Then comes the knockout round, where eight teams from two campuses compete in a random order and finally the champion is decided.
Every year, starting with the knockout rounds, the games are held on the Jiaotong University football field.
Although it has the advantage of being a member of the same school, the performance of the Jiaotong University team is not ideal every year.
Jiaotong University started organizing football matches in 1995. It did not have a branch before 2000, but since Jiangling College became an independent school in 2000, it has held a total of five football matches. The top two places every year are occupied by the science and engineering departments of Jiangling College, among which engineering and computer majors have always been strong.
Xu Xiuwen remembered that his best result at Jiaotong University in his previous life was third place, which was during his freshman year.
But this year, our school couldn’t even make it to the semi-finals.
This is not difficult to understand. The students of Jiaotong University are all top students in high school. They have good brains but generally average physical fitness. Even among those with good physical fitness, not many of them can play football.
So, if you want to win the championship, as long as you can beat computer science and engineering, there will be almost no problem.
The competition starts on November 24th.
Before the competition, Yang Baishan called four fellow townsmen from Chengdu, and Dong Jun also called three boys from the other three majors of the Department of Plumbing. Together with the two boys from Dormitory 412 and Dong Jun's dormitory, a total of fifteen people, practiced many times.
Yang Baishan’s fellow townsmen from Chengdu are very strong. Including Yang Baishan, there are five of them in total, with superb footwork and good coordination.
Except for Shi Xiangming who had never played football, everyone else had played football to some extent. In addition, a boy in Dong Jun's dormitory had been a goalkeeper before and had saved several shots during training.
It can be said that the training process went very smoothly and everyone was proud and confident.
Lian Dongjun couldn't help but say after watching it: "It seems that our Department of Plumbing will shock everyone this year! When we win the championship, the counselor will definitely praise us!"
Chapter 145 Hat Trick
And so, on November 24, the 2005 Jiaotong University football match officially began.
There are a total of seventeen teams registered for the Jiangling College football match.
In the first round, the previous champion Civil Engineering Department of the Engineering Department had a bye, and the other sixteen teams drew lots to compete.
In the second round, one team was still drawn as a bye, and the remaining eight teams competed against each other again.
In the third round, there were five teams in total, and one team drew a bye and advanced directly.
The remaining four teams will compete in pairs first. The winners will advance, and the two losing teams will play an extra round. The winner will become the fourth seed of Jiangling College.
The game schedule is two games every two hours, two games in the morning and two games in the afternoon every day.
On the afternoon of November 23, Dong Jun received the notice, and Xu Xiuwen and others also knew their opponents in the first round, the Chinese Department.
After knowing that their opponent was from the Chinese Department, Xu Xiuwen and the others all laughed.
The Chinese Department is a liberal arts department with more girls than boys, so naturally such a department cannot be very strong.
What Xu Xiuwen and his team are most worried about is meeting computer majors in the first round. It’s not that they are afraid of computer majors, but it would be meaningless to eliminate them directly if they meet them in the first round. It would be better to wait until the crucial round, and when the computer majors are full of confidence, give them a blow and eliminate them. How cool that would be.
The first game according to the software information is the second game on the afternoon of November 24th, starting at 3 o'clock.
Xu Xiuwen and his friends did not watch the two games in the morning and the first game in the afternoon, nor did they care.
They have been seizing all the time to practice and work together. For example, several of Yang Baishan's fellow Chengdu people were on the school team in high school and this time they all played in the front court, so they practiced cooperation.
The others, including Jin Haonan, had played football before, but not for several years, so they were all practicing passing and dribbling, mainly passing.
Xu Xiuwen still practiced passing and dribbling with Jin Haonan and the others.
Xu Xiuwen hasn't played football for a long time. In his previous life, he hadn't touched a football for more than ten years. After his rebirth, he also hadn't played football in this body for a long time.
However, the reborn body has been strengthened by mysterious power, and its reaction, agility, strength and endurance are far beyond those of ordinary people.
So after Xu Xiuwen touched the ball, he was like a veteran, dribbling skillfully, passing the ball accurately, and shooting with great power, and his performance was extremely outstanding.
Yang Baishan couldn't help but praise him: "I can rest assured that he will take care of the midfield!"
Before the game started, Xu Xiuwen and his teammates changed into the team uniforms that had been prepared in advance. They couldn't really be called team uniforms, as they were just a set of jerseys that they bought with the same style and color, but with different numbers.
Yang Baishan chose the number 1, and several of his fellow villagers from Chengdu chose numbers 2345. The others wore a mix of numbers, including 24 and 58.
Xu Xiuwen's jersey number is 0.
He likes this number, 0 represents nothing, but it is also the starting point.
Xu Xiuwen believes that he is in this state after his rebirth and has never made any effort towards it.
His life was the same, starting from scratch.
Before the competition started, all the boys from the software information major and the boys from the other three majors came, although there were no more than ten people in total.
Dong Jun said to everyone, "Play well. You represent more than just our Department of Plumbing. When we win the game, I'll treat you to a meal tonight. There will be plenty of drinks and food."
Yang Baishan laughed loudly: "Don't worry, squad leader, we will definitely win this game!"
Soon, the competition was about to begin and everyone came on stage one after another.
Xu Xiuwen stood in the midfield because he was fast, had a good feel for the ball, and could pass the ball accurately.
Everyone stood in a 4123 formation. After the serve, Yang Baishan and his fellow villagers quickly began to press.
Students from the Chinese Department were not good at football to begin with, and Yang Baishan and his friends fought too aggressively, so they quickly lost the ball.
As the center forward, Yang Baishan took the lead and ran in front. After receiving the pass from fellow villager No. 3, he made a beautiful volley at a 45-degree position on the right side of the goal, scoring the first goal and taking a point.
Yang Baishan, who had a good start, patted his chest excitedly and cried out.
Immediately after that, the opponent served the ball. The white ball was passed back and forth among several Chinese Department students. After passing it for a long time, it failed to break through the midfield. Instead, it was forced by Yang Baishan, causing the opponent to make a mistake.
The ball was intercepted by him again.
After Yang Baishan gained possession of the ball, he quickly passed it to his teammate, then rushed towards the opponent's goal with another forward, and the three of them made a wonderful cooperation in front of the goal.
“Swish!”
The ball goes into the net again!
Yang Baishan made another volley and scored another point!
It was already 2:0, but the game had only started for less than five minutes.
The goalkeeper of the Chinese Department was very tall, about 1.8 meters, and at this moment his face looked as ugly as if he had eaten bitter gourd.
The expressions of other Chinese major students were also very ugly.
Everyone was stunned and lost all confidence.
On the other hand, in the Department of Plumbing, both the players on the court and Dong Jun and others off the court were all very excited.
Dong Jun even hugged his roommate and yelled.
He was more excited than the players on the field.
The students from the Chinese Department served again, but by this time they had lost confidence and thought this was a game they couldn't win.
There were fewer people running on the court, and their speed slowed down. The word "negativity" was written on everyone's face.
The ball was passed back and forth among the Chinese Department students, but it never made it across half court.
Yang Baishan seized the opportunity, rushed out from behind a student, completed the steal again, and then took the lead and rushed towards the goal.
He was extremely fast and passed three Chinese major students in a row.
Come to the 45-degree position on the right side of the goal again.
“Swish!”
The ball went into the net again.
Yang Baishan completed a hat trick within ten minutes of the start!
One man scored three goals!
"Wow! Awesome!"
"Yang Baishan is awesome!"
“The plumbing department is awesome!”
Dong Jun and other boys in the stands were shouting and cheering. Although there were not many people, the noise was quite loud.
Yang Baishan on the court was also very excited. After yelling loudly, he even took the initiative to make faces at the student guarding the goal.
However, faced with this mocking attitude, the goalkeeper remained indifferent.
He was lying stupidly on the grass, his eyes dazed, having been kicked unconscious.
Yang Baishan ran back and high-fived his teammates one by one.
The students of the Plumbing Department in the backcourt had not touched the ball yet, but the victory and honor were collective, and everyone was very excited.
Only Xu Xiuwen remained calm. He quickly said to Yang Baishan, "Old Yang, calm down. We said before the game that we must not win by a large margin. You are already conspicuous enough now."
Yang Baishan did not feel disappointed by Xu Xiuwen's words. He did not forget that his biggest enemy was the computer major.
He nodded and said, "Don't worry, Xiuwen, I won't shoot next time, let's drag it out until the end."
The game after that.
Yang Baishan did as he said. He no longer shot, but would occasionally fight for the ball and then deliberately make mistakes to pass the ball to the Chinese Department.
The Chinese Department had lost confidence after conceding three goals in a row. The number of people running on the field dropped sharply, and the ball was passed slowly.
It has become a garbage bureau.