I AM the Football Star

Chapter 192: Chapter 74: Morici’s Destination and Lu Yang’s Weakness

This not only reduces the technical requirements for wide attacking midfielders but also increases the team’s offensive capability tactically.

This is also why in the last game against Brescia, although Lu Yang was positioned as a central attacking midfielder in formation, his main active area was actually in the left and right flanks.

He wasn’t really a central attacking midfielder, but a wide attacking midfielder.

It’s just that the team invested less in offense, so he had more space to move around and could choose to roam on either side.

This playing style should have a stronger form.

That would be to add another wide attacking midfielder, thereby creating a true dual-sided threat.

Morici got excited.

Because he already saw his future position.

Although many people call him Little Maniero, in fact, Morici and Maniero’s technical characteristics are not exactly the same.

Morici is also not a perfect midfield commander; his organizing is much stronger than Lu Yang’s, but compared to world-class talented organizers, he still lacks a bit.

This issue is apparent to many top clubs.

This is also the reason why Morici’s market value isn’t high, and few top clubs offer him an olive branch—he isn’t a top midfielder of this era.

But coupled with Morici’s quick passing and shooting, the position that can best utilize his abilities is the attacking midfielder.

But Morici lacks strong physical confrontation and fast speed, which not only disqualifies him from the classical attacking midfielder’s playstyle but also from the modern offensive midfielder playstyle created by Izalelt.

However, the offensive routes drawn by Lu Yang made Morici realize that he might become the perfect wide attacking midfielder.

It was only at this time that Morici finally found his true position on the football field.

Technical defensive midfielder?

Midfield organizing core?

No... At this moment, Morici overturned it all; he truly possessed his own football awareness.

In the future, he would train himself in that direction, learning and mastering more skills required by an excellent wide attacking midfielder.

During his ”broken leg” period, Lu Yang would become his incarnation, helping him realize many of his ideas on the field.

”Here, when you are on the left flank, you can choose to feint a shot with your right foot and actually pass, using the outside foot to pass, instead of the traditional inside foot. The advantage is that when you use the outside foot to pass, while maintaining suddenness, both our central forward and the right forward at the far post will be on the ball’s path.” Morici began to share specific small techniques with Lu Yang, ”Theoretically, with one pass, we create two scoring opportunities, which is extremely efficient.”

”Additionally, regarding the left wing, Bai Zhami is fast enough to round the front, complete the cross, and then cut behind the opponent’s right central defender from an offside position; when you pass the ball to him at this time, his threat will be enormous...”

Morici and Lu Yang were engaged in a heated discussion.

Lu Yang knew more about the broader football trends, tactics, and evolutions.

He knew where his threats were the greatest.

But Morici could help Lu Yang with specific skill choices, allowing him to truly move from theory to practice.

After all, even something as simple as a central defender’s pass-back involves many techniques, let alone attacking choices in the attacking midfielder position?

It’s the art on the tip of a knife; each different passing and shooting technique carries distinctly different tactical intentions and threats.

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After visiting Morici, Lu Yang received a call from Maniero.

Maniero told Lu Yang over the phone that the Italian Football Association is optimistic about San Remo’s future and will help boost San Remo’s profile in public opinion.

As the most critical member of San Remo, Lu Yang would surely enjoy such benefits.

Such strategic matters generally don’t need to be communicated to a player like Lu Yang; it’s enough for Sotu to know.

But both Maniero and Sotu treated Lu Yang specially, allowing him to be involved.

The more you know, the more you undertake.

Lu Yang acknowledged that he knew what to do and would comply while helping San Remo go further in the league and cup competitions.

Consequently, a wave of comments about the ”phenomenal Italian Third Division player Lu Yang” emerged.

The perspectives were varied, but they mainly praised Lu Yang.

They even made highlights of Lu Yang’s lumberjack shots, thirty-meter overhead kicks, Italian D Division hat trick, long-range solo run in the Star of Italy, midfield lob shot, etc., promoting them online.

Spectacular and beautiful goals always attract fans; this saying is undoubtedly true.

Lu Yang’s reputation further increased, spreading from young fans to older fans.

Everyone knows that the Italian Third Division has a seemingly extraordinary player named Lu Yang.

Against this backdrop, the viewpoint of the Republican Newspaper on Lu Yang seemed particularly different.

Republican Newspaper: He is essentially not a talented player; his contributions on the offensive end, apart from those straightforward shots, are unimpressive. He is overrated, and he is far less accomplished than Italy’s genuinely excellent young players, and even less than his teammate Morici.

This report summarized Lu Yang’s stats from multiple perspectives, including his game against Brescia.

Under the Republican Newspaper’s interpretation, Lu Yang’s shortcomings were exposed.

Lu Yang area!

As long as this area is blocked, Lu Yang will become non-threatening.

And considering Lu Yang’s simple shooting ability, blocking his shots isn’t difficult.