I AM the Football Star

The way they’re playing today looks exactly like that AC Milan in this year’s Champions League final.

Never abandon, never give up!

Sogel immediately ran into the goal, grabbed the ball, then dashed toward the center circle.

That move ignited the passion of the AC Milan fans.

Everyone started chanting Sogel’s name together!

”Oh! This is Sogel! He’s fired up AC Milan with the San Remo spirit!” Coach Jun said. ”This move of scooping up the ball, in the past two years we’ve seen it most often from Lu Yang.”

”I wonder what the San Remo players feel seeing this scene?”

Coach Lu: ”As San Remo’s players scatter and take root everywhere, this kind of situation is bound to happen more and more. This season in Serie A, lots of people are looking forward to clashes between San Remo and teams like AC Milan and Florence!”

”Oh! Lu Yang and Bai Zhami have switched positions! Looks like the defensive pressure on San Remo’s left flank is too big; they need Lu Yang to help out.”

”Exactly. Just now, even though the assist came from Praxedes, it all started because AC Milan’s right side created danger, which forced Lam over to plug the gap, and then AC Milan immediately switched the ball to the other side.”

”With Lu Yang coming over to the left, in theory it should balance San Remo’s defensive strength.”

In the 66th minute, Praxedes once again successfully drove the ball to the byline.

And he even got the cross in.

But this time Naji didn’t suffer again; he outmuscled Sogel and won the header.

Camihong controlled the ball and passed it back to Delarre, who had dropped in to receive.

Delarre played the ball out looking for Lu Yang.

Lu Yang launched a big long pass to Morici, who was making a forward run through the middle.

It sounds long when you describe it, but in fact this whole chain of switches was done very quickly.

San Remo start the counterattack!

Bang!

Facing Lu Yang’s long pass, Morici didn’t take a touch; while on the run he hit a first-time through ball with the outside of his foot!

The degree of difficulty was extremely high!

On the run, no touch, outside of the boot... each of those is tricky enough, stack them together and it’s even harder.

A lot of people would say there’s no need to take such a risk.

Because when the difficulty level shoots up geometrically, in reality a pass like this only saves a second or two compared to controlling it, slowing down, then passing.

Sometimes it doesn’t even save a full second.

Is it really necessary?

The facts tell everyone: very necessary.

Because this is exactly the difference between an ordinary player and a star player.

”Oh! What a magical pass! With that through ball, Morici has completely cranked up the speed of San Remo’s counterattack!”

”Originally, after that sequence of passes just now, San Remo’s counter speed could only be called normal. The AC Milan players were already sprinting back; at that pace, although they couldn’t completely stop the counter, they could at least disrupt it a bit.”

”But now! The ball is practically all Bai Zhami’s! He’s off like a shot, exploding forward, charging straight into AC Milan’s penalty area!”

”Too fast! Both Morici’s pass and Bai Zhami’s speed are just too fast!”

”Morici really lives up to the title of a top-tier turbocharger! Two years ago, when he said in the Star of Italy tournament that he was a turbocharger, people still laughed at him.”

”But now, who can refute that? Plenty of teams trying to speed up their attack would love to sign Morici. Among young midfielders in world football, he is absolutely the strongest offensive accelerator!”

Bang!

Bai Zhami went one-on-one, and the AC Milan goalkeeper rushed out.

Bai Zhami nudged the ball and accelerated, easily rounded the keeper, then slotted into the empty net!

4–2!

San Remo refuse to be overtaken!

The ”Qi-Ba” partnership, lightning fast!

It’s just that the name of this combo doesn’t sound that great—”Qi” is easy to be pronounced like ”ji” (chicken).

”Hell of a pass! So fast!” Lu Yang gave Morici a big thumbs-up.

”You’re the fast one! Your whole family is fast!” Morici was almost mad enough to cry.

Is that the kind of thing you can just yell out loud?

There are eighty thousand fans in the stands, keep it down, bro!

Lu Yang scratched his head, feeling baffled.

Calling a player fast... isn’t that a compliment?

Since when did Momo get so modest?

Who knew that having a certain dysfunction could actually make a person more humble?

Momo’s something else!