I AM the Football Star

Chapter 717 182: Ghost Goal—He Can Bring Us More Than One Champions League! (Part 3)

This is the difference between excellent and top-notch.

A Lewandowski, how many world-class midfielders has he nourished?

A Haaland, how many eighty million midfielders and wingers has he nourished?

A super central forward is simply a stats farm for midfielders!

And Gutierrez is exactly such a farm.

Inter Milan's midfielders have turned into world-class midfielders thanks to Gutierrez.

Finger has the best passing, he is the core of the midfield, and naturally the biggest beneficiary.

This year's Talista also let Finger farm happily.

From this perspective, it's not hard to understand why Talista is not so convinced by Finger.

Because you bloody rely on me to make a living, but your salary is three times mine?

Fine, alright, you can farm, but could you bloody be a bit more polite to me?

Who's your daddy, don't you as a player who rides on others' coattails understand this point?

Bilibili's famous filial son Li the Eighth once said a sentence, remove the personal attacks on other players, there's a sentence that's actually correct.

That is "Making something out of nothing, that's awesome. Making something out of something, that's unnecessary!"

A player in Finger's position naturally has countless opportunities to deliver threatening balls, through balls, and assists.

This is just like a defender in the backfield always has a lower chances of scoring than a forward in the front.

Because in your position, you're supposed to score, supposed to assist.

Players who can seize the opportunities that come with their position are competent, or even excellent.

But to become a superstar, you have to achieve beyond what the position demands.

You must find opportunities when there are none!

And this is Finger's fatal flaw.

He can't do it!

Talista, as an excellent forward, has his own standards for evaluating midfield players.

Midfielders who can consistently get the ball to his feet are considered excellent.

But those who not only get the ball to his feet, but also allow him to comfortably shoot first time, without adjustment, with defenders out of reach, are super midfielders.

But Finger... come on, if it weren't for Talista's excellent ball control and adjustment capabilities, Inter Milan would have scored at least one-quarter or even one-third fewer goals this year!

Why does Talista have to wrestle for every ball? Why does he have to use his hands? Why does he have to employ tricks?

After the game, other players have bruises everywhere, is Talista an exception?

It's because those passes aren't comfortable and require all sorts of adjustment that Talista has no choice but to resort to such means.

If it were possible to be a player with both skill and character, who would want to be a troublemaker?

Liu Dehua has also said, he wants to be a good person!

"Kaint, go back and watch all of Finger's matches from the past few months. The coaching staff will help you analyze his technical characteristics. Next game, we need to freeze this Inter engine!" Lu opened his mouth.

The little guy nodded heavily.

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"Securing the Europa League Golden Boot in advance? Youngster Lu Yang scores fourteen goals to claim the Europa League top scorer! Unrivaled!"

"King of the Europa League? Talista's hat-trick, ten goals to rank second in the Europa League scorer list! Helping the team beat out San Remo!"

"Two goals! Arsenal's little tiger James Walter ranks third in the Europa League scorer list with nine goals!"

"Valencia wins two to zero, about to watch Arsenal advance to the finals?"

"San Remo loses three to four, has the Italian miracle finally fallen in European competition?"

"Five million euros annual salary! Inter's new Divine Striker publicly demands high wages again, is he worth it?"

"Money-hungry? Trouble player Talista pressures the club! Is the hat-trick really his sole achievement?"

"Three goals and one assist! Talista deserves the Serie A top salary!"

"Finger: No player can overshadow the collective, victory is the effort and success of everyone!"

"Dressing room leak? Players had a verbal altercation with Talista in the dressing room after the game!"

"Ghost goal! Talista's last goal did not completely cross the goal line!"

"Despicable person! Talista stole a victory from San Remo!"

"Malicious foul! Morici was maliciously fouled by Talista, forced to leave the field in less than three minutes from the start!"

"Can't make the next round! Sogel's sensitive area injured, likely unable to return against Inter!"

News floods in like crazy.

Each faction is trying to influence the narrative.

There's bona fide media reporting.

Some want to shout "miracle destroyed".

Others want to focus on fairness and justice.

Others still want to attack Inter or specifically Talista.

In any case, as soon as the news breaks, all sorts of phantoms and demons rally into action.

Whoever can guide public opinion, can win the next move.

Soon, Lu Yang received news from Martivini.

UEFA did indeed give the referee a heads-up to appropriately "take care" of San Remo.

But their methods were basically within legal bounds, leaving no tangible evidence.

The ghost goal was indeed an oversight by the main referee.

But at the same time, it was a grenade for the Italian Football Association.

Doesn't the Italian Football Association consider San Remo as their actual godfather?

Alright then, this time why don't you stand up for your godfather?

Dare you?

The Italian Football Association naturally can't speak up.

Because this time San Remo's opponent is Inter Milan, also an Italian team, and a Serie A team no less.

If the association speaks up, wouldn't it be treating Inter Milan as an outsider?