Perfect Center

Chapter 1: Came on as a substitute and scored twice!

July 2015.

Swedbank Stadium, Sweden.

Champions League second qualifying round first leg.

Swedish team Malmö will host Lithuanian team Zalgiris at home.

The competition has entered its final stage.

The scene between the two sides was dull, and the LED scoreboard hanging high in the air above the stadium clearly showed the score of 0:0.

On the sidelines, Malmö head coach Hareide had a hint of impatience in his expression and kept waving his hands at the players on the field.

Playing at home, Hareide doesn't want to return empty-handed.

On the other side, Zalgiris head coach Dan Blauskas looked excited and kept giving instructions to the players on the field, signaling an aggressive attack.

In the 82nd minute of the game, Malmö striker Mohamedi came on as a substitute for Ekrem, with Hareide hoping to use his advantage in ball possession to push forward.

In the 86th minute of the game, Zalgiris signaled for a substitution, replacing forward Cernás with Xia Han.

A black-haired boy wearing a green No. 14 jersey stood on the sidelines, listening to the boos from the stands calmly.

"Xia! Are you okay with your injury? This game requires your personal ability!"

Dan Blauskas stood next to Xia Han, and there was nothing he could do; the rest of Zalgiris’s players couldn’t score.

"Well, no problem." Xia Han said as he adjusted his shin guards.

"Your health is the most important thing, Xia, take care!"

After Danbruskas finished speaking, he began to talk to Xia Han about the tactical arrangements after the game.

"Our goal in this game is to win with all our strength! Scoring goals on the opponent's home field and getting away goals will increase our advantage in qualifying!"

"I will score a goal!" Xia Han nodded and trotted onto the court.

Dambruskas' offensive system gives players a lot of freedom, allowing them to have more room to play.

At the same time, on a certain Happy Beans platform, Happy Beans players were posting various messages in the comment section.
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【What are you doing? Score a goal quickly! 】
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[What a rubbish home team! What a crap game! So many wasted chances. I would have scored if I came!]
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[No need to read, it's a pure draw scenario! ]
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[Brothers, how come this Lithuanian team has a young Chinese player? ]
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【Xiahan? Xia Han or Xia Han? Position is forward, seems to be of Chinese descent. 】
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【Hanzi, score a goal! 】

As Xia Han stepped onto the court, the boos from the home team's fans became louder and more intense.

Xia Han looked calm. Although this was his Champions League debut, the 16-year-old had already been like a duck in water in the Lithuanian league.

The game continues and there is not much time left on the field.

Malmö continued to launch attacks, Hareide swung his arms forward, letting the players move forward and intensify the pressure in the frontcourt.

After a series of passes, the ball came to Mohammati's feet. Mohammati took the ball to the front of the penalty area and shot it hard, and the ball whizzed out.

Zalgiris' tall defender Kerla predicted the path of the ball and quickly blocked the football with his body.

The football bounced to the outside and was caught by Xia Han who was returning to defense. He stepped with the outside of his right foot, did a bicycle kick, and dribbled past Muhammati who was rushing towards him.

After passing Mohammadi, Shahan rushed to the front court.

The team's other forward, En Yuyazi, looked at Xia Han dribbling the ball and started running forward.

Malmö's overall formation pressed forward, and the back line was moved to near the center circle.

At the moment when the opposing right-back Tinnerholm stepped forward to press, Xia Han suddenly pushed the ball inside and broke through the opponent as fast as the wind.

Facing the immovable sturdy Brosson, Xia Han pretended to pass the ball to En Yu Yaqi who was rushing forward, and then naturally did a bicycle kick and pushed the ball to the right.

Compared with Xia Han's lightning speed, Brosong's turning movement was like an aircraft carrier turning around, and he could only look at Xia Han's back helplessly.

Xia Han made a long run and got the chance to face the goalkeeper directly.

Looking at the goalkeeper Zajnovic who was ready to fight, Xia Han pushed the ball with his right foot, aiming far and shooting close, and the ball rushed to the lower left corner of the goal.

Zainovic didn't have time to react at all. His body's center of gravity had already shifted to the far corner. He could only flutter and watch the ball roll into the net.

The boos from the fans in the stands seemed to be muted, and the stadium was like a quiet library.

The half-empty LED scoreboard was rewritten!

1-0! ! !

Zalgiris took the lead and scored a valuable away goal! Enyu Yaqi was the first to rush to Xia Han and ruffle his black curly hair. Other teammates also rushed over, celebrating wantonly and enjoying the joy of scoring a goal.

"Good shot! Well done!" Demblauskas clenched his fists and roared loudly.

On the other side, Hared looked unhappy. This young Chinese player had just appeared on the court and gave him such a big surprise.

"Keep increasing the pressure in the frontcourt! There's still time!" Hareide shouted to the players on the field.

On the Happy Beans platform, the number of messages in the comment section surged.
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[Well done! This long-distance raid is awesome! ]
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【Thanks to Xia Han for saving my life! Winner! 】
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[Not bro, this is awesome!!]
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[Will this young player have a chance to play for China? ]

Xia Han broke out from the encirclement of his teammates, ran to the corner area, and made a celebration gesture of drawing a bow and drawing an arrow!

The evening breeze is cool and the young man is full of vigor and vitality!
In the 90th minute of the game, a sign was raised on the sidelines to indicate two minutes of extra time.

Malmö's attack became more and more impatient, and they were eager to equalize the score.

In the first minute of stoppage time, midfielder Pilibaitis successfully intercepted Malmö's pass.

After observing the positioning of Malmö's defenders, Pilibaitis made a high-quality lob pass.

The football drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards the penalty area.

Xia Han took the ball with his right foot, squeezed past Brosson with difficulty, and shot at a small angle with his left foot.

This time, Zajnovic blocked all angles of the near corner, but he didn't expect Xia Han to shoot the ball to the far corner with great difficulty.

The football flew close to the ground, slipped under Zajnovic's armpit, hit the inside of the goal post and bounced into the goal.

At this final moment, the scoreboard was rewritten again.

2-0! ! !

Young player Xia Han scored twice in five minutes!

The comment section of Happy Beans was dominated by the same words.
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【Fuck! Awesome! 】

Xia Han ran to the sidelines and threw a rising dragon punch to celebrate his second goal.

Shortly after Malmö kicked off, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Xia Han walked off the sidelines and hugged Demblauskas.

"Xia! Your performance is beyond my expectations! Well done!" Danbruskas praised Xia Han's performance.

With two valuable away goals, Zalgiris has a huge advantage in qualifying and has a good chance of advancing to the next qualifying round.

After the game, Xia Han followed the head coach for a brief interview.

"Xia, hello, I'm... I want to ask, you achieved such an impressive result in your Champions League debut, but you were not too excited, is it because you believe you can do it all?"

Xia Han adjusted the microphone, "This is inseparable from the tactical arrangement of the head coach, and even more inseparable from the mutual cooperation of teammates!"

“It is because of the confidence they gave me that I can do all this!”

After briefly accepting two interviews, Xia Han slowly walked back to the locker room.

"Xia, what medicine did you take today? It's so strong!" Future Togolese international En Yu Yaqi put his arm around Xia Han's shoulders.

"I'm very strong!" Xia Han smiled faintly.

"Haha, you kid!" There was laughter in the locker room.

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On the way back, Xia Han began to check the information that appeared in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission: Champions League debut! ]

[Personal evaluation: SSS! ]

[Task rewards are being distributed... Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Kaka's "Big Stride" template (incomplete)]

【Speed: 75-86! 】

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(End of this chapter)