Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 115 The FA Cup champion arrives, and a glorious journey home begins!
After all, it was a rare, legendary item. After thinking it over all night, Su Hao finally decided to wait until the panel was completely unlocked before getting it.

Anyway, according to the current countdown of the system, all the attributes will be fully unlocked in just a few months.

That's why he got up so early to grind his daily training points.

"Hey! You need to rest, kid. You just finished a match yesterday, and you're already training today? Aren't you afraid of getting injured?!"

Seeing his own Su Hao on the court, whose clothes were already soaked with sweat, the professor immediately began to worry and mutter to himself.

The professor was only concerned about whether others were injured or not, feeling that his lineup was having problems again, but if Su Hao got injured...
The professor was genuinely worried about the potential impact on Su Hao's future.

"Boss! You're up so early too!"

"Well, the FA Cup final is coming up soon, and I have some things to take care of. Oh, by the way, I saw the call-up letter from your national team. Is it for a friendly match?"

"Yes."

"You really don't need to participate in these warm-up matches. You've played too many games this half-season. Without the World Cup, you must pay attention to your rest time. You're still too young, and playing too many games at once is too much."

Without explaining his meaning, the professor simply shrugged, conveyed his message, and then turned and left.

After watching the professor leave, Su Hao sighed helplessly and returned to the training field.

Damn, as a club coach, the professor must be thinking that his players should avoid participating in any cup competitions and get some rest to ensure their form for the new season. However, as a player, the statement about not participating in the World Cup is indeed a bit disheartening.

Su Hao even wondered if he had died too late. If he had eaten that bowl of instant noodles earlier, maybe he could have made an appearance at the Brazil World Cup.

Winning the Premier League title, plus a top-class hat-trick in the final crucial match, aside from the media hype, the tangible benefits are indeed numerous.

Just like the afternoon of the day after the match, Su Hao, who had just finished training and returned to his apartment, received a call from his teammate Mendes.

This time, it's not some small, insignificant domestic endorsement deal.

Sports brand!

This most important endorsement, essential for any star athlete, has finally come knocking on their door.

Adidas, Nike.

After a spectacular battle, both of the world's top sports brands, which had been in contact with Mendes before, eagerly sent him their letters of intent to endorse him.

With his outstanding performance and Su Hao's innate ability to attract huge sums of money as a Chinese citizen, the initial letters of intent from these two companies alone reached a price that Su Hao had never dared to dream of before.

Adidas offered a five-year, $40 million contract, while Nike offered a similar five-year, $42 million deal.

Although this is still far less than Messi and Ronaldo's contracts of over 2 million per year, it is still a record-breaking price for a player of Su Hao's age, and it is an exaggerated record that leaves the second place by several times.

Of course, under Mendes's influence, this preliminary letter of intent was unsurprisingly returned immediately.

According to Mendes, if it were anyone else, he would have already started final negotiations for this contract, but Su Hao is different.

Behind Su Hao is a terrifyingly huge market.

These two companies, which were already doing well in China, were well aware of how important signing Su Hao was to them at this time.

Putting aside other regions, just within China, their sales volume would absolutely crush their competitors instantly.

Therefore, because of this, Mendes directly resorted to his most familiar strategy of "casting a long line to catch a big fish." In Mendes's prediction, Su Hao's final contract would conservatively be worth at least 1000 million US dollars per year.

And this is the most conservative estimate. Even Mendes can't imagine how much the contract could rise after the two companies start fighting each other!
Ten million every year
When Su Hao heard this number, even though he had seen a lot in his life, he was still quite shocked.

There's nothing we can do; he's only 17 after all.
At this age, one endorsement deal alone can earn tens of millions a year.
Sports brand endorsements have arrived, and there are countless other miscellaneous endorsements as well.

However, before securing a new endorsement, Su Hao had to shoot a set of promotional photos for Yili during the World Cup.

Previously, Yili spent 25 million RMB to sign a three-year contract with Su Hao. At that time, many people said that Yili was out of its mind to sign such an outrageous contract with a 16-year-old.

But now?

As Su Hao became a household name in Europe, the team leader who was in charge of signing Su Hao was even promoted to vice president.

Moreover, at that time, Yili also stipulated in the contract that Su Hao had to shoot three commercials for Yili every year.

Based on the current price of a single advertisement in China, Yili could earn over 2 million yuan with just two and a half advertisements.

Of course, having already made the right bet once, Yili wasn't foolish enough to let Su Hao work for nothing.

Before filming the advertisement, Yili also expressed its willingness to renew the contract.

3+2!

The contract remained unchanged for the first three years, but Su Hao's contract for the last two years was increased by a full eight times.

120 million in 2 years!

Yili was very generous, so Su Hao naturally reciprocated by finalizing the specific shooting time for the advertisement with Yili.

Moreover, this time Yili even had Su Hao, the main character, personally choose his advertising partner.

Um... Hearing this request, although Su Hao really wanted to refuse, he could only reluctantly agree under the organizer's insistence.

Although the opponent in the FA Cup final is indeed the weak Hull City, there is still the FA Cup final.

So after a relaxing two-day break, the professor recalled the entire team again.

Of course, unlike their previous big matches, Arsenal prepared for this final with the entire stadium open to the public.

It was in this extremely relaxed state that...

2014 5 Month 21 Day.

The FA Cup final that all Arsenal fans have been eagerly awaiting has finally arrived.

Having already secured the league title, Arsenal fans are now incredibly excited, eagerly awaiting their team's chance to achieve a double at Wembley Stadium this season!

It was 7 p.m. that evening.

When the bus carrying the entire Arsenal team appeared in the tunnels inside Wembley Stadium, which had already been occupied by tens of thousands of Arsenal fans, the fans immediately cheered for their heroes with their wildest songs and shouts.

Among these shouts, the most frequent one naturally came from Su Hao, Arsenal's hottest star prodigy right now.

Pre-match press conference and pre-match encouragement in the locker room!

Honestly, this time Arsenal finally got to experience what it feels like to be a strong team.

Throughout the entire process, the professor was all smiles.

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!"

"Zhuang Dian'er Tai!"

"This is a live broadcast of the 2013-2014 FA Cup Final."

Arsenal vs. Hull City!

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

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"Beep!!!"

"With the referee's whistle!"

"The competition has officially begun!"

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

"Arsenal's starting goalkeeper, wearing the traditional red jersey and attacking from left to right, remains: Szczesny!"

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"Against the weak Hull City, the professor still steadily deployed Arsenal's most common formation this season: 4-2-3-1!"

"On the other side, Hull City's starting goalkeeper, McGregor, is attacking from right to left in his traditional yellow jersey!"

"The backcourt: Chester, Davis, Bruce!"

Midfielders: Elmohamady, Huddlestone, Livermore, Quinn, Rossene!

"Two strikers: Freyatt and Meller."

"Interesting. Hull City manager Russ is fielding a 3-5-2 formation against this season's champions? Is he trying to overwhelm Arsenal's midfield with sheer numbers? Or is Russ trying to go toe-to-toe with Wenger?"

At Wembley Stadium.

Just as Huang Jianxiang said, when the referee blew the whistle, Hull City, who had gained possession first, did not hesitate to push forward across their own half.

Although the players in front of them are mostly unknown, Hull City, having successfully avoided relegation, is still a legitimate Premier League team.

When they launched a full-scale, frantic attack, they did put some pressure on the unprepared Arsenal for a while.

Without any complicated attacking tactics, Hull City, with five players clustered in midfield, simply relied on sheer numbers to push through the middle.

When they advanced into Arsenal's backfield, Livermore, the key player, quickly passed the ball to the right wing.

A perfect cross!
Hull City's first attack went straight into the air above Arsenal's penalty area.

Mertesacker leaped high, but when facing the tough, stationary center Freyatt, Mertesacker, who had been pestered by his girlfriend countless times in the past few days, suddenly felt his legs go weak.

With that sudden weakness in his legs, Freyat effortlessly shoved Mertesacker aside.

In the stands, seeing their own ironclad defense so easily defeated, the hearts of the more than 3 Arsenal die-hards who had come to witness their team's championship victory were naturally on edge.

However, they quickly regained their composure.

As for the reason, it was naturally because their most trusted Prince Su had already filled in the position to the best of his ability and had overpowered Freyat to head the ball out of bounds.

"Hey! Keep an eye on them!"

A loud roar.
Of course, this wasn't Su Hao who shouted it; it was Arteta who shouted it.

Mertesacker, who was being called upon, knew he was in the wrong and quickly nodded without daring to utter a sound.

"Wow, Hull City really put up a good fight on their first attack! It was only because Su Hao tracked back and saved Arsenal that Hull City had such a dream start!"

"Yes, Mr. Huang, Hull City's successful survival this season is due to their strong defense. If Hull City had scored a goal early on, the final outcome of the game would have been very different!"

"Arsenal need to be serious, this is the final! Don't let Hull City steal the victory at the last minute!"

The two commentators in the commentary booth began to worry, as did the people on the sidelines of the stadium at the same time.

The professor, equally startled, naturally shouted angrily towards the field.

This content...
It's exactly the same as Arteta's.

Hull City's corner kick opportunity.

Rossene delivered a long pass, successfully finding Freyatt at the near post.

However, this time Mertesacker jumped seriously and did not disappoint Wenger on the sidelines.

With a powerful header, Mertesacker headed the ball directly out of the penalty area.

This headbutt went straight to Chamberlain on the left wing.

He controlled the ball with his right foot and made a graceful turn.

Chamberlain thus launched Arsenal's most frantic counter-attack from his own half.

Kante and Su Hao advanced side-by-side in the middle lane!

Giroud is in front, and Ramsey is on the right.

There was even Altat behind Su Hao.

Arsenal's six players crossed the halfway line in a very short time.

Once the ball crossed the sideline, Chamberlain naturally and without hesitation delivered a cross pass to his key player, Su Hao.

With a tap of his right foot, he keenly spotted Giroud, who had already started his run from the side of the Hull City center-back.

Su Hao immediately used the outside of his right foot to forcefully rub the bottom right edge of the football!

A perfect arc swept past!

This time, Giroud did not disappoint his blind fans who have always supported him, delivering a powerful shot.

Grand Giroud successfully helped Hel City resolve this crisis.

"oops!!!"

"Giroud!"

"Girou!"

"Such a good opportunity, why are you in such a hurry! You could have just lobbed the ball and pushed it to the far corner, but you had to go for a smash!"

Giroud started masturbating as usual, which made Lao Huang in the commentary booth so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.

As for the professor in front of the bench!
Forehead.
There's nothing to regret; in fact, it seemed as if that expression had reassured the professor and made a decision.

Less than 5 minutes into the game.

Both teams launched a highly threatening attack in a back-and-forth exchange.

However, just when all neutral fans thought the match would be as evenly matched as it started,...

It didn't take long!

Su Hao then used his signature long pass behind the defense, which completely kicked off this slaughter feast that was already unequal in strength!

The 12th minute of the game.

Hull City launched another major offensive.

However, before Hull City striker Mehler could even make a move after receiving the ball, Kanté, who had been holding back for over ten days, immediately made a tackle and forcefully hooked the ball away from Mehler's feet.

Without any unnecessary movements, after making the interception, Kanté almost instinctively turned and passed the ball to Su Hao's feet.

At the same time, Ramsey on the right wing had already started his attack.

Three defenders!
Looking at that weak defense, Su Hao really couldn't understand what Rus was thinking.

Raise your right leg and swing it down hard!
In an instant, the football at Su Hao's feet shot out like an arrow toward Hull City's empty backfield.

Center-back Davis turned around in a panic, but Ramsey had already slipped past him before Su Hao's pass even arrived.

"It's coming!"

"This time it's Ramsey!"

"Dislocate the right foot!!!"

"They've gone straight into the restricted area!"

"Hull City goalkeeper McGregor is coming out!"

"No problem, a touch with the right foot, open goal!" "Shot!!!"

"pretty!!!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"14th minute of the match!"

"Arsenal have scored!"

"1:0!!!"

"It's Su Hao's signature long pass!"

"That pass!"

"Ramsey didn't need to make any adjustments at all. He just stepped forward and was one-on-one with the goalkeeper!"

"With a midfielder like Su Hao, I feel that if Arsenal can buy a slightly better striker next season, they will definitely have a chance in the Champions League!"
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[Haha, Coach Huang is definitely dissing my great Giroud! What do you mean by "buy a slightly better striker"? Does that mean my great Giroud isn't even slightly better?]
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[Damn it, it's not that it doesn't count, it's just that he's fucking terrible! Look at how many chances Giroud has wasted this season! Suarez has scored 30, he only has 13. If you ask me, if Suarez were paired with Suhao, he'd easily have 40 goals!]
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[Mr. Xu said he's going to buy Arsenal a record signing for the new season. Do you think Arsenal will bring Suarez back?]
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[Why buy Suarez? He's the record signing! Only the World Cup top scorer deserves to be at Arsenal, haha, waiting for Arsenal's epic upgrade!]
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Even with the improvements, I still think Arsenal is just so-so; this team doesn't give the impression of being a true powerhouse.
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[Haha, stop talking about that. I already beat Cadillac in the last game. If I beat them again today, I'll trade Cadillac for a Magotan and use all the extra money.]

The referee blew his whistle to confirm the goal.

Wembley Stadium immediately erupted in cheers.

Ramsey's goal completely put the minds of Arsenal's die-hard fans, who were worried that Arsenal might suffer another defeat.

And in front of the Hull City bench.

Even Hull City's manager, Russ, who had previously thought he had made the right bet, was completely deflated by Su Hao's stunning rainbow kick.

Of course, even knowing that the game was in jeopardy, Russ still stubbornly continued to yell at his players, urging them to attack.

just
Less than 15 minutes later, another 15 minutes had passed.

Su Hao taught him a lesson once again.

Instead of a long pass behind the defense, this time Su Hao quickly broke into Hull City's vulnerable penalty area after passing the ball to the wing early on.

With his imposing 1.91-meter frame, Su Hao easily shoved past Hull City's last-man center-back, Davies, and then leaped high to head the ball powerfully into the top corner of the goal.

"Beep!!!"

The referee blew his whistle and pointed to the center circle with both hands, indicating that the goal was valid!
"It's coming!"

"what did I say?"

"Russ's attacking style against Arsenal is pure playing with fire!"

"A headbutt!"

"Su Hao's goal and assist helped Arsenal take a two-goal lead in less than 30 minutes!"

"su!!!"

"su!!!"

"You're Arsenal's own su!!!"

"su!!!"

"su!!!"

"You're the strongest Su in all of Europe!!!"

The anthem of Su Hao at Wembley Stadium has continued ever since Su Hao scored his goal.

It was amidst this frenzied singing that Su Hao brought this massacre to its extreme.

The 42th minute of the game.

Facing a pincer movement from three Hull City midfielders, Su Hao once again showcased his exceptional talent to the world.

He first took a long dribble to avoid Hull City's midfield maestro Livermore, who was right in front of him.

Immediately before another Hull City midfielder, Quinn, could arrive, he used his long leg to deflect the ball to the left, and it was this slight movement that caused Quinn to miss the target.

The most exciting moment came after he evaded Quinn's challenge and faced Hudson, the last Hull City midfielder.

The 1.91-meter-tall Su Hao, to Huddlestone's utter astonishment, simply smeared a silky-smooth fried dough ball across her face.

"That ball!"

"Beautiful!!!"

"This feels amazing!"

"Those long legs!"

"This talent is truly unbeatable!!!"

Such a beautiful escape naturally sent Lao Huang, the commentator, into another frenzy.

But Su Hao's performance was far from over.

Just as he broke free from the three-man encirclement, Su Hao keenly spotted the Big Gilru suddenly starting up again.

After all, his old friend had been asking him to go out to dinner since his first day at Arsenal, so Su Hao didn't hesitate and used the instep of his foot to deliver a surgical through ball to Giroud.

This time, Giroud finally made sure Su Hao's pass didn't go to waste.

He used his body to hold off Hull City defender Bruce, and then swept the ball into McGregor's goal for the third time.

3: 0!

Before halftime, Arsenal were already leading Hull City by three goals.

"The third!"

"There's no suspense anymore!"

"Arsenal showed Hull City who the main character of the match was with three goals in the first half!"

"Su Hao: 1 goal, 2 assists!"

"Sigh! Honestly, this season's performance has been such a pity. If Su Hao had come to Arsenal at the beginning of the season, Suarez might not have won so many awards!"

With such a disparity in strength, Arsenal gave Hull City no further chances.

49nd minute of the second half.

After receiving a pass back from Giroud at the edge of the penalty area, Suho unleashed a powerful shot to make it 4-0.
The 57th minute of the game.

This time it came from Chamberlain's steal in the backcourt.

The way the three defenders passed the ball allowed Chamberlain to successfully exploit the gap. After winning the ball back and rushing into the penalty area, Chamberlain pushed the ball into the net, making the score 5-0!

On the sidelines, it was clear that the outcome of the match was no longer in doubt.

The professor has also started the process of replacing staff.

Team captain Vermaelen, who has recovered from injury, came on as a substitute for Mertesacker.

Cazorla replaced Ramsey, who had scored the goal.

As for Su Hao, he was replaced by Flamini.

From that point on, the game completely entered garbage time.

2014年5月21日晚上9点56分。

When the referee saw the regular 90 minutes displayed on the big screen on the sidelines, there was no added time at all.

"Beep!"

"Beep!"

"Beep!!!"

Three whistles sounded.

The referee immediately blew the final whistle to end the match.

At the very moment the whistle blew, all the Arsenal players, including Wenger, rushed onto the pitch in a swarm.

Taking advantage of the professor's inattention, Su Hao finally managed to complete the "tossing the professor" activity with the Arsenal lads, which they couldn't finish at the end of the previous match because of the fans rushing onto the pitch.

The professor was tossed into the air again and again by a group of people.

Only when they saw that the professor was getting a little dizzy did they put him down.

"You bunch of naughty boys, you'll continue training tomorrow!"

After getting up from the grass somewhat awkwardly, the professor pretended to be angry and startled the group of young people surrounding him.

"Boss! No!"

"Yeah, what's the point of training tomorrow?!"

The group of people started joking around and laughing.

And in the stands!

The more than 30,000 Arsenal die-hards naturally erupted into a frenzy the moment the referee blew his whistle!
Everyone was shouting excitedly, but Su Hao in the crowd was a little disappointed.

There's no way around it, this half-season is completely over.

Aside from the final missions and such, Su Hao's "Dead Man System" didn't offer any other rewards, especially things like season settlements.
Su Hao hadn't seen a single thing. He had been hoping that the system, which was starting to unlock, might take pity on him and give him some kind of surprise.
It was another night of madness.

Arsenal once again indulged themselves by signing Queen, who scored twice.

Of course, Su Hao returned to his apartment early, where someone had prepared Japanese-style late-night snacks.

The next day.

After winning both the FA Cup and the league title, North London finally saw Arsenal's championship parade, a sight not seen for eight years.

The red bus had "Thank you to our fans" written on the front, and the left side of the bus displayed the title of 2013-2014 Premier League champion, while the right side read "2014 FA Cup champion."

It was this elaborately decorated red bus that carried the entire Arsenal team, including Wenger, from the Emirates Stadium, making a long loop around the streets of North London.

25 local fans, plus tens of thousands of Chinese tourists, mingled together and chanted Su Hao's name over and over again.

The long half-season has finally come to an end.

but
Su Hao really didn't have any rest time.

Because he needed to prepare for the national team's friendly match against Argentina, Su Hao boarded a flight back to China on the very night of the championship parade.

Su Hao has been abroad for a full five months since he left in January.

During this period, Su Hao really didn't go home even once.

Honestly, after boarding the plane, Su Hao felt that longing to go home for the first time.

However, to Su Hao's dismay, he had secretly planned to go straight home, but what happened?

After he got off the plane and appeared at the exit.

A huge, enthusiastic crowd of fans, who somehow knew he was coming back, suddenly erupted in screams.

If it weren't for the effective security personnel in Guangzhou, Su Hao probably wouldn't have even been able to leave the airport.

"Su Hao!"

"Su Hao!"

"Su Hao!!!"

Amidst his frantic shouts, Su Hao, who had intended to give the fans a few autographs, was instead pulled away by the security chief.

Of course, once they were alone, the security chief who had successfully escorted Su Hao to the pre-arranged van in Mendes still smiled and took a photo with Su Hao, then happily posted it on his WeChat Moments.

"Ah!!! Xiao Hao?"

"Waaaaah! Xiao Hao! My son! You're finally back! I've missed you so much!"

Just as Su Hao had imagined, when he knocked on his own door without prior notice, his mother, who had previously vowed to make him study hard, immediately burst into tears upon seeing him.

For the past five months, the elderly couple, fearing it would affect Su Hao's training and competitions, managed to resist the urge to fly directly to England several times.

But a 17-year-old child has been away from home for five months.

Even though they talk on the phone every day and see their son on TV every week.

They really were going crazy missing Su Hao.

Su's mother hugged Su Hao and cried loudly, while Su Bai, who was not far away and teaching Su Hao to interact with people in an adult manner, also secretly wiped away his tears.

"Alright! Stop crying. It's already noon. I'll go buy some groceries quickly. Let's not eat leftovers. You should cook a proper meal!"

"Okay! Don't cry anymore. Don't eat the meat in the fridge. Buy a few pounds of fresh meat instead. By the way, Xiaohao, you... can't you eat pork belly now? I saw on TV that you need a professional to help you with your meals. I don't know anything about these things. I looked it up online and it said chicken breast..."

"Mom! It's okay, it's fine to eat it once in a while. Just make the dishes I like!"

"That's right! One meal won't be a problem. I'm going to buy some pork belly. Xiao Hao, you wait here, I'll be there soon!"

"Oh, by the way, I'll also buy you a bottle of wine. You've been asking for a drink every day, but now that our son is back, you're allowed to have one this time!"

"Haha, okay, okay! I'll go right now!"

"Buy the good stuff, don't buy those cheap ones that cost ten or twenty yuan, they're bad for your health!"

"Got it, Maozi, let's splurge a little today and have a Maozi drink!"

The mother, all smiles, slipped into the kitchen, while the father, still laughing heartily after being scolded, ran out the door in his shoes.

It was this warm and familiar scene that allowed Su Haoche, who hadn't relaxed for even a minute in the past five months, to completely relax.

Family.
It was this home that made Su Dalin truly feel that the world he had come into was a real world.

"Hey! Xiao Hao, I've contacted the Evergrande team at the Evergrande Hotel tomorrow night. The old man has also spoken to them. We'll have a welcome dinner for you tomorrow night!"

That night, after enjoying a delicious home-cooked meal prepared by his mother, Su Hao received a call from Zheng Zhi.

Even before Su Hao arrived, the old guys from Evergrande had already decided to have a good get-together.

Before the training camp even started, Zheng Zhi contacted everyone at Evergrande, including Lippi, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Okay, Zhi-ge, what about President Xu?"

"I also asked Mr. Xu, and he said he has to go to Dalian. It seems that Mr. Wang from Dalian is also thinking about investing in a football team overseas, and the initial choice seems to be Atlético Madrid?"

"Huh? Atletico Madrid?"

(End of this chapter)