Chapter 184: Tang Ye Steals the Point, French Superstar Chest!

"China Media Group! This is the live broadcast coming to you..."

"The referee is checking his watch!"

"The match has begun! Now, let me introduce the starting lineups for both teams!"

Since it was an away game, the Villarreal players did not push the pace immediately at the start of the match.

Tang Ye drifted around the front field, searching for a suitable attacking opportunity.

"Here!"

After receiving the ball, Rodri immediately looked for Tang Ye.

Tang Ye actively ran toward Rodri's pass, glancing back as he moved.

After a brief moment of thought, Tang Ye played the ball passed by Rodri right back to him.

As Tang Ye's good friend, Rodri immediately understood Tang Ye's intention and thus moved to the left flank to seek a new opportunity.

Slap!

A pass was sent to the left flank to Sansone, who had dropped back to support!

After receiving the ball, Sansone decisively sprinted toward the baseline on the left flank.

The fans watching the live stream saw it very clearly.

It was now the 15th minute of the match.

For the away team, this was the perfect time to pick up the pace!

Reaching the vicinity of the baseline, Sansone engaged Laure in a one-on-one duel.

Laure was extremely cautious, so even with Sansone's excellent dribbling skills, he could not find an opening for the moment.

Tang Ye noticed this problem and slowly began drifting toward the left flank.

The opponent's defenders were very cautious; just as Tang Ye reached the position at the top of the arc, Guilherme came over to mark him tightly.

Guilherme was only a few centimeters taller than Tang Ye, but he was extremely strong; Tang Ye knew he could not outmuscle him.

At this moment, an idea struck Tang Ye; he pointed to the space behind Sansone, signaling Rodri to make a run there.

【Tang Tang Qiuwang is starting to command his underlings!】

Rodri quickly sprinted to the space behind Sansone; at this point, Guilherme had no choice but to abandon marking Tang Ye.

If he did not go over and Rodri combined with Sansone, the Deportivo La Coruña penalty area would be in serious trouble.

"Watch him!"

After reminding his teammates to pay attention to Tang Ye, Guilherme quickly ran toward Tang Ye.

The problem was that before the new defender could arrive, Tang Ye's position would be completely open.

This was Villarreal's opportunity!

Outside the penalty area, Sansone now performed a few step-overs.

Simply compressing the opponent's defensive line.

Feeling the timing was right, Sansone played a cut-back pass, directly flicking the ball to Tang Ye.

Okay, this is a chance!

Having completed his observation in advance, Tang Ye turned his body sideways, facing the corner flag on the left.

Facing the cut-back pass from Sansone, Tang Ye extended his left foot, using the inside of his foot to hook the ball up and send it into the penalty area.

It looked as if he was trying to find Aleix, but in reality, it was not.

This ball was meant to be returned to Sansone!

Immediately after playing the cut-back, Sansone made an instant run into the penalty area.

Receiving the ball that Tang Ye had lofted into the box!

A direct header!

Boom!

"A header!"

"This one's going in!"

"GGGG——OOOOOO——LLLLLL!!!"

"Beautiful! A goal by Sansone!"

"Tang Ye's choice was perfect; he knew the positions of the defenders inside the box were constantly changing, so he chose to release the ball immediately."

"Exactly, Sansone's reaction was also very quick; he guessed that Tang Ye would not waste time adjusting, so he ran in without worrying about the offside line."

Sansone ignored the offside line because he knew Tang Ye would definitely pass the ball before he crossed into an offside position.

In situations where a one-touch finish is possible, Tom would absolutely never waste time adjusting!

"VAMOS!"

The Villarreal players ran out to celebrate, while the home stands were filled with jeers.

"Boooooo——!!!"

"Fuck you, beep beep beep beep!!!!"

"Haha!"

Sansone made a 1-0 gesture toward the stands.

Okay, this wave truly represents sweetness after bitterness!

Did you think Laozi wrote all those homework assignments for nothing?

Isn't burning the midnight oil precisely for the purpose of shining brilliantly on the field!

【You have obtained Counterattack Points *10】

Perfect!

Hugging together with Sansone, Tang Ye seized the moment to open his system and take a look.

【Mission Reward: French Superstar Chest】

Assists: 16/18

Because of the assist he had just created for Sansone, Tang Ye was now only two assists away from obtaining the French Superstar Chest.

Just thinking about it made one excited!

Tang Ye slipped one hand into Sansone's hair.

Sansone had used a lot of hair gel, so Tang Ye's hand felt sticky.

Thus, Tang Ye pulled his hand out again and carefully wiped it on Sansone's jersey, while other players were doing the same.

"Oh, don't do that!"

Sansone raised both hands to show his innocence.

Tang Ye burst into loud laughter; after celebrating, he walked back to his position, meanwhile casting a glance toward the fourth official stationed at the front of the player tunnel.

It was now the 19th minute of the match.

In other words, there were still over 70 minutes of playing time left in today's game.

Two assists; just two more assists and he could claim the Superstar Chest!

Tang Ye performed careful calculations.

Long ago, he had received the Superstar Chest mission, but because the task was too formidable, Tang Ye had never had the chance to complete it.

And now was the opportunity to complete it!

"Come on!"

"Keep going!"

The Deportivo La Coruña players were encouraging one another.

However, this did not make Tang Ye feel afraid.

On the contrary, he felt extremely excited right now.

Two La Liga assists in 70 minutes—this was a very difficult task to accomplish.

But Tom was willing to accept this challenge!

"Come on, come on!"

After exchanging high-fives successively with Ale and Bakambu beside him, Tang Ye made his preparations.

"La Coruña!"

"La Coruña!"

In a situation where they were trailing, the home fans knew they had to step up!

The 30th minute of the match!

"Hey, here it comes!"

"Dear viewers, you can see that some statistics for both teams in this match have been displayed at the bottom of the screen."

"Apart from corner kicks, the visiting team Villarreal leads in all other statistics (including fouls committed)."

"Yes, that's correct; today Villarreal overall gives people a very dominant impression—that is their style of play. Although each player's market value isn't particularly high, when they work together they can produce excellent results."

"Hey, Commentator He, I must remind you here that Tang Ye's Transfermarkt market value has not yet been updated."

"Yes, haha!"

Upon mentioning Tang Ye's market value, the two commentators in the CCTV broadcast booth suddenly fell silent.

That's right!

Tang Ye's market value!

This was a very crucial issue!

The winter transfer window for Europe's major leagues was about to close soon; once the winter window closed, Transfermarkt market values would definitely be refreshed.

At that time, what would be the market value of Tang Tang Qiuwang, praised by Chinese fans, was a question very worth discussing!

Tang Ye's ranking on the assists leaderboard equaled Messi plus Neymar plus Suárez—in other words, the sum of MSN.

Then his market value should also be the sum of MSN!

That would be...

300 million euros!

Fortunately, Tang Ye was focused on the match and hadn't seen the comments section on Check Dongqiu Di; otherwise, he would surely have been crushed to death by this pressure.

The 38th minute!

Damn!

Tang Ye had made an interception mistake in his own half, but it didn't matter.

Andone could get past Tang Ye, but after Tang Ye was beaten, Rodri, who had always been following behind the Ball King like a bodyguard, charged forward.

While Tang Ye's body blocked Andone's line of sight, Rodri executed a clean tackle to win the ball outright.

Andone fell to the ground, but the referee gave no indication.

Rodri's challenge was extremely clean!

"Beautiful!"

Escrivá couldn't help but applaud.

Stepping up when the team needed him most.

This was exactly the role that a proper Villarreal youth academy product should fulfill!

"You take the ball, you take it; I'll go first!"

After Rodri took possession, Tang Ye decisively ran forward to a position he deemed suitable.

Of course, Tang Ye didn't forget to make room for Rodri!

Tang Ye first ran to the left flank, and when the timing was right, Rodri passed the ball to him.

Tang Ye extended his right foot, controlling the ball perfectly!

"Over here!"

Signaling for Ale to come support him, Tang Ye seized the opportunity to pass the ball to Ale, then cut inside toward the top of the arc.

Slap!

Inside the penalty area, Ale passed the ball back to Tang Ye, who had run to the top of the arc.

Tang Ye!

Aiming for the dead corner at the top right of the goal!

Swinging his leg!

!!!

Tang Ye's movement startled the two center-backs inside Deportivo La Coruña's penalty area; Arribas and Sidnei made the exact same move at almost the same time.

Hands behind their backs, then a slight twist of their bodies.

Deportivo La Coruña's center-backs wanted to use their bodies to block Tang Ye's shot.

But what they didn't expect was that Tang Ye wasn't shooting at all!

With his right leg swung out, he knocked the ball over to his left leg.

This was where being two-footed showed its value; Tang Ye almost instantly shifted from a curling-shot stance to a passing stance.

His left foot tapped the ball into the penalty area!

Boom!

The sound of the instep striking the ball was very clear; Tang Ye's pass went straight to Ale's feet.

Ale dragged the ball and turned!

Facing the goal!

Sidnei was now very close to Ale; he really wanted to rush up and block Ale's shot.

But he was too late.

Ale's good friend Tom had calculated all of this in advance!

His fake shot and real pass had helped Ale find a chance to face the goalkeeper directly!

Boom!

Having learned his lesson from the match against Barcelona, Ale didn't hesitate this time; taking advantage of the fact that goalkeeper Diego was just accelerating out, Ale pushed a shot straight toward the right post of the goal.

Duang!

Hitting the post once, it rebounded into the net!

"Haha!"

"Beautiful! The coordination between Tang Ye and Ale in the penalty area and at the top of the arc was truly perfect!"

"Villarreal has extended their lead to 2:0!"

The commentator roared as Tang Ye, standing near the corner flag, spread his arms to welcome Ale, who was running toward him.

The director briefly captured the excited expression of the scorer, Ale, then, as per convention, showed the replay.

Ale, inside the penalty area, laid the ball off to Tang Ye.

Tang Ye faked a shot with his right foot.

After switching to his left foot, he passed directly!

However, at this moment, the attention of the fans in the live broadcast room was not on Ale, who had just received the ball and was preparing to turn.

Because the fans noticed that immediately after sending the pass with his left foot, Tang Ye ran straight toward the corner flag on the left flank.

Damn, showing off like that?

But...

Hmm, it's hard to say!

Those staying up late to watch the live broadcast of the Yellow Submarine's match were generally Tang Ye's veteran fans, who knew Tang Ye quite well.

In this situation, if it were any other athlete, they would definitely be trying to show off.

But this is Tom!

Thinking about this problem using Tang Ye's way of thinking.

He actually didn't want to show off.

He was simply certain that his pass would bring an assist to Ale!

"VAMOS!"

Joining his teammates in a roaring celebration, Tang Ye soon heard the system's voice in his mind.

【You have obtained 10 Counterattack Points】

【Assist brace: you have obtained an additional 10 Counterattack Points】

So satisfying!

Waving to Ma Ti on the substitutes' bench while walking back to his position.

The assist brace helped Tang Ye earn 30 Counterattack Points.

But that wasn't the most important part!

【Mission Reward: France Chest · Superstar】

Assist count: 17/18

Currently, Tang Ye's league assist count is 17.

Only one assist away from claiming the Superstar Chest!

"..."

"Beep——!!!"

Referee Okon blew the whistle signaling the end of the first half, just as Tang Ye received the ball on the right flank and immediately kicked it out.

The first half had been exhausting, yet with the Chest drawing ever closer, Tang Ye maintained his passion throughout.

Even when the referee blew the whistle, Tang Ye felt a sense of unfinished business!

Just one assist short!

What wasn't achieved in the first half would be accomplished in the second!

"Sebastian!"

Following behind Aleix, Tang Ye sprinted quickly toward the player tunnel.

Check Dongqiu Di halftime report: Yellow Submarine leads Deportivo La Coruña 2:0 away from home; Tang Ye records two assists, while Sansone and Aleix score the goals.

【Setting aside other matters, I feel the Yellow Submarine has truly found its rhythm; they weren't this fierce last season.】

【With Tang Ye here this season, the Yellow Submarine is bound to be fiercer. Still, Saint E really has skill; the Yellow Submarine's attacking play now is even better than at the start of the season.】

【Some people were actually chanting 'Hey E' before; I truly don't understand that. Saint E is far superior to Hey Ten, okay?】

【Saint E is formidable, but Hey Ten is Tang Tang Qiuwang's mentor; saying that isn't right.】

【I feel if they maintain this form, the Yellow Submarine truly has a chance to contend for the title this season.】

Villarreal suddenly winning the La Liga championship?

Sorry, that is not something fans dare to imagine!

The problem is, just last season, Leicester City won the Premier League title with a total of 83 points.

The Blue Foxes could create a miracle.

So, can the Yellow Submarine?

Because the Yellow Submarine's performance over the past month has been so incredibly heaven-defying, fans now dare not jump to conclusions.

It is currently the 18th round; La Liga has only just reached its halfway point.

If the Yellow Submarine wants to win the championship, they must find a way to take down Real Madrid and Barcelona ahead of them!

In the locker room, Escrivá was arranging tactics in the center, while a song involuntarily rang in Tang Ye's mind, causing his two legs to tremble incessantly.

As the second half approached, Tang Ye's legs trembled faster and faster.

"There's actually no need to be nervous with a two-goal lead."

Martí approached Tang Ye while Escrivá was speaking.

"I'm not nervous."

Tang Ye stopped his trembling legs: "I'm just looking forward to the match about to begin."

"Haha!"

Martí placed his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder: "Go for it, go for it!"

Glancing at Rodri beside him, Tang Ye hesitated for a moment before suddenly saying: "Rod, I'll pass to you in the second half."

"You're having that feeling again?"

Rodri's eyes lit up: "That feeling where you can make an assist?"

Tang Ye shook his head.

"I don't have much of a feeling today, but I believe I can make an assist."

"Haha, good, good, good; I'll be ready."

Rodri spoke to Tang Ye in a joking tone.

But how seriously he actually took this matter...

... only Rodri himself knew!

The second half begins!

Let me check my current mission progress again.

Assists: 17/18

OK, confirmed: just one assist remaining!

"La Coruña!"

"La Coruña!"

After falling two goals behind, the home fans in the stands seemed somewhat panicked, chanting their team's name relentlessly, and even booing whenever the Yellow Submarine players carried the ball.

However, this seemed useless; by only the 62nd minute of the second half, the Yellow Submarine immediately created a very good attacking opportunity.

"Go forward!"

Tang Ye pointed toward the right-wing baseline; Kote delivered a precise low long pass from the backfield, landing accurately at Tang Ye's feet.

Guilherme pressed Tang Ye from behind!

Rodri was already waving to Tang Ye!

Passing was certainly an option, but Tang Ye had a better way to handle this ball!

He used his body to bump Guilherme behind him.

Dragging the ball as if turning left, he suddenly cut to the left instead!

【Modrić Back-to-Goal Escape Template!】

"Ooh! Beautiful!"

"Tang Ye's escape here is highly spectacular!"

"Yes, and it also demonstrated his physical confrontation ability. Although Guilherme weighs much more than Tang Ye, Tang Ye actually succeeded in that confrontation just now."

"Run forward!"

"A great opportunity!"

Slap!

A direct through-pass to Bacca, after which Tang Ye ran into the space behind Bacca.

Bruno had originally intended to support Bacca, but Tang Ye, being closer, directly stole his position.

Tom must have his own Ji De Xiang Fa, so Bruno began running toward the top of the arc.

As it happened, Rodri also ran to the top of the arc for some reason; with no other option, Bruno could only look to Rodri for support.

Bacca was on the right-wing baseline, dribbling and facing Navarro one-on-one!

Bacca's close control was excellent, but this was, after all, Spain's highest-level football league; beating a defender one-on-one was a rare feat.

Tang Ye glanced toward the center, judged the approximate position of the offside line, and then made an overlapping run.

He ran directly from behind Bacca to a position even deeper along the baseline!

Catching Tang Ye in his peripheral vision, Bacca decisively played a through-ball.

Reaching the baseline!

Slap!

【De Bruyne Baseline Cross Lv3: Simulation】

Proficiency: 39/400

Tang Ye's cross went straight into the penalty area.

Ale and Sansone almost simultaneously surged forward to contest the ball, but the Deportivo La Coruña defenders had clearly prepared; Sidnei poked the ball away with a single kick.

The ball rolled to Borges at the top of the arc.

Yellow Submarine's attack had failed!

Just as the away-team fans in the stands were about to raise their hands to clutch their heads, Bruno suddenly charged forward and snatched the ball directly from Borges's feet.

!!

Borges reacted quickly, immediately executing a counter-press on the spot!

A false alarm!

But it wasn't over yet; Rodri ran back from the front, shoulder-charged Borges from the side, and helped Bruno regain possession!

"I'm here, I'm here!"

After this series of maneuvers, Tang Ye, having completed his assessment of the situation, cut inside from the right-wing baseline to the top of the arc.

Bruno briefly recalled the abilities Tang Ye possessed.

He planted his foot on the ball and pushed it forward!

Adding a bit of lead time so Tang Ye wouldn't need to adjust!

Cutting inside and running toward the center!

Raising his left foot!

Bang!

【De Bruyne Far-Corner Curling Shot Lv5: Replication】

Proficiency: 0

The Lv5 far-corner curling shot sailed effortlessly over Arribas's head, spinning rapidly into the unreachable top-left corner of the goal.

"GGGG——OOOOO——LLLLLLL!!!!"

"Tang Ye!"

"Beautiful!"

"Cutting inside and immediately striking into an unreachable corner!"

In the slow-motion replay, it was clear: this shot was aimed at an unreachable corner!

An unreachable corner that goalkeeper Diego could not reach even with his arm fully extended!

"Hahaha!"

Tang Ye quickly spread his arms and sprinted toward the corner flag on the left wing.

Bang!

Swish swish swish!

The socks on his knees and shins rubbed against the turf; the slight pain perfectly vented Tang Ye's current excitement.

Jumping up!

"VAMOS!"

The Yellow Submarine players embraced each other; suddenly remembering something, the smile on Tang Ye's face vanished.

Damn it!

He should have been the one providing the assist!

【You have obtained 10 Counterattack Points】

【Goals Scored: 10/10 (Completed)】

?

Tang Ye's expression suddenly froze.

【You have obtained a France Chest·Superstar】

What the hell?

After briefly recalling, Tang Ye finally remembered.

Besides the 18 assists, this mission of his could also be completed by scoring 10 goals!

Damn it, I forgot!

……

(End of Chapter)