[{"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-757":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},1686638,2153,"Chapter 757 188: Shirtless Messi Moment, Slapping Lu's Face, Can Italian Football Hold On?","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-757",757,"\u003Cp>I don't know why, but as Winter looked at Lu Yang, who turned his head down, he had a bad premonition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he didn't know that famous saying, otherwise he would be even more afraid at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the head lowers... Lionel Messi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On April 24, 2017, the Spanish derby, Real Madrid hosted Barcelona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the ninety-second minute of the game, Messi scored a decisive goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, he created a legendary moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He displayed his jersey proudly in front of tens of thousands of Real Madrid fans!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's known as... Undressing Messi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Lu Yang wouldn't be that arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hoped to take the game away with a goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celebrating by taking off clothes? That's too flashy, not his style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's more, Mr. Winter is one of his own, how could he do such a heart-wrenching thing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the ball!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang retreated from the forward position to midfield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bernulin passed the ball directly to Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lock was eager to snatch, Lu Yang passed it back to Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici carried the ball, while Lock ran back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morici delivered the ball to Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olic also came up to press Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang did a V-shaped Pull, humbling Olic with simplicity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang dribbled horizontally in the center circle, Olic couldn't chase Lu Yang forever, so he had to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal's first wave of pressing failed, and they subsequently abandoned the press, returning to their half for settled defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang used passing and ball control to successfully dismantle the opposition's pressing, giving San Remo the upper hand in ball possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, the soccer turned into a candy, and all San Remo players wouldn't be afraid, because when in possession, the opponent wouldn't press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could play well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the opposition's pressing hadn't been broken, the soccer would become a bomb, a hot potato, making all San Remo players afraid of receiving the ball and then losing it, adding huge pressure on everyone holding the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more pressure, mistakes naturally become more likely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is why some teams with the same possession flair while others stumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not that the players of teams feeling the ball is a bomb have footwork issues, but they lack a player who can hold the ball effectively or a midfield guard to distribute it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, all it takes is one person to stand out, and everything changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is what the Messi Moment Card has brought to Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Messi's support, Lu Yang finds it difficult to lose the ball, especially without actively attempting a dribble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, San Remo sent the soccer to outside Arsenal's penalty area, starting the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal resumed the pressure, Smith Luo focused on defending Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at this moment, San Remo's attacking midfielder was Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fried Meatballs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marseille Turn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cycling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang continuously moved with the ball outside the penalty area without passing it, yet didn't lose the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal's midfield interception was really lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rubeus, Olic, Lock—none of them were proper midfielders, Lock was an attacking midfielder or a playmaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they didn't foul, Lu Yang could keep dribbling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smith Luo, unable to bear it, abandoned Morici and charged at Lu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Morici began to push forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal's substitute central defender immediately tagged Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was at this moment that Bai Zhami suddenly made a no-ball cut into the gap between Arsenal's substitute central defender and right-back Moruno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal's defensive line wasn't misplaced, the gap between the two wasn't large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Zhami relied on his extraordinary speed to cut through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yang pulled away from Smith Luo with two consecutive Fried Meatballs and delivered a straight pass into the penalty area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soccer spun fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Yang has been very active recently, I think many underestimated his dribbling skills. He didn't lose the ball under pressure from two players, but what was his intention? To liberate Morici?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morici was indeed liberated but was then covered by Arsenal's central defender.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Barça and Manchester City's possession-based offensive systems, there's a term called \"free man\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Different from the football emperor Beckenbauer's free man, this free man means a player not defended by the opposition in a possession game!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of passing and positional changes is to create open spaces, allowing the team to have a free man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then give the ball to the free man, maximizing their potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, within infinite positional changes, the free man keeps changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This moment it's Sogel, the next it's Lu Yang, and the moment after it's Morici.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without tactical training, even teammates find it hard to discern who's the current and next free man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This completely influences a player's subsequent choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lu Yang broke through Lock, as Smith Luo went to defend Lu Yang, Morici became the free man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Arsenal's substitute central defender covered Morici, the advancing Bai Zhami became a half-free man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half, because Bai Zhami hadn't completely lost Moruno; the opponent was also speedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Moruno was on Bai Zhami's left, while Bai Zhami was in the left area in front of the goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the ball came from the right, Bai Zhami wouldn't be greatly affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... due to Arsenal's substitute central defender's good sense of position, there wasn't too much space between him and Moruno.\u003C\u002Fp>",894,"2026-06-06T13:45:23.672Z",1,"novelbin.me","ce6bef148803807110d97c5786ee855a032a9e578f3e21df44d414c6f20189f3","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-758","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-756",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]