Fox in the Penalty Area

When Hu Lai was still a fan, he always found it strange-why are the professional players in China who obviously eat football, and they are regarded as "industry people", but why do they talk about many people in the world football? As for things, they don’t know as much as an ordinary fan, and they don’t see them watching events like the European League or the Champions League.

　　 Now that he is a professional player, he somewhat understands the reason:

　　 Most European games are in the latter half of the night, especially in the World Cup.

　　Professional players must strictly abide by reasonable schedules to ensure their good condition.

　　 If there is training the next morning, how can players stay up late to watch football like ordinary fans?

　　 Hu Lai originally wanted to watch the World Cup just like ordinary fans.

　　 But soon he realized that it was impossible.

The group stage is okay, because this World Cup is held in the Middle East and the time difference from China is not too far. There are two group matches played every day before 24 o'clock Beijing time, one in Beijing. Time comes at six and nine in the evening.

　　 After watching the nine o'clock show, it was just half past ten. It was fine to wash and go to bed.

But the remaining two games are kick-offs at midnight and 3 am the next day. As a professional player, Hu Lai can’t watch the live broadcast anyway-although the other players on the team are still on holiday, but He has been asked to go to the training base for targeted training, so it is impossible to stay up late to watch football every day. Wang Guangwei couldn't stay up late to watch football because he had to hurry up to learn to drive.

　　 Two people can only learn about the results of these two games through the news reports of the next day.

　　 But whether it is news reports or watching highlights, it is far more intuitive than watching live broadcasts.

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　　 As the World Cup progressed, the French team led by the oldest of the "Four Kings", Louis Francis, unexpectedly failed to even make the knockout round, and went home after the group stage.

　　 is embarrassing.

Although he has the title of World Cup winner on his personal honor list, his desire to truly win the World Cup with his own strength may never be realized again. Four years later, the 2026 World Cup will be three years later. At the age of eighteen, it is almost certain that he can no longer participate.

　　 After entering the knockout stage, the defending champion Germany was also eliminated in the quarter-finals. Aylmer failed to complete the task of leading the team to defend the title. It once again confirmed the cruelty of the World Cup and the uncertainty of football.

　　 The World Cup curse that the defending champion cannot defend his title will continue for another four years.

　　 It was the remaining two kings who made it to the World Cup finals, the Italian team led by Caesar vs. Spain of Cerrados.

　　 Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei didn't take it seriously.

　　 Replaced by ordinary fans, this must be the battle of Tianwangshan that has been prepared for a beer supper long ago, called three or five friends, and stayed up late.

　　 But for the professional players Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei, they are not eligible to stay up late to watch the game-the team has assembled and started the first phase of winter training.

　　 As the World Cup draws to a close, all the players of Anton Shining have flew to Yunshan Gaoguanshui City to prepare for the new season.

　　 Hu Lai knew that the World Cup champion ultimately belonged through the news report of the next day.

　　 With their excellent tactical discipline and defense, the Italian team withstood the Spanish "golden generation" offensive led by Cerrados, and entered overtime after playing a dull 90-minute game. In the second half of overtime, with "the Great" Celius Caesar's super personal ability, the Italian team achieved a one-goal lead.

　　 Next, the Italian team quickly shrank the defense and let the Spanish team bombard outside, just not going out.

　　 Even a forward like Caesar has also acted as a central defender, using his height and header to help the team pass Spain's wing passes.

　　 In the end, the Italian team managed to get through to the end of the game. They also won the third World Cup in history and can embroider three stars on their chests.

　　 After the game, all kinds of articles praising Caesar as "the Great" needless to say. It is also normal for Caesars fans and Cerrados fans to quarrel on the Internet.

　　 In this kind of clamor, the first World Cup held in winter, which had been lively for nearly a month, also came to an end.

　　 But for the shining stars who are far away in the winter training in Yunshan, Changshui, China, it is too far away. Whoever wins the championship is just the excitement of the fans and the media. On the contrary, the professional players don't pay much attention to the World Cup...

　　 After all, the World Cup is a carnival for fans and a stage for the world’s top players, but for those players who simply cannot participate in the World Cup, it is just a large-scale reality TV show.

　　 You have memorized the lineups of both sides in every game of the World Cup, and it can't help you improve your playing skills.

　　 So the excitement of the World Cup is over, and the lives of professional players continue.

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During the World Cup promotion on the steam platform, Zhang Zihao bought the game "The Godfather of Champions 2023" for only one hundred and ten yuan, while the usual price of this game on the steam platform is two hundred and three. ,no discount.

　　 This discount can be said to be very strong.

　　During the World Cup, all football games on the steam platform had discounts ranging from discounts.

　　 The latest version of "The Godfather of Champions 2023" would be able to get such a severe discount that Zhang Zihao had no idea.

　　 He wanted to buy the game when it first came out, but as a college student whose living expenses depend on his parents, he still couldn't bear to spend two hundred and thirty yuan on a game.

　　 Fortunately, there is a big World Cup promotion.

　　 After Zhang Zihao bought this game, he kept it in the game library and did not play it. Now that the World Cup is finally over, he can continue his football dream in the game.

　　Different from those players who coached giant teams in the "Godfather of Champions" series of games, after Zhang Zihao created his own personal image in the game, he chose to coach his hometown team Anton Shining.

　　 As a world-renowned football manager game, "The Godfather of Champions" is one generation every year, until 2022, exactly thirty years, thirty generations. At first they were called "The Godfather of Champions 1" and "The Godfather of Champions 2." Later, because there were so many algebras, they simply used the year to represent algebra.

　　 The most proud of this game is the detailed and real database, which can be included by almost all professional players in the world. It is said that the game production company specifically insured their database.

　　 Based on this huge database, the game company has produced a game that is almost comparable to the real football world. Countless players have become famous in the game, become world-famous and enjoy the sense of accomplishment of commanding world-class stars.

　　 There are real players in this game who have become such fairy examples as the head coach of a professional team.

　　 Of course, Zhang Zihao does not expect to be the head coach of a professional team. He plays this game purely because of his hobbies and his love for his hometown team. He wants to lead Shining Star to become the dominant player of Chinese football. The global event of the World Cup is so lively, but there is nothing wrong with the Chinese team. He can only play in a virtual game, coach his hometown team, train local players like Hu Lai, and then strive to become China in the game. The head coach of the team recruited his own direct line like Hu Lai, and then led the Chinese team to the World Cup...

　　 After selecting the coaching team and selecting the database, Zhang Zihao entered the game.

　　 After a simple opening animation, he enters the game screen.

　　 The congratulatory letter sent by the club chairman to him in the inbox, as well as the season expectation that he all put aside, and went straight into the team lineup without even looking at it.

　　 This game was released in October. At that time, Zhang Qinghuan was still in the Flash Star team, and Zhang Qinghuan was also in the game. But Zhang Zihao's opening time is January 2023, and Zhang Qinghuan is still in the team. It seems that this game is the default that Zhang Qinghuan can continue to stay in Flash Star...

　　 Zhang Zihao didn't take care of Zhang Qinghuan, he just glanced at the name, and then looked for the person he was most interested in in the team lineup.

　　 Hu Lai.

　　 He quickly found the name and clicked in to see Hu Lai's attributes.

　　 Without installing the avatar package and team logo package, most of the players’ avatars are grayed out due to portrait rights and copyright reasons.

　　 Hu Lai is the same.

　　 Zhang Zihao glanced at Hu Lai’s basic statistics:

　　 Chinese nationality, 19 years old, date of birth September 9, 2003, played for Anton Shining Star, worth 500,000 RMB, position forward, dominant right foot, height 1.75 meters, weight 60 kg.

　　 1.75 meters tall?

　　Zhang Zihao remembers that before Flashing Star Winter Training updated the basic data of each player on the official website, including height and weight, Hu Lai seems to have grown to 1.78 meters, and his weight has increased to 66 kilograms.

　　This data is really behind...

　　 But think about it, this height and weight data should also be collected by the investigator from the official website of Flash Star. Maybe Hu Lai's height was indeed 1.75 meters last season.

　　 This is not important. It will be correct when the winter transfer database patch is applied at the end of March next year.

　　Zhang Zihao pays more attention to Hu Lai's attributes.

In terms of technical attributes, pass 4, cross 3, mark 1, penalty kick 4, technique 3, corner kick 2, foul kick 1, dribble 2, steal 1, free kick 2, shot 7, stop 8, head Ball 6, long shot 3.

In terms of mental attributes, defensive position 2, work engagement 3, concentration 4, decision 6, leadership 3, aggressiveness 3, vision 4, teamwork 8, running without the ball 9, imagination 5, willpower 5, brave 4 , Prejudge 6, Calm 7.

　　 Physical attributes, explosive power 5, bounce 6, flexibility 8, endurance 6, balance 7, strength 3, speed 6, and physique 8.

　　 "What the **** is this?!" After reading all the data of Hu Lai, Zhang Zihao made a strange cry in the dormitory.

　　 "Mouse, what are you doing so loudly?" The roommate was taken aback by him.

"Is the data on "Champion Godfather 2023" so inaccurate?" Zhang Zihao pointed to his computer screen and said excitedly, "What kind of data is this Hu Lai? Ah? Only seven shots!? Only eight stops?! There are only nine runs without the ball! All the statistics don't even have a double-digit number! Can you believe it?!"

When the roommate heard him say this, he slipped out of the bed and looked at his computer: "It's really horrible ~ www.ltnovel.com~ The gray numbers of this blockbuster movie, I thought it was the gray players coming out of the system... , The ones that come out are better than this!"

　　 "The best scorer in the Stars team last season, Hu Lai, who scored 11 goals in half a season, is this?" Another roommate also came up, and after reading Hu Lai's data, he also complained.

The third roommate lay on the bed and did not move. His voice came from above: "It's normal, the flashing stars are only a Chinese team. The Chinese league is not very much valued, especially the lower-level leagues in China... Besides, even the Super League has not managed to have investigators for every team. We are under trusteeship. We are usually the investigators of Qianfan Qianfan. How can anyone give the data of the first team in their hearts? It is estimated that the investigator hadn't even watched Hu Lai's game, so he just filled in casually based on the few words on the news."

Zhang Zihao looked at the game interface on the laptop screen and frowned and complained: "I spent more than a hundred to buy a "Champion Godfather 2023" and I just want to coach Hu Lai? As a result, Hu Lai has this data, then I'm still playing a fart! Isn't it fragrant in "The Godfather of Champions 2022"?"

　　 "Use the editor to change it..." roommate persuaded.

　　 "No." Zhang Zihao shook his head, "Hu Lai is such a powerful player, I don't allow other people to think that he is a gray trash. This data is posted online to Hu Lai to be laughed at..."

　　 "What can I do if I am laughed at?"

　　Zhang Zihao remembered that he had seen someone hiring investigators in the "Goal" website's "Goal Father" section.

　　 "I'm going to apply to be an investigator for Flash Star! I want all the players of "The Godfather of Champions" to know how good Hu Lai is!"