[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god":3,"chapter-from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-189":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Arsenal to the Ball God",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},925788,1216,"Chapter 189 61: Warm-Up Match Ends! Premier League Golden Boot Odds Board! Speed Record Broken! Premier League Is Coming Soon!","from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-189",189,"\u003Cp>\"5-4! Goal battle! Arsenal narrowly defeats Bayern Munich, loaned youngster Mael performs excellently with 2 goals and 2 assists!\" – UK's \"442\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wenger switches to 4-3-3, Championship's best player Mael debuts as a starter in the first warm-up match, performs outstandingly, might become a starter for Arsenal in the new season!\" – Spain's \"Asi Bao\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three-pronged attack! Robben and Lam are blown away by the youngster's speed! Is Arsenal's new left-winger Mael the biggest expectation for the new Premier League season?\" – \"French Football\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bayern defeated 4-5 by Arsenal, defensive issues increasingly apparent, Arsenal's 18-year-old youngster records 9 successful breakthroughs in one match!\" – Germany's \"Football Journal\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, when the result of this warm-up match was sent back to European football, almost all mainstream media reported a page, warming up for the upcoming regular season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>European fans who saw this news quickly discovered that Mael's name began appearing frequently in it, even the opponent's media reported it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was surprising, many people immediately searched online for footage of this match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than ten minutes, major websites successively reposted the highlights of Mael's breakthroughs, instantly breaking tens of thousands of likes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Raphinha? In front of Mael, he looks more like the child between the two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Toy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ragdoll defense!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has anyone calculated the speed? What was the top sprint speed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"23.65 miles! The Sun just calculated, this is 0.25 faster than last season's fastest Premier League sprint!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Almost like Robben… so scary, Aix Demon is about to enter the Premier League!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is he the one people most expect among the players who are 'about to enter the Premier League' in recent years?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, but in the Arsenal fan circle, he definitely is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if European fans did not watch this match live, they still clearly felt Mael's impact from the video.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people played the video repeatedly, each time feeling thrilled, without any sense of aesthetic fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the most passionate football, the most thrilling way to break through!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In North London, in an Arsenal fan pub, from this afternoon, fans wearing Arsenal jerseys started coming in one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have a tacit understanding, whenever there's any latest news about the team that interests everyone, they come out and chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only 14 days left until the Premier League starts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you watch the warm-up match? I have to mention Mael, I think we didn't pay enough attention to him before!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watched! He blew Raphinha and Alaba away, also had a successful breakthrough against Lam and Robben!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speed demon, I think he must be faster than Walcott in the team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shouldn't be, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! He is an upgraded version of Walcott, very strong in confrontation, stable lower body, totally a physical monster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walcott played well last season, should have 15+, so this 18-year-old, could he hit 20+?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily, depends on how he adapts to the Premier League, sometimes the official games are different from warm-ups.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fans were chatting all over the place, obviously, they came here today because of Mael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, someone suddenly opened their phone and shouted, drawing everyone's attention: \"The odds list is out, the new season Golden Boot odds list!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell us quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What rank is Van Persie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Top three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person with the phone scrolled a few times, surprised: \"Van Persie is first! 1 to 3.75, second is Aguero who just transferred from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City, he has 1 to 5.5, third is Fulham's Dempsey, 1 to 9!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second highest in the team is Walcott, he ranks 21st, 1 to 48! Third highest… is Mael.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person raised their head, looking a bit shaken, \"Mael ranks 23rd, odds are 1 to 56… he hasn't even played in the top league, God! Ranks third in the team!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not surprising, he was the record-breaking top scorer in the Championship last season, this rank is low.\" Someone wasn't surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be, that Arsenal's other forwards are really that bad this season?\" Someone said this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue discussing Mael, I'm curious, anyone thinking of betting on him for the Golden Boot?\" Someone changed the topic, still wanting to talk about Mael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I'm betting on Van Persie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, bet on the top one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Years without change, always the first to win the Golden Boot, betting agencies' predictions are quite accurate… This time I choose to trust them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people shook their heads, firmly choosing Van Persie, in their eyes, only someone out of their mind would bet on a newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone going to take a chance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, his performance against Bayern was evident for all to see, what if there's a slight hope?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to bet, then bet, at 1 to 56, buying 100 pounds has a chance for small fortune, buying 1000 pounds might get you a new Mercedes, 10000 pounds maybe even a detached house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bar fell silent, obviously, those who shouted were joking, they didn't really intend to buy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost completely unknown, the risk is too great…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll buy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, someone raised their hand, pulling out a wad of money from their pocket, laughing: \"Won 700 pounds playing poker with colleagues the day before yesterday, it's the most I've ever won in my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, unearned money, might as well take a big gamble, haha…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone cursed a gambler under their breath, shook their head, and looked away, no longer paying attention to him; some egged him on, thinking he was just talking big.\u003C\u002Fp>",913,"2026-06-03T06:44:03.644Z","2026-06-03T06:44:07.339Z",1,"novelbin.me","c59866b4e846e2158e64ef2edc822a8e296b797f3ed753b6d2ed0d6a739b3de6","from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-231","from-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-chapter-230",391,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-arsenal-to-the-ball-god-cover.jpg"]