The moment you step into the campus of another school, the tall and magnificent stadium comes into direct view. It is truly one of the best schools in the city, with a grand building hidden outside the plane trees, and a gymnasium hanging the Olympic rings that is even more eye-catching. The excellent facilities and the opponents who are determined to defend the title are fueling the fighting spirit, and I feel like I have just returned to the day when I just represented the first high school in the Mayor's Cup, but I still brought the new gloves I bought in the first year of junior high school today.

When I got to the locker room to settle down, Pu Yun suddenly called me and asked to meet at the door of the toilet in the gymnasium. My contact with him started in the primary school toilet and then restarted in the middle school toilet. It was a hurried meeting, and it was just me and him, and Ah Hua was not there. He hugged me without saying a word, even for a moment. We both looked at each other, not knowing what to say. In the end, they just said cheers to each other and hurriedly parted.

It didn't take long to see each other again, and soon we saw each other again in the passage to the arena. The coach gave me the chance to start, and I was the one who played the knockout games in a row. The classmates who knew each other from the two teams greeted each other before the start of the game, and the atmosphere was so good that it was like a class reunion. Zhao Rui, who couldn't start, came here to meet our past friends one by one, and Ye Ruiyang also left a photo with his senior Liu Chi. Yue Yin and the student in charge of photography at another school were busy "clicking" and smiled tacitly, and the sound of the camera seemed to be a light and flying petrel before the storm. The men in the white and orange jerseys seemed to have reached a tacit understanding: since they would be fighting each other in a few minutes, it was better to get closer at this moment.

As the "Fair Play Song" played, everyone's heartstrings suddenly tightened, and Pu Yun retreated from me to his team. Stepping onto the field to the beating beat, the number of spectators in the stands of the outer school was unexpected. As the competition deepened, more and more parents participated in the competition to cheer for their children. Students from other schools specially made Tifo, which is a step leading to the orange sun, with four dashing characters on the book "Road to the Finals", and each step has a score: 6:1, 4:2, 3:1, 3:0, and the highest level reads "Are you ready". Tifo declared the ownership of the venue, and the Colonels had won all four of their home games this year, and those scores were a testament to their home defeats, like the victory symbols that pilots spray-painted on planes after shooting down enemy planes. Before the game, Ye Ruiyang told me that the school had not lost at home for two and a half years.

This glorious record may end up today. I patted the beam in front of the door, my teeth chattering up and down, infinite tension and excitement flowing with blood to every corner of my body. The referee blew the whistle and the match to decide the tickets to the finals began.

Perhaps it was the so-called master tricks that both teams did not attack aggressively in the first period of time, but controlled the ball and patiently advanced. According to the coach's prior arrangement, as long as Shi Zhenhua and Wu Wenda get the ball in the midfield, there must be a player to mark closely. Last year's defeat in friendlies taught us a lot of lessons, and eight competitive games in a season have sharpened our resilience and not be nervous even against tough opponents. It was about seven or eight minutes before the colonel had a shot that hit the goal range. It was Wu Wenda's long-range shot, which had neither angle nor strength under Brother Chuan's interference, and was easily confiscated by me. The link between Puyun and the midfielders was also severed, and he was completely unable to get close to our penalty area. However, Mu Zheng adjusted his crosshair in several counterattacks, and a few shots were vigorous, and the wind in the stands was loud.

Seeing that the attack was blocked, it was No. 33 Yin Rirong who stepped forward. I heard Yue Yin say that he is of Korean nationality and his home is in Yanbian, Jilin, and he only transferred to Jiangyuan Foreign School this semester. He was the only one who was silent and unsmiling before the game, and he didn't say anything to anyone in the passageway, and there was no embarrassment or detachment on his face. Beyond the silence, however, he has a lot of energy, dribbling and pushing back together the attacks that have been fragmented by us. You can spot him anywhere on the pitch, whether it's in his own penalty area or in the opposition half, at first assisting on the right flank, and then appearing at the edge of the box as he transitions between attack and defence. This is what Ye Ruiyang said about the B2B player, Box to Box, the all-round midfielder in modern football, covering the range of activities from the box's own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, attacking and defending as one. Players with this ability are rare in the professional arena, and even more valuable in the junior high school arena.

In the galloping of Pegasus and the hand-to-hand combat, Yin Rirong gradually revitalized the attack of the foreign colonel. The last thing he wanted was quickly created: a free-kick from outside the box. Fortunately, it wasn't too close to goal. No. 23, who had been silent from the beginning to the present, stood alone in front of the ball, his left leg slightly bent, staring at the wall of people that I had spent a lot of effort expelling without slacking, like a swordsman holding the hilt of a sword, about to quietly draw his sword. The referee's whistle blew and I saw him move and was ready to save as his brain and muscles woke up with their combined memory. The ball flew high over the jumping wall and I swooped to my left, but it seemed destined to fly high above the crossbar and into the blue May sky behind me......

"You don't have to look at it to know it's there!" The person who shouted this sentence with the cheers of the audience seems to be the central defender Liu Chi, the captain of the colonel? He hugged the number 23, but the opponent did not celebrate at all, as if the ball was really out of bounds. I slowly stood up and fished the ball out of the net. When several teammates in front of me turned around after witnessing the cheers of other players from the school, I fell to the ground before I could touch the ball.

At the moment when everyone thought the ball would fly off the crossbar, it fell incredibly rapidly, grazing the angle between the crossbar and the column into the net - the so-called "tenth", that is, the dead corner of the goal. This kind of free kick that flies diagonally and falls sharply is the elevator ball, and the ball that flutters in the air flow is like an elevator falling straight from the sixth floor to the first floor, and there is a shock of "flying down 3,000 feet".

"It's a fairy ball." Yuan Yikong stepped forward and patted me on the shoulder, "It's good to be able to make a save, it's okay." ”

If I wasn't familiar with Pu Yun, I'm afraid I'd just stand there dumbfounded.

The home team's goal ignited the excitement of the whole stadium and the players were even more excited. Even if he didn't underestimate him, Pu Yun still made us suffer. Scoring his fourth goal of the season, he became more and more active and began to break through on the flanks with the ball. Not to mention primary school, his attack is much sharper than last year's friendlies. Although Wu Wenda couldn't get out of his body because of Brother Chuan's stubbornness, Shi Zhenhua took advantage of Pu Yun's positive impact to gain more space. He dropped back to get the ball more and more frequently, as if he was a forward midfielder, and Pu Yun became a left winger, and Yin Ilrong, who was ready to step forward, acted as a potential point-grabbing striker. The forwards, midfielders and defenders have been flexibly shifted, and after conceding the goal, we looked a little stretched in terms of defensive rotation, and there were many dangerous situations in front of goal. After I made a couple of blocks and witnessed two narrow shots, the Colonel knocked on our door again. Pu Yun's cross found Shi Zhenhua, whose header was struck by me with the palm of my hand, but fell to Wu Wenda's feet. The senior's shot was blocked by Yuan Yikong, but Yin Rirong, who was ambushed on the edge of the penalty area, grabbed the ball without a sound, and deducted the high shot with a low shot, and the ball through the dense crowd entered the net again.

"Take care of the landing point!" I yelled at the defenders and subconsciously poked my head with two index fingers. No one said anything, but they all heard it, and each nodded. The captain looked at me from afar, then picked up the ball I had kicked for him and ran to the center circle. Mu Zheng was about to kick off when a substitution prompt sounded on the sidelines. No. 14 Yan Xi replaced No. 4 Li Baichuan, Kuang Hao came to the back position, and we added a second striker.

It was certainly a risky move to drop a defensive midfielder from two goals down, but the manager's resolute change of formation in the first half also showed that we were not willing to give up. At the beginning of the adjustment, the foreign colonel took advantage of the decline in defensive intensity after Brother Chuan left the field to fight back again. Wu Wenda and Shi Zhenhua completed their cooperation again in the front court, and the No. 9 of the Outer Colonel once hit the position of only a few meters away from our goal, and the powerful shot was saved by me in the near corner of the goal, which still made everyone's hearts palpitate.

As the first half drew to a close, the Colonel's attack slowed down and the two-goal lead began to defend patiently, looking for an opportunity to give us the fatal blow. We've also made changes here, with the captain and Yan Xi adding dribbling to try to improve the situation with their individual abilities. Yan Xi created a set-piece on the right side of the pitch. But except for Yuan Yikong, the players who grabbed points in the penalty area did not have a height advantage. It's hard to say whether the set-piece will be a great opportunity for us to score or a counter-attack from the school. I couldn't help but step out of the penalty area and stand between the center circle and the top of the arc to strengthen my defense.

I wouldn't have allowed myself to be in this position before, and I wouldn't have shouted and even commanded my teammates in the line like I did today.

The captain sent the ball out and ran to the forward post. One of the colonel's central defenders jumped high in front of Mu Zheng and hit it. However, he jumped too early and had Mu Zheng's interference, and the ball was not cleared out of the penalty area, but was pushed to the back point by him. A short figure suddenly flashed on the way to the ball, leaned out his right foot and lightly cushioned, the ball fell helplessly into the net, and the goalkeeper of the outer colonel stood in place, his hands still raised in front of him.

"Isn't this offside?" The entire backline of the Colonel protested to the referee as the captain shouted a question. However, the referee still signaled that the goal was valid, and the linesman did not say anything. Maybe Yan Xi was indeed in an offside position at the time, but the top of the central defender of the foreign school was interpreted by the referee as a return pass? Liu Chi explained in front of the referee for a while, but the penalty remained unchanged. To be honest, I can't see whether Yan Xi is offside or not, and I don't quite understand how to punish according to the specific rules. The only thing that was certain was that the odd man who came off the bench helped us change the score to 1-2 before half-time, and the first goal was a valuable away goal.

When the half-time whistle blew, the students from other schools were obviously not satisfied with the score and returned to the locker room without saying much. And we all walked to the bench to see Brother Chuan. If you are substituted before half-time, no one will be happy. Fortunately, Brother Chuan still had a very relaxed expression, pointed at Ye Ruiyang and said that it was all up to his son next.

Even if he is not on the field, the cross talk will continue.

The coach judged the situation on the field: the Colonels would never settle for a 2-1 result, and they were likely to step up their attack from the start of the second half. And once the foreign colonel invests troops to attack, the weakness behind Pu Yun will be exposed again - as long as you have watched Pu Yun's game, everyone can find that his strengths and weaknesses are very obvious. As a full-back, he likes to get involved in attack. But this is a double-edged sword, sometimes you can't come back when you go up, and the defense is out of position. So you have to be resolute in hitting the void behind him, not to mention that his physical fitness is not so good, and it does not guarantee the quality of the defense for the whole game. Yin Rirong, who is good at defending and filling positions, is undoubtedly crucial to the foreign school, and it is he who enables Pu Yun to step forward boldly and confidently. What we have to do is to concentrate our forces and grasp the key points and resolutely strike. If the yellow card of Pu Yun or Yin Rirong can be created through repeated impacts, it will inevitably make the offense and defense of the foreign colonel lose sight of one or the other.

At the beginning of the second half, the colonel took advantage of the whistle to launch a fierce attack, which also hit the heart. After the test of the first half, we gradually became familiar with the field and the rhythm of the game. The head-to-head confrontation between Kwong Hao and Yoon Il Young also started again, and the gladiatorial battle between the two midfield cores affected the offensive and defensive pulse of the two teams. The captain, who has insight into the characteristics of the opponent, has an advantage in experience, and several excellent card positions and predictions have made Yin Rirong fall into a hard battle, while Wu Wenda has not been able to find the game state for a long time, and he has made frequent mistakes at his feet. The colonel's attack stalled, and our counterattack gradually gained momentum. The pitch is as ever-changing as the battlefield, and when one side's attack is weak, fatal weaknesses are often exposed. Kuang Hao consciously advanced and shifted to the right in the counterattack, and Yan Xi and Tao Tao joined the fight on this side. The repeated killings again and again made Pu Yun, who had played vigorously here before, have to restrain himself, and Yin Rirong also rushed to assist his teammates in defending. The first 15 minutes of the second half revolved around this lifeline, and the Colonel gradually showed a sense of struggle, and after several fouls, the referee finally pulled out a yellow card against Yoon Il Young. The No. 33 shook his head bitterly, silent as always.

The tightness of the side defense has made a subtle change in the mentality of the outer schools, and the score of 2:1 is not up or down, although they are ahead, the presence of away goals makes them not reassured. With the passage of time and the thunder and rain on the attack, the difficulty of rewriting the score can be imagined. Once you press it and are counter-attacked and concede the ball, the 2:2 result is quite bad. The mentality of wanting to win and fear peace will shake the will of the team, although Yin Rirong is still running tirelessly, but he is worried about getting a red card, and it is difficult for him to make a big move unless he has to. The grandstand of the colonel fell silent, and only Liu Chi was still directing his teammates with a somewhat hoarse voice. And our attack and defense regained flexibility, the captain took over the midfield, adjusted our attack step by step, and Mu Zheng also played some situations on the left side. With his back to the ball on the edge of the box, we were awarded a set-piece not far from goal. The captain walked up to the ball and struck a sly kick against the rising wall, which caught the goalkeeper off guard at full speed at the feet of the foreign players. The goal was no longer controversial, and the captain rushed straight to the bench, where everyone hugged and celebrated on a pitch that had not been beaten in years, with only a sigh from the stands.

But the defending champions were the defending champions after all, and the equaliser finally woke up or angered the colonel, and the last ten minutes turned into a frantic battle of wide open and close. The Colonel brought on two strikers and vowed to knock on our door before the final whistle. Waves of attacking frenzy rushed in, and Pu Yun rushed into the box like crazy, dodging and moving, and the shot was barely saved by me, and it was about to deflect off the post. Wave after wave, Liu Chi immediately took the corner kick from Pu Yun, and smashed the crossbar with a strong head, which was enough to make onlookers frightened. The ball was cleared out of bounds by Ye Ruiyang, who grabbed the point, and after being yelled at by me in the first half, everyone's grasp of the landing point has obviously improved. After finishing the defense, I rushed to Ye Ruiyang's back and pushed him hard to show my satisfaction with my companion's defense. He also turned around and slammed his fist into my glove, instantly making me feel like I was standing in front of me a stoic bear. Perhaps this is the passion of defense that "guides Yuan" said. In the second half, my desire to attack and command the defence intensified. I seem to believe that, under my control, a fortress and a fortified city have been built in front of the gate that the Colonel cannot impreach.

In the final moments of the game, Huang Minxue replaced Mu Zheng and Mi Le replaced Tao Tao, and our offensive around the right side continued. Orange and white on the green field sparkling with each other, both sides in stoppage time actually got a chance to kill the game, Shi Zhenhua's shot hit the far post after a folded shot, Yuan Yikong's long pass launched a counterattack, the right back of the school made a serious mistake in the ball, directly stopped at the feet of Huang Minxue. Xuexue walked quickly, completed a kicking wall cooperation with Yan Xi, and entered the penalty area to face the goalkeeper at a small angle, but unfortunately his half-single shot slid out of the goal, and the foreign school was shocked from the field to the bench to the stands. The referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game after this thrilling attack and defense, and the Colonel's series of home wins came to an abrupt end. Despite this, the players and managers of both teams shook hands in a very gracious salute.

"It's a good game." The captain touched Yin Rirong's head, he smiled embarrassedly, and still didn't say a word. I was watching, and Pu Yun was already in front of me.

"Big brother!" Chubby frowned and pursed his mouth, but his eyes were still very friendly, "You're really lucky!" ”

He also deliberately dragged out the "true" sound, which must have been unconvincing.

"It's alright."

"However, today's big brother is the big brother I want to meet." His face suddenly turned red and his head drooped, "That, I said before, I want to treat you to a small cake." I'm ready to give it to you later. You can share it with your friends. ”

"Pu Yun wants to call you to go to his house to play after the game today, but I'm embarrassed to say it." After Pu Yun hurried to the locker room, Ah Hua walked up to me and told me, "He's been thinking about it for a long time." ”

"Not today, I'm going back to school."

"And what about next time? There will be time later, right? Last year, you played a friendly match in the last middle school, and you didn't even eat with us. You didn't come to the elementary school party. ”

"I'll have time, I'll have a lot of time." I replied. Only, not now.

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

Jiangyuan Foreign School 2:2 Jiangyuan No. 1 Middle School

Beichuan Middle School 3:0 Taodu Middle School

Data within Jiang Yuan's No. 1 Squadron

Scorer charts

The number of goals scored by the player

Mutan 7

Kwong H 5

Yan Xi 5

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 3

Huang Minxue 2

Millet 2

Kopewe 1

Mutan 1

Ye Ruiyang 1