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

Chapter 761 I Originally Thought Ten Hach Was Disgusting Enough (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!)
"Alright, the match is over!"

"Oh, the final score of this match is 2-2. To be honest, this match was really tough for the Chinese team!"

"Yes, that's right. Actually, I think the Chinese team played quite well in this match. The main problem was in the first half. It seems that the Chinese team didn't expect Japan to play like that, which did bring some difficulties."

"Haha, but in the end we still managed to get a point away from home!"

"Beep beep beep beep!!!"

"xuuu!!!"

"Beep beep beep!"

The stands were filled with the discontented voices of Japanese fans.

Although the score is 2-2, Japanese fans are in a very bad mood because they were leading at the end of the first half.

The expected score is 3 points.

But they only managed to get one point in the end!
"Brother Ning!"

Tang Ye and Zhang Yuning hugged each other.

"That last shot was such a pity, damn it, if it had gone in, we would have been overturned."

Zhang Yuning is still regretting his second one-on-one opportunity.

If he could run a little faster, he would definitely have been able to seize that opportunity!

"it's the same!"

Tang Ye patted his teammate hard on the back.

It's already quite an achievement to go from 0-2 to 2-2, considering the team's strength, so we mustn't be too greedy.

"China!"

Boom!

"China!"

Bang bang bang!
The away team's fans cheered loudly.

Judging from the footage, it even included a few guys with European features.

These fans are loyal supporters of Tang Ye, and some even flew in from England to watch the game.

Originally, they were just supporting Tang Ye, but the Japanese striker's bowing celebration completely angered the Manchester United and Dortmund fans, so they decisively sided with the Chinese team.

Tang Ye raised his right hand high to greet the fans in the stands.

Suddenly remembering something, Tang Ye asked his teammates to follow him toward the podium.

"gone!"

Wu Lei gave a reminder, signaling Luo Guofu to follow.

"This……"

Seemingly guessing what Tang Ye was planning, several Chinese players on the bench appeared somewhat hesitant.

"It's not necessary..."

"Let's go quickly."

Ai Kesen shoved Luo Guofu from behind.

Luo Guofu was sitting on the bench, so he probably couldn't understand the players' anger on the field: "Tom already said, why aren't you coming up?"

"That's...ok."

There are already some problems with the exchange of foreign players. If they don't listen to their older brother now, wouldn't they be completely isolated and just explode on the spot?
Under various pressures, Luo Guofu followed, with Gao Zhunyi and Liu Dianzuo beside him.

"Tang Ye is really awesome."

"Ha ha!"

"hurry up!"

The teammates had great chemistry; everyone knew what Tang Ye wanted to do.

"Beep beep beep!!!"

"Fuck you!"

"You stole our victory! 3 points! Give us back our 3 points!"

The east stand is the most lively right now.

The Chinese team tied the score and then moved closer to the home team's stands. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?
Under the photographer's lens, more than 20 Chinese players stood in an orderly row on the field.

Zhang Xizhe and Wu Lei were very thoughtful, specifically reserving the center position for Tang Ye.

He bowed slightly to the two Japanese prime ministers in the stands.

"Ha ha!"

The ambassador to Japan, sitting in the back, accidentally chuckled. The fan's phone camera immediately turned to him, and the ambassador instantly became serious: "Hmm..."

Shinzo Abe and Fumio Kishida are now in a rather awkward situation.

They couldn't respond to the Chinese players' retaliation, but they also couldn't simply turn around and leave due to etiquette.

"This is not a good move..."

Marty took a deep breath.

Although the Chinese players had already left, Marty was worried that their celebration might cause trouble for the team: "Ferland, you'd better talk to them, if you can say hello..."

"Ferlan?"

Turning my head, I saw that Eskeriva had disappeared sometime earlier.

By the time Matti turned around and saw Eskreva again, the Chinese team coach had already arrived in front of the presidential platform, bowed to the AFC officials and the two Japanese prime ministers in the stands, and then shook hands with Moriyasu.

"..."

I almost forgot that Eskreva was also a victim in this match.

Ferran... you acted impulsively too!
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Dongqiudi Match Report: Zhang Yuning scores a one-on-one goal, Tang Ye adds a 30m super tomahawk strike, China comes back from behind to equalize! Escriva's miraculous tactical change, Osako Yuya's celebration sparks controversy. (427321 comments)

【Hahaha】

[That feels good, guys. Let's take a point away from home and then win straight at home.]

No, I feel like our ambassador to Japan is a bit too abstract, haha.

[Tang Ye is really something else! Won't this affect my chances of being nominated as the King of Football and a delegate to the National People's Congress?]

[What are you afraid of? The World Cup is next year, Tang Ye is guaranteed a seat on the National People's Congress, unless the Chinese team has a disastrous run in the later matches. They even managed to get points away against Japan, so why are you worried the national team can't beat Oman and Vietnam?]

With over 40 comments, the comment section on Dongqiudi (a Chinese sports betting platform) is practically celebrating the Lunar New Year.

When Tang Ye joined Villarreal from Utrecht, the Dongqiudi app crashed once, but after that, the server was maintained and upgraded, and it is now more than ten times more robust.

40 is impressive, but it's far from enough to cause an explosion!
Reprint: Tang Ye was selected as the best player of the match between Japan and China.

"We were definitely excited. We were very nervous when we were down 0-2 at the beginning."

Zhang Yuning told Xinhua reporters truthfully, "Our initial plan was for a draw, and if we lost, we couldn't lose too badly. As a result, we were already down by two goals at halftime, so we were bound to be nervous."

Before playing against Japan, China had won three consecutive games and had a total of nine points. Logically speaking, losing a game would not be blamed by the fans.

But Japan is a rather special opponent.

Even if they aren't criticized for losing the game, the Chinese team players will still feel a lot of psychological burden.

"Can you talk about your goal in the second half? That goal really opened up the game for the team."

"Haha, I think that goal was mainly thanks to Ye Ge, I was mainly responsible for the final touch."

Zhang Yuning blushed slightly: "When I saw him turn around with the ball, I instinctively ran forward, and I didn't expect it to work out by accident."

"But your handling of the ball after controlling it was indeed very calm."

The reporter exclaimed in admiration.

“We saw that we were down 0-2 at halftime, but your performance improved significantly in the second half. Do you think Escriva’s last-minute tactical change had a big impact on the team? What was your thought process when you learned that you would be playing a 4-4-2 formation in the second half?”

"...Eskreva's tactics are definitely not the problem."

Zhang Yuning expressed his absolute support for Eskeriva and also offered some excuses for the team's first-half deficit, such as Moriyasu's new tactics catching the team off guard.

“However…” Zhang Yuning hesitated for a moment, but finally said, “Actually, I think the key to our adjustments isn’t entirely in tactical changes, because during halftime in the locker room…”

"cough!"

Zhang Yuning was speaking when Feng Xiaoting, who was waiting for the interview, nudged him.

Realizing what had happened, Zhang Yuning quickly shut up.

?

But he had already said the first part of his sentence, and successfully attracted the reporter's attention: "Do you mean that something happened in the locker room at halftime?"

"..."

"Did any team raise objections to the coach, or was it a conflict between players?"

"Can you answer my question?"

……

After the match ended, most of the Japanese fans in the stands remained, waiting for head coach Hajime Moriyasu to explain the situation of the game.

They were leading by two goals, so why did they suddenly get blown out in the second half?

Normally, at this point, Hajime Moriyasu should have led the Japanese team players to the stands to bow and apologize.

The problem now is that Yuya Osako and Tang Ye have added some new meanings to the act of bowing.

Hajime Moriyasu wanted to apologize on behalf of the players, but this time he couldn't bow like he had before.

"xuuu!!!"

"xuuu!!!!"

The boos came not only from the home team's stands, but also from the away team's fans.

"Red card!"

"Red card!"

……

"Yuya Osako's celebration was a red card move."

Although they won the match, it was clear that Eskeriva's expression wasn't very good.

"Well, actually, red and yellow cards aren't what I care about the most."

"What bothers me most is that I received a yellow card even though I had no complaints off the field, while our opponents only received a yellow card for celebrating at that level. Whether it's acceptable or not is a matter of comparison, and after the comparison, I feel that I cannot accept it."

Eskeriva's statement that "there were no complaints about any issues off the field" is clearly wrong.

He forgot how emotional he was at the time, and he also forgot the bad things he said.

"We saw that the adjustments you made to the team in the second half could be said to have determined the outcome of the game..."

"No, that's not something to discuss."

Eskeriva shook his head: "That's the coach's job. Many coaches can make that kind of last-minute adjustments. All they need is courage."

"What I care about is the referee's actions and the behavior of the Japanese players."

Escriva stared at the reporter: "No matter how good a coach is, you have to stand up when there are controversial calls. Because no matter how good you are or how capable you are, if the referee favors the opposing team, your players will suffer a lot on the field."

Eskeriva has also started to speak with a step-by-step logic, which is very similar to Ten Hach. It's just unknown whether Eskeriva learned this logic from Ten Hach.

"You mean you're not entirely satisfied with the referee's decision?"

"Yes."

Eskeriva shrugged: "I thought Eric was disgusting enough, but today I met someone even more disgusting. I'll be upset for a long time because I can't accept it."

"puff!"

"..."

One of the reporters in the press conference room burst out laughing, and everyone turned their heads toward the direction from which the sound came, but the reporters in that spot all sat up straight, as if to prove that they were not the source of the laughter.

……

Hajime Moriyasu: I apologize for the loss in this game; we should have taken all 3 points. Yuya Osako's celebration gesture had no other meaning; sometimes when emotionally agitated, one temporarily loses the ability to think.

Eskriva: The referee in this match was more disgusting than Ten Hag; the bow celebration was a response to the opponent; Tang Ye did nothing wrong, he was the best player in this match.

"China is awesome!"

"Tang Ye, you're the king of football!"

"Let's beat them at home!"

As the team bus carrying the Chinese players emerged from the stadium, it was followed by a frenzy of fans: "We need to get 3 points in the next match against Japan! Tang, could you please schedule the next match against Japan in Xiamen? I'll come to cheer you on!"

"Chengdu! We must play Japan in Chengdu, Tang Football King!"

Please, please come to Hangzhou!

This match has made some fans a little irrational. They really hope that the next home game against Japan can be held in their own city so that they can give Japan a good beating in the next match.

"This is not something I can decide!"

Tang Ye opened the window and shouted to the fans.

"King Tang, just have Xiao Chen (Chen Xuyuan) make the arrangements!"

"Ha ha!"

"Let Xiao Chen make the arrangements!"

"..."

Hey.

Fans always tend to overestimate their abilities.

But Tang Ye knew that he was actually just a football player and couldn't do that much.

"Our next match is against Oman, right? But that's next month."

Tang Ye chatted with Zhang Yuning and learned from his teammates that the venue for the next match against Oman would be Hangzhou.

Are there any sports fields in Hangzhou?

"It's that big lotus flower."

Zhang Yuning said, "It has 8 seats, but it includes a running track. That stadium was originally built for the Asian Games."

"Haha, whether or not it reaches 8 seats, it's already pretty awesome, okay?"

After saying that, Tang Ye couldn't help but start calculating.

It has 8 seats and a running track.

If the running track is converted into a grandstand, could it accommodate more than 8 fans?

More than at Old Trafford!
"Tang Ye!"

Li Tie got off the bus and said, "Chairman Chen (Chen Xuyuan) asked me if I had any favorite cities. The stadium for next year's matches against Oman and Japan has not yet been decided."

……

Chinese Football Association Dragon Team: National Team Match Schedule for November.

Round 5: November 11, China vs. Oman, Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.

Round 6: November 16, China vs. UAE, Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center.

Bilibili trending topic: Come quick! In-depth analysis of Zhang Yuning's post-match interview!

“Come on, let’s look here.” Zhang Yuning said half a sentence and then stopped.

"After that, Feng Xiaoting pushed him. See? Come on, right here. I'll pull him back a little, right? After Feng Xiaoting pushed him, Zhang Yuning suddenly stopped talking."

"What does this mean? It means there's definitely something wrong here!"

"Why is there such a big change from 4-2-3-1 to 4-4-2? It's definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface!"

The uploader didn't show their face, but their voice was loud enough to give people a sense of credibility: "Some people say that what I say is a conspiracy theory, but it's definitely not a conspiracy theory. I have evidence to back it up."

"If you ask me, it's like history is repeating itself in that match against Germany in the 18 World Cup. Tang Ye started cursing in the locker room."

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(End of this chapter)