I AM the Football Star

Chapter 45: Chapter 19: A Roar from 1.72 Meters Above Sea Level_3

The commentator’s speculation quickly became reality.

In the 62nd minute of the second half, because Lu Yang helped draw some of the opponent’s defense, Morici had a chance and sent a long pass to the team’s right forward.

There was a huge gap there.

The right forward faced off with the goalkeeper one-on-one, took a random shot, and it went in.

Five minutes later, San Remo stormed back again.

Morici passed the ball to Lu Yang, who feigned a long pass to the right side of the team.

However, he used an unexpected crossing foot move, passing the ball back to Morici not far away.

Morici didn’t stop the ball, directly executed a Tintin-style spinning long pass over the top.

Vedian once again burst through Juventus’s defense, took the ball solo, and scored a brace!

In the 75th minute of the second half, Morici, still lacking defensive marking, directly controlled the ball to shake off the opponent’s challenge, then used a fancy dribble he didn’t usually use to get past another midfielder, followed by a long shot.

Bam!

The ball bounced off the crossbar and into the net, the opposing goalkeeper powerless.

A miracle ball, how could he possibly save that?

”Roar!”

After the goal, Morici let out an angry roar; as the team’s brain, he rarely put on such a brilliant performance. But who isn’t a bit cocky in their youth?

After being steady for so long, it’s okay to show off occasionally.

Lu Yang, who rushed to hug Morici immediately, knew this was a distant cry from 1.72 meters above sea level.

This was the wail of a single dog.

Even though he himself was also a single dog.

”Morici, don’t get too affected, Sofia and I really haven’t started anything,” Lu Yang explained once again, not wanting Morici to take a wrong turn.

Upon facing a woman’s temptation, a man must remain steady.

Morici replied, ”Oh? Then why did she invite you for dinner together tonight?”

”Did you look at my phone?” Lu Yang caught Morici’s weak spot.

”I just happened to glance at the screen when you were reading the message,” Morici defended.

”Are you sure someone who’s 1.72 meters can glance at a 1.81-meter phone screen?”

”Damn it!”

Morici started chasing Lu Yang on the field again and gave him a kick.

This made the originally angry Juventus players unsure whether they should continue being angry.

It seemed like there was internal strife among San Remo?

Although we suffered a heavy defeat, San Remo’s midfield twin stars are in conflict, so in defeat, there is victory. Not a loss here?

After this goal, Sotu substituted in place of the slightly emotional Morici today.

Today he secured a beautiful tally of two goals and one assist, not only being the team’s core on the field but also matching it statistically, which was already enough.

Getting injured by a kick would be bad.

Lu Yang and Vedian were also substituted; they’ve been playing full matches recently, and it’s time to pay attention to rest.

Subsequently, without its attacking core, San Remo couldn’t organize any decent offense. The center-back Naji who replaced Lu transformed the formation into a five-defender setup, and even though Rondo was slacking, the defense remained relatively solid, and neither side scored again.

The full-time score, five to zero, yet another super victory!

But after the match, headlines on the news appeared as ”San Remo’s Little Sotu Lu Yang performed poorly, contributing only one goal and one assist all game.”

This left many fans bewildered.

One goal and one assist is considered bad?

What kind of miracle team is this?

Looking at Lu Yang’s stats from the previous league match, well, two goals and two assists, this game did indeed seem underwhelming, a 50% drop.

And so, ”only one goal and one assist” became a buzzword after this round of the league, used jokingly by some media to describe some Serie A star players.

And when everyone realized this originated from the Italian D Division, they all gave a knowing smile.

San Remo’s Lu Yang, once again silently became a hot topic.

And the journalist who wrote the original report was—Hans.