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Chapter 100 The ignorant are fearless

Josh Finley, wearing a yellow training vest, adjusted his pace as the ball rolled towards him and swung his left foot as if to shoot.

A player in a gray training suit rushed up and stretched out his foot to block the ball.

It turned out that Finley's move was just a fake, and he dribbled the ball back to the right with his left foot!
The defender just slid past him...

Then Finn used the outside of his right foot to push the ball to the right, made a slight adjustment, and kicked it again.

This time it's not a fake move!

But at this moment, a foot reappeared in Finley's field of vision from the left.

Then with a dull bang, the football hit the foot that was kicking the ball, bounced high, and flew out of the baseline.

"Ahhh! Feng! Good job you did!"

Josh Finley, who failed to score, put his head in his hands and yelled at the owner of the foot.

Feng Qiyuan got up from the ground with his legs spread apart and said to him, "You should have shot directly, Josh."

Finley spread his hands and said, "My left foot is weak, I think it's safer to shoot with my right foot..."

Feng Qiyuan grinned and said, "That's such a pity."

Just now, Feng Qiyuan seemed to be fooled by Finley's fake shot and real dunk, but when Finley was concentrating on the ball at his feet, Feng Qiyuan quickly turned around and pounced back.

The turning is very agile and the speed is very fast.

Finally, he blocked Finley's shot...

"Damn it! You're too fast!" Finley complained. "If it was David, I would have definitely scored!"

David Johnston, who was not far away, glanced at him and said, "I heard it, Josh!"

The right back Jakub Stapovic gave Feng Qiyuan a thumbs up for his performance and praised him, "You are in great shape, Feng! Come on in the weekend game. Just like you did, do it again and freeze Wang!"

"If it's Feng, there will be no problem!" Goalkeeper teammate David Bennett also came up from the side and hugged Feng Qiyuan's neck, saying this confidently.

Facing the praise, compliments and encouragement from his teammates, Feng Qiyuan's smile was a little stiff...

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Seeing the players surrounding Feng Qiyuan on the sidelines, head coach Carlo Lamanna exclaimed: "Feng is in really good form recently. I feel that our idea may really work!"

Assistant coach Gianluca Zigni next to him reminded him: "Wang is also in good shape."

"But can you find another better candidate in our team? A central defender like Feng who is fast and flexible?"

Zigni was silent when asked.

Indeed, I can't find it.

Feng Qiyuan is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms, which is not considered strong for a central defender.

But why can he gain a foothold in the Premier League?

And can he become a regular at Witton Hill?
Of course it is because he has much faster speed and more flexible turning than other central defenders.

There is no shortage of tall, strong central defenders with excellent frontal defensive abilities in the Premier League.

However, it is very rare to have good air defense capabilities while also having agile turning and chasing speed.

It was precisely because of this advantage that Feng Qiyuan was spotted by the mid-table Premier League club Witton Hill.

He transferred from the Eredivisie to Wittenhill in the summer of 2034, and then quickly became the main central defender of this mid-table Premier League team with his own characteristics.

This is his third season with the team.

In the tactics that Ramanna envisioned for the next game, he needed a flexible and fast defender to stick to Wang Lie.

Of all the central defenders at Witten Hill, only Feng Qiyuan meets this criterion.

Seeing that the assistant coach had no objection, Ramanna said, "I plan to talk to him after today's training. He will be entrusted with an important task in the weekend game."

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Amidst the huge boos, the football cut through Witton Hill's defense like a hot knife through butter.

Behind all the Witton Hill defenders, a figure wearing a white jersey and black shorts was running hard, chasing after the football.

"Is it offside?! Sofulian's counterattack! King——!"

It is no longer the era where the linesman can stop the game by raising the flag. Whether there is offside or not has to wait until the attack is over. If there is no offside, but the defensive player arrogantly gives up returning to defense, and if VAR confirms that there is no offside and the goal is valid, I am afraid that the defensive player who did this will become the object of ridicule of fans all over the world in one day...

So even though Witton Hill's central defender Jaroslav Planka raised his arm to indicate that Wang Lie was offside, he did not stop and quickly chased back.

It wasn't just him, all the players at Witton Hill were rushing back.

Wang Lie, who was offside, took the lead and ran for more than ten meters, finally catching up with the football. Then he used the outside of his right foot to push the football forward five or six meters, and continued to chase it.

This way his speed won't drop too much.

Behind him, the pursuers were approaching.

The one chasing the fastest was a tall and straight figure.

He walked with his long legs like a sprinter in a 100-meter sprint.

When the Witton Hill players started to chase back, he was not the one rushing in the front.

But now, he has run in front of all his teammates and is the defensive player closest to Wang Lie!
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Wang Lie slowed down while dribbling the ball, he narrowed the distance between the two, and then started to overtake with big strides!
Seeing the gap between the two people getting shorter and shorter, Wang Lie seemed as slow as a snail compared to his speed!

When Wang Lie caught up with the football again in the corner of the penalty area, the Witton Hill player was already on par with him!
"Feng!! He caught up!"

The boos in the low-lying stadium had now turned into deafening cheers.

Then, amid the cheers of the home fans, Witton Hill defender Feng Qiyuan kicked the ball away from Wang Lie before he could stretch out his foot to control the ball again!
Yes, it was not a tackle, but the ball was snatched away from Wang Lie's feet while running!

The cheers in the stands grew louder.

Then the picture froze and the huge cheers stopped abruptly.

Carlo Ramanna shook the remote control in his hand to Feng Qiyuan who was sitting opposite him: "35.9 kilometers per hour sprint speed, this is the speed you ran in the chase just now. This speed is not only the highest among all Premier League defenders, but also ranks third in the Premier League sprint list this season. It's amazing, Feng."

Sprint speed refers to the maximum instantaneous speed of players when they run at full speed during a game.

The Premier League has a special statistics system for this data, which can be used to indicate the speed of the players.

Instead of using the "100-meter running time" that everyone thinks of.

Because football players do not need to sprint 100 meters, the 100-meter speed cannot accurately reflect whether the players run fast or slow.

Football players mostly do short-distance sprints on the field.

Therefore, the fastest instantaneous speed during the sprint process can relatively scientifically reflect the player's speed.

Of course, there are limitations to the speed of sprinting.

After all, there are many factors that affect the instantaneous top speed of sprinting, and the right opportunity is also very important.

It doesn't mean that the player who ranks highest in the sprint running list is necessarily the fastest player.

But it is always true that the players who rank at the top of this list are all fast horses on the green field.

Feng Qiyuan's sprint speed ranks third in this year's Premier League sprint list. As a central defender, he can appear in this position, which shows how good his speed is.

This happened in the 15th round of the league this season.

Witton Hill host Sofia United.

At that time, Wang Lie was still in the Sofu League.

However, he did not start the game, but came on as a substitute in the 3th minute. At that time, the score was 1:, and Witton Hill, playing at home, was two goals ahead of Sofia United.

Wang Lie, who was substituted in, was highly expected by the fans of Sofia United.

Everyone hopes that he can save the team like he has done countless times before.

But just like the symbolic significance represented by this attack and defense.

Wang Lie was unable to save the team and was "frozen" by Feng Qiyuan.

Including injury time, Wang Lie played for a total of 21 minutes in that game.

In these twenty-one minutes, Wang Lie only had one chance to shoot, but his shot did not hit the goal frame.

The rest of the time he was basically fighting hand-to-hand with Feng Qiyuan.

In fact, as a central defender, Feng Qiyuan is not particularly strong, but he is flexible and fast.

But Wang Lie at that time did not have enough speed to break free from the defense and was always forced to tangle with Feng Qiyuan.

It was as if he was dragged into a muddy pond by Feng Qiyuan. Most of his body's energy was used to fight the sticky mud. How could he have more strength to score a goal?

Feng Qiyuan turned his head and looked at head coach Ramanna, not understanding why he showed him this.

To be honest, now that he is watching this scene again, he doesn't feel excited, but rather a little embarrassed...

"Of course, I know that the king's physical condition was not at its best at that time. But at least it shows that you can suppress the king. You could do it easily before. Now, even if the king is in excellent condition, you should believe that you can do it. It just may require more effort and be a little more difficult..." Seeing Feng Qiyuan looking at him, Ramanna said with a smile.

"So, I plan to let you be the main defensive player in the weekend's game."

Feng Qiyuan was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed at himself, his face full of disbelief: "Me?"

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"competition is over!"

As the referee blew the whistle three times, a huge cheer broke out over the low-lying field.

"After 3 minutes of competition, Witton Hill defeated the visiting Sofia United 1: at home! After Wang came on as a substitute, he was unable to save the team and change the defeat..."

Amid the cheers, Feng Qiyuan did not celebrate the victory as excitedly as his teammates.

Instead, he turned his gaze to Wang Lie first.

He saw Brother Wang first tried to protest to the referee, because the referee had blew the whistle to end the game when Sofia United was in control of the ball and attacking.

Wang Ge probably thought that he should wait until the Sofia attack was over before blowing the whistle. After his protest was ineffective, Wang Ge stood there with his hands on his hips, shaking his head gently.

This scene stayed in Feng Qiyuan's mind for a long time. Even though it had been almost half a year, he could still clearly recall every detail of that time.

At this moment he was sitting in the car, which was parked in the car park of the Witton Hill training base.

He didn't rush to drive home, but couldn't help but think of the game half a year ago.

In fact, Feng Qiyuan himself didn't expect that he could prevent Wang Ge from being so embarrassed that he couldn't even get a shot within the goal frame...

Before this game, he always thought that Wang Ge was persecuted by Helden. He was obviously capable, but he didn't get enough playing time. So Helden, the old thief, should die quickly!
But after that game, he had to admit that perhaps Wang Ge was not treated unfairly by Helden, but because his own strength was indeed not worthy of a giant like Sofia United.

After all, even he himself could freeze him completely.

You have to know that Brother Wang was a substitute, while I played from the start to the end. Brother Wang had a physical advantage over me. But after he came on, Brother Wang couldn't even run faster than me, nor could he carry me...

After the game, because of his outstanding performance - not limited to his defensive performance against Wang Lie - Feng Qiyuan became the third highest scorer in the team in the media ratings and the highest-scoring player on the Witten Hill defense line.

After this game, topics such as "Feng Qiyuan freezes Wang Lie" and "Feng Qiyuan steals the ball while running" even made it to the domestic Weibo hot topic rankings.

Many people praised his outstanding performance, and some foreign fans even gave him the nickname "The Wall of China".

But Feng Qiyuan was not happy about the praise.

On the one hand, many people used his performance of defending Wang Lie alone to mock Wang Lie and used him as a pawn. Although he immediately defended Wang Ge in an interview after the game, saying that Wang Ge had not played systematic games for a long time and was not familiar with the rhythm of the game, and this performance was normal... but no one listened and no one believed him.

Those people didn't really care whether he performed well or not, they just wanted to use him to attack Brother Wang. This diluted Feng Qiyuan's joy for his team's victory and his own outstanding performance.

On the other hand, Feng Qiyuan realized that Wang Ge, the "national football hero" he once regarded as a hero, was really old.

Although he tried to make excuses for Brother Wang in the post-match interview, he knew in his heart that those were all excuses. The feeling when he and Brother Wang were competing against each other on the court could not deceive him, and he knew what was going on.

The truth is cruel, but it is the truth.

A fact that made him unable to be happy.

More than a month after that confrontation, Wang Ge was driven to the Sofia youth team by Heldon. At that time, he was pessimistic and thought that the era of Wang Ge in Chinese football was coming to an end.

In fact, there is no suspense about the end of Wang Ge’s era - everyone knows that one day Wang Ge will bid farewell to the stadium and retire.

But ending his era in this way, amid huge controversy and ridicule, was not what Feng Qiyuan wanted to see.

He thought that Brother Wang should step down from the throne amid cheers and applause, then walk across the long red carpet covered with flowers, enjoy the admiration of the people, and finally wave goodbye gracefully and leave with a smile when everyone reluctantly asks him to leave.

End of this legendary story.

In Feng Qiyuan's mind, only such a glorious ending is worthy of Wang Ge's great career and his status in Chinese and world football.

Instead of becoming a clown who can be stepped on by anyone!

Then, just when Feng Qiyuan thought that the era belonging to Brother Wang was over, Wang Lie suddenly transferred to Tyne... He stayed in the Premier League!
Feng Qiyuan was not expecting this operation at the time. His first reaction to the news was:
what?
What he didn't expect was that after Wang Ge went to Tyne, he suddenly had a second spring in his career. Not only did he score goals in succession, he also led Tyne to consecutive wins.

At the end of March, on the national team match day, Feng Qiyuan met Wang Ge again in the national team. He competed against Wang Ge in training, and the feeling this time was completely different from that a few months ago.

Wang Ge is faster and has stronger physical confrontation ability. He was not able to "freeze" Wang Ge in the team training as he did in the club.

Whether in the national team's training or in the next two national team games, Feng Qiyuan had a very strange feeling, as if he had traveled back four years to the national team before the Saudi Arabia World Cup.

At that time, he was only 22 years old and a “newbie” who had just joined the national team, and Brother Wang was his idol whom he could only look up to.

He still remembers the first time he met Brother Wang at the national team training camp. He was so shy and nervous that he even forgot to say hello, but Qin An beside him yelled, "Hello, Brother Wang!"

He suddenly woke up from his dream and hurriedly followed the people around him to greet Brother Wang.

At that time, Wang Ge was thirty-four years old...

But now he is thirty-eight years old!

No, Brother Wang...how come you have become younger again?
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Fang Yixuan was chatting on the phone with her best friend when she heard the sound of the door opening.

She ran out with her cell phone and just saw her husband Feng Qiyuan closing the door.

"Are you back?" she greeted.

Feng Qiyuan turned around and saw his wife. He just nodded without saying anything. With a serious expression on his face, he walked straight to their bedroom upstairs.

Fang Yixuan was quick to sense that her husband was having emotional problems, so she said to her bestie on the other end of the phone, "Oh, Xiaoqing, I'm sorry, my husband is back, I'll hang up first..."

"Okay..." Xiaoqing on the other end of the phone hadn't said the third "Okay" yet, and all she could hear was the "beep" sound of the phone being hung up.

"Hey!" She looked at the screen of her phone and said jokingly, "You're so anxious, are you missing your man? You've been married for two years and you're still in the honeymoon period?!"

While Xiaoqing was complaining about her bestie, Fang Yixuan caught up with her husband halfway up the stairs and asked with concern, "What's wrong, husband?"

"Nothing..." Feng Qiyuan shook his head, obviously not wanting to say more. "Who are you talking to on the phone?"

"Xiaoqing...she is planning to get married. She couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and asked me to talk to her." Fang Yixiuan explained simply.

"Oh, then you guys continue chatting..." After saying that, Feng Qiyuan was about to go upstairs again.

Seeing him like this, Fang Yixuan was more and more certain that her husband was not in a good condition, so she suddenly asked, "Do you have someone else outside?"

Feng Qiyuan, who was going upstairs, almost missed a step when he heard this...

He grabbed the handrail and turned back to glare at his wife: "What are you talking about?!"

"Then why do you have such a grumpy face when you go home? You don't even bother to respond when people greet you. Don't you love me anymore?" Fang Yixuan glared at Feng Qiyuan, as if to say, "This won't end unless you make things clear today."

Seeing this, Feng Qiyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What the hell! How could I not love you? I'm just... a little worried."

"What are you worried about? Tell me and I'll give you some advice."

Feng Qiyuan could only reveal his inner struggles:
"It's like this... Aren't we ranked 8th with 44 points now? Brighton & Hove Albion, ranked 7th, have the same points as us, but have a better goal difference. Wang Ge's Tyne are ranked 6th, only one point more than us. So the game this weekend is very important to us, because we also want to qualify for the European Cup..."

In fact, Witton Hill's trend in the league table is very much in sync with Tyne.

The league rankings of the two teams are also very close, sometimes Tyne is ahead and sometimes Witton Hill is ahead.

Since Wang Lie played for Tyne, the biggest difference between the two teams is four points - after the 22nd round of the league, Witton Hill ranked tenth with 28 points, and Tyne ranked twelfth with 24 points.

Other times the difference was one or two points.

Currently, Tyne is seven points behind fourth-placed Sofia United, and Witton Hill is eight points behind.

But Wang Lie loudly called for going to the Champions League next season, but Witten Hill, who was only one point behind them, did not dare to do so.

They are more pragmatic and are thinking about "European wars" - European wars include the Champions League, Europa League and UEFA Champions League, but everyone knows that Wittenhill's goal is the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League.

Unlike Tyne who were mocked for wanting to qualify for the Champions League, if Wittenhill publicly announced that they wanted to qualify for the European competition, no one would laugh at them.

After all, for Witten Hill, which is already ranked eighth in the league, it is normal to have this idea, and it is easier to achieve than qualifying for the Champions League.

"...Then today our head coach called me in private and asked me to mark Brother Wang in the game..."

After hearing this, Fang Yixuan still didn't understand why her husband was so hesitant: "Just keep an eye on him. Didn't you prevent Brother Wang from even taking a decent shot in a whole game?"

Feng Qiyuan was speechless: "It's not a game! Brother Wang only played for 21 minutes!"

"No matter how long we kicked the ball, there was no shot. Didn't you successfully defend against him?" Fang Yixuan didn't understand.

Feng Qiyuan was amused by his wife's ignorance, and his tone became impolite: "How can it be the same? What was Brother Wang's condition at that time? What is Brother Wang's condition now? Don't be like those... people on the Internet. I have told you that they are using me as a gun! This time when I returned to the national team, Brother Wang and I competed in training. I know what level he is at now! You don't know anything and don't understand, so don't talk without any back pain..."

Facing her husband's accusation, Fang Yixuan immediately put her hands on her hips and retorted without showing any weakness:

"Yes, you understand. I made you understand everything. What's the result? The result is that you surrendered before the game even started! I tell you, Feng Qiyuan, you should be like me and know nothing. It is said that 'ignorance is fearless', why don't you just be an 'ignorant'? At least you still have courage!"

Feng Qiyuan didn't expect his wife to explain the phrase "Ignorance is fearless" in this way, which usually sounds like a derogatory phrase.

He stared at his wife blankly, unable to utter a word.

Seeing him speechless and standing there dumbfounded, Fang Yixuan ignored him, turned around and walked back to the living room, took out her cell phone and called her bestie back:

"Hello? Honey? Are you asleep? No? Then let's continue... So fast? What do you mean fast?... Your man is fast! What are you thinking about?!"

Feng Qiyuan came to his senses when he heard his wife's angry voice coming from the living room.

He turned and walked upstairs to the bedroom.

At the same time, he was still pondering in his mind what his wife had just said.

Ignorance is fearless...

Why not just be ignorant?
At least I still have the courage...

courage.

He clenched his fists.

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PS, I wrote this chapter the day before yesterday, but I felt something was not right while writing it these days, so I re-organized what I wrote in the past few days, and finally decided to overturn and rewrite it.

So the chapter you see today was actually rewritten by me early this morning.

I don't have time to check for typos. If there are any, please remind me in the chapter description. I will correct them when I see them when I wake up.

In addition, I would like to give you a brief summary first.

Because I decided to overturn and rewrite, I originally had three chapters saved, but now there is nothing left.

I will certainly try my best to catch up.

But if I'm really not in good shape and it causes problems with the writing, I might have to take a leave and stop updating...

Of course, I wouldn't do this unless it was absolutely necessary.

I will still try to write a little more after finishing tomorrow's update and accumulate my drafts again.

I just hope everyone can understand the current situation.

Anyway, by the time I finished writing this chapter, it was already 5am. Now I have to go to bed...

I'm so sorry!
(End of this chapter)