Team Spirit

Chapter 231 The Great Football Account Settlement: Lu Kai, the World's Number One in All Attributes and Positions?

Sky Sports: "A new era has begun in world football, Ronaldo watches Lu Kai ascend to godhood!"

Kicker: "Lu Kai has won two major awards for two consecutive years, a first in history!"

AS: "Lu Kai's award is undisputed, but Ronaldinho's fifth-place finish is hard to agree with!"

France Football: "The rankings of Brazil's three stars are inflated, and Kaka's bottom ranking is illogical! The three Green Gunners are not even in the top ten, and 'Afka' is truly frustrated!"

Time Magazine: "The most unremarkable world number one in football history! This issue will take you into the legendary life of the Green Gun Emperor!"

Gazzetta dello Sport: "Poor Henry, overshadowed by Rozi's fading glory and aided by Eastern European support, never managed to win the title!"

La Repubblica: "Poor Ronaldinho, he was overtaken by Lu Kai, and even at his peak, he couldn't beat him. He couldn't win the title from start to finish!"

Dongqiudi (a sports website): "Horizontal scroll: Since you were born, why was Lu born!"

Various programs related to Lu Kai began to become popular.

Related topics continue to emerge and are gaining popularity.

The Green Gun Museum is packed every day, with reservations available up to two weeks in advance, which is quite astonishing.

Of course, some seats at the Green Gun Museum are not reserved and are available on a first-come, first-served basis, which gives individual visitors some hope and ensures that a large number of customers line up every day.

Lu Kai's winter break was almost entirely divided into hourly segments, with all of it allocated to other tasks.

It is estimated that he can earn the extra income from business deals that many superstars would earn in two or three summers during his half-winter break.

At the same time, he also secured endorsement contracts from dozens of top brands.

Although the Premier League does not have a winter break, there are actually two weeks with fewer matches, which allows time for business development.

Furthermore, although Lu Kai made a fortune, he was ultimately just a single person.

Those who couldn't sign Lu Kai naturally benefited the Green Gun team as a whole.

Many players from the Celtics have secured endorsements.

Regardless of his playing ability or achievements, his popularity is still comparable to that of players from top clubs.

Exposure is guaranteed.

It wasn't until the Brazilian media hyped up the Club World Cup final that everyone's attention temporarily returned to the football field.

This is also Dartford's first time participating in the Club World Cup.

This year's Club World Cup participants include last season's Champions League winners – Dartford.

São Paulo, the Copa Libertadores champions.

Saprissa, winner of the CONCACAF Champions League.

Al-Ittihad, winner of the Asian Champions Cup.

Sydney FC, winner of the Oceania Champions Cup.

Al Ahli, winner of the African Champions League.

The Champions League and the Copa Libertadores are considered the most prestigious, so the other four teams will play one match first, and the winner will then play them in the semi-finals.

Dartford's next opponent is Saprissa.

The latter fielded a purely defensive lineup, almost dragging the game into overtime.

Fortunately, Ribery won a penalty in the 86th minute inside the penalty area.

Lu Kai scored the only goal of the match with a penalty kick.

On the other side, São Paulo narrowly defeated Al-Ittihad 3-2 thanks to a brace from renowned striker Amoruso, setting up a final showdown with the Green Gunners.

On December 19th, the two teams faced off at the Nissan Stadium.

There were 67,000 fans watching the game.

More than 90 percent of the fans at Dartford were there, turning the entire stadium into a sea of ​​green.

Japanese fans have a "disgusting but still have to grit their teeth and support them" mentality.

Just like many future domestic fans of Son Heung-min and Kaoru Mitoma – complicated, conflicted, GEN!

But there's nothing we can do; Lu Kai is currently the number one player in football.

They have no choice but to like it, even if they don't like it.

They could only ignore Lu Kai's identity and hypnotize themselves by saying that Lu Kai's rise would also benefit Japanese and Korean football, etc.

……

[Ding! You have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award and received a generous attribute point gift pack!]

[Shooting: 89+1]

[Shot power: 84+1]

【Shot Pre-swing: 81+1】

[Passing pre-pass animation: 80+1]

[Headball contests and clearances: 79+1]

They gave me five attribute points in one go, including two high-level "pre-cast" attribute points, which is pretty good.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Kai's training over a season would only result in an increase of one to three points in each statistic.

"land!"

At the players' tunnel, Lu Kai was stopped by someone.

He turned his head and saw that it was Amoruso, the top star of São Paulo.

They had no connection, but Lu Kai recognized the other person.

After all, Amoruso was once a prominent figure.

The summer of 1999 was a year of dramatic changes and a big year for football transfers.

Anelka transferred from Arsenal to Real Madrid for £2260 million.

Henry joined Arsenal from Juventus for £1050 million.

Zanetti and Inter Milan have signed a long-term contract extension.

World-class striker Christian Vieri joined Inter Milan from Lazio for $50 million.

Shevchenko joined AC Milan for $25 million.

Edwin van der Sar joined Juventus from Ajax for £5 million.

Montella transferred to Roma for 25 million euros, and Seedorf transferred from Real Madrid to Inter Milan for 24 million euros.

These transactions all influenced the subsequent landscape of football.

Amoruso was also a prodigy that year, joining Parma for a high price of 28 million euros and as the top scorer in Serie A.

On the same day, Lu Kai was dismissed from Arsenal's youth academy.

Back then, who could have imagined that six and a half years later, Lu Kai would reach the top of the world?

Amoruso, however, returned to the Brazilian league in a sorry state.

"Hello." Lu Kai and Amoruso hugged.

The latter smiled awkwardly: "After the game, could you... my nephew is your fan?"

Lu Kai immediately nodded: "Of course, no problem!"

Amoruso, who is familiar with the level of European football, does not have high hopes for this match.

They would not have any doubts about Lu Kai's abilities.

After all, this is someone who can overpower all the European powers.

But not all Brazilians are as rational as he is.

Or rather, because of Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, Brazilian fans generally underestimate Lu Kai's abilities.

Lu Kai stole the title of world's number one from Ronaldo and then defeated Ronaldinho to inherit the title, making him Brazil's nemesis.

Before the match, major Brazilian media outlets criticized Lu Kai from various angles.

I won't go into detail about the team's strength.

They separated Lu Kai's abilities.

"Lu Kai's free kicks are indeed superb, but his strength lies in the variety of his techniques."

"He has mastered a variety of free-kick techniques, but the accuracy of each one is not exceptionally high."

"His scimitar accuracy is one percentage point lower than Beckham's."

"His knuckleball accuracy is one and a half percentage points lower than Juninho's."

"His powerful free kicks are 0.2 percent less powerful than Carlos's."

"His low free kick is just a novelty; once the goalkeeper is prepared, it's not a big deal."

"His signature free-kick technique, the knuckleball, only ranks fifth in accuracy for the year, and is not much better than other free-kick skills."

Brazilian media used the example of three top free-kick takers to surpass Lu Kai, proving that Lu Kai's free-kick skills are below the world's best and can only be ranked among the top three in the world.

They then used the same method to prove that Lu Kai's overall ball-creating efficiency in top leagues was lower than that of Henry at his peak.

Lu Kai's goals took less time than Ronaldo's peak.

The time spent on each assist was less than that of Ronaldinho at his peak.

His ball control is not only inferior to Ronaldinho's, but even surpassed by Barcelona's rising star Messi.

His ability to score goals inside the penalty area is slightly inferior to that of Manchester United's Van Nistelrooy.

His speed and explosiveness are not as good as those of Madeira and other top ten fastest players in Europe.

His inside cut is not as good as Robben's.

His dribbling and breakthrough style is similar to Cristiano Ronaldo's.

He is not as strong as Drogba.

His heading ability is not as good as Trezeguet's.

His physical abilities are not as good as Nedved's.

He'd rather foul than Gattuso.

His defense is inferior to Nesta's. His wing play is not as good as Maldini's.

A rapid advance is not as good as Kaka.

His long passes are inferior to Pirlo's; as captain, he might not be able to beat Keane; his coaching is slightly inferior to Alfred's; and he suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Florentino Pérez when Zhu Xi was on the receiving end...

In every aspect, there wasn't a single project that could reach the world's number one ranking.

How can a player like that be considered the world's best?

The Daily Sport immediately reposted the article in an attempt to disparage Lu Kai.

However, fans from other regions were shocked when they saw this comparison.

Is Lu Kai really that well-rounded?

One of the comments actually said, "Lu Kai's saves are not as good as Buffon's and Casillas's"??
This triggered a massive global accounting reconciliation.

He drew his sword and looked around: "I haven't watched football for a few years. I remember Lu Kai was a pretty impressive newcomer in the football world, right?"

Salty Fish's Dream: "My impression of Lu Kai is still that he is the strongest non-professional player."

Frozen Night Feather: "I remember he was amazing on defense, his steals and interceptions were phenomenal."

How to warm a cold heart? The name says: "When I watched the game, Lu Kai's sharpness mainly came from his free kicks and long passes."

Beiyu Gusha: "I always thought he was a defensive midfielder."

Xiao Feizhu: "I only started watching football this season, and I thought he only played as a striker! I didn't know he was so talented!"

The electrified pickup truck exclaimed, "Holy crap, guys, I feel like I've assembled the strongest football team in the world!"

Ultimately, a lineup image posted by a fan named "Modric is endlessly joyful and extremely vicious" went viral.

All eleven players were Lu Kai.

This lineup received a fairly high rating in the key football game.

However, this ID is not the first account to post this type of lineup. There is also an account named "Ashley_smug_and_contented_and_living_with_himself" that has posted a similar lineup.

Unfortunately, his lineup used Ashley Young for both wingers and both full-backs.

4 Ashley Young + 7 Lu Kai.

That works too.

However, it lowered the overall quality and lacked appeal.

"So many times, when people look at Green Gun's starting lineup, they feel disappointed and wish Lu Kai could be in two places at once." After Huang Jianxiang finished talking about the recent hot topics, the players from both sides came onto the field, and the game was about to begin.

The starting lineup for Green Gun is:

Mertens, Giroud, Ribery
Lu Kai
Chen Tao, Mota

Filho, Vidic, Li Weifeng, Ashley Young
Neuer

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The starting lineups of Chen Tao and Li Weifeng also met the expectations of the Chinese fans who had traveled over mountains to watch the game.

Guardiola and his coaching staff unanimously believe that this will not affect the team's strength.

In terms of agility, Li Weifeng is actually better suited than Kompany to deal with Latin American strikers.

Moreover, there are already a lot of short defensive players in Latin America.

Chen Tao has performed well against Latin American teams in recent national team matches, and he seems to be well-suited to playing this type of role.

São Paulo's starting lineup is as follows:

Amoruso, Alocio

Junior, Chosue, Danilo, Minero, Ribeiro
Rosato, Edcarlos, Lugano
Rogerio
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Among them, Rogerio is the future world's highest-scoring goalkeeper, controlling the team's free kicks and some penalty kicks.

He scored ten goals in the Brazilian Serie A this season, marking his peak year.

Previously, when Lu Kai was compared to free-kick specialists, São Paulo fans felt that everyone had overlooked Rogerio.

After all, Lu Kai was famous for his free kicks in his early years because he was a defensive player who could kick an excellent free kick.

They're on the same path as Rogerio.

A whistle blows and the game officially begins.

In the fourth minute, the South Americans were quite fierce.

Lugano launched an attack with a long pass from the backfield.

Alocio ran to the right and created an opportunity, receiving the ball and then passing it back in a triangular fashion near the byline.

Motta and Chosué battled at the top of the key.

The latter failed to get a shot on goal.

But he swept the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Amoruso was unmarked in the penalty area, received the ball, took a step, and unleashed a powerful shot.

Neuer pounced exceptionally quickly, launching an attack in an instant.

The ball was deflected by Neuer's arm, greatly slowing its speed.

Li Weifeng then headed the ball away in front of the goal.

The impact of South American football was on full display in this attack.

A small number of Brazilian fans sang and danced to cheer on their team.

“Amoruso is no longer a good fit,” Guardiola shook his head. “I heard he’s going to join AC Milan in the winter transfer window, probably to strengthen the squad depth.”

Modric nodded.

If Amoruso had shot directly without controlling the ball, this goal would have been scored.

But he made a change.

Thus, Neuer, who rushed out at lightning speed, completely blocked their shooting angles.

This is what sets Neuer apart from other goalkeepers.

His scope of control is too broad.

In the seventh minute, Lu Kai received the ball, retreated, and flicked it on before delivering a pinpoint through ball.

Chen Tao made a forward run, entered the penalty area to receive the ball, and then shot after a quick cut inside.

It's very threatening.

Unfortunately, the ball went wide of the far corner.

In the eleventh minute, the Brazilians launched a quick counter-attack.

They stormed the Green Gun defenses like a violent storm.

It's still a long pass, this time looking for the left side.

After receiving the ball near the byline, Amoruso used his individual skill to dribble laterally into the penalty area and then forcefully took a shot.

Li Weifeng blocked the ball.

The football falls from the sky toward the penalty spot.

Mineiro volleys.

But Motta blocked the shot at point-blank range.

Before the shot could fully develop, it was blocked to the right by Motta.

After receiving the ball on the right side of the penalty area, Alocio crossed the ball to Amoruso before Filho could intercept it.

Amoruso made the same mistake again, failing to shoot immediately near the penalty spot and instead trying to adjust to the right.

Vidic made a sliding tackle inside the penalty area, clearing the ball.

Li Weifeng then came to the rescue.

Considering Amoruso's age of thirty-one, it's really impossible to be too harsh on him.

After all, he is already São Paulo's most threatening player.

In the 19th minute, the São Paulo players, who had been giving it their all, got their first "break" and needed a few minutes to recover their energy.

Green Gun also prepared to pass the ball back from the backfield, passing it all the way back to the center-back.

However, the next moment, Li Weifeng suddenly made a through pass, piercing through the entire São Paulo.

Giroud's deceptive pull-back, along with Mertens and Ribery's near-simultaneous inward movement, distracted all four São Paulo defenders.

The next moment, Lu Kai darted out from the middle lane.

Like a wild horse that has broken free, it gallops ahead of everyone else.

"Lu Kai has escaped with a one-on-one opportunity!"

"The world's number one player dribbles into the left side of the penalty area. The angle is quite tight. How will Lu Kai handle it... a right-footed shot from the left side of the six-yard box!"

"It was pushed out in an arc."

"Half-high ball!"

"Rogerio has landed, he can't catch him!"

"GOAL!"

"One to zero! Lu Kai has scored in two consecutive matches after retaining his title as FIFA World Player of the Year!"

"Everyone said that Lu Kai would be discouraged and his performance would suffer after winning the award. But so far, it seems that at least his performance at the Club World Cup will be fine!"

"He might not enter a period of fatigue until after the winter break."

"Poor Saint Paul, they became the second corpse after the new king's coronation!"

"If the Club World Cup had been held a month later, the Green Gunners they faced would probably have been on a completely different level."

Although it was only a 1-0 lead, everyone could see Lu Kai's form through this attack.

Lu Kai's momentum remains strong, and his ability to seize opportunities is still top-notch.

It seems the Brazilians will be unable to get justice for Ronaldo and Ronaldinho!

(End of this chapter)