Fox in the Penalty Area

After the Chinese national team players finished their games in Doha, they flew back to the Chinese capital the next day. Here, they will disband and then return to their clubs to continue preparing for the next league.

They will change from teammates who work hard for a common goal to a bloodshed opponent who fights for a common goal.

When they took their luggage and walked out of the exit, the national team players were warmly welcomed by the fans and reporters who had already heard the news.

Thank you with banners, flowers, cheers and flashing lights.

Although the Chinese team only qualified for the World Cup qualifiers play-offs, they did not really make it to the World Cup finals.

This achievement is in the eyes of the fans, but it is also worth celebrating.

Perhaps in the end, it is hard to escape the ending of broken dreams, and it does not prevent them from being full of vision for the future.

Fans and media reporters are so enthusiastic, but some of the national team players feel a little uncomfortable.

"I always feel that they are actually here to welcome Hu Lai..." Lin Zhiyuan mumbled.

"What do you think? They knew that Hu Lai had already left, so they came to welcome us." Captain Yao Huasheng patted Lin Zhiyuan on the back of the head.

"It always feels like we are accepting their enthusiasm for Hu Lai..." Lin Zhiyuan still mumbled.

Yao Huasheng glanced at this iron boy, and said nothing.

Because in a sense, Lin Zhiyuan was right.

The players of the national team who have returned to China are drenched in the light of Hu Lai, so that there can be such a lively scene.

It's just that Hu Lai himself can't come, so their national team teammates will enjoy instead of Hu Lai.

As the only player in the national team to play abroad, Hulay flew back to the UK on the day of the match against Qatar.

Even staying one more night in a hotel in Doha, there is no more time to rest and adjust.

Leeds City’s fifth round of the Premier League kicked off on Saturday, September 13, leaving Hulai to return to the team and not much time to train with the team.

Also allow time for flying and jet lag on the road.

Playing football in Europe is beautiful, but hard work is also really hard.

Because of the slow pace of the Super League, other players in the national team have plenty of rest and adjustment time after they come back.

The Premier League is different. It is one of the fastest-paced national leagues in the world.

You should know that Park Chun-tae, who also played for the Premier League team, returned to the club early to take a rest and prepare after finishing the game with the Chinese team.

Hu Lai obviously did not have such a good life. The South Korean team qualified two rounds ahead of schedule, but the Chinese team had to fight to the last minute. As the main striker of the Chinese team, he naturally had to accompany him all the way.

If it were not for Qatar in the last game, the Chinese team would have too much advantage, and he might not even have the qualifications to leave early and rest.

Although the South Korean team scored a goal at the last minute, they drew Australia in an away game. However, Australia, which scored one point, still relied on the advantage of this point to get second in the group as wished, and joined the South Korean team to qualify.

The Chinese team finally won the third place in the group, and will play two home and away games against Uzbekistan, the third place in the other group, on October 9th and 14th. They will compete with Paraguay for fifth place in South America in November. Qualify for the final play-offs.

It can be said that the next two months will be very busy and tiring for Hu Lai.

He has to travel back and forth between Britain and China. If the Chinese team is lucky, he will have to fly to distant South America...

Fortunately, judging from the two top twelve games, it seems that he has not been affected by the journey and jet lag, and his physical fitness on the court is as good as before.

In stark contrast is Park Chun-tae, the head of the South Korean team.

The scene where he fell asleep on the flight from London to Jincheng has been mentioned from time to time, leaving South Korean fans with lingering fears. Rumors that Park Chuntae might have hidden illnesses have also begun to circulate on the Internet in South Korea. Although the official rumor has been refuted, it is clear that no one believes in such refusal. People are still more willing to believe their own guesses.

Compared with Pu Chuntai, Hu Lai can't help but feel that "young is so good." He has just turned 22, even after more than ten hours of flying and eight time zones of jet lag, he can still live and jump on the court.

Seeing him running and jumping vigorously on the court, it is as if he has no physical problems at all.

When Hu Lai made his debut in Xianxing, he was impressed by his physical fitness problems-Hu Lai didn't even have the physical fitness to finish a game at that time.

Now he has the ability to continuously fight across continents.

His improvement in physical fitness is amazing.

It's not just physical fitness, all his progress makes many people feel incredible.

That also explains why China's football reform has cultivated so many outstanding young players in the past ten years, but in the end, Hu Lai, a person with a low starting point, became the representative of everyone, "the hope of the village."

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When the Chinese national team arrived in the capital, Hu Lai had also returned to Leeds and once again saw his agent, Yong Jun.

"Awesome, Hu Lai, five goals in two games!" As soon as he saw Hu Lai, Yong Jun gave him a thumbs up.

"Basic exercises." Hu Lai quickly waved his hands "humbly".

Yong Jun laughed and said: "This time we might actually go to the World Cup! When we really get into the World Cup, I must go to Lao Zhang's tomb and tell him..."

Hu Lai waved his hand quickly: "Uncle Yong, you are all a general on the stage!"

"How do you tell?" Yong Jun was a little inexplicable.

"The whole body is covered with flags!"

Yong Jun was taken aback for a while, then he smiled: "No, I believe you, Hu Lai!"

After speaking, he came back to his senses, worrying that what he said before would increase the pressure on Hu Lai, and waved his hand quickly: "It's okay, football is round, and all results are normal. Uzbekistan is really not easy to play... After waiting for four years, many people have waited anyway, and it’s okay to wait another four years..."

Hu Lai looked at Uncle Yong who said so.

The World Cup should be a fan of his age who has the greatest expectation for Chinese football.

Uncle Yong, who has gone to sixty, has witnessed the darkest time when there is still hope for Chinese football. His obsession and desire for the World Cup are much deeper than those of young fans today.

But they have witnessed the most famous failures in the history of Chinese football...

He said something like "It's a big deal to wait another four years." I'm afraid they have deceived themselves how many times.

After every failure, they said, "It's a big deal to wait another four years." There are many four years in life, and they can afford to wait.

So I waited from young to white.

Never reconciled to say "wait another four years!", wait until reluctantly sigh "wait another four years..."

But life is really not a few years, they really can't wait.

Hu Lai promised to Uncle Yong: "Don't worry, Uncle Yong, this time I promise that there will be no accidents, and I will definitely not let you wait for another four years."

Yong Jun smiled: "Hey, aren't you afraid of flags all over your body?"

"Don't be afraid!" Hu Lai said simply, "I am immune to those superstitions!"

Yong Jun muttered: "Then your kid said just now that I was full of flags..."

Hulai haha ​​smiled and changed the subject: "I will tell you, Uncle Yong. When we really enter the World Cup, I promise that all the streets and alleys in our country will be a sea of ​​joy... Then you must stay in China. , Don’t stay in the UK so that you can feel the festive atmosphere. It’s even more lively than the New Year..."

Hearing what Hu Lai said, the sky was falling into the sky, and Yong Jun hey: "It's the same as your kid has seen..."

Hu Lai wanted to say to Uncle Yong "I really saw it."

But he knew that Uncle Yong would not believe it when he said it, so he could only answer him in his heart: I have really seen it.

Although he did not personally witness it at the scene, he had seen it with his own eyes.

In the time and space where he came, he once watched a documentary about the first and only record of the Chinese team reaching the World Cup.

That happened before he was born. On October 7, 2001, the Chinese team defeated Oman at home in the top ten match and won the right to qualify for the World Cup ahead of time.

The camera recorded the reactions of different people across the country on that qualifying night.

They took to the streets to revel, rushing to tell the camera and reporters of their pride and excitement.

Those ecstatic faces, those longings for a beautiful future, even if they saw and heard it after many years, they still touched the young Hu Lai.

He did not expect that there would be such a beautiful day in Chinese football before he was born.

People in the documentary are full of confidence in the future of Chinese football and believe that entering the World Cup will open the golden age of Chinese football.

As a latecomer, when Hu Lai watched this documentary, he certainly knew what the future of Chinese football would look like.

Then he couldn't help thinking-those people who appeared in the documentary, would they feel embarrassed and regretted when they see what they said at the beginning?

Do some of them no longer care about Chinese football?

Don’t even pay attention to football anymore?

But anyway, on the night of October 7, 2001, the excitement and joy of everyone in and outside the documentary must be from the heart.

People spontaneously gathered in the square of the city where they were, singing and dancing.

The drivers also drove their cars into the street, honked their horns, and protruded the national flag from the windows to let the national flag flutter in the wind.

Regardless of men, women, young or old, football fans or not, at that moment, they are proud and proud of their country.

In that special era in 2001, the Chinese team broke into the World Cup, which, like the capital's successful bid for the Olympics and China's entry into the WTO, became a thunderstorm of the times.

"Why don't you speak?" Seeing Hu Lai suddenly fell silent, Yong Jun asked tentatively, worried that his words had hit the child's self-confidence.

"Ah, no... Uncle Yong, you are right. I have never seen it either, but I just closed my eyes and thought about it. UU reading www.uukanshu.com thinks it will be very lively by then."

"Nonsense, we are all in the World Cup, can we not live up to it? How many people's dreams..." Yong Jun was a little lost as he spoke.

"So, Uncle Yong. At that time, you must go back to China and stay in China to witness history." Hu Lai said seriously.

Seeing Hu Lai once again mentioned letting him return to China, Yong Jun followed his words and nodded and agreed: "Okay, well, I will definitely go back when that time comes. Take a good look..."

He no longer mentioned how difficult it is to achieve this goal. Hu Lai has this intention, so why should he destroy the atmosphere?

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PS, during the double pass period, ask for a pass!

(End of this chapter)

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