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

Chapter 921: Only Faker could suppress Tang Ye on the entire field, so we lost.

"..."

Halftime report: The first half ended in a 1-1 draw between the Chinese national team and South Korea. Hwang Hee-chan won a penalty and converted it himself, while Wu Lei equalized the score.

"Fighting! (Keep it up!)"

Considering their opponent was the third-place finisher in the previous World Cup, the South Korean team's overall performance in this match was quite good.

This has caused anxiety among CCTV's commentators.

This year, playing in the Asian Cup on home soil, the ultimate goal for the Chinese team is to win the championship, thus achieving the first-ever back-to-back Asian Cup titles in the team's history.

At such a crucial juncture, we absolutely cannot afford to be upset by the South Korean team!

Korean Radio

"Tang Ye led the Chinese team to a third place in the Qatar World Cup, but after watching the entire World Cup, I don't think the third place reflects the true strength of the Chinese team."

"mo? (Korean: what?)"

"Last year's China was very similar to Dortmund in the 20-21 season. Every advancement was very difficult. If the Netherlands and Spain had performed even slightly better, they wouldn't have been able to go any further. Moreover, most of China's goals came from Tang Ye. The team's overall ability was averaged out by Tang Ye, but they were not actually at the level of the World Cup bronze medalists."

A commentator on a South Korean radio station told his fans a lesson, which is an old Chinese proverb: "What goes around comes around, and no one escapes the wrath of Heaven."

"These words were spoken by the ancestors of the Korean people."

"China has upset their opponents too many times in the World Cup, now it's other teams' turn to upset them."

!!!

The male commentator on the South Korean radio station was so arrogant that the female commentator next to him kept calling him "Oppa (older brother)" to express her admiration for her colleague.

Since Oppa has said so, then the result of this match...

"Heungmin will bring about a miracle."

……

"Tom."

Son Heung-min encountered Tang Ye in the passageway and bent down to shake hands.

That's the custom in Korea: juniors must be very humble when they meet their elders, otherwise they'll be called "sibba, you insolent brat!"
To determine whether you are a junior or a senior, the first thing to consider is your age, or how long you have been in the industry and what achievements you have made. It may seem complicated, but it is actually quite clear.

Tang Ye responded to Son Heung-min, then put his hand on Dai Weijun's shoulder: "It's okay, don't be nervous. Just play normally. Didn't you play in the English First Division? You're considered an overseas player. Don't be nervous."

"..."

Dai Weijun took a deep breath, and Tang Ye pushed the newcomer forward: "Just follow the plan, do your job well, and if we lose, I'll eat the ball."

"This, haha, Brother Ye, don't do that."

"I was just kidding, exaggerating a bit. I meant I thought we could win, not that I actually wanted to eat the ball!"

"Oh, sorry, Brother Ye..."

Zhang Linpeng, standing beside him, wore a helpless smile, while Tang Ye could only shrug.

"..."

"Beep!!!"

"Alright, welcome back, everyone!"

"We can see that Dai Weijun came on as a substitute!"

"This is his second game for the national team. In his debut game, Dai Weijun got an assist."

"..."

The entire CCTV5 broadcast created a very tense atmosphere, since the national football team, which everyone supports, has not yet achieved a real lead.

"..."

"Whoop whoosh!"

"Pretty!"

"Fernando!"

"Find Tang Ye by force!"

"Huang Renfan couldn't stop him!"

"This is a very, very, very big mistake!"

Tang Ye got the ball and stopped immediately by stepping on it, causing Son Heung-min, who was tracking back, to overshoot the mark.

Son Heung-min tried to steal the ball by pushing off the ground and turning around, but Tang Ye immediately executed a "V" shaped pull and a shoulder drop, leaving Son somewhat dizzy.

Swish!

Tang Ye created space and passed the ball to Wang Shenchao on the baseline.

[Asylum Recipient: Wang Shenchao]

[Perspective: ...]

Snapped!
A cross from Wang Shenchao!

boom!
Wu Lei headed the ball into the penalty area, and Zhang Yuning seized the opportunity.

Kim Min-jae reacted very quickly, making a move almost the instant Wu Lei headed the ball, leaving Zhang Yuning with no chance to get the ball and shoot, and even the possibility of him falling down.

"what!"

With a shout, Zhang Yuning passed the ball out before he fell, accurately delivering it to Tang Ye, who was waiting at the top of the arc.

Snapped!
A low, curling shot was delivered, the ball grazing the post and into the net.

"The ball is in!"

"Tang Ye!"

"2:1!"

"China has turned the score around!"

"Wow, that was a perfect attack!"

As the referee blew his whistle to signal that the goal was valid, Tang Ye put his arm around Dai Weijun's shoulder, and the two ran out together.

"Wow!!"

Dai Weijun followed Tang Ye and performed a sliding kneeling motion with three stripes.

"Team China!"

"Team China!"

"Team China!"

"..."

Live report: Son Heung-min unleashed a sudden shot while advancing down the wing. The curved shot was very fast, but it went wide of the goal frame.

Real-time battle report: Tang Ye's long pass accurately found Zhang Yuning, creating a one-on-one opportunity, and Kim Min-jae successfully blocked it.

"what!!"

Clenching her teeth, Zhang Yuning covered her face with her hands, her entire neck turning red.

"Grass!"

62 minutes.

Kim Young-gwon delivered a precise long, low pass that found Hwang Hee-chan in the attacking third.

Tang Ye observed Huang Xican's movements and made a sliding tackle the moment the opponent changed direction.

boom!
With a very decisive tackle, Tang Ye successfully intercepted the ball.

However, Son Heung-min immediately moved closer.

Tang Ye thought this time would be the same as before, a successful tackle but no possession of the ball, but unexpectedly Dai Weijun suddenly accelerated and dribbled forward.

Dai Weijun's move was very clever because it meant he could avoid direct contact with Son Heung-min.

Speed ​​is still as useful as ever!

Wow!!!

"Slow down, slow down!"

Tang Ye got up and chased after him.

The players' positioning was complicated, and Tang Ye thoughtfully gave Dai Weijun some instructions.

"left!"

Dai Weijun passed the ball to Zhang Xizhe, who then passed it to Zhang Yuning in the middle, who immediately passed it back to Tang Ye.

It's Zhang Yuning's pass back again, that familiar feeling is back!

"Tang Ye... take a break."

"You can give it to the right wing!"

boom!
"Just attack!"

"The ball is in!"

"Oh my god, haha! Goal! 3-1!"

"Tang Ye's long-range shot found the net! That long-range shot, oh, so decisive!"

Cho Hyun-woo sat on the grass, and the South Korean goalkeeper was now somewhat speechless.

Bad news: Tang Ye's long-range shots are incredibly powerful.

Worse news: Tang Ye values ​​the team, but he also clearly recognizes his own strengths and knows that sometimes he needs to utilize them. "Damn it!"

Zhao Xianyou clapped his hands to encourage himself and secretly made up his mind.

From now on, he will be fully focused.

The opponent couldn't score any more goals!

[King Tang, is it time to begin?]

[How come Son Heung-min is so bad? What happened to the Premier League player we were promised?]

[Upstairs, do you think all Premier League players are like Tang Ye?]

So South Korea can only score from penalties? They're playing terribly. Let Faker go up as goalkeeper, otherwise I can't imagine how South Korea can win.

[I feel like we can start letting things slide in a few minutes. We should save our energy for the Qatar and Iran matches later. Iran seems really strong in this year's Asian Cup.]

Iran is really not as good as Qatar; we'll definitely play Qatar in the semi-finals.

74 minutes.

Tang Ye's sudden increase in pace was very effective. South Korea lost possession of the ball extensively within a few tens of minutes, while the Chinese team gradually gained control of the game.

Dai Weijun is looking for Tang Ye!

The ball was delivered at a fast pace, and Tang Ye rushed towards the baseline, but ultimately failed to get the ball.

"Oh!"

"Beep beep beep!!!"

"Beep beep beep!!"

"it's okay no problem!"

Tang Ye gave Dai Weijun a thumbs-up and ended his own match time for the day.

[Liu Binbin↑]

【Tang Ye↓】

Clap clap clap!

Clap clap clap!

"Tang Ye!"

Boom!

"Tang Ye!"

"Tang Ye!"

"Tang Ye is awesome!"

He raised his hand to greet the fans in the stands.

See you in Qingdao for the semifinals, Tang the King of Football!

……

"Beep, beep beep—!!!"

The match ended with a score of 3-1, and the Chinese team once again became the first team to advance to the next stage.

Actually, the South Korean team still had some opportunities in this match. After Tang Ye was substituted early, South Korea should have strengthened their attack and seen if they could find a chance to equalize the score.

However, the South Korean team failed to do this, because their team's momentum was completely destroyed before Tang Ye even left the field. It was precisely because Eskriwa saw this that he substituted Tang Ye.

"Xiba..."

Son Heung-min covered his face with his hands, somewhat unable to believe that his Asian Cup journey had come to an end.

Why can't I achieve good results every time I participate in the Asian Cup?

West Basne!

Of course, as the victors, Chinese fans cannot truly understand Son Heung-min's current sense of disappointment.

See you in four years, Brother Sun!
"Dai Weijun!"

"Dai Weijun!"

"Dai Weijun!"

"Semi-finals! Semi-finals!"

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Dongqiudi Match Report: Tang Ye scores twice, Kim Min-jae miraculously thwarts Zhang Yuning's one-on-one chance, China defeats South Korea 3-1 to advance to the Asian Cup semi-finals. (899852 comments)

Hot Topic: China's semi-final opponent will be decided between Iran and Qatar.

"China originally planned to cancel the Asian Cup during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the AFC also planned to have Qatar host the tournament."

"However, due to the improvement of the pandemic situation and the Qatar World Cup, the 2023 Asian Cup will eventually return to China."

Sky Sports: Klinsmann mistakenly believed that China would lose their top form after the Qatar World Cup, but this proved to be wrong, and the South Korean team paid a heavy price for it.

"Our draw might not be very good."

Son Heung-min told reporters that South Korea had plans to face China, but they thought they should have played against China in the final or semi-final. They didn't expect to clash with China in the quarterfinals, which was a real pity.

"If we can advance all the way to the semifinals or the finals, our form should be better than it is now, and our chances of winning will be greater," Son Heung-min said.

However, Son Heung-min had previously made a "3-0" gesture to mock Chinese fans during the World Cup qualifiers, so Chinese reporters didn't hold back with the South Korean captain today.

"Don't you think your plan is too idealistic?"

“I believe that professional teams cannot achieve good results without sufficient ability to cope with sudden crises. Son Heung-min, you can refer to the Chinese team in the 2022 World Cup. Escribá will show you how to do it.”

"..."

Sports Weekly

"Sang-hyeok, what do you think of this match? Was it exciting enough?"

"Of course, yes, I'm a little disappointed that South Korea lost, but Son Heung-min and Tang Ye both performed exceptionally well. With those two on the field, I think the match would have been very exciting."

"According to South Korean media reports, you killed Tang Ye in a Korean server ranked match in 2017. Do you remember this incident?"

"Ha ha!"

"Hahaha!"

Faker's T1 teammates seemed to lose their composure.

Faker was also surprised by the reporter's question and could only manage an awkward laugh.

"Tang Ye is a very good player, but I don't really know much about football, and I didn't know Tang Ye at the time."

"If we meet again in ranked matches, I will definitely take the game against Tang Ye seriously." Faker said with a serious expression.

"But Tang Ye hasn't played on the Korean server since 2018, and he hasn't reached the Challenger rank on the Chinese server for four years."

Lee Sang-hyeok was trying very hard to hold back his laughter.

"Tang Ye's profession is football, and I know he is very busy, so he probably doesn't have much time to rank up."

……

Because they weren't football fans, the T1 players weren't particularly upset after the South Korean team lost the match.

But the South Korean fans who actually came to watch the game today were different.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! (This is so ridiculous)"

The South Korean fans who came out of the stadium were all shaking their heads, which was enough to show how disappointed they were with their team.

Reporters at the scene also interviewed several fans who were behaving in an exaggerated manner.

"I don't know why our domestic media outlets are making such harsh statements before the competition. We still have a long way to go to catch up with China."

The fan being interviewed was a middle-aged South Korean man who was pointing to his own eyeballs with his finger: "Such a huge difference, but I just can't see it."

"Arrogance is the greatest enemy! Those young people who are obsessed with plastic surgery will never understand this."

"Let's not talk about this anymore, Siba, good luck to the Korean team. Even though we lost the game, I will still support them."

"..."

"Sibasne!"

The reporter's second interview was with a group of fans.

It wasn't that the reporter wanted to interview many people at once; it's just that more and more people gathered around while she was conducting the interviews.

"KFA, yay! (Korean football must be reformed)"

"Kaiyokara!!"

"I don't know why, China has been making progress, Japan has been making progress, but South Korea is not."

The fans were so angry they were almost delirious: "Maybe I shouldn't have had any expectations for this game in the first place."

"In the entire stadium, among all the Koreans, only Faker could suppress TY. That's why Korean football is not as good as Chinese football."

"We lost from the very beginning of our youth training!"

"It's all over!! (We're doomed!)"

"Busy Hai Da!"

"The only way the Koreans can beat TY is in League of Legends, and that's why we lost!"

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(End of this chapter)