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Chapter 113 Li Luo VS Çalhanoğlu?

Chapter 113 Li Luo VS Çalhanoğlu?
With the Bundesliga matchday about to kick off, a series of news stories have gone viral.

Daily Mail: Breaking news! Li Luo meets with 17-year-old Brazilian girl at night.

Metro: A snowy night in Geneva, Li Luo's toughness, and the softness of a 17-year-old Argentine girl.

Mundo Deportivo: The 17-year-old Chilean girl who can "defend" against Li Luo.

AS: Wooden bed frame damaged in Geneva hotel; culprit - Li Luo.

Breaking News: Li Luo's "harem": His Nth 17-year-old South American lover has surfaced.

The Sun: Bayer Leverkusen, a stumbling block on Wolfsburg's title challenge! The midfield duel between Li Luo and Calhanoglu!

The number of comments, likes, and shares skyrocketed.
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These unscrupulous media outlets even photoshopped a blurry picture of them holding hands! What does that prove? It's ridiculous; they relentlessly smear Li Luo every day.
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[These media outlets keep making fun of Luo's innocence; they only know the same old tricks: the news only has his name on it, accompanied by a clear picture of a beautiful woman.]
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I, Luo, am still a virgin.
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Even if it's true, so what? I said when we won the Asian Cup that even if Li Luo slept with a Japanese girl, I would always support him.
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[The bookmakers are offering a break-even handicap? Do they think Wolfsburg is too tired from competing on multiple fronts lately? Are they going to let Leverkusen go?]

Public arena.

Player tunnel.

The players from both sides greeted each other familiarly.

Schürrle embraced his old friends from Leverkusen, as he rose to fame at the club when he was 19.

Son Heung-min gazed at the back of the Chinese prodigy, his eyes filled with fighting spirit, having long forgotten the defeat in the Asian Cup.

At the very front of the queue.

Çalhanoğlu glanced at Li Luo, full of confidence: "Li, I'm much better than I was six months ago, so you'd better watch out."

During this period, he often watched Li Luo's match videos and actually imitated quite a few things.

"Ah."

Li Luo nodded in response.

Seeing the Chinese prodigy's calm reaction, Çalhanoğlu couldn't help but say a few more words: "Our roles are similar, but our strengths and weaknesses are different. You like to push forward too much to participate in the attack. As a midfield core, we can't crowd out the attacking space of our forward teammates."

Talking and talking.

He noticed that Li Luo was actually spacing out.
From God's perspective, countless red lines extend, shaping models that rapidly simulate Leverkusen's recent matches.

Ten seconds later.

Li Luo finished reviewing the game.

He glanced at the pharmaceutical company's midfield and said, "Sorry, I was just spacing out."

Çalhanoğlu shook his head and proudly puffed out his chest: "It's alright, geniuses like to daydream, so do I."

Courtside.

Black Gold sat calmly on the coach's bench, legs crossed.

"We need to develop different strategies depending on the opponent. We don't need to worry too much about the offensive end in this game."

The teaching assistant was worried: "Our opponents have been firing on all cylinders lately, and they might be able to escape unscathed from the mass arena."

The other side.

Dino, a teaching assistant at a pharmaceutical company, is having a serious discussion with his colleagues.

for this game.

He had made thorough preparations, studying Wolfsburg's recent match videos day and night, deconstructing the space and timing frame by frame.

Head coach Schmidt was nowhere to be seen.

That guy got into a heated argument with the referee in the last round of the league, received a red card, and was suspended for one match.

"Good evening, viewers. You are now watching a key match of the 2014/15 Bundesliga season."

"Wolves will host Bayer Leverkusen."

"Now we will introduce the starting lineups of both sides."

"Wolfsburg's formation is 4-2-3-1!"

Goalkeeper:

"Bayer Leverkusen's formation is 4-3-3!"

Goalkeeper:

"Both sides fielded their full strength and were highly motivated to fight."

Beep!
Accompanied by the referee's whistle.

The game officially begins.

Bayer Leverkusen have possession of the ball.

Kiessling kicks off and passes the ball back to the backfield.

The two teams quickly spread out, and the ball was passed around rapidly on the grass.

Leverkusen started aggressively, probing frantically on both flanks and trying to get into the 14th zone, but were blocked by Wolfsburg's defense and had to move back to the area above the flanks.

Then hand it back to Çalhanoğlu in the middle to organize.

Followed by.

Continue to probe and tug at each other.

"Oh?"

"Pharmaceutical companies want to get off to a good start, but they can't find room for growth."

"Charhanoğlu".

"Ok?"

"Marseille turn!"

The audience was completely bewildered.

Bayer Leverkusen fans were also a bit confused: Çalhanoğlu's biggest weakness at this time was his physical strength and ability to break free, making him prone to losing possession when under pressure. Yet tonight he actually executed such a graceful Marseille turn?

On the green football field.

Bendtner lost his balance and was thrown to the ground.

Çalhanoğlu remained calm.

Inner ecstasy.

'I'm just too dazzling!'

Even Li could only gaze at my retreating figure at this moment.

Dribble forward!

"A midfield playmaker should possess qualities like mine: the ability to dribble past defenders, advance the ball, orchestrate play, and deliver creative passes, rather than crowding out teammates at the edge of the penalty area and recklessly wasting shooting opportunities."

Snapped!
The ball was lost.

The entire audience sighed.

Calhanoglu's elegant touch of the ball was a bit too far.

Wolfsburg's little black egg knocked him down hard, ball and all.

"Maranda's aggressive move!"

"A precise tackle, a successful steal!"

"Pass it on to Li Luo."

Bayer Leverkusen's defense adjusted very quickly.

The structure appears to be based on a targeted strategy developed according to the first leg of the match and recent Wolfsburg video footage.

The moment Li Luo controlled the ball.

Bayer Leverkusen's defensive midfielder, Castro, quickly closed in.

Based on experience before the winter break: the young Chinese player, Li, was the target of being brutally ravaged by the tough and muscular men of the Bundesliga, as reported in the media as "time ticking away second by second".

The video from Werder Bremen's last match? Not worth referring to; that kid played more as a deep-lying playmaker in that game.

"Castro crashed into it."

"They're coming on strong!"

The instant of physical contact.

Castro felt as if he had hit a wall, a sharp pain shooting through his shoulder, and he staggered two steps.

His pupils immediately contracted.

I remember in the first round, I could easily take down Li from China, but now...
Li Luo's footwork seemed unaffected.

[“Core Strength” module (Growth module, permanent passive).]

[You have perfectly mastered the use of core strength in different combat environments, including the transverse abdominis, erector spinae, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, and gluteus maximus.]

Physical contact: 88 points.

With your back to the goal, flick the ball sideways with the outside of your foot and turn!

One trip was a huge success.

Advance the ball through the middle!

The whole crowd cheered.

"Pretty!"

"The core strength is too strong."

"The pharmaceutical company's defensive midfielder can't even shake off Li Luo!"

"The professional teams at Manchester United and Wolfsburg did not allow 'physical development' to hinder the transformation of geniuses."

Çalhanoğlu quickly returned to defense, gazing at Li Luo's retreating figure, his eyes filled with memories of his own days when he dominated weaker opponents.

Wolfsburg's formation surged towards Bayer Leverkusen's half like a tidal wave.

Thirty-five meters area.

Li Luo suddenly slowed down.

A god-like perspective, in complete control.

The positions and running tendencies of all the players are like small chess pieces placed on a grid.

Snapped!
The precise pass to the wing allowed the ball to roll perfectly into De Bruyne's path.

at the same time.

Li Luo quickened his pace and swiftly made his way to the top of the restricted area of the pharmaceutical factory.

Bendtner understood immediately, took a few steps back, and led one of the Bayern Munich's center-backs out.

De Bruyne has advanced to the diagonal position of the penalty area.

He observed the actual positioning of the Leverkusen defensive line.

There was no cross from the byline.

Instead, he made a pass to Ricardo to stretch the opponent's defense.

Pilling at 45 degrees!
It's not that low crosses are bad, or that 45-degree crosses are better, but rather that different methods of delivering the decisive pass are chosen based on the characteristics of Leverkusen's defense and the different spaces available.

"Pretty!"

The football ascended into the air with an extremely steep arc, flying precisely towards the area "between the goalkeeper and the defense." Its trajectory seemed to be drawn by a magnet, suddenly plummeting at its highest point, so fast that it made one clench their fists.

A green figure has emerged from Leverkusen's defensive line.

"Li Luo went inside!"

Li Luo.

The moment the football began to fall, he pushed off the grass, his body soaring into the air like an arrow, his arms outstretched behind him, his entire upper body fully extended.

A header with 98 points, core strength, God's-eye view.

The three elements are perfectly united.

Snapped!
The football was changed direction.

Like a cannonball, it slammed into the near corner of the goal.

Fierce and domineering.

Unstoppable.

Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno's diving save only touched a gust of wind.

The net was violently pushed up.

1:0! ! !

The whole audience cheered!

Li Luo got up and gently reached out to pat the doorpost in front of him.

He turned around, smiling, and opened his arms to welcome the hugs of his teammates and the cheers and applause of the Wolfsburg fans.

"Li, that's fantastic! You scored so easily!"

"The Bundesliga phenomenon, Li!!!"

The teammates chattered excitedly.

De Bruyne smiled, but clenched his fists, as if weighing a major decision.

"Pretty!"

"The ball is in!"

"This is the most risky dive; a slight misstep and you'll crash into the goalpost."

"Li Luo is almost never wrong! His prediction of the ball's trajectory is perfect!"

"De Bruyne's pass was excellent."

"Slow-motion replay of the entire attack: Li Luo dribbles forward, passes to the wing, and rotates to the shadow striker role! Bendtner draws a central defender away, De Bruyne crosses the ball, and Li Luo dives to head it in!"

"The whole process was completed in one go!"

"The tacit understanding honed through countless battles fought side by side!"

"The Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix".

"The perfect connection between Wolfsburg's twin stars! Every game we see is one less we'll get to see." "Next season, we may never see this kind of teamwork again."

"Fate is like a book; you might miss something if you skim through it, but if you read it too seriously, you might shed tears."

He Wei couldn't help but start getting emotional.

Coach Zhang chuckled a few times and began explaining to the audience why De Bruyne's 45-degree cross was so unique.

Studio.
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【Handsome, handsome! 】
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[Manchester United and the Chinese national team should also get a De Bruyne-type midfielder. Against teams like Bayer Leverkusen, he could feed Li Luo easy goals.]
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The commercial value of a genius depends on their continuous contributions and the recognition they receive in their field.
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[Renowned coach Hecking adapts his tactics to the specific circumstances and the characteristics of his opponents. For example, against a 4-3-3 high-block defense like Bayer Leverkusen, he directly rotated Li Luo into the role of a shadow striker.]
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[Guys, remember Leverkusen's eight-goal thrashing in the Champions League? Tonight's game is definitely going to be high-scoring!]
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[That's impossible. Leverkusen only gets thrashed by big teams in the Champions League; they're still very strong in the Bundesliga.]
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[What? Leverkusen played really well! You mean those Champions League giants beat them like chickens? Wow, what kind of opponents will Li Luo's Manchester United face next season?]

Courtside.

Black Gold looked excited and waved his fist enthusiastically.

The coaching assistants cheered: they thought that Leverkusen, who had made a comeback, would put Wolfsburg in a tough fight, but Li Luo and De Bruyne easily crushed them.

The other side.

Dino looked surprised.

This young teaching assistant kept muttering to himself:
"Why has Li become so much more powerful again?"

"I originally thought that after the winter break, he had only improved his organizational skills, but I didn't expect his core strength to have improved so much as well, and he was able to withstand Castro's harassment."

"No, he also took on the initial role of organizing, advancing, and distributing the ball during this attack."

"Initiate an offensive, then end the offensive."

What kind of midfielder can counter him?

Vaguely.

Dino envisioned a midfielder who could counter Li Luo during this period.
Çalhanoğlu, observing Dino's expression, took a deep breath: 'As expected, Dino is pinning his hopes on me; only I can restrain Lee!'

The game restarted in the middle circle.

Leverkusen remained calm.

They steadily centered their attack around the midfield core, employing a dominant passing and control strategy.

"Pretty!"

"Calhanoglu receives the ball, then spins around to get rid of Maranda!"

"The core of Leverkusen!"

"All his teammates played around him!"

"Pass, run, pass, move. Midfield commander!"

Bayer Leverkusen has a strong attacking desire.

The scene unfolded smoothly and effortlessly.

Cheers erupted from the away stands.

In the public arena, the valiant lion roars a few times and pins the husky down in the restricted area.

Wolfsburg was on high alert and deployed a tight defense.

Maranda quickly retreated.

Li Luo directed the defense line while simultaneously reinforcing it.

From God's perspective, they firmly controlled Leverkusen's passing and possession trajectory.

Studio.
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Bayer Leverkusen definitely played a very attractive game, and Çalhanoğlu wasn't that bad!
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Yes, this type of midfield maestro is quite rare these days. Actually, Chalgory is suited to any style of play and any formation. I wonder if he can still mask his weakness of not being able to hold onto the ball securely in the future.
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[I read a prediction in Kicker magazine that said: In a few years, tall center forwards will also be very scarce.]
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[How is that possible? There are plenty of big centers!]
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Wow, Leverkusen actually managed to dominate Wolfsburg?!
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[What suppression? Wolfsburg's approach is one of assessing the situation and adapting to local conditions.]

Çalhanoğlu is becoming more and more addicted to playing.

The cheers around him were intoxicating.

'Bayer Leverkusen, your core is back.'

Suppressing positions is merely a superficial manifestation.

They wanted to convert that into a goal.

We must speed things up.

Leverkusen's speed comes not from their midfield maestro, but from their two flanks.

After all, if Çalhanoğlu had the ability to speed things up and vary his style, he might be playing for a top club by now.

Even when he sends out through balls or lobbed passes, the team's overall rhythm remains 'flat'.

Li Luo played with great focus, constantly making defensive runs and disrupting the opponent's passing lanes.

However, one can't help but compare Çalhanoğlu and Pjanic: the former has a strong understanding of local space, while the latter has a strong sense of the big picture.

The two talented midfielders have very distinct characteristics.

If you can choose.

Players of the former type are more suitable to partner with me.

But where can we find a 'physically enhanced version' of Çalhanoğlu?

"Wow!"

"broken!"

"Charhanoglu was brought down by a legitimate collision."

"Loss of possession of the ball."

"Maranda and Gustavo's combined defense disrupted Leverkusen's passing and control chain."

"Wolfsburg's counterattack!"

"Li Luo has sounded the horn of counterattack!"

Amid cheers from the crowd in the arena.

In a blink of an eye.

Wolfsburg teammates have already spread out their attack in a fan-shaped pattern, with streaks of green figures rushing across the center circle!

Snapped!
Li Luo raised his arm and swung his leg, sending out a long-range through ball.

87 points in passing, 86 points in footwork.

As sharp as a scalpel.

Sharper than ever before.

The football skimmed along the grass, penetrating straight and fiercely through Leverkusen's high defensive line.

Its exhilarating penetrating power was unstoppable! It brought the cheers in the arena to their highest point!

Black Gold was extremely excited.

Dino looked dejected.

Schürrle demonstrated his advantage in short bursts of speed; he knows Leverkusen's defensive habits all too well.

A ride to the dust.

Receive the ball.

Facing the onrushing Leno!
The football rose from the ground, tracing a parabola in mid-air before finally falling into the Leverkusen net.

2:0! ! !

"In again!"

"No celebration."

"Schürrle raises his hands; he joined Leverkusen at 19 and rose to fame there."

"The Bayer Leverkusen fans in the away stands also applauded him."

"Wolfsburg's counterattacks are accurate every time."

"The transition chain is very stable. The long passes from players like Li Luo, De Bruyne, and Knoch are all of very good quality."

Studio.
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[It's in the bag! Wolfsburg is in the bag! The big ball game is in the bag too!]
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[Fun fact: Since returning from the winter break, Li Luo has lost possession of the ball in the attacking third the fewest times in the entire Bundesliga.]
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[Hecking might give some key players a rest; they've been too tired from playing on multiple fronts recently.]
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Son Heung-min and Bellarabi have been somewhat invisible; tonight, Bayer Leverkusen's tactical resources are all being tilted towards Çalhanoğlu.
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Bayer Leverkusen: Strong attack, weak defense; fearless against anyone.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Li Luo was no longer 'logged' by the strong men of Leverkusen like he had been before.

The game had already reached a fever pitch, with each change of possession resembling a close-quarters battle: the ball had barely reached your feet before the opponent intercepted it; a defensive gap had just been torn open only to be blocked by a covering defender in the blink of an eye.

The coaching staff from both sides crushed water bottles on the bench.

Everyone knows that the breakthrough point lies with the midfielders of both sides.

Black Gold shouted, "Pass the ball to Lee!"

Dino shouted, "Pass the ball to Çalhanoğlu!"

gradually.

Wolfsburg controlled possession of the ball.

The moment Li Luo turned around to receive the ball again.

Çalhanoğlu stood not far away, a complex sense of disorientation flashing across his eyes: this scene was all too familiar, just like his usual commanding presence against weaker opponents.

But now.
The person in control of the rhythm has changed, and I have become the one being suppressed.

No hesitation.

He pressed forward quickly.

pity.

The genius of China has now completely transformed.

The net weaver.

The passing of the football between the green jerseys was sometimes a slow "pat-pat-pat" rhythm, and sometimes it suddenly accelerated into a rapid "pat-pat-pat" rhythm, like a rhythm game that was precisely controlled.

The Wolfsburg teammates, like star points attracted by a magnet, moved in sync around Li Luo, the core light source.

Some players cut into the flanks to create space, while others retreated to receive passes and share the pressure; every movement was executed with perfect synergy.

Li Luo's passes are more like surgical instruments, sometimes a low, rolling through the gaps between the defenders' feet, sometimes a long, diagonal pass that loops over the head, so precise it's as if measured with a ruler.

There were no unnecessary dribbling moves, no wasted opportunities, and every touch of the ball was cutting into the opponent's defensive space.

The Wolfsburg team was no longer a collection of disparate individuals, but rather transformed into a tightly integrated tactical machine. Passing, positioning, and spatial cutting were seamlessly connected, as if even everyone's breathing rose and fell with Li Luo's control of the game.

In the midst of fierce fighting, an overwhelming sense of order was forged.

Gustavo had a blast, it felt like he was back in Bayern Munich.

Bendtner felt the same way, and even regretted not training properly during his time at Arsenal, fighting with teammates, going into the women's football toilet, and verbally abusing his mentor Wenger.

De Bruyne was fully committed, and he realized that his style was completely different from Li Luo's.

Maranda didn't think about anything and strictly followed Blackgold's order: pass the ball to Lee.

"The scene at this moment reminds me of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets."

"The present time and the past time may both exist in the future time, and the future time is contained in the past time."

Li Luo approached the rose garden.

He Wei is being sentimental again.

Coach Zhang chuckled and added, "Li Luo can only play like this in the Bundesliga and the Europa League. He won't be able to perform like this when he returns to Manchester United or the national team. The teammates are different, the intensity of the game is different, the opponents' styles are different, and the head coach's philosophy is even more different."

finally.

The referee blew the final whistle.

Wolfsburg 4:0 Bayer Leverkusen.

The audience erupted in applause.

Li Luo walked to the sidelines, where Wolfsburg fans in the nearby stands waved wildly.

Black Gold, along with the teaching assistant and staff, quickly offered towels, water, and bananas.

"Li! Get some rest!"

"You set a new record for the distance you covered in this race."

"I am not tired."

Li Luo shook his head. The ball possession rate in this game was 62%, and the running distance was not much of that kind of off-the-ball running back and forth.

I don't have time to chatter with other people right now.

Dark blue, add some!
[Shock Points Gained: 124516!]

[Should I spend 100,000 Shock Points to redeem the Bundesliga All-Star Blind Box?]

[Currently being redeemed]

Rumble.

Accompanied by thunder.

A huge card stood tall in front of him.

Li Luo wasn't too excited; he remained calm about the Bundesliga rewards.

A defiant figure slowly emerges from the card.

No one can conceal the brilliance I was born with.

North Rhine, your king has returned!

[Congratulations on obtaining the Calhanoglu "Whip Pass" module!]