Chapter 724: If I Can't Disgust Ten Hag, Why Did I Come?

2:0!

Wu Lei, having just scored, quickly ran toward Tang Ye.

Jump up!

"Vamos!!!!"

Wu Lei and Escrivá shouted together, evoking a sense of dreaming back to their Villarreal days.

Check the time.

It was only the 15th minute of the first half.

"Hmm... it's clear that the Chinese team currently holds a rather significant advantage!"

"Indeed, considering the starting lineup's market value, the Chinese team can be said to lead Vietnam by a cliff-like margin."

Just as the Chinese team began their celebration, the bottom left of the screen displayed the current real-time possession statistics.

CHN: 71%.

The advantage was indeed visibly large.

Dongqiu Di erupted in applause, believing China had basically locked in victory for this match.

"Be careful on the wings!"

Escrivá had not fully emerged from his tense state.

"Hey! Don't be nervous!"

Tang Ye spread his hands: "We'll score even more!"

"This isn't about the goals!"

Escrivá grumbled angrily: "You have too many problems; the wings are full of issues, so many, many problems!"

"..."

Sigh!

Tang Ye waved his hand.

Mr. Ferran had always coached European teams; now, still viewing the national team through the lens of European football, it was inevitable that he found it hard to accept so many weaknesses in his own squad.

Poor Mr. Ferran.

Just get used to it!

44 minutes!

Receiving a pass from Wang Wang Shenchao, Tang Ye pointed toward the Vietnamese goal and then unleashed an arrow piercing the clouds.

"Wow!!!"

Wei Wei Shihao made a diagonal run forward.

"Great chance!"

"Beautiful!"

"3:0!"

Without controlling the ball, Wei Wei Shihao completed the goal with a poke shot.

The goal difference expanded once again!

The live camera immediately cut to the Vietnamese head coach on the substitutes' bench.

The away team's head coach stared blankly, seemingly stunned into confusion.

"Eh, this, haha!"

The gap wasn't very obvious in the match against the UAE, but after this game against Vietnam, Chinese fans realized that a significant distance had already opened up between the current national team and the mid-to-lower tier Asian sides.

"Chinese team!"

Bang! Bang!

"Chinese team! Chinese team!"

"..."

Live match report: In the 66th minute, Tang Ye scored directly from a corner kick, bringing the score to 4:0.

When the first goal was conceded, the away fans still complained, but by the time the fourth goal arrived, the away stands had fallen almost completely silent.

In the second half, Zhang Zhang Yuning came on to form a dual pivot with Ai Ai Kesen; from then on, Vietnam was completely suppressed.

Tang Ye would occasionally send a pass into the center, followed by a header attempt from the Chinese team.

Regarding this situation on the pitch, the CCTV commentators reached a conclusion: Vietnam had no way to handle the point that was Tang Ye, nor could they even impose simple restrictions on him like the UAE did; this destined them to be thoroughly dominated by the Chinese team.

"To be honest, Vietnam really shouldn't have played this match like this."

"Yeah, they give the impression of having made absolutely no preparations for this game... Even Premier League teams need to devise specific strategies against Tang Ye when playing Manchester United, yet Vietnam surprisingly chose not to do so."

However, 0:4 was not the full price Vietnam had to pay.

Just five minutes after the corner-kick goal, Tang Ye combined with Wu Lei and Wu Xi, and the Chinese team captain completed his hat-trick for the day with a curling shot.

"Wow!!"

Throwing out an uppercut gesture, Tang Ye ran with Wu Lei to near the corner flag, where the two dropped to one knee facing the home fans' stand.

【Damn, that feels good!】

【Dominate them! Just dominate them!】

【Vietnam is truly terrible; earlier this year I thought they were quite strong, but it turns out they just barely scraped into the final round of 12...】

【Saint E should consider making substitutions; I recall Manchester United has a Champions League match coming up】

With over 70 minutes played and the score at 5:0, thinking it over, Escrivá could indeed proceed with his substitutions.

But...

The camera panned horizontally to the home team's substitutes' bench, where Escrivá and Matí were instructing Gao Gao Zhunyi on something.

After taking a commanding lead, the national football team did make substitutions, but Tang Ye was not the one substituted.

"This..."

"Oh!"

The commentator immediately realized what was happening.

"We said that substituting Tang Ye early would benefit Manchester United's upcoming Premier League matches, but it seems Escrivá has no intention of taking Tang Ye off..."

"Is it a tactical arrangement? After all, Escrivá is a new coach; perhaps he wants to use the remaining time to continue studying the team's tactics."

"Hey, Instructor He, is there a possibility..."

Huang Huang Jianxiang changed his tone: "I'm saying it's a possibility—that Escrivá might have ulterior motives."

What he said was actually quite obvious; the implication was that Escrivá wanted to make Ten Hag uncomfortable.

Being substituted off at the 70th minute versus the 90th minute seems like only a twenty-minute difference, and indeed, the difference isn't that great.

But!

Those twenty minutes are enough to annoy Ten Hag.

"Instructor Huang, for such a judgment, hey, haha, you need evidence!"

The camera continued to pan back and forth around Escrivá.

Soon it reached the 80th minute, yet the head coach of the Chinese team still showed no intention of substituting Tang Ye.

You might say Huang Huang Jianxiang spoke without evidence, but some things seem to require no proof to be evident.

Live match update: In the 87th minute, Tang Ye took a long-range shot that went high; Escrivá still showed no intention of making a substitution.

【Hahahaha】

【Saint Escrivá: If I couldn't annoy Ten Hag, why would I have come to coach the Chinese team?】

【You guys caught the key information; now I just want to see what Saint Teng will say later.】

"Beep, beep-beep!!!"

The match ended, with the final score fixed at 5:0.

Actually, strictly speaking, Vietnam's strength certainly shouldn't have allowed them to be defeated so thoroughly by China.

The problem actually lay with Vietnam itself; China's goals came too quickly, causing some Vietnamese players on the field to become increasingly confused, until by the end they didn't even know what to do.

At that moment, Tang Ye picked up the pace, much like Lü Bu charging into battle, cutting down everyone in his path!

Dalian City Sports Center, press conference room.

Today's match was an absolute landslide victory for the Chinese team, and Escrivá was in a rare good mood while accepting interviews from reporters.

"Ferran, this is your first time coaching the Chinese team, yet you've already secured two consecutive wins in the third round of the Asian World Cup Qualifiers."

"The overall strength of the UAE and Vietnam is inferior to China's, and they also lack the necessary factors to defeat the Chinese team. I merely added the finishing touch; our players delivered an outstanding performance overall, and that is the reason we won today."

"You are too modest, Ferran."

The Xinhua News Agency reporter smiled.

This fellow Escrivá always spoke highly of the Chinese team, making Chinese fans feel somewhat embarrassed!

"You just mentioned that the UAE and Vietnam lacked the necessary factors to defeat the Chinese team; could you elaborate on what those are?"