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Chapter 267 Land God's Creation, Green Gun Injury Early Warning System

Chapter 267 Land God's Creation, Green Gun Injury Early Warning System
With one minute of added time in the first half, both sides were looking to launch one last attack.

The two teams battled fiercely in the center circle.

Giggs poked the ball forward, and Eastwood received it and dribbled forward.

Rooney is calling for the ball slightly to the right.

Eastwood and Rooney made a forward run and then delivered a diagonal pass.

They did give it to the right side, but not to Rooney.

Instead, it was given to Ronaldo, who was slightly to the right.

Rooney was already in an offside position at this point.

Cristiano Ronaldo cut inside into the penalty area and unleashed a powerful shot at Rooney.

Rooney dodged Ronaldo's shot with a quick movement.

The football went into the net.

"GOAL! Chris, it's Chris again! He's scored twice!"

"Two to one, Cristiano Ronaldo helps Manchester United come from behind to win!"

"Datford's defenders complained that Rooney was offside, and Neuer also believed that Rooney interfered with his view of the save."

"What did the referee say... The referee said the goal was valid."

"He believes that Rooney did not obstruct the view between Neuer and Ronaldo. Let's watch the replay again... Indeed, for Neuer, Rooney and Ronaldo did not overlap, so there was not much obstruction."

"Ronaldo is very clever. He took advantage of the fact that offside teammates are not marked and specifically targeted Rooney."

"However, judging from Rooney's expression, he doesn't seem to know that Ronaldo intends to do this. If Rooney hadn't dodged in time, then this..."

In the footage, Rooney briefly celebrated with Ronaldo before leaving the crowd.

It's clear that he's actually a little unhappy.

But there was nothing he could do; the Portuguese man was just lucky.

Rooney could only endure it.

The first half ended thereafter.

Manchester United rallied from behind, taking a commanding lead thanks to the performance of their new star, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Major television stations immediately changed their TV posters from featuring the two teams to showcasing a one-on-one duel between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lu Kai.

Previously, it was Manchester United players against Lu Kai.

The former is better at creating heroism, generating buzz and interest, and stimulating fans to participate in discussions.

The viewership for this match skyrocketed.

By the start of the second half, half of all television viewers in the UK had chosen to watch the "Red vs. Green" match.

This left other matches in the same period feeling rather disheartened.

In the second half, Manchester United's attacking players became more active.

In the 48th minute, Carrick used physical contact to dispossess Vardy and then passed the ball to Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo cut inside from the right wing, feinted several times, then flicked the ball to the right and went down the byline, but his shot from a tight angle hit the side netting.

He's clearly getting better and better as the game goes on.

In the 53rd minute, Ashley Young dribbled forward and clashed with Giggs.

The key issue is that he doesn't pass the ball!

This infuriated Giggs.

Ashley Young is the first person to treat Wanglaoji so disrespectfully.

Ashley Young, however, did have some skill, and he actually managed to get past Giggs by half-bumping and half-driving.

Giggs was so angry that he shoveled something down behind him.

As a result, Ashley Young started to accelerate, making it impossible for Wanglaoji to catch him with his flying tackle.

boom!
Ashley Young delivered a powerful through ball.

Lu Kai, who started accelerating from his left side, reached his top speed.

Lu Kai received the ball outside the penalty area and went down the wing. Neville couldn't stop him at all. When he turned around, he was still a body length ahead, but when he turned around, he was half a body length behind Lu Kai.

Neville quickly pulled him away, trying to stop Lu Kai from chasing the ball.

However, Lu Kai had anticipated this and fell to the ground with ease.

Neville knew immediately that he had fallen into a trap.

beep!

The referee's whistle sounded.

Neville looked at the other person nervously.

"This is... a penalty! The referee is pointing to the penalty spot!"

"Lu Kai won a penalty with his sharp breakthrough."

Neville also received a yellow card.

"Manchester United players filed complaints one after another, and Neville was emotional, believing that Lu Kai was faking the fall."

“Let’s look at the replay… No problem, you can say that Lu Kai’s fall was a bit too easy, but I have to say that Lu Kai’s timing was very good, without any hesitation, not the kind of slow dive.”

"There's no dispute about the position; Lu Kai's entire foot was already inside the penalty area before he was pulled down."

"It can only be said that Lu Kai saw right through Neville; this was a top-notch battle of wits!"

"Lu Kai arrives at the penalty spot, facing his former teammate Foster... GOAL!!!"

"A brace! Lu Kai has also scored twice!"

Old Trafford fell silent once again, with only the sound of gunfire remaining.

Lu Kai charged toward the corner flag area, leaped high into the air, and unleashed his signature Luuuuu!

Boos then erupted in the Theatre of Dreams.

Ferguson, furious on the sidelines, yelled, "Damn it, how dare they award a penalty! This is Old Trafford!"

Alfred looked at his enraged former friend and laughed, "Of course it's a penalty. You've already had your Ferguson time, you can't afford to have another Ferguson escaping a penalty, otherwise who can beat you guys?"

Ferguson was furious and felt cold.

If his wife hadn't come to watch the game today, Ferguson might have had a sparring match with Alfred!
Ferguson didn't want Cathy to be sad.

Zidane, however, discussed Lu Kai's penalty kick with his "soulmate" Guardiola: "Isn't this kind of mechanical shot, which involves suddenly slowing down before a penalty kick, against the rules?"

Guardiola: "Lu has specifically studied this and had it discussed in the referees' association. The penalty-taking action cannot be interrupted, but the definition of interruption is vague. As long as the continuity of the action is maintained, a brief interruption can get you out of punishment."

In other words, as long as you don't fake a kick and your movements don't go backwards, then a "pause" is acceptable.

Lu Kai just froze in place right before he took the shot.

Foster flew out of bounds, allowing Lu Kai to push the ball into the empty net.

Upon hearing this, Zidane remarked, "Lu Zhen is a rule assassin; he is always adept at finding loopholes in the rules and exploiting them."

In the 57th minute, Manchester United launched an attack.

Cristiano Ronaldo passed the ball back to Brown.

Brown passes the ball to Scholes.

Scholes made a feint in place, trying to shake off Barton who was following behind him.

However, his legs suddenly gave way, and he stumbled.

Barton seized the opportunity to make a steal.

Green Guns intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and launched an attack.

The moment Ribery received Barton's through ball, Evra tackled him to the ground.

Why should the French make things difficult for each other?

The referee blew his whistle and gave Evra a yellow card.

Green Gunners were awarded a free kick on the wing of the attacking third.

Unfortunately, Ferdinand cleared the ensuing free-kick attack.

In the 62nd minute, Manchester United's players finished warming up and requested a substitution.

Fletcher, Ferguson's "son" who is not related to him by blood, replaced Scholes, who was experiencing physical problems.

This week, Chelsea played in the Europa League, but Manchester United also played in the Champions League.

Manchester United's squad rotation is less extensive than Chelsea's, and Scholes is getting on in years.

Fortunately, Carrick held on, otherwise Manchester United would have had no one left in midfield.

Fletcher is very talented and was more dazzling than Arsenal's Lukay during his youth training period, but he is still a "future star" and cannot yet fully take on the role of a starter.

Surprisingly, Dartford's key defensive midfielder, Motta, was also substituted.

Pepe came on as a substitute.

"Huh? This substitution is questionable."

"Although Pepe can also play in Motta's position, and even performs well against weaker teams, showing both offensive and defensive prowess, he still appears somewhat inexperienced against top opponents." "Whether it's emotional control or overall situational awareness, Pepe still has a way to go compared to Motta."

"Why did Green Gun suddenly replace Morta for no apparent reason?"

"You could tell from Mota's expression that he didn't know about the decision beforehand."

However, Green Gunners have strict rules, or rather, a high level of trust within the team, so Motta did not do anything out of line.

After all, he was being greeted by Zinedine Zidane, a football legend.

Motta forced a smile, then, led by Zidane, went to Alfred's side.

Guardiola, who was standing nearby, opened his laptop and accessed a special software program containing numerous data metrics.

Guardiola explained: "Motta, through data collection and comparison, your injury risk value has increased rapidly in the past few minutes, reaching the 'extremely high risk' zone."

Mota nodded as he looked at the screen: "Is this the software that Captain Lu had someone develop?"

Guardiola nodded.

This is software specifically developed for Dartford. It requires the use of a sensor chip and uses big data analysis and comparison to determine the players' condition by collecting player match data.

In short, by embedding chips into equipment such as shoes, player movements are categorized into multiple types such as walking, running, high speed, aerial duels, and physical confrontations. Data such as landing time intervals and the relative distance of the chip are used to quantify and quantify the deformation of player movements.

When a player frequently exhibits distorted movements, and the distortion is significant, that player is not far from getting injured.

Because the direct cause of most injuries is improper movement.

This system will be available in about twenty years. The one that Lu Kai has configured now will definitely not be as advanced as it will be then, as it is limited by the level of technology at that time.

However, with the help of a professional data interpretation expert, it can still be used.

Guardiola is very good at this, and he also really likes these advanced gadgets.

Motta asked curiously, "Is there anyone else on our team who's not in good form right now?"

Guardiola went through the list: "Vardy and Ribery are both in the low-risk zone. But the former is too fast, which adds to the risk."

"The latter has been in this stage for a long time, which reflects the player's strong control over his body, and the actual risk level can be lowered."

One of the main reasons why Ribery hasn't become a star over the years is that both the team and he himself have a "cooling-off" requirement for using him.

This allowed him, who was somewhat prone to injury, to remain healthy.

If he goes to Chelsea, his future won't be much better than Duff's or Robben's.

After all, Drogba was plagued by injuries even at Chelsea.

Moderation is really important.

Motta: "Can this system analyze opposing players?"

Guardiola frowned: "Theoretically, it shouldn't be possible due to the lack of data from the chip. But we also have a video dynamic analysis system, so... it's possible, but inaccurate."

"Let me find this... Scholes was already at a low-risk level before, but his movements kept getting distorted... Oh, this, Brown!"

“He is currently in a medium-risk area, but considering the lack of data, I think he is actually at a high-risk level, just like you. He should be replaced, otherwise he is very likely to get injured.”

"Furthermore, since the data is accurate, we cannot determine whether his condition is due to insufficient physical strength or signs of injury in certain areas. In your case, it is mainly due to insufficient physical strength."

"Duff, on the other hand, has a risk of injury to his right leg."

Mota nodded to indicate that he understood, but still had doubts about its authenticity or accuracy.

However, one thing he is certain of is that his injury is indeed due to a physical fitness issue, but not long-term physical fitness, but rather single-game physical fitness.

He suffered frequent injuries at Barcelona, but was quite healthy at Green.

A major reason is that Green Gunner rarely lets him play the full match.

Motta had asked Lu Kai about this issue, hoping to get more playing time.

Lu Kai told Mota that a player like him is at the "World's No. 1 Middle School" level for 60 minutes and at the "Top Two Awards" level for 75 minutes.

Seventy-five minutes later it was at the "glass" level.

This may sound outrageous, but it is the truly realistic analysis that applies to every individual.

Physical fitness should be interpreted in many ways.

Motta's last question: "If this system is accurate enough... it doesn't need to be too accurate, as long as it's effective, fifty or seventy percent of the time, it will definitely become a hit in the entire football world."

"Won't this system be copied by other clubs very soon?"

Guardiola smiled slightly: "That's what makes Lu so impressive. He found those network engineers individually, and each of them set up a separate area. They didn't know anything about the other projects."

"The engineers who developed the core computing code signed a confidentiality agreement with Lu Kai with a huge penalty for breach of contract."

"In short, no club can copy this system without paying a huge price. As for clubs spending a lot of money to warn players about the risk of injury... throughout history, only AC Milan has ever done that in football."

Milan Lab, despite later becoming a source of ridicule, did play a significant role in that era and was once considered legendary.

Bayern Munich has also done this before, but they relied more on the professional skills of the medic himself, rather than on external tools like Green Gun.

Guardiola muttered, "Lu said that this kind of person is called a product manager... You can say he's useful, but he lacks professional skills and doesn't participate in the entire process of development."

"But you can't say it's useless, because it can't be produced without it."

"By the way, since Brown is going to have problems, we should do something unworthy to Brown... Forgive me, Brown, we are only looking at it from the perspective of the game, and we have no ill intentions towards you personally."

After Guardiola finished speaking, he went to the sidelines: "Vardy, attack Brown, use your speed, explosiveness, and change of direction..."

“Lu, you can create some opportunities for Vardy; this is what your system is suggesting.”

Vardy on the field nodded.

Lu Kai, understanding the implied meaning, apologized to Brown in advance.

In the 65th minute, Ashley Young made a run down the right flank.

Ribery faked a move to create space and spotted Lu Kai calling for the ball on the left.

boom!
Ribery shifted his position significantly to the left.

After receiving the ball, Lu Kai faced Ronaldo who was rushing towards him. He dribbled past him with a flick of the ball, forcing Neville to come out of his goal and then sending a through ball forward.

Vardy accelerated forward, received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and faced Brown alone.

Remembering Guardiola's instructions, Vardy launched an attack on Brown.

Propulsion through continuous acceleration and deceleration.

Brown fought and retreated, unsure if he could defeat Vardy.

As the distance between them closed, Vardy started cycling, preparing to break through.

Left, right, left...right!

Vardy and Brown made their judgments simultaneously.

Vardy's skill in using technique is not particularly high, and it is common for his tricks to be figured out. His breakthrough mainly comes from his speed and explosive flow.

Brown saw through Vardy's feint. A sharp pain shot through the back of his thigh, and Brown's movement stopped halfway. He didn't know how long it took before he was able to stretch his leg again by sheer willpower.

But it was too late.

Vardy had already dribbled past his opponent at lightning speed and entered the left side of the penalty area.

boom!
Vardy unleashed a powerful shot, a shot of extremely high quality.

However, as a fellow Green Gunner, Foster also knows Vardy well and knows that the player has a strong desire to finish (but poor vision in the penalty area).

I was certain he would open the door himself.

And indeed, Foster managed to save the ball.

A good shot, an even better save.

boom!
Dzeko held off Ferdinand in front of the goal and then took a follow-up shot.

“GOAL!!!”

"Three to two!"

"Green Guns has taken the lead again!"

"This was orchestrated by Lu Kai!"

"Dzeko was very lucky; he managed to score a goal."

"Vardy didn't score, but his move past Brown was incredibly sharp. Wait... Brown, what's that...?"

Seeing Brown sitting on the grass, clutching his thigh and looking pained, Motta on the Green Gunners' bench felt a chill run down his spine.

Mota: "Is it really that accurate?"