Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 106 (Mandatory Story): A Horrifying Scene at the Bernabéu! The Dead People's Panel Has Absurdly Come Back to Life?

2014 3 Month 18 Day.

Three days after Arsenal were unexpectedly held to a draw by Crystal Palace, Su Hao boarded a flight to Switzerland with his professor.

The draw for the Champions League quarter-finals will be held on the 19th. Normally, Arsenal would have a manager and team captain, but because Vermaelen is still injured, Wenger ultimately chose Suho, Arsenal's new vice-captain.

Upon hearing that Su Hao would be appearing at the draw ceremony, Mendes naturally rushed to arrange for a professional image design team in Switzerland to make preparations.

According to Mendes, this draw ceremony is a great opportunity for Su Hao to enhance his commercial value. Moreover, with superstars like Ronaldo and Messi not attending, Su Hao, the young prodigy who almost single-handedly led Arsenal to the quarterfinals, will definitely be the most eye-catching presence for reporters.

"It seems Usmanov is really going to sell his shares!"

On the plane, after taking a short nap, the professor suddenly said this to Su Hao.

"what?"

Upon hearing the professor mention this, Su Hao, who was still half asleep, was suddenly jolted awake.

The last time I treated Lao Xu to dinner in Munich, Lao Xu did mention that he wanted to buy the shares held by this Russian boss.

But at that time, it seemed that Usmanov had no intention of selling at all. Su Hao thought that the matter would eventually be dropped. Unexpectedly, after about a month, Usmanov was actually taken down by Lao Xu.

"Su, that's the owner of your previous team, I think he put up £5.7 million!"

Oh shit
Upon hearing the professor's figure, Su Hao was also shocked by Old Xu's extravagant wealth.

£6 million. That's more than £4.8 million more than the market value of Usmanov shares, which is £9 million. In RMB terms, Mr. Xu gave almost a billion more!

With so many more, it's no wonder that Usmanov, who had originally planned to hold out until 18, sold his shares four years early.

"Boss, have they finalized the contract?"

"Not yet. I heard it's 85% complete, so we're just waiting for the official announcement! By the way, Su, what about your former boss... his role in club investment and management?"

Su Hao was wondering if the professor, who never talked to the team members about the club's upper management, had changed his ways today. It turns out the professor wanted to find out some information about his new boss from him!

"Um, boss, let me put it this way, for our General Manager Xu, anything that can be solved with money is no problem at all. Besides, when he was at Evergrande, he wasn't involved in team management at all!"

Without going into too much detail, Su Hao simply replied to the professor with this one sentence.

It was this reply that brought a hint of joy to the professor's wrinkled face.

In fact, the professor had heard some stories about the new boss from his assistant, such as giving Evergrande a record-breaking bonus and using money to move the entire Chinese national team to his club.
From that time on, the professor had a vague feeling that he might finally start to become a little richer.

After Su Hao said that things that can be solved with money are not problems and that he didn't like to be involved in team management, the professor was now certain.

Without internal strife and with the second-in-command being someone who doesn't care about results and just throws money around, this summer's transfer market will definitely be a chance for him, the poorest manager in the Premier League, to turn his life around!
UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

11:30 AM local time, 6:30 PM in China.

The UEFA car carrying Su Hao and Wenger came to a smooth stop in front of the headquarters.

Although there was no red carpet ceremony, a large number of media and fans still gathered in front of UEFA headquarters.

With Arsenal's advancement and Su Hao's confirmed participation, CTV5, which had not originally planned to include the draw ceremony in its live broadcast schedule, negotiated the broadcast rights at the last minute and arranged for Huang Jianxiang and Zhan Jun to sit together in the studio starting at 6:30.

"Su Hao!"

"SUHAO!!!"

“SU!!!”

Unsurprisingly, after being styled by Ronaldo's team for over three hours that morning, the moment Su Hao stepped out of the car, the fans at the scene, especially his die-hard fans, immediately screamed at the top of their lungs.

There's no way around it, with a height of 1.91 meters, a top-notch physique, and a face comparable to Daniel Wu, not to mention a professionally styled hairstyle!
Just based on his appearance alone, Su Hao could naturally attract a lot of attention, not to mention the buzz surrounding him as the youngest captain in the top five European leagues that has been all over Europe lately.

Moreover, Su Hao wasn't the only highlight of the Arsenal team; the equally tall and imposing Professor also added a lot to the duo.

And so, amidst screams and frenzied flashes of light, the Arsenal duo successfully entered UEFA headquarters.

"Hi! Alseina, long time no see!"

The professor, who had just stepped through the gate and was still looking for a seat, was stopped by a chubby man.

"Haha! It's been so long, Carlo!"

The professor turned around and realized that the person who had called out to him was his old friend, the current captain of the Madrid team, Carlo Ancelotti, with whom he had formed a friendship during his time at Chelsea.

"It really has been a long time since we last met. Should we wait until after the lottery ceremony?"

Although Ancelotti didn't say it explicitly, the professor already knew that the old guy wanted to invite him to have a few drinks.

"Haha, of course, if time allows!"

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and then Wenger realized that he had been so busy catching up with Ancelotti that he had left Su Hao out in the cold.

"Carlo, let me introduce you."

"Alright, Arsène, you don't need to introduce yourself. Everyone in Europe knows that this great young man next to you is your new captain! Hello, Suárez! I've watched your games, and honestly, you've been outstanding, especially in the last match against Bayern Munich!"

Ancelotti praised Su Hao without reservation, right in front of Wenger.

And professors?
Hearing Ancelotti praise Su Hao was like taking a student to a parent-teacher meeting and hearing other parents give their child a thumbs up.
"Thank you, Mr. Carlo!"

"Hey! Alright, Carlo, hurry up and get to your seats, it looks like the show's about to start!"

After chatting for a while, the professor and Su Hao finally sat down.

Forehead.
Seeing that he and the professor were placed in the second row or even the corner after Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​he felt a pang of sadness.

Su Hao was also quite helpless for a while. This UEFA is really going to use the wrong ingredients!
It was exactly 12:00 local time in Switzerland.

After the heads of the major clubs and other guests had taken their seats, UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and Competitions Director Marchetti finally stood at the front of the stage with their prepared speeches.

After a long, rambling opening speech, the big screen on stage finally started playing highlights from the quarterfinals of this year's Champions League.

First up is Real Madrid!
There weren't many other shots; it was like a personal highlight reel of Cristiano Ronaldo. UEFA deliberately edited Real Madrid's promotional video entirely with shots of SUISU.

Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo, and Barcelona, ​​naturally, is all about Messi.

After a long time, frame by frame, Arsenal's promotional video finally appeared.

but
I don’t know why!
Everyone knows that Arsenal's run to the quarterfinals was almost entirely due to Su Hao's individual efforts, but what was the result?
In the 2-minute promotional video, Su Hao only appeared once, in a group photo with the whole team. The rest of the time, the video featured Arsenal's Ramsey scoring a goal in the group stage or Podolski and Chamberlain shooting in the quarter-finals.

Su Hao, Arsenal's strongest single player, was completely cut from this promotional video?

Su Hao was speechless, while the professor's face darkened with anger.

Yes, others may not know what's going on, but Wenger knows it very well!
Of course, the editor knew that this editing wasn't targeting Arsenal, but rather UEFA staff, purely aimed at Sue personally.
"Damn, UEFA is really unfair! They edited Ronaldo and Messi into individual promotional videos, but Su Hao's three goals in the round of 16 were completely missing!"

In the live broadcast room, just like the fans in China, I was excitedly waiting to see Chinese players appear on camera for the first time in a UEFA headquarters promotional video!

It's astonishing that those bastards at UEFA are actually playing this trick so openly.

Old Huang was so angry he almost swore on the spot during the live stream!
"It's a very surprising move. Although it's not obvious, upon closer inspection, it's actually a kind of discrimination that the European football community has always been accustomed to against Chinese and even Asian football!"

"In my memory, as early as 1996, the English Football Association published a report entitled 'Asians Can't Play Football.' The prejudice against Asian players for their 'poor physical strength' was unbelievable. Moreover, while the FA was extremely strict on cases of racial discrimination against Black people, UEFA adopted a double standard of turning a blind eye to cases of racial discrimination against Asian people!"

"What you said, LeBron, I can totally relate! I talked to Fan Zhiyi about it before. Back when he was with Crystal Palace, he wouldn't have made it on that team if he hadn't been so tough. When he went there, he..."

"Ahem!"

In the live broadcast room, Zhan Jun saw that Lao Huang was about to reveal Fan Zhiyi's secrets, so he immediately coughed and reminded Huang Jianxiang.

It was this cough that made Lao Huang stop talking in time.
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[Haha, Teacher Huang is so generous! He's about to drop some juicy gossip on us! Zhan Jun's cough was completely unnecessary!]
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[Racism. How to put it? I studied in the UK, and honestly, 80% of white people discriminate against us. The remaining 20%, well, it's not that they don't discriminate, it's that they can't even be bothered to look at us!]
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[Ugh! And yet there are still so many sheepdogs who like to lick the ass of foreign daddies all day long, especially some women who want to marry us for money, even if they're foreigners or black men.]
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[Damn it, UEFA is really disgusting. Why don't you just stop showing Arsenal's promotional videos altogether? I don't even want to watch the live stream anymore!]
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[That's right, who the hell wants to see how you guys draw the lottery when we're all gathered here watching this live stream? We know there are techniques for drawing the lottery, there's definitely something fishy going on with this stuff!]
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[Haha, judging from the current situation! I boldly predict that UEFA will definitely pull some tricks. Arsenal's quarter-final match will either be against Real Madrid or Barcelona. Just wait and see!]

UEFA live!
Wenger sat there quietly with a dark expression, making no move.

Meanwhile, Infantino on stage completely ignored the little incident that had just occurred in the promotional video and continued with his hosting and drawing of lots duties.

It didn't take long.

Portuguese football legend Figo, who was a guest, handed a piece of paper with the name of the first team to play to Infantino.

At the same time, the Barcelona team logo, which Figo had drawn, appeared on the large screen behind them!

Barcelona was the first to be drawn, and the other seven clubs present immediately panicked.

Barcelona's strength is such that even Ancelotti is deeply wary of them.

However, as soon as the Atlético Madrid crest appeared on the Barcelona side, the other six players immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But Madino, who hadn't felt anything before, suddenly frowned.

There's nothing we can do about it; in Martino's opinion, none of these seven teams, including Real Madrid, are as tough as Atletico Madrid.

The thought of facing Atletico Madrid, a team that could repeatedly upset him in the league with their iron-fisted counter-attacking style, immediately made Martino worried.

Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid!

After these two teams were drawn, the other matchups were also confirmed.

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea.

Both sides were very happy!

Manchester United vs. Borussia Dortmund!

Both coaches nodded in satisfaction.

then
Ancelotti and Professor Wenger, who had just been discussing having a few drinks after the draw ceremony, both stopped thinking about it.

For Ancelotti, Real Madrid drawing Arsenal is an absolutely fantastic draw.

After all, Ancelotti knows very well that Wenger is only managing to lead Arsenal to success on three fronts by sheer grit and determination. If any player gets injured or a team collapses, Arsenal could very well end the season empty-handed again.

Moreover, and most importantly, Arsenal's current squad strength is simply no match for Real Madrid!
Forwards, midfielders, defenders, and even the goalkeeper!
Real Madrid dominated the game.

On paper, squad depth, and the two teams' previous head-to-head history.
Ancelotti even felt that he might consider preparing for the semi-finals ahead of time!

Of course, Ancelotti didn't dare express these deep thoughts on the live broadcast.

Like the professor with a dark expression, he symbolically frowned after seeing Real Madrid draw Arsenal.

An Pangpang's frown was feigned, but the professor in the corner not far away, as his old friend, was genuinely frowning.

They were drawn against Bayern Munich in the round of 16, and Real Madrid in the quarterfinals!
Ah.
With his stints of facing either Barcelona or Real Madrid over the past few years, the professor has thoroughly seen through everything.

Without any intention of lingering, after Infantino announced on the stage that the first round of matches would officially begin on April 2nd and the draw ceremony was over, the professor called out to Su Hao and left UEFA headquarters without speaking to anyone.

In the Champions League quarter-finals, Arsenal face another tough opponent, and the manager leaves the field with a dark expression!

UEFA promotional video deliberately cuts scenes featuring China's Suarez, raising suspicions of racial discrimination within UEFA?

Ancelotti: Wenger is a great coach, and Arsenal is a top team that will give Real Madrid a serious test!

Wenger refuses interviews after Champions League exit in Round of 3 for the third consecutive year, facing Real Madrid again!

A draw ceremony once again put the professor and his Arsenal on the front page of major English media outlets.

However, Wenger had no time to pay attention to the media at this moment.

Unfortunately, with less than nine days until the first match of the Champions League quarter-finals, the professor is truly facing a dilemma again.

The 2st round of the league will be held in two days, and the 3nd round will be held on March 29th.

Arsenal's opponents in these two league matches are Norwich and Cardiff City!

Although neither team is particularly strong, the problem lies in how he should rationally allocate his players' physical reserves.

Making the full-strength squad play three games in just eleven days is something even eleven Park Ji-sungs probably couldn't handle.

After much deliberation, the professor was forced to forfeit the league match against Cardiff City in the 32nd round.

Having decided on the priorities, the professor then focused on preparing for the league.

3 month 22 day.

Arsenal will face Norwich City in the 31st round of the league at their home ground, the Emirates Stadium!
With their full-strength squad, Arsenal easily defeated their opponents 4-1.

Su Hao provided one direct assist and, through his playmaking, created the other three goals.

After scoring the highest points, Su Hao was once again named the best player of the game.

With this match, Su Hao has unknowingly set another Arsenal club record.

Man of the Match for the sixth consecutive game.
The last Arsenal player to win Man of the Match for such a long period of time was the former Arsenal King – Thierry Henry!

Arsenal won, and Manchester City, who had been constantly being chased by Arsenal, naturally didn't falter despite the various curses from Arsenal fans.

4: 2!

Manchester City easily defeated the formidable Newcastle United away from home.

Both teams have earned 3 points, and in the standings, Arsenal and Manchester City remain tied with 1 point each, only 2nd and 1st respectively!

3 month 29 day.

The crucial battle that the professor had been most worried about had finally arrived.

To ensure their key players have full physical fitness for the Champions League quarter-final four days later.

The professor had no choice but to field a lineup of pure substitutes and rookies, including players called up from the youth team, at his Emirates Stadium.

But a newbie is still a newbie!

Even the more than 50,000 Arsenal die-hards in the Emirates Stadium stands shouted themselves hoarse.

Arsenal were ultimately defeated by Cardiff City, who were desperately fighting to avoid relegation.

0: 2!

Arsenal dropped three points at the very end of the crucial title race.

Manchester City, far away in Manchester, readily accepted the generous gift.

After easily defeating Crystal Palace 2-0, Manchester City successfully extended their lead over Arsenal to 4 points in the standings.

With a victory and a clear advantage in the title race, Pellegrini naturally began to talk to the media about his Manchester City potentially lifting the Premier League trophy at the Emirates Stadium.

It was after this speech that the professor, who usually has a mild temper, spoke up directly at Pellegrini!

"We're only four points behind, and there's still a long season ahead, so anything is possible. But before that, we have to go to the Bernabéu to compete with Real Madrid for a spot in the semi-finals! Could you please ask him what he's preparing for when we go to Spain?"

He's a cultured person after all!

Upon hearing that sentence, Pellegrini, who was watching the news at home, was so angry that he smashed his cup.

What is he preparing?
After being eliminated by those despicable Barcelona players, what else can he do?
Aren't we just preparing for the next round of the league?
Of course, after being so specifically insulted by Wenger, Pellegrini couldn't possibly remain silent. That very evening, while walking his dog, he surprisingly stopped in front of the reporters he usually avoided and started rambling on and on.

For example, he was not optimistic about Arsenal. He believed that Arsenal would likely be defeated by a large margin by Real Madrid, who were in good form at the Bernabéu. Pellegrini even advised Wenger to not be too ambitious and to focus on leagues with slightly lower difficulty.

And so, the two of them started a war of words back and forth before the final round of the league even began.

3 month 30 day.

The day after the league ended, Su Hao and others, led by Wenger, boarded a flight to Madrid, Spain.

However, it was during the time Su Hao was on the plane that...

However, something happened in Madrid, Spain that left Su Hao speechless.

Yes, I don't know if the reporter from Sports Weekly lost their mind, or if they were just deliberately creating a topic.

The Sports Weekly reporter actually stopped Cristiano Ronaldo's luxury car at the entrance of Real Madrid and asked him how he viewed the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals, and also asked him how he would evaluate Arsenal's current midfield maestro, Suho.

Got it!
Cristiano Ronaldo, already annoyed that his car had been blocked, was unlikely to give this guy a friendly look.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know any of those Chinese players you're talking about at Arsenal. Please move aside!"

This is the 2013-2014 season!
This is Cristiano Ronaldo at his peak, when he's known as "Golden-edged Ronaldo".

Let's not even talk about whether Ronaldo has ever met Su Hao or knows him. In this angry state, given Ronaldo's personality—being ranked number one, two, or three in the world—even if he did know him, he might say he doesn't know him because he's an opponent.

then
The sports weekly reporter could only watch helplessly as Ronaldo furiously floored the accelerator and drove his Lamborghini away from his sight.

This reporter got bitten by Ronaldo.

But at this moment, his face was filled with ecstatic joy.

There's nothing he can do about it. He just captured Ronaldo's speech and got a bombshell story that could go viral in China and even across Europe.

So, with his hands trembling, this reporter from Titan Sports Weekly squatted down right in front of Real Madrid's stadium and started working on his article.

It didn't take long.

The homepage of the domestic sports weekly website was updated with an article titled "Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo angrily confronts Chinese reporter, declaring he doesn't know any 'Chinese Su'!"

Cristiano Ronaldo + angry rebuttal + my country + doesn't recognize + Chinese Su. And there's even a clear video!
The headline alone had all the elements of a sensational news story, and unsurprisingly, this exclusive news produced by Sports Weekly quickly went viral.

All domestic news websites, and even some entertainment news outlets that never report on football, have started reposting this video and news.

Not only in China, but also in distant Europe, media outlets in England and Spain simultaneously launched a frenzy of copying and reposting.

This news, supported by video evidence, went viral, leaving Su Hao, who had just disembarked and was being interviewed by the media at the exit, completely bewildered by the reporters' questions. "What?"

Seeing Su Hao's bewildered expression, the reporter quickly pulled out his phone and showed Su Hao the video that had gone viral.

Damn, seeing Ronaldo in the video looking annoyed and saying he didn't know him at all, Su Hao was naturally annoyed as well.

Yes!
Su Hao knew that he was now on a completely different level from Phnom Penh.

But no matter what, he and Mendes were practically brothers under the same management.

Given this relationship, Ronaldo shouldn't have spoken to reporters in such a tone, saying he didn't recognize himself.

Su Hao has always been a free spirit, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a temper.

Since Ronaldo has said so, Su Hao is too lazy to grovel before Ronaldo.

"Oh! He's right, he doesn't know me, and I don't know him!"

After replying with that sentence without any hesitation, Su Hao put his sunglasses back on, which he used specifically to show off, and turned to leave without a second thought.

Meanwhile, the Spanish journalist from Marca, who remained at the airport, was equally excited and squatted at the exit gate to rush to finish his article.

It didn't take long.
China's Sudirman Airport responds strongly to Cristiano Ronaldo: I don't know him either!

Marca, always eager to stir up trouble, immediately published this report on its homepage!
The quarter-finals were already generating a lot of buzz, but now the star players of Real Madrid and Arsenal have pulled this stunt off the field.

Suddenly, all sorts of rumors started popping up like mushrooms after rain: that Mendes' two hottest stars had a long-standing conflict, that Ronaldo had racist tendencies, and so on.

Especially those charlatans at The Sun.

I don't know what's wrong with these people's thinking. The Sun's gossip column actually broke the news that Cristiano Ronaldo and Suarez had actually had a huge argument over a black woman at a dinner party in Mendes.

That night.

After finishing training with Xiao Kankan, Su Hao returned to his hotel room and scrolled through the endless, even fascinating, news reports on his phone, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

However, the only good news is that Mendes just called.

This shrewd person managed to comfort Su Hao, and the misunderstanding that he had already explained to Ronaldo caused Su Hao's previously agreed-upon first Facebook ad to suddenly increase by 3 times.

The reason, of course, is that after the two exchanged barbs, Ronaldo's Facebook account, which already has 8000 million followers, suddenly received a lot of comments from the account @苏浩.

One trip back and forth.
Su Hao's account saw a surge in exposure and a follower count of hundreds of thousands.
"Haha! Suarez, look at the Sun's report! When did you and Ronaldo have a party? Hehe!"

Su Hao was speechless when Kant, who had just finished showering and was lying naked on the bed scrolling through his phone, suddenly started laughing and talking about that outrageous report in The Sun!
"Ngoro, can you shut up?!"

"Su! But it's really funny, even though you're still a... Okay, I'll shut up, Su!"

Seeing that Su Hao's face was even darker than hers, Xiao Kankan, who only ever joked with Su Hao secretly, quickly crawled into bed and hid under the covers to suppress her laughter.

And I must say, the hotel blankets were just the right size for Kant.

"Damn it! What kind of mess is this?!"

After letting out a helpless groan, Su Hao turned off the lights and entered the system.

Yes.

After accumulating points over this period of time, Su Hao's various attribute values ​​can be increased again!

Within the system, the dead person's panel, apart from a few attributes that have been displayed, remains in its previous grayed-out state.

【个人能力：传球：91（95）、控球：85（89）、射门：83（98）、身体平衡：91（96）？？？？？？？】

Having been in England for three months, Su Hao's earliest pass rating is finally up another level.

Other attributes that receive double bonuses, such as ball control and balance, including the newly added shooting attribute, have all turned green again after being boosted once before.

Without much hesitation, Su Hao clicked on all the shiny green icons on the panel.

After a series of operations, Su Hao's latest data was also refreshed.

【个人能力：传球：92（95）、控球：86（89）、射门：84（98）、身体平衡：92（96）？？？？？？？】

However, just after Su Hao finished adding points to his stats to his satisfaction, a scene that surprised him appeared.

system
This system, which has been with me for over a year and only occasionally throws out a task when it malfunctions, has actually been updated?!
"Ding dong!"

"The original character template has been detected to have revived. The system ban period has been automatically refreshed!"

"Ding dong!"

"The 4-year ban period has been reduced by 50%!"

"The countdown to the host system ban has officially begun, 185 days and 24 hours!"

"185 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds!"

"185 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 58 seconds!"

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Holy crap, that banana stick!
what's the situation?
Su Hao's brain has gone blank!
Is this system malfunctioning?
Or is the template character originally bound to my system... well, it shouldn't be human?
I'm guessing it's something like Pogba.

How come there's a resurrection at the end?

People who were originally dead have come back to life?

However, while Su Hao didn't know if the resurrection was real, the system... the countdown was definitely real.

185 days, or about 6 months, is roughly October of this year.
His system can then truly be activated.

With the current data already so outrageous, Su Hao couldn't even imagine how strong he would be once all the data was updated.

狂喜
Absolute ecstasy.
The only aftereffect of his ecstasy was that Su Haoguang listened to Kant's snoring all night long!

Even during training the next day, the way he kept yawning scared his coach half to death. He kept calling for the team doctor to check Su Hao carefully, just in case he was sick or injured!

that's it.

After three days of closed training as usual, the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals finally arrived on April 2, 2014!

It was 7 p.m. that evening.

The team bus, carrying the entire Arsenal squad, finally appeared in the inner passageway of the Bernabéu Square amidst the anticipation of countless Chinese and Chinese-origin fans who had come to the square.

"Su Hao!"

"Su Hao!"

"Su Hao!!!"

Although news of a feud between Su Hao and Ronaldo was still circulating all over Europe, and many media outlets in Madrid were criticizing Su Hao for overestimating his abilities.

But this did not dampen the passion of our Chinese fans!
Yes!

For Cristiano Ronaldo, this Champions League quarter-final match might have been just another ordinary game, but in the eyes of these Chinese fans who are hoping for a brighter future for Chinese football!

This was the day they had dreamed of for decades.

The magnificent Bernabéu, the pinnacle of football; an official Champions League knockout match against Real Madrid, one of the world's top clubs; and even the opportunity to have one of their own players compete against Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the world's best players.

Just hearing about all this is enough to make every fan who follows Chinese football tremble with fear.

Of course, while countless Chinese fans were chanting Su Hao's name, the Real Madrid fans in white jerseys nearby were also booing the Arsenal team bus and the excited Chinese fans.

Unfortunately, thanks to the deliberate hype and manipulation by the Spanish media in recent days, Su Hao has become seen as a nouveau riche clown by these already proud Real Madrid fans.

You could even say they're just opportunists trying to piggyback on Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo's fame!

How could they not greet a player like that without booing him?

Even the local Ronaldo fan group at Real Madrid has prepared a special gift for this Chinese man who said he didn't know Ronaldo!
7 points.

The bus stopped on time in the underground parking lot inside the stadium.

As usual, the professor straightened his suit and collar before striding toward the pre-match press conference.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammate Suarez have been arguing fiercely these past few days, Wenger and Ancelotti, the main parties involved, remain as harmonious as ever.

Upon entering the press conference venue, Ancelotti, who was already seated, quickly stood up and took the initiative to shake hands with the professor.

With such a harmonious start, the rest of the press conference naturally turned into a dull, mutual flattery session for the journalists.

Wenger praised Ancelotti's historical achievements, and Ancelotti lavished praise on the professor's tireless efforts in managing one city!

In short, during the 20-minute pre-match press conference, apart from the Marca reporter bringing up the conflict between Su Hao and Ronaldo, which was ignored by both of them, the entire scene was completely uneventful!

Of course, the harmonious atmosphere at the press conference was purely an illusion.

In the face of a life-or-death battle like the knockout stage, even if Wenger and Ancelotti had a good relationship before, once they returned to the locker room, the two of them had already stabbed each other in the most vulnerable spot of tomorrow.

Inside the home team's locker room!

After glancing at his BBC attacking trio, which he had already perfected into one of the world's top attacking duos, Ancelotti pulled over the tactical board.

During this period, he and his team have studied Arsenal, their opponent in their upcoming head-to-head match, countless times.

Honestly, it's not that Ancelotti underestimated Arsenal.

Rather, Ancelotti genuinely doesn't know what this current Arsenal team has to offer to compete with him.

Whether it's the attacking or midfield and defense, their own lineup is a level above Arsenal's.

Even Ancelotti was somewhat puzzled as to why this Arsenal team had actually eliminated Bayern Munich!

Thinking of this, Ancelotti unconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Cristiano, as always, once you're past the halfway line, you can make whatever decision you think is right, whether it's passing or shooting!"

"No one at Arsenal can stop you!"

"Of course, in addition to that, I want you to maintain your pace of advance at all times!"

"And Sami (Khedira), remember what I said, your only task in this game is to keep an eye on that guy who doesn't recognize Cristiano!"

A small joke made the Real Madrid superstars, who were already under little pressure, burst into laughter.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was in charge of the project, couldn't help but chuckle as he lowered his head to tidy up his shin guards.

Because of Mendes' phone call, Ronaldo had long since stopped caring about Su Hao's statement that he didn't recognize him.

It's not that Ronaldo is magnanimous, but rather that he feels that with his current status and position, there's no need for him to argue with a 17-year-old. Besides, they are both players under Mendes' management, so he has to give Mendes some face.

Ronaldo even thought that if the kid apologized to him later at the players' tunnel, he could give him a hug or even give him some pointers!

Ancelotti joked with his own superstars with a relaxed expression.

Meanwhile, in the away team's locker room not far away.

The professor patiently reviewed the tactical arrangements he had specifically instructed each of his team members during the past few days of training.

Counter-attack!

At the Bernabéu Stadium, even the most attack-minded professor had to resort to his least favorite defensive style, the turret defense, in the face of the BBC's overwhelming dominance over the world.

Of course, after carefully explaining the tactics, the professor also gave his group of young people a motivational pre-match pep talk.

After a long and detailed speech, the staff outside the door started urging him to hurry up.

7:42 AM local time in Madrid.

Su Hao and the entire Arsenal team finally stood at the official entrance of this hall, which is hailed as the most magnificent hall in the world!

And beside him stands the most dazzling super team in football of this era.
There was no pre-match conflict, as the two teams had no prior animosity. In fact, it could be argued that Arsenal wasn't even considered a target for Real Madrid.
The players from both teams calmly watched the scene ahead amidst the deafening roar of over 80,000 fans.

However, in a casual glance, Su Hao noticed that Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he had a minor conflict in front of the media, was secretly looking at him.

Upon glancing at him, Cristiano Ronaldo, realizing that Su Hao had noticed his furtive glance, immediately turned his head back.

Although he didn't say anything, Su Hao sensed that the superstar seemed to be waiting for him to take the initiative to greet him.
Cough
Should I take the initiative to greet him?
If he had been a pure football fan in his past life, and Ronaldo was standing so close in front of him, Su Hao would definitely have excitedly run over to take a picture with his phone. But now...
With the system reactivated, Su Hao even felt that it wouldn't be long before he could be on the same level as Messi.

How could he possibly have the nerve to fawn over someone who claimed not to know him and then deliberately wag his tail at them?
As a result, Ronaldo did not get a greeting from Su Hao, and Su Hao also missed out on what Ronaldo considered to be a very important piece of professional guidance for him!

"Kick Barcelona! Kick Barcelona! Kick Bayern Munich! Our team is finished!"

Local time 7:58.

After that exhilarating Champions League opening song ended.

Frenzied screams, white flags waving everywhere!

The cheers from the nearly 80,000 people in the stands reached their peak!

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!!!"

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!!!"

"This is a live broadcast of the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals!"

Real Madrid vs. Arsenal!

"The players from both teams are already standing in their respective halves of the field!"

".!"

"Beep!!!"

"With the referee's whistle!"

"The competition has officially begun!"

"First, let's look at the starting lineups for both sides!"

"Real Madrid's starting goalkeeper and captain, wearing the traditional white home jersey and attacking from left to right: Casillas!"

"Defenders: Coentrao, Ramos, Pepe, Carvajal!"

Midfielders: Khedira, Modric, Di Maria!

"Three forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, and Gareth Bale!"

"Ancelotti fielded the 4-3-3 formation he has been using all season against Arsenal!"

"On the other side, wearing..."

"Facing the formidable Real Madrid, Wenger conservatively opted to field Chamberlain, who had performed better defensively in the previous round!"

The game officially started.

Real Madrid, having gained possession first, pressed forward directly into Arsenal's half without hesitation after the whistle blew.

Arsenal, who were already planning to play a defensive counter-attacking style, calmly retreated their formation back to the vicinity of their own penalty area.

Seeing Modric advance with the ball, Giroud naturally rushed forward.

However, the clumsy Giroud was easily outmaneuvered by Modric with a nimble 360-degree turn in just one exchange.

Moreover, after getting past Giroud, Modric immediately passed the ball diagonally.

On the left wing, less than four seconds into the game, Ronaldo, from a distance of 38 meters from the Arsenal goal, used his right foot to blast the ball away before Su Hao could close in.

"boom!!!"

There was an explosion!
Although the explosive shot, like a cannonball, ultimately slid through the door!

However, Ronaldo still managed to ignite the passion of the more than 80,000 Real Madrid fans in the stands with that tentative, powerful shot!
And right at the moment Ronaldo blasted the ball away!
A huge poster suddenly appeared in the south stand of the Bernabéu, where die-hard fans gathered.

A poster specially made for Su Hao by die-hard fans in the south stand.

In the image, the towering Cristiano Ronaldo stands proudly, holding three Ballon d'Or trophies, while in front of him stands a dwarf version of Arsenal's number 11, Su Hao, with the sarcastic English phrase "WHO are you?" next to Su Hao.

This was a gift specially presented to Su Hao by his die-hard fans.

"That shot from Ronaldo was truly high quality! If it had been just a tiny bit to the right, given the speed of the ball, Szczesny would have had a real hard time stopping it!"

"Indeed! So far this season, Ronaldo has scored 22 goals in La Liga, second only to Messi's 26 goals, while in the Champions League, Ronaldo has a commanding lead! 13 goals. Can you believe it? This is Ronaldo's goal tally after only playing 8 games!"

"And most importantly, if Ronaldo scores just one more goal, he will equal Messi's record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season set in the 11-12 season, and he may even break that record to a height that is unprecedented and will never be surpassed!"

"Wow! With that one kick, we could clearly feel that Ronaldo was in top form! Arsenal's defense is probably going to face its toughest test of the season so far today!"

"I think the first one to face the test is Su Hao! His current position is practically a head-to-head battle with Ronaldo for the entire match. Add to that all the hype the media's been making, and I'm guessing Su Hao's mentality..."
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[Ugh! Arsenal just can't seem to win. Real Madrid is just too strong this year. The BBC trio are all beasts. Ronaldo aside, Bale on the right wing is even more terrifying. When he gets going, forget Chamberlain, even Walcott might not be able to keep up if he comes back from injury!]
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It was indeed difficult! But I'm already quite satisfied with eliminating Bayern. Even if we were eliminated by Real Madrid, it wouldn't be a shame. Hopefully, after the season ends, the professor can get more money to strengthen the squad, buying a better striker, a better winger, a better full-back, and a better center-back.
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[Cough cough, what are you talking about? You call this supplementing the roster? This is clearly a complete team change!]
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[Holy crap, look at the camera! Did these damn Real Madrid fans draw something to insult our Su Hao?]
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[Holy crap, it's true! They seem to have drawn Su Hao as a dwarf? What the hell does that mean? And what about that English sentence?]

PS: It's a pity we still lost in the monthly ticket rankings.

However, I would like to thank every reader who voted for me.

I know you did your best.

There's not much more to say, let's just keep typing away!

Still owe over 7,000, keep making noodles!
(End of this chapter)