Chapter 310: Tang Ye's Chewing Gum is Different: How to Win November's Best?

"Wow!!!"

Cheers erupted from the stands, but neither Martial nor Rashford rushed to celebrate.

Wait for the referee's signal!

"Beep!"

As expected!

This damn goal was offside!

"Damn!"

Ten Hag shouted loudly, trying to complain to the fourth official, but failed.

The broadcast showed a replay: at the moment Rashford passed horizontally, Brighton's two defenders suddenly ran forward, directly causing Martial to be offside.

He was already offside before the shot, so naturally Martial's goal was invalid!

【Damn, what's wrong with the referee?】

【Holy crap, they set an offside trap; there's truly nothing we can do about this.】

【If only Tang Ye had been in the center!】

At this moment, fans were all thinking: if only Tang Ye had been there to meet the ball in the center just now.

Why?

Because Tang Ye's sprinting speed isn't fast; even if the Brighton defenders actively ran out, there would be no possibility of him being offside!

The camera cut to the sprinting expert on the pitch, Tang Ye, who was currently holding his head and sighing, clearly feeling great regret over this play.

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Smalling and Mata encouraged the players on the field.

Tang Ye turned his head to check the current time.

A little past 54 minutes, not yet 55.

There was still quite a lot of match time remaining, but for some reason, Tang Ye felt a sense of panic.

Today, in this match, he and his teammates seemed to be out of form.

Was there enough time left for them to score?

If they couldn't score, they would only be able to take one point!

Taking only one point against Brighton was something Tang Ye absolutely refused to accept.

He was aiming to win the Player of the Month for November!

Dongqiu Di live match report: Martial's goal disallowed for offside, score remains 0-0.

As the second half minutes ticked by, Manchester United fans finally began to grow tense.

In the 67th minute, Rodri and Carrick, who had just come on as a substitute, combined forces to successfully intercept Brighton's attacking play in the front field.

Ball possession regained!

Now it all depended on the maneuvers of Manchester United's attacking players!

Slap!

Carrick played a precise low through-ball from the wing, finding Martial, who had dropped deep.

Martial controlled the ball, shielding it with his body.

He prepared to pass back to Tang Ye and then make a forward run, but at that moment he saw Tang Ye's gesture.

Martial did not rush to pass; instead, he let Tang Ye run past him.

Fans familiar with Tang Ye had already risen from their sofas or chairs.

Sitting Like's fake striker act; let's see what effect it produces!

Slap!

Martial pushed a pass to Tang Ye.

The pass wasn't very good; it was played behind Tang Ye.

But it didn't matter; handling this kind of pass was Tang Ye's greatest strength.

Lifting his left foot and leaning his body to the right, Tang Ye successfully rolled the ball in front of him.

A defender came out from inside the penalty area; Tang Ye touched the ball with his left foot to his right, then returned it from his right foot back to his left.

The movement was slightly stiff, but it was precisely this stiff motion that successfully fooled the defender.

Seize the opportunity!

Curl it with the outside of the foot!

Slap!

Tang Ye's shot struck the six-yard box, rebounded, suddenly changed direction to the right, and flew into the goal.

"This one's in!"

"Goooo——aaaaa——llllll!!!"

"Tang Ye! Beautiful!"

"An extremely tricky shot!"

This was a shot by Tang Ye after combining with Martial in the center; there was absolutely no possibility of offside.

"Roar!"

He let out a furious roar, then sprinted quickly toward the corner flag!

Accelerate!

Slide on knees!

Bang!

Swish—!!!

Tang Ye didn't deliberately try to control it, but his muscle memory still helped him carve out three bars.

"Haha, Tom!"

Rashford and Luke Shaw rushed over to hug Tang Ye.

【You obtained Counterattack Points *15】

【Progress: Goals (3/6) / Assists (3/6)】

"Scored, scored!"

Tang Ye quickly patted his chest with his hand, declaring his recent achievement to his teammates and the fans in the stands.

"Haha"

Smalling hugged Tang Ye's head and roared, "Well done, Tom!"

Check Dongqiu Di Halftime Report: Ggbond has arrived! Tang Ye shook off the defender inside the box and scored from a tight angle; after 14 shots, Manchester United finally scored.

Fans watching the live broadcast couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

It really has to be Ggbond!

As expected, Tang Ye always steps up when his teammates and fans need him most!

Because this is exactly what he does best!

"Viva Tom Tom~"

"Viva Tom Tom~~"

The song "Long Live Tom Tom" rang out again; Tang Ye placed his left hand on Rodri's shoulder and his right hand on Rashford's shoulder.

Pushing hard with both hands, Tang Ye lifted his feet off the grass.

This feeling is great!

"Come on, Marcus, we can still score."

Tang Ye glanced back at Brighton's goal: "I'm looking for a chance; we should still be able to score."

When playing games, Tang Ye knew one truth deep in his heart.

If your score is negative, your mindset will be affected, and your operational skill level will decline.

Now that Brighton is the side trailing, their defensive level will definitely drop in the next 20 minutes!

"Huff, huff huff..."

After catching his breath a few times, Ten Hag sat back in his seat: "I said it, we are the side with the greater advantage, so there's no need to be nervous; we are definitely going to win the match, that's just logic."

Fan Fan Dejiahe raised his eyebrows and reached out to touch Ten Hag's arm: "But Erik, your hand is shaking."

"Tom's goal was too brilliant; feeling shocked is normal."

The 81st minute!

Receiving the ball in the attacking third, Tang Ye and Martial executed a crossing run, successfully mixing their way to the right-wing byline.

He was a bit tired, but Tang Ye was persisting!

"Marcus!"

He shouted once and continued running toward the byline.

And then...

Slap!

【De Bruyne's Cutback Cross Lv3: Simulation】

Proficiency: 144/400

The cutback cross precisely found Rashford on the left wing!

Rashford controlled the ball!

Shot!

"This one's in!"

"Rashford!"

"2:0!"

Cheers from the fans erupted in the stands.

After the deadlock in the first half, scoring two goals in quick succession made the Manchester United fans extremely excited.

The players were naturally the same!

Tang Ye stood by the right-corner flag waiting for Rashford, who was running toward him: "Hurry, hurry, Marcus!"

Almost there!

Boom!

Tang Ye and Rashford collided.

【You obtained Counterattack Points *10】

【Progress: Goals (3/6) / Assists (4/6)】

Four assists!

Now Tang Ye was only two assists away from unlocking the Manchester United Legend Chest!

Check Dongqiu Di Match Report: Manchester United shut out Brighton 2-0 at home; Tang Ye scored and assisted, Rashford broke the deadlock, and Martial's offside goal was disallowed.

Boom!

Accompanied by Rodri as he received the MVP trophy, Tang Ye kicked open the locker room door: "I'm back!"

"Oh, Tom!"

Captain Sitting Like and Tang Ye high-fived; the latter hugged his trophy and returned to his seat, just as Rashford was reaching into Tang Ye's backpack for some chewing gum.

Seeing Tang Ye approach, Rashford raised both hands.

"Haha, it's fine, Marcus, go ahead and take it, I have lots and lots." Placing the trophy on the cabinet, Tang Ye sat on the stool, unzipped his backpack, grabbed a huge handful of chewing gum from inside, and stuffed it all into Rashford's hands.

"Wow, actually I only need one."

Rashford spread his hands; ever since eating Tang Ye's chewing gum last time, he had been unable to stop.

Recalling what he had said to Rashford on the pitch, Tang Ye patted Rashford's arm: "Marcus, I said I would find an opportunity; I never lie."

"Haha!"

Rashford and Tang Ye bumped fists.

Soon the locker room door opened again; the newcomer was assistant coach Fan Fan Dejiahe: "Tom, Shaw, there's an interview."

"I'm coming!"

After high-fiving Rodri as well, Tang Ye quickly ran out of the locker room.

Rashford put the pile of chewing gum in his arms back into Tang Ye's backpack, then took one out again, tore open the wrapper, and put it in his mouth.

!

Mm, that's the taste!

Not bad!

Under Rashford's witness, Rodri also took a piece of chewing gum out of Tang Ye's backpack.

"You like eating this too?"

Rodri shrugged: "I'm not very fond of mint, but... eating this when nervous is indeed very useful. When I was playing in La Liga before, my teammates were all eating it."

"Villarreal? I remember you and Tom were at the same club before, so Tom's habit of chewing gum started back then?"

"No."

Rodri shook his head: "We were all led into it by him."

"Haha."

Rashford laughed out loud.

Tang Ye brought his habit of chewing gum to Villarreal, and subsequently brought it to Manchester.

"Bruno told me Tom's chewing gum is special, different from other chewing gums."

"Bruno is?"

"Oh, he was our former captain."

So that's how it is.

Rashford nodded, analyzing what Rodri had just said.

Indeed.

Tom's chewing gum is different from the usual gum one buys in stores.

Eating Tom's chewing gum makes one become as calm as Tom!

So this is no ordinary chewing gum.

This is super chewing gum!

Front-page headline of the "Manchester Evening News"—A Great Signing; currently, Tom is far ahead on the league assist chart.

"Tom has firmly kept Kevin (De Bruyne) and David (Silva) below him; considering this is only his first season in the Premier League, the 180 million euro transfer fee is not entirely unreasonable," said the "Man Evening" reporter.

Attached: Premier League Assist Chart (as of Round 13)

1. Tang Ye (Manchester United), 10 times.

2. De Bruyne (Mancheng), 6 times.

3. David Silva (Mancheng), 5 times.

4. Sané (Mancheng), 4 times.

5. Sterling (Mancheng), 4 times.

【This is a bit outrageous】

【Wait, four from Mancheng? That fierce?】

【Back in the 2000s when I watched football, wasn't Manchester United several tiers stronger than Mancheng...】

Opening the assist chart now, fans are truly going to be shocked.

First, Tang Ye's 10 assists leave everyone far behind, and then there are the four guys behind Tang Ye.

Mancheng, Mancheng, Mancheng, still Mancheng!

It must be said that Mancheng this season is truly somewhat too exaggerated!

Four of the top five on the assist chart are Mancheng players.

But ranked at the very top in first place is Manchester United's 200-million midfielder, Tom.

Manchester United takes the chief spot, Mancheng takes the following four spots.

So the question arises.

What color should the sky over Manchester be considered?

"Tang Ye's Premier League statistics for this month are 3 goals and 4 assists, and Manchester United still has one match left to play; these statistics can be said to be very exaggerated."

"Yes, but you have to know, this is the Premier League; you can't guarantee you'll win Player of the Month..."

On the return bus, Rodri's phone was playing a Sky Sports live broadcast.

"So, Rod, is that where you got all that knowledge from?"

Tang Ye tilted his head, carefully examining what was displayed on Rodri's phone screen.

Sky Sports—Tang Ye remembered this outlet, as he had once been interviewed by one of their reporters.

The Sky Sports reporter had been very polite during the interview, leaving Tang Ye with a favorable impression of them.

Rodri shook his head: "I mainly just watch them during breaks; they sometimes tease certain star players and the like. This is the tenth time this season I've seen commentators mention you. You're truly a big star, Tom."

"Haha, Rodri, there's no need for you to count them specifically."

Even as he said this, Tang Ye's face was already turning somewhat red.

Being mentioned consecutively by commentators was sufficient proof of his popularity.

"Earlier, they even called you a Snorlax."

"What thing?"

Tang Ye stared with wide eyes until Rodri found a picture of Snorlax on his phone.

"Oh, this thing. I know what it is; I just didn't know how to say it in English."

Tang Ye shook his head: "But I can't think of anything I have in common with it. I can't live inside a Poké Ball, and I don't eat that much either. One meal for a Snorlax is enough to feed me for two weeks."

"Snorlax doesn't have Coke to drink."

Mata suddenly cut in.

"Come on, Mata, I passed you the ball a lot today."

"Haha!"

Rodri turned off his phone and slipped it into his pocket: "So, do you think you can get it?"

"Get what?"

"You must have seen the live broadcast on my phone just now: the Player of the Month trophy."

"Oh, that thing."

Tang Ye blinked: "Comparisons like this are too complicated. I generally don't think about them myself; I dislike things that consume too much time."

"But I have friends who will handle this problem for me."

Saying this, Tang Ye took out his own phone and, right in front of Rodri, tapped open a mysterious green app.

Check Dongqiu Di!

This was Tang Ye's favorite football commentary software.

On Twitter and Instagram, Tang Ye was often cursed at.

But on Check Dongqiu Di, everyone who cursed at Tang Ye ended up being cyber-bullied themselves.

This app was filled entirely with his die-hard fans!

Check Dongqiu Di was Tom's home!

Check Dongqiu Di Trending Search: Analysis of Tang Ye's Chances for November Player of the Month. (Comment count: 12,382)

【Currently, besides Tang Ye, those capable of competing for November Player of the Month include De Bruyne, Salah, Sané, Agüero, Ai Ai Kesen... totaling eight people. Their stats are: De Bruyne with 2 goals and 2 assists, Salah with... Considering there is still one match left to play in November, further inference is required.】

【Scenario 1: If Tang Ye scores 1 goal in the match against Watford, De Bruyne scores less than or equal to 1 goal with no assists, and Salah's goal and assist counts are both less than or equal to 1, then the most likely recipient of the November Player of the Month award should be Salah.】

【Scenario 2: If Tang Ye records 1 assist in the match against Watford...】

【...】

【Scenario 36: If Tang Ye scores 2 goals and provides 1 assist in the match against Watford, while De Bruyne's goal and assist counts are both less than or equal to 1, and Salah's goal count is less than or equal to 2, then Tang Ye can almost lock up the November Player of the Month award.】

"..."

Rodri fell silent.

Although he couldn't read Chinese, just looking at the length of the article allowed him to roughly understand its substantial value.

"If I want to win Player of the Month, then I'd best score 2 goals and provide 1 assist, and then De Bruyne's stats should be..."

Tang Ye narrowed his eyes, reading carefully, and repeated the article's content in English.

"Im... impressive..."

Rodri was speechless.

Were Tom's fans a bit too powerful!

(End of Chapter)