Chapter 330: Mr. Erik is the Great Villain, the Second Manchester United Legendary Template! (Second Update, Seeking Monthly Votes fo

Check Dongqiu Di pinned post: The match between Manchester United and Southampton is underway, current score 0:0.

【Surely it won't end in a draw again? Can't the 2nd-placed team beat the 14th-placed team in the league?】

【Saint Teng, what are you doing, Saint Teng? Hurry up and show your strength!】

Playing at home, Manchester United accelerated their tempo in the second half but remained unable to score.

At this moment, the fans pinned their hopes on Ten Hag.

Ten Hag paced along the sideline.

As the head coach, he saw clearly that Southampton's tactics had been specifically designed, almost entirely formulated to counter Manchester United.

In this situation, there was indeed no good method of handling it.

Frowning in thought, Ten Hag shouted loudly: "Mata, move further forward! Rodri, drop back!"

Early in the season, Mata frequently started as the team's striker; his attacking ability was beyond doubt.

Ten Hag now only hoped that the coordination between Mata and Mkhitaryan would help the team find some opportunities.

Receiving the ball on the left flank, Tang Ye quickly completed his turn.

Romeu closed in!

Glancing ahead with his peripheral vision, Tang Ye remembered this fellow Romeu.

It was him who had carved three stripes onto Tang Ye during the first half.

However, Tang Ye had also stated in the locker room that the three stripes from the first half were purely his own mistake.

Now, Tang Ye would not give Romeu this opportunity again!

Swish swish!

The ball slid laterally across the grass; Tang Ye used a Cruyff turn to shake off Romeu directly!

Then came the pass!

Before dribbling past the opponent, he had already identified his passing target, so now he only needed to strike the ball!

Pa!

【De Bruyne 45-Degree Cross Lv5: Replication (Transcendent State)】

Proficiency: 161/3500

A Lv5+ 【45-Degree Cross】!

Let's see if there's anything special about it!

"Wow!!"

"Tang Ye delivers the pass; the positioning is excellent."

"This ball carries some topspin; Southampton's penalty area needs to be careful."

"Ibra!"

"Goal!"

"Assist by Tang Ye, goal by Zlatan Ibrahimović!"

A very clean goal; seeing the ball roll into the net, Tang Ye ran quickly toward Ibra.

However, his peripheral vision soon detected the linesman already raising his flag.

"Hiss—"

Stopping in his tracks and clutching his head with both hands, Tang Ye finally realized what had happened.

The goal was offside!

Although Tang Ye's Vision attribute stood at 97 points, ridiculously high.

But since he was positioned on the flank after all, he could not accurately judge whether Ibra or the Southampton defender was the one furthest forward on the horizontal line.

"It's fine, it's fine!"

Ten Hag's voice came through: "As long as you've found the feeling, don't rush!"

After shouting, he returned to the bench and glanced at the team data on Fan Fan Dejiahe's computer.

Although they had not yet scored, Manchester United's attacking statistics were gradually improving.

"This is a precursor to a goal."

Fan Fan Dejiahe muttered to himself.

While Fan Fan Dejiahe stared at the computer screen, Martial, seated in the row behind, also fell into deep thought.

Lin Lin Jiade had already begun warming up, but Anthony Martial remained seated on the bench, appearing like a marginal figure in the team.

Attention turned to Ten Hag.

Could it be that as long as Ibra doesn't leave, Erik is unwilling to give him even a sliver of a chance?

Ibra isn't part of the Teng Army, so why does he receive such treatment!

Martial was too anxious, thus overlooking Ibra's important position within the team's tactical system.

Compared to Martial, Manchester United this season needed the tall stature of Zlatan even more!

Check Dongqiu Di live match report: Tang Ye takes a direct free kick but shoots high over the crossbar; Lin Lin Jiade substitutes for Mkhitaryan.

The match has now reached the 81st minute; Mata has moved to the right-wing position, while the substitute Lin Lin Jiade is acting as Tang Ye's support.

In recent minutes, Manchester United's rhythm has been maintained well; after a series of continuous passing combinations through the center, Rodri and Mata eventually both arrived at the right-flank byline.

The formation had become slightly disordered; Tang Ye looked back to observe and quickly moved to cover the position.

No, that's wrong!

He nearly forgot what he was supposed to do.

Abandoning the idea of dropping back to cover, Tang Ye suddenly accelerated and charged forward.

Here it comes!

Realizing it was big brother Tom, Rodri made this pass with remarkable decisiveness.

To Tang Ye!

"Go, go!"

Goalkeeper McCarthy signaled Fan Daike to step out of the penalty area, and the Dutch defender moved in front of Tang Ye.

He tried to block the position, but Tang Ye was extremely agile, using the moment he stopped the ball to flick it into a safe spot.

Showing off his excellent ball control!

"Tang Ye is dribbling forward!"

"Tang Ye has fallen!"

Fan Daike clearly hadn't expected Tang Ye, an attacking midfielder, to charge into the penalty area like that, leaving him no choice but to commit a foul.

Fan Daike breathed a sigh of relief, but Pellegrino's expression was far from good.

Before the match started, he had explicitly emphasized Tang Ye's ball-control ability to Fan Daike!

A free kick from this position...

Pellegrino narrowed his eyes, his heart pounding faster and faster.

Hiss—

He knew Tang Ye well, but certainly not as well as Ten Hag did.

Let's see what's happening with Sitting Like next door!

Pellegrino turned his head, only to discover that Ten Hag had already been staring at him.

However, unlike their first eye contact at the very start of the first half, this time Ten Hag wore a smile on his face!

Pellegrino:...

"After taking down Tang Ye, Fan Daike didn't help him up, which seems to have displeased both Rodri and Rashford."

"There's an argument between players from both sides, while Tang Ye is surveying the spot for the set piece!"

The quarrel in the penalty area ended quickly; Tang Ye looked at the wall of players before him, his brain racing.

"Five minutes ago, Tang Ye just missed a chance for a direct free kick; this might lead him to handle this opportunity differently..."

The CCTV commentator analyzed.

However, the commentator still didn't understand Tang Ye well enough.

Although he had blasted a direct free kick wide five minutes ago, Tang Ye had already forgotten about it.

For Tang Ye, forgetting things he disliked was incredibly simple.

Well, at least until the final whistle blew, he wouldn't remember that free kick.

Right now, Tang Ye's attention was focused entirely on this opportunity before him!

Run-up!

Shot!

It was another tomahawk-style free kick, slicing directly toward the goal.

Dropping from its highest point!

Goalkeeper McCarthy leaped out.

But he couldn't touch it!

"Goooo——aaaaa——llllll!!!"

"Goal!"

"Tang Ye! Goal!!!!!"

This was Tang Ye's direct free-kick goal in the 87th minute of the match, and the commentator was extremely excited.

87th minute, 1:0.

This is a last-minute winner!

"Tom!"

"Viva Tom Tom!"

"Viva Tom Tom!"

Tang Ye's name instantly echoed through Old Trafford as he charged toward the corner flag on the left wing.

Suddenly remembering something very important, Tang Ye abruptly changed direction and headed to the right wing.

Rashford froze on the spot, his heart giving a series of painful twitches.

He had thought Tang Ye didn't want to embrace him.

Actually, that wasn't the case!

Romeu was on the right wing; Tang Ye had to celebrate right in front of Romeu's face!

This was a very important matter, and Tang Ye would never forget important things!

Boom!

Swish swish swish—!!!

After sliding a distance across the grass, he stood up.

Rodri was right beside him!

So then...

"Vamos!"

It had been a long time since he'd shouted this Spanish phrase; suddenly yelling it now inexplicably made him feel completely refreshed.

Thinking about it carefully: Spanish goalkeeper De Gea was too far away to join the goal celebration, so within the Manchester United team, only Tom and Rodri would shout this phrase during celebrations.

Wow!

It felt as though this belonged exclusively to him and Rodri!

"Haha, Rodri!"

After embracing Rodri, Tang Ye high-fived him.

Ashley Young rushed out from behind, spreading his arms to hug them both.

This was a Manchester United player's celebration.

Off to the side stood a dejected Pellegrino.

For this match, he had specifically designed some tactics, aiming to exploit his understanding of Tang Ye to pull off an upset victory against Manchester United.

But now it seemed Pellegrino had simply overthought things.

The gap in individual player ability was simply too large!

!

"..."

Ten Hag turned his head; though he appeared to be watching Manchester United's celebration, he was actually observing Pellegrino's expression.

Heh heh.

What kind of showboating tactic tries to succeed twice?

Buddy, no one's coming to save you!

"Whoa!"

Almost the instant he noticed Ten Hag's expression, Tang Ye's eyes widened.

"Rodri, look quickly at Mr. Erik!"

"What's wrong?"

"He looks just like a Dafan Sect villain!"

Check Dongqiu Di Match Report: Tang Ye scores a winning free-kick; Manchester United defeats Southampton 1-0, avoiding an upset. In December, Manchester United achieved seven victories across all competitions, second only to Mancheng's eight wins.

Fans on Check Dongqiu Di suddenly realized that upon waking tomorrow, December would be over.

However, due to the time difference between the UK and China, for ggbond playing in England, December wouldn't end until the day after tomorrow.

Either way, it was almost the same; 2017 was about to end.

【The World Cup year is here, brothers!】

【Manchester United winning seven out of nine matches is simply invincible, damn, though not as fierce as their perfect record in November.】

【Let me check next month's Manchester United schedule; ah yes, the EFL Cup semi-finals. What do you think, can Manchester United win the championship?】

【The EFL Cup championship is theirs for the taking, obviously!】

"Marcus, don't misunderstand."

"Hm? What's wrong?"

Having received the MVP trophy, Tang Ye walked toward the locker room alongside Rashford: "I just wanted to show off in front of the number 14 on the opposing team, that's why I changed direction."

During the free-kick goal celebration, Tang Ye had initially run toward Rashford.

Rashford had already opened his arms, but Tang Ye, suddenly remembering something, changed direction.

This was a very serious mistake; Tang Ye knew he absolutely had to apologize.

Putting himself in the other's shoes, if a friend suddenly ran away just as they were about to hug him, Tom would definitely be very hurt!

"Haha, it's fine, it's fine; if you hadn't said anything, I would have forgotten. There's no need to apologize specifically."

Rashford pushed Tang Ye's back: "Hurry up and celebrate; aren't you supposed to take a photo with the MVP?"

"Initially I was going to take a photo, but now that I've won it so many times, I feel taking pictures has become meaningless."

Remembering the charity event Rashford had reposted on Instagram last night, Tang Ye suddenly asked: "Marcus, how is your charity work going? Do you need my help?"

"I can stuff food into children's hands and wish them a Merry Christmas; you know I'm very good at this; I'm a gift-giving expert."

"Haha, do you want to participate? I'll call you when the time comes."

Walking along, Rashford explained to Tang Ye: "Although you might not be able to comprehend the situation I was in as a child, you will gradually come to feel it; doing charity is a very interesting thing."

Although disliked by leadership at work and even belittled as a rat, Rashford was a friend to countless impoverished children in the community.

Rats love doing charity the most!

After the match, Mata suggested gathering for a celebratory meal, but Ten Hag refused.

There was no way; staying up late to sing and celebrate was a great pity, but being able to go home early and play video games with Dembélé and the others was also a good thing.

If you thought Tang Ye going home meant playing video games, then you were absolutely, absolutely misunderstanding him.

Bang!

Throwing his backpack onto the floor, Tang Ye quickly washed his face in the bathroom.

Sitting on the bed, he took a deep breath!

【Mission Progress: Number of Victories (3/5)】

【Claim Random Chest·Legendary now?】

The first chest Tang Ye received after joining Manchester United contained Ronaldo's back-heel ball control template.

He wondered what item the second chest would yield for Tang Ye!

Suppressing his current excitement, Tang Ye began his operation.

【You have obtained... Manchester United Chest·Legendary】

Manchester United again!

Tang Ye's eyes lit up.

Manchester United is great; they have no shortage of legendary players, so there's absolutely no fear of failing to draw a good template.

【You have obtained the Peter Schmeichel Close-Angle Save Template (Legendary)】

"..."

Even though you are a Manchester United senior, this template business is simply too important to tolerate even the slightest carelessness.

No more nonsense; I'll refine it for you first!

【Do you wish to place the Schmeichel Close-Angle Save Template into the forge for resetting? You will receive a random template of the same quality】

【You have lost the Schmeichel Close-Angle Save Template (Legendary)】

【You have obtained the Ronaldo Rainbow Flick Template (Legendary)】

It's Cristiano again!

Tang Ye felt he shared a remarkable fate with Cristiano Ronaldo; the first legendary template he received after arriving at Manchester United was Ronaldo's.

Now the second one is also Ronaldo's!

Hmm... he recalled that Ronaldo's rainbow flick was performed with the right foot, yet due to the existence of the 【Left-Right Duel】 Ultimate Template, what Tang Ye obtained was the ability to execute the rainbow flick with both feet.

To be honest, for Tang Ye, who lacked a weak foot, the utility might not be as great as imagined, but it was still very useful.

Both rainbow flick passes and shots catch opponents off guard.

What Tang Ye liked most were things that caught people off guard!

Let's check the attribute point improvements next.

【Passing: 89→89】

【Ball Control: 85→85】

【Physical Confrontation: 78→78】

It was a flashy-style template that granted experience points in three abilities, yet none of them leveled up.

That was rather regrettable.

If only the rainbow flick could boost his speed; Tang Ye's speed had been stuck at the threshold of leveling up for a long time, and even a single extra point of experience would have triggered an upgrade!

After settling the template matter, he turned to examine other things.

Account Balance: Counterattack Points * 1432

With 1,400 Counterattack Points, Tang Ye could easily spend 1,000 to upgrade a +3 item to +4.

Currently, Tang Ye possessed two +3 items: 【Kante's Hot Chocolate Milk +3】 and 【Ronaldo's Broccoli +3】.

Considering Tang Ye was still in his growth phase, upgrading the Broccoli, which enhanced ball-handling training gains, would certainly be the better choice.

However, Tang Ye also needed to consider his team.

He pulled out his phone to check the schedule.

Due to advancing to the EFL Cup semifinals, Manchester United had two additional matches in January, increasing the total from the original five to seven.

Although not as exaggerated as December's nine matches, seven was still a significant number.

Since Manchester United's goal was the EFL Cup championship, they absolutely had to win the semifinals in January!

Thinking of this, Tang Ye made his decision.

【Kante's Hot Chocolate Milk +3 → Kante's Hot Chocolate Milk +4】

【Kante's Hot Chocolate Milk +4: Upon use, alleviates 62% of muscle fatigue; additionally, after use, your bone density receives a slight permanent increase (cannot be used on match days)】

Increase bone density?

After upgrading the chocolate milk to +4, it gained an additional buff effect!

Although he didn't know exactly how slight "slight" was, since it was a permanent increase, even the smallest degree constituted excellent assistance for Tang Ye.

It was just like playing a game.

Permanent effects simply needed to be stacked up bit by bit!

(End of Chapter)