[{"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-74":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},1686036,2153,"Chapter 74 - 31: Maybe Fifth, Maybe First!","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-74",74,"\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the second half, San Remo was rejuvenated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their players erupted with an incredibly strong fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because for them, this match, along with the next one, could almost decide the happiness of many of them for the rest of their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could truly mean twenty years less struggle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to win!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Remo’s aggressive pressing made the Tirana players very uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t control the ball at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Vedian stopped fooling around, Morici began to organize the attack systematically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Releasing threatening passes one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vedian crossed from the wing, San Remo’s central forward headed towards the goal, almost changing the scoreline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, San Remo was gaining momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the seventy-seventh minute of the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Remo won another corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici aimed it towards the near post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naji contested the position but was pushed even further forward by the opponent, leaving him no angle for a direct header.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, he bent down to flick the ball backwards, sending it to the far post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, Lu Yang and the opposing center back had just landed from mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball seemed to be sliding past the goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, Lu Yang quickly sprang up after landing, executing a Lion’s Head Shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball smashed into the net, the opposing keeper was helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GOAL! San Remo has equalized, Lu Yang scores with a header, a beautiful header!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Naji, winning that first contact, performed exceptionally, reaching almost the best level of a normal center back in terms of offensive involvement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, you can’t compare to Lu Yang’s center back performance, as Lu Yang might be the most explosive attacking center back in the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, we see Lu Yang isn’t celebrating, he rushes to pick up the ball from the net immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Lu Yang, a calm on-field executioner. He always knows what to do at the right time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With twelve minutes left, San Remo still has a chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Tirana kicked off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right after kick-off, they were met with Lu Yang’s Copper Wall and Iron Wall-like blockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the second half began, Lu Yang and Morici have switched positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici appeared at the left defensive midfield position, while Lu Yang was on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This threw Tirana’s right-side-focused tactics against San Remo into disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang covered a large range, with excellent tackling and interception skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If getting the ball past other defenders just required a 50 cm gap between the ball and them, with Lu Yang, you had to keep nearly two meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, you had to avoid Lu Yang’s sudden accelerations from anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This drastically blocked Tirana’s passing routes, pushing their attack into a dead end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eighty-fifth minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet another brilliant interception by Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly handed the ball over to Morici and then surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a move he almost didn’t make in the second half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He committed fully to defense, leaving breakthroughs to Morici and Vedian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, his forward insertion was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici and Lu Yang executed a one-two pass combo, followed by a swift pass and shot, a specialty of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vedian received the ball on the flank and directly crossed it into the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The San Remo central forward drew away one center back, and Lu Yang gained possession, in battle with the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with someone blocking him from behind and another opposing midfielder coming to intercept, he couldn’t turn and shoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Morici boldly charged forward as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici received the ball and passed it to the oncoming Vedian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the opponent’s penalty area was crowded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the San Remo side, except for the two center backs and a right midfielder, virtually everyone was pressing in this half. Both left and right full-backs were near the penalty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Tirana almost had their entire team there as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Remo was desperate to snatch points, and Tirana was determined not to lose one in the final moments, both teams were fighting hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang ran out, Vedian passed the ball along the ground to Lu Yang, who was back to the goal, leaning on the defender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two players were marking Lu Yang, one on Morici, and one on the central forward, leaving San Remo without any chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the ball rolled over, Lu Yang suddenly called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici, on the same wavelength, dashed towards the goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many didn’t understand Morici’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici was already in the penalty box, with very limited sprinting space, possibly reaching the goalkeeper without gaining speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover... there were three people between him and Lu Yang, two walls, making it impossible to receive the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at the next moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang didn’t stop the ball, but instead made a heel pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Redondo’s heel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball rolled between the legs of the defenders next to Lu Yang, entering the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent hadn’t even realized this yet, still keeping a close eye on Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball sped past several defenders, appearing in front of the goalkeeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goalkeeper quickly rushed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a foot reached the ball before him, poking it into the net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The San Remo players embraced each other passionately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A last-minute goal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang delivered a deadly assist, and Morici completed the decisive poke shot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Remo leads two to one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh! My heavens! This is truly celestial football!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under such enormous pressure, Lu Yang executed a heel pass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This play was so stealthy that even after the goal, Tirana’s defenders were still marking Lu Yang, not knowing when he had passed the ball!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morici’s timing was superb, even slightly slower, and the goalkeeper would have claimed the ball first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",941,"2026-06-06T13:45:08.170Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc03bc45c7952a00ae62a990c0aecbfa71fd4842cff8fbf649c27421737cec6f","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-75","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-267",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]