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Chapter 144: Almighty Forward
As soon as Xiao Cheng passed the automatic ticket gate, he heard deafening cheers from the stadium.

Brother Wang is going to score again?!

So he immediately rushed to the stairs.

Brother Wang, here I come! Wait for me! I want to see you score a goal!
When he finally climbed the stairs panting and ran to the entrance of the stands, he just saw Vitini jumping in the air and kicking the football!
The football hits the net!

There was thunderous cheers in the stands!
Xiao Cheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry - I tried so hard, and this is what you show me? !
After going through 81 kinds of difficulties, he finally arrived at the competition venue, feeling abandoned by the whole world.

He thought he could catch up and see Brother Wang score a goal...but fate played another joke on him.

He stood there, opened his mouth and took deep breaths, looking at the Tyne players who were celebrating in the stadium.

He saw Vitini running towards Wang Lie and realized that the goal just now might have been an assist from Wang Lie...

Xiao Cheng, who was gradually recovering, smiled bitterly.

Well, at least I was there.

There is always a chance that I will see Brother Wang score a goal next time!
Thinking of this, Xiao Cheng felt much better.

Amid the cheering and celebratory atmosphere, he began to look for his seat.

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The scoreboard of Leather Park Stadium appeared on the TV broadcast, and the white 5:0 on the blue screen background was very dazzling.

The scene then cut to the podium, giving a close-up of John Buckel, owner and chairman of the Sofia United club, and Jonathan Hall, general manager.

Hall's face was still ugly, but the club owner John Buckle beside him was not as dark as in the first half, and could even be described as "calm".

Commentator Connor Cowley joked upon seeing this: "Is Mr. Buckle numb...ha!"

The camera then cut to Sofolian left-back Pablo Castin on the field.

He had his hands on his hips, staring blankly out of the camera.

Luo Jin also laughed when he saw this scene: "I wonder if Castin is replaying the ball he just lost in his mind... The key to the ball loss was that he was forced to break through by Wang Lie! He must be confused as to why Wang Lie overtook him so easily..."

As the main left back of the Spanish national team, Pablo Castin is known for his speed. With his super fast speed, whether in the club or in the national team, he can sprint up and down the wing, participate in the team's offense, and at the same time ensure that he can return to defense.

But today, facing Wang Lie, who is eleven years older than him, he began to doubt his life.

He and Wang Lie have been teammates in Sofo League for four seasons and can be said to be very familiar with each other.

He watched Wang Lie, who seemed like a god descended from heaven and was omnipotent, gradually become a "negative asset" of the club.

He respected Wang Lie very much, but he also believed that Wang Lie should respect objective laws and that old is old.

As his body functions declined, things that used to be as common as eating, drinking, and breathing became extremely difficult or even impossible for him to do.

But in the first half of the season, Wang Lie seemed unwilling to accept the reality of his aging, and his whole personality became distorted.

Unexpectedly, since Wang Lie transferred to Tyne, he not only performed well and scored goals one after another, but even his physical functions seemed to have returned to their previous state.

He thought back to the Wang Lie he saw when he first came to Sofu League, whose speed, strength and endurance were all top-notch.

The present Wang Lie reminded him of that time.

It was not until this game that he realized that he was still wrong.

Wang Lie in this game made him feel unfamiliar!

It’s not like he didn’t know how fast Wang Lie could run—in his first season at Sofo United, he had played against Wang Lie.

At that time, he was only 23 years old, and Wang Lie was 34 years old. In the contest of speed, Wang Lie had no advantage at all.

It’s not that Wang Lie is too slow, but that I am too fast.

Wang Lie was actually quite fast for a 34-year-old, but he was competing against a 23-year-old young man, so how could he possibly outrun him?
So the Wang Lie who rushed in today's game and whom he couldn't catch up with at all was someone he had never encountered in Sofia League, but he had seen Wang Lie in the highlights before...

Why could Wang Lie, who hadn’t outrun me at the age of 34, outrun me at the age of 38?

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Castin didn't have much time to study this question because the game had already begun.

Tyne was not like they were in the second half of the first half, when they were already leading by five goals but still maintained a fast-paced style of play.

After Sofo United, who lost the ball, kicked off, the ball was passed to the backcourt.

The players of Tyne chased the ball forward, seemingly not worried at all about being hit by a long pass from Sofia United behind them...

They really don't have to worry.

Because Sofo United quickly lost their fighting spirit after losing the ball.

Heldon's scolding and encouragement during the half-time break probably only lasted ten minutes.

Facing a team like Tyne that was full of energy and enthusiasm, the Sofia United players really didn’t know how to fight.

After scoring the goal, Vitini became more active and kept attacking the Sofo United penalty area from the left.

Wang Lie also moved closer to Vitini, increasing Sofo's defensive burden here.

Faced with the repeated attacks from two players, more loopholes began to appear in the Sofo United defense.

In the 58th minute, Vitini passed the ball to Wang Lie who was waiting for him on the flank at the sideline, and then he accelerated forward.

Wang Lie really passed the ball over, and Vitini accelerated to chase the ball. Sofa United right-back Jose Gomes saw that he was about to fall behind, so he simply put his entire weight on Vitini from behind.

Eventually, Vitini was "overwhelmed", lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The football also rolled out of the baseline...

"Gomez foul!"

Amidst the boos, the referee blew the whistle to stop the game. He ran over with a yellow card in his hand.

At this moment, Gomez seemed to want to struggle again.

He lay on the ground, covering his face, rolling around in pain, pretending that he was hit in the face by Vitini.

The referee didn't rush him, but just stood beside him and watched his performance.

I don't know if it was because they had lost their temper, but this time no one from Sofia League rushed up to surround the referee and make excuses.

Of course, the Tyne players did not surround the referee to put pressure on him.

The five-goal lead makes them very relaxed and tolerant.

Don't haggle with your opponents.

Only Vitini was unhappy that the attack was stopped by a foul.

But he just got up from the ground cursing, and did not cause trouble for Gomes or the referee.

After he saw Wang Lie giving him a thumbs up, a smile appeared on his face, as if he had completely forgotten what happened just now...

After rolling on the ground for a few times, Jose Gomez saw that no one paid any attention to him, so he had to get up from the ground in disappointment.

When he stood up, the referee who had been waiting for him showed him the yellow card.

Gomez did not defend himself and turned back to the penalty area.

Tayne won a free kick on the edge of the box, which was like a short corner kick.

Tyne's two central defenders Katic and Gunduzzi both ran to the frontcourt to participate in the header, and Wang Lie was among them.

However, after Vitini took the free kick, the Tyne players failed to get the ball.

The ball was headed out by Sofia captain Taylor Murphy.

Because the whole line was pressed forward, Tyne controlled the second landing point.

Joshua Parker was seen receiving the ball just outside the box.

Wang Lie, who was originally trying to score in front of the goal, had already turned and ran away after clearing the ball with his header. Seeing this, he immediately slowed down and gestured for Parker to pass the ball to him.

Although Wang Lie was surrounded by Sofo United players at this time, he had already proved himself with four goals and one assist. Tyne's teammates believed that no matter how many Sofo United players there were, they could not stop him.

So when Parker saw Wang Lie's gesture, he quickly passed the ball over.

Wang Lie turned his head left and right to observe the situation before catching the ball.

Although the time he spent shaking his head left and right to observe was very short, he was still able to see something valuable from it. He noticed that there were more people behind him on the right, because Vitini was there.

Vitini, who scored a goal and caused two yellow cards for Sofo United, is more threatening in the eyes of Sofo United players. Sofo United will unconsciously shift its center of gravity to that side when defending.

Compared to his left rear, that is, Tyne's right road is obviously more spacious.

And out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a figure in blue.

Wang Lie already knew how to kick next.

The football rolled in front of him.

All the Sofia players, like the football, moved towards him.

He opened his arms to block the Sofo United players behind him, then supported his body with his left foot and raised his right foot.

When the football rolled over, he used his right heel to knock the football hard to the left rear side of his body!
The football passed by Sofo United center back Pablo Vitali!
Vitali didn't even see the football rolling over, he rushed forward and bumped into Wang Lie's body.

Wang Lie staggered after being knocked down by him, but he was quite happy because this meant that Wang Lie's control over the football was weakened...

Huh? Where's the ball?!
Vitali lowered his head to look for the ball and then discovered that the football was not under Wang Lie's feet!
He suddenly remembered something and turned around hurriedly, and saw that in the space behind him, Tyne's number ten Sonny Dean was ready to receive the ball!
"King! Beautiful heels!"

"Dean!"

When Dean received the ball from Wang Lie's heel in the open space, there was not even a Sofia player within a radius of three or four meters!
The Tyne fans in the stands were screaming and cheering for Dean.

Dean stopped the ball with his right foot and then shot with his left foot!
He sent the football to the back corner, bypassed the goalkeeper Doge who dived sideways, and went into the goal!
"Here we go again! Another goal!" Connor Cowley shouted.

Marvin Bullock asked: "The video referee should check whether the ball is offside or not?"

Indeed, the moment the football flew into the goal, the referee pressed the microphone and communicated with the video referee team.

This kind of goal that may be offside must be carefully confirmed. He cannot directly announce the goal before confirmation by the video referee team.

The fans at the scene also understood, so when they saw the football fly into the goal, they cheered and then quieted down and waited for the result.

Dean was not in a hurry to celebrate the goal. He and his teammates were also waiting.

Soon, the video referee team's marking images appeared on the TV broadcast.

The football was passed by Joshua Parker to Wang Lie, then Wang Lie opened his arms and raised his right foot. The picture was frozen at the moment his heel touched the football.

The broadcast footage was then converted into an animated image, and the camera panned to Sonny Dean, with a line drawn based on the animated Dean's right foot.

Compare this to the position of the last defender of Sofolian, Vitali.

Through the simple and easy-to-understand animation, everyone can clearly see that at the moment Wang Lie passed the ball, Vitali's upper body was actually closer to Wang Lie than Dean.

If you only look at this, then Dean is definitely offside.

But as Vitali rushed forward, his left foot lagged behind, just half a heel beyond the line where Dean was!

Yes, the line extending from the toe of Dean's right foot was like cutting off Vitali's heel, and what was exposed outside the line was the backmost position of Sofo United's defense line.

Dean didn't go past Vitali's heel, so he was not offside!
"Not offside! Dean is not offside! Good shot!"

The referee blew the whistle and waved his hand towards the center circle. This was the gesture for a valid goal!

Dean, who had been waiting for the "verdict", also raised his arms and shouted, turned and ran to the corner flag area to celebrate the goal.

There was a huge cheer from the Tyne fans in the stands.

Lize Park is alive again!
"The goal counts! The goal counts..." Perhaps the excitement after the goal had cooled down a lot while waiting for the video referee to confirm whether the goal was offside, or perhaps Tyne's successive goals had completely annoyed him. In short, Connor Cowley's tone when he spoke was no longer as excited as the previous five goals.

"In the 60th minute of the game, Sonny Dean extended the team's lead to six goals... This score is simply unbelievable! We could have expected Wang's performance, and we could have predicted the performance of the Tyne team. But Sofo United collapsed so quickly, it was really surprising... To be honest, I actually felt a little sympathetic to Sofo United fans, especially those away fans..."

Marvin Brock seemed to have finally found a supporter, and immediately responded: "As I said before, Wang should stop. If he continues to kick like this, it will only backfire..."

Milne curled his lips and said, "But the king doesn't care."

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"It's 6:0..."

Someone in the room said something.

In fact, there is no need for him to say too much. We are not blind and can all see the score.

When Chi Zhen said in the first half that Taein might win more than the Scouts, many of them thought Chi Zhen was joking.

They were still laughing and making a lot of noise.

Now every Scouse player in the room had a serious expression.

Sofia United are already six goals behind, only two goals away from their 0:8 loss to the Scots.

Are these two balls difficult?
Looking at the performance of Tyne players now, it doesn't seem that difficult.

Maybe Chi Zhen is right!
When many people thought of this, they turned their eyes to Chi Zhen next to them.

Chi Zhen knew that his teammates were all looking at him, but he certainly couldn't proudly say at this time that his prediction was correct.

He could only keep a stern face like his teammates and not reveal any flaws.

At the same time, deep in his heart, Chi Zhen sighed.

After watching most of the game, I can see a lot of things as a professional player.

For example, Brother Wang is very flexible in his position in the game. Although he is the center in the starting lineup, he can play on the left, center, or right in the actual game.

Scored four goals and had two assists.

He can be a fulcrum in the penalty area, pull to the wing to break through, and retreat to the midfield to organize the attack...

He played exactly the same way in this game as he did in the national team, but he did everything better than himself.

He could guess with his knees what Coach He would choose.

He estimated that after this game, Coach He might let Brother Wang take over as the core of the team again.

This game is the most convincing proof of Brother Wang.

And as a competitor, he couldn't find any fault with him.

Because Brother Wang conquered the head coach with his solid performance on the field, rather than relying on public opinion or status to exert pressure.

Since he originally agreed with Brother Wang's approach of "letting football speak", he has to accept the result now.

So did my competition with Brother Wang fail?
Chi Zhen looked at the TV broadcast and asked himself this question.

If Chi Zhen had not been promoted to the core of the national team, he would have accepted this result calmly:

If you fail, you fail. Isn’t it normal to lose to Brother Wang?
But now he felt somewhat unwilling.

Although he did not refuse to admit that Brother Wang was better than him, he was still a little unwilling to accept it.

There is still one season from now until the start of the World Cup. Although Brother Wang has beaten me now, this is not the final.

Why can't I beat Brother Wang with a better performance next season?

Thinking of this, Chi Zhen clenched his fists.

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Cai Bokang squatted beside the coffee table. The TV screen in front of him was playing a slow-motion replay of Dean's goal. The commentator Luo Jin said excitedly:
"This is Wang Lie's second assist in this game! Tyne scored a total of six goals in this game, all of which were created by Wang Lie - four goals and two assists! He is simply omnipotent!"

Cai Bokang, who was busy writing and drawing in a notebook, grinned when he heard this.

Luo Jin was right.

As Wang Lie’s former teammate and captain of the national team, he knew very well that Wang Lie, who could maintain a high level of athletic ability, was truly “all-powerful”!
In this game, Wang Lie has provided himself with enough convincing evidence, which strongly proves that his tactical suggestions are correct.

Let Wang Lie become the core of the national team again. He can do more and better than Chi Zhen!
At this time, he no longer considered Wang Lie's age.

Yes, Wang Lie is indeed old, but his performance is also very solid.

We are worried about what he will be like when he is 39 years old, but can't we see how he was killing people at the age of 38?

No matter what happens in the future, Wang Lie should be the absolute core of the Chinese national team now!

(End of this chapter)