Chapter 298 Big and Little Kings

"This……"

Mi Haolun looked at Jiang Yuan in amazement, stood there in a daze, and closed his mouth again after just opening it.

Li Yi's mouth was slightly open, his brows were slightly furrowed, and there was an indescribable strangeness in the expression he looked at Jiang Yuan.

Under the gaze of all the players in the locker room, Mi Haolun turned to Li Yi: "Brother Tie, I'm sorry..."

Then he sat back on the bench.

Jiang Yuan, who witnessed the whole process, acted as if nothing had happened. He picked up a bottle of mineral water, took a few sips, and then looked at Li Yi: "Well, I just think that Brother Haolun didn't say anything wrong. If he didn't say anything wrong, he shouldn't need to apologize, right?"

Gulu.

Li Yi's Adam's apple moved up and down, not knowing what to say.

"Hey, hey, well, everyone worked hard in today's competition, let's go back and rest!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Shubin hurried over and stopped Jiang Yuan and Li Yi in one step. "Don't just stand there. Put on your clothes quickly. Let's disband now. Those who want to go out and play can go out and play. Those who want to go back to the dormitory to rest can go back to the dormitory to rest. It's up to you all."

Li Shubin took Li Yi's hand and walked out of the locker room. Before leaving, he looked back at the players in the locker room and said, "You have all worked hard today. Remember to rest early. We will have a day off tomorrow!"

Having a day off after the group stage was supposed to be a very happy thing, but after Li Shubin gave the news today, the locker room was exceptionally quiet.

Everyone's eyes were either on Mi Haolun or Jiang Yuan. Finally, Mi Haolun looked at Jiang Yuan in the distance: "Brother Yuan, this..."

Jiang Yuan stood up and threw a bottle of blueberry-flavored Gatorade to Mi Haolun: "This tastes better than mineral water."

"Brother Yuan..."

"do not talk"

Jiang Yuan interrupted Mi Haolun who was speaking: "Today's loss was originally a joint problem of the players and the coach. You didn't say anything wrong, so why are you apologizing?"

"correct!"

Jiang Yuan took another bottle of Gatorade and walked over to hand it to Zhang Linpeng: "Brother Peng, do you think it is necessary to apologize for this?"

Zhang Linpeng took a deep breath and finally shook his head: "Well, there's no need to apologize..."

"Look, Brother Haolun, the captain also said there's no need to apologize."

Jiang Yuan looked at Mi Haolun and spread his hands: "Everyone thinks you didn't say anything wrong, so you didn't say anything wrong. What is there to apologize for?"

Jiang Yuan took off his jersey and changed into casual clothes: "Are any of you going back to the dormitory? Otherwise, don't go back yet, take a shower here, change your clothes, and I'll treat you to dinner."

"We're going to FOGO tonight to eat barbecue. Neymar recommended it to me. Order as much as you want. Raise your hand if you want to go!"

"I go!"

"I am coming too!"

"let's go!"

"Are you really treating everyone?"

Jiang Yuan looked at Zhang Yuning: "Hey, Brother Ning, you sound a bit disrespectful to me. I will definitely pay for the whole place!"

Jiang Yuan patted his chest and made the promise, and soon smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

Zhang Linpeng nodded: "Then let's go together, let's act together, Brother Yuan is treating us today anyway. By the way, Brother Yuan, I can eat a lot."

"Hey!"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands: "Brother Peng, do you look down on me too? There's no need for that!"

"Ha ha!"

……

新华社8月12日电(记者许国勋、梅兰兰）：奥运男足小组赛，中国国奥3：5负德国国奥，小组第二出线，1/4决赛将对阵葡萄牙国奥。

Guangming Daily front page headline: After defeating the German Olympic team, Li Yi said he would do his best in the knockout rounds.

Football Expert: Brazil beat Denmark 3-0, and they are ranked first in the group with 5 points. In addition, if Brazil and China both advance to the quarter-finals, they will meet in the semi-finals.

Betway: Against Portugal, the odds of China's Olympic team qualifying are 1:7.5
Hupu: The Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Australian men's basketball team and suffered a 4-game losing streak in the group stage. Star Yi Jianlian said that he needs to face up to the criticism from fans.

NetEase News: In the 200m group competition, Chinese athlete Xie Zhenye set a new season best of 20 seconds and successfully advanced to the semifinals.

……

In the evening, the players of the National Olympic Team had a barbecue dinner. They discussed going to the bar, but were stopped by Zhang Linpeng. In desperation, the players had to separate, those who wanted to go back to the dormitory went back to the dormitory, and those who wanted to go out went out to play.

As for Jiang Yuan, after careful consideration, he asked Li Yi out on WeChat. Due to safety issues, Jiang Yuan arranged for the two to chat in the Olympic Village.

The construction cost of this Olympic Village was very low, but because many projects were undertaken by sponsors, the entire Olympic Village looks quite grand from the outside.

"Brother Tie!"

Seeing Li Yi coming over, Jiang Yuan immediately walked over and stretched out his right hand to Li Yi. The latter did not hesitate and decisively grabbed Jiang Yuan's hand: "Um, Xiaoyuan..."

"Brother Tie, let's go for a walk first."

Jiang Yuan pointed to the glowing Olympic rings in the distance and said, "I haven't really been around the Olympic Village yet."

After that, Jiang Yuan and Li Yi walked side by side without any direction, and soon came to a convenience store. Jiang Yuan pointed at the vending machine at the door of the convenience store and looked at Li Yi next to him: "Brother Tie, what do you want to drink?"

Whoosh!

Li Yi blew his hair and then shook his head, but Jiang Yuan insisted that Li Yi choose a drink. In the end, Li Yi chose Coke, and Jiang Yuan also got a bottle for himself.

The price of cola in Brazil is similar to that in China, or even basically the same. However, the Olympic Village is sponsored. Jiang Yuan invested 2 riyals, and 2 bottles of 450ml cola popped out.

Jiang Yuan helped Li Yi unscrew the cap of the Coke bottle, and then handed it to Li Yi: "Well, Tie Ge, I think I need to... apologize to you for what happened this afternoon."

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't expect Jiang Yuan to be so direct, but he should have expected Jiang Yuan to apologize, so his expression quickly returned to normal: "I know, it's normal for you to be impulsive at your age, I can understand it, after all, I didn't take it to heart!"

"No no no!"

Jiang Yuan unscrewed the cap of the Coke bottle, but did not drink it: "Impulsive is impulsive, doing the wrong thing is doing the wrong thing, these are two different things. I should have communicated with you privately, not in the locker room. Tiege, I'm sorry!"

Jiang Yuan mistook Coke for beer and toasted Li Yi.

Li Yi pursed his lips after drinking the Coke and said, "Do you feel that the Coke in Brazil is a little sweeter than ours?"

"It seems a little bit, but all colas should be the same. Maybe we drank too much guarana before, so we think coke is sweet."

Jiang Yuan carefully looked at the coca cola in his hand. Except that the Chinese word was changed to Portuguese, there was no other difference. It should be a problem with the person, not the coca cola.

So, the two of them continued walking in the Olympic Village with Coke in their hands, and met athletes from many countries on the way. Although it was night, these athletes had good eyesight and immediately caught sight of Jiang Yuan walking with Li Yi, and came over to ask for WeChat.

"You are truly the star of this Olympics"

Li Yi joked, but Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes. "It's just that football is popular in Europe and America, it has nothing to do with me."

"Oh, by the way, we're playing against Portugal next week, I want to ask..."

Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped talking halfway and stood face to face with Li Yi.

Jiang Yuan had two purposes for asking Li Yi out for a walk this time.

The first purpose is of course to apologize. After all, going against the head coach in the locker room is not what a professional athlete should do.

Then he asked Li Yi about the next tactics. Although he apologized, if Li Yi still wanted Wu Xinghan to play as attacking midfielder, Jiang Yuan would definitely object.

If nothing else, the interests of the team should be put first.

"Liao Lisheng plays as attacking midfielder!"

Li Yi took another sip of the Coca-Cola in his hand: "I think what you said makes sense. You are the core and we should play around you. As for Wu Xinghan... I need to think about his position again. This guy is a bit strange. He can play in all positions, but he is not good at any one position in particular."

"really"

Jiang Yuan agreed with Li Yi's words: "I think Brother Han has not found the position that suits him best yet."

"But at his age, his skills are almost set, and it may be too late to change his position now."

After all, Li Yi has been the head coach of various teams, so he has a better understanding of the growth trajectory of players.

If it was Jiang Yuan, it would still be in time to change his position, but Wu Xinghan is now in his 20s, and it would be very risky to suddenly change his position at this time. According to observations from previous games, Wu Xinghan has the talent to play as a defender, but he has no experience playing as a defender. In fact, it has always been difficult to develop game experience.

Especially when switching from a striker to a defender, the difference between these two positions is huge. If you let Jiang Yuan play as a striker, he can be a starter in any Premier League giant, but if you let Jiang Yuan play as a defender, his awareness will at most support playing in the Championship.

"Um……"

Jiang Yuan nodded. After all, he was not Wu Xinghan, so he couldn't speak for him.

"But we can still give it a try and let Xinghan come on as a substitute or a defender. After all, he has the talent."

Li Yi already had a similar idea in his mind about the tactics for playing against the Portuguese Olympic team.

Speaking of Portugal, Jiang Yuan had a headache: "I give up, Portugal is really hard to deal with"

In this Olympics, the Portuguese Olympic team did not bring any particularly outstanding stars, but that is the problem. Almost every player in Portugal has excellent footwork.

China has always been very afraid of teams that like to pass and control the ball. The reason is simple, because China is not very good at passing and controlling the ball.

After hearing Jiang Yuan's words, Li Yi fell silent.

Portugal is indeed not easy to play against, but to be honest, no team in the knockout stage is easy to play against.

Germany and Portugal are both first in their respective groups, but Portugal's overall strength is weaker than Germany's. So...

It seems that the Chinese team also has hope!

……

At 9 o'clock in the evening, room 15 on the 1509th floor, this is the room of Taishan teammates Wu Xinghan and Wang Dalei.

At this time, Wu Xinghan was sitting cross-legged on his bed with his cell phone thrown aside, and he didn't look in a good mood.

"I'm really convinced. Tie Ge asked me to play as a front midfielder, and Yuan Ge asked me to play as a defender. I can't afford to offend either of them. What am I going to do? What the hell!"

"What else can we do?"

Wang Dalei leaned on the pillow and played with his phone: "Hao Lun has already demonstrated it to you."

"Ah? Hao Lun demonstrated to me. When did he demonstrate to me?"

Wu Xinghan frowned, not understanding what Wang Dalei meant.

"Hey!"

Wang Dalei put his phone aside and said, "What happened this afternoon is already very clear. Don't you understand it now? I guess you are the only one in the team who doesn't understand it. With your emotional intelligence, what else can I say?"

"No, what do you mean?"

Hearing what Wang Dalei said, Wu Xinghan got a little angry and picked up a pillow and threw it at him, but Wang Dalei slapped him back: "My brother Han, let me put it this way, who do you think is the big king and who is the little king in our team?" "This..."

Wang Dalei's question left Wu Xinghan speechless for a while. Then Wu Xinghan remembered what his Taishan teammate had said before, and finally reacted: "Damn... So Haolun did that?"

"You are so stupid!"

Looking at Wu Xinghan like this, Wang Dalei wanted to laugh.

"What the hell am I going to do? I'm out of luck now, right?"

Wu Xinghan's expression looked a little bad and his tone was a little flustered.

Wang Dalei imitated Wu Xinghan and crossed his legs while sitting on the bed: "I have a suggestion, do you want to hear it?"

"you say"

"No, unless you apologize for what happened before, when you played against Mexico, that was your problem, it had nothing to do with me."

"I'm..."

Wu Xinghan knocked his head: "You mean the lost ball, right? Isn't that matter over? Damn, you!"

"Forget it, I'm sorry, I didn't keep an eye on the Mexican players, okay!"

"okok!"

After receiving Wu Xinghan's apology, Wang Dalei felt relieved: "Well, my suggestion is that you go talk to Tie Ge in private and tell him that you want to play as a defender."

Wu Xinghan, who was originally sitting cross-legged, jumped up after hearing what Wang Dalei said: "What kind of nonsense is this suggestion? Isn't it clear that I stand for myself? Then Brother Tie will kill me, right?"

Wang Dalei hugged the pillow: "What can we do about it? Do you know why Brother Yuan confronted Brother Tie this afternoon? He just wanted to tell us who is the boss. The matter has been laid out in the open. If you go and talk to Brother Tie now, he will understand you."

hiss--

Wu Xinghan took a deep breath. What Wang Dalei said made no sense. Jiang Yuan could have talked to Li Yi in private, but he had to choose to do it in the locker room. His intention was too obvious.

Jiang Yuan just wanted to tell everyone, including Li Yi, that he was the boss and everyone should listen to him.

"No, no, no!"

Wu Xinghan shook his head: "Let me think about it first. Anyway, I have a day off tomorrow, so we can't rush this matter."

"What are you still thinking about?"

Wang Dalei sighed: "I'm telling you, if you play as a front midfielder again, Brother Yuan will be 200% angry with your stupid pass. Just imagine the consequences yourself."

……

The next day, Bolt invited Jiang Yuan to watch his 100-meter preliminaries. Jiang Yuan's ID was not enough to enter the 100-meter venue, so he still needed a ticket.

According to the rules of the Olympic Committee, if Jiang Yuan wanted to watch the game, he needed to apply for free tickets from the leader of the Chinese delegation. However, because Bolt was invited on short notice, it was too late to apply for free tickets that morning.

At the entrance of the Olympic Stadium, Jiang Yuan and Bolt looked at each other.

"Usain, how do we do this?"

Bolt looked at the athlete's ID in Jiang Yuan's hand and fell into deep thought: "Jiang, you are also competing in this venue, why can't you enter?"

“The dates are different!”

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes at Bolt and said, "Today is August 8th, and my pass is from August 13th. They are totally different!"

"This……"

Bolt rubbed his head and said: "Well, you wear our Jamaican team uniform and follow me. You pretend to be our team doctor and follow me in together!"

"I!???"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands to express his opposition to Bolt's idea, and the two of them stood at the door as punishment.

At this time, Su Bingtian came over: "Jiang Yuan, are you coming to compete today? Haven't you already advanced?"

"I want to watch the 100-meter race, but I don't have a ticket."

“It’s very simple”

Su Bingtian waited there for a while, and the logistics staff of the Chinese track and field team hurried over. Then Su Bingtian took out a jacket with the Chinese flag from the logistics backpack and handed it to Jiang Yuan.

"You pretend to be a team doctor and go in with us. If the inspection is not strict, remember to wear a mask."

This……

Jiang Yuan put on his clothes with a wry smile. The train of thought of these 100-meter athletes was exactly the same.

Just as Jiang Yuan was about to sneak in, Bolt's second guest, Neymar, arrived.

As soon as Neymar arrived, the problem was solved. As the host country's star, Neymar directly asked Jiang Yuan for a ticket at the front row of the stands, which solved all the problems.

"It's actually more exciting to sneak in with me, what do you think?"

Bolt looked at Jiang Yuan with a grin, causing the latter to roll his eyes: "Fuck you, your teammates have all gone in, why aren't you going in yet? The game will start soon."

"What's the big deal? Just watch carefully. I'll make a gesture for you before I cross the finish line."

As he spoke, Bolt adjusted his backpack and then walked into the venue.

……

"This is the fourth group of the men's 2016m preliminaries at the 100 Rio Olympics. The athletes are already in position on the field."

"The first lane is the French 9m champion, Vicaut, who ran a time of 84 this year."

"The third lane is last year's World Championship bronze medalist, Canadian rookie DeGrasse."

"Then in the fourth lane, there's Su Bingtian from Guangdong, China!"

In the camera, Su Bingtian was waving to the audience. His best time this year was just over 10 seconds, so it was still difficult for him to advance. There is no doubt that Su Bingtian was under great psychological pressure at this time.

After introducing all the athletes on the eight tracks, the director turned the camera to the stands. Jiang Yuan and Neymar were sitting together, each holding a bottle of guarana in their hands, which was sold from the vending machine at the door.

"Hey! Jiang Yuan and Neymar!"

The commentator recognized the two people at the first moment, and cheers broke out at the scene.

It is extremely rare to see the two biggest football stars in this Olympics in the same frame.

"Today we have the 100m preliminaries. Jiang Yuan and Neymar are here to watch. Yesterday, the Chinese and Brazilian Olympic teams advanced as second and first in their groups respectively. The knockout rounds for football will not begin for some time..."

"On your marks!"

When the sound rang out, the whole stadium fell silent. Jiang Yuan and Neymar watched intently the athletes who were preparing on the field.

Su Bingtian touched his hands and then squatted on the starting blocks.

"set!"

"boom!"

"At the start of the race, Su Bingtian had a very good start and he is still accelerating!"

"In the mid-race stage, De Grasse began to chase, and Su Bingtian was obviously a little weak in the latter part of the race, but his current ranking is very good."

“Cross the finish line!”

"10 seconds, third in the group!"

1. De Grasse CAN – 10.04s
2. Aska Cambridge JAP——10.11s
3. SU CHN 10.17s
After watching the whole process, Jiang Yuan's inner feeling can be summed up in two words.

What the hell!

It is said that the 100-meter race is the most popular track and field event. The viewing experience is really strong, especially for Jiang Yuan and Neymar, who were sitting in the first row watching. It felt like something suddenly jumped out.

Su Bingtian walked along the side of the stands, panting. Jiang Yuan called out, "Brother Tian, ​​what do you say?"

"I don't know yet! I may not be able to advance!"

The second in the group will definitely advance, but Su Bingtian is third in the group, so whether he can advance depends on the results of the next game.

"come on!"

Jiang Yuan gave Su Bingtian a thumbs up, and Neymar next to him patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder and said, "This SU is from your country, he's very fast. Well, I know you're very fast too."

"Stop joking!"

Jiang Yuan leaned back on his chair and said, "10 seconds, I will never be able to run this fast in my lifetime."

Jiang Yuan was telling the truth. For a football player, even a time of 10 seconds is already very impressive, let alone 17 seconds. At Jiang Yuan's current level, if he were to compete in this competition, he would be more than 11 meters behind Su Bingtian.

"Where's Usain? He should be here soon, right?"

Neymar stood up and looked into the distance. Bolt was chatting with Gatlin in the back, and both of them looked relaxed.

Soon, Bolt came on stage, and Jiang Yuan and Neymar applauded the world record holder.

In the camera, Bolt put his index finger in front of his mouth, signaling all the audience to be quiet.

If you want to be honest, it has to be Bolt. After he made the move, the whole audience fell silent.

"On your marks!"

When the voice sounded, Bolt knelt on the ground, pointed his index finger to the sky and prayed to God, then relaxed his shoulders and lowered his head.

coming soon!
"set!"

"..."

"boom!"

"At the start of the race, Bolt's starting reaction time was 0.158s, which was average. Now Bolt is in fourth place. At 40m, Bolt started to overtake and came in first place!"

"Bolt pulled away from the second place and started to slow down!"

"Wait, Bolt is pointing at the stands, what is he doing?"

"Oh, he is making hand gestures with Jiang Yuan and Neymar, haha! Bolt crossed the finish line in 10.07 seconds, slacking off for 10 meters in the last half, Bolt easily advanced to the semi-finals!"

The director's camera turned to Bolt, then Jiang Yuan and Neymar.

Jiang Yuan touched his nose.

Oh my god, when Bolt said he wanted to make hand gestures, Jiang Yuan thought he was joking.

Brother, this is the Olympics, you...

Never mind, awesome!
……

(End of this chapter)