I AM the Football Star

Chapter 44: Chapter 19: Roar from 1.72 Meters Tall_2

Tom frowned and said, ”I wonder why Morici’s tackles are so fierce today, it’s like he’s throwing a tantrum.”

Then, Sotu called Rondo over to inquire about the situation.

Rondo just laughed and said, ”There’s nothing wrong between them; any European man would be jealous of what’s happening to Lu Yang, I guarantee it.”

Sotu was speechless.

Are you sure?

What does Sotu have to be jealous of?

Three minutes later, Sotu looked at Lu Yang with regret: ”Lu Yang, go run laps for me until you can’t run anymore!”

Lu Yang was full of question marks.

That evening, Sotu had a phone call with Maniero: ”Maniero, our youth seems to be... over!”

Maniero jolted up in surprise upon hearing this and sighed a few minutes later.

As expected, every goddess of the homebody group eventually becomes a little darling in someone’s arms.

But why does that lucky boy Lu Yang deserve Sofia’s favor?

...

In the thirty-first round of the league, San Remo faced Juventus away.

The latter is a relegation zone team.

Three months ago, they were still in the same boat, but now, their statuses are completely different.

This made the Juventus fans a bit sad.

What made them even sadder was that San Remo breached Juventus’s goal within the first ten minutes of play.

The one who breached the goal was none other than Lu Yang!

He got the ball outside the penalty box, leaning his body to the right, pretending to push the ball right.

The opposing central defender wasn’t bothered, because last round Lu Yang had fooled Foggia players with this move, then passed and shot using the cross-kick.

As one of the current star players of the Italian D Division, Lu Yang had started to be studied by other teams.

However, what the Juventus central defender didn’t expect was that Lu Yang didn’t use the cross-kick but indeed pushed the ball to the right.

This was equivalent to the player pushing the ball to the side upon receiving it, instantly creating a good shooting space.

Boom!

A powerful Rapid Descent Shot succeeded in hitting the net because the opposing goalkeeper didn’t fall fast enough.

Lu Yang clenched a fist in excitement.

But when he looked for Morici, who assisted him, Morici was resistant: ”You already have a girlfriend, do you still need to celebrate with me?”

Lu Yang was dumbfounded and pulled Morici over: ”Buddy, Sofia and I are just friends. We were discussing her work, which got her a bit excited. Besides, even if she really is my girlfriend, shouldn’t you be happy for me?”

Morici sneered, ”Happy? You’ve already betrayed our 1.7-meter alliance! Even your future girlfriend now is 1.75 meters, what are you implying?”

”If I were 1.81 meters, I would never find a girlfriend over 1.72 meters just to consider your feelings!”

Pfft!

Lu Yang burst into laughter.

So it turns out Sofia’s height struck a nerve with Morici, Lu Yang had thought Morici had some improper orientation, giving him a fright.

”You’re only seventeen, buddy, you’ll definitely keep growing! You’ll surely be taller than Sofia in the future.” Lu Yang said seriously.

”Really?” Morici felt a little better.

”Of course, it’s true. But Sofia is a woman, wearing high heels is normal, she’ll casually be 1.8 meters tall then, I’ll be under pressure, not to mention you...”

”Damn it, Land Dog, give me your life!”

Thus, there was a phenomenon on the pitch where the assisting player chased the goal-scoring player to kick him.

The referee momentarily didn’t know whether to issue a card.

This kind of celebration, it was the first time he’d seen it.

After the match started, San Remo demonstrated strong control. If the front-line players weren’t in poor form, the score might not have been just one-nil.

Before the half ended, Lu Yang got the ball, and knowing Lu Yang didn’t have outstanding passing abilities, the Juventus players were a bit lax.

But Lu Yang actually sent a precise long pass.

The ball landed near Juventus’s penalty box.

Vedian started quickly, rushing to the front.

However, Juventus’s central defender wasn’t left far behind.

If Vedian wasn’t smooth in controlling the ball, he could have disrupted this attack.

This situation is actually common in football.

Many seemingly leading forwards stumble after controlling the ball and are chased down by defenders.

And the not-so-good-form Vedian had already lost similar balls twice.

His touch wasn’t smooth today.

What was surprising was that after Vedian tapped the ball, it didn’t fly off wildly but moved steadily forward. Both its speed and direction fit Vedian’s intentions perfectly.

So he didn’t pause at all.

Ran out a solo chance.

Boom!

Vedian took a direct shot without hesitation.

The ball went in!

”Oh, this is truly a surprising result. San Remo’s midfield engine Morici sent out several wonderful passes without scoring or assisting, yet Lu Yang, the fierce midfield sweeper, delivered a precise long pass to assist Vedian in scoring!”

”We can see that Vedian was very comfortable receiving the ball; this pass was of high quality, which is very uncharacteristic of a Lu Yang pass.”

”This is the Heavier Spin Pass, due to its spinning nature, it is more stable in the air, making for precise passing. Also, the regular spin direction helps the receiver control the ball, which greatly aided Vedian as his touch wasn’t great today.”

”Lu Yang has the ability to assist, I believe Juventus will find the second half more challenging, as they can no longer solely mark Morici and leave Lu Yang unguarded like in the first half.”