[{"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-755":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},1686636,2153,"Chapter 755 187: An Eye for an Eye, Winter Admits Defeat!","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-755",755,"\u003Cp>Arsenal's two wings have incredibly fast players, their offense is terrifying, but their defense... especially their frontal defense ability, except for left-back Gordon, the others are somewhat lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also why the outside world thinks Arsenal is a bit soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially without their main defensive midfielder holding the central position, they become even softer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the San Remo side, Tactical Master Sotu also unveiled a tactical whiteboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang wrote and drew on the whiteboard: \"Morici, Canyes, Kaint, including Lam, if there's an opportunity, directly penetrate their middle! Their central area is dangerously vacant, whoever penetrates scores!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it's tough to guard the wings, then defend the middle, pile on numbers, let them play on the wings. If they can score by crossing, then it's their win!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since beautiful possession play can't be broken, then use numbers to park the bus in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's see if you truly are Lionel Messi, destined to break walls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the second half of the match officially began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the change in San Remo's defensive tactics, the threat from Arsenal to San Remo's goal visibly decreased. Their successful breakthroughs and shots increased, but shots on target decreased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accordingly, the number of attacks from both sides also increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, the goal probability for both sides greatly increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Mr. Winter clearly noticed something was wrong, San Remo was attacking their center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Arsenal's midfield was unguarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the attack frequency increased, Arsenal players started running more, sprinting more, increasing their stamina consumption. Once Arsenal's midfielders didn't want to run, their midfield completely disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, originally, it was speed compensating for the lack of defensive ability, and without speed... it's hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Winter wanted to bring on Smith Luo, a defensive midfielder Arsenal bought, who had performed decently. Generally, when Arsenal didn't use the defensive midfielder Plazza, they would use Smith Luo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But previously, Lu Yang said Mr. Winter's judgment of players had declined, and Mr. Winter wasn't convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed that the movements of Lock and Nils could solve the defensive problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't need to be defensive experts, they just needed to be in the right place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Smith Luo had also been dominated by Lu Yang before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Smith Luo, go warm up!\" Mr. Winter hesitated a lot but still felt he should prepare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, when Smith Luo started warming up, Lock and Nils were instantly filled with motivation, as no one wanted to be substituted, and they started running like crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nils, facing Lu Yang with the ball, performed a dazzling move and successfully bypassed Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But turning back, Lu Yang pressured Nils to the sideline, where Nils made a hurried cross of poor quality, which Lam intercepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lam launched a long ball to Bai Zhami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami, in a confrontation with Koschel, lost possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quick turnover of ball possession made for an exciting contest of attack and counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, it reached the seventieth minute, and the stalemate on the field was still unbroken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But San Remo's shots on target were increasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Bai Zhami weren't somewhat restrained by Koschel, he might already have scored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Koschel's defense isn't top-notch, but his movement speed is fast, somewhat like an enhanced version of Lam, with very timely sweeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During a throw-in, Lu Yang and Bai Zhami quietly switched positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone like Nils, Bai Zhami is enough to handle him; Lu Yang had almost dealt with Nils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang wanted to personally tackle the tough nut that is Koschel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the seventy-fifth minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami rapidly retreated to defend Nils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lock advanced with the ball, having no passing route, which allowed Kaint to seize the opportunity to reclaim possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami immediately reversed his run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, Nils didn't follow, as he was too exhausted from his sprints on the wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after the confrontations with Lu Yang, which wore him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Often, Lu Yang wasn't in a hurry to tackle but pressured him, yet allowed him to laboriously dribble to the goal line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now, it wasn't that Nils couldn't be defended, but rather he was exhausting Nils, then handing the nearly exhausted Nils over to Bai Zhami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaint passed the ball to Bai Zhami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami carried the ball across the halfway line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal's right-back Moruno maintained some distance from Bai Zhami, adhering to Winter's defensive philosophy of compensating defensive intensity with speed to avoid losing position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was like this for Lu Yang, even more so for the faster Bai Zhami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after crossing the midfield, Bai Zhami immediately cut inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly challenging the right midfielder Olic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be frank, Olic is just a winger, even though he stayed in the central defense when Lock and Nils advanced due to his good sense of positioning, defense isn't something that's useful just by being there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The value of certain defensive players lies in their irreplaceability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially defensive midfielders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhami passed the ball to Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici easily ran past Olic, facing an open path in front of Arsenal's penalty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White, who was closer to Morici, immediately rushed out of the penalty area to defend Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici made a direct pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang, cutting inside without the ball, appeared in the left area inside the penalty box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Koschel quickly moved towards Lu Yang, colliding with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using this positioning and collision defense again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully utilizing the center-back's physical advantage over speed-type forwards... if there is a physical advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>",907,"2026-06-06T13:45:23.672Z",1,"novelbin.me","7e3756b0711488dcb6bc123940e89729c78e29803e952e1f3c6288cd55d86f94","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-756","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-754",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]