Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 117 The Frustrated Domingos

Atletico Madrid's defense was quite good; at least in their view, Shan Yongzhuo was contained. The guy wasn't even very active in running; most of the time he just made token movements, no different from an elderly person strolling on the streets of Madrid.

Dan Yongzhuo didn't care. He had already used the Mighty Vajra Leg, and he would have to wait ten minutes to unleash its power again. Under the opponent's tight defense, he would also need an opportunity to use the Whirlwind Ground Kick and Ghost Shadow Grappling Hand effectively.

The current situation is that both sides are engaged in a protracted tug-of-war in midfield, and neither has been able to mount a significant attack.

Atletico Madrid's attack relied too much on the flanks, but after adjusting at the start, Riise and Motta gradually found their rhythm.

After Norwegian captain Riise became more aggressive defensively, Reyes became more hesitant, and Roma even launched some decent counter-attacks after Riise dispossessed them several times. On the other side, Simão occasionally managed to deliver crosses, but the quality wasn't high and he failed to create any significant threat.

Roma's attack, hampered by the double pivot of Raul Garcia and Asensang, failed to produce any effective passing combinations.

A stalemate ensued between the two sides.

When the game reached the 22nd minute, the cooldown of the Mighty Vajra Leg skill was over, and Shan Yongzhuo became more aggressive again, actively dropping back to receive the ball.

This time, Domingos learned his lesson and followed Shan Yongzhuo closely.

With Shan Yongzhuo being closely guarded, he simply continued to retreat, and then Raul Garcia closed in.

Defense is not just about individual player ability, but also about the team's overall defense. When Raul Garcia was drawn away by Shan Yongzhuo, Roma's central attack became smoother.

Atletico Madrid also faced an awkward situation, as Shan Yongzhuo dropped too far back. Raul Garcia is the most important part of Atletico Madrid's overall defense; he is the first line of defense in the formation.

When Shan Yongzhuo almost retreated, Raul Garcia had no choice but to give up on close marking him.

"Since he's positioned so far back, he shouldn't be a threat anymore."

Raul Garcia was thinking this when Shan Yongzhuo successfully got the ball.

He's 35 meters from the goal, will he shoot directly?
However, Shan Yongzhuo immediately unleashed a whirlwind ground kick, and to outsiders, he appeared to be charging forward with the ball at an extremely high speed.

Raul Garcia pressed forward, but Shan Yongzhuo completely ignored the ball at his feet, bypassed Raul Garcia, and charged forward towards the wing.

Raul Garcia was a little confused. Why was the other side heading to the wing?
Ignoring all that, Shan Yongzhuo continued to charge forward with the ball, then moved through the middle, until he reached the corner of the penalty area. His whirlwind kick had only been going on for half the time.

Domingos rushed out, this time actively blocking Shan Yongzhuo's space to shoot.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't have many good opportunities to shoot, but he continued to charge forward.

"What is he doing?"

Domingos was puzzled. Shan Yongzhuo had already dribbled into the penalty area, but he was almost at the byline.

Then, Shan Yongzhuo swung his right foot and struck the ball.

The football shot up with a thud!
For a moment, everyone thought it was a cross.

But is it really a good idea to pass such a high ball from the byline position inside the penalty area?

Shouldn't they have passed a low, triangular ball to Totti and Vucinic to try and get a header?

Was this a mistake?
Almost everyone thought the same thing, but the moment the ball reached its highest point and began to fall back down, they immediately realized it wasn't a cross; the ball was heading towards the far corner of the goal.

"Danger!"

"careful!"

The Atletico Madrid players shouted, but De Gea was positioned too close to the near post. By the time De Gea noticed and quickly ran towards the far post, it was too late.

"The ball is in!"

"Shan Yongzhuo! It's Shan Yongzhuo again! He lobbed the ball into the far corner from three or four meters behind the baseline!"

"That was a fantastic shot!"

"He scored from almost a zero-degree angle. Dominguez and De Gea shouldn't be blamed too much for this goal. Who would have thought that Shan Yongzhuo would break through to that position and shoot?" After the goal, the Italian commentator shouted wildly, not knowing how to describe it.

Not only the Italian commentators, but also the fans in the stands went wild. Whether they were Roma fans or local German fans, they were cheering and applauding non-stop.

"That was an amazing goal!"

"No wonder he broke the Serie A goalscoring record!"

"From today onwards, I'm his fan!"

"..."

The goalkeepers in the stands cheered, and Spalletti, on the coaching bench, rushed out to cheer and applaud with all his might.

"Single, he's insane!"

"That was a beautiful goal! God was on our side!"

Assistant coach Domenicini suddenly remarked, "What a pity, he's going to England next season. What are we going to do next season?"

Spalletti's face darkened, but then he suddenly thought of a problem, and patted Domenicini on the shoulder and said, "That's not important, because I'm leaving next season too. What to do then is your problem and the next head coach's problem."

"..."

Domenicini looked at the bald man's smile and suddenly felt like saying nothing.

Atletico Madrid players were also frustrated by the goal. How could the opponent break through to the byline and still score? Is there any justice in this?

But the ball was already in the net, so there was nothing that could be done. The Atletico Madrid players could only blame Dominguez, since he was the youngest player.
"Alvaro, I told you to stick close to him!"

"He's a threat from anywhere, don't let your guard down!"

"Kid, we're falling behind, we can't let him shoot again!"

"..."

A bunch of people were blabbering and criticizing, and Domingos was also helpless. It wasn't just me who got left behind just now; Raul Garcia was also directly beaten!
I was just going over to cover for him, so it's normal that he left me behind!
Domingos was helpless but couldn't refute it. As a young player on the team, although he was a product of Atlético Madrid's youth academy, his performance had always been rather average.

He was powerless to do anything about the responsibilities imposed on him by the bigwigs.

Domingos could only turn his gaze to Shan Yongzhuo and glare at him fiercely.

"You won't score again next time?"

"I, Álvaro Domingos, will not give you another chance!"

"That's enough for your performance."

"..."

After the match restarted, Shan Yongzhuo listened to Domingos next to him chattering away in Spanish, but the key was that he had no idea what the other person was saying!

"I'm sorry, what did you say?"

Dan Yongzhuo tried speaking to the other party in German, but found that the other party seemed not to understand. He then tried to communicate in Italian and broken English, but to no avail.

After the two of them talked at cross purposes for a while, Shan Yongzhuo actually thought it was alright; Spanish actually sounded quite nice.

Domingos was on the verge of tears, as the other party couldn't understand his trash talk.

So, the two of them could only stare at each other, wide-eyed.

(End of this chapter)