From Arsenal to the Ball God

”At this moment, the referee from Italy, Zarua, blew the whistle to signal the end of the match!”

In the broadcasting studio, the famous CCTV host Liu Jiayuan passionately delivered his post-match commentary: ”France team, with Ma’el’s three goals in regular time, and Nasri and Giroud each adding one, defeated Germany five to three!

”It was a spectacular match! A match filled with rich tactical variations! A match that will be remembered alongside Ma’el’s name as a classic in football history!

”And Germany’s 15-match winning streak in international tournament matches comes to an end with this event!”

”The result is harsh for Löf, but touching for the France team.

”Both countries’ football teams have tasted the pinnacle of modern football glory and have faced their own challenges and setbacks on their paths forward!

”German football is transitioning from the solemn German Forest Philosophy to something more intricate and adaptable; the French team is striving to move past the flawed and ineffective attempts of recent years, working to restore their innate French Romanticism!

”Löf and Deschamps are the brave reformers carrying their traditions, but encountering failure on the road of reform is like the butterfly that cannot fly across the sea; no one has the heart to blame them!!

”Of course, we should also offer the most exquisite flowers and applause to those who have succeeded!”

”Another group of core players and absolute stars from European football’s top clubs is leaving this field, and we saw them looking longingly into the distance before departing, their silhouettes somewhat lonely!

”Perhaps they saw nothing, unwilling to leave here! Or, maybe they gazed towards the France team’s direction, towards Ma’el’s direction!

”Including young Mueller, many might want to throw a question to the world!

”From a young age, they became renowned as geniuses, standing out in this brutal, fiercely competitive sport!

”Conquering millions, even tens of millions of dreaming youths! Crossing a single-plank bridge, stepping over countless corpses beneath their feet to reach their current position!

”But when gathered together, forming an incredibly formidable team, why do they feel diminished before another peerless genius?!

”Do the years of toil away from home, crowned by many as geniuses, only help them cross the threshold to witness a truly exceptional prodigy?!

”They won’t accept it, as on the Bundesliga and La Liga fields, countless young players grown under the praises of ’genius’ have fallen at their feet!

”But they must accept, as only by putting themselves in the shoes of mid-tier team players facing them, can they understand why they lost so tragically this time!

”Why did they score 3 goals as a team while Ma’el alone scored 3?!

”They encountered not only the best player of the tournament thus far, the unparalleled third prodigy outside of Messi and Ronaldo, but also someone in an extremely outstanding state, reaching their peak, the best and third prodigy!

”I don’t know if Ma’el can maintain this state, ...but looking at this moment, I’d like to say, ’Heaven didn’t create me, Ma’el, otherwise the football world would remain in endless night!!’

”.....”

”The broadcast of the European Cup semi-final ends here! Dear audience, let’s meet together on July 3rd at the European Cup final held at the Warsaw National Stadium!

”By then, the formidable Gaul Rooster France team, led by a super star, will face the 08 European Cup champion, the 2010 World Cup champion, also composed of a group of super talents, the Bullfighter Army Spain team!

”It will be a clash of ice and fire! A collision like Mars impacting Earth! It’s the battle of the century!

”I am Liu Jiayuan, goodbye! The broadcast commentary of the next match will be brought to you by He Wei!”

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”Oh... oh oh oh oh.... oh... oh!”

At Liv Stadium, brightly lit, one of the most familiar melodies in the entire football world resounded throughout, making each France team fan feel as if they were in the peak excitement of the European Cup.

They surely felt that way because they really stood at the peak!

Countless blue smoke bombs were set off in multiple sections of the stands, creating a hazy scene. If it weren’t for the vigilant security, they would have already jumped onto the field to celebrate at the central ground.

The hot summer was finally about to end, and at this moment, they felt very grateful not to have been left behind halfway, on the verge of heading to the final summary moment, the gathering moment!

Otherwise, this heat would only be left with the heat, and this summer could no longer carry the prefix ’magnificent.’

”Oh... oh oh oh oh.... oh... oh!”

Ma’el and the players from the France team were also on the field, with arms around each other’s shoulders, shouting and jumping. They long converged together to savor the purest and most sincere joy of this moment.

Before participating in the European Cup, most of them had not anticipated that on June 29th, they would confidently affirm that they would reach the final stage of this European Cup!

Looking back to the past, the majority of them once worried about changing coaches, new core players, changing captains, and about their performance in the initial few international A-level friendlies.

After this, they worried about the European Cup opening match, worried about the separation caused by losing the last group stage game, and successively worried about facing the traditional strong teams, Italy and Germany.