In 2007, there was no expressway from Meitan County to Zunyi City, and the only way to get there was National Highway 326.
The national highways that cross mountains and ridges in the mountainous areas of Guizhou have narrow lanes. If there is a traffic jam, it is common to drive three or four hours for the 70-kilometer journey from Meitan to Zunyi.
Especially at this point in time, many people who are going to work in coastal areas gather from the lower counties to Zunyi and Guiyang to take the train after the Spring Festival, and the traffic on the national highway is more congested than usual.
Fortunately, the bus of Meijiang Middle School was lucky. Although the speed was not fast, it did not get stuck in traffic and arrived in the city smoothly after two hours.
After the principal and team leader Cai Yusen contacted the staff of Zunyi Municipal Education Bureau, the Meijiang Middle School football team was led and arranged to move into the dormitory building of the Municipal Sports School not far from the Zunyi Sports Center.
While having lunch in the cafeteria of the Municipal Sports School, Lu Wenbin and others saw many students wearing school uniforms from different schools. Obviously, they were all gathered here from various districts and counties to prepare for the competition.
It’s just that some schools have arrived, and some schools haven’t.
In the afternoon, all the teams from various districts and counties arrived. The team leaders and coaches brought their players to register at the organizing committee and filled out the competition information.
After the report, the lottery ceremony began.
Because the main focus of high school students is still studying, football is only an amateur game and cannot take up their normal study time.
Therefore, although the so-called high school football league each season is called a league, it is not actually a real league, but adopts a tournament system, similar to the World Cup or the European Cup.
Starting from the city level, all over the country, tournaments are held during the winter and summer vacations to determine the champions and the qualifications to participate in higher-level competitions.
Because the weather was relatively cold during the winter vacation and the competition time was relatively short, Zunyi City did not hold any group matches, but directly drew lots for the knockout matches.
When the draw was held, the principal Cai Yusen and coach Zhang Minghai attended. Even the captain Nie Yingkun didn't go, let alone Lu Wenbin.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin and others in the dormitory could not know who was drawn by Meijiang Middle School at the first time.
However, everyone knows the list of all participating teams in this season's Zunyi City High School Football League finals.
The champion of last season's Zunyi finals was Moutai Children's School, which is an internal school for children of Moutai Group's employees.
They have sufficient funds, high-end hardware and software facilities, and professional football coaches. Although the number of students is limited and the college entrance examination results are not ideal, the school team has top-notch players.
The runner-up of last season was Zunyi No. 4 High School, which is a provincial public key high school in Zunyi City. The school team is composed of students with sports expertise specially recruited from across the city, and its strength is quite strong.
Maotai Children's School and Zunyi No. 4 Middle School directly qualified for this season's finals as the champions and runners-up of last season.
The remaining 14 teams, except for the champion Meijiang Middle School from Meitan County, the other 13 teams are Zunyi No. 1 Middle School from Zunyi County, Zunyi Aerospace Middle School from Huichuan District, Zunyi Tsinghua High School Affiliated to Honghuagang District, Suiyang Middle School from Suiyang County, Xishui No. 2 Middle School from Xishui County, Renhuai No. 1 Middle School from Renhuai City (county-level city), Yuqing Middle School from Yuqing County, Fenggang Middle School from Fenggang County, Hongsi Middle School from Wuchuan County, Tongzi No. 1 Middle School from Tongzi County, Jianguo Middle School from Zheng'an County, Chishui Vocational High School from Chishui City (county-level city), and Sanqiao Middle School from Daozhen County.
When we were discussing in the dormitory, we all hoped that in the first game we would face a weaker team from the county below.
Several teams in the city are strong in themselves and have the advantage of geographical location. Unlike the teams from Meijiang Middle School and other counties, they do not have to travel long distances, so they can be considered to be waiting for the opportunity.
Only the teams from the lower counties, like Meijiang Middle School, had to take long-distance buses to participate in the competition. As their strength was relatively weak, Meijiang Middle School was relatively confident.
While his teammates were discussing, Lu Wenbin didn't say anything, he was thinking about his skill points.
Lu Wenbin now has 12 skill points remaining. Initially, he wanted to save them for the halftime break during the Zunyi game and make targeted additions based on the situation.
But then he thought about it again and realized that this approach was too risky.
The city-level competition is attended by the champion teams from each district and county. In fact, Meijiang Middle School only qualified for the city-level competition because of Lu Wenbin. The overall strength of the other teammates on the school team is quite different from their opponents from the districts and counties.
If they meet a strong team in the first game and they lead Meijiang Middle School by a large margin with their overall strength in the first half, then it might be useless for Lu Wenbin to add points during the halftime break.
In a game, it is not the case that you will score goals and win just by having strong strength and high player attributes.
Even if Ronaldo, who was in his healthiest and most peak period, was brought to play in the Chinese Super League, he could not guarantee to score goals in every game and lead the team to victory.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin's original idea of adding attribute points during the halftime break was a mistake. If things went wrong, Lu Wenbin might have to go home in the first game.
This is something Lu Wenbin would never allow to happen.
Therefore, after careful consideration many times, Lu Wenbin has decided to add points before the game starts instead of waiting until halftime.
However, if the opponent is stronger, Lu Wenbin's determination will be strengthened.
Just as everyone was discussing the results of the draw and Lu Wenbin was secretly looking forward to it, Principal Cai Yusen and coach Zhang Minghai came back with sad faces.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Nie Yingkun asked cautiously, "Principal Cai, which opponent did we draw?"
Cai Yusen shook his head, sighed, then waved his hand and said, "Let Coach Zhang talk to you. I'll go find the logistics teacher to check the equipment for tomorrow's game."
Then, Principal Cai left, leaving Zhang Minghai with a unhappy look on his face.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Zhang Minghai had to grit his teeth and said, "Everyone, be prepared for a tough battle. We have drawn last season's runner-up, Zunyi No. 4 Middle School!"
Suddenly, there was a wailing in the dormitory!
"Holy crap, out of 15 teams, how come we got last season's runner-up?"
"No. 4 Middle School must be much stronger than us, right?"
"Are we going back to Meitan after the first game? I haven't had time to go around the city yet!"
"Isn't this bad luck?"
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