Hunter and Hussar

Chapter 61 Taking Dreams as Horses
A magnificent white horse is slowly rising above our stands, its mane is fluttering, its hooves are galloping, its feet are stepping on auspicious clouds, wrapped in thunder, and it is rushing towards the finish line in the sky, with the dark blue night sky and twinkling stars overhead . The words "Dream as a horse" and "White is our colour" flow through them like the wind, and every horseshoe print left behind is written with past scores, from Lectra Tech's 2:0 to Beichuan's 4: 2. There is also the 7:2 in last year's closing game and the 3:1 in the last home away from Xizhong. The home score is all available. This is the response to the opponent Tifo in the last game: this is also the devil's home court.

Before we knew it, we were one step away from the final without a single defeat throughout the season.Tifo, carrying the dream, appeared on the stadium, and our auditorium also burst into applause and cheers.Just as the coach and each of us hoped, those kind and familiar faces, our strongest backing, came to the sidelines with the warm and hot wind in May.No need to hesitate, no need to think, our only goal today is to fill the entire field with white.

"How about it, is our Tifo very professional?" Yue Yin proudly showed off to us on the way back to the locker room after warming up.

"It's really great, it feels like a European league!" Mingming said, "But it costs a lot of money, right? This time it's a big production, and the budget is burning."

When Yue Yin heard this, he waved his hands proudly: "I have submitted manuscripts to the Morning Post several times before, and they accepted the manuscript, and there is still a manuscript fee. Doesn't this solve the funding problem?"

"But that's your money." Miller said.

"It's my money. I'm happy, what's the matter? Xiaoye and I did the design and PS. There is not much labor cost. The money is just enough for production and printing. There are a few yuan left, and I bought two white peach ice creams. , exactly one serving per person.”

"Xiaoye? Do you mean A Fang?" Mi Le continued to ask.

"That's Xiaoye. He didn't come in a suit today, I'm so disappointed!"

Besides the coach, Yue Yin is probably the only one who has the ability to turn Boss Ye into a "Little Ye".

"Brother!" Just as I was about to turn into the locker room, Pu Yun caught up with me from behind.

"You didn't start today." He looked at me and said.

"Our coach has his own arrangements. Senior Shuo Shi is much better than me."

"Is that so? That's fine." He lowered his head, pondered for a moment, shook his head to himself, and only said to us, let's work together, then turned and left quickly.It seemed that he wanted to say something to me, but finally swallowed it back.

Maybe I will know the answer after the game is over, at most it will be an hour and a half.Just as I was thinking about it, two bursts of shouts erupted at the same time on the court, and the voice of life gushed out from the heart of the starting players surrounded by a circle. It was difficult to compare the slogans of "One team must win" and "Jiangwai defending the title" Who is louder? They echoed under the blue sky and white clouds for a long time, fluttering with the white and orange scattered on the field.

The loud whistle blew across the sky, Mu Zheng and Xuexue kicked off in the middle circle, the former did not pass the ball to his partner, but returned it to Kuang Hao who was standing in front of the defender.After receiving the ball, the captain did not immediately pass it to the defender to slowly organize the attack, but launched a long pass to the right.At the same time, Taotao had already moved forward quickly, rushing to the position where the ball was about to fall. Pu Yun didn't dare to neglect, and stuck to him as if hanging on him.During the high-speed running, Pu Yun, who was not ready, staggered and fell near the sideline.Tao Tao, who got rid of the defense, successfully received the long pass from the captain, raised his right foot and made a cross before Yin Rirong came to fill the position. At this time, Xuexue had rushed into the penalty area and hid behind Liu Chi.The captain of the foreign school obviously realized that the thorn was on his back, and quickly shook his head to clear the ball.In a hurry, the other school's defense hadn't finished positioning yet, relying on the striker's sense of smell, Mu Zheng quietly appeared at the point where the ball landed.He didn't hesitate for a moment, didn't even wait for the ball to fall, and directly volleyed the flying ball. The ball seemed to be shot from the turret of a heavy tank, and it blasted towards the gate of the foreign school in an instant. People can see the dust flying all over the sky after the shell exploded, and the cheers bursting from the stands surged like a tsunami, engulfing the entire stadium in an instant.

"Jiang Yuan No. 23 Squadron scored a goal, goal scorer No. 1 Mu Zheng! The score is 0:1! It's the first minute of the game!" Yue Yin's broadcast made people get goosebumps, and the game didn't end until then 1 minute?In just tens of seconds, we scored the goal of the defending champion.Mu Zheng rushed to the bench with open arms, and let everyone jump on him to celebrate. I feel that all the previous victories are nothing compared to this exciting long-range goal.We roared and roared, and grabbed the opponent's lifeline in the first minute.When everyone dispersed and returned to their positions, some students from the other school seemed to have not woken up from the nightmare, shaking their heads and standing there in a daze, only Liu Chi clapped his hands heavily and called out to them.

Shi Zhenhua took the ball and the game restarted.The opponents who encountered the blitz were not yet fully awake. We were not conservative with five backs. The two players on the wing were quite active and actively participated in the fight in the midfield.Yin Rirong's scramble today was not as fierce as the first round, and he felt like he was being cautious.Yue Yin analyzed before the game that he has received three yellow cards in total, and if he receives another yellow card today, he will be suspended for the next game.His defense will inevitably suffer as a result.Wu Wenda, who was in charge of organizing the offense, still hadn't gotten rid of the bad state of the previous game. Under Xuexue's defense, he was like sleepwalking. He made mistakes in several passes and completely became an offensive terminator.While we stabilized the front line, we used the mistakes of the foreign school to counterattack frequently. After several frontcourt conducts, Xuexue ran to the left side of the foreign school's penalty area and had a chance to have a wide view.But maybe he missed a good opportunity at the end of the last game. He lacked confidence in his footwork and didn't shoot at the first time, but wanted to continue dribbling close to the goal.Liu Chi took advantage of this opportunity to make up the defense in time, and it would be even more difficult for Xuexue to dunk him to complete the shot. His hasty kick was easily confiscated by the goalkeeper, and he could only hold his head in frustration.This is really an excellent scoring opportunity, Xuexue was too hesitant and lost the decisiveness when taking the penalty kick.

Although we failed to expand the score, everything is still under our deployment and control.The foreign school failed to find a chance to score for a long time, Shi Zhenhua was alone in the frontcourt, and Pu Yun couldn't find his form after the fall in the opening game.Taotao and Mu Zheng took turns attacking his defense zone. Although he tried desperately to defend, his whole body was visibly heavy, as if he had lost sleep all night, top-heavy.

He wants to win too much, Miller said to me on the bench, but his body can't keep up with his brain.While talking, he slowed down a few steps in the attack. Seeing that he couldn't catch the ball from Yin Rirong, but he was unwilling, so he threw his body out, trying to hook the ball that was about to roll out of the sideline with his toes. within bounds.However, the legs were not long enough, and the ball still missed, and the person fell heavily to the ground.He didn't even have time to slow down, he had to get up immediately and hurried back to his position to defend.A small piece of his face was scratched due to the fall at the beginning, and the red wound was smeared over and over again with salty sweat under the dazzling sun. Looking at it from a distance, it was really bitter.

There are no more than six or seven minutes until the end of the first half, and it seems that the overall situation has been settled.Under our impact, the foreign school was like a tired bull with three flower marks on its body, and its spirit was like a gossamer.As long as someone stabs the sharp sword again, the defending champion will collapse.The May sun is shining high, and it warms the earth.I took out the pair of gloves and looked at it quietly. The verse written by the marker pen has not faded, and it becomes more and more obvious in the breeze, like a fantasy of mine.

The referee blew the whistle and on the left side of our backcourt, they got a set-piece, but on the wing, far from the penalty area, Pu Yun couldn't shoot directly.Sure enough, he just came to the front of the penalty area and was about to grab a spot. At the same time, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands indiscriminately, and maybe he also encountered the salty pain of the wound.Wu Wenda kicked the ball, the quality was very bad, and Yuan Yikong pushed it out.The former barely got the ball again outside the penalty area. As a center, Shi Zhenhua pulled to the side, received a pass from Wu Wenda, and faced Xuexue with a cross.Xuexue interfered with the quality of his cross, and the ball was intercepted by Taotao.But Yin Rirong flashed out from behind unexpectedly, grabbed the ball, and seized the time to continue the pass.At this moment, under the glare of the sun, a tall shadow Yuren jumped up from it, like plucking onions from the dry land, found the shell delivered by Yin Rirong in the air, and simply and neatly completed a head hammer.

"Give me some energy! If you don't want to kick, fuck off!"

Liu Chi, who equalized the score, roared, without any celebration, directly fished the ball from our net and kicked it to the midfield.There are still two or three minutes before the end of the first half, and he is still fighting for time.His goal and roar immediately made the audience fall into silence, only all the players from other schools followed him closely and moved to their own half.

The bull still has a breath, its horns are still sharp, and it must not be careless.However, the advantage is still with us after all, it's just that we can't make mistakes in the future...

The long pass attack from another school came again.However, this ball was obviously too hard, and there was no threat. Senior Shuo Shi just took it off, or it didn't matter if it flew out of the baseline.Shi Zhenhua is trying his best to catch up, but the ball is about to hit the ground, and there is no possibility of catching it.

"Let it go! Let it go!" the coach shouted from the sidelines, prompting the goalkeeper to release the ball directly to the baseline.After all, the route of the ball is not within the range of the goal at all.

Sakushi-senpai who attacked did not stop his actions.The ball seemed to fall faster than expected, and instead of catching it with his hands, he was about to reach out and kick the ball out of bounds.However, the worst scene happened without warning. His leg did not touch the ball, but he was already thrown out due to inertia, and his thigh hit Shi Zhenhua head-on as he rushed into the penalty area.The referee's whistle sounded immediately, along with Liu Chi's shout.Everyone ran to the scene of the incident, and the law enforcement officers only glanced at it and signaled the medical staff on the sidelines to enter.

Our nightmare is back, it's a repeat of last year's friendly.The bull didn't die, it raised its horns and found the matador's soft belly.But what worries us more at this time is the injuries of the two players.However, according to the rules, no matter how worried we are, we can only stop in the area outside the stadium and wait and see.Not long after, both of them were pulled up.Shi Zhenhua was fine, he just patted himself on the waist.But the senior put his shoulders on the school doctor's body and was carried out of bounds step by step.Yuan Yikong and He Mingming made finger rotation gestures to the coach at the same time, which was a signal that the players could not persist and had to make a substitution.

"Why are you in a daze, go warm up!" The teacher who was an assistant coach pulled me to the side of the track.During the hasty stretching, I heard Liu Chi calling for the referee to show a red card. There were also some quarrels between the players on both sides, and there was even more noise in the stands.However, I had no intention to take care of all this. After I finished warming up, I put on those gloves and stood quietly on the sidelines.

"Ke Ke, Shi Zhenhua will definitely hit your right hand. He will always do this." Zhao Rui ran to my side and whispered in my ear.I nodded and ran into the arena under the signal of the referee.

Mom and Dad witnessed this scene of being ordered in danger.I found them in the stands before, and my sister's family also came.

"Jiangyuan No. 1 Squadron has a substitution, replacing No. 33 Zeng Shuoshi and replacing No. [-] Ke Peiwei. Thank you to our goalkeeper and hope he is safe." Yue Yin's voice was quite calm, as if he didn't want to end the game for me or get injured Any pressure from the seniors.

Once again, I faced Shi Zhenhua standing in front of the penalty spot.Everyone retreated outside the penalty area, and the stands became more restless before the whistle was blown, boos and whistles were heard endlessly.Ahua smiled slightly, as if encouraging me or challenging me.We seem to be back in the old days, practicing countless times day after day.My mother told me, and Zhao Rui reminded me just now, even if they didn't tell me, I still know where Ah Hua's penalty kick will go.

But people change.I have never been in such an important situation, standing in front of the goal as an opponent and playing one-on-one with Iowa, just like a bullfighter waving a red cloth to meet a bull in the Colosseum.It's just that I will not avoid the blood-stained horn, but catch it firmly.

The referee blew his whistle.Ahua started to run, and I didn't think about it any more, and rushed towards the direction I chose.

"Jiangyuan's foreign school team scored a goal. No. 9 Shi Zhenhua scored a goal, and the score was 1:2." Yue Yin had to report the reality that must be accepted.Shi Zhenhua didn't celebrate after scoring the goal, and he didn't look at me. He just turned around to accept the congratulations from his teammates.Everyone pulled me up and comforted me by saying that the ball went in close to the goal post, and the angle was too tricky, even if I guessed the direction correctly, it would be difficult to save.

I licked my lips helplessly, must have frowned.

I pounced on my left.

(End of this chapter)