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Chapter 383 - 112: Official Awards Announced, Season Settlement

"Miraculous Comeback! The Miracle of Sailing Defeats Top Two of the Champions League, San Remo Wins Italy Cup Thrillingly!"

"AC Milan Defeated by Lower League Team, Regretfully Loses the Italian Cup Trophy!"

"A 3-0 Lead Turned Over Yet No One Dares to Call It a Fixed Match!"

"The Bookie Slayer! San Remo Fans Bet on Team’s Italian Cup Victory at Season Start, Five Small Betting Companies Go Bankrupt!"

"Medical Miracle! Lu Yang Becomes the First Footballer to Dominate a Match After an Injection!"

"Record-Broken! Italian Cup Goal Record Smashed, Italian Third Division Youngster Lu Yang Explodes with Goal-Scoring Ability! Over Two Goals Per Match on Average!"

As the major leagues wrap up, the Italian Cup champion dust settles, earning a wave of clicks for the news media.

Any headline was enough to make fans click to find out more.

Among them, shortly after the Italian Cup concluded, the Italian Football Association officially announced the various awards for this year’s Italian Cup.

Adding fuel to the fire of excitement.

Without a doubt, the Golden Boot of this Italian Cup goes to Lu Yang.

He scored a total of seventeen goals, breaking the over eighty-year-old single tournament goal record in the Italian Cup.

The previous record was twelve goals.

Lu Yang significantly improved this record and placed himself in the top 20 of the Italian Cup’s total goal rankings.

Due to the Italian Cup format, many players score goals, but very few score more than five. Lu Yang’s eighteen goals put him in the Italian Cup’s top 20, not exaggerated at all.

Of course, surpassing the first place is a bit difficult, as the top player scored a total of 49 goals in the Italian Cup, making it hard to surpass.

Especially with San Remo’s promotion to the Italian Second Division, they will skip the first two rounds of the Italian Cup, meaning two fewer matches for Lu Yang, naturally reducing his goal count.

Similarly, Lu Yang is also the assists leader of this year’s Italian Cup.

With ten assists, he tops the assists chart, while the second-highest has only four assists.

Morici, Versachi, and Bai Zhami each have three assists, tied for third in the assist rankings.

Here’s a joke: Morici’s assist ability and Bai Zhami are on the same level.

This once led Morici to become withdrawn.

Considering Lu Yang’s goals and assists, his efficiency in the Italian Cup is higher than in the league, averaging 3.5 goal involvements per game!

These stats are insane!

Especially considering the opponents included three Italian Second Division teams, one Serie A relegation team, and two Champions League-level teams!

And those three Italian Second Division teams, after fierce competition, all got promoted to Serie A!

Chievo, Benevento, Brescia, all were defeated by San Remo.

Rounding it up, San Remo faced six Serie A teams in their eight Italian Cup rounds!

Who dares to say this San Remo trophy lacks weight?

On the contrary, this might be the heaviest Italian Cup trophy in history!

The Italian Cup’s interception king is Latu Yidi, with an average of 4.2 interceptions per game, undoubtedly deserved.

This is also thanks to San Remo’s survival tactics in this season’s Italian Cup.

The absence of Morici forced San Remo to play counter-attacks, giving Latu Yidi plenty of room to perform.

Age does not diminish one’s bravery, an ancient saying that proves true.

However, Latu Yidi is not the only interception king.

This year’s Italian Cup surprisingly had two players with identical total interceptions and average interceptions.

Rome’s defensive midfielder Drake shared the honor of interception king with Latu Yidi.

This also led to many San Remo fans teasing Latu Yidi, saying he still possesses top Serie A standard.

Latu Yidi smiled and said nothing, appreciating that his "technical aid" was recognized.

Of course, some Rome fans also teased Drake, saying he’s now on par with an Italian Third Division midfielder, which infuriated Drake.

However, strangely, although Rome was eliminated by San Remo in the Italian Cup, their fans harbor no resentment or hatred towards San Remo.

On the contrary, many Rome fans now have a very good impression of San Remo, with quite a few even becoming fans of Lu Yang.

Perhaps this is the respect earned through strength.

After the data awards, come the best awards.

The best forward of the Italian Cup is Inter Milan’s Serie A divine striker Gutierrez.

Of course, such an honor for Gutierrez is only a small glory; his true pursuit is success in league and Champions League matches.

Even so, Gutierrez still shared this honor, acknowledging the Italian Cup’s recognition of him.

Considering Gutierrez’s recent situation and continuous transfer rumors, this gesture is considerate.

In terms of player quality, Gutierrez is quite commendable.

Recently, he’s been criticized by Inter Milan fans for "selling his soul for money," but such criticism is hard for a reasonable person to agree with.

In fact, if you carefully consider the club’s operations in promoting players and earning bonuses along with broadcast rights, you will find that players are by no means ungrateful.

On the contrary, it’s the club that truly profits.

As for many who say the club’s financial statements show they don’t earn much... Are clubs doing charity?

Is everyone losing money to play this game?