[{"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-306":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},1686151,2153,"Chapter 306 - 97: You Guys Are the Real Sissies","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-306",306,"\u003Cp>\"Crush them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Screw their whole family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill! Kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sampdoria is all riled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can this be tolerated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then let you feel the intensity of Serie A!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Serie A is not known in the Five Major Leagues for its intensity, it is still a top league, and if you want intensity, you can have it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next few minutes, San Remo’s players clearly felt the trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re no longer receiving the ball easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially turning, which was almost impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes even after passing the ball, they’d still get knocked over or taken down by the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the opponents were just committing minor fouls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such intensity, San Remo’s ball movement became difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici loudly shouted repeatedly, signaling teammates to expand their running range and provide passing options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in ball control and passing, the degree of teammate responsiveness greatly affects control strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, if Morici passed to and didn’t move, Becher’s return pass point to him is easily blocked, which is the opponent’s instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Morici keeps moving, opponents need to take extra steps to intercept the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Morici has a larger movement range, the opponent must move over a larger area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Morici can also create distance between himself and Becher, providing space for overhead passes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about ball control sounds easy, but doing it is actually very hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the hardest part of ball control is the two aspects ordinary players find difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first is that high-level ball control demands very high footwork skills from all players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is why only top-tier clubs usually employ ball control as their main tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because ordinary teams struggle to equip many technical players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second is high-level ball control requires each player to have strong insight and thinking skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many panic facing pressure, have narrow vision and can’t find teammates; even if they find them, lack the creative imagery to make seemingly impossible passes using the outside foot, dragging the ball slightly or intentionally being slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These aspects involve not only technique but also thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players meeting these criteria are usually not ordinary players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting one of them means that even if not in a top club or league, they stand out in their own level of competition against ordinary players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, does it mean ordinary teams can’t play ball control?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s discussed is top-level ball control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General ball control, while demanding lots of players, can be achieved with enough teamwork if players play together long enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lack vision, but I understand your running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lack pass imagination, but you have it. I focus on receiving, okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My passing skills aren’t great, but your movement’s slick, and any gap falls within your control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These \"yous\" are ordinary teams’ ball control points - the organizational core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the core is top-notch and solid, not-so-wealthy teams can support ball control tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Remo’s current low-quality ball control tactic is supported by their core, Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to sustain it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, extensive running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t be fooled by Lu being the Perpetual Motion Machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici’s actually quite the runner too; otherwise, with Lu’s initial passing levels, he couldn’t frequently weave magical plays with Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s fair to say before Lu played CAM, Morici was accommodating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, when Morici was injured, Lu began to blend with the entire team successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it’s basically Morici accommodating Lu, and Lu accommodating the whole team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, insight into the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third, complex calculations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second and third must be discussed together, starting with understanding most dynamics on the field and choosing whom to pass to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a team member has too many defending players nearby or could get surrounded, even if it’s easier to pass to them, preferably don’t choose them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some players offer safe receptions, but obstacles in the middle or distance challenges make passes tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Morici must prioritizes the latter, as he has the techniques to overcome difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless his teammates are top-tier, he must also consider their receiving environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samp’s pressure is heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici struggles alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... the current San Remo has more than just Morici as a ball-handling point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becher can also handle the ball elegantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, Lu’s omnipresent running gives San Remo an additional passing option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus Morici’s previous strategies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Samp’s using physical play, causing whistles, San Remo holds the advantage in ball control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is incredible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A team averaging less than forty-two percent ball control in the last fifteen matches now has sixty-seven percent against Serie A teams!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crucially, Samp isn’t a defensive counterattack team; in Serie A their average ball control is nearly fifty percent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if today’s setup plays a part, it’s still staggering.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",780,"2026-06-06T13:45:08.170Z",1,"novelbin.me","8cafe6dcba9b95a8393b8518e7b368f4b675cf0774dd3d8f2741dc47b13e03a1","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-307","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-305",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]