Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 54 Rinauddo, who overthinks
The game started.

Napoli's central defensive pairing for this match is veterans Contini and Rinaudo.

Contini came through AC Milan's youth academy, spent many years in the lower leagues, then moved to Parma before joining Napoli in 2007. Rinaudo, on the other hand, came from Palermo, spent many years on loan, and finally transferred to Napoli in 2008 for €650 million.

Both are very experienced Serie A veterans and defenders.

Especially Rinaudo, who is tall and strong, so every time Shan Yongzhuo wanted to touch the ball, he had to fight hard against him.

Moreover, the opponent would use endless, subtle tricks to interfere with Shan Yongzhuo, making it difficult for him to play.

This is not the way Shan Yongzhuo is good at.

His experience was far inferior to the two of them. He couldn't gain the upper hand in the continuous head-on confrontations and was instead repeatedly knocked to the ground.

Moreover, the opponent's actions were very subtle, and the referee did not call a foul, only considering it as normal physical contact, which frustrated Shan Yongzhuo.

Twenty minutes into the match, the TV commentator expressed sympathy for Shan Yongzhuo, saying, "Shan has fallen again. Rinaudo should be more careful with his actions; next time it won't be just a warning..."

Roma fans, especially the female fans, couldn't stand it anymore.

With his outstanding performance, incredibly handsome appearance, and of course, the power of fatal attraction, Shan Yongzhuo has quickly won over a large number of female fans in Rome and become the darling of the Olympic Stadium.

At this moment, if you walk a little closer to the stands, you can hear the curses of Roma female fans.

"Damn it, Rinauddo, die!"

"How dare you run into my group, Rinauddo, you bastard!"

"Don't let me run into you, or I'll kill you!"

"Rinaudo, die!"

"..."

Rinaudo has become the target of protests from Roma's female fans.

Rinaudo didn't feel anything special; in fact, he was quite puzzled.

In his opinion, Shan Yongzhuo's strength was really average. Even though he performed the so-called "closed-eye ritual" at the beginning of the game, he still hadn't been able to touch the ball properly. As long as he defended seriously, the opponent wouldn't have any chance.

So the question is, how did he score so many goals?

Rinauddo has no idea.

However, he felt that his defense was still very successful, and his opponent became completely invisible, with no chance to perform at all.

However, Roma had long been used to Shan Yongzhuo's invisibility, and they continued to play the game in their normal manner.

Roma's midfield is quite strong; the combination of De Rossi and David Pizarro is among the best in Serie A, and they suppressed Napoli's midfield.

In the 22nd minute, Roma attacked down the wing, and Perrotta's cross was blocked out of bounds by the opposing defender, giving Roma a corner kick opportunity.

David Pizarro walked to the corner kick spot, intending to take the corner kick.

Shan Yongzhuo walked over and asked, "Can I try?"

Pizarro was somewhat puzzled. "You? You should have gone for the header!"

"No, I feel great. I can score directly, do you believe me?"

Pizarro certainly didn't believe it, but it didn't matter. It was just a corner kick. Since Shan Yongzhuo was the top scorer and wanted to take it, it didn't matter if he took it.

Shan Yongzhuo played very frustratingly for the first twenty minutes, not getting any good opportunities, until he suddenly thought of a corner kick.

He couldn't help but curse himself for being an idiot.

You've already mastered the Mighty Vajra Leg technique, so why not use it to kick corner kicks?

So he won the corner kick.

Pizarro just left and is preparing to run to the edge of the penalty area. The team doesn't have many strong aerial duelists in the box, so if the ball gets to the outside, I might have a direct shooting opportunity. Let Shan Yongzhuo take the corner kick; I'll look for a scoring chance outside the box, and maybe I can score directly.

Pizarro couldn't help but admire his own cleverness.

Spalletti on the sidelines was a bit annoyed. The team didn't have many players tall enough to compete for headers. Vucinic, Mexes, and Shan Yongzhuo were the main players in the header battle.

But Shan Yongzhuo took the corner kick on his own initiative?
"He had better perform well, or I'll take him off the field!"

Spalletti felt his authority had been challenged and decided to teach Shan Yongzhuo a lesson.

However, the next moment, Shan Yongzhuo took a corner kick, a very high ball with an arc, seemingly heading towards the far post.

However, when the ball reached its highest point, it suddenly began to descend rapidly, and then spun even faster, with a strong downward pull.

Napoli goalkeeper Sanctis had no time to react as the ball chased down to the corner of the goal and then nestled into the net, hugging the grass and the post.

Shan Yongzhuo immediately stood still and raised his right hand.

Before anyone could react, the referee, with the help of the assistant referee, was the first to react and blew the whistle to confirm the goal.

"What happened? My God!" The TV commentator didn't react at first, but then noticed and exclaimed in surprise, "Goal! A corner kick directly into the goal?"

"My God, a corner kick went straight into the goal! He's amazing!"

"Before the match, Donadoni claimed that Napoli would be able to contain Shan Yongzhuo, but now, only 22 minutes into the game, Shan Yongzhuo has already scored!"

Roma fans were the quickest to react; they immediately cheered the goal and shouted Shan Yongzhuo's name.

The Roma players reacted quickly, rushing towards Shan Yongzhuo to celebrate their goal.

Pizarro was the most surprised, and he explained what had happened to his teammates.

"But this kid told me he would score directly."

"I thought he was joking."

"But before I could get back to my position, the ball had already gone in."

"I didn't even have time to react, he's amazing."

Shan Yongzhuo simply smiled and didn't seem to care at all.

Totti was even more enthusiastic. In recent days, he had intentionally or unintentionally mentioned magic to Shan Yongzhuo, but Shan Yongzhuo had always managed to evade the question.

Now, Totti feels he can't delay any longer.

"It must be that my friendship with Shan isn't deep enough, or at least he thinks it isn't. I must deepen our relationship so that in the future, I can also score directly from a corner kick!"

Mexes shared the same thought: "Next time I go to the University of Rome, I'll definitely show Dan my flirting skills. In exchange, he'll surely be willing to teach me this magic."

The Roma players were happy, while the Napoli players were not.

A corner kick leads directly into the goal; how can we defend against that?

They all felt an urge to curse. The team's defense had been quite good, but how could they defend against a ball like that?
Of course, one person was unaffected.

Rinaudo felt greatly encouraged and believed it was all thanks to him.

"The head coach just told me to defend him well, and now he's been cornered and has no choice but to use this method to score."

"This is all thanks to me, Leandro Rinaudo!"

"Even a striker like Shan Yongzhuo was forced into a corner when facing my Linaoudo, which is enough to prove my defensive strength!"

"Mr. Donadoni will definitely value my abilities even more!"

(End of this chapter)