With maxed-out heading ability from the start, I became the king of Arsenal.

After the second round of the League Cup, Leyton Orient sent an assistant coach to the post-match press conference.

The media seized the opportunity to exploit Slade's situation again, while Stoke City remained largely silent about him.

Priss was an arrogant man who looked down on the incompetent Slade.

Especially considering that the other party handed Sun Yu over for nothing, committing a particularly huge mistake.

When someone benefits from another person's mistake, will they be grateful to the person who made the mistake?

Absolutely not!

He would only despise the other person's stupidity.

During the press conference, Pulis basically went into a state of read-only rambling. Whenever a question related to Leyton Orient came up, he would only say a few words to transition between the two topics, and then say something of his own.

Reporter: "Russell's absence from the press conference has been seen by some as an act of escapism. What's your opinion?"

Pulis: "My opinion doesn't matter. What matters is that the team is on the right track, and our performance is exactly as expected."

Reporter: "This was a resounding victory. What impact do you think this win will have on both teams for the rest of the season?"

Pulis: "The significance of this game is that it gave the rotation players a chance to train, even if the intensity wasn't high, it allowed the players to get a feel for the game at the beginning of the season."

Reporter: "Some people say this match was Sun Yu's revenge against Leyton Orient. Do you agree?"

Pulis: "Sun Yu is in very good form. He should be able to see from this game that his potential far exceeds the level of League One."

Sun Yu didn't want to talk about his "mentor" either. He had already done what he needed to do, and getting entangled with him any further would lower his status.

After this match is over, whether or not to provide "emotional value" in the future depends entirely on the other party's conscience.

As a Premier League player, he no longer wants to have anything to do with a League One manager.

Interestingly, Slade offered no "emotional value" the following day.

It seems that after this guy completely broke down, he chose to avoid confrontation and blocked all media.

Why did you go early?

If I hadn't been so brave before, I wouldn't have gotten so badly beaten up.

For the next two days, Sun Yu didn't pay much attention to news about Leiden Oriental.

It felt bland and tasteless, with nothing to chew on.

Even Sun Yu himself found it tiresome, so it's easy to imagine that readers weren't interested in continuing to follow it.

Slade will probably have to wait for the next compilation if he wants to get more black traffic from himself.

This proves that as long as Sun Yu cannot get consistent playing time and statistics, his popularity in the English media has completely run out.

Interestingly, Sun Yu's performance sparked heated discussions in Chinese media.

On March 3, the Chinese Football Association officially issued the "Guiding Outline for the Integrated Technical and Tactical Development of National Teams (2010-2014)," which established Spanish-style ground passing and control as the sole tactical direction for national teams.

Against this backdrop, Sun Yu's emergence gave Chinese media a great deal of room to maneuver.

Sports Weekly published an in-depth discussion titled "Technical Shortcomings Lock Down Forward Passing: Technically Inept Center Forwards Find It Difficult to Adapt to the National Team's New Passing and Possession Policy."

More than a month after the conclusion of the South Africa World Cup, the Spanish team, with its superb ground passing and control, ascended to the top of the world, completely rewriting the mainstream team-building ideas in global football.

The Football Association's guiding document explicitly abolishes the traditional tactical principle of "long passes and crosses, prioritizing physicality."

The Spanish-style ground passing and possession has been established as the sole dominant tactical direction for the four national teams: the senior national team, the Olympic team, the youth national team, and the junior national team.

The document aims to strengthen four core capabilities: ball control, short passing triangle linkage, high-position coordinated pressing, and forward dropping back to connect, while reducing the tactical weight of aerial balls.

Stoke City's rising star Sun Yu excels in physical duels and heading ability, and possesses a certain ability to protect the ball, but his basic skills in passing, controlling the ball, and dribbling are seriously weak.

From a long-term perspective, the player's inability to control the ball steadily, thus diverting the ball to the flanks and directly cutting off the team's offensive passing lanes, is a problem.

Looking across Asian football, Japan and South Korea have long since completed the transition of their forwards to mainstream tactics. The forwards from both countries possess both physical strength and aerial ability, as well as solid and complete footwork, making them perfectly suited to the team's passing and control system.

Even if Sun Yu can demonstrate his abilities in the Premier League, forcibly changing the team's attacking logic and frequently launching high balls to accommodate a single player is putting the cart before the horse and runs counter to the original intention of the national team's tactical reform.

Based on the long-term development of the national team, traditional English-style center forwards with poor footwork and highly rigid functions should not be included in the national team's talent pool, which is dominated by the traditional system.

The Football News also published a similar feature article: "Obsession with high altitudes is path dependence, and a crude version of the tower will inevitably become a 'tactical island'."

The two major print media outlets started similar discussions at almost the same time.

Good guy!

Sun Yu never imagined that he would become the object of the national football team's disdain so soon after his arrival.

To be honest, from the Football Association and semi-official media to ordinary people, no one in the Chinese national football team understands what passing and possession is all about.

Over the years, the Chinese national football team has learned from Brazilian, German, and Italian football, and now it wants to learn from Spanish football. In any case, it will change its guiding direction every few years.

The Colombian team in 1994 was once touted by various media outlets as a favorite to win the World Cup.

As a result, they were eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup, and tragically, Escobar was shot and killed after scoring an own goal.

More than a decade later, Barcelona dominated Europe with their dazzling passing and possession system, winning six titles across seasons.

After adjustments, the Spanish team won six consecutive matches by a single goal after losing their first group stage game, ultimately lifting the World Cup trophy.

In reality, both Barcelona and the Spanish national team have relied on a group of midfield geniuses that are rare to find in decades to come to achieve success.

The truth is that only when a team has a clear advantage in strength can it play possession-based football effectively.

The most common scene in possession-based football is not tearing apart the opponent's defense and scoring a beautiful goal, but being pressed by the opponent in the attacking third, or launching a counter-attack and striking directly at the heart of the opponent's defense.

Most of the top officials in the Chinese national football team were transferred from other sports and basically don't understand football.

The national football team's coaching staff consists mostly of people with low levels of education and insufficient understanding who failed in the qualifiers.

Looking back more than a decade from now, the development of the Chinese national football team over the years is quite surreal.

Many pragmatic media outlets did convey insightful opinions, but they remained largely silent in the face of the prevailing trend.

This isn't a bad thing for Sun Yu either; he can use this time to strengthen himself.

To be honest, even if he were to join the national team now, it wouldn't make much of a difference. He probably wouldn't even get the ball a few times in a game.

It's better not to go then.

The day before the match, Pulis called Sun Yu to his side during training: "Your shooting ability has improved somewhat during this period, but it's not enough, so I'm not ready to let you start in the match against Chelsea."

"But I'll most likely give you playing time; you still have a lot of room to grow."

Sun Yu smiled and nodded: "Boss, I'll listen to you."

Pulis was very satisfied, and Sun Yu was equally satisfied.

Someone as assertive as Pulis would always talk to me whenever he was on the bench. Doesn't that indirectly show how important I am to him?

In comparison, Gudjohnsen seems somewhat redundant; after announcing the 18-man roster, he gave Sun Yu a small gift.

Goodjohnsen's armor penetration value +20

Although he cannot start the game, Sun Yu is still looking forward to it.

He wanted to see how he could perform against Drogba and Terry.

These two guys are tough as nails.

If you want to truly gain international recognition in the football world, this kind of match is the real highlight.

Sun Yu was eager to see how his aerial dominance would fare against Terry.