Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 222 King's Cup Season Best, Iniesta Fried Meatballs!

The front page headline of "Villarreal News" is in bold font - Villarreal Club won the King's Cup for the first time in its history, Tom won the final MVP with 2 goals and 2 assists and a comprehensive score of 10.0.

Laliga - 2016-17 Copa del Rey Best Player: Tang Y.
After today's game, Tang Ye won a total of 3 trophies.

King's Cup champion, final MVP, and a best player.

This best player is not the best player of the game, nor the best player of the month.

But the best of the season!
“I must emphasize this.”

In the press room, Escrivá's eyes were full of confidence when facing reporters.

"In the season's best selection, Messi ranked behind Tom"

Click, click, click!

The reporters in the audience became agitated.

"Ferran, this is your first season coaching Villarreal. You won the King's Cup trophy in your first season. Do you have anything to say about this?"

"When we entered the finals, no one was optimistic about us, but the fact is, we won the championship"

The excitement has not yet passed, and Escriva is now smiling when he speaks.

The reporter was silent for a long time, and finally pulled the microphone to his mouth.

"Some people say you won by doing nothing. Do you think this statement is appropriate?"

"nonsense!"

Escribá's expression suddenly turned bad: "Some people say that I won easily? This is absolutely wrong. Everyone saw my contribution to the game. I changed the team's tactics and the formation in the halftime. For a high-level game like the final, this is very important."

Some fans said that Escrivá won easily?
A few months ago, Escrivá wouldn't have known how to answer this question.

But things are different now.

Like Escribá and Tang Ye, they are the core of the team.

The only difference is their positions.

Tom is the temporary main core, and Escriva is the executive deputy core.

Tom and Elson almost dragged the team to win the King's Cup!
……

That night, Tang Ye and his teammates celebrated in the restaurant until 11pm, and then played games with Neymar in the Internet cafe until 6am. It was already past 7am when they returned to the hotel.

But Tang Ye was not in a hurry to go to bed.

He has more important things to do.

That's his legendary treasure chest!
[Do you want to put the Barcelona Treasure Chest Legend into the piggy bank to start the financial management task? ]

【fail】

"call……"

Shake your head.

As expected, there is no way to manage the legendary treasure chest financially.

Because in the system settings, legendary treasure chests are already of the highest quality.

As for the ultimate treasure chest, it was a balance compensation made by the system considering that Tang Ye still wanted to play professional football at such an old age. It is truly a rare opportunity.

If you can’t manage your finances, then the truth is very clear!

[Do you want to open the Barcelona treasure chest legend? ]

[You obtained the Iniesta Fried Meatball Template (Legendary)]

[Ball Control: 80 → 82]

[Physical confrontation: 73 → 74]

Iniesta croquettes!

Having played against Barcelona twice, Tang Ye is very familiar with this game.

Absolutely amazing skill!
After gradually becoming the core of the Villarreal team, Tang Ye was increasingly pressed by opposing players. This is when Iniesta's fried meatball template could play his role.

This thing is really useful in a 1 vs 2 situation!

It is a good thing to get a template that is perfect for you.

But unfortunately, the fried meatballs only increased Tang Ye's ball control by 2 points, which meant that Tang Ye needed 1 more ball control attribute point to unlock the [Hazard sacrifices himself to protect the ball] template.

But I guess it won’t be long!

According to your habits, take a look at your current panel after getting the new template.

Tang Ye (39 years old)
[Ball possession: 82; Passing: 88]

[Shots: 77; Headers: 49; Set-pieces: 74]

[Speed: 71; Endurance: 72; Physical Confrontation: 74]

[Defense: 70; Vision: 95]

Overall Rating: 81
An overall score of 81, combined with 88 passing and 82 ball control, is definitely the level of a top midfielder in La Liga.

Not only that, because he has so many templates hanging on his body, and the templates are very compatible with each other, Tang Ye can stably perform at a top-notch level in actual competitions.

This is what he relies on to lead the team to victory!

The next afternoon, returning to his home near the base, Tang Ye placed his King's Cup season trophy and final MVP trophy on the table.

Looking at his desk full of trophies, Tang Ye took out his phone and took a photo, then posted it on Twitter, Instagram, and Weibo.

After the King's Cup final, Tang Ye's number of followers on INS has exceeded 1500 million. The exaggerated fan base means that Tang Ye can get a lot of comments as soon as he posts a message.

【GGGOOOOAAAATTTTTT! ! ! ! 】

【The glory of Villarreal】

【Tom, stay! 】

[17-year-old Golden Boy, 18-year-old King's Cup champion, it's hard to imagine what your future will look like]

【Deserved】

The last comment caught Tang Ye’s attention because the account’s ID was: BrunoVCF.

He clicked in to take a look, and just as Tang Ye remembered, this was the Instagram account of his captain Bruno.

"Ha ha!"

Tang Ye clicked on Bruno's comment, then started operating the mobile phone keyboard and sent two emojis of people wearing sunglasses.

Looking at the trophy on his desk again, Tang Ye felt a little dazed.

At this moment, his cell phone dinged and Escriva sent him a URL.

Laliga official, about the selection of the best player and the best coach of February.

Player of the Month for February: Tang Ye (Villarreal)
Manager of the Month for February: Ferran Escribá (Villarreal)
One more trophy!
……

After resting for two days, Tang Ye rode his bicycle to the training base.

The streets in the city were lined with photos of Villarreal celebrating their King's Cup victory, and Tang Ye even saw his own personal poster at the entrance of the base.

In the poster, Tang Ye is sitting on the grass in front of the stands, with fans celebrating in front of him.

There is also a line of words written in Spanish on the poster: King of the King's Cup.

"How's it going? It's okay, isn't it?"

Escrivá appeared beside Tang Ye at some point in time.

"Oh, Mr. Phelan"

Tang Ye smiled: "It's really beautiful, I like this photo very much, but..."

After thinking it over carefully, Tang Ye finally said what he was thinking: "Isn't this a bit too arrogant?"

"Arrogant, what do you mean?"

Escriva and Tang Ye walked towards the cafeteria.

"King of the Copa del Rey"

Tang Ye read out the line of words he had just seen.

"You said this"

Escriva smiled and shook his head: "Tom, it doesn't matter. We are the final winners. The winners should be more arrogant, otherwise we will be no different from the losers."

Tang Ye felt that what Escriva said made sense, so he nodded.

Suddenly thinking of something, Tang Ye took out his mobile phone and started operating quickly.

"what are you doing?"

"I'm going to repost the news of the Player of the Month award to my Instagram. I didn't dare to repost it directly when I won the award the day before yesterday. Wait... I'll add a sunglasses emoji and post three. I used to post two, but two is too few."

"Ha ha!"

Escriva held his forehead.

……

"Go, go, go, forward!"

"Ok, Ok!"

Escrivá shouted loudly, and at this time Tang Ye got the ball in the backcourt.

Snapped!
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv3: realistic]

Proficiency: 608/650
Tang Ye made a long pass from the backcourt, and the quickly spinning long pass accurately hit the open space in front of Bakambu.

"hurry up!"

Team B's attack is about to succeed!
Bakambu stretched out his foot to stop!
Just stop the ball out of the baseline!

"Hahaha!"

The players' laughter immediately rang out on the court. Bakambu smiled awkwardly and gave a thumbs up in Tang Ye's direction.

"Cedric, steady yourself!"

Escribá rushed directly to the court and said: "Observe before you take the single shot. You had a great position advantage just now. Why are you in a hurry now? If you are more steady, won't you get the ball?"

Mr. Ferran was educating the team's forwards, while Tang Ye stood there thinking.

His proficiency is now at 608. He has been practicing long passes in the past two days. Maybe he can upgrade his [Standard Long Pass] to level 4 before the second round against Lyon.

Although the standard long pass cannot create direct attacking opportunities like the straight pass, it is still quite important.

The stability of Tang Ye's standard long pass has a great impact on the team's overall ball possession rate!

On that day, taking advantage of the competition, Tang Ye raised his proficiency in [Standard Long Pass] to 617.

Then came the next day.

Fortunately, Matti specially arranged long pass training for Tang Ye and Rodri. The assistant coach of Huang Qian pointed to the three dummies outside the penalty area, which were Tang Ye and Rodri's targets today.

The distance is 40 meters, and the requirement is to hit the ball behind the dummy, and try not to let the ball bounce too high after hitting the grass.

“It’s very difficult…”

Rodri took a deep breath and immediately attracted Tang Ye's attention. The latter turned to look at Rodri beside him: "Rodri, are you scared?"

"No, you think too much!"

Rodri quickly pushed Tang Ye away, saying that he wanted to kick first.

"Come on Rod!"

Tang Ye kicked the ball at his feet to Rodry.

Rodri carefully observed the three dummies at the far end and chose the one closest to him.

Pass the ball directly after the run-up!

Snapped!
It was a standard long pass, and Tang Ye’s eyes followed the ball forward.

Among the three dummies, Tang Ye’s good friend Rhodes chose the one in the middle.

Snapped!
Rodri's long pass hit the side of the dummy and bounced back to a height almost as high as the dummy.

"hiss--"

Rodri held his head and inhaled.

It is not difficult to hit the right spot for a 40-meter long pass, but controlling the height at which the ball bounces is truly an art.

"Rod, if you pass the ball like this, the forward won't be able to catch it."

Tang Ye said: "The ball bounced higher than a person!"

"Look at me!"

As he said that, Tang Ye was about to demonstrate it to Rodri.

He raised his hand to signal Marty to pass him the ball. The ball rolled in front of Tang Ye, who slowly took a few steps back.

After feeling that the distance was right, Tang Ye suddenly started to run.

Marty: ?
Won't you look up?

Snapped!
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv3: realistic]

Proficiency: 619/650
It was the same dummy in the middle. The long pass from Tang Ye hit the dummy 2 meters behind him. The highest point after bouncing was only slightly higher than the dummy's knee.

Rodri stared with his eyes wide open, while Matti came over while clapping: "I understand the principle, but don't you check before you kick?"

“Why watch this?”

Tang Ye didn't understand what Marty said: "Those three dummies have been there for almost an hour. Aren't their locations very clear?"

"..."

Marty touched his nose and said, "Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore, go on."

It turns out that Tang Ye had already memorized the position of the dummies during warm-up?

Marty didn't know how Tang Ye found the reference, but he didn't intend to go into details.

If Marty could understand the logic behind this, he probably wouldn't have to be just an assistant coach at Villarreal.

"Tom, how did you remember that position?"

Rodri was very curious about Tang Ye's operation just now: "Did you use the goal as a reference?"

"No need for reference. If you need reference, you should look at it before kicking. Just remember their specific positions, just like taking a photo, and then you can do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Ye picked up a ball at his feet.

It’s the same action, just throw the ball out without looking up.

Snapped!
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv3: simulation]

Proficiency: 621.5/650
This time the target is not the dummy in the middle, but the one further to the left.

Still the same, 2-3 meters behind the dummy, the ball bounces slightly higher than the knee.

However, the ball was kicked at an angle, so when it bounced, it seemed to be running towards the left sideline.

"Well... this ball won't work."

Tang Ye shook his hands: "It will be very uncomfortable for Nicola to receive this ball. He will be forced to slow down."

Following Tang Ye's advice, Rodri tried this method of passing the ball directly without observation.

In the end, the ball was kicked directly into the goal.

After scratching his hair, Rodri finally gave up.

"Rod, you have to think about how Nicola and Cedric are going to catch the ball. And Sebastian, Sebastian is very tall."

"So when passing the ball to the middle, you can give it a little higher?"

Rodri tried to answer.

"No, you definitely can't pass it high. Sebastian isn't as flexible as Nicola. The ball passed to the middle should be the lowest. Or you can directly give him a position near his head and let him hit the ball with his head, which can also stop the ball."

"It would be very uncomfortable for him to receive the chest position."

"Then when you pass the ball to Bakambu, you can pass it a little bit behind him, because Bakambu is very good at stopping the ball with his heel."

Tang Ye spoke slowly, and Rodri in front of him narrowed his eyes and thought carefully.

Turning around, he saw Marty, who was supervising their training, writing something quickly in a notebook with a pen.

"Marty, are you writing something?"

"Oh, nothing."

Marty blushed and quickly put the pen back into his pocket: "I'm thinking about your training tasks next week."

Turning around, looking at his notebook full of notes, a smile appeared on Marty's face.

Everyone thought that Tang Ye’s mind was only filled with games and hamburgers, but that’s not the case.

Tom has a lot of wisdom in his head!
Snapped!
Snapped!
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv3: simulation]

Proficiency: 624/650
Proficiency: 625/650
……

Proficiency: 648/650
After kicking dozens of balls, Tang Ye finally reached the critical point for promotion.

"Almost done. We are all in good shape today. We will have a shooting practice later, with everyone doing it together."

"Kick two more"

Tang Ye was very passionate today, so Marty said ok.

After putting the ball away, Tang Ye slowly adjusted his breathing.

When you feel you're almost there, hold your breath and start running.

Snapped!
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv3: simulation]

Proficiency: 650/650
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv3: Simulation → lv4: Realistic]

Proficiency: 1/1200
[Pass: 88 → 88]

[Field of View: 95 → 95]

Depend on!
It was a perfect pass, but Tang Ye still let out an unwilling roar.

The improvement of standard long pass from lv3 to lv4 did not improve Tang Ye’s passing attribute!
Just added a little progress!

“Is there any knowledge in this ball?”

Marty came over with a pen and a notebook in his hands. As expected, he was studying the team's training tasks for next week.

"What kind of knowledge?"

"You kicked the ball very accurately, but you don't seem very happy"

Marty pointed to the far end.

Tang Ye's long pass just now found a perfect position behind the dummy. If it were put in an actual game, this would most likely be an opportunity for a one-on-one shot.

Tang Ye shook his head without saying anything, and found Rodri beside him: "Rodri, let me show you something."

Tang Ye found a ball and placed it on the open space in front of him. Rodri and Matti retreated at the same time to make way.

"call……"

Tang Ye started to run.

Snapped!
[De Bruyne standard long pass lv4: realistic]

Proficiency: 5/1200
"Watch out, Rhodes!"

Tang Ye pointed his index finger forward, and after the ball reached the highest point and began to fall, Tang Ye suddenly shouted.

"beam!"

"..."

"duang!"

……

Football Report: In the 27th round of La Liga, Villarreal beat Celta 1-0 away from home. Tang Ye was rested and did not play.

Daily Sports - Because of winning the King's Cup, Villarreal received 275 million euros in broadcast bonuses and 220 million euros in sponsorship income. As of March 3, Villarreal's revenue this season has exceeded the total of last season, but their La Liga broadcast income and stadium renaming sponsorship income have not yet arrived. "Villarreal will become very rich this summer, which will give them an advantage in the competition for Tom."

The front page headline of "Utrecht Evening News" - In February, both the players and the coach won the monthly best. Why are Villarreal so similar to Utrecht?
In the office, watching the news online, Escrivá smiled.

Escrivá was very happy that Dutch journalists compared him to ten Hag.

"Speaking of which, Eric is really amazing."

Escrivá suddenly turned to look at Marty, who was lying on the sofa studying his notes: "Marty, do you remember that Eric said before that we would give Utrecht another 300 million euros? I didn't expect it to be true."

When Tang Ye showed his ability with both feet, Ten Hag said in an interview with reporters that Villarreal would have to pay Utrecht an extra 300 million euros.

Then because of the Golden Boy Award, Villarreal really paid 300 million euros!

This is not the end yet. Ten Hag later said that Villarreal would have to pay him an additional 300 million euros in training fees.

Everyone thought Ten Hag was joking.

I didn’t expect this to come true!

Villarreal won the King's Cup, they really have to pay Utrecht another 300 million euros!
Marty suddenly sat up from the sofa and looked at Escriva in front of him.

"Phelan"

"If I remember correctly... we didn't have to pay Utrecht any extra money for winning the King's Cup"

Oh?
……

(End of this chapter)