I AM the Football Star

Chapter 206 - 78: Good Samaritan Moral Excellence Award

"I will always be willing to fight for justice!" This was Lu Yang’s only acceptance speech.

In an instant, applause erupted above Vercelli Stadium, lasting for more than five minutes!

On the stands, many Serie A stars were present, feeling proud of the young player named Lu Yang because he brought a different kind of brilliance to the title of footballer.

Simply put, this provided significant help for each of them in transitioning to other industries in the future.

Reputation, sometimes it needs to be built up, and sometimes it needs a breakthrough, it’s quite mysterious.

Similarly, in the stands, there were more female celebrities present than football stars.

Television, film, music, variety comedy shows, models, socialites, etc., they all vied for attention but all came to support Lu Yang.

Some might just want to catch a bit of the spotlight, but some really want to "be close" to Lu Yang.

Even if Sofia was very famous and illustrious, she couldn’t suppress these eager newcomers.

All are female celebrities, who doesn’t have an A4 waist and long legs, a nine-head figure, and impressive assets?

Once the clothes come off, no man can resist.

Sofia wasn’t worried about this at all.

If any of you can cure Lu Yang’s "straight man cancer" plus emotional indifference and insensitivity, making him interested in women, I’ll thank your whole family!

Seriously!

Beep!

With a whistle, the match officially began.

After the last match, the Republican Newspaper conducted an in-depth analysis of Lu Yang’s playing style.

They defined Lu Yang as a bankrupt version of the classic attacking midfielder plus a sweeping midfielder.

They believed Lu Yang’s various technical skills were far from being comparable to an excellent classic attacking midfielder, the only thing worth mentioning was his extremely large range of movement and defensive ability.

Lu Yang’s biggest drawback is that he can’t curve the ball.

Whether it’s shooting or passing, even free kicks are so direct, straight up and down.

This analysis isn’t precise.

But the somewhat headache-inducing thing is that the tactics they analyzed to restrain Lu Yang happened to hit Lu Yang’s soft spot a bit.

In the previous few games, after analyzing Lu Yang’s shooting characteristics, he indeed had fewer chances to shoot from the flank.

But his role as a roaming attacking midfielder and discussions with Morici gave him stronger passing awareness, so in the last game, he managed to bag two assists.

However, if his passing routes are also blocked, then he would be in some trouble.

Or rather, his teammates would find it difficult to create real killing opportunities.

On one hand, without the ability to curve the ball, it’s challenging for Lu Yang to always deliver quality passes.

On the other hand, with the other frontline teammates locked down, they keep missing chances.

San Remo would naturally find it tough to win.

And to accomplish both of these, only a full bus defense can do it!

So today, Vercelli decisively chose to park the bus.

A 5311 formation, ultra-defensive.

A five-defender tactic is already excessive, let alone when their three midfielders have two positioned as defensive midfielders, covering the flank areas.

This is definitely the most targeted strategy against Lu Yang in history.

It’s also the biggest test for San Remo, which centers around Lu Yang.

Vercelli almost completely abandoned offense, clearly aiming for a draw today.

So the first half of the match was excruciatingly dull.

No matter how Lu Yang moved and ran, San Remo only had four players in the frontline.

While the opposition had seven.

San Remo’s left back Rondo and right back Matias, one is a center back, the other a defensive right back, neither is quite capable of pushing up to assist the attack.

Latu Yidi is also purely a workhorse king.

Only Versachi sometimes advances, but five players are still far fewer than seven.

San Remo had plenty of possession, but real opportunities were scarce.

Even Lu Yang, the king of running, was zone-marked by one defensive midfielder and one center back, each responsible for Lu Yang’s movements in the left and right halves.

When Lu Yang chose to drop back to receive the ball, they didn’t aggressively press forward, just waiting for Lu Yang to come.

Lu Yang’s dribbling skills are indeed impressive, the "Divine Dragon Tail" can easily beat one person, but tight ball control, dribbling, and other attributes haven’t reached a star level for Lu Yang, making it difficult to handle more people in succession after passing one.

Those one-on-three or one-on-four explosive performances are rare.

Soon, the first half ended with a zero-to-zero score.

The fans were somewhat helpless, the game was truly dull.

But the female celebrities didn’t think so; they didn’t really understand football anyway. They were there to shoot some footage for their studios to post and catch some of the buzz.

They even touched up their makeup during halftime and continued to sway for Lu Yang, blowing kisses and winking endlessly in the second half.

Fifteen minutes later, the second half of the game began.

Lu Yang started attempting some adventurous offensive maneuvers.

He made two consecutive left-footed crosses in the left flank.

Because only the left foot’s C-shaped cross in the left flank could simultaneously give both Sogel and Fernandez goal-scoring opportunities.

The right-footed cross would be an anti-C shape, with the drop point having to choose one of two.

But Sogel and Fernandez were tightly marked, failing to receive the ball both times.

Vercelli even managed to launch an excellent counterattack as a result.

If not for Naji’s long legs, poking the ball away in a confrontation with the opposing central forward, the opposition might have had a one-on-one chance.

By the eightieth minute, San Remo started to get anxious.

Rondo and Matias also began to frequently push up.