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Chapter 1008 - 244: Two Matches, Seven Goals—Is It Possible? (2) · Oct 30, 2026

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1001 Chapter 1001 - 242: The Fruits Reaped from the Seeds Sown 2026-10-30
1002 Chapter 1002 - 242: The Seeds Sown Then, The Fruit Reaped Now_4 2026-10-30
1003 Chapter 1003 - 243: The List Revealed—Time Is Running Out for Lu Yang! 2026-10-30
1004 Chapter 1004 - 243: The Short Time Left for Lu Yang After the List Is Released! (Part 2) 2026-10-30
1005 Chapter 1005 - 243: List Revealed, Time Is Running Out for Lu Yang! 2026-10-30
1006 Chapter 1006 - 243: The List Revealed—Time Is Running Out for Lu Yang! (4) 2026-10-30
1007 Chapter 1007 - 244: Two Games, Seven Goals—Is It Possible? 2026-10-30
1008 Chapter 1008 - 244: Two Matches, Seven Goals—Is It Possible? (2) 2026-10-30
1009 Chapter 1009 - 244: Two Matches with Seven Goals, Is It Possible? (Part 3) 2026-10-30
1010 Chapter 1010 - 244: Two Matches, Seven Goals—Is It Possible? (Part 4) 2026-10-30
1011 Chapter 1011 - 245: Regrettably Missing Consecutive Four-Goal Feats! 2026-10-30
1012 Chapter 1012 - 245: Regret Over Missing Consecutive Four-Goal Game Record! (2) 2026-10-30
1013 Chapter 1013 - 245: Regrettably Losing the Consecutive Four-Goal Haul Record! 2026-10-30
1014 Chapter 1014 - 245: Regretfully Losing the Consecutive Four-Goal Record! 2026-10-30
1015 Chapter 1015 - 246: World Footballer of the Year Speaks Out, Golden Boy Award Announced 2026-10-30
1016 Chapter 1016 - 246: World Footballer of the Year Speaks Out, Golden Boy Award Revealed (2) 2026-10-30
1017 Chapter 1017 - 246: World Footballer of the Year Speaks Out, Golden Boy Award Announced_3 2026-10-30
1018 Chapter 1018 - 246: World Footballer of the Year Speaks Out, Golden Boy Award Revealed 2026-10-30
1019 Chapter 1019 - 247: Champions League Weaklings, Data Plummeting? 2026-10-30
1020 Chapter 1020 - 247: Champions League Weaklings, Data Plummeting? (Part 2) 2026-10-30
1021 Chapter 1021 - 247: Champions League Weaklings, Data Plummeting? (Part 3) 2026-10-30
1022 Chapter 1022 - 247: Champions League Flop, Data Plummeting? 2026-10-30
1023 Chapter 1023 - 248: Explosive! Football’s One-Man Army! 2026-10-30
1024 Chapter 1024 - 248: Explosive! Football’s Nemesis of Ten Thousand 2026-10-30
1025 Chapter 1025 - 248: Explosion! The Football World’s Universal Nemesis! (Part 3) 2026-10-30
1026 Chapter 1026 - 248: Explosive! Football’s Nemesis of Ten Thousand! (Part 4) 2026-10-30
1027 Chapter 1027 - 249: Golden Ball Award Ceremony 2026-10-30
1028 Chapter 1028 - 249: Golden Ball Award Ceremony (Part 2) 2026-10-30
1029 Chapter 1029 - 249: Golden Ball Award Ceremony_3 2026-10-30
1030 Chapter 1030 - 249: Golden Ball Award Ceremony (Part 4) 2026-10-30
1031 Chapter 1031 - 250: Suing the Golden Ball Award—Will San Remo Stay Dry? 2026-10-30
1032 Chapter 1032 - 250: Accusing the Golden Ball Award—Will San Remo Throw the Game? 2026-10-30
1033 Chapter 1033 - 250: Accusing the Golden Ball Award, Will San Remo Throw the Game? 2026-10-30
1034 Chapter 1034 - 250: Accusing the Golden Ball Award—Will San Remo Hold Up Under Pressure? 2026-10-30
1035 Chapter 1035 - 251: Champions League Knockout Stage, Here We Come (10,000-Word - ) 2026-10-30
1036 Chapter 1036 - 251: Champions League Knockout Stage, Here We Come (10,000-Word - )_2 2026-10-30
1037 Chapter 1037 - 251: Champions League Knockout Stage, Here We Come (10,000-Word - ) (Part 3) 2026-10-30
1038 Chapter 1038 - 251: Champions League Knockout Stage, Here We Come (10,000-Word - )_4 2026-10-30
1039 Chapter 1039 - 251: Champions League Knockout Stage, Here We Come (10,000-Word - )_5 2026-10-30
1040 Chapter 1040 - 251: Champions League Knockout Stage, Here We Come (10,000-Word - )_6 2026-10-30
1041 Chapter 1041 - 252: World Footballer of the Year 2026-10-30
1042 Chapter 1042 - 252: World Footballer of the Year (Part 1) 2026-10-30
1043 Chapter 1043 - 252: World Footballer of the Year 2026-10-30
1044 Chapter 1044 - 252: World Footballer of the Year 2026-10-30
1045 Chapter 1045 - 252: World Footballer of the Year 2026-10-30
1046 Chapter 1046 - 252: World Footballer of the Year 2026-10-30
1047 Chapter 1047 - 252: World Footballer of the Year 2026-10-30
1048 Chapter 1048 - 253: Hard-Boned, King’s Showdown! 2026-10-30
1049 Chapter 1049 - 253: Hard Bones, King’s Duel! 2026-10-30
1050 Chapter 1050 - 253: Tough As Nails, King’s Duel! 2026-10-30

But this really did muddy the waters.

Twenty goals suddenly turned into twenty league goals.

Some less rational netizens walked right into the trap set by French Football, getting dragged onto the track defined by French Football’s rules.

Calculated like that, Lu Yang now has seventeen league goals, still three short.

And although the Golden Ball Award result will be announced on December 1st, the voting will definitely be over before that, followed by a series of arrangements.

So Lu Yang might only have one more match left as an opportunity.

That’s what the fans think.

But this kind of thinking... the demands it places on a player are really too high.

He just scored four in the last game.

And now he’s supposed to follow that up with a hat trick?

Seven goals across two games back-to-back, is that even possible?

This time, forget French Football.

Even some neutral papers are stating quite fairly that this is impossible.

Seven goals over two games is not unheard of.

But it’s something you run into by chance, not something you can simply decide to do.

It’s not something Lu Yang can pull off just because he wants to.

That said, these papers are still emotionally very supportive of Lu Yang.

They believe this kind of rule change is downright low.

Why do you get to say how many it has to be and that’s that?

Even if Lu Yang doesn’t score again, with these seventeen league goals, is he really worse than those forwards who made the thirty-man shortlist?

Over the entire year, if you’re looking for players who can beat Lu Yang across the board in stats, honours, and big-game performances, there’s basically no such player.

The number of players actually stronger than him is extremely limited.

Lu Yang’s inclusion in this so-called thirty-man shortlist should never have been up for debate from the start.

European Cup!

UEFA Europa League!

On November 14th, the thirteenth round of the Serie A season kicked off.

San Remo faced mid-table Serie A side Sassuolo.

This team’s style is relatively flamboyant; they’re known as the Little Barcelona of Serie A, the Green Barcelona.

They’re currently twelfth In Serie A, but the point gap to the two teams above isn’t large.

A win here and they’d climb the table.

The broadcast ratings for this match kept soaring, riding the momentum of San Remo’s previous high, and once again topped Serie A.

This was also Sassuolo’s highest rating of the year.

The major bookmakers had already opened lines on whether Lu Yang would get a hat trick in this game.

The odds were downright absurd.

Because... more than sixty percent of the fans actually chose... ”Yes!”

Nothing this ridiculous had ever happened before.

Betting on a player to score is understandable; for many players, not scoring is what counts as news.

But betting on a player to definitely get a hat trick, meaning his goals will be three or more?

Are you sure this isn’t a joke?

This kind of thing, in any world, is rare.

The only somewhat comparable case might be... C Luo.

Recently, according to statistics, over thirty percent of fans believed C Luo could produce at least one hat trick over the two legs against Atletico Madrid!

But if you press them on it, even the people who placed those bets would admit that deep down they think it’s highly unlikely, almost impossible.

Yet they still choose to bet on it.

You could see it as C Luo fans’ beautiful wish for C Luo.

But everyone knows such wishes don’t come true.

Right from kickoff, the Green Barcelona immediately showed one thing that wasn’t very Barça-like.

Their defending was extremely physical.

They clearly intended to use that kind of attitude to intimidate San Remo.

We’re not some newly promoted relegation fodder like Brescia.

We’re a seasoned Serie A side.

We refuse to accept a 5–0 scoreline.

We want to win!

In this atmosphere, with less than ten minutes gone, the Main Referee had already blown for five fouls and shown a yellow card to Sassuolo’s midfielder.

For a team not used to iron-blood defending, trying to play iron-blood defense comes with gaps; they can’t be dirty yet ”clean” at the same time like Talista.

Dirty refers to dirty challenges.

Clean refers to not easily getting booked.

Even fouling has a technical side to it.

For some fouls, the Main Referee will find them malicious, and even if they don’t cause serious damage, you’ll still be booked.

But for some fouls, if you mind the details, then even if the incident itself is highly controversial, you might escape punishment.

The simplest example: when you slide into someone, whether your knee is bent to absorb force before and during contact will largely determine whether you get a red, a yellow, or nothing.

Some players don’t intend to injure; they’ll ease off after making contact. But if the bend in the knee isn’t obvious enough, it leads the Main Referee to doubt your intentions and imagine a darker motive.

You can’t blame others for that; you can only blame yourself.

Kindness that others can’t perceive doesn’t count as kindness in essence; that’s one of the laws of social interaction.

In the ninth minute, Bai Zhami created danger down the left and, under Talista’s tugging, found a chance to cut inside.

Bang!

Sassuolo’s holding midfielder deliberately fouled him, bringing Bai Zhami down and earning a yellow card.

In no time, Sassuolo already had two yellows.

This free-kick position was pretty good, slightly to the left, giving a right-footer a direct shot opportunity.

And Lu Yang’s biggest innate talent is his balanced use of both feet.

Fifty-fifty feet.

The two ”fives” mean different things.

The first five means he uses his weaker foot as often as his stronger foot; both are at the highest usage level, a five.

The second five means the weaker foot’s ability is the same as the stronger foot’s, also a five.

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