At 8 a.m. on the 7th, after breakfast, members of the Guangxi team took a bus to the Peking University Affiliated High School Football Stadium, which was the final venue of the third and fourth place.

The Guangxi team has also revisited the old place. The first knockout match with Yunnan was held at Peking University High School. At that time, facing this aggressive first place in Group B, Guangxi team struggled and was once two goals behind the opponent.

Finally, the Guangxi team, which had a strong life, started a magical performance of cheating with the first golden ball in the competition. When they came to this game, they also lost yesterday, and today was their last chance to save themselves.

Guangxi and Hong Kong are completely incompatible. One is one of the five ethnic autonomous regions in the country, and the other is the only special administrative region in the country (there will be a Macao Special Administrative Region after the 20th of next month). Both places have their own characteristics in terms of economic size and living habits.

The trajectories of the two teams in this Kaihang Cup are also very similar. They both won from the group stage to the semi-finals without being favored. Now they both stop here and gather together in the battle of redemption in the third and fourth place finals.

Under the media hype, the two teams have another focus, that is, the competition between the biggest dark horses in this competition.

In yesterday's semi-finals, the Hong Kong team that was in the first game lost, so the media naturally hoped that Guangxi would be. If they could defeat Guangdong and enter the finals, they would be the biggest dark horse;

Guangxi has never escaped the fate of failure. As a result, the focus question that the media has hotly discussed has not been answered. Now the parties involved are directly meeting and use the time of a game to answer intuitively.

Whoever wins is the best. In the eyes of ordinary people, this question is indeed boring. They believe that there is not much difference between third and fourth, and it is just a comfort to these two losers. It is very wise for the European Championships. After the semi-finals, the finals will be held directly, and there is no such useless third and fourth finals.

But under the attention of the media and enthusiastic fans, they are very keen to mark the world. Ireland, the world cup biggest dark horse in 1990, Saudi Arabia in 1994, the European Cup in 1996, and the World Cup in 1998 were Croatia with the "golden left foot" Suk.

As the National Qihang Cup, which actively follows the French World Cup, they certainly have reason to believe that there should be a dark horse in this competition. Under such a herd mentality, the glory of Guangxi and Hong Kong is like two shining stars, which is particularly eye-catching. For who is the most eye-catching, everyone's attention is no less than the title of the champion.

Previously, driven by the biggest motivation for the championship, the Guangxi team would persist without hesitation no matter how difficult it was. Now that the motivation is gone, it is second to go, and this third place has become the greatest thought and comfort.

I believe their opponents will have similar ideas, and this game is destined to be uneasy. This important game can return to a familiar venue, especially where they have left their victory footprints, which will have some positive psychological suggestion. Guangxi players stepped onto this stadium again with such self-suggestions.

Today is the last competition day, and there are only two games left in the entire competition. The third and fourth place finals will be held at Peking University High School at 9:30 am, and the finals will be held at Xiannongtan Stadium at 3:30 pm. After the finals, a grand closing ceremony will be held.

There is more than an hour left before the game. The Guangxi team has arrived at the stadium. In addition to adapting as soon as possible, the other purpose is to hold a pre-match deployment meeting. According to convention, if there is a game in the morning, the meeting will usually be held the night before. The coaching staff considered that the players were depressed yesterday afternoon and needed time to adjust and digest, so they were compactly arranged to be held before the game this morning.

The temperature in Beijing this morning was 8°. Although there was still warm sunlight, I could feel that the steps of winter were getting closer little by little. Maybe one morning when I wake up, I will be covered in white when I open the window.

The Guangxi team rarely enjoyed the atmosphere similar to the home court in yesterday's game. Today, the scene that no one paid attention to was restored. At this moment, they were the first to come to the venue. Only a few staff members were patrolling around the stadium. The opponents were missing, and the referees had not arrived yet. The audience was empty, with only a few people running on the track.

Today is Sunday. In the morning, in the beautiful morning light, everyone will not pay special attention to this irrelevant competition, and the campus will be particularly quiet. If you want to pay attention, most of your attention will be focused on the afternoon finals.

Everyone was wearing white down jackets distributed by the team, and they breathed a sigh of relief from time to time. A bunch of people sat neatly together. From a distance, it looked like a group of little penguins listening to the old penguins' lectures, nodding neatly from time to time. The picture was a bit funny.

Lin Rui still organized the speech as the third brother, commented on the team's gains and losses yesterday, analyzed the opponent's characteristics, and explained today's tactical requirements. After the speech, he said kindly: "Young men, after playing today's game, you have played for 7 game days, which is very amazing. Popular teams like Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang, and Tianjin cannot do it, but you have done it! I still said the same thing the night before, enjoy this game and play at your level."

After the head coach finished speaking, as usual, assistant coach Mo Huaqiang's mobilization speech: "We used to only set our goal to the quarterfinals, because we didn't know what kind of opponents we would meet. When we eliminated these obstacles one by one, we had already come to today. Although we lost yesterday, we could only compete for third place today."

"But as our Lin School just said, even Shandong, which once suppressed us, did not have such blessings, but we had it! You said that if we are not outstanding, who else can be called excellent?"

"Our goal today is very clear, which is to win this third place. After returning to our hometown, we can openly tell others that we are the third in the country! 'Average, the third in the world', how domineering! Are you willing to be the fourth? It sounds like the fourth one, and it is also unlucky and not nice! Do you think you want to 'life' or 'death'?"

Mo Huaqiang's Lu Pu was filled with a strong Hakka accent. "3" and "4" were never accurate, and it sounded more like the sounds of "life" and "death".

"We want to 'live'!" The players also learned his tone with interest and answered in unison.
Chapter completed!