I AM the Football Star

Chapter 132: Chapter 52: The Greatest Trait of a Superstar Is Miraculous Comebacks (Part 2)

There are countless ways to score a goal, but no one could have imagined this one!

”GOAL!” The stadium commentator reacted immediately, yelling into the microphone!

A moment later, unparalleled cheers erupted in Juventus Stadium!

”Oh my God! It’s unbelievable that Lu Yang chose this method!”

”This is Arsenal!”

”How did he dare?”

”He’s really a player with nerves of steel!”

”Lu Yang’s vision is incredible! I think we’ve seriously underestimated this aspect! He’s the player with the fewest turnovers in this match, which definitely has to do with his vision!”

”So powerful, from such a long distance... It demands great foot strength and shooting accuracy. Of course, you could even see it as a precise high pass into the goal!”

”Sixty-five meters! Lu Yang has set a new record at Juventus Stadium, becoming the holder of the longest goal distance here! And this record will be hard to break.”

”This is also the farthest goal ever conceded in Arsenal’s history!”

”This goal is enough to remind people of the legendary Manchester United star Best, who scored a stunning midfield lob shot in his debut match!”

”Previously, some media have called Lu Yang the Best of Italy, and now it seems that Lu Yang does resemble Best in some ways.”

”And as we all know, Best is a famous Arsenal killer!”

”He once ran 16 km in a match against Arsenal, leading Manchester United to defeat Arsenal by two points to claim the Premier League title that season.”

”This is a painful memory for Arsenal fans, now being brought up again.”

”Oh, we can see Mr. Winter standing up, his brows furrowed, staring intensely at Lu Yang. Perhaps he’s finally realized what’s different about this player.”

Meanwhile.

Winter was covering his mouth, conversing with his assistant: ”I don’t know why, but I have a bad feeling about this match.”

The assistant was puzzled: ”What do you mean?”

Winter said: ”Everyone knows I’m an expert at discovering genius players. I have my unique way of recognizing them... Do you know what the hallmark of a genius player is?”

The assistant replied: ”Fast runner? Physically excellent? Skilled with the ball? Unmatched shooting?”

Winter nodded and shook his head: ”Those count, but... there’s one more, and that’s the most special one... It’s that the bigger the match, the more critical the moment, the better they perform.”

”Such players, in basketball, are called clutch players. In football, however, they’re more often called giant killers!”

”We might be dealing with an unprecedented giant killer.”

The assistant, full of questions, asked: ”Just because of these two goals?”

Winter nodded: ”If in this match, he only scored two goals, he at least has the potential of a top-tier forward.”

Assistant: ”But he’s just a defensive midfielder, oh no, he’s playing left-back in this match.”

Winter: ”Position doesn’t matter; talent will lead him to the right position in the game. Just like even from the left-back, he can still deliver two goals.”

Assistant: ”Okay, but you just said ’if he scores two goals,’ is there another part to that sentence?”

Winter said: ”If he manages a hat-trick, then his future will surpass this era!”

The assistant was stunned for a long time, then shook his head, saying: ”Winter, that’s... impossible... We are Arsenal; we’ll secure the final victory. Moreover... even if the Star of Italy scores again, it definitely won’t be this young man. The players on the field already regard him as the biggest threat in this match, he has no chance.”

Winter said: ”Have you seen the highlight reels of comebacks in football from the past twenty years? In these, eighty percent of the matches have players scoring twice, sixty percent have penalties, thirty percent feature more than two goals in the last ten minutes, and ten percent have stoppage-time winners!”

”Do you know what percentage of these matches feature a player scoring a hat-trick?”

The assistant shook his head: ”I don’t know, five percent? Or one percent? After all, situations where individual ability defeats an entire team aren’t common.”

Winter laughed and held up his hand: ”Fifty percent!”

”Huh?” The assistant was incredulous.

That probability, so high?

This is a hat-trick!

Moreover, a hat-trick in a turnaround match!

Winter said: ”This fully illustrates the ability of key players to dominate critical matches. It’s something that various regular statistics struggle to reflect, but it’s the greatest trait of superstar players!”

”I’m suddenly quite looking forward to seeing what Lu Yang will bring us next.”

...

The match resumed.

Lu Yang’s long-range lob from the backfield tied the score for the Star of Italy team.

Arsenal’s players were anxious.

They didn’t expect such a score in this match.

In fact, they were playing relatively relaxed, but the result...

Many Arsenal players became agitated momentarily.

They urgently pressed on the attack.

Although it seemed they gained more advantage on the field, almost pinning the Star of Italy team in the backfield.

But their cooperation wasn’t as patient as before.

Often, without executing the tactics thoroughly, they’d take shots from gaps that seemed like chances but weren’t really good opportunities.