World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 15 Surviving the First Round

Quancheng's first game on Saturday was held at the No. 1 training ground of the Taishan Training Base.

This is the venue where the Taishan reserve team plays the reserve team league. The turf is completely at the level of the Chinese Super League, and there is a stand on one side of the stadium.

Compared with the public football field where Quancheng trained on Saturday, the condition of the field is like the difference between diamonds and dirt.

Quancheng Saturday's team members stepped on this field like wild dogs having fun. The status displayed above their heads was all red, and they seemed to have endless energy.

No wonder, if a person eats green onion dipping sauce for a lifetime, and occasionally eats sea cucumber and abalone, can he not open his belly and burst into battle?

However, apart from the Quancheng Saturday players, there are only referees and staff of the organizing committee on the court, and their opponents have not appeared on the court.

Quancheng's opponent in the first round on Saturday is Qinggang Yuanhua.

In the amateur football circle of Shandong Province, this team can be regarded as a well-known strong team.There are many players in the team who have been eliminated from the professional team. They are very strong and are regarded as one of the favorite teams to win the championship in the Ludong Division.

Most of the applicants in the Ludong Division are amateur teams from the provincial capital or several nearby cities.Qinggang is nearly 400 kilometers away from the provincial capital. Running so far to participate in the competition itself shows that they are strong and confident.

30 minutes before the start of the game, Qinggang Yuanhua did not appear on the field.

Some sporadic fans in the stands, as well as coaches and players from other teams who came to watch the game, talked a lot.

"Qinggang Yuanhua is really a big name! The old strong team has a lot of background! It's the finale!"

"Quancheng is definitely not good on Saturdays. I came so early, and at first glance, it looks like a group of local leopards who have never seen the world. I have no confidence!"

There are still 20 minutes before the start of the game, and Qingdao Yuanhua has not played yet.

"Qinggang Yuanhua has determination! It is as immovable as a mountain! Strategically despise the opponent!"

"This is probably Qinggang Yuanhua's strategy to deliberately make Quancheng fearful and suspicious on Saturday! They are playing psychological warfare!"

There are still 10 minutes before the start of the game, and Qinggang Yuanhua has not played yet.

"Isn't this a little too big?"

"Don't worry, for a team that is absolutely crushing, it doesn't matter whether it's warmed up or not. Haven't you seen that the protagonists in the movies step on the stage at the moment of life and death? Maybe this is what they are after!"

It's game start time.Qinggang Yuanhua still doesn't even have a shadow.

"........."

The game time has exceeded 10 minutes, and Qinggang Yuanhua has not come yet.

"Is this nima on strike?!"

After 15 minutes of the scheduled game time, Qinggang Yuanhua never showed up.According to regulations, the organizing committee sentenced Qinggang Yuanhua to abstain.The score counts as 0:3!

Quancheng survived the first round without a fight on Saturday!
After the game, those who are in trouble ask the organizing committee what happened.

It turned out that the bus from Qinggang Yuanhua encountered a huge traffic jam after entering the provincial capital, and the drivers from other places were not familiar with the road conditions, so the whole team is still stuck on Jingshi Road!
Quancheng successfully advanced to the next round on Saturday due to the poor traffic conditions in the provincial capital!
The tournament system is played one day a day, and Gao Yuan learned his lesson in the second round and came here on a bicycle.but
At the gate, he was stopped.

The one who stopped him was an old acquaintance—Uncle Security!
Uncle Security still remembered Gao Yuan, "Yo, young man, you really joined the football team!"

"Hey, let's mess around in the amateur team!"

"I haven't seen you for a few days. I see that you have been hacked a lot, and you have grown a lot! It's been hard work in the team!"

During this period of time, Gao Yuan was not only a farmer leveling the field, but also a porter carrying equipment, which objectively played a fitness effect. Coupled with the battle of wits and courage with Lao Wang, his temperament was sublimated.

It seems that he has changed from a former nerd and good-for-nothing to a strong and tall young man.

"It's okay! I can't be idle every day!" Gao Yuan replied casually.

He really couldn't be idle every day before, but after grabbing Lao Wang's handle, he panicked every day.

"Which team are you from? Oh, Quancheng Saturday!" Uncle Security saw the team name on Gao Yuan's participation certificate.

"How are you playing?"

"Very good! I was promoted yesterday, and it was still a strong team that was eliminated!"

When Gao Yuan said this, his face was a little red. The promotion was a promotion, and it was indeed a strong team that was eliminated, but the game was not played at all.

Uncle Security now likes this persistent young man a little bit.

He has worked here for a long time and has seen too many young people coming in and out. There are players and club staff.Compared with them, the young man in front of him does not seem to be outstanding in all aspects, but just two short contacts can make people clearly feel his love and dedication to football.

This original intention has existed in many people but disappeared again. I hope this young man in front of me can keep this enthusiasm and persistence for a long time.

Uncle Security patted Gao Yuan on the shoulder and praised, "Kick it well! I wish you victory!"

Gao Yuan bared his teeth and smiled, not ashamed to answer.

Yesterday's promotion was pure luck, it's impossible for the same piece of shit to be stepped on a second time!
If this opponent abstains because of being late due to traffic jams, then everyone should stop playing football and go buy lottery tickets together and wait for the big prize!

The opponent in the second round was a local amateur team in the provincial capital, which was also considered a little famous in the eastern suburbs of the city, called the Eastern Suburb 87 League.

As the name suggests, the team was established in 1987 and has a longer history than the professional club Taishan.

The team has a long history and glorious traditions, among which, the strictest tradition is that their coaches and players have never changed since the establishment of the team!
All the team members have changed from young youths at the beginning of the team's establishment to middle-aged and elderly people in their 50s and [-]s.We have gone through wind and rain together and spent more than half of our lives together.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. The Eastern Suburb 87 United has always upheld their glorious tradition. The team has been working together for more than 30 years, and they are probably more familiar with each other than any other team in the world. They know where their teammates are on the court with their eyes closed.

They are as familiar with their teammates as they are with their own wives. Not to mention technical characteristics and running habits, they are also clear about who snores and farts when they sleep.

However, the disadvantages are also obvious. Years make people old. As a middle-aged and elderly football team, there are real shortcomings in physical fitness.Especially in recent years, this group of old arms and legs have become more and more ineffective. Coupled with the general calcium deficiency of middle-aged and elderly people, it is difficult for everyone to go upstairs, and it is even more difficult to play football.

The Eastern Suburb 87 United had just gone through a fierce battle yesterday. They failed to decide the winner within 90 minutes, and played another 30 minutes of overtime. Finally, they narrowly eliminated a university team through a penalty shootout.

如果放在3、4年前，东郊87联可以轻松秒杀这群小毛崽子。事实上他们前30分钟占据了绝对主动，2比0领先对手，但体能上的巨大劣势却在剩下的比赛时间里折磨着这帮老人。

At the end of the fight, the players took turns cramping, and two of them were so bad that they were almost sent to the hospital.

Gao Yuan stood on the sidelines of the court and watched, and saw that today's Eastern Suburb 87 League players were almost all down, and the physical status column was even more horrible, uneven, and none of them was full.

Today's game may still have fun!

(End of this chapter)