I AM the Football Star

Chapter 202 - 77: Escalating Situation, Standoff Among All Sides

Sotu’s toughness brought a revolutionary change to people’s impression of San Remo.

In the past, San Remo, despite being called the Sunshine City, was mostly just a small tourist city.

They never left any mark in the football world, nor did they have anything memorable besides "sunshine."

But from some point, perhaps last season, San Remo transformed into a formidable team.

Miracles and toughness became their trademarks.

And these trademarks were most thoroughly embodied in Lu Yang.

Just like how mentioning Sparta always brings to mind ironclad warriors.

Mentioning Mongolian men always brings to mind the steed on the prairie.

Mentioning Sichuan men always evokes thoughts of a family-loving spouse.

Now, mentioning San Remo and their team only brings to mind "toughness"!

Whether on or off the field, whether against big teams like Millwall or Arsenal, whether facing Italy’s renowned media like Republican Newspaper or notorious bad boy Kubo from the music scene.

San Remo never backs down from opponents!

For a time, many players who weren’t part of San Remo spoke out for Lu Yang.

Benevento’s Vedian: "Lu is a great player, though his current honors don’t match the word great yet, his actions are moving towards greatness! I support Lu! I don’t know Kubo, so I won’t comment on him. But I know Lu Yang, so I must say, Kubo is a scoundrel!"

To this, Morici stated that the logic was rigorous and flawless.

Serie B powerhouse Chievo’s starting central forward Diego Talista also said: "Lu is a true man, he’s the only opponent I admire on the field, the only one! As for Kubo, he’s a disgrace to all Italian men, he should jump straight into the Arno River and let the water wash away his weakness and filth!"

Similarly, many female celebrities from Italy’s entertainment circle stood up to speak for Lu Yang.

They barely know Lu Yang, but ever since Lu Yang beat up Kubo, these celebrities have unilaterally regarded Lu Yang as a friend.

This is called eliminating harm for the people.

If such a public opinion trend proves Kubo’s character is poor.

Then the following situation was a bit beyond Kubo and his agent team’s expectations.

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Italian Football Association Headquarters.

"Maniero, is this what you told me, that he’s a very well-behaved kid, never causing trouble?" Martivini angrily threw the newspaper on the table.

Opposite him, Maniero and his brother Arthas were present.

Martivini was furious, his face turning green, just after promoting Lu Yang and San Remo a bit, you now gave me such trouble.

Every commercial league fears this, when a star they took great pains to promote insists on getting involved in some conflicts, leading to large numbers of fans leaving, causing the league to find itself in a dilemma.

Many superstars aren’t favored by the league anymore, apart from aging, it’s also because their team starts engaging in more social events seeking political capital for a career shift to politics.

The only good news now is the association’s promotion of Lu Yang and San Remo’s miracle just went through the first round, stopping now wouldn’t cause much loss to the association.

But Martivini was still angry, angry for losing another star-making opportunity.

As mentioned before, besides Lu Yang and San Remo, this grass-roots team had no better target this year.

Even if referees could blow black whistles to cultivate one or two dark horses.

But those grass-roots teams, in terms of attention and strength, are far behind San Remo.

Just Lu Yang’s data in the Italian Third Division and Italian Cup is enough to prove this year’s legendary low-tier league in Italy can only have him.

He dominated the cup goals and assists charts as the leader.

And ranked first in league goals and second in assists.

League assist leader is his teammate, and there were over two months of injuries.

He’s very likely to achieve unprecedented super data!

Even if it’s in the Italian Third Division, it’s enough to move people.

Not supporting Lu Yang is hard for Martivini to accept!

Beside him, Maniero wasn’t angry due to Martivini’s irritable attitude. On the contrary, he tapped the newspaper with his finger and said: "So, don’t you think this is the real opportunity to expand Italy’s football positive influence?"

"Old Captain, Lu Yang is definitely a gift from God to you, he’ll make your re-election next year much easier!"

Instantly, the temperature in the office sharply dropped.

Arthas’s eyes rolled as he thought of something, then felt a chill down his spine.

This is his brother, the creator of Italy’s golden era of football, a man known as the "brain."

In the room, the two Ma Team leaders looked at each other, the atmosphere subtle.

[Tonight at 12 o’clock sharp for explosive updates!!!]