Chapter 41 - Let’s Play a Game (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

*Beep! Beep! Beep!*

The benched substitutes of Kai Ta High and the coaches rushed into the stadium to celebrate their first national championship. The hero of the game, Zhang Jun, who scored two goals in a single game was raised by his teammates and thrown into the air.

3: 1! Kai Ta’s first participation brought them to victory and it made people surprised but convinced that they won the National Middle School Soccer Championship.

Everyone was in tears, sweat and laughter.

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“Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole! We are the champs! Ole! Ole…”

Their cheers were loud and everyone enjoyed the moment to their hearts’ content.

“For victory! For the championship! Cheers!”

“Cheers!”

Truth be told, middle school students were not allowed to drink alcohol. However, because they won the national championship, everyone was very excited. The coaches and teachers agreed that everyone would celebrate by drinking, but it was only limited to that evening.

A few of them were already knocked out after drinking and thus, could not even sing during the karaoke session.

Zhang Jun was drunk. He looked at three of his friends and shouted, “We have to play in high… In high school we will be together… together! Together playing… soccer! We have to play in the…. High School Soccer National Championship! Ha!”

“C-Crazy!” Yuan Gang slurred. “National… Championship! Is that… is that just for simple games? Huh?”

“Hehehe!” Yang Pan and Liu Peng were laughing foolishly in a corner.

“I… don’t care! Come! We… we shall sing!” Zhang Jun picked up the microphones. He gave one to Yuan Gang and kept another for himself.

“…Friends will walk together! There won’t be a single word again in those days! A lifetime! A lifetime! A cup of wine!”

“…Friends will never go through it alone! A friend will understand! There’s hurt! There’s pain! We still have to walk! There’s me…”

With no music playing, there were only four teenagers screaming their lungs out. Their voices rang through the speakers, traveling out of the house and into the far away night sky.

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This time, there were not only screams, there was a lot of admonishment from the female viewers as well. The audience was extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Jun’s behavior. When Zhang Jun received the ball and finally got the first move at the start of the game, he raised his leg and passed the ball to Liu Peng who was beside him instead!

Liu Peng only had a glimpse before he launched the ball with a big kick to the front, where Yuan Gang was waiting.

The moment Yuan Gang received the ball, he rushed towards Shu Guang’s goalpost. Shu Guang in the meantime had only four defenders within a range of 30 m. It was the best time to attack Shu Guang’s team, which was already feeling pressured. If Liang Ke had not been allowed to move forward and assist the defenders before the game, it was possible that there might have been only two middle defenders. However, Zhang Jun just passed the ball directly to Liu Peng, who was on the other side! This caused Shu Guang the inability to defend in time.

Wang Ning and Li Hao were desperately chasing Yuan Gang, who was having the ball. Just as they caught up to him, he suddenly made a passing kick!

Zhang Jun who was in front along with the defenders charged forward, caught the ball and went into the penalty area!

As soon as An Ke received the ball, he rushed out of the goal without any hesitation. He had the time to launch an attack and he would not make any mistakes.

Zhang Jun saw how An Ke rushed to his front and saved the ball from the bottom line; it was from a corner kick.

At this moment, Zhang Jun was still foolishly standing near Kai Ta’s penalty area. Besides him, all the other players had returned to their restricted area to help with the defense. The match had been going on for 34 minutes. They could still maintain a draw as the defense line had been playing well. They could not leave any openings for a goal now. They would just have to let them lead at the end of the first half, but they received a big blow to their morale.

No matter what it was, they could not lose the ball until the end of the first half.

An Ke pulled his gloves up by habit. He was ready to serve the corner kick.

Yuan Gang took the ball from that corner kick.

Zhang Yi stole the ball by leaping in front of Lin Xiaofang and the soccer ball flew to the far corner of the goal.

An Ke then flew to hit the ball out. But, it did not fall.

Liu Peng rushed towards the ball.

Li Jieguang was desperately trying to pull him away, but at 188 cm and 85 kg, Liu Peng was like a huge mountain to him.

An Ke’s second reaction was fast; he jumped from the ground and bolted towards the ball.

Two people speedily dashed about 100 m to the goal.

A muffled sound rang and those two bumped into each other.

What about the ball?

Everyone was on the line.

And in the next moment, the ball lay quietly in the goal.

At that point, no one knew if it hit the goalkeeper or if it was kicked. Everyone turned their attention to the referee.

The referee did not raise a flag to indicate a foul followed by an immediate whistle. Instead, he pointed at the middle area.

Goal!

Liu Peng took his feet away from An Ke, yelling as he ran to Yuan Gang from the corner flag. There was a group of ecstatic teammates behind them.

“Dammit! Blast it to hell!” An Ke was hitting the ground. At that time, he saw Liu Peng’s thigh and soccer ball appear in front of him. Liu Peng’s knee averted his eyes away, his reflexes cracked his head and his sight was deviated from the ball. Then, when the two bumped into each other, the ball went in.

Shu Guang’s team was in a daze. They thought it would be impossible to lose the ball yet, they lost it.

Zhang Jun was also standing there like a fool. The only indication that he was not a scarecrow was that he turned his attention to the scoreboard.