Hunter and Hussar

Chapter 14 The Defending Champion
It rained last Tuesday, physical exercise class was changed to self-study, and there was still the last class competition.It is a pity that Ye Ruiyang scored a goal in the last game, but his fiery state was interrupted by heavy rain.Our alliance now has the same points as the 4th to [-]th classes, with [-] points. As long as we beat them today, we can be sure to win the championship.When Ye Ruiyang took us to the playground, he said that if we win, he will hold the championship trophy because he is the captain.Brother Chuan is not here, so there is no objection for the time being.

Of course, no one knows whether there is a trophy.

If anyone is looking forward to this game more than him, it's me.This is the first time I have played against Zhao Rui as an opponent. We have been on the same team since we were young. Although it is a competitive relationship, teammates and opponents are two completely different concepts.

Not only must we win today, but we must not lose a single goal.

But Ye Ruiyang probably would have his waist broken by Yan Xihuang.

When we arrived at the playground, we heard the broadcast announcement, asking all the students to leave the grass and go to the plastic track or other places for activities.The same was said in the first two ban games, but Brother Chuan, who had already changed his equipment, came to tell us that the ban games had been cancelled.

"Cancel if you say cancel? Are you kidding me?" Ye Ruiyang's eyes widened, "You're talking nonsense again!"

"Is my news wrong?" Sure enough, the next broadcast confirmed Brother Chuan's omniscience.Ye Ruiyang kicked the ball onto the fence on the sidelines.

"We've played two games, and the last game you say you won't play? Who are you fooling?" The ball rolled back, and Ye Ruiyang kicked it away again.Unexpectedly, he used too much force this time, and the ball flew outside the playground, so he had to run out to pick it up.

Sometimes children are very attached to a thing they are sure of, but in the eyes of adults, it is insignificant at all.They waved their hands lightly and moved their mouths casually, and the matter that the child was serious about disappeared in smoke.

It's depressing not to be able to compete with Zhao Rui, and seeing Ye Ruiyang like this makes me even more uncomfortable.Miller put on his jersey and shoes today, and was still stretching.Knowing that he won't be able to play, maybe he did this to be more positive and make everyone less sad?
I walked up to him and did it together with him, each keeping their heads down and not speaking.He has the number 22 and Rahmiel printed on his back, saying that once he gave up his seat to an old grandmother on the bus in his hometown, and the grandmother gave him a small ribbon with these letters on it.Every English teacher pronounces the name differently, and he pronounces it "Ramel" himself.It sounds like a lamb, but it suits him well.

He didn't tell me why he chose No. 22.

Ye Ruiyang ran back from the playground holding the ball, and Coach Wang led her "professional team" behind.

"Everyone warm up, there will be a game soon!" He threw the ball to us and went to the other side of the playground, where Yan Xi and Zhao Rui were both there.We thought that the class competition had started again, but Yue Yin in the radio room immediately denied this guess: Today, the physical activity class will hold a friendly match between Jiangyuan No. [-] Middle School and Jiangyuan Foreign Language School in the stadium. Team athletes come on.

I heard everyone shouting long live, obviously the haze just now has been swept away.But it was too sudden. There was no news before, and even Brother Chuan didn't know about it.After the coach arrived at the scene, he quickly called us over and said that this opportunity is very rare, and it has been difficult to confirm the time of the students from other schools. Fortunately, they have arrived now and are changing equipment in the locker room of the visiting team.

"The coach said that this time all the freshmen from other schools came." We jogged around the field, and Ye Ruiyang secretly told me, "I don't know if there is anyone I know on the other side."

It's really possible.The foreign school is a famous school in the province and even the whole country. Every year, Jiang Yuan's parents seem to want to squeeze their children into a foreign school.The evaluation of a primary school student's academic performance is often based on whether he can be admitted to a foreign school as the standard.When each cram school in Jiangyuan advertises to the outside world, it will put the number of students admitted to other schools every year in the most prominent position of the advertisement.When the child enters a foreign school, the parents will have the best conversation material at the dining table or in the car, and they can be invincible with their words.In my impression, some of the best students in our elementary school all went to other schools.Their grades are very good, especially in English, and they are all very good, but I am not familiar with them, even if they follow Xianxian or I have been teammates.

Of course, the No. [-] Middle School is not bad, and the students seem to want to prove this point. Many students have come to the stands, which is only a lot more than the official competition last weekend.Maybe it's because everyone is at school today.Yue Yin, who came out of the broadcasting room, walked to the sidelines with his camera and kept taking pictures of our warm-up.Maybe it's already heard the wind?Of course, it may just be an "occupational disease", she will carry a camera with her.

"Mi Le, Ke Ke, you have to work hard. The seniors of the second year of junior high school are not here today, you have to play hard, don't lose to other schools!" After we finished jogging, she jumped over lightly, saying and giving I took a group photo with Mi Le. We didn't pose in any poses, and we didn't realize it until the shutter was pressed.

"Wait, just shoot as you say, I don't have the right expression!" Mi Le wanted to go to her to look at the photos, but she avoided her and told us to warm up.

"It's over, it must be an ugly shot." Mi Le murmured.It turned out that he was quite interested in taking pictures.Me, I really don't feel much about photos, although I don't seem to have much interest in them.I can’t remember the last time I took a photo with someone.It seems like I haven't taken a photo in years."Several years" is long enough for a small child.

"Peve, long time no see." While we were stretching freely, players from other schools entered the field.Two classmates saw me and walked over.I know them, former teammates, Shi Zhenhua, who plays forward, and Pu Yun, who is left back.Shi Zhenhua was calling me just now.

"Welcome to our school." I greeted.

"We haven't seen each other since we graduated from elementary school." Pu Yun said, "Actually, it's only been a few months, but it feels like a long time. Brother, I miss you so much."

"I thought Peve didn't want to play football anymore. You didn't come to a game in sixth grade." Shi Zhenhua said.

"Let's not talk about the past, we can play together again today." That familiar voice interrupted our conversation.Zhao Rui is here.As long as he saw people, he would give them high fives as usual.He and his two ex-teammates had a great shoot.

"Which of you two will start today?" Pu Yun asked.

"It must be Ke Ke, I'll just be a good substitute."

He always said that, as if it would be nice to be my backup.The more I said this, the more I felt that he was flattering me and making me trust him.

Is he waiting for me to fall off?

"Yeah, did you change your number?" Shi Zhenhua saw my jersey number, "It's weird seeing you wearing number 33 for the first time."

"Last year, you also said that other people wore No. 3 or No. 23, and it didn't look right." Pu Yun said, "Actually, I did too. We both didn't want that new transfer student to take away No. 3 jersey. As a result, He was scolded by the coach for crowding out others. We have no problem with him, but No. 3 belongs to the big brother after all.”

Pu Yun is not fat anymore, but he is still the same in junior high school. He always calls me big brother, probably because he is called Brother Xian.However, it is very natural for him to call Brother Xian, and I am quite awkward when he calls me Big Brother.

But he still called it that way.For some reason, I've always been a little afraid of him.

"Okay, junior high school is a new school with a new look, and we will play well on behalf of our respective schools later on. This time we are rivals on the court, but we are still friends off the court." After Zhao Rui finished speaking, he sent them to other schools for half a day. went to the field.

I'm in a daze.Everything around seemed to be gradually blurred, and the back figure of Zhao Rui draped their shoulders in the middle and spared no effort to pull me back into the memories of the past.Fortunately, Mi Le woke me up quickly. With the continuous sound of the shutter, the coach was looking for us to arrange tactics.

The first and second halves of the friendly match are 20 minutes each, with a 5-minute break in between.As expected, I was the starting goalkeeper, the three defenders were Ye Ruiyang, He Mingming and Zhang Taotao, the midfielder was Huang Minxue partner Chuan Ge, and Mu Zheng and Yan Xi played forwards.Mi Le and Zhao Rui are substitutes.The coach asked us to communicate more, not to be pressured, to play normally, and to pay attention to the movements. She didn't want anyone to get hurt.

It's not easy to make an appointment for a friendly match, let alone a team from another school.Ye Ruiyang told us on the court that the foreign school was the champion of the Mayor's Cup last year.It seems that a good school is not just a good cultural achievement.

Both Shi Zhenhua and Pu Yun will start.

The game begins.The restlessness in the stands was extremely obvious, especially at the moment when Yan Xi kicked the ball to Mu Zheng, many people were creating momentum for our attack.Mu Zheng lived up to expectations, he got the ball like a heavy motorcycle with full horsepower, and rushed to the left with two players from other schools pinching him.The series of displays of personal abilities at the beginning caused the audience to stir up the atmosphere. Seeing that he was about to create a chance in front of the penalty area, the midfielder from another school behind him had to pull a hand to stop his coherent movements.

There was a burst of shouts from the stands, and the referee immediately whistled for a foul.Yizhong won a free kick from the left side of the penalty area. The angle of the shot was slightly smaller, and Huang Minxue stood in front of the ball.Without saying a word, he waved back to signal the central defender to come up and join the attack.

Ye Ruiyang and He Mingming rushed forward, while Brother Chuan and Taotao stayed in the backcourt to defend.Mu Zheng and Yan Xi were also ambushed in the restricted area.But if we want to fight for the header, we don't have an advantage. Mu Zheng is not particularly tall, Yan Xi is very short, and the defenders from other schools are all tall and big. Shi Zhenhua, who is not short, also returned to the penalty area to defend.In the ball game of this age group, the advantage brought by the body is very great.

When the whistle sounded, Huang Minxue hoisted the ball towards the goal. The white and orange crowd was in chaos. Shi Zhenhua jumped high and pushed the ball away from the goal.He jumped a little early, and the position of the top was not correct. The ball was not cleared too far, and it happened to be beside Ye Ruiyang.He intercepted the ball and completed a shot with a turn that was not very coordinated with his size. The ball hit the crossbar with a "bang" and bounced out of bounds.The audience sighed for a while, and a few centimeters lower would be a wonderful explosion.

"It's just to play with momentum!" Mu Zheng shouted at him, "Beautiful shot!"

Ye Ruiyang blushed and ran back to defend.

The goal kick from the other school was taken, three passes and two passes, to our right.Shi Zhenhua took the ball and gave it to Pu Yun, who was plugging in.He stood one-on-one with Zhang Taotao, without taking or passing, and stood still for a few seconds.Zhang Taotao didn't want to give him a chance to make the next move, so he stretched out his foot to steal it, but Pu Yun seemed to be waiting for Taotao's attack, and with a slight shake, he left him behind.Seeing this, Brother Chuan wanted to defend. At the moment he caught up, Pu Yun passed the ball low to the middle with the outside of his right foot, and Shi Zhenhua caught the ball with his back.Our defense on the right was torn apart and disrupted, but Ye Ruiyang carried Shi Zhenhua firmly behind him, and Ahua, who was on his back, could only pass the ball.Unexpectedly, Shi Zhenhua tapped his heel suddenly, and at the same time as the ball passed under Ye Ruiyang, he turned deftly and turned to the direction facing the goal, but Ye Ruiyang's body turned only halfway.The advantage in speed allowed the flash of inspiration to score the ball, and now he is face to face with me.I held the near corner and bet he would hit a shot to the far end.

Ye Ruiyang turned around, grabbed Shi Zhenhua with his arm, and at the same time stretched out his foot to kick the ball away.Using both hands and feet, Ahua fell in the penalty area.The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the penalty spot.

I went up to pat my dejected partner, and said that the opponent was my elementary school classmate, and I knew where he was going to kick.

Shi Zhenhua always kicks his left side, which is my right hand.The shooting power is strong and the speed is fast, known as "every point must be hit".He walked to the penalty spot with the ball in his arms and smiled at me.We have also practiced penalty kicks before, and today seems to be no different from the past days.Except for the boos from the stands and someone who sang "I want to fly higher".

He must hit the right!

As soon as the whistle blew, he slammed the goal vigorously at the penalty spot with almost no run-up. I didn't hesitate for a moment and rushed to the right side.I felt my fingers touch the ball, but so fast that I might have just brushed it in the path of a meteor.

As long as my hand is a few centimeters longer, I can throw this ball.

He didn't celebrate and stepped forward to pull me up.Except for the stands, today's atmosphere is really like a friendly match.

"Hey, everyone, be serious! Guard your own area!" The coach shouted from the sidelines.Mu Zheng came over and told Ye Ruiyang that it was okay, don't think too much.The energy he had just hit the crossbar seemed to be gone.

The game restarted, Yan Xi returned to the midfield to get the ball, and passed the ball to Zhang Taotao who came from the right.The ball was passed a little too big, and it was directly caught by Pu Yun.Tao Tao was dejected, ready to retreat to defend.

"Hey, there is a ghost behind you! There is a ghost!" I heard Shi Zhenhua yelling, and saw Huang Minxue rushing towards Pu Yun from the side like a leopard. Defenseless.Shi Zhenhua might have been able to respond if he called earlier, but as soon as he finished speaking, Huang Minxue had already snatched the ball back, sprinted to the baseline, and was about to make a pass.Pu Yun turned around quickly, missing half a body, and had to foul when he barely caught up.The referee came and showed a yellow card.

Will he be provocative again, quarrel with Pu Yun, and let him get another yellow card?I flashed this idea, but Huang Minxue didn't say anything, just put the ball at the position where the foul occurred, calling for his teammates to come up and attack.All set pieces are now handled by him.

He held his right hand up high, in a position that in our previous practice meant a lob pass to the back point.I saw that He Mingming and Ye Ruiyang were already waiting at the end of the crowd.

The sound of the camera rang, this was indeed a good time to take pictures, and Huang Minxue's temperament was also very photogenic.

When the ball came out, it didn't fly backwards, but rushed forward in a hurry.A figure leaped high in the crowd, and the muffled sound of the head hitting the ball was clearly audible, like a heavy blow of a hammer, almost making people see sparks bursting.Mu Zheng smashed the ball into the goal of the other school with his head, as if he had completed a blast at close range, with a sense of strength.Although the goalkeeper was on the side of the near post, he had no time to react.

Mu Zheng found Huang Minxue who was running towards him in the midst of cheers, embraced him to celebrate, and then put his shoulders on his shoulders to give high-fives to the running teammates one by one.We gave the fastest counterattack after losing the ball, and it all stemmed from Huang Minxue's aggressive foul.

The first half is coming to an end, students from other schools are passing the ball in the backcourt, maybe they want to end the first half smoothly.And Huang Minxue is still tirelessly pressing down, just like the lap game during training, those who can't grab the ball will be walked away, which is similar to walking a dog to put it bluntly.I guess they were also quite surprised that some people were so serious in the friendly match.

Huang Minxue is still great when he focuses on playing football.

He really almost broke the next ball, that is, the legs were a little shorter.The ball was only changed by his touch and was not intercepted, otherwise he would have had the opportunity to face the defense and the goalkeeper directly.Such steals are extremely threatening in the game and can easily lead to goals.The foreign school player who was almost playing with fire kicked the ball towards our half court like a clearance. Brother Chuan went forward to fight for the high-altitude ball, but he didn't grasp the timing of the jump, and the ball brushed his hair and fell behind.It's over the top.And Shi Zhenhua was hiding behind him.An unintentional pass quickly turned into a threatening attack. Shi Zhenhua dribbled the ball to the side. The front line of the other school understood and quickly premised, and the outflanking players rushed towards our penalty area.

Iowa, who got down to the bottom line, will definitely make a cross pass. As long as any one of his teammates can touch the ball, it is entirely possible to score.

"Anyone who gets in, keep an eye on it!" the coach shouted from the sidelines.

He Mingming went to defend Shi Zhenhua closely, but there was still a distance.Apparently afraid of fouling himself, Shi Zhenhua slammed the ball vigorously towards the goal a few seconds before he arrived.He passed very cunningly, the ball was between the goalkeeper and the central defender, and it happened that no one could reach it.

It's over, click later!
I turned around and rushed behind, but Pu Yun got stuck in front of Zhang Taotao early on. Even if Taotao pushed a little secretly, he couldn't stop him from reaching the ball.

Damn.That's too late.

He went to the ground to save, but the ball rolled across the goal line mercilessly.Pu Yun used a very unnatural shooting action, throwing himself out, poking forward with his toes.But facing most of the empty goals, as long as he touches the ball, he is basically ready to celebrate.He slipped and fell while scoring the goal, then got up and ran back to congratulate his teammates.

I slowly pulled myself up and bit my lip.

(End of this chapter)