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Chapter 127 I’m ready

When Sonny Dean was substituted in the 77th minute, he seemed very reluctant and was unhappy that he could not fight for the team until the last minute.

When Vitini was pulled to the ground by the opposing player while dribbling the ball, he rushed to the sidelines with his teammates on the bench, yelling and protesting to the referee, while cursing the Southampton Ankle players who committed the foul.

But when Wang Lie put the football on the ground and prepared to take a free kick, he suddenly calmed down.

An irresistible thought came to his mind:
This ball... has potential!
There is no reason, and if someone asks him why, he will just say "intuition".

Yes, it's intuition.

I don’t know why, but this is what he thought in his mind.

His previously restless heart suddenly calmed down.

His teammates were so nervous that they dared not breathe, and some even knelt on the ground, clasped their hands together and prayed to God.

Dean didn't do that either.

He just focused on looking at the man's back.

WANG
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It’s hard to explain why, but the man’s back can indeed bring him an inexplicable sense of security, making him willing to trust him unconditionally.

Sure enough, after the referee blew the whistle, Wang Lie took a run-up and kicked the ball towards the corner flag area!
Then the football made an exaggerated arc in the air and finally turned into the goal.

Dean raised his arms high and roared as he was the first to rush into the court: "Well done! Well done!! King! Well done!!"

Behind him were the Tyne players and coaches who were also shouting.

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What the fuck? !
Fu Xiaofeng stared at the TV screen with his eyes wide open.

Lore!

Did Brother Wang really do it?!
Therefore, Xiao Feng's goal was not wasted, it really helped Tyne narrow the gap with Sofia United!
Two serious people, are they really going to make this happen?!
Fu Xiaofeng stood there, watching the Tyne players celebrating on the TV screen, and heard the excited roar of the French TV commentator:

"Wang! Wang! A wonderful free kick! Another buzzer-beater! This man is always creating miracles! Is there anything that can stop this 38-year-old veteran from moving forward?!"

He remained silent.

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After completing the free kick, Wang Lie stood in place, raised his head to confirm, and after seeing the football fly into the goal, he turned and ran to the home team's bench.

Behind him, the Tyne players on the field followed him collectively.

The Tyne defenders who stayed behind also came forward, but were dodged by Wang Lie with a fake move, and finally successfully reunited with the rest of the team in front of the bench.

The person he hugged was Sonny Dean, who was the first to come up to greet him.

Then the others surrounded them.

McNeil was among them, yelling loudly and not looking like a calm head coach.

But it is understandable. How many head coaches can remain calm before such an exciting buzzer-beater?

Behind these cheering and celebrating Tyne players, in the distance in the Southampton penalty area, there was a mess of collapsed visiting team players.

As a relegation team, every point is extremely important to them.

When they were ahead at the beginning, it was of course good to get the three points.

Later, Dean equalized the score, so they lowered their expectations and felt that getting one point would be good.

As a result, now... they are not allowed to get even one point!

Losing this game will not ensure their relegation, but their hopes of staying in the league will indeed become very slim...

Tyne's players and fans were celebrating wildly as they retained their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, while Southampton's players and fans were saddened by the fact that they were about to be relegated from the Premier League.

Joy and pain, two completely opposite emotions, appeared in the same place at the same time.

This is football.

Some are happy, some are worried.

It's not just Southampton's players and fans who are worried.

The wife in front of the TV turned her head worriedly to look at her husband. Sven Helden was slumped on the sofa, staring at the TV screen without saying a word.

On live TV, commentator Connor Cowley was still finishing off the opponent:

"This is a decisive goal! Tyne is leading Southampton 2:1! Considering that this is Tyne's home court and their morale is high, it will be almost difficult for Southampton to make a comeback... If Tyne can win this game in the end, they will only be three points behind Sofia United in the standings!
"And the next round of the league will be a direct dialogue between Tyne and Sofia United! If Sofia United loses to Tyne away from home, then they will be squeezed out of the fourth place in the league by Tyne due to the disadvantage of goal difference!"

Helden did not give any response after hearing this, but his chest heaved violently and he gasped like a cow.

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While the Tyne players were celebrating wildly, the TV broadcast showed a slow-motion replay of Wang Lie's goal.

By replaying the footage, everyone can see more clearly how the ball went in.

Especially when shooting from the angle behind Wang Lie, everyone can clearly see that after the football was kicked by Wang Lie, it flew high up, and it looked high and off to the side. Even if it didn't go towards the corner flag area, it would be higher than the crossbar.

But the football was forced to make a very scary arc in the air, and when it was about to fly out of the baseline, it turned down and fell into the goal.

In fact, Southampton goalkeeper Jonathan White's judgment was correct.

Because the free kick was too close and there was a human wall blocking the shot, if Wang Lie chose to kick the ball in the near corner, it would be difficult to ensure that the ball could quickly drop below the crossbar after bypassing the human wall.

In order to ensure that the football does not go over the crossbar, the initial flying height of the football cannot be too high, otherwise it will hit the human wall head-on.

The elevator ball is a way of dropping rapidly after passing over a wall of people, but it has strict requirements on the distance of the free throw. The flight distance must be long enough for the football to complete the whole process from rising to falling.

Therefore, the human wall arranged by White was impeccable, blocking all three routes of Wang Lie's free throws: upper, middle and lower.

But what he didn't expect was that Wang Lie actually chose to kick the ball in the far corner, the far corner where he was!

Wang Lie increased the shooting distance to gain space and time for the football to turn and fall in the air.

So he can let the ball spin as much as he wants and bypass the defense.

A sufficiently fast rotation, coupled with the help of aerodynamics, ultimately resulted in such an exaggerated curved goal.

"A wonderful free kick! Wang Zhen is worthy of being the master who has scored the most free kicks in today's football world!"

"This free kick king played beautifully. But I think what was even more beautiful was his mentality. At such a critical and tense moment, he had the team's most important offensive opportunity, but he could still remain calm... This is not something that ordinary players can do! The 'king of lore' must have a big heart to match it!"

"Tyne only brought in one player in the winter window, Wang. This is a decisive signing, and it can even be said to be one of the greatest signings in the history of the Tyne club!"

"This is Wang Lie's 2020th league goal this season. Counting his two goals for the national team, it's his 2037th! He has scored goals for consecutive seasons! He is the only player in world football who has done it! From to , in the past years, Wang Lie has never stopped running! And judging from his current form, he can keep running! Wang Lie, keep running!"

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In the face of Wang Lie's winning goal, no matter how much the commentators praised him, it would not be too much.

No one thought it was exaggerated or embarrassing.

Even Tyne's players boasted more exaggeratedly than the commentators.

Vitini hugged Wang Lie and kept shouting in his ear: "GOAT! GOAT!! Wang, you are the GOAT! You deserve it!!"

In Vitini's mind, Wang Lie has surpassed all the great players in the history of football. His Brazilian compatriot Ronil Nascimento cannot be compared with Wang Lie at all.

It sounds like this is just the wishful thinking of a brainless fan of Wang Lie.

But in fact, Vitini has his own set of self-consistent logic - Ronnie has been playing for Barcelona since he came to Europe. With the support of a top club and the full support of the club, isn't it normal for him to achieve such achievements?

What about Wang Lie? When he transferred from Barcelona to Sofia, he received full support from the top club and soon rewarded the club with a seven-time champion.

Ronaldo is so good, why can't he win seven titles in Barcelona? Is it because he doesn't like it?
In addition, in the later period of his career at SofaSport, Wang Lie was limited by unfavorable factors such as the club's financial resources, senior management changes, and the decline in motivation of his teammates. He almost carried SofaSport forward alone, but was still able to maintain extremely high goal statistics and was still a strong contender for the Premier League Golden Boot. He could still be compared with Ronaldo and Arthur.

After coming to Tyne, a relegation team, he performed so well despite having far less support than Ronaldo. Not only could he score goals, but he could also lead the team to take off in the league standings...

Don’t all these things prove that Wang Lie is stronger than Ronnie?

How about letting Ronnie come to Tyne to try? Can he lead the team to success alone?

The outside world always has misunderstandings about Vitini, thinking that he does not respect the football heroes of his own country, but worships a foreigner, which is unreasonable.

But Vitini didn't think so. It wasn't that he didn't respect Ronaldinho. On the contrary, he respected Ronaldinho very much and thought that Ronaldinho was the best player in Brazilian football. He just thought that Wang Lie was stronger than Ronaldinho...

He respected Luo Nier, but he admired Wang Lie more.

He believes that the two are not contradictory at all and does not understand why others think that the two are irreconcilable contradictions.

It seems that as a Brazilian player, not worshipping Ronaldinho is a heinous sin... What kind of logic is this? ※※※

Wang Lie's goal came in the 93rd minute, a few minutes before the end of the game.

So before ending the celebration and returning to his own half, Wang Lie took advantage of the fact that his teammates were all around him and said to them:
"The game isn't over yet, guys! So don't relax until we hear the referee blow the final whistle. Since we can beat them, they can also beat us! Respect your opponents, fight them until the last second, and defeat them completely!"

None of the Tyne players surrounding him took it lightly, thinking that Wang Lie was exaggerating.

Wang Lie has conquered everyone in the team with his unparalleled performance.

As he said before, there is no room for defeatists in a team that wins consecutive games.

Even if some people were once full of doubts about the future, they have now become Wang Lie's most steadfast followers.

After Wang Lie finished speaking, he was surrounded by his teammates and returned to his own half.

Then, without warning, a golden light flashed before his eyes.

Then two huge numbers almost filled his entire field of vision:

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Eh?
Wang Lie was a little surprised. It had only been a month since he last became younger...how come it happened again?
However, he was only slightly surprised and did not delve into the issue further.

After all, the game isn't over yet, and he can't focus too much on things that aren't related to the game.

He closed his eyes and opened them again, and the golden light and numbers disappeared.

If he hadn't had experience with this, he would probably have thought that the moment just now was just an illusion.

He clapped his hands vigorously, turned around and said to his teammates: "Come on, guys! Stick to it!"

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After the game restarted, the trailing Southampton Anker did launch an attack on the Tyne goal.

This is their last fight - for a relegation team, they must not lose if they can't win, and they must take every point they can.

But facing the united Tyne, Southampton's attack was no threat at all.

After the ball was changed, Tyne even had a chance to score another goal.

It's just that center forward Peter Oliver's header was too high...

In the 98th minute of the game, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game!

At that moment, the entire Lize Park stadium turned into an erupting crater.

The Tyne fans cheered as loud as they could, their voices were like lava and steam thrown into the sky!

After the initial chaotic cheers, the stands began to sing in unison:
"China Wang! China Wang! He is our China Wang!!!"

"China Wang! China Wang! The almighty China Wang!!!"

During the singing, Wang Lie raised his hands and applauded to thank the Tyne fans in the stands.

The singing turned into a chorus of shouts:
"China Wang! China Wang! China Wang!!"

The entire stadium was shouting his nickname, and even through the satellite signal, it was very clear.

Whether in China, Argentina, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand... in every corner of the world, anyone watching the live broadcast of the game can clearly hear the unified cheers resounding throughout the stadium through the TV broadcast.

As he shouted, the TV broadcast cameraman followed Wang Lie with a camera.

His every move after the game was captured.

He first applauded and thanked the Tyne fans in the stands, then walked towards his teammates, high-fiving and hugging them one by one.

The teammates were still very excited, but Wang Lie seemed to have calmed down.

The smile on his face was not as exaggerated as that of his teammates, and he did not shout loudly.

He even went to comfort the Southampton players whose relegation was almost certain.

Of course, in the end, he gathered with his excited teammates and then went to the stands to interact with the Tyne fans and celebrate the victory.

The TV broadcast cut to the stands, where a banner was held high by Tyne fans:

"Please take us to the Champions League, China Wang!"

Not only the team, but even the fans dared to express their desire openly.

They are not afraid of attracting ridicule and contempt from fans of other teams.

Because they are now only one game away from this goal!

Connor Cawley said in an expectant tone, "I think everyone is now looking forward to the 35th round of the league next weekend - Sofia United will challenge Tyne away! And Wang will also reunite with his old club for the first time after being kicked out of Sofia United! I don't know if Mr. Jonathan Hall, the general manager of Sofia United, has begun to regret his original decision... But I want to comfort him, there is nothing to regret. Because if Wang stayed at Sofia United, he would never be able to perform like this! Ha!"

Many people heard a hint of "schadenfreude" in his tone.

In fact, when Wang Lie and Sofia first terminated their contract, the media and the public were mostly inclined to Sofia when talking about this matter. They believed that the club needed to be renewed and there was nothing to be surprised about, and there was nothing to blame the club for.

But now, as Wang Lie's performance is getting better and better, the direction of public opinion has quietly changed, from mocking Wang Lie to mocking Sofolian.

This incident fully illustrates the nature of the football world - the winner takes it all.

They support whoever wins.

Sven Heldon was treated like a star in the first half of the season, with the media singing his praises. Under the media propaganda offensive, fans also believed that the Swedish coach was the "chosen one" for Sofia United.

Under the media's hype, Wang Liezhe has become the club's "negative asset", a "burden" that must be thrown away if the club wants to revive, an "old blood" that should be eliminated and renewed, and the biggest "problem" that has prevented Sofia United from reviving.

As a result, Wang Lie suffered a lot of online violence and attacks that he had never experienced before, and endured tremendous pressure that ordinary people could hardly imagine - imagine that you live under the watchful eyes of everyone, your every move and every word will be judged by others, and ordinary things in the past have now become sins... How many days can you endure such a life?

Now, with Wang Lie and Sofolian's "two-way rush", Helden and Wang Lie's situation has turned around.

Wang Lie received widespread praise and support, while Heldon became the target of public criticism and was put under a magnifying glass for careful observation.

For Wang Lie, it was dawn.

And for Helden, the night is deep...

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"king!"

"Mr. Wang!"

"Wang Lie!"

"Brother Wang!"

When Wang Lie walked into the mixed zone, all the reporters were shouting his name, wanting him to stop and be interviewed.

Finally, Wang Lie stopped in front of a group of Chinese reporters. Other reporters immediately rushed over and tried their best to throw microphones, recorders and their questions to Wang Lie:

"…Now Tyne is only three points behind Sofia United, a gap of one game. And the next round of the league will be between you and Sofia United. Regarding this reunion, do you have anything to say?"

"If you win the next round, then Sofia will most likely lose its Champions League qualification. Have you considered the feelings of Sofia fans?"

"You once said that you will always be a supporter of Sofo United. Will your feelings towards Sofo United affect your performance when playing against them?"

"What role does Sofia United play for you now? What do you think of this team?"

"When you said your goal was to qualify for the Champions League, Sofia were fourth in the league. Did you already know at that time that the price of qualifying for the Champions League was Sofia's elimination?"

"If we lose to you in the next league round, do you think Helden will be sacked? Should he be sacked?"

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Wang Lie raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.

The reporters did indeed gradually quiet down and just stared at him.

Wang Lie pointed to the Tyne team logo on his sports jacket and said, "I am a Tyne player now. My teammates and I have been preparing for the next game for a long time. We will do our best to win. If this causes Sofia to lose its Champions League qualification... I want to say sorry to Sofia fans, but the problem is obviously not with me."

He shrugged and spread his hands.

Then he pointed to the lens of one of the cameras:
"Are you ready, Mr. Sven Helden?"

After asking the question, he smiled slightly:
"I'm ready."

After saying that, he no longer answered any questions, waved goodbye, and turned to leave the mixed interview area.

(End of this chapter)