Chapter 643: When Adoration Turns to Envy, Escrivá's Rage

"It's really nothing major."

Escrivá waved his hand, indicating he didn't care about the matter.

Wasn't it just helping Tenghahe research how to play against Porto?

These were trivial matters; after all, Tenghahe was Tang Ye's benefactor teacher, so it was only natural for Tang Ye to do something for him.

"Hmm..."

While Escrivá spoke, Martí just watched him, narrowing his eyes at the Spaniard.

He always felt Escrivá was lying, but he simply had no evidence.

After training ended in the afternoon and he drove home, Escrivá let out a long breath.

After half a day, his mood should have mostly settled; after all, Escrivá was no young man, and his temperament was far more steady than that of the average person.

He turned on the television.

"FA Chairman Clark highly praised Tenghahe, believing Tenghahe's status in Manchester United's history is second only to Ferguson, and even, in a certain sense, equivalent to Sir Ferguson."

"Sir Ferguson led Manchester United toward glory, while Tenghahe helped Manchester United return to glory; they are both creators of glory."

"..."

Escrivá sighed and switched to the next channel.

Sky Germany cited a report from the Utrecht Evening Post.

In the view of the Utrecht Evening Post reporter, as the first head coach of Tang Ye's professional career, Tenghahe played a crucial role in shaping Tang Ye's football skills.

"..."

Of course, Escrivá acknowledged Tenghahe's ability, but upon seeing this news, he actually felt somewhat speechless.

Did Tom's football skills have anything to do with Tenghahe?

If Escrivá weren't a head coach himself, he might have actually believed it.

Head coaches in top-tier leagues around the world are actually not responsible for players' individual training, because a head coach's core focus should be tactics; at most, they will offer suggestions for a player's individual training based on the team's tactics.

Tang Ye's strength was not because Tenghahe taught him well.

Rather, it was because he was already formidable after experiencing youth training; Tenghahe merely gave him a stage to display his abilities.

"Fuck!"

At this moment, Escrivá only wished he had been the coach at Utrecht before.

History being completely rewritten—just thinking about it made him excited.

Escrivá was fully confident he could have elevated Tang Ye to godhood during his Eredivisie period!

"Why is Tenghahe so strong? This is because the Netherlands is a holy land for coaches; many famous football coaches have emerged from places like Amsterdam and Utrecht..."

Slap!

Escrivá turned off the television.

The feeling of being NTR'd from noon surged through his body again, as if someone with a bull's head had stabbed a knife into his chest.

Sitting on the sofa, head bowed looking at the coffee table, Escrivá covered his heart with his right hand.

Why!

Why!

Why is everything Tenghahe's!

Five Major League titles, Eredivisie titles, FA Cup and League Cup titles, even the Champions League title!

Why does Tenghahe have everything!

Why!

Bang!

He smashed his fist onto the coffee table; the anger accumulated in Escrivá's heart surged to his brain in an instant, nearly swallowing his entire consciousness.

Escrivá knew he needed to remain calm; a head coach must remain calm.

But he could no longer do so now.

Erik Tenghahe was God's favorite; God had pushed His perfectly crafted player right in front of Tenghahe, helping Tenghahe become a protagonist-like character in a novel.

But God was truly too biased.

Why did He push Tang Ye to Tenghahe first, and only then push him to himself?

On what grounds did Tenghahe rank ahead of him?

"Huh, huh..."

"Hiss..."

Taking deep breaths in and out, Escrivá calmed down slightly.

However, his anger had not completely disappeared, because on him, calmness and anger could perfectly coexist.

Check Dongqiu Di Match Report: Consecutive matches with an assist hat-trick! Tang Ye scores once and provides three assists, helping Dortmund defeat Hoffenheim 5:2, maintaining a 100% win rate across 3 matches in February. (Comment count: 139,422)

From the 19th round of Fan Fan Dejia in late January to the 21st round on February 13, Tang Ye achieved three assist hat-tricks in 3 matches; the so-called "consecutive matches with an assist hat-trick" in the match report actually means "assist hat-tricks in three consecutive matches."

After the match against Hoffenheim ended, Tang Ye created new history, becoming the first player in the history of the Five Major Leagues to achieve an assist hat-trick hat-trick.

Now that the 21st round has concluded, the situation in the Fan Fan Dejia standings has also become clear.

Attached: 2020-21 Season Fan Fan Dejia League Standings (End of Round 21):

1. Borussia Dortmund, 54 points.

2. Bayern Munich, 48 points.

3. RB Leipzig, 44 points.

4. Wolfsburg, 42 points.

5. Frankfurt, 41 points.

"Currently, Dortmund leads Bayern by a full six points, and it has been nine years since Dortmund last won the Bundesliga title; if Dortmund truly claims the Bundesliga championship shield (trophy) this season, Escrivá's loan deal will undoubtedly go down in history."

A loan transfer entering the history books—indeed, one's ears have not deceived them.

What Dortmund accomplished during the 2020 summer window was truly exceptional, so much so that it directly reversed Bayern's dominance over the Bundesliga in recent seasons.

After the gap between the two sides reached six points, Ruhr News also categorized the eighteen Bundesliga teams for this season into tiers.

Tier 0.5: Dortmund.

Tier 1: Bayern.

Tier 2: Frankfurt, RB Leipzig, Wolfsburg.

Tier 4: Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Hertha Berlin.

The reporters showed great respect, directly creating a separate Tier 0.5 just for Dortmund.

Of course, Ruhr News also explicitly noted this in the article.

If Dortmund wishes to distinguish itself from Bayern, that is, to occupy Tier 0.5 alone, they must ensure that all six midfield and forward players (Reus, Haaland, Sancho, Bellingham, Tang Ye, Pogba) remain fully fit.

If even one of these six players is absent or out of form, Dortmund will drop back to Tier 1.

"From this analysis, we can draw an inference: if Bayern still wants to turn things around, they must wait for Dortmund's players to get injured."

Match Preview: February 18th, 4:00 AM, UEFA Champions League Round of 16, First Leg; Dortmund hosts Paris Saint-Germain at Signal Iduna Park as Tang Ye kicks off the 200-million-euro showdown!

【Haha, it's finally here; only the Champions League has real appeal.】

【Has Mbappé gone berserk this season? Going from 180 million to 200 million isn't easy.】

【Feels like Paris isn't very lucky? Neither Neymar nor Di María can play.】

【With this lineup, last season's Manchester United would get utterly crushed by Paris. But if it's the current Dortmund... I think it'll be quite a spectacle. Right now, Paris could easily slaughter Barcelona.】

【What's the use of easily slaughtering Barcelona? If you let my Dortmund play against Barcelona, we could win too.】

With four days remaining until kickoff, judging by the data displayed on major websites, the number of fans favoring Dortmund and those favoring Paris should be roughly equal.

This is because the odds for a Paris outright win are only slightly lower than those for a Dortmund outright win.

Home team (Dortmund) outright win: 1 to 2.64.

Away team (Paris) outright win: 1 to 2.42.

Draw: 1 to 3.12.

Judging by their Champions League performances this season, Paris is clearly superior to Dortmund.

However, Tang Ye brings with him a large contingent of obsessed fans who are willing to specifically bet on Dortmund winning just for Tang Ye's sake.

"Good luck, Kylian."

Tang Ye and Mbappé embraced.

Since they were not drawn against Paris in last season's Champions League, Tang Ye actually hasn't faced another Mr. 200 Million in quite some time.

Meeting in the Round of 16 feels somewhat too soon, but honestly, there is no helping it; after all, Dortmund only finished as the group runners-up.

"Let's go, let's go!"

The players were all ready; Bellingham reminded Reus to tighten his captain's armband.

Ready!

Beep!!!

The whistle sounded; players from both sides walked out simultaneously, and the roaring Signal Iduna Park echoed with music and the voices of the fans.