[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-the-football-star":3,"chapter-i-am-the-football-star-i-am-the-football-star-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I AM the Football Star",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1686195,2153,"Chapter 109 - 43: One Man’s Soccer","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Lu Yang saw this and knew he needed to help Bai Zhami regain his confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exchanged positions with Morici and appeared behind Bai Zhami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami lost the ball again, and Sevajos, unimpeded, saw the first half was about to end and started trying to showcase his skills against Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had not gained any advantage against Lu Yang before, this was a challenge that a talented player must conquer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sevajos didn’t expect Lu Yang’s defensive interception to be so fast, as if he had faced many speed players before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dispossessed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sevajos immediately attempted to regain the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lu Yang performed a knee bounce, coolly drifting past Sevajos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent’s midfield was useless, standing in a parallel formation facing Lu Yang’s dribbling, nearly instantly breached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang advanced with the ball at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opposition’s left center-back was the first to rush at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was that Lu Yang, without slowing down, performed a series of cycling moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opposing center-back simply couldn’t react in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lu Yang nudged the ball past him, he was left dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, Denilson’s cycling moves, just who can compare!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the penalty area, Lam and Lu Yang met on a narrow path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the only obstacle between Lu Yang and the goalkeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang continued cycling, while slowing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lam remained unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the basic skills of a top center-back is to watch the ball, not the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how you fake it, I follow the football.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone thought Lu Yang’s breakthrough would end here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to pass Lam, with the following defenders closing in, Lu Yang might not even have a chance to pass back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to be fair, Lu Yang’s move this time opened many people’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancelotti: \"Didn’t they say Lu Yang’s dribbling and breakthrough were lacking? Why does this cycling move look quite interesting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrel: \"He always has some unexpected small skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perrotta: \"But next, he probably won’t have any other options. From high speed to almost a stop, trying to break through a top-notch young center-back like Lam is almost impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taji: \"Yeah, Lam’s explosiveness and speed are good, even better than Lu Yang’s. Even as a center-back comparison, Lam is considerably more comprehensive than Lu Yang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after these statements were made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slowing Lu Yang suddenly launched an attack, using the outside of his right foot to nudge the ball, preparing to break through to the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The movement was so large that it was clear it was a genuine breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such a breakthrough seemed too reckless for a center-back of Lam’s level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they really take Lam for that earlier screened-off rookie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As mentioned, Lam’s explosiveness is nothing less than Lu Yang’s!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decisively reached out with his foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The football was about to be kicked by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang’s foot suddenly quivered, and with the inside of the foot, the ball originally heading right suddenly bounced left, brushing past Lam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, Lu Yang’s right foot landed, using it as a pivot, unleashing full speed, rushing to the left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rabona!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s mind conjured these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam has seen Rabona moves before, but one with such a large swing is truly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, to control the ball, the gap between the first outward flick and the second inward flick of a Rabona is kept very short; this way, one can still perform a Rabona but with less deception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A truly top-level Rabona has a long time delay and distance difference between the first and second flicks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of Rabona is theoretically indefensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s akin to the changes in direction of top NBA players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I move to your right, do you guard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You guard, I’ll just make a body shift and go left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you, having made a defensive move, can’t keep up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t guard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, then I’ll just go right past you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is an open strategy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is Ronaldinho, the soccer elf’s Rabona—Divine Dragon Tail!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang’s Rabona just now was a divine Rabona, an unstoppable Rabona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lam hadn’t extended his foot earlier, Lu Yang wouldn’t have flicked the second part of the Rabona, instead directly breaking through the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is one of the secrets why Ronaldinho is hard to defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So often, defenders easily beaten by Ronaldinho may not have missed the predicted direction of his breakthrough; it’s just that knowing it doesn’t help them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang swung past Lam and took a powerful shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The football blasted into the net, unstoppable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>GOAL!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players on Team B’s bench jumped up one by one in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seem to realize they might not necessarily lose?\u003C\u002Fp>",779,"2026-06-06T13:45:08.170Z",1,"novelbin.me","2945a445c75f529420669bd07e98671e1a80736063fc550caee0503c53e0526c","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-336","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-335",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]