamed 901 or turtle formation by fans), which can minimize the loss of goals and keep the victory, but it has been questioned in terms of the artistry and spectacle of football.

The first round of the Jiangyuan Mayor's Cup knockout round

Upper half

Xiling Middle School 0:1 Jiangyuan No. 1 Middle School

Jiangyuan No. 3 Middle School 2:2 Jiangyuan Foreign School

Lower half

Beichuan Middle School 1:2 Fifty-four Middle School

Taodu Middle School 2:0 Taicheng No. 2 Outside

Data within Jiang Yuan's No. 1 Squadron

Scorer charts

The number of goals scored by the player

Mu Zheng 6

Kwong H 3

Yan Xi 3

Huang Minxue 2(2)

Wang Xiaoliang 1

ZHANG Taotao 1

Heming Ming 1

Millet 1

Xu Xiang 1

Assists

Player assists

Kwong H 4

Yan Xi 4

Zhang Taotao 2

Huang Minxue 2

Kopewe 1

Millet 1

Mu Zheng 1