The stars are playing with the holes, the coaches shoot advertisements, the black whistle file cases, the newspaper sales are booming, the bold statements of reaching the quarterfinals, the longing for "Brazil's fallen dog" is to score a goal, win a game, and get three-pointers... In short, this is a season that makes people feel fluctuated. There is a crazy mood slowly growing in people's hearts, and the approaching World Cup makes everyone begin to feel restless.

Under such an environment, on May 18, the campus of Dalian University D, a northern Chinese city, welcomed fifteen universities from all over the country. They will compete for ten days here to determine the title of the National College Football League from 200 to 2002.

Zhang Jun picked up a can of iced tea in front of the vending machine and heard a noise not far away. He looked over and saw a very familiar tall figure.

The reporters surrounded him and were asking questions. He was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and wide shorts, and it seemed that he was caught by the reporters when he was strolling.

Li Yongle turned his head and was stunned for a moment because he also saw Zhang Jun wearing a baseball cap holding ice tea. Zhang Jun smiled at him, saying hello.

"Li Yongle, R University lost the championship last year. What are your goals this year?"

Li Yongle still just turned his head to look at Zhang Jun and said word by word: "I don't know what happened last year, but this year's champion must be our R-Grand!"

"Are you a challenge book?" After all the reporters left, Zhang Jun and Li Yongle found an inconspicuous corner to sit down. Zhang Jun threw a can of iced tea to Li Yongle.

"Bang!" Li Yongle pulled open the pull ring of the can, and rushed into the second place. "The high school league is indeed out of touch with the university league... No one can recognize the number one scorer in the country in high school, hehe!"

Zhang Jun raised his lowered hat brim: "You have been poached by the professional team. After graduation, we are the only fools who are still in college. You are in the capital of Beijing and will naturally attract attention. But this is also good. It's not fun to attract attention as soon as you start. I want to give them a surprise!" Zhang Jun said as he looked at the crowd coming and going in the hall.

"Is Sophie okay?"

Zhang Junliangliang had his left wrist with a bracelet made by Sophie before leaving.

Li Yongle looked carefully: "Tsk tsk! Apart from envy, I am still envious! We have not yet gotten rid of poverty, you have already achieved a well-off life!"

"Strange, you are so tall and handsome, will you not have a girlfriend?"

"Hey! I don't consider the love between children before I defeat you..."

"Huh? You haven't lost the game between us in three years in high school. Every time you seem to be a draw..."

"But I didn't win either!"

"Oh! Let's do this, I will lose to you this time, let's find a girlfriend, right?" Zhang Jun joked.

"No!" Unexpectedly, Li Yongle suddenly raised his voice, causing everyone around to look at this side. Li Yongle lowered his voice and said, "I want you to do your best, and then I will do my best, so that I can only be satisfied if I defeat you in this way!"

Zhang Jun looked at Li Yongle's serious eyes and remembered the smile after seeing Ren Yudi being seen through by Li Yongle during the Spring Festival - the helplessness of giving up football, the pain that his body could not bear, and the unwillingness to leave nine times... "He is fighting today with tomorrow." As Ren Yudi's teammate for three years, what he had not seen made an opponent tell in one word. Similarly, as Li Yongle's opponent, he rarely considers his opponent's feelings. Such an opponent is not just as simple as "defeating you", right?

Zhang Jun drank the iced tea in the jar, stood up and looked at Li Yongle.

"Have you seen the schedule? After qualifying in the group, we will meet in the semi-finals in just one game. Let me first declare: Our goal this year is also a national champion!"

Li Yongle smiled: "If I lose, I will win the national championship on my behalf. If you lose, I will do the same!"

This is a college student's own football day and a battlefield between two people.

As the runner-up of the last year, the champion of the North District final, the number one favorite to win the championship. He won all three games in the group stage, scoring 15 goals, conceded only two goals, and was the first to qualify from the group stage. Li Yongle shone brightly in every game, and he showed people the concept of "all-round midfield". Because of his outstanding performance in the qualifiers, he has attracted the attention of his opponents. Therefore, in order to attack his opponent more effectively, Bai Hongfei did not fix Li Yongle in his original midfield position, but allowed him to move freely, give full play to his physical fitness and stable defense.

Jian, with accurate passes and decisive attacks, he has his own shadow in almost every place in the penalty area of ​​the opponent, and he is a real "free man". Bai Hongfei also officially established Li Yongle's core position and required that offense and defense be around him. Logically speaking, as long as he looks at the core of the people, R will not work well, but based on the average running 13 kilometers per game of Li Yongle, which is an amazing record among college students, the person who can keep up with his opponents has not been born yet.

If R Da has such excellent performance because they are traditional strong teams and are not very news, then the performance of U Da who has reached the national finals for the first time can be called "sensational explosive".

In the first group match, facing C Grand Prix from the West District, Zhang Jun gave the team that vowed to win the championship at the beginning. In the 5th minute, he received a wonderful pass from Zhu Hui in the penalty area, ran out of the room, and then shot. The football penetrated the crotch of the unexpected goalkeeper and led 1:0!

Just when many people thought the ball was a lucky shot, Yang Pan then made a huge heavy artillery from 25 meters away completely shattering the hope of C's equalization. This kick made the entire stadium silent goal appear in the 35th minute of the first half. When the ball entered, the goalkeeper stood there without any statement. 2:0! U's expanded its lead.

In the second half, the U-Grand still penetrated the ball in the middle, and the opponent was breathless by flying together on the side. In the 67th minute, Zhang Jun once again showed his killer nature. He received a cross from Yang Pan after breaking through at the front point, and a powerful header was drawn out of the sheath. A flash of cold light, and the football entered the net. 3:0! Zhang Jun scored twice, a very typical Zhang Yang-style cooperation.

The 3:0 score made many viewers excited, but everything was not over yet. Zhang Jun continued his performance. In the 73rd minute, Yang Pan forced a breakthrough on the right and then made a powerful cross. The ball flew to the back point. Zhang Fan, who seemed to be ignored, jumped high in the crowd. Just when the goalkeeper thought he was going to attack, he pointed the ball into the middle. Zhu Hui was very smart and Zhang Jun broke in. He shot hard with a powerful shot with a bow, and hit the ball into the upper corner of the goal. All the C players could only look around him and sigh. 4:0! Zhang Jun completed his first hat trick in this national finals!

In the remaining time, C Da completely collapsed. In the 80th minute, Zhang Fan scored his first national finals goal with the rioters. He, a "half forward and half guard" person, was quite alternative on the court, but very practical, with one assist and one goal, which was already perfect.

In the injury stoppage time, U Da had the opportunity to expand the score, but Yang Pan's shot on the corner of the penalty area was desperately absent from the goalkeeper. The captain Xie Yun, who was shooting the ball missed.

However, the 5:0 score is enough to make any U player happy for a long time. Before the game, he was rated as the dark horse in this competition. U big does not disappoint everyone's expectations and shows people what a "dark horse is": it is black to the end, and it is completely black.

In the next two group matches, Zhao Yu both replaced Zhang Jun and other major players in the second half, allowing substitutes to come on the bench to exercise. Even so, they still beat their opponents every game, from 4:0 to 7:2, and some people exclaimed, "U is crazy!" They also became the favorites to win the championship, and no one dared to underestimate this fledgling team anymore.

Winning in all three games, scoring 16 goals, conceding 2 goals, U Big qualifies from Group D, and their popularity even surpassed the number one favorite R Big. But Zhao Yu was not as pleased with a little result. Before qualifying, he saw from the schedule that General R was the biggest stumbling block on his team's championship. Both sides are the first in their group. In this way, according to the principle of A1 vs D2, A2 vs D1, B1 vs C2, and B2 vs C1, the two teams will definitely meet in the semi-finals. Therefore, he has bet from the beginning.

I want to collect information about R. The most outstanding player in R. University is naturally their midfield core. Li Yongle, No. 10, in the first grade. Zhao Yu knew when he was studying Zhang Jun and Yang Pan's past. This Li Yongle was the person who fought against Zhang Jun in high school. He fought with Zhang and Yang for three years on his own. His strength cannot be underestimated. Especially the coach of R. University has brought Li Yongle's role to the extreme. Many teams failed to succeed if they wanted to curb him. U.N. is a team that is stronger than defense. Can he succeed?

While Zhao Yu was still worried about how to curb Li Yongle, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan were drinking and chatting with each other in a small restaurant with the core figures of the opponent.

"I heard that you kid is very rampant recently! One hat trick, two braces, and they are currently ranked first in the scorer list!" Li Yongle looked serious, "So, you have paid for today's meal money!"

"Come on!" Zhang Jun waved his hand, "Our coach has been studying you crazy since the first group match, thinking about how to curb your pervert! Therefore, you have to treat this meal! Our coach claims to be invincible in the East District. You are the only one who makes him so troubled. What an honor!"

"No! No! If we compare the rules, the coach you mentioned will also be worried about how to curb you. What you said is not true. You should pay the money!"

"Where is it! Even if we can adjust, the coach of R University will also have to worry about how to stop you. So, no matter where you go, the outcome will be the same: Pay the bill quickly! We finally had half a day off in the afternoon, and it was not worth spending here, right, Yang Pan?"

Yang Pan sat against the window, slowly sucking the juice in the cup, and by the way, the two "nemesis" were tit-for-tat to relieve their boredom. When Zhang Jun called him, he glanced at the two of them, thinking that fortunately they did not come out in their respective schools' representative uniforms, otherwise the fastest news circulating tomorrow's D University would definitely be: "The core of R and the ace of U, fought for a 35 yuan lunch payment problem, and finally alarmed 110. The 110 patrol police arrived in time to stop the fight. Jiang and the others took them back to the police station..." Yunyun.

He turned his eyes to the sunny street outside the window again. There were so many beauties in Dalian...

"Huh? It's so strange." Yang Pan said, "In the past, as long as someone was present, you two were always competing to pay the bill. What's wrong with you today?"

In the end, the meal was still in the AA system. Some people firmly disagree with the AA system before the meal, thinking that my friend has been missing for a long time and the AA system seems too emotional. But when paying the bills in the end, I wish I could count all the N digits after the decimal point obtained by dividing 35 by 3, so as to show that I have never taken any advantage. The two contradictory words "AA system hurts feelings" and "brothers settle accounts clearly" have become so harmonious and perfect in someone's mouth.

The three of them wandered around the streets near D University and came to Dalian for several days. They were busy with competitions and training every day and didn't have much time to go out for a walk. Therefore, the three people who were not familiar with Dalian could only circle around D University, as if they would get lost if they took one more step.

The conversations of the three were mainly focused on the semi-finals in a few days, although they all had to face a quarter-finals.

"Seriously, you said your coach has been trying to stop us. Have you come up with any way?" Li Yongle asked the two of them.

"No." Both of them shook their heads at the same time.

"Oh?" Li Yongle raised his eyebrows, "I'm not that difficult to deal with, right? Then you have a way?"

"No." He shook his head at the same time.

"Think carefully and think about it for three years, we never seem to have thought about how to stop you!" Zhang Jun looked at the blue sky.

Yang Pan continued: "And we defeated you with a total score of 2:1..."

Li Yongle shook his head: "Correction is not a victory, but a temporary lead!"

"Take face!" Yang Pan muttered in his heart.

"In this national finals, I will tie the score at 2:2, wait and see!" Li Yongle said with great confidence.

"Dream!" Zhang Jun and Yang Pan said in unison again.

"Hehe! You two... no wonder they have such a tacit understanding!" Li Yongle smiled helplessly.

"Correction, we should be expanding the score and performing a hat trick!" Yang Pan responded to Li Yong's previous sentence.

"Haha!" Li Yong smiled and said, "I think it's completely meaningless to talk nonsense here. Nothing is useful now. You can only know everything after you get on the stage."

"Yes, football is kicked with feet, not by mouth."

"Then we will talk with our feet then?"

This time, the three people reached a consensus, so they began to look forward to the semi-finals three days later.
Chapter completed!