From Arsenal to the Ball God

He became more and more engrossed as he spoke, gradually closing his eyes and swinging his head: ”Fourth time All-in! Fifth time...”

After saying a bunch of things in succession, he snapped back to reality and waved his hand, saying, ”Maybe not that many, anyway, just go All-in.”

The young man stood frozen on the spot, feeling that this theory was weird and not very convincing. He thought it was some kind of data analysis.

But thinking about it carefully, it seemed... kind of interesting?

He lifted his head, eyes brightening, ”You just mentioned the player is the goat in his debut. He’s about to participate in the European Cup, isn’t there an opportunity?”

The man glanced at the young man from a distance and asked, ”You want to try? You want to be the next Jones?”

The young man’s desire grew stronger after looking at Jones, and he nods, ”Yes, I aspire to make big money, so I can afford to go to Loughborough and even buy a car.”

”But what if you lose?”

”All-in is an art, right?”

”Haha...!” The two laughed together, and as they parted, the man gestured towards Jones for the young man, saying, ”He’s drunk today; he might not be in form. Wait until next time when he’s sober to consult his thoughts.”

”Alright!”

The young man agreed and kept in mind the task of seeking guidance from Jones. The European Cup doesn’t only have Golden Boot odds but also championship odds.

If he gets some pointers from Jones, perhaps he has hope of succeeding.

...

That night, on BBC’s live program, Reinke invited Manchester City legend Peter Reid for the post-match grilling session.

”Let’s talk about it.”

Reinke suppressed a laugh and raised his eyebrows at Peter Reid, ”We saw reporters informing Mancini about your theory after the match, but Mancini seemed speechless.

”Because neither the 30th nor the 29th round was the turning point for Arsenal or Manchester City.

”Arsenal smoothly defeated Liverpool, while Manchester City got a last-minute loss to Swansea.”

Peter Reid shook his head with a wry smile; he’s gotten older and takes such face-losing events more lightly than he did in his youth.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t appear on tonight’s show.

From his perspective, it’s a good way to stir some heat, participate more in such programs, and possibly make some extra retirement money.

”That’s right.” Peter Reid shrugged, smirked, ”Nobody imagined the Premier League title race would unfold this way this season.

”The shock is that football is unpredictable; you can’t apply any set rules reliably all the time.

”Saying that back then wasn’t me siding with Manchester City, whom I coached... If you asked me now, I’d agree with the reporter at the post-match press conference who angered Mancini.

”This match might actually be the turning point for the two title contenders; Manchester City is in danger.”

He spread his hands and shook his head, ”Can we not talk about this? Even though fans surely want to see it, I just want to say this much.”

”Then what to talk about?” Reinke still maintained a smile. He had witnessed many such scenes since starting this program.

Indeed, as he said, no one can predict football matches, and hastily making conclusions here usually leads to backlash.

”Talk...” Peter Reid pondered for a bit, showing his teeth, ”Talk about Ma’el tying the record. Such a great player.

”I came up in the ’90s and know very well the dominance and performances of Alan Shearer and Andy Cole back then.”

”Haha.” Reinke didn’t say anything, just laughed twice. Last time, he said he didn’t want to discuss players, but this time he changed his tune.

...

Thus, Arsenal completed March’s schedule perfectly, achieving 5 wins and 1 draw throughout March, remaining unbeaten overall!

Despite being out of the Champions League, they made progress in the Premier League, widening the lead over the second place significantly!

With 7 rounds remaining in the league and the team in such hot form, leading by 8 points after playing one more round is quite a big advantage.

If they keep playing like this, they may settle the Premier League championship suspense in April, winning the title early!

Ma’el also satisfactorily completed the month’s schedule, with his Premier League goal count rising from 27 to 34, scoring a crazy 7 goals in 5 rounds, and also providing an assist!

He and Wenger are popular candidates for Player and Manager of the Month awards.

If he achieves another Player of the Month award, he will complete the flag he set in front of the media: winning 3 Player of the Month awards in his debut season!

Next season, he may aim higher, striving for even greater dominance!

Time moved forward into April, and the football atmosphere throughout the British Peninsula grew increasingly intense with time.

Everyone clearly understood that this was potentially the month to decide the champion!

”Thud... thud... thud!”

On the 1st, on the lawn in front of the villa, Ma’el was training headers with Jose.

This skill was supposed to be upgraded last month, but a few days were delayed due to filming an advertisement.

No worries, he should be able to train this deadly skill to Level 4 today.

The remaining 7 rounds of the Premier League will see an even scarier Arsenal No.7!

”Alright! Almost there!”

Jose was beside him, sometimes passing, sometimes hand throwing, continuously observing Ma’el’s training performance and occasionally praising, ”Accuracy’s improving, and success rate’s higher!

”Seems like each choice you make is right, and you can still train out whatever you want, just like before.