Soccer: Maxed-out ball control, the skill is too overpowered.

Lu Xiao had no idea whether the fans were nervous.

But after completing the pre-match ceremony, shaking hands with the entire Barcelona team, and arriving at the center of Camp Nou, he stepped on the football in front of nearly 9 fans, waiting for the moment of kickoff...

Lu Xiao was a little flustered.

The day before the match, Atletico Madrid scouts apparently filmed Barcelona's closed training session.

The image is a bit skewed and blurry, but you can still vaguely make out the opponent's defensive positioning.

The source of this video is unknown.

In short, it made Simone frown deeply.

"Logically speaking, you shouldn't be able to tell much from this, right? Barcelona's defense last time wasn't much different either."

"But Malaga managed to shut us out for 80 minutes, how can we beat Barcelona?"

"Too."

Atletico Madrid's assistant coach scratched his head.

Malaga's attacking force was weak and failed to threaten Atletico Madrid's goal.

But what if you replaced it with a lineup of Messi, Neymar, and Suarez?

If the team can't break through Barcelona's goal...

Their own goal was breached by Barcelona.

They will definitely control the ball to the death, playing a defensive game to deny Atletico Madrid any chance to counterattack.

Limiting the passing to Lu Xiao has become a challenge.

Just like the time when Barcelona's tiki-taka system was invincible, almost no one could break through Barcelona's passing and possession system.

But a tall tree catches the wind.

After conducting targeted research on so many teams in world football,

Tiki-taka is outdated.

We are now in an era of total offense and defense, high-pressing, and counter-attacking.

If even a team's invincible tactics can be broken, what about an individual player?

Lu Xiao's weaknesses have long been studied with a magnifying glass.

Every time Lu Xiao made a breakthrough in his research, he always managed to come up with new abilities to address it.

During his time in La Liga, Lu Xiao has also grown.

His weakness in long-range shooting has disappeared; Lu Xiao has now become the player with the highest success rate in long-range shots in La Liga.

But he is, after all, a human being!

Being able to grow so quickly is already incredibly impressive.

It is impossible to evolve new abilities in a short period of time.

Therefore, it was perfected by Manchester City and gradually popularized by teams like Malaga, allowing Barcelona to quickly master the zonal marking and suffocating tactics that limited Lu Xiao's ability to receive the ball.

It's really hard to say who will win this match.

Simeone and the entire coaching staff were panicked.

so what?

With the competition fast approaching, there's no other way but to force things to happen.

Last night, Lu Xiao overheard the coaching team's discussion in the hotel conference room.

Right now,

Lu Xiao stood on the ball, watching the referee put his whistle in his mouth, ready to blow it.

The entire audience of 9 people counted down in unison.

As the match was about to begin,

Lu Xiao quickly glanced at the system panel.

[System upgrade in progress... Please wait]

well.

Wait for your sister!

The system is openly and legitimately slacking off, isn't it?

I originally wanted to interact with everyone by presenting a diligent and hardworking persona, but now I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table—

I'm a cheater!

To win the league title and to achieve a treble, I have a reason to win this match today.

Whether it's cheating or not, whether the victory is honorable or not, I don't care!

I just want to either kill Barcelona or be killed by Barcelona.

Simply using muscle memory to simulate different skills is only good enough to beat a weak team like Manchester City.

A true test against a fully-formed Barcelona and a fully-formed Real Madrid.

The only way to guarantee a win is to cheat!

come on!

System! Whatever I'm asked to do, can't you upgrade first? Is that even possible?

Don't hold back that intense feeling you had a few days ago!

Make it quick!

"...Tres!! (3!)"

"Dos!! (2!)"

"Uno!! (1!)"

Just as the system countdown was about to end, and the referee was about to blow the whistle...

The system panel remained unchanged, leaving Lu Xiao speechless.

After the whistle sounds, the system panel freezes and templates cannot be equipped.

Then we'll have no choice but to fight Barcelona head-on with nothing to show for it.

"Fine, I'll just have to grit my teeth and kick it anyway."

Just 0.1 seconds before the second hand points to 12, and the ball is about to start!

Just as Lu Xiao was about to close the panel and give up on studying the system,

Something jumbled up and down seemed to float past my eyes!

Lu Xiao almost instinctively used his senses to quickly identify what it was, and then immediately kicked off!

The game officially begins!

……

"Atletico Madrid's attack failed to materialize, while Barcelona's high pressing was very effective!"

"Rakitic's steal!"

Atletico Madrid didn't expect Barcelona to play with such unusual determination!

Compared to the squads of Manchester City and Malaga,

These 11 people are more like a well-trained army! Or a high-speed, precision instrument!

The distances between all the players' runs were almost measured with a ruler, yet they maintained a tight system!

As soon as Atletico Madrid kicked off, Barcelona's three lines surged forward.

Forming a network of defenses, Saul reacted a fraction of a second too late; by the time he managed to catch the ball, it was already too late.

The front and back are both Barcelona players!

Hesitantly, Rakitic made a fierce tackle to steal the ball and swept it across to Busquets.

Professor Busquets played a quick pass, switching the ball to Iniesta on the left flank.

Iniesta, Suarez, and Messi formed a continuous passing sequence.

He penetrated into Atletico Madrid's penalty area in 3 seconds!

"Messi!! He dribbles past one player, then another!!"

Despite being surrounded by three players, Messi repeatedly used his rhythm changes and unparalleled footwork to shake off Gabi and Godin's interceptions.

That's what makes Messi so extraordinary.

Other people's feints are just feints.

But Messi can react to his opponent's reaction at any time, and decide whether to turn his feint into a real one.

Defenders can never judge whether or not to tackle a leftward flick of the ball.

Whenever you stretch your leg,

Messi will quickly pull the ball back and break through from the other side!

"Messi!! He's going to kick me himself?"

Messi dribbled laterally in front of the penalty area and suddenly curled a shot into the air!

The ball was about to fly towards the far post.

A figure flashed out and poked the ball into the net!

"Oh no!! A steal!!! Neymar's shot from the far post goes in!!"

"Barcelona scores after just 12 seconds! 1-0 lead at home!"

Zhan Jun was completely dumbfounded!

The fans were completely baffled.

Many people had just opened the elevator door and hadn't even realized how it had already gone from 1 to 0.

what's going on?

An excited Neymar quickly ran over to celebrate with Messi, and together with Suarez, the three of them put their arms around each other's necks, forming the world-famous MSN (Messi, Suarez, Neymar) picture.

The Atletico Madrid players suddenly looked somewhat desperate, their eyes filled with confusion.

Is it really that simple?

Lu Xiao couldn't care less about the fleeting image that the system had shown earlier; he was staring intently at Neymar and Messi.

"These two guys are in really good shape."

If MSN is in this state, today's match will likely be their toughest of the season.

"Forget it, it's not like we've never fallen behind before."

Lu Xiao patted his face to cheer himself up, just about to comfort his dejected teammates.

But then the linesman on the other side suddenly raised his flag.

The referee next to him adjusted his earpiece, exchanged a few words, and then quickly ran towards the penalty area.

Could it be that...?

Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow.

Immediately afterwards, the referee blew his whistle and pointed with one hand outstretched towards the Barcelona direction.

Zhan Jun also realized what was happening.

"Huh? That ball was offside!! Goal disallowed!"

The smiles on the faces of the MSN trio who were celebrating quickly froze, and Neymar held his head in a rather helpless manner.

"Watch the slow-motion replay... Yes! The moment Messi passed the ball, Neymar was indeed half a shoulder ahead!"

It is quite obvious through vertical projection.

Neymar was indeed offside, there is no dispute about that.

All I can say is that the edge cutter has some skill.

The goal in the top left corner was quickly wiped out, and the score was back to 0-0.

Barcelona fans were disappointed.

The 9 Barcelona fans at Camp Nou were outraged and booed the referee wildly, making him look a little embarrassed.

Why the hell are you shushing me?

Barcelona just finished the "Camp Nou disaster" last season.

With the La Liga referees association suspected of having ties with Barcelona's management, who would dare to make controversial calls at this juncture?

call--

Lu Xiao no longer cared about the referee or the offside issue.

As he breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately thought of the fleeting moment when the system panel had just flashed by.

The system must have completed the upgrade just one second before the whistle sounded.

So you just confirmed a template?

Quickly open the panel while the ball is dead.

Lu Xiao saw a name!

System upgrade successful!

[Upgrade gift pack received! Randomly selected S-rank template!]

[Extracting data... Reading "Jie Shi Yi" data!]

【Jie Shi Yi (S) - Loading successful!】

[Template already installed!]