Chapter 63: The Turtle Moves and Grabs the Point
"Fuck you!"
Jiang Yuan pushed a defensive player away with force, but unfortunately Herrera's pass was not aimed at the front point, and Jiang Yuan failed to get an offensive opportunity despite opening up his position.
Casemiro at the back post seized the opportunity and headed the ball while standing in place. The ball bounced on the ground and then jumped up, but it was too straight and was firmly caught by goalkeeper Ventura.
"Go back, go back!"
The speaker was Herrera, who became the captain on the field after Martinez was substituted.
Ventura carried the ball to the edge of the penalty area and threw the ball to defender Brandang, who sent it to the right without hesitation.
Jiang Yuan jumped up and wanted to get the first point, but he misjudged the landing of the ball. The ball was headed out by Belen striker Camara and landed at Caeiro's feet.
Jiang Yuan had no choice but to participate in the replay, but it was no exaggeration to say that he knew nothing about defense. At the beginning, he used his speed to suppress Caeiro's attack, but when Caeiro used fancy tricks to pass the ball, Jiang Yuan was shaken off in a few seconds.
After successfully dribbling past the defense, Caeiro wanted to cut inside, but Herrera immediately jumped out, pressed one hand against Caeiro's chest, and tilted his body slightly to prevent Caeiro from shooting.
Casemiro wanted to make a tackle, but he had received a yellow card 20 minutes ago, so he gave up the idea of tackling and stood at the top of the arc to help Herrera defend.
"Caero's attacking route has been completely blocked. Want to pass the ball forward? But Danilo is almost sticking to Sturgeon in defense, so passing the ball through is not a wise choice."
"Caeiro chose to pass the ball back to Nelson who came to meet him, and Herrera caught his passing intention! Damn, Caeiro's pass was intercepted by Herrera who was defending him, and Porto regained control of the ball."
"Tello in the frontcourt was reaching for the ball, but he was standing on the offside line. Casemiro, who had the ball, chose to pass the ball to Quintero who had just come on the right. The Argentine midfielder has good dribbling ability. After Quaresma left the field, he temporarily assumed the role of Porto's right winger. Now Quintero is rushing forward with the ball, and Jiang Yuan is also running towards the frontcourt!"
Jiang Yuan followed behind Brandang slowly, always blocking Brandang's blind spot. Since Brandang was the last line of defense for the Bruns, he had to look back from time to time to observe Jiang Yuan's position.
But Jiang Yuan gave him the feeling that he was moving slowly and leisurely, just following him without any other movements.
So, Brandang temporarily focused his attention on Quintero who was preparing to go to the bottom. After Quintero approached the bottom line, Brandang looked back and observed Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan pretended to run to the right, and Brandon hurried over to block the gap on the right. However, because he needed to watch the passing route, Brandon could not keep looking at Jiang Yuan. He also needed to observe Quintero who had the ball.
Just when Brandon looked away, Jiang Yuan suddenly ran to the left, but at this time Brandon was still foolishly defending the right side.
Brandang, who was in a defensive state, needed to look two ways at once and his vision was limited, but Quintero, who was on the right side, could see Jiang Yuan and Brandang at the same time. He observed Jiang Yuan flanking to the left and then sent a low cross.
Jiang Yuan rushed forward and poked the ball with his toes, and the ball bypassed Ventura's goal and successfully went into the net.
"Golo, golo! (Portuguese for goal)"
The voice of the live commentator rang out in the Dragon Stadium. All the fans looked at the young and unfamiliar Asian boy on the court and shouted in broken Chinese: "Jiang!"
The pronunciation of "J" in Portuguese and "J" in English are very similar. Some people can't spell it out and simply read "jiang" as "john", but fortunately, most people can pronounce it 70% similar, which allows Jiang Yuan to avoid the trouble of being forced to change his name.
After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan imitated Torres’ celebration style and rushed directly towards the billboard at the edge of the field.
"Let's shout together, who scored this goal!"
The commentator on the scene shouted very loudly. The audience was so excited by Jiang Yuan's goal that they shouted loudly, "It's Jiang, it's Jiang!"
“Who scored the goal?”
"Jiang! Jiang from Porto! Jiang, the dragon's child!"
Jiang Yuan stepped over the billboard and ran into the arms of the home fans.
"Who else!?"
Jiang Yuan roared, and someone pulled him, and he was dragged into the stands, and then there was the "enthusiasm" from the Porto fans. "Fuck, be gentle, you can't do that!"
"Don't pull my shorts, damn!"
Under the siege of a dozen white men, Jiang Yuan didn't even have a chance to resist.
It was not until now that Jiang Yuan regretted it. No wonder players usually don’t choose to rush to the audience stands when celebrating. It feels like they will be entertained by the fans!
Soon, with the help of the stadium security, Jiang Yuan finally escaped, but he was only left with a pair of underwear on his body.
No. 27 jersey? Gone!
Socks? No!
Even the lucky sneakers he wore when he scored the goal were taken away by someone. Jiang Yuan was now only wearing a pair of sports underwear and a sock.
Yes, a sock.
Soon, the team's assistant brought new clothes and shoes to Jiang Yuan. The photographers nearby who were familiar with the live broadcast effect pointed their cameras at Jiang Yuan, making Jiang Yuan very shy.
Fortunately, his teammates ran over immediately, formed a circle around Jiang Yuan who was changing clothes, and blocked the camera.
I have to say that Casemiro's wall-like figure gives a very safe feeling, and his big round head perfectly blocks the entire lens of the cameraman.
“Hahaha, Jiang, how dare you jump right in?”
Torres said gloatingly.
Jiang Yuan tied his shoelaces and said helplessly: "I am just imitating you. Besides, how could I have thought that I would be dragged in?"
Torres laughed out loud: "Haha, Jiang, didn't you see that I was just outside? The fans couldn't pull me in even if they wanted to. But you rushed in directly. Who else could the fans pull in except you?"
Jiang Yuan smacked his lips, it seemed like what he said was right, he didn't learn Torres's love well and was exposed completely.
If the fans had not been rational enough to leave Jiang Yuan a pair of shorts and a sock, Jiang Yuan would have really been doomed.
I won’t pretend to be this way anymore!
Jiang Yuan secretly made up his mind that the fans' arms were indeed tempting, but he could only rub against them and absolutely could not go in!
Jiang Yuan's move took at least seven or eight minutes, and the fourth official gave six minutes of injury time.
However, when Jiang Yuan changed his clothes, the game had already entered the second minute of extra time, so after the next goal was kicked out, Jiang Yuan didn't even touch the ball before the game ended. The final score was 3:0, which was undoubtedly a big victory.
"Porto!"
"Porto!"
Amid the cheers of fans on the sidelines, players from both teams returned to the locker room one after another.
This was Jiang Yuan's first time stepping into Porto's Dragon Stadium and also Jiang Yuan's first goal for Porto.
This goal was of great significance to Jiang Yuan. It not only increased his confidence in the game, but also attracted the attention of fans to this Asian face.
The most important thing is that after this goal, Jiang Yuan's tactical position in Lopetegui's eyes will undergo a drastic change.
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