Hunter and Hussar

Chapter 59 Fierce battle, orange and white!
The moment you step into the campus of a foreign school, you can see the tall and magnificent stadium directly.It really deserves to be one of the best schools in the city. The magnificent building hidden outside the plane trees is calm and atmospheric, and the gymnasium with the five Olympic rings is even more eye-catching.The excellent stadium facilities and the opponents who are determined to defend the title stimulate the fighting spirit. I seem to have returned to the day when I just represented No. [-] Middle School in the Mayor’s Cup, but what I brought today is the pair of gloves I bought in the first day of junior high school.

After settling down in the locker room, Pu Yun suddenly called me and made an appointment to meet at the toilet door of the gymnasium.My relationship with him started in the elementary school toilet and resumed in the middle school toilet.It was a hasty meeting, only me and him, and Ahua was not there.He hugged me involuntarily, although only for a moment.We both looked at each other, neither knowing what to say.In the end, they just said goodbye to each other and hurriedly parted.

This time the separation was not too long, and soon we saw each other again in the passage to the stadium.The coach gave me the chance to start, and I was the gate guard for the two consecutive knockout rounds.The classmates who knew each other from the two teams exchanged greetings before the game, and the atmosphere was as good as a class reunion.Zhao Rui, who failed to make the debut, came here to meet our old friends one by one. Ye Ruiyang also left a photo with his senior Liu Chi.Yue Yin and his classmates who were in charge of photography from other schools "Kach Kacha" kept busy and smiled tacitly. The sound of the camera was like a petrel flying lightly before the storm.The people in white and orange jerseys seem to have reached a tacit agreement: Since they will be fighting each other in a few minutes, it is better to be closer at this moment.

With the playing of "Fair Play Song", everyone's heartstrings were tensed immediately, and Pu Yun also retreated from my side to his team.Stepping onto the arena following the beating rhythm, the number of spectators in the stands of foreign schools was unexpectedly large.The competition continued to deepen, and more and more parents participated to cheer for their children.Students from other schools specially made Tifo, which is a step leading to the orange sun, with four chic characters written on it: "Road to the Finals", and there is a score on each step: 6:1, 4:2, 3:1 , 3:0, and the highest level reads "Are you ready?" Tifo declares the ownership of the venue. The foreign school has achieved four home victories this year. Those scores are the testimony of their home defeat, just like the victory sign sprayed on the plane by the pilot after shooting down the enemy plane.Before the game, Ye Ruiyang told me that the foreign school had not lost at home for two and a half years.

This glorious record may end today.I patted the crossbeam in front of the door, my teeth chattered up and down, infinite tension and excitement flowed to every corner of my body with my blood.The referee blew his whistle, and the game to determine the ticket for the final kicked off.

Perhaps it is the so-called master fight, the two teams did not attack aggressively in the first period of time, but controlled the ball and advanced patiently.According to the coach's prior arrangements, as long as Shi Zhenhua and Wu Wenda get the ball in the midfield, there must be a player close to the guard.The defeat in the friendly match last year provided a lot of experience and lessons, and the eight official games in a season honed our resilience, even facing a strong enemy, we are not nervous.After about seven or eight minutes, the foreign school had a shot that hit the goal range.It was Wu Wenda's long-range shot, which had neither angle nor strength under Brother Chuan's interference, and was easily confiscated by me.The connection between Pu Yun and the midfielder was also cut off, and he was completely unable to approach our penalty area.Mu Zheng, on the other hand, adjusted his crosshairs during several counterattacks, and with a few shots, there was a lot of excitement in the stands, and there was panic in the stands.

Seeing that the attack was blocked, it was No. 33 Yin Rirong who stepped forward.According to Yue Yin, he is of Korean ethnicity, his family is in Yanbian, Jilin, and he just transferred to Jiangyuan Foreign School this semester.Before the game, he was the only taciturn and unsmiling person. He stood in the tunnel without saying anything to anyone, and there was no embarrassment or alienation on his face.However, outside of the silence, he has infinite vitality, reconnecting our fragmented offense through dribbling and advancement.You can find him in any corner of the field, whether it is your own penalty area or the opponent's half, at first he was assisting the defense on the right side, and in a blink of an eye he appeared at the front of the penalty area with the transition of offense and defense.This is the B2B player that Ye Ruiyang mentioned, Box to Box, the all-round midfielder in modern football, the scope of activities covers from the box of the own side to the penalty area of ​​the opponent, integrating offense and defense.Players with this ability are rare in the professional arena, and even rarer in the junior high school arena. Having him in a foreign school is like adding wings to a tiger.

In the flying horse gallop and hand-to-hand combat, Yin Rirong gradually revitalized the attack of the foreign school.The situation he least wanted to see was quickly created by him: a free kick outside the penalty area.Fortunately, the distance from the goal is not too close.No. 23, who has been very silent since the beginning of the game, stood alone in front of the ball, with his left leg slightly bent, staring at the wall of people that I had spent a lot of effort to push out, like a swordsman holding a sword hilt, Just about to quietly draw out the sword.The referee's whistle blew, and I saw him move, ready to save as the memory of the brain and muscles awakened.The high ball passed the jumping wall, and I flew to the left, but it seemed destined to go higher than the crossbar and fly into the blue May sky behind me...

"You don't need to look to know it!" The person who shouted this sentence accompanied by the cheers of the audience seemed to be the central defender Liu Chi, the captain of another school?He hugged No. 23, but the opponent didn't celebrate at all, as if the ball really went out of bounds.I stood up slowly and fished the ball out of the net.When the teammates in front of me saw the cheers of other players from other schools and turned their heads, I fell to the ground without touching the ball.

At the moment when everyone thought the ball was going to fly off the crossbar, it plummeted unbelievably fast and hit the net at the angle between the crossbar and the post—the so-called "tenth corner", which is the dead corner of the goal.This kind of free kick that flies diagonally and then falls suddenly is the elevator ball. The erratic ball in the airflow is like an elevator falling straight from the sixth floor to the first floor. There is a shock of "flying down three thousand feet".

"It's really a fairy ball." Yuan Yikong stepped forward and patted my shoulder, "It's very good if you can make a save, it's okay."

If I wasn't familiar with Pu Yun, I'm afraid I'd just stand there dumbstruck.

The home team's goal ignited the passion of the audience, and the players became more excited.Even if he didn't underestimate him, Pu Yun still made us suffer.After scoring his fourth goal of the season, he became more active and began to break through the wing with the ball.Not to mention elementary school, his offense is much sharper than in last year's friendly match.Although Wu Wenda couldn't get away from Brother Chuan's stalking, Shi Zhenhua took advantage of Pu Yun's positive impact to gain more space.His retracement to take the ball became more and more frequent, as if he was an attacking midfielder, while Pu Yun became a left winger, and Yin Rirong, who could advance at any time, served as a potential striker.The positions of forward, midfielder and defender have changed flexibly. After losing the ball, we seem to be a little stretched in defensive rotation, and there are frequent dangers in front of the goal.After I made a couple of blocks and witnessed two close shots, the foreign school knocked on our door again.Pu Yun's cross found Shi Zhenhua. Although the latter's header was hit by my palm, it fell to Wu Wenda's feet.The senior's shot was blocked by Yuan Yikong, but Yin Rirong, who was ambushing on the edge of the penalty area, snatched the ball's landing spot without making a sound. Mingming made a low shot after dunking the catch, and the ball passed through the dense crowd and entered the net again.

"Take care of where you land!" I yelled at the guards, and subconsciously poked myself on the head with two index fingers.No one said anything, but they all heard it and nodded.The captain looked at me from a distance, then picked up the ball I kicked him and ran to the middle circle.Just as Mu Zheng was about to kick off, a substitution reminder sounded from the sidelines. No. 14 Yan Xi replaced No. 4 Li Baichuan, Kuang Hao came to the midfielder position, and we added No.2 forward.

Removing a defensive midfielder when two goals behind was undoubtedly a risky move, but the coach's decisive change in the first half also showed that we are not willing to give up.At the beginning of the adjustment, the foreign school took advantage of the decline in defensive strength after Brother Chuan left the field to fight back again.Wu Wenda and Shi Zhenhua cooperated again in the frontcourt. No. 9 from the foreign school once reached the position only a few meters away from our goal. After that powerful shot was saved by me from the near corner of the goal, everyone I have lingering fears.

The first half of the game was coming to an end, and the offense of the foreign school slowed down. The opponent with a two-goal lead began to defend patiently, looking for opportunities to give us a fatal blow.And we have also made changes here. The captain and Yan Xi increased dribbling, trying to improve the situation with their personal abilities.Yan Xi made a set kick on the right side of the frontcourt.But apart from Yuan Yikong, the No. [-] middle school players who grabbed points in the penalty area did not have a height advantage.It's hard to say whether this set-piece will be our chance to score or a defensive counterattack from a foreign school.I couldn't help but walked out of the penalty area and stood between the middle circle and the top of the arc to strengthen my defense.

I would not let myself appear in this position before, and I would not shout or even command my teammates on the defensive line like today.

The captain took the ball and ran forward.A central defender from another school jumped up high in front of Mu Zheng and bumped into it.However, his jump was early, and Mu Zheng interfered, the ball did not clear the penalty area, but was pushed to the back point by him.A small figure suddenly appeared on the ball path, stretched out his right foot and lightly tapped the ball, and the ball fell into the net helplessly. The goalkeeper from the other school stood where he was, with his hands still raised in front of him.

"Isn't this offside?" The entire defense line of the foreign school protested to the referee following the captain's loud questioning.But the referee still signaled that the goal was valid, and the linesman didn't say anything.Perhaps Yan Xi was indeed in an offside position at the time, but the top of the center back from another school was interpreted by the referee as a back pass?Liu Chi explained in front of the referee for a while, but the penalty remained unchanged.To be honest, I can't tell whether Yan Xi is offside from my position, and I don't quite understand how to judge according to the specific rules.The only thing that is certain is that the surprise soldiers who came off the bench have helped us rewrite the score to 1:2 before halftime, and Yizhong scored a valuable away goal.

The halftime whistle sounded, and the students from other schools were obviously not satisfied with the score, and returned to the locker room without saying much.And we all went to the bench to visit Brother Chuan.If he was replaced before halftime, no one would be happy.Fortunately, Brother Chuan still had a very relaxed expression, pointing to Ye Ruiyang and saying that the rest will depend on his son.

Even if you are not on the stage, the cross talk will continue.

The coach made a judgment on the situation on the field: the foreign school will never be satisfied with the result of 2:1, and they are likely to strengthen their offense at the beginning of the second half.And once the foreign school invests in a large-scale attack, the weakness behind Pu Yun will be exposed again - as long as you have watched Pu Yun's game, everyone can find that his strengths and weaknesses are very obvious.As a full-back, he likes to get in and participate in the attack very much.But this is a double-edged sword. Sometimes you will not be able to come back when you go up, and the defense will lose its position.So we must resolutely play the space behind him, not to mention that his physical fitness is not so good, and he cannot guarantee the quality of defense throughout the game.Yin Rirong, who is good at defending and filling in, is undoubtedly crucial to the school. It is he who allows Pu Yun to move forward with confidence.All we have to do is to concentrate our forces and seize the vital points to strike resolutely.If Pu Yun or Yin Rirong's yellow cards can be made through repeated attacks, it is bound to make the offense and defense of other schools lose sight of the other.

At the beginning of the second half, the foreign school took advantage of the whistle to launch a fierce attack, which was exactly what they wanted.After experiencing the test in the first half, we gradually became familiar with the field of the foreign school and the rhythm of the game.The head-to-head confrontation between Kuang Hao and Yin Rirong also started again, and the battle between the two core midfielders affected the offensive and defensive pulse of the two teams.The captain who has insight into the characteristics of the opponent has an advantage in experience. Several excellent positioning and predictions made Yin Rirong fall into a hard fight, while Wu Wenda still couldn't find the game state for a long time, and made frequent mistakes at his feet.The offensive of other schools stagnated, and our counterattack gradually gained momentum.The court is changing rapidly like a battlefield. If one side's offense becomes weak, the fatal weakness will often be exposed.Kuang Hao consciously pushed and shifted to the right during the counterattack, and Yan Xi and Taotao joined the fight on this side.Pu Yun, who had been playing vigorously here before, had to restrain himself due to repeated rushes over and over again, and Yin Rirong also rushed to assist his teammates in defense.The battle in the first 15 minutes of the second half revolved around this lifeline, and the foreign school gradually showed a sense of difficulty. After several fouls, the referee finally took out a yellow card to Yin Rirong.The No. 33 shook his head bitterly, remaining silent as usual.

The tightness of the wing defense caused a subtle change in the mentality of the foreign school. The score of 2:1 was not up or down. Although they were leading, the existence of away goals made them not at ease.With the passage of time and the attack with a lot of thunder and a little rain, one can imagine the difficulty of rewriting the score.Once the ball was counterattacked and the ball was lost, the result of 2:2 was quite bad.The mentality of wanting to win and fearing flat will shake the will of the team. Although Yin Rirong is still running tirelessly, he is worried about getting a red card and it is difficult for him to make big moves as a last resort.The stands of other schools fell into silence, only Liu Chi was still commanding his teammates with a somewhat hoarse voice.And our offense and defense regained flexibility, the captain took over the midfield and adjusted our offense step by step. Mu Zheng also played some situations on the left.We got a set-piece not far from goal as he was violated with his back-up at the front of the box.The captain walked to the ball without hesitation, and facing the jumping wall, he cunningly kicked a stick to the ground. The ball rushed towards the goal at full speed under the feet of players from other schools, and the goalkeeper was caught off guard.The goal was no longer in dispute, the captain rushed straight to the bench, everyone hugged and celebrated on this field that hadn't been defeated for several years, but there was only a sigh from the stands.

But the defending champion is the defending champion after all, and the equalizer finally awakened or irritated the foreign school, and the last 10 minutes turned into a crazy confrontation.The foreign school replaced two forwards and vowed to knock on our door before the final whistle.Waves of offensive frenzy rushed in, Pu Yun rushed into the penalty area like crazy, dodged and moved, and the shot was barely caught by me, and it would miss the post.After a wave of unrest and another wave, Liu Chi immediately took the corner kick from Pu Yun and smashed his head on the crossbar hard, which was enough to make the onlookers terrified.The falling ball was cleared by Ye Ruiyang, who had caught it, and went out of bounds. After being yelled at by me in the first half, everyone's grasp of the landing point improved significantly.After completing the defense, I rushed to Ye Ruiyang's back and gave him a hard push to express my satisfaction with my companion's defense.He also turned around and bumped my gloves with his fist, instantly making me feel like I was standing in front of a giant bear with perseverance.Perhaps this is the passion of defense that "Guiding Yuan" said.In the second half, my desire to attack and command the defense became stronger.I seem to believe that under my control, a fortress and strong city that foreign schools cannot break through has been built in front of the gate.

At the last moment of the game, Huang Minxue replaced Mu Zheng, Mi Le replaced Tao Tao, and our offensive around the right continued.Orange and white clashed against each other on the green field. The two sides got a chance to kill the game in stoppage time. Shi Zhenhua's shot hit the far post after refraction. Yuan Yikong, who got the ball, launched a counterattack with a long pass. The right back of the foreign school made a serious mistake in throwing the ball, and it stopped directly at Huang Minxue's feet.The academic title Mei sprinted, and completed a wall-kicking cooperation with Yan Xi. He entered the penalty area and faced the goalkeeper from a small angle. Unfortunately, his semi-single-handed shot slid out of the goal. The foreign school was shocked from the stadium to the bench to the stands. .The referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game after this thrilling offense and defense, and a series of winning streaks at home by other schools came to an abrupt end.Nevertheless, the players and the head coach of the two teams shook hands in a gracious salute.

"It's a good kick." The captain touched Yin Rirong's head, and he smiled embarrassedly, but still didn't say a word.I was watching, and suddenly Pu Yun was already stuck in front of me.

"Brother!" Xiaopang frowned, but his eyes were still very friendly, "You guys are really lucky!"

He also prolonged the sound of "true" on purpose, he must not be convinced.

"not bad."

"However, today's big brother is the big brother I want to see." His face suddenly turned red, and his head drooped, "Well, I said before that I want to treat you to a small cake. I'm ready. Here it is for you. You can share it with your friends."

"Pu Yun wanted to ask you to play at his house after today's game. I'm not ashamed to say that." After Pu Yun hurried to the locker room, Ah Hua came to me and told me, "He's been thinking about it for a long time."

"Not today, I have to go back to school."

"What about next time? There will be time in the future, right? You didn't have dinner with us when you played a friendly match in No. [-] Middle School last year. You didn't come to the primary school party either."

"I'll have time, I'll have a lot of time," I replied.Only, not now.

Jiangyuan City Mayor Cup Knockout Round [-]
Jiangyuan Foreign School 2:2 Jiangyuan No. [-] Middle School

Beichuan Middle School 3:0 Taodu Middle School
Data in Jiangyuan No. [-] Squadron

Sagittarius

player goals

Mudan 7
Kuang Hao 5
Yan Xi 5
Huang Minxue 2 (2)

Wang Xiaoliang 1
Zhang Taotao 1
Hemming 1
Miller 1
Xu Xiang 1
Assists list

player assists

Kuang Hao 4
Yan Xi 4
Zhang Taotao 3
Huang Minxue 2
Miller 2
Copeway 1
Mudan 1
Ye Ruiyang 1
(End of this chapter)