Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 501 Returns to the Beginning
The match attracted a lot of attention, and a large number of spectators came to the stadium, filling White Hart Lane to capacity.

Manchester City are not popular on Tottenham's turf.

Or rather, in London, Manchester City's teams are naturally viewed with hostility, though perhaps better than Manchester United, but they are still clearly an unpopular team.

The most unpopular among them was Shan Yongzhuo. Many fans held up banners to boycott him, and some were quite unfriendly, even resorting to insults, especially those involving racial issues, which made people very uncomfortable and attracted many cameras to point their lenses at him.

Shan Yongzhuo naturally saw it too, but he just shrugged and didn't care.

Having experienced so many matches and encountered all sorts of situations, his mind has become incredibly strong. It's normal for away fans to be unfriendly; it shows they're afraid.

Therefore, the best approach is to make their fears a reality.

He was very calm, even a little smug: "I like it when you can't stand me and I look helpless."

However, these unfriendly fans did not become the focus. Instead, a large group of enthusiastic Tottenham female fans in the north stand were the main attraction. Although they were wearing Tottenham jerseys, they held up various signs expressing their love for Shan Yongzhuo, chanted his name to cheer him on, and even seemed to be competing with the Manchester City Shan Yongzhuo cheerleading team on the other side.

That's how football matches are.

Although there aren't dedicated female cheerleading squads like in basketball and rugby, football is still inseparable from women. News media often focus on "star players' girlfriends," "football babes," and "female celebrity fans," and the camera work is often sexist, giving more screen time to pretty female fans while male fans rarely enjoy the same treatment.

This group of Tottenham female fans who support Shan Yongzhuo immediately became the focus of attention.

Not only did the cameras notice them, but the players who had just come on the field also noticed them. Some of their teammates, even though they were already used to it, still felt a pang of jealousy.

Zheke nudged Shan Yongzhuo's arm and whispered, "Look, Shan, they're all yours."

His voice was so sweet it seemed to reach the heavens, but he could only lament that he didn't possess such charm.

“Edin, this is actually quite distressing.”

Dan Yongzhuo looked at the group of female fans and even waved, which immediately caused a scream from the stands. He turned his head and said indifferently, "To be honest, I am really afraid of hurting them, so I am even afraid to start a relationship, because that would make too many girls sad or even desperate."

"Sometimes I really envy you, Edin, you never have these kinds of troubles."

Shan Yongzhuo looked genuinely troubled.

Zheko, however, felt like vomiting blood after hearing this.

His teammates were already used to it, and even looked at Zheke as if he were an idiot. Why did this fool have to bring up this topic with Shan Yongzhuo? He was just asking for trouble.

But Zabaleta, standing to the side, had a different idea.

"Aren't Valentina and Shan together yet?"

"This shouldn't be happening; she should be hurrying up."

"I need to remind her."

"However, with such popularity, Valentina might feel a lot of pressure being with him."

"Well, it's up to her now..."

Zabaleta was caught in a deep dilemma.

The game officially begins.

After Tottenham kicked off, they launched a fierce attack towards Manchester City's half. Shan Yongzhuo showed no intention of defending; instead, he rushed to the front, drawing some of the opponent's attention. Of course, drawing attention during Tottenham's attack wasn't particularly effective.

Tottenham's first wave of attack failed to reach the penalty area. Belgian midfielder Moussa Dembélé's tendency to hold onto the ball in the middle led to a turnover. Manchester City then launched a quick counter-attack. Aguero dribbled to the byline and his cross was headed away by the opposing defender. In the ensuing scramble, the ball was kicked out of bounds by Huddlestone.

Manchester City took the throw-in, but Tottenham immediately won it back, and then it was Tottenham's turn to attack again.

You're one of them.

I'm in the running.

After the game started, both teams played at a very fast pace, which was dazzling and the tension of the situation was beyond many people's expectations.

"Looking back, both teams have played very openly, neither side is conservative at all, the pace of the game is very fast, and the passing speed is also very fast."

"Tottenham, Manchester City."

"We can expect this match to be a thrilling back-and-forth battle."

"..."

The commentator spoke for many people.

Meanwhile, many professionals also lamented the stubbornness of Villas-Boas and Tottenham.

By now, very few teams are willing to engage in such a fast-paced, attacking battle with Manchester City, because many teams have suffered in such a style of play, such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, as well as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and so on.

In this fast-paced offensive battle, Shan Yongzhuo always becomes the one who is most at ease.

Although Shan Yongzhuo was almost invisible throughout the entire match in such a fast-paced game, he always managed to seize a very limited number of opportunities and score the most goals to win the game.

While a fast-paced, attacking style can increase a team's offensive opportunities, it also creates more defensive vulnerabilities, and our team doesn't have the same ability to capitalize on those opportunities as Shan Yongzhuo.

In this situation, Tottenham still dared to play an attacking game; that's just being stubborn.

However, judging from the start, Tottenham has done a decent job. So far, Shan Yongzhuo hasn't touched the ball once and hardly runs in the attacking third. Manchester City's teammates haven't shown any intention of passing the ball to him either. Instead, Dzeko has become the core of Manchester City's attack, and his teammates are all looking for him.

Seven minutes into the game, Shan Yongzhuo still hadn't touched the ball.

This is somewhat intriguing.

Dan Yongzhuo didn't touch the ball for a long time, which surprised some people, but most people didn't think much of it.

He himself felt pretty good about it.

This reminded him of his first season at Kaffinburg and his second season at Roma, when he was completely out of sync with the tactics and was basically an invisible striker.

In the two years since I joined Manchester City, my teammates have been passing the ball to me from time to time. Even though I've lost possession of the ball many times, my teammates don't care at all and keep looking for opportunities to pass it to me.

Now it's different. He doesn't cooperate with his teammates to receive the ball, and he's being closely marked by the opponent, making it even harder for him to get the ball.

Shan Yongzhuo suddenly rediscovered the feeling of playing football for the first time, without any framework, tactics, or teamwork, and played entirely according to his own ideas.

"Back to square one? Surprisingly, it doesn't feel so bad..."

(End of this chapter)