Fox in the Penalty Area

After Shi Jisheng took Xia Xiaoyu around the team’s youth team training base, dormitory, and locker room, he finally led him to the first team training ground.

"At this time, the first team training should not be over. You can still see them training when you go." Dai Zetao said next to him.

Although Xia Xiaoyu was very anxious, she smiled and nodded.

In fact, according to his wishes-those youth team training grounds, dormitories and locker rooms do not need to be looked at first, they can be put behind, anyway, he will stay here for a year in the future, and some of them have time to understand and familiarize themselves.

But if you miss Hu Lai's training, it will make Xia Xiaoyu disappointed.

He thought so, his feet couldn't help speeding up.

Shi Jisheng and Dai Zetao were also unconsciously brought up by him.

Sun Yonggang, who was filming in the back, couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

Really anxious...

It stands to reason that the documentary about the football teenagers in Dongchuan Middle School is finished when they are eliminated, but why does he insist on adding such a content of Xia Xiaoyu's come to star?

I thought Sun Yonggang knew very well that Xia Xiaoyu would definitely go to Hu Lai if he came to Flash Star.

The scene where the two people met on the side of the Shining Star Club training field was what Sun Yonggang wanted to photograph.

A football teenager cherished all his expectations and fears for professional football. He saw the "predecessors" who provided him with courage and goals on the training ground of professional football clubs. This is the best symbol of the integration of campus football and professional football.

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"Sure enough, the training is not over!" Dai Zetao said excitedly when everyone heard the muffled sound of their sneakers hitting the football before they reached the first team training ground.

Xia Xiaoyu speeded up his feet again, leading a group of people around a bush.

The training ground of the first team just appeared before their eyes.

But when they saw the situation on the training ground, they were all stunned.

Imagine the full-blown training scene did not appear, only a figure with his back facing them was alone on the court, shooting the football under his feet towards the goal.

Sun Yonggang was shocked when he saw this scene. He exclaimed in a low voice: "Hu Lai is still practicing shooting?!"

With Hu Lai's shooting skills, he even practiced shooting alone?

In other words, is this the reason for his superb ejaculation?

Dai Zetao came back to his senses and shook his head and said: "No. I remember, he seems to have been asked to become the team's number one penalty shooter since yesterday... He should be practicing penalty kicks."

"Yes, he scored a penalty in the last match against Youjiang Honglian..." Sun Yonggang also reacted. He is a reporter specializing in reporting on campus football, but this does not mean that he does not pay attention to what is happening in professional football and does not pay attention to Hu Lai.

Next, everyone made a very tacit decision not to disturb Hu Lai first, but to secretly observe him in the field for additional training.

Sun Yonggang motioned to the photographer with excitement and asked him to focus on Hu Lai instead of Xia Xiaoyu.

In the camera, Hu Lai pulled the football under his feet, instead of placing the football very seriously, but stepped on the penalty spot casually, and then retreated to prepare for a run-up.

Everyone who saw this scene couldn't help taking a breath, because they found that there was no goalkeeper in the goal, but there was a row of mobile dummies, which were used as props for free kick training to imitate the opponent. The player's wall.

Now Hu Lai put this thing on the goal line to simulate the goalkeeper's save range.

They noticed that the mobile dummies in a row occupies almost half of the space in the goal, leaving only a gap between about two people on the left and right sides and the space above the head of the dummies.

Obviously, these spaces will be the goal for Hu Lai to practice-he must kick the football into these gaps to score.

This difficulty is not low at all!

The four theoretical dead ends, up, down, left, and right are all included.

Everyone on the field knows the ball. In their view, if Hu Lai can really guarantee to kick the penalty into the gap left by him, then few people can save his penalty...

Xia Xiaoyu also noticed that behind the moving wall, there were already some footballs in the goal!

Looking at Hu Lai who was about to play now, he was a little nervous, as if he was afraid that Hu Lai would not be able to do the same...

With all eyes in sight, Hu Lai started a run-up and ran to the front and back of the football in two steps. He raised his left foot as if he was about to shoot!

and many more? Left foot shot? Hu Lai is not good at left foot!

Such a thought flashed in Sun Yonggang's mind, and his eyes widened when he didn't understand.

In fact, not only Sun Yonggang, but other people's eyes widened. They saw that when Hu Lai's right foot, which was supposed to be a supporting foot, stepped on the side of the football, he suddenly rolled his ankle and stabbed the football with his toe!

At the same time, his left foot was swiped from the place where the football was originally, but he did not hit the football-the ball has been stabbed to the goal by Hu Lai's right toe!

The football hopped forward on the turf, not very fast, and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

Everyone opened their mouths involuntarily and watched such an amazing scene.

Xia Xiaoyu still clenched his fists involuntarily, as if expecting something...

But the football did not roll the goal, but wiped the outside of the goal post and rolled out the bottom line!

"Damn!!!" Hu Lai who took the shot held his head with both hands and cursed.

At the same time, he heard an exclamation from behind: "Yeah!"

Only then did he discover that there were a few more people on the sidelines, and one of them was still holding the camera to his side.

They all looked like they had seen a ghost and were dumbfounded, which made Hu Lai not know who made the ghost call just now.

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"Are you also here Flashing Star?!" Hu Lai looked at Xia Xiaoyu in front of him, widened his eyes and asked in surprise.

"Yeah, Team Hu, when Brother Tao came to see me, I didn't hesitate to agree when I thought that you were also flashing stars!" Xia Xiaoyu said excitedly.

Dai Zetao next to him coughed: "I am indeed going to use you as a reason to persuade him, but he has already agreed before I can speak out..."

When he said this, Xia Xiaoyu stood in front of Hu Lai and looked at him with a smile.

"Yes, Flash Star is indeed a suitable place for young players. Chen Xingyi is here too, do you know?" Hu Lai said to Xia Xiaoyu.

Xia Xiaoyu nodded vigorously: "I know, we were discussing this before the national competition. The fate is really amazing..."

When Hu Lai heard him hear the "National Competition", he suddenly remembered that the national competition should have been finished at this time. I don't know how Dongchuan Middle School's performance was. Since he became a professional player, he has paid very little attention to campus football...

So he asked: "What is your performance in this national competition?"

Unexpectedly, when he asked these words, Xia Xiaoyu's expression instantly became depressed.

"Uh, what's up?"

"Sorry for Team Hu, we were eliminated after only reaching the top 16 in this competition..."

Hearing Xia Xiaoyu's words, Hu Lai was stunned: "I was eliminated after two rounds of kicks?"

Xia Xiaoyu lowered her head, bit her lip, and said nothing, as if she didn't mean to defend herself.

At this time, Sun Yonggang, who had been standing next to him, stood up and explained for Xia Xiaoyu: "Dongchuan Middle School was out of luck. He ran into Yuntai Middle School when he entered the eighteenth sixteenth year and was eliminated..."

"Wait a minute." Hu Lai raised his hand to interrupt Sun Yonggang's narration, and asked: "Where is Yuntai Middle School? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"Oh, Yuntai Middle School in Nanjia City, Jiang'an Province is not the kind of traditional football strong school. Their best result in the national competition is 15th. That was the result five years ago. Later, they didn't even Went into the national competition. Until a transfer student named Lin Zhiyuan came to the school and joined the football team..." Sun Yonggang introduced.

"Wait a minute, who is this Lin Zhiyuan?"

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"...In the 84th minute of the game, the injury time has reached the final moments, Qingyang Yigao launched an attack towards the goal of Yuntai Middle School! This is likely to be their last offensive... Breakthrough! Cross! Zhou Zijing-header!!! Wow! Lin Zhiyuan! He made an incredible save! He saved Zhou Zijing's header! It also ruined Qingyang Yigao's hope of equalizing the score! "

"The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game! The game is over! The game is over! The Qingyang Yigao Hatred Finals... This contest between the two dark horses finally ended with the darker Yuntai Middle School. The end! Who would have thought that Yuntai Middle School, which had the best score in the national competition, could reach the final and win the championship?! This is football! This is youth!"

"Lin Zhiyuan! This genius goalkeeper is the key figure and the greatest hero in Yuntai Middle School's historic national championship! It's really that he tried to keep the goal in the game again and again, so that the overall strength was finally combined. The weak Yuntai Middle School defeated so many powerful opponents and won the championship trophy... This goalkeeper, who has received complete system training in the German professional football club echelon, showed himself better than other peers in the game. The ability to make a difference..."

Zhou Zijing opened his eyes and saw the ceiling. He turned his head and looked out of the window. Beyond the thin screens was the gray sky and the iconic skyline of Shanhai City.

He was in a hotel room by the Chunhui River in Shanhai City, waiting for his father to return alone.

Then he didn't know what was going on, so he fell asleep on the bed without changing his clothes.

He dreamed of the final of the national competition again.

Dreamed how his team was defeated.

Dreamed of the team's last offense.

At that time, he was struggling to take off in the restricted area of ​​Yuntai Middle School. It was really an exhausting takeoff. After he jumped up, he even had a feeling of "being at the top of the mountain and overlooking the mountains".

No one can stop my goal!

This is how Zhou Zijing felt at the time.

He shook his head against the flying football, and threw the football to the back point.

He thinks that the person on the opposite side of the ball must not be able to save again...

But I didn't expect that Lin Zhiyuan actually pounced back before, and then unbelievably fished out the football from the goal line!

At that time, Zhou Zijing, who had finished his header and landed, almost raised his arms to celebrate the goal, but just raised his hand halfway, he saw Lin Zhiyuan single-handed the football almost flying from the far side of the goal post. Hold it out...

His hands clasped directly back to his head.

This is Qingyang Yigao's last attack in the national competition.

After that, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, and he failed to lead the team to achieve the previous "small goal."

Zhou Zijing, who was in the senior year of this year, also lost the chance of winning the national championship forever.

There was an unlocking sound at the door, Zhou Zijing's father Zhou Shenghai walked in and frowned when he saw his son lying on the bed, his eyes in a daze, "What kind of decadent expression are you?"

"I accidentally fell asleep just now and dreamed of the final of the national competition." Zhou Zijing said, looking at the ceiling.

"You just fell asleep like this?" Zhou Shenghai was a little nervous. "Don't change your clothes, don't cover the quilt... You are not afraid of catching a cold? I told you that this is the time when I signed a contract with Shanhai Shou. . In case you catch a cold, it will affect your training and performance in the team, which will be detrimental to your future..."

"Dad, you don't care about the national championship I lost!" Zhou Zijing sat up from the bed and glared at his father.

"Okay, it's almost done." Zhou Shenghai waved his hand, "You are now a professional player right now, and you are still thinking about what the student champion does? If you don't have it, you won't have it... Winning a national championship will make you professional in the future. Is the football road going smoother or how? Look at that Chen Xingyi, two consecutive national championships plus the top scorer, the result? Isn't the performance of the Golden Arrows mediocre and can only go to the middle class?"

Zhou Zijing said loudly: "That is my youth!"

"That's right."

"Right? What's right?" Zhou Zijing was confused.

"Youth is always full of pain and regret."

"..."

"Okay, okay, don't always think about the national competition... If you are unhappy with that Lin Zhiyuan, you two will go to the professional football to continue fighting, isn't he going to the South China Tigers? Scoring him in the professional league is no better than scoring in the national competition. He has a better ball?" Zhou Shenghai patted his son on the generous shoulder. "Look forward, son, you still have a long career in football."

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"...Our South China Tigers Club is very happy to sign a talented player like Lin Zhiyuan. His performance in the National High School Football Championship is impressive..."

In the press conference hall of the Lotus Stadium, a new player signing ceremony is being held.

At this time, it is no longer the transfer window, so this is not the joining ceremony of the first team players, but the youth team.

It's just that the scale of this conference is a bit "exceeded" by the standards of the youth team.

Not only used the venue for the first team to hold the press conference, but the reporters from more than 20 media on the scene almost caught up with the number of media reporters on the press conference of the South China Tigers first team.

After Lu Heng, general manager of the South China Tiger Club, finished speaking, the press officer signaled that reporters could ask questions.

Immediately there were more than a dozen hands raised up, and their eyes all focused on the tall young man beside Lu Heng.

The press officer randomly clicked one, and the named reporter stood up and came from the newspaper’s door and went straight to the subject: "Excuse me, Lin Zhiyuan, you have been training in the German Westin Athletic echelon since you were young. If nothing happens, you Can continue to play in Westin Athletics, why choose to return to China?"

"My dad's work in Germany is over, and our whole family has to come back, so I'm back." The tall young man said in a natural tone.

"Will it be a bit regrettable? After all, your future at Westin Athletics will definitely be better than returning home..."

"It's okay..." Lin Zhiyuan shrugged. "The South China Tigers are one of the best championship clubs in China. I think it's better to join the South China Tigers than stay at Westin Athletics."

This made the local reporters laugh, and it also made Lu Heng, the general manager of the South China Tiger Club sitting next to him, smile very happily.

After the laugh, the press officer clicked on a reporter again: "Then I would like to ask Lin Zhiyuan, why didn't he join the professional team directly after returning from Germany, but went to high school and participated in the high school national competition?"

"Ah, this...I think life experience should be as rich as possible, so that's fun."

"Then why did you decide to play professional football after only one year of school?"

"All the national championships have been won, it seems to be meaningless to play for another year..." Lin Zhiyuan pouted. "Moreover, our school stipulates that I have to retire from the third year of high school. Even if I don't leave, I won't be able to play in the national competition if I continue to go to school. Why keep it?"

The last reporter who was named stood up: "As everyone knows, Hu Lai is now recognized as the most successful representative of the development of campus football to professional football. You have also stepped into professional football from campus football. Do you have the confidence to reach Hu Lai? How about the height of Lai?"

Lin Zhiyuan chuckled, "Is this height too low?"

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"So Lin Zhiyuan received professional training in a foreign club, and then returned to the domestic school as a transfer student, and then participated in the national competition as a student player... Is this possible?" Hu Lai asked after listening to Sun Yonggang's narration Tao. "In this case, can those schools that want to win the championship go directly to dig professional echelon players to represent their schools in the competition?"

"Theoretically, it is possible. The premise is that the echelon players who are poached to the school must give up their registered player status in the original club and become a real student in terms of identity." Sun Yonggang explained. "But in fact, few players who have received long-term training in professional football clubs would be willing to do so. After all, leaving the original echelon and going to school to play football may not be as good as professional football clubs in terms of training level and game quality. And those who are willing to go are mostly people who can't play in the original club and feel that there is no future in continuing to practice... These people have no reason to stop them from leaving the professional football talent training system and transfer to school, right?"

Hu Lai felt that what Sun Yonggang said was reasonable and nodded.

Sun Yonggang continued: "Moreover, neither the Football Association nor the Ministry of Education are opposed to this kind of thing, because they actually want to use this method to give those who have no room for improvement in the professional football talent training system, and no talent to continue. Those who go down, find another way out. If you can’t play professional football, then go back to school, honestly go to college or college, get a diploma, and learn skills. Isn’t it better to hit the south wall in the professional football system? ?"

Hu Lai thought of his dad. He had learned to play football since he was a child, and was seriously injured in his practice. As a result, he failed to play professional football, had no academic qualifications, and had a low education level, so he could only work as a security guard...

"And these people leave the professional team and return to campus. They want to play football and others can't control it. There is no competition agreement... Of course, the practice of stepping on two boats is strictly prohibited. The national league just In the first two years, this situation was really serious. At that time, the Football Association killed a lot of people. Anyone found out would be banned from competitions at various levels across the country for ten years. After the ten-year ban expires, basically people It is also abolished. The school is prohibited from participating in all football matches under the Ministry of Education Sports Association for three to five years. After severe punishment of a group of unbelievers, fewer people dared to do so.

"To put it bluntly, rules are established by enforcement. If there are rules that are not enforced or not strictly enforced, more people will take advantage of the loopholes. Once you strictly enforce the rules, everyone will consciously abide by the rules. Now the level of the national competition. As it gets higher and higher, even if many schools rely on recruiting retired players to participate in the competition, they may not be able to take advantage of it. So in fact, the phenomenon is not very prominent, and it is still within a range acceptable to everyone.

"In fact, every year in the national competitions and the qualifiers in various regions, there are student players who have received training in the professional football club echelon. Some people have received training for a long time, some have received training for a short time, and no one pays attention. Lin Zhiyuan is so concerned. The main reason is that he came back from abroad. He used to belong to the Westin Athletics echelon in Germany, and it is said that he was still the main player. This has attracted a lot of attention, otherwise no one cares at all."

Before Hulai crossed over, he had never heard of a German professional football team called "Westing Athletic", but he now knows very well that this is a football club in this world, an old Bundesliga team. , But the strength is not very strong, the history of the club is not very glorious, and he has never won any important championship.

It's just that no matter how brilliant they are, it is also comparable to the German giants. He has more than one hundred years of professional football experience, more professional youth echelon construction, and talent training system, which is still much more advanced than Chinese football.

The strength of someone who can be the main goalkeeper in such a professional Bundesliga team echelon naturally has nothing to say.

"That's why I said Dongchuan Middle School had bad luck." Sun Yonggang said with emotion. "In fact, Qingyang Yigao had worse luck. Under the leadership of the more mature Zhou Zijing, they are hopeful to win the championship. In the final, they met Lin Zhiyuan. They scored ten in the first five games. Zhou Zijing, who played the ball, lost the national championship without scoring a goal in front of Lin Zhiyuan."

Hu Lai recalled Zhou Zijing's performance in the Dongchuan Middle School competition and nodded: "Oh, that Lin Zhiyuan is still a bit capable."

Then he turned his head and said to Xia Xiaoyu: "Don't take it too seriously. No matter what the result, the national competition is over, and you have no chance to play again. If you come to Flashstar, you can train well. Your career has just begun. If anything goes to me and Wang Guangwei, I will help you if it can be solved."

Xia Xiaoyu nodded again and again: "I will work hard, Team Hu!"

"Don't call me Team Hu, I'm not the captain." Hu Lai waved his hand, "Let's go, I will continue to practice penalty kicks."

"Are you still practicing?" Dai Zetao next to him was a little surprised, "I thought you finished your practice..."

"How is it possible to finish? I have to practice one hundred penalty kicks every day after training. I only practiced fifty-six when you came." Hu Lai said as he turned and walked on the court.

Just after two steps, he suddenly stopped and turned to point at the photographer, and said to Sun Yonggang, "Brother Sun, let your photographer delete all the content that I have just photographed."

"Huh?" Sun Yonggang was surprised, and the photographer was also a little nervous.

"This is my secret weapon~www.ltnovel.com~ It doesn't matter if you see it secretly, the video must not be leaked out!" Hu Lai said seriously.

Sun Yonggang thought that Hu Lai was worried that he did not broadcast the penalty kick just now and it would affect his image...

After all, they are now young geniuses who have been placed high expectations by countless Chinese fans, or are they known as the most successful people from campus football to professional football.

So he nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Hu Lai. Delete it now."

Then stared at the cameraman and deleted the video that I had just shot.

Hu Lai nodded, turned and ran to the court again.

He continued his training.

Xia Xiaoyu and the others did not stay on the sidelines either, turned and left.

After walking far, Xia Xiaoyu in the camera said to Shi Jisheng, the director of youth training: "Guide Shi, can I come to train tomorrow?"

Shi Jisheng nodded: "If you want to, of course... But don't you have to prepare first?"

"I'm ready, Guide Shi." Xia Xiaoyu said firmly, "I will do my best during this year to meet the requirements of going to the first team."

Shi Jisheng thought that it seemed that it was right to take this kid to the first team to watch Hu Lai training, and his motivation was obviously more sufficient.

"Wow, then come on, boy."

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Note: Regarding professional football club echelon players leaving the original club, going to school, then continuing to play football, and participating in national competitions, it is a very common phenomenon in the more mature Japanese campus football league.

Many players who consciously have few opportunities in the professional echelon will turn to campus football to find a new way to save the country and realize their professional football dreams.