I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 12 The Heart of a Champion
The tense training match lasted until 06:30 in the evening. From April to July in the local competition, Hachioji High School’s Division A will play six rounds in total. May and June are single-month double matches, and late April and early July are In the preliminary round and the final round, the teams that can make it to the final round and win will be eligible to participate in the winter national competition in the third semester, which is the top 48 round.

Fujii rode a bicycle, returned home, after dinner, picked up a paintbrush in his room, and made up the chainsaw man manga that should be completed today. He would have to draw six or seven pages a night. For him with LV3 painting skills , is simpler than playing football.

On the other side, Qiyuan dragged his tired body and parked the Honda motorcycle he had bought with hard work in the alley behind his shop and locked it. Three generations of his family have been in the seafood business, and they have close contacts with some fishermen near Tokyo. , you can always get some good-quality seafood at a low price, and your living standard can be regarded as a little rich.

"I am back."

Enter from the back door of the store, climb up the sloping and narrow stairs to the second floor, the seafood store is sold out at [-]:[-] p.m.

"Tatsuya, mom saved you your favorite octopus today, and made it into takoyaki for you to eat."

The well-built and handsome Qiyuan's mother enthusiastically took the schoolbag for him, and Qiyuan answered a few times impatiently. During the game yesterday afternoon, his mother yelled too loudly, which made him feel a little ashamed.

"I think your team should be able to play until June this year. That handsome kid looks a bit like Kaka! In the end, he ran for a long distance. The opponent couldn't catch up at all, and he couldn't stop him if he caught up. Last year, he was five We lost in the third round at the end of the month, but this time we are much stronger, with luck, we might be able to reach the final.”

Xiyuan's father, who was sitting on the tatami in the living room, was a senior fan, and his analysis was logical. He didn't notice that Qiyuan's face became more and more ugly after hearing his praise of Fujii.

"I ate it at school, let's eat it."

Qiyuan glanced at the takoyaki on the table, swallowed, turned face down, rushed to his room, and closed the door tightly.

Fujii tree!It's Fujii tree again!Why does he like to steal other people's limelight so much, and steal my limelight!
Qi Yuan buried his head on the single bed in the room, smelling the quilt that had been basked in the fresh sunshine, thinking a little depressed, he turned over like a fish, the walls of the small bedroom were covered with posters of football stars, there were C Luo's domineering and celebrating back, Messi's agile figure, the leg muscles of the god of war Batistuta volleying vigorously, the red hurricane that Caniggia set off in Rome, Italy, and his favorite A picture of AC Milan star Kaka striding forward with the ball.

"Why, he looks so much like Kaka! My Kaka, my idol, shouldn't be like him."

Qi Yuan spoke his mind. Ever since Fujii Ki scored the last goal alone in yesterday's game, he has been entangled and depressed.

Moreover, he actually kicked up the front midfielder, taking the same position as Kaka.

What made him break the defense the most was the arrangement of coach Shen Jing in the afternoon. If he was not the only one in the team who was suitable as a center forward, he would have long wanted to play as a midfielder and become the core of the offense.

Qi Yuan was depressed and depressed, he still had to go to school the next day, and still had to face Fujii who had become the core of the team.

In the training match in the afternoon, Coach Shen Jing deliberately made Fujii and Qi Yuan cooperate, always putting them together.

After receiving the football from the midfield, Fujii threw away the central defender Nagahama who was marking him. Although Qi Yuan didn't want to see him, he didn't dare to think carefully during training, and cooperated with him to attract a defender. Player, Konishi Yoshinaga who pulls the ball will be offside when he catches the ball.

Fujii thinks in a blink of an eye. As a midfielder, he can't just rush and shoot like before. He is the core and brain of the frontcourt attack. He must not only have skills and body, but also learn to play with intelligence.

Central defender Nagahama chased after him. His acceleration was not slow, but he turned slowly like Maguire. Isn't the power of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier quite strong?

He stopped thinking, and rushed into the defensive crowd. In order to make it more difficult for them, Coach Fukai only let them play half-court. The three of them plus Captain Nakamura and Fujii Ki, who was at the same time as Arimura Nakaji, made a total of five single-handed central defenders. The eight defenders and defensive midfielders led by Changbin almost had no place to stand.

The charging Fujii made the confronting defender mobilize three players to intercept, and with Nagahama chasing behind, half of the troops were attracted. Fujii would be surrounded and kicked forward, unexpectedly passing the ball to the hard-working Qi Yuan was a few steps away.

"Look at people, don't watch football! Watch people! How many times have I said this! Pay attention to their positions!"

The bad-tempered coach Shen Jing is cursing off the court, and he will surround him with the ball. Just play a long pass and go straight to the goal like now, past your defense line.

Qiyuan ran a few times to get the ball, and he was still a few meters away from the nearest defender. He looked up at the direction and distance of the goal, 18 meters outside the penalty area, and shot with all his strength.

Ryunosuke, who was in charge of goalkeeping, had long lost confidence in the defenders. He was always paying attention to the situation on the field. When he saw Qiyuan kicking up, flying to save, and blocking the long shot from the door, he quickly got up and squeezed his fists, as if It was to encourage and cheer for my performance just now.

The ball was controlled by the defender, and the attack ended in failure. Coach Shen Jing blew his whistle, stepped forward and stretched out his index finger, criticizing each one by name.

"You, and you, ten laps, right now!"

Coach Shenjing pointed to the two guards who had blindly stepped forward to surround Fujiiki just now, and gave serious orders, and when he turned half a circle, he pointed to Qiyuan who pretended to be nonchalant.

"It's the same for you, Qiyuan! If you can't grasp the opportunity, double it! Twenty laps!"

"Coach, I..."

Qi Yuan still wanted to defend himself, but Captain Nakamura grabbed him and took him to run around the field.

"Damn, boy! He's on fire."

Captain Nakamura walked away before opening his mouth, Qi Yuan nodded his thanks to him, and then glanced at Coach Fukai who was chatting and laughing while patting Fujii on the shoulder in the crowd, the difference in treatment must be too great.

"Fujii, your pass just now was very good. You reserved room for that idiot Qiyuan to adjust his feet in advance. If you pass like this next time, he won't dare to waste the opportunity you gave him."

Coach Shen Jing gave a few words of advice, raised his wrist to look at his watch, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, and the lights on the side of the football field were fully turned on, and it was time to end today's training.

After Qi Yuan and the others finished running, all the members of the school team lined up, and for the first time, Coach Shen Jing did not immediately announce the disbandment, but spoke.

"Everyone has worked hard. This year is my fourth year of coaching Hachioji High School. It is also the year I have the best opportunity to lead everyone to the national competition. I usually speak a little harshly. I hope everyone can understand, because when I was a player, I always I have a heart longing for the championship, so I also have such expectations for everyone.”

Coach Shenjing bowed and continued.

"The champion of District A of the Tokyo Regional Competition, I am confident, do you have any?"

"Have!"

Everyone in the school team spoke in unison, echoing in the empty football field for a long time.

(End of this chapter)