Hunter and Hussar

Chapter 42 The Escaping Horizon

I feel like everything is fleeing into the distance.The goal, the pitch, the penalty area line, the runway, everyone.For the first time, what I felt on the pitch was so unreal, the whole world was being recycled by the horizon.

There is such a player, he is sometimes brilliant on the court, and sometimes absent-minded.Everyone ridiculed him, saying that he was "thinking about life" when he made inexplicable mistakes.He also had many miraculous performances off the court, such as playing with fireworks at home and attracting the fire police.The police asked him why he could set the house on fire in the bathroom, and he said, I was studying the principle of rockets.He's so amazing, even someone like me who doesn't watch football games knows him.

Of course I wouldn't dare to set off fireworks at home, nor would I think about life on the court.As a goalkeeper, a moment of slack can ruin the team's efforts.Outside of competitions, I always let myself wander freely, and it doesn't matter if my thoughts drift to all corners of the world.But in the game, I will always guarantee my 100% focus.

But in today's game, apart from the lob at the beginning, the Experimental Middle School never gave me any chance to express myself.It was difficult for them to get through the middle of the pitch, and we held them down in their half for offensive and defensive drills.The 4:0 lead in the first half is the best proof.After the start of the second half, the situation did not change at all.Ye Ruiyang has already pushed forward to near the center line, maybe Mingming and Taotao both scored goals, and he also wants to find a chance to score a goal.As for me, I just stood in front of the door, occasionally jumping twice to keep warm because of the strong wind.

Such a scene is too strange, as if I am a redundant person, and the whole team can easily win without me.That black scarf protects me, allowing me to calmly let the state of "thinking about life" cover my brain a little bit.

Maybe I didn't think about life. I just looked at the sky while observing the battle ahead.Wherever the wind blows, the stratified clouds will drift there.After looking at the clouds for a long time, the ground becomes narrower, the middle of the field seems to be rising, and the people on both sides are sliding down the slope, irreversibly away from the center.Everyone is on that side, and I am on this side, destined to go away from each other and fall to the end of the world.

"Jiang Yuan No. 23 Squadron scored a goal. No. 5 Mu Zheng scored the goal. The score was 0:14. The assist came from No. [-] Yan Xi."

We scored another goal. We did not witness this process, so naturally there will be no replay.The goal at this time has nothing to do with the outcome, and everyone seems not too excited. Mu Zheng pointed his hands to the distant sky again, with a calm and solemn expression.In the sea of ​​clouds, where is the flight that will never return now?How far is it from us?

If there really is a paradise, Xianxian may have stayed on our other side for two years.Will Xianxian be happy when a football team arrives there?Will they accept him as a member of the team?Maybe, at this moment, they are playing football together, just like us on the earth now.

There is no heaven.I have known it since I was a child.When a person dies, he dies.At that time, death was far away from me, and I couldn't predict that it was so close to Xianxian.How unreal death seemed to us children, not like something that could actually happen.Just like the floating clouds today, it makes me realize that everything on the earth is soft and floating.

"Jiang Yuan No. 23 Squadron changed. Substitute No. 7 Mu Zheng and replace No. 24 Xu Xiang. Replace No. 22 Zhang Taotao and replace No. [-] Mi Le."

The game was interrupted, and it finally pulled me back to the earth again.Senior Xu Xiang and Mi Le waited on the sidelines, wearing thick shirts under their white short-sleeved jerseys.Mi Le's white scarf also appeared. The soft texture made me feel like a lamb eager to try, looking forward to the running grassland.

Mu Zheng, who was replaced, took off the captain's armband, held it and high-fived the two substitutes.Miller took the armband and charged towards the back line with all his might.

"Brother Chuan, you go to play central defender. Obviously, you move to the left." He called his teammates to change formation while running, and we changed to play four defenders again.Xu Xiang also said something to Huang Minxue after he came on the field. The burden of midfield defense should have fallen on the latter.

The game has not yet restarted, and the experimental middle school is also changing players.

"Ke Ke, quick, give me your hand." He ran to me, pulled my left arm up without any explanation, and wrapped the armband around me.

"Is it arranged by the coach?" I asked.

"I did it on my own, hee hee." He stuck out his tongue at me, making it hard for me to guess whether it was true or not.

"What, put it on for me too, I want to be the captain too!" Ye Ruiyang heard this, and turned around and spread his arms towards us.After completing the task, Mi Le hopped back to his right, yelling at Boss Ye that you should defend yourself and don't be careless.

The game restarts.We are trying a new formation, and the new recruits from the Experimental Middle School have some impact.Yue Yin told us at halftime that the starting lineup for this game is also dominated by substitute players from the first year of junior high school, and they are also training their lineup as they have no hope of qualifying.The point difference in the first half was really big, so in the second half they replaced all the main players from the second year of junior high school, with the goal of narrowing the score as much as possible.

Experiments started to try to put pressure on our defense with long balls.I finally had the excitement of the game that I forgot about the clouds in the sky.Within a few minutes, their long pass went between Ye Ruiyang and Brother Chuan. Obviously, the two of them lacked tacit understanding when they partnered with the central defender. Receiving a pass created an almost straight-forward opportunity.He rushed to complete a shot before Brother Chuan blocked it. The ball was very fast. Instead of falling to the ground to save, I quickly stretched out my right foot to block.The ball bounced off the outside of my calf, and Mi Le slapped on and kicked the ball out of the sideline neatly.

Experiment throws the ball out of bounds and organizes the attack again. The ball is shifted from the left to the right. The striker who came off the bench gets the ball on our left side and tries to break through one-on-one against He Mingming.The person passed by, but the ball was stabbed by Mingming and rolled to the opposite direction of his running.The backcourt players in the experiment followed up in time, hoisting the ball high into the penalty area and falling to the right rear of our goal.

I hurriedly turned back and rushed to the right side of the goal. Huang Minxue had already followed the opponent's players who were advancing there, and Mi Le also rushed to the goal to help defend against possible opponents.They don't stand a chance.If the player at the back on the right headed the ball to the middle to find his teammates, he would be cleared by Mi Le, and under the interference of Huang Minxue, it would not be easy for him to complete a high-quality header.I can easily take the ball off even if it's within goal range.

He jumped up with Huang Minxue very reluctantly, and his height advantage allowed him to fight for the ball, but the ball was pushed very awkwardly, and instead of running to the near corner on the right side of the goal, it floated to the left.As long as I stand in position, I can wait for the ball to fall into my arms.

No, Miller seemed to be standing too close to the ball. He was about to raise his foot to make a clearance, but the ball hit his thigh.And my body is moving to the left. At this time, it is impossible to go to the right to prevent the ball from entering the net.

"The experimental middle school team scored a goal, the score was 5:1..." Yue Yin has always been very "professional", even if the opponent scores a goal, he will broadcast the scorer's information.However, this goal caught her off guard and she didn't know how to describe it.

The experimental player who didn't score a goal snatched the ball from the net, and Mi Le lay on the ground, slapping the turf with his hand unwillingly, with a small amount.The shoulder blades trembled slightly, like a lamb feeling fear.

"Get up, what's the matter, it's my fault, you don't need to bear it! Damn it, we are not behind." Huang Minxue went to Mi Le and grabbed his arm.But Mi Le didn't intend to raise his face yet.I was too busy watching this scene, I didn't expect to go up to comfort my friend at the first time.He was right in front of my door, two or three meters away from me.

I patted Xuexue on the shoulder and motioned him to go back to his seat.Then squatted down, rubbed Mi Le's face against the turf with the glove, and gently tapped his protruding shoulder blades with the other hand, just like when he woke me up in the morning.

"It's okay, get up, let's continue the game. Okay?" The Shanghainese I learned didn't sound like it at all.Xianxian said that every time I was in a mood, a bit like asking for my opinion, and expressing his desire for me to do things with him.Every time I hear the phrase "good cutting", I can suppress it even if I have a little anger.

"Mi Le, get up, what the hell are you doing, don't affect the whole team with your emotions alone!" Hearing the assistant teacher shouting from the sidelines, I squatted down and continued to touch Mi Le's head, shook my head at the assistant teacher, and used my big Thumb compared himself, as if telling him, don't say that, I can handle Mi Le.

After pulling him up, I saw that his eyes were red. "No, isn't it just an own goal? I don't care, why are you sad?" If it was before, I would definitely say that.But this time I took my brains.Pat his ass and say you go and get one, I want to see your celebration.

He nodded to me solemnly, and ran back to the right again.

After passing the ball a few times, Yan Xi received the ball on the left. With a pair of balanced feet, he broke through from the left sideline all the way. Dodging and moving with the back waist, brought the ball all the way into the penalty area.It's like a smooth loach, and the opponent can't catch him at all, or like Jerry walking through the pots and pans. The "Toms" all want to catch them, but they are too cautious to use them. Big, give us another penalty.Yan Xi almost played the opponent's entire defense line and bought time for his teammates. The three students in white jerseys had already outflanked the penalty area and were ready to go.Yan Xi passed the ball to the right without looking at people, and Huang Minxue missed the ball again in a trance, deceiving the defender who was marking him.The player in white behind him received the ball, and there was no defense in front of him.The player who got the ball calmly stopped the ball and shot, the ball was close to the turf, passed through the goalkeeper's ten fingers, and rushed into the far corner of the goal.

"Jiang Yuan No. 22 Squadron scored a goal, goal scorer No. 6 Mi Le, the score was 1:14, and the assist came from No. [-] Yan Xi again!" Yue Yin's broadcast was full of joy and relief. This goal seemed to be better than the previous one. more encouraging.The assistant teacher who had just shouted came to the sidelines and took the lead in applauding Mi Le's figure.On the contrary, Mi Le himself hadn't recovered yet, and walked towards the midfield in a daze like sleepwalking, high-fiving his teammates in a somewhat dull or routine manner along the way.I stared at him, but I didn't see his fabled celebration until the re-kick-off.It's no wonder that he scored one goal in each of the two goals in a short period of time, and he may not have time to adjust.

"Jiangyuan No. 33 Squadron changed, replaced No. 12 Ke Peiwei, replaced No. [-] Zhao Rui." Within a few minutes, the coach made the last substitution adjustment.The semester is coming to an end, and at the end, Zhao Rui finally got the chance to play.Even though he knew that he might only have a few minutes to play in a year, he still trained so hard and never missed every game, even if he had been sitting on the bench all afternoon.No, he won't just sit.He will celebrate for us when we score a goal, protest and put pressure on the sidelines when we are fouled, and at halftime, he will always be the first to hand water and tissues to the main players.It seems that he has been such a person since elementary school.He has been my backup for many years now.Maybe only in the past two years, during my absence, he has really been the main force for a while.If I had been there for those two years, the combined playing time of Zhao Rui from elementary school to the present might not be as much as a fraction of my one semester.If it were me, I might not be able to play football anymore.

The debut of this game is the best reward for him.Thinking of this, I don't hate him too much today, and I'm even a little happy for him.Don't drop the ball the rest of the time.

When I left the field, I happened to pass by the right flank guarded by Mi Le, and he was looking at me there.I don't have much time to talk to him, so I have to hurry up on the end.I hastily reached out and patted his waist.And he probably wanted to give me a high-five, but he didn't expect that I would grab his waist, so he was caught off guard and could only hastily hit me on the stomach with his small claws.This is probably the least tacit interaction between the two of us in recent months.

Instead, I finished high five with Zhao Rui, and he pointed to my left arm.I almost forgot to take off the captain's armband, he asked who it was for, and I said, Senior or Mingming.However, a few seconds after Zhao Rui ran onto the field with the armband, Ye Ruiyang intercepted it.He finally got his wish and was named captain with about 15 minutes left in the game.

"I said junior, you really shouted a lot. Please, I am thankful. Just the own goal, you asked Mi Le to catch it for you, how could you miss it?" After returning to the bench, senior Yuan Yikong He pretended to hit me on the head very hard, then clasped his fists with both hands in the posture of a panda burning incense, "Also, that one-handed ball, you made a good throw, but you should take the initiative to abandon the goal and attack! The ball fell. The point is obviously in the penalty area, you can't wait for the opponent's striker to catch the ball and hit the goal. Before he gets the ball, you have to rush out and kick the ball away, like Neuer, understand? Goalkeepers in modern football are not just goalkeepers. Yes, you have to act like a scavenger..."

"Director Yuan" can really speak, especially in defense. Whenever we have a problem, he can immediately point it out, and he can instill a set of "reasonable" solutions.But it's good to listen more, and his hippie smile is not very severe.

"Enough is enough, my junior is doing very well, don't take it as an afterthought." Kuang Hao pushed Yuan Yikong's huge body away from me with both hands, like pushing away a stereo or a refrigerator, and then touched Put my head down and say that I just play the way I am used to. Not every goalkeeper has to attack as often as Neuer.

I know Neuer, he is a very "aura" German goalkeeper as Xianxian said.He is not only excellent in saving skills, but also has world-class attack awareness and foot skills.In addition to his excellent and confident defense, he sometimes even rushes to the opponent's half to assist the offense. This kind of influence and leadership seems to be innate. No wonder several of my teammates think he is the best in football goalkeeper.But I heard from He Mingming that the player who was ridiculed by everyone for "thinking about life" once broke through Neuer's gate twice in a very important game. One of the goals was an extremely wonderful explosive shot. Er did not respond, completely reduced to the background board.And his celebration after the goal is also impressive. Instead of running, he took off his jersey, tensed his muscles, and stood on the field like a god, waiting for his teammates' hugs with a blank face, as if he was caught in a trap again. meditation.I haven't watched the video of that game, but it must be a special scene, with a feeling of "one thing down one thing": it is precisely the person who does not play cards according to common sense who can have a flash of inspiration at a critical moment and make a one-hit victory. enemy.

And our game is much lackluster compared to such a game between the world's top players.As for me, I am afraid that I will never be able to learn the confidence and decisiveness of Neuer in my life.To be honest, I really don't like to attack. First, my speed is a bit slow, and the speed of my body is even slower. When I meet a striker like Yan Xi, I probably will be wiped out and watched him push the goal; Secondly, I am very afraid of making mistakes. One mistake will ruin everyone's efforts (the scene where Zhao Rui and Mi Le collided is still vivid in my memory, even though it was only a friendly match), and it will also make me lose the main position.It is the consensus of many defensive players to seek stability and not danger, unless it is a desperate moment.

There were two more goals in the game after that.First, the Experimental Middle School took a corner kick and the ball hit Brother Chuan's arm, and the referee blew a penalty.Zhao Rui did not judge the correct direction of the shot, and the ball was sent into the net by the kicker, 6:2, and the experiment came back again.Then there was our attack, Yan Xi used his feet to catch the ball high before it almost passed the bottom line, but fell off the court himself.Senior Xu Xiang headed the ball into the goal before the opponent's two central defenders, 7:2, which may have broken the scoring record of Yizhong in an official game.Kuang Hao and Yuan Yikong were happier than Xu Xiang. They told me that this was Xu Xiang's first goal in two years.Xu Xiang didn't celebrate, but ran to the bottom line and pulled Yan Xi up.Our No. 14 patted the ash on his trousers and told everyone that the problem was not serious.Fortunately, it's winter, and if you wear thick clothes, you may at least get scratches in summer.But after all, they are all playing football. It is normal to have some bumps and bumps. It is not worthy of praise and should not be complained.I am the most qualified to say this - if you don’t wear wrist and knee pads when you wear short-sleeved shorts to guard the goal, you will often get small wounds on your arms and calves, and you will feel a few bugs when you take a shower crawling and biting.

At the end of the game, Ye Ruiyang also got a very good chance. Our corner kick went to his feet, and he was just a few meters in front of the goal.However, maybe he wanted to score too much, and the powerful shot sent the ball directly to the space station in the science fiction novel, and it took a while before it fell from the sky.

With the referee's three long whistles, our last game of this semester ended on this special day.I pointed my finger at the sky, just like last time, secretly, just gestured on my chest, the finger was still hidden in the sleeve, no one could find it.

Sudden doubts about the ball that just fell from the sky, is it still the one that Ye Ruiyang kicked into the sky?Will it be replaced secretly by someone in the cloud?Not too possible.Or go out on the court, hug teammates and opponents, that's what I'm going to do now.

same group match
Beichuan Middle School 1:2 Science and Technology Attached Middle School
Jiangyuan City Mayor Cup Football League (Junior High School Group) Group Stage Standings (Group C)
Jiangyuan Yizhong has 4 wins, 2 draw and 0 losses, scored 18 goals, conceded 6 goals, scored 12 goal, and accumulated 14 points

Beichuan Middle School has 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 loss, scored 12 goals, conceded 8 goals, scored 4 goals, and accumulated 10 points

The High School of Science and Technology has 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, scored 8 goals, conceded 8 goals, scored 0 goals, and accumulated 8 points

Experimental Middle School has 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, scored 4 goals, conceded 20 goals, scored -16 goals, and accumulated 1 point

Data in Jiangyuan No. [-] Squadron

Sagittarius

player goals

Mu Zheng 6
Kuang Hao 3
Yan Xi 3
Wang Xiaoliang 1
Zhang Taotao 1
Hemming 1
Miller 1
Xu Xiang 1
Huang Minxue 1 (1)

Assists list

player assists

Kuang Hao 4
Yan Xi 4
Zhang Taotao 2
Huang Minxue 2
Copeway 1
Miller 1
Mu Zheng 1
(End of this chapter)