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

Chapter 397 Tang Ye's locker room was flushed; was I worse than him, always playing defense?
On the giant screen at Wanda Plaza, Tang Ye and Wu Lei, who missed a scoring opportunity, high-fived each other and then slowly retreated.

The live score of the match is displayed in the upper left corner of the screen.

Germany: China
0: 0.

"Tang Ye is awesome!"

"Wow, that's awesome!"

Go China!

"I wish we had made it in."

Thousands of people gathered in the square, and dozens of cars even stopped on the road specifically to watch the game.

Ten minutes into the game, China and Germany were locked in a close battle, something the fans hadn't anticipated.

Is this the Chinese men's football team?
"What a pity, Tang Ye!"

He Wei sighed.

It would have been great if that backheel flick had gone in.

Take the lead against Germany!
Fans could never have imagined this scene!

"Please reply! Please reply!"

"Stretch the defensive line a bit!"

Madaloni, accompanied by a translator, shouted from the sidelines of the stadium.

"Whoosh whoosh"

While retreating and observing, Tang Ye's confidence was now surging after that shot.

He will continue to look for possible opportunities!

Snapped!
Neuer launched a long ball, and the German team began their counter-attack.

"..."

"The German team is slowly finding its form. Currently, their possession rate is 65%, and if they maintain this, it could exceed 70%."

"The Chinese team needs to think of a solution."

"Yes, playing defensively in their own half is a good option for the Chinese team. But the question is, can the Chinese team consistently stop the German forwards' attacks..."

Kroos makes a forward run down the wing!
Cross!

Müller!

boom!
The German striker headed the ball, but it went wide of the post and flew out of bounds.

"hiss……"

Chinese football players and fans are under a lot of pressure right now.

Because the German team's attack is getting stronger and stronger.

If this trend continues, it may only be a matter of time before Germany scores!
Kroos takes the corner kick!

"Point forward, point forward!"

Plattenhardt got the ball, but his subsequent cross was successfully intercepted by Feng Xiaoting.

Feng Xiaoting decisively lobbed a high ball to Tang Ye.

OK!

Tang Ye turned around, stretched out his foot, and kicked the ball forward.

Since there was no suitable passing point at the moment, Tang Ye had no choice but to dribble the ball forward himself.

"Ahead! Ahead!"

Finding an opportunity, Tang Ye prepared to pass the ball, but was pushed down by Werner.

“xuuu——!!!”

"Beep beep beep!!!"

Some fans at the scene who supported the national football team were dissatisfied. Tang Ye sat on the ground and shook his head helplessly.

Dongqiudi live match report: In the 23rd minute, Tang Ye advanced with the ball, and Werner committed a foul and was shown a yellow card.

The first yellow card of the match has been issued!

"Come!"

Zheng Zhi reached out and pulled Tang Ye up from the ground.

Tang Ye's expression wasn't good right now, because Werner's pulling had caused his arm to bleed.

China's set-piece counter-attack was handled by goalkeeper Zeng Cheng.

Bigfoot, come out!

This play was planned; the first move was to target Zhang Yuning, who is skilled at headers!

boom!
"Zhang Yuning heads the ball to Tang Ye!"

"Excellent teamwork! Tang Ye moved laterally to get rid of Khedira!"

boom!
A through ball passed between Kimmich and Özil, and possession was given to Yu Hanchao up front.

Tang Ye went to the middle lane to provide support.

Yu Hanchao passed the ball over!

A perfect teamwork move; Tang Ye extends his leg to stop the ball.

then……

"My grass!"

Özil tripped Tang Ye directly.

"..."

Sitting on the ground sighing, Tang Ye didn't know what to say anymore.

"Tang Ye was fouled repeatedly by German players within two minutes."

"Yes, Tang Ye was clearly being closely marked by the German players."

Tang Ye has already committed 5 fouls in this game so far, even after he tried to evade contact.

How many times would Tang Ye have fallen if he hadn't dodged those attacks?
hiss!
can not imagine!

The camera panned to Chinese and German officials in the stands, who shook hands amicably.

After standing up, Tang Ye glanced in the direction of the home team's bench.

That's where Germany's head coach Joachim Löw is.

Tang Ye didn't know if these fouls by Germany were instructed by Löw.

However, now is not the time to study this.

He needs to come up with some countermeasures to deal with the German players' targeting!
Dongqiudi Live Match Report: Tang Ye's free kick went just wide, and the Chinese team missed a scoring opportunity.

“China!”

Boom!

“China!”

Boom!

So far in the game, the Chinese team has had two excellent scoring opportunities, which is one more than the German team.

The repeated fouls committed by German players against Tang Ye even caused some fans at the scene to switch sides, from cheering for Germany to shouting "China".

On closer reflection, Germany is so strong, if China could beat Germany, then the country where the fans live would be much more relaxed.

wow！

No, we must cheer for China!

“China!”

Boom!

"..."

"Özil has the ball!"

"Turn around and give it to me!"

"Draxler!"

Germany executed a well-executed short passing sequence on the left flank, with Kroos receiving the ball and drifting to the wing before suddenly launching a through ball forward.

The target is Müller, who is rushing in from beside Feng Xiaoting!
"Oh!!!"

boom!
He fired a shot.

The ball went in!
"Oh my God!"

"Germany's teamwork helped them score their first goal of this World Cup."

"From striker Thomas Müller!"

"Hey, but..."

Immediately after Müller scored, the Chinese players surrounded the referee.

"This ball might be offside..."

The screen then switched to show the moment Kroos passed the ball.

"Oh, this is... viewers in the live broadcast might not know, but this World Cup is the first to use semi-automatic offside detection technology, which is what's displayed on the screen as 'var'."

"The referee now needs to hear the opinion of the Video Assistant Referee to determine whether Müller was offside..."

Beep!
Referee Faghani blew his whistle.

Goal disallowed!

The two commentators in the CCTV studio suddenly became agitated.

"Germany's goal is disallowed, the score remains 0-0!"

"Germany failed to score!"

The German official had already stood up to celebrate, but couldn't sit down again, while the Chinese official extended his hand in a friendly gesture and shook hands with the German official.

"I rely on"

Tang Ye held the back of his head with both hands.

There were bloodstains on his arm from the fall, but Tang Ye felt no pain at all.

Damn, that scared me to death!

The 7th trending topic on Baidu within 1 minute: Germany's goal was disallowed.

"come on! Come on!"

The Chinese team players gathered together to encourage each other.

Müller's goal was ruled offside, which greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese national team players!

"We can attack! We can attack!"

Tang Ye and his teammates reiterated the importance of offense.

"They're not in good form, they're playing poorly, so we can play attacking."

"Don't be afraid, pass the ball forward, pass the ball forward!"

Tang Ye gave Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng some extra instructions.

Tang Ye is truly adept at controlling the situation on the field.

The German team was terrible today!

In that case, the Chinese team should forget about Germany's previous achievements.

Forget about the fear of the German team.

then……

Offense!
The match entered its 30th minute.

Playing against a Chinese team ranked around 50th in the world, and still not having scored by the 30th minute, German fans are starting to get anxious.

The good news is that China played very steadily, with the defenders passing the ball around without any intention of attacking, so the German goal is safe for the time being.

"Give, give, give!"

Tang Ye signaled to his teammates to pass the ball to him.

Get the ball in the attacking third!

Swish!

Swish!

Two consecutive fried dough balls temporarily created distance, and Tang Ye decisively sent a long pass towards the baseline!

It was given to Wu Lei!
"Wu Lei controlled the ball!"

"Tang Ye is moving towards the middle, Tang Ye should be going to support Wu Lei..." "Tang Ye gets the ball!"

"Tang Ye has been taken down!"

Özil committed another foul on Tang Ye.

boom!
Tang Ye crashed to the ground.

Because he was running quite fast, Tang Ye slid forward a distance after falling.

My arm rubbed against the grass, leaving a dark red cut.

boom!
He clenched his right fist and slammed it hard onto the grass.

"Grass!"

Zhang Yuning originally wanted to come over and help, but Tang Ye's expression made him a little scared.

He had never seen Tang Ye so angry before!
But there is nothing we can do about it.

It is now the 34th minute of the match.

But Tang Ye has already fallen 9 times.

"well enough"

Zheng Zhi helped Tang Ye up, and the latter used his jersey to wipe the blood flowing from his arm.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's attack! Zhi-ge, let's attack! It's alright, their defense is terrible!"

Tang Ye was indeed in a bad mood.

Based on Zheng Zhi's understanding of Tang Ye, this guy generally wouldn't use hurtful words like "trash" to describe his opponents.

"Attack, attack!"

Tang Ye called out a few more times.

Dongqiudi Live Match Report: Tang Ye was brought down by Plattenhardt after receiving the ball on the baseline. Chinese players have fallen a total of 10 times so far, with Tang Ye falling all 10 times.

[No way, Germany is that dirty?]

[What the hell? Are you treating my GGBond like a football?]

[Seriously, does Germany, a powerhouse, have to resort to fouls to beat China?]

[Can you stop pulling people away? I see blood on Tang Ye's jersey.]

In the backfield, Mei Fang got the ball, and Tang Ye quickly made a run to receive it.

"Come on, come on!"

Mei Fang looked up.

Tang Ye was surrounded by two German players.

After hesitating for a moment, Mei Fang finally chose to pass the ball to Feng Xiaoting on the side and continue passing it around.

"..."

With the chewing gum in his mouth, Tang Ye was feeling extremely uncomfortable.

As the match entered its 40th minute, the pressure on German fans increased, and of course, the pressure on Chinese fans was the same.

Tang Ye was stretchered off in the first round of the group stage, so what will the Chinese team do next?
"Change people, change people!"

Chinese fans in the stands shouted in Lippi's direction, and several even spoke in English: "Take Tang Ye off! Take Tang Ye off!"

Should we replace Tang Ye?
Lippi is hesitant right now.

He certainly knew that the national team couldn't play the next two group stage matches without Tang Ye, but as a senior coach, he also knew that.

Germany played terribly today!

Two options.

1. To be on the safe side, replace Tang Ye and prepare directly for the upcoming matches against Senegal and Sweden.

2. Let's give it a shot and see if we can manage a draw with the German team.

Option one is great, but option two is just too tempting!

"It's the 42nd minute of the first half now. If the Chinese team can hold on for the rest of the first half, I think it will be a pretty good result."

Wu Lei's shot was saved by Neuer, and Tang Ye rushed to the landing point to fight for the ball with Özil.

Tang Ye blocked the ball, and Özil, who rushed up from behind, immediately raised his foot, trying to touch the ball before Tang Ye could reach it.

Tang Ye was also moving, and finally Özil's spikes landed directly on the side of Tang Ye's thigh.

"Grass!"

Fall directly to the ground.

It hurt a lot, but Tang Ye got up immediately and rushed to Özil.

"No, what are you going to do? Tell me what you're going to do!"

Tang Ye pushed Özil forward little by little, while Özil could only keep retreating.

Werner came over and pushed Tang Ye away, but Tang Ye quickly pushed Werner away in return.

"Hmm, there's been a bit of a situation on the court. Tang Ye seems a bit unhappy with Özil's fouls."

"Yes, that's right, Özil's cleats must have landed on Tang Ye's thigh."

Beep beep beep!!!
Fake whistles were flying everywhere, and Tang Ye and Werner were pushing and shoving each other.

Zhang Yuning helped push Werner away, and Tang Ye rushed over to Özil, and the two started shoving each other.

"Fuck you, you idiot! Does your mom know you play like this?"

Tang Ye cursed at Özil in English.

As the one who was violated, he knew that Özil did it on purpose.

Moreover, this is not the first time Özil has committed a foul.

Tang Ye accepted it once, and he could tolerate it twice.

Three times is fine too, after all, Tang Ye is relatively easy to talk to.

But 4 times is really going too far!
"Go away!"

Özil retorted, but Tang Ye wasn't intimidated at all, after all, he had honed his skills on online forums when he was a kid.

"Come on, keep going, keep going! Why are you backing away? What are you afraid of? Come here, you bastard!"

Tang Ye approached step by step, and Wu Lei quickly pulled him away.

The German players also pulled away from Özil.

"Beep!"

The referee showed Özil a yellow card, which angered the Chinese national team players. Tang Ye shrugged at the referee, expressing his confusion: "Isn't this a red card?"

"Beep!"

Tang Ye was also shown a yellow card for questioning the referee's decision.

The conflict between the two sides escalated further. Tang Ye tried to bypass Wu Lei and approach Özil again, but was quickly stopped by Müller in the middle: "Tom, forget it, I'll talk to him, I'll talk to him, there's no need."

"..."

Pooh!
Spitting on the grass, Tang Ye slid his cleats across the turf.

"Depend on!"

Dongqiudi Halftime Report: In the first round of Group F, China and Germany were tied 0-0 at halftime. Müller's goal was disallowed, and Tang Ye and Özil had a fierce confrontation.

[Özil is so disgusting, I'm unfollowing him, guys.]

Judging from his lip movements, Tang Ye probably said "fuck".

[Özil is treating Tang Ye like a ball, isn't that ridiculous? I think Germany is really struggling; they keep targeting Tang Ye and committing fouls. If they hadn't, we might have been leading.]

Calm down, guys. If both Donny and Özil get sent off, we'll be at a huge disadvantage.

"xuuu!!!"

Fans in the stands booed Özil, while the players from both sides slowly walked toward the players' tunnel.

Along the way, Tang Ye deliberately waited for Özil, and Wu Lei stood next to him to prevent Tang Ye from doing anything bad.

Although Tang Ye has a good temper, at the age of 19, wanting to hit someone is just an impulsive act.

Özil saw Tang Ye, spread his hands, and shrugged: "So what else do you want to say? Go back and deal with your blood, Tom."

So you're very proud, aren't you?

Tang Ye waved his hand: "I don't know what you're so proud of. Do you know how terribly you played today? It's a miracle you even started in Germany. Do you think your through balls were any good? If you had passed even a little better, it wouldn't be 0-0 by now."

"You're terrible at the game, and you keep fouling. Go play by yourself."

After Tang Ye finished cursing, he left. Özil wanted to rush up, but was stopped by Müller and Kroos.

"No need, no need"

Muller-Kross and Tang Ye both knew each other, so they certainly couldn't just watch Özil and Tang Ye fight.

After all... they were indeed in the wrong.

……

France Football's Russia World Cup column – In the first half of the China-Germany match, Tom committed 17 fouls, 11 of which resulted in him falling to the ground.

Just as halftime began, French striker Kylian Mbappé posted a photo of Tang Ye's bleeding arm on his personal social media account, with the caption: "It's hard to imagine this is a football match."

Because of the resounding victory in the first match, Mbappe is currently very popular, and his tweet received many likes from fans as soon as it was posted.

This even includes some well-known figures in the football world.

Eskreva was the first to like the post, followed by Manchester United assistant coach Van der Gahe, Villarreal captain Bruno Fernandes, and Manchester United captain Ashley Young.

Fans searched for a long time but couldn't find Ten Hag's account.

Ten Hag is smart; of course he liked it too, but he used a secondary account, so the fans didn't know.

The Sun reported that the Chinese Embassy in Russia liked Mbappe's tweet, but later unliked it.

……

In the locker room, Tang Ye returned to his seat without a word.

He poured mineral water onto his hands and then wiped the blood off his arm with the water.

The team doctor wanted to disinfect Tang Ye, but was refused.

Compared to disinfection, Tang Ye felt that what he needed more right now was to stay calm.

Lippi was the last to come in, and Madaloni helped close the door.

"Tom, are you alright?"

Madaloni walked over to Tang Ye, who was leaning against the cabinet and nodded gently: "It's alright, it doesn't actually hurt that much."

There was blood in many places, but they were all external injuries. Since Tang Ye's attention was focused on the game, he couldn't really feel the pain in his wounds.

"Germany played poorly in the first half, committing many fouls, but we must admit they were the more dominant side."

"Our defense was quite good, and we can continue that in the second half."

"Tom, you can move your position a little further back in the second half."

Lippi spoke slowly.

Judging from what the Italians are saying, the Chinese national football team's goal in this match is to secure a draw.

A 0-0 draw against Germany would be a historic moment for Chinese football.

Feng Xiaoting nodded: "Yes, Germany isn't in great form. If we continue to play defensively, we can still try to win."

"..."

"not me……"

Tang Ye hesitated, then said, "This has nothing to do with my condition. I was just about to say it."

The locker room suddenly fell silent, and Zhang Yuning stared blankly at Tang Ye.

"We need to find our rhythm, but how can we find our rhythm by just playing defense?"

"During the game, I told you guys you could attack, but you just nodded and kept nodding, and kept passing the ball back and forth in the back, never moving forward."

"The full-backs keep telling me to go, and of course I can go, but how am I supposed to go if they keep telling me to go? And you guys aren't passing the ball forward. If I want to get the ball, I have to come back and carry it forward myself."

Tang Ye looked at Feng Xiaoting: "You guys can clearly pass the ball forward, you can clearly coordinate with me, so why don't you cooperate? Besides, I've already communicated with you many times on the court."

"Damn, I don't know why you guys are afraid. What's there to be afraid of about those guys on the German team?"

Spread your hands.

"Just keep playing defense, just keep playing defense. Even a terrible player like Özil can play attacking, so all I can do is defend? Am I worse than him, always playing defense?"

"Damn it, their midfield is so weak it's unbelievable, and you're still afraid? I don't know what you're afraid of."

……

(End of this chapter)