Dominating Football with Perfect Ball Control

Chapter 51: 51. Become famous with one goal!

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”16-Year-Old Magician Destroys Allianz Fortress! Lance’s 2 Goals and 1 Assist Play with Bayern’s Quintuple Crown Team, Bayer Leverkusen Achieves 4-3 Epic Comeback!” — Bild

”Lance’s Volley Killer Shocks Munich — 16-Year-Old Genius Humiliates World-Class Defense Twice! What Exactly Happened to Bayern Munich?” — Munich Evening News

”Bayer Leverkusen’s Strongest New Star in 68 Years is Born! Lance Replicates Diego Maradona’s One-Against-Five, Leverkusen’s Away Comeback Rewrites History!” — Kicker

It exploded!

The German football world exploded!

The front pages of major newspapers the next day were completely dominated by Lance.

In the words of the German media, ”The Belgian Chinese dominated Allianz Arena”!

Bayer Leverkusen’s upset comeback + decisive goal against the invincible Bayern Munich,

Lance’s performance of 2 goals, 1 assist, and 1 indirect assist, directly participating in 4 goals,

Plus the final miraculous bicycle kick winner,

There was no better way to become famous.

If Lance was considered a ”hot commodity” in Germany before, and hadn’t attracted much attention in European football...

The match against Bayern Munich had already propelled Lance to the world stage!

The entire European football world noticed Lance!

Spain’s Marca and AS, Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, and England’s Daily Mail were all reporting on last night’s epic comeback!

”Real Madrid Scouts Urgently Dispatched! Belgian Genius’s Bicycle Kick Winner Against Bayern Munich — He Made Pep Guardiola Despair!” — AS

”Golden Boy Award Race Takes a Sudden Turn! Lance’s Allianz Night Performance Surpasses Paul Pogba’s Same Period, Asian Star Rises in Bundesliga!” — Daily Mail

”Belgium Football Association May Urgently Summon Asian Talent to Join U19, Multiple National Football Teams Are Discussing Poaching” — The Guardian

German legend Lothar Matth?us, who enjoys writing post-match columns and reviews, once again commented on Lance:

”(Kicker’s Special Commentator Lothar Matth?us)

I once thought that the next superstar in Bundesliga would be Mario G?tze or Kai Havertz,

But the 16-year-old boy at Allianz Arena last night completely changed my mind.

Lance not only tore apart Bayern Munich’s defense with two goals — including that artistic left-footed volley winner — but also reconstructed Bayer Leverkusen’s tactical framework with master-level game intelligence.

He proved that his value is far more than just a ’spiritual forward,’ but a leader who can carry the entire team.

Pep Guardiola’s tiki-taka system has never been dismantled by such a young player...”

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Ding ding, ding ding, ding ding...

Lance was woken up by continuous sounds.

It wasn’t a system prompt; his system wasn’t that active, seeming non-existent if he didn’t pay attention.

The sound was mainly his phone ringing.

After defeating Bayern Munich yesterday, Lance had already received dozens of congratulatory messages from friends and family.

Including his parents, middle school teachers, the beautiful girl Chloe, his former Bayern Munich youth teammates, and good friends like Thomas Müller, Philipp Lahm, and Toni Kroos.

Thomas Müller: ”Remember, next time we go to BayArena, I’ll get my revenge! By the way, great performance yesterday, congratulations”

Philipp Lahm: ”Good game. We’ll be back for the second leg.”

Toni Kroos: ”You little rascal!!! AHHHHHH!”

Lance looked for a long time, but still didn’t know what Toni Kroos wanted.

Lance: ”???”

Toni Kroos: ”/frustrated.emoji”

Forget it, too lazy to bother with him.

Looking at the time, Lance almost fell out of bed in shock.

9:16!

He was late for training!

Wait a minute?

Lance then remembered that after defeating Bayern Munich, the team had a day off today and didn’t need to train temporarily.

Originally, the team was supposed to stay overnight at a hotel in Munich and return to Leverkusen the next day.

South American teammates like Andrés Guardado and Gonzalo Castro had already planned to go wild at a nightclub in Munich.

Lance still had high school cultural classes this afternoon,

To avoid delaying his classes, the club simply arranged a special car to take Lance directly back to Leverkusen.

Lance breathed a sigh of relief,

Perhaps having exhausted himself in yesterday’s match, he, feeling completely drained, slept until 9 o’clock for the first time. If it weren’t for the text message ringtone, Lance could have slept longer.

He had already given his all yesterday, and didn’t need to get up early for training.

Lance decided to be a bit lazy and lay in bed playing on his phone.

He logged in with an alternate account on the Kicker forum to see how German netizens were praising him.

Sure enough, the forum had also exploded, with everyone frantically discussing yesterday’s miraculous comeback.

”I’ve said it before, Lance is the savior! He is God!”

”Yesterday’s game was so satisfying! First time we’ve ever crushed Bayern Munich like this!”

”Huh? We won? After it was 3-1 in the first half yesterday, I turned off the TV and went to sleep.”

Usually, when Bayern Munich is leading 3-1, they indeed tend to break down their opponents and achieve a large score.

”Then you missed out, the second half was absolutely brilliant! We sounded the counterattack!”

”Lance’s bicycle kick at the end was simply a miracle goal; he’s scored several miracle goals this season already.”

”Being Lance’s fan, you understand enjoyment; every one of his goals is a work of art!”

”Exactly! So elegant!”

Hehehe, really?

Lance was so praised by netizens that he felt a bit embarrassed.

Looking at the Bayern Munich section,

Bayern Munich fans were all blaming each other; some criticized Bastian Schweinsteiger for being old and unable to defend Lance,

Others criticized Mario Mand?uki? for wasting chances; if he had been reliable, Bayern Munich would have won 5-1.

There were even those who criticized Philipp Lahm; Captain Philipp Lahm hadn’t done anything wrong, but simply because Lance dribbled past him, Philipp Lahm couldn’t escape judgment.

In short, Bayern Munich fans were in an uproar, and no one was cursing Lance.

Some even suggested:

”Should we buy Lance next season?”

”Above, he was originally from Bayern Munich’s youth academy; it’s your Bayern Munich that was blind and let this genius go.”

”Don’t blame the management, and don’t blame Pep Guardiola; if you have to blame someone, blame the second team coach Erik ten Hag.”

”Ugh! Damn Erik ten Hag!”

Bayern Munich fans then turned their spearhead towards Erik ten Hag, who had let Lance leave.

The previously unknown Bayern Munich second team coach,

Was suddenly thrust into the media spotlight.

German tabloids also dug up inside information, revealing that it was Erik ten Hag who let Lance go, ultimately leading to this defeat.

If Erik ten Hag had been reliable, Lance could have completely joined Bayern Munich’s first team.

German fans even made a meme of Erik ten Hag’s dejected appearance on the sidelines,

With the caption: ”Yes, I am Bayern’s mole.”

As the matter fermented overnight, reporters found the Bayern Munich training base the next day and shoved microphones in Erik ten Hag’s face.

”Mr. Erik ten Hag, why did you consider expelling Lance? Why didn’t you let him stay with the team?”

Erik ten Hag’s expression was clearly strained, but he had to force a professional smile and bravely try to smooth things over:

”Admittedly, Lance’s performance yesterday was outstanding, he was the best player on the field.

But Lance, as a player, has very obvious strengths and weaknesses.

His physique and talent are temporarily insufficient to support the intensity of a professional player.

I simply did what I had to do, helping the team reduce its burden and remove redundancies when his contract expired.

Time will prove that I was right, and Bayern Munich was right.”

”How will that be proven?” the reporter pressed.

Erik ten Hag could only twitch his mouth, smiling very awkwardly:

”In the second leg, when Bayern Munich plays Bayer Leverkusen again, we will definitely win.

I assure Bayern Munich fans that Pep Guardiola is the most suitable coach for the team, and under his leadership, Bayern Munich will move towards a dynasty!

This season’s championship will definitely be ours.

A mere 16-year-old youth player cannot stop us.”

The stubborn Erik ten Hag didn’t forget to flatter Pep Guardiola with some rainbow fart, perhaps this was the mutual appreciation between bald men.

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As Lance scrolled, he suddenly saw German netizens discussing something.

”You guys, do you think a Bayer Leverkusen like this can qualify from the Champions League group stage?”

Oh right!!

Champions League!

Lance suddenly remembered that the first leg of the Champions League group stage was less than a week away!

Before, the whole team was preparing for Bayern Munich, and the Champions League, as a secondary target, temporarily dropped in priority.

Now that they had defeated Bayern Munich,

The Champions League group stage would become the next focus!

Lance’s heart was already subtly stirring.

He no longer felt like lying in bed, he sprung up with a carp jump and quickly went to wash up.

Taking advantage of the time he still had this morning, Lance wanted to go to the training base gym!

He hoped he could appear in the Champions League!