Chapter 838: The Only Warm-up Match Before the World Cup: China vs. Netherlands

Pinned: World Cup Warm-up Match China vs. Netherlands Live, France vs. USA Live Streaming in Progress.

"Brothers, welcome to the livestream; this is the match between the national football team and the Netherlands."

"Why is the screen black?... Don't rush, brothers; the website hasn't started broadcasting yet, what can I do? Right now they should be preparing in the locker room."

"Who do I favor?... There's no need to ask that, brothers; just treat a warm-up match as a warm-up match, don't play the betting lines; studying the condition of the national football team players is most important."

【What the hell? Has the streamer washed his hands of gambling?】

【Streamer, don't secretly place bets; if you secretly place bets, I will truly look down on you.】

【Playing against the Netherlands, we definitely can't win; there's no point playing with these odds.】

【Tang Tang Qiuwang! Tang Tang Qiuwang! Haven't seen our Tang Tang Qiuwang in so long!】

【Will there be interviews after the warm-up match? Can someone ask ggbond for his evaluation of Brother Luo's remarks?】

After about five or six minutes, something finally appeared on the screen.

Al Janoub Stadium!

Tickets for this match were not sold to the public, so the stands were completely empty, but having a broadcast is still pretty good.

Teams like Portugal and Argentina are rather stingy; they don't even enable broadcasts, so the only way for fans to watch the match is to wait for reporters to post articles.

The most hard-pressed, of course, are the reporters here in Qatar; they have to climb a high building, then use high-magnification cameras to watch some national team warm-up matches, and then post what they see in real-time on their social media accounts, using the opportunity of the World Cup to attract fans to follow them.

"I must emphasize again that Dumfries' sprinting might cause us significant trouble, but my thinking is, it doesn't matter, okay, it doesn't matter."

Although it was a warm-up match, analyzing the tone of Escrivá's speech, the Spanish head coach was actually quite serious now, giving the impression of preparing rigorously to face a strong enemy.

Confirming that the players were all looking at him, Escrivá continued speaking: "Don't mind the score! What we need to do is switch the ball between the left and right flanks."

"For today's match, I won't look at the score in the post-match summary; no matter what the score is, it's useless, even if you win the match, it's useless."

"What I want to see is the number of successful ball switches between the left and right flanks!"

Thump! Thump!

Escrivá knocked on the tactical board with his hand, drawing a line between the two wingers, Wei Wei Shihao and Wu Lei, a line that passed through the magnetic flag representing Tang Ye.

"We must use ball switches to exhaust the opponent's stamina; this is the most important factor by which I will evaluate your performance in this tournament!"

Marti was touching his watch, and Escrivá noticed this.

"Alright, that's it."

"Everyone get ready, we can go out now."

Tang Ye placed his foot on the bench to tie his shoelaces as Zhang Zhang Yuning came over and fist-bumped him: "Tang Tang Qiuwang."

"Brother Ning, let's go."

"It's a sure thing!"

"Here it comes, here it comes!"

"Stop complaining about the poor video quality; you won't find better quality next door either; this is how warm-up matches are, what can I do? They only have this few camera angles. Isn't being able to see it enough?"

"Video quality is something amateurs chase; we professionals mainly focus on the match itself!"

Wang Chao's words managed to sway the over 200,000 fans in the livestream.

That's right!

We are professionals; professionals don't need high-quality video!

Let's go, brothers; studying the match is our primary task!

"OK, it's starting; let me first introduce the Netherlands' starting lineup."

Netherlands (3-4-1-2)

Goalkeeper: Noppert

Defenders: Aké, Van Dijk, De Ligt

Midfielders: Blind, Frenkie de Jong, Berghuis, Gakpo, Dumfries

Forwards: Bergwijn, Vincent Janssen

Head Coach: Van Gaal

Although no direct explanation was given, the big shot in the livestream calculated quickly; the total market value of the Netherlands' starting lineup should be 360 million euros, mainly driven up by three people: De Jong, Van Dijk, and De Ligt.

"360 million euros, hiss... The Netherlands' market value is already higher than our Great National Football Team's."

Compared to the Netherlands' 3-4-1-2, the national team's lineup was rather classic; Escrivá brought out the 4-2-3-1 formation he liked most during the Asian qualifiers, and even the starting players remained those same few without change.

There was no other way; there truly weren't many usable players...

"Berghuis, find Gakpo first."

"Tang Tang Qiuwang!"

"Here comes Tang Tang Qiuwang!"

"Lift the leg directly!"

"Beautiful! Although he didn't block it, look at Tang Tang Qiuwang's movement, it's truly handsome; this shows there is still a quality gap between players worth 300 million and those worth tens of millions."

"Berghuis looking for Dumfries..."

"Oh, he's sprinting straight away; is Dumfries this arrogant!"

Dumfries exploded down the right flank, startling many fans in the livestream.

We agreed this was a warm-up match; Netherlands, why are you getting serious first!

Continuing to dribble forward, Wu Xi prepared to make an interception, but the leaping Dumfries very cleverly avoided him.

Didn't stop him!

Continuing toward the baseline!

Dumfries seemed to want to go one-on-one with Wang Wang Shenchao, but before reaching the baseline, this Dutch full-back still chose to pass the ball out.

Gakpo has the ball.

After receiving it, he cuts directly toward the center; Gakpo's movement is quite decisive.

Slap!

Blind can come up on the left!

Blind traps the ball; just then, Aké sprints up along the left touchline to receive Blind's through pass.

"Watch out!"

Wang Wang Dalei shouts a warning, and Zhang Zhang Linpeng quickly closes in to apply simple pressure on Aké near the baseline.

Slap!

A cutback!

He's looking for de Jong in the center!

The moment de Jong controls the ball, Tang Ye rushes up behind him like a ghost, and the two collide head-on.

De Jong naturally cannot push past Tang Ye; aware of this, he decisively sends the ball into the penalty area.

!

Wang Wang Dalei's expression tightens.

For some reason, in this instant, he feels his field of vision has become incredibly wide.

Even when observing opposing players, it feels as though he's watching in slow motion?

Slap!

Bergwijn fires a shot, but Wang Wang Dalei punches it straight away.

"Awesome, Wang Wang Dalei!"

"Holy crap!"

"What a save!"

"We're taking off, brothers, straight to the skies."

"With Wang Wang Dalei in this form, he's invincible, absolutely invincible!"

Having made the save, Wang Wang Dalei rises from the ground, appearing extremely excited.

Even fans watching the broadcast know the national team goalkeeper is in top form; how could Wang Wang Dalei himself, the goalkeeper, not realize it?

The opposing player's leg lifting to shoot appears as slow motion in his eyes—isn't this form simply heaven-defying?

Clap clap!

Overcome with excitement, Wang Wang Dalei claps his hands twice with force, clearly ready to deliver a godlike performance in this friendly match.

【Protected Person: Wang Wang Dalei】

【Vision Under Protection: 61 (including 5% Grace boost) → 71】

"Forward, forward, you take it first!"

"Look right!"

While directing his teammates on the field, Tang Ye organizes the information in his mind.

This transfer efficiency of Protection is truly heaven-defying; it can actually allocate all 10 points of Vision attribute to the goalkeeper the instant the opponent shoots.

Simply put, when the opponent shoots, Wang Wang Dalei, as the goalkeeper, gains a small portion of Tang Ye's Vision ability.

Although it is only a small portion, the help it brings him is still quite obvious.

A goalkeeper with 71 Vision attribute—what concept is that?

At the instant Bergwijn shoots, Wang Wang Dalei's field of vision is nearly as wide as that of a substitute midfielder in one of Europe's top five leagues!

【Protected Person: Wu Xi】

【Vision Under Protection: 65 (Grace) → 72】

【Protected Person: Zhang Zhang Xizhe】