Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 11 The Conflict Between Defense and Goals
At the end of this round of the league, Shan Yongzhuo scored two goals and earned 0.4 points.

Instead of rushing to increase his points in endurance, he thought about it and realized that what he needed most right now was to improve his overall strength and make scoring goals easier.

The simplest way to increase your strength is to acquire skills.

Currently, according to the system's prompts, dribbling is the skill closest to being acquired.

According to the system prompts, reaching 50 dribbling skills will unlock a new skill. He only needs one more point and three more goals to acquire it. This is a fairly simple matter for Shan Yongzhuo, as he can definitely achieve it as long as he gets three playing opportunities.

Shan Yongzhuo's performance in the previous round also attracted the attention of Austrian media to some extent.

For an average player, such a performance might not seem like much, but Shan Yongzhuo is different. This is his first appearance in a professional league, and he has already scored two goals, which is quite remarkable.

Among these media outlets, one person paid particular attention to this information.

Chen Hai is a journalist working for Sinlang Sports. He is based in Germany and mainly focuses on Shao Jiayi. He also occasionally comes to Austria because Chinese player Sun Xiang has joined Austrian Bundesliga powerhouse Austria Vienna on loan.

Sun Xiang is still quite popular in China. Although he only plays in a small European league like the Austrian Bundesliga, he is still one of the few players who have played abroad.

However, after eight rounds of league play, Sun Xiang still hadn't shown any performance. He even scored an own goal in the second round, which led to a draw against Kafimburg.

Now, Chen Hai is surprised to find that there is actually a Chinese player in the Austrian Bundesliga? And he scored two goals in his debut?

Chen Hai found it hard to believe.

Then he started paying attention to Shan Yongzhuo's information and learned that he was a player who had not been registered with the Chinese Football Association and was not a player from any of the domestic league clubs' youth teams. He had come to Kaffinburg for a trial this summer and then joined the team.

This news was absolutely not to be missed, that was Chen Hai's first reaction. He immediately rushed to Kaffinburg, hoping to interview Shan Yongzhuo.

Kaffinburg Club welcomed Chen Hai's interview request. The club was pleased that such a small rural club could receive attention from Chinese media, and Chen Hai successfully met with Shan Yongzhuo.

"So, you want to interview me?"

“Yes,” Chen Hai said with a smile, “Your success in Austria will definitely attract attention back home.”

"success?"

Shan Yongzhuo pursed his lips, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

He only came on as a substitute and scored two goals, and that's considered a success?

However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing for me.

"So what do I need to do?"

Chen Haidao said, "You just need to cooperate by giving a simple interview."

"OK then."

The interview was very simple, mainly about how Shan Yongzhuo came to Austria and passed the trial in Kafenburg, and his development in Kafenburg.

In the end, it only took one noon to finish, and all that was left was for Chen Hai to go back and write the article.

For Shan Yongzhuo, this was just a minor incident.

A new round of the league has begun.

Shan Yongzhuo successfully made the squad list again and traveled with the team to Klagenfurt for an away game against Carlton.

Carlton is a club founded in 2007 that qualified for the Austrian Bundesliga. They have performed exceptionally well this season, currently sitting in sixth place with 11 points, which is a very respectable achievement.

After the match began, Carlton launched a fierce attack on Carffinburg, and their offensive quickly paid off, with Carlton striker Sindejo scoring a goal.

This goal prompted a barrage of complaints from Shan Yongzhuo.

Kaffinburg is really too weak; they concede the first goal in every match.
Kaffinburg's head coach, Pfluge, has consistently used a 4-5-1 formation, with Gošić as the lone striker, appearing somewhat isolated. Even so, Pfluge has never considered changing the formation; Shan Yongzhuo thinks this guy might only know this one tactic.

In the 70th minute of the second half, the score remained 1-0, with Kaffinburg trailing Carlton by one goal away from home.

Head coach Pflug stood up and substituted Shan Yongzhuo for Gao Shiqi.

However, after Shan Yongzhuo came on, the situation did not improve. Like Gao Shisi, he received no support and had difficulty even getting a chance to touch the ball, becoming practically invisible.

There was nothing Shan Yongzhuo could do; the ball remained under the opponent's control, so he could only close his eyes and prepare his skills.

Then, time passed by, second by second.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that Shan Yongzhuo finally touched the ball, and this touch ultimately led him to score. It was a lob shot from about thirty meters away that broke through Carlton's goal.

In the following time, Carlton intensified their attack, unwilling to accept the equalizer and wanting to score another goal in the remaining time to secure the victory.

Kaffinburg's situation became extremely passive.

Head coach Pflug stood on the sidelines, very worried about the defense, and kept loudly reminding Shan Yongzhuo to defend.

Dan Yongzhuo ran back a few steps as a formality, but did not actually participate in the defense.

On the one hand, his defensive points are only 15, which is no different from a moving wooden stake.

On the other hand, his stamina is not very high. If he puts too much energy into defense, he will have little energy to score when he gets an attacking opportunity.

After all, he still wanted to score a goal, and he had already used up all his skills, so he could only rely on his own strength. In this situation, stamina was very important.

Time ticked by, and Carlton failed to break through Kaffinburg's goal again. However, Kaffinburg also failed to get a chance to counterattack. With the referee's whistle, the game ended.

Kaffinburg managed a draw against Carlton away from home.

Kaffinburg could accept the result, considering their opponent took an early lead and Kaffinburg didn't equalize until the 80th minute.

Moreover, this was the opponent's home ground, so achieving a draw is already a good result.

However, although Shan Yongzhuo scored a goal, Pflug criticized Shan Yongzhuo's defensive attitude and seemed somewhat dissatisfied with him.

Shan Yongzhuo was also caught in a dilemma: "Should we play defense during the game?"

"Pufflug is right. Defense is the responsibility of the whole team. Even the forwards should participate in defense."

"However, my defense is terrible, I'm practically a wooden stake, and I might even disrupt my teammates' defensive formation."

"So, I'll just not play defense, as long as I can score goals."

Soon, Shan Yongzhuo figured it out. He wouldn't get stuck on that. For a striker, scoring goals was the most important thing.

As long as we keep scoring goals, what does it matter if we can't defend?
More than that, Shan Yongzhuo is concerned about his goal.

He has already played two games, scored 3 goals, and earned 0.6 points. He is only 0.4 points away from getting another skill.

This made Shan Yongzhuo even more excited.

Perhaps, if I score two goals in the next match, I can directly gain the skill?
You should know that skills are very powerful.

Mighty Vajra Kick is a shooting skill. Although it can only be used once per match, if used well, it almost always results in a goal.

The Golden Bell Iron Shirt skill is merely a power skill, a passive skill, and has nothing to do with scoring goals.

The next skill will be dribbling, which might be related to scoring goals?

(End of this chapter)