[{"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-124":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},1686236,2153,"Chapter 124 - 49: Sparking an Italian Youth Storm (Part 2)","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-124",124,"\u003Cp>The ball almost tore through the net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang scored a powerful free kick!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, the Star of Italy took the lead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four-three!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"F*ck! Why didn’t you jump! Crap! You’re playing like crap!\" The Millwall head coach cursed loudly, dissatisfied with the wall’s reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millwall’s players couldn’t find the words to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici stood nearby, who would have believed Lu Yang would take the free kick?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s appeared again! That bizarrely curved elevator ball!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Yang has scored such a free kick goal in the league before! Clearly, Millwall didn’t take Lu Yang seriously. If they had seen that goal, they wouldn’t have been so careless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the first time the Star of Italy has led in the entire match! Can they hold onto it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While celebrating, the Star of Italy adjusted their lineup according to pre-match plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang was no longer a defensive midfielder but appeared in the left-back position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Canyes dropped from right midfielder to right-back, forming a five-man defensive line!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Versachi retreated from the attacking midfielder position to where Lu Yang was initially, partnering with Morici as dual defensive midfielders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sogel, the tall forward, directly withdrew from the penalty area, looking more like an attacking midfielder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parrot wandered near Sogel, playing as the right shadow striker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Substitute Bai Zhami was at the forefront, playing as a central forward positioned slightly to the left!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a 5-2-1-2 formation, Lu Yang and Canyes absolutely cannot advance anymore; they’ve almost completely abandoned offense, with a very clear intent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bus, they’ve parked it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This victory, they’re fixed on it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that in the attacking midfielder position is Sogel, capable of holding and receiving the ball, this is even clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sogel won’t organize attacks; he simply serves as a front field pivot, facilitating midfield passes. Ninety percent of the time, after receiving the ball, he chooses to pass it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parrot roams away from the penalty area, closer to Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s hardly a stretch to call it a midfield rectangle formation of 5-4-1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such extreme tactics are difficult for proud and ambitious young players to execute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Star of Italy did it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don’t care about face; they only want to win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five tutors looked at the lineup change and couldn’t help but chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whose idea was this genius tactic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have they no shame?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eighty-second minute of the match, the second layer of Lu Yang’s Perpetual Motion Machine effect was activated, with a five percent increase in various abilities, his running distance exceeded 12 kilometers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millwall launched a frantic counterattack, unable to accept losing to a group of kids with an average age of less than nineteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when two of them were previously playing in the fourth league level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere on the field became increasingly tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main referee constantly blew the whistle; Millwall received three yellow cards in the past five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star of Italy team also received two, belonging to Lu Yang and Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang was expected, but who would have thought Morici, the small stature player, could make a decisive challenge in a critical moment, an airborne tackle that could destroy a person even if it couldn’t break the ball!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sevajos watched Lu Yang and Morici on the field, feeling strongly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a talent always well protected, he had never experienced such scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through while bearing someone else’s tackle and tackling someone else’s breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the short Morici could achieve this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Sevajos ashamed of his previous weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If given another chance, he’d perform better in this game!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To shrink defense is to passively take hits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Canyes already denied the opponent the chance to reach the bottom line, when the opponent launched a long pass lob from the flank, the Star of Italy’s defense momentarily couldn’t withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t for Lu Yang, this \"left-back,\" also rushing into the penalty area to help with the scramble, the team might have already conceded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eighty-ninth minute of the match, Millwall launched the closest attack to goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They kicked from the flank, and Lu Yang was tangled by Millwall’s right winger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star of Italy’s tall defender was pushed by the midfielder advancing from the opposition and missed the header opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millwall’s tall forward was nearing the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a critical moment, Lam contributed by disrupting the ball ahead of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici was the first to reach the ball, without stopping, he directly kicked it forward, a rapid pass and shoot, switching attack and defense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Star of Italy, a black lightning began to sprint!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An instant counterattack broke out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Bai Zhami caught up with the ball, there were two Millwall defenders beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he kicked the ball forward again and caught up with it, he had left those two far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the goalkeeper, Bai Zhami hit a shot with a tricky angle, successfully changing the score to five-three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami, killed the match!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes later, the referee blew the whistle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millwall team members buried their heads, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While for the Star of Italy, all the substitutes rushed onto the field, celebrating passionately as a team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They defeated a Championship team!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They conquered a group of capable and experienced mature players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They overcame their fear of slugfests!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Victory! Victory! Victory!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience followed along with loud shouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this match, Sevajos, as the offensive core, delivered as expected, using sharp breakthroughs and passes, securing two assists; Lu Yang’s free-kick goal was created by Sevajos, considered one assist, he’s the team’s primary weapon!\u003C\u002Fp>",935,"2026-06-06T13:45:08.170Z",1,"novelbin.me","81b69c5a4c5f4807c2d5315f444cf116d020249d82add17cad3a652290bb0310","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-350","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-18",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]