Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions
Chapter 182 - 153: Tang Long Becomes an Overnight Sensation! Handsome Photos Go Viral, Becoming the Nation’s New Favorite!

Chapter 182: Chapter 153: Tang Long Becomes an Overnight Sensation! Handsome Photos Go Viral, Becoming the Nation’s New Favorite!

Tang Long went to the backfield for treatment, and Mancini specifically brought the central defender who was sent off, Ranocchia, to attend the post-match press conference.

At the press conference, the 195 cm tall captain of Inter shed tears on the spot!

"I want to apologize to the whole team for my red card!"

"Not only was the team one man down, but we also allowed Pirlo to score, the whole team almost lost the match because of me. As the captain, I must apologize!"

All the reporters at the conference were moved.

Everyone knew that Morata’s breakthrough wasn’t Ranocchia’s fault at all!

Ultimately, it was the side-back Yuto Nagatomo who didn’t move with Ranocchia’s position, failing to play the offside trap.

By the 80th minute of the match, what more could he do?

Giving the opponent a direct free kick outside the penalty area was the last thing this Inter captain could do.

However, Ranocchia still took all the blame on himself.

This sense of responsibility is truly worthy of Inter’s captain!

Mancini nodded on the side and handed Ranocchia a tissue to comfort him.

Ranocchia’s reddened eyes suddenly sparkled with unprecedented brightness!

"It’s Tang! He saved me, and he saved the whole team too!"

"His header goal was truly exhilarating; I was moved to tears in the locker room!"

"My teammates told me that to score that header, he crashed his head into a goalpost!"

"Fortunately, he only injured his eyebrow and isn’t seriously hurt."

"Tonight in Tang, I saw the true spirit of Inter—a never-give-up fighting spirit, which is the true backbone of our 107-year-old team!"

Ranocchia’s voice became high-pitched.

He recounted a detail to the reporters on site.

"During the pre-match warm-up, when I passed Juventus captain Chiellini, I tried to shake hands with him, and he didn’t even acknowledge me!"

"When he was drinking water, he deliberately spat the water onto my shoes and then just walked away!"

"I know, for these years, Juventus has looked down upon us at Inter. After all, they’ve been winning championships continuously, while we’ve been struggling for a Champions League spot!"

"But through this match, I want to tell Juventus, our strength might not be up to yours, but you won’t easily trample on us!"

Mancini suddenly chimed in:

"We owe a point to Chiellini, his header afterpush helped Tang Long score the equalizing header, though unfortunately, his header wasn’t precise enough, pushing it too far, which led to Tang getting injured for the goal!"

Mancini, ever the sly one, said this, leading to roaring laughter among the reporters.

The originally tragic atmosphere was instantly filled with cheer.

"Alright, let’s talk seriously," Mancini said, stifling his laughter, "Tang Long’s worth goes far beyond his equalizing header, in fact, he scored two goals and provided an assist today. All three goals we scored were related to him. I’ve been coaching in football for many years, sometimes I’ve experienced the Milan Derby, the national derby, the Manchester Derby, in such games, a crucial moment needs someone to stand up!"

"Today it was Tang who stood up, who will it be tomorrow?"

"As we enter the sprint stage of this season, I hope every Inter player, whether starting or on the bench, can stand up in times of crisis!"

"Football is a team sport, however, personal heroism also highlights the value of this sport."

"Just like Chiellini stepped up in the final moments too."

Another round of laughter erupted at the press conference.

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"Milan Sports Newspaper": 10 vs 11! Inter grabs a point at the last minute at the Juventus Stadium!

"Turin Sports Newspaper": Foolish mistake! Chiellini ruined Juventus’s home victory!

"24-hour News": Fans are calling for a hero, and that person can only be Tang Long!

"Rome Sports Newspaper": 3:3! A draw with a spiritual meaning far beyond one point: Inter no longer fears Juventus!

"The Times": Tang Long sheds blood on the field! The Chinese tough guy goes head-to-head with Serie A’s champion!

"Marca": Two goals and an assist! 18-year-old star shines in Italy, is Real Madrid interested?

"Munich Evening News": Tang Long ends Juventus’s perfect home wins this Serie A season, Coppa Italia final promising!

If the newspapers from major European countries were all cheering for Tang Long’s performance.

Then China’s biggest sports newspaper, "Sports Weekly", unprecedentedly used a full six-page spread to extensively describe Tang Long’s brilliant performance in this national 3-3 national derby.

The front page featured an image of the team doctor Comby stitching up Tang Long’s eyebrow with a medical stapler on the spot!

Blood gushed from his eyebrow, tracing his high nose bridge, dripping onto the green turf.

Because the scene was too bloody, it had to be mosaicked to cover the bloody wound.

The space taken by this photo was so big that even the Spanish national derby where Barça beat Real Madrid 2-0 at home could only fit into the corner.

The impact of this image on readers was truly overwhelming!

Like the cover of a Hollywood blockbuster, full of visual impact!

Readers couldn’t even recall what the other five pages wrote; the bloody image of Tang Long was etched in their minds.

Even though "Sports World" added mosaic for harmony to Tang Long’s wound.

But this was a live match.

The camera provided by the broadcaster Sky Sports did not have a mosaic.

Chinese netizens quickly got the original image and spread it across major social media.

Soon, the news #Tang Long stitches eyebrow on-site with a stapler# topped the Weibo hot search headlines!

The second, third, and fourth entries were all about Tang Long!

#Tang Long stitches eyebrow on-site with a stapler#

#Equalized Juventus! Tang Long scored an unbelievable header in stoppage time#

#Divine Prediction! As Chiellini jumped, Tang Long moved toward the back point#

#Inter captain cried: Tang Long saved the team#

In no time, Tang Long’s fame in China skyrocketed!

If before, Tang Long’s fame was confined to the football circle domestically.

And to a larger extent, perhaps the sports circle as well.

But after this Italian national derby, Tang Long totally broke through!

Many Chinese people who don’t usually watch football began to pay attention to this 18-year-old boy.

Many girls have also started to notice him.

Of course, not many of these girls understand football.

Explaining to them Tang Long’s top prediction, early start, would only draw blank stares; they wouldn’t understand.

They can’t even make sense of offside, so speaking of prediction, it would totally miss the mark.

What drives these girls crazy is Tang Long’s handsome photo—

- "Oh my, this young man is too handsome!"

- "That perfect side profile, coupled with the blood flowing down his eyebrow, is as dashing as an ancient Roman sculpture!"

- "I feel so bad for him! But he seems so tough!"

- "If my face was bloody, I’d cry for sure, but he doesn’t seem to feel any pain, oh my, he’s even smiling a little, I’m losing it!"

- "My boyfriend told me this young guy would slam his head into a goalpost to fight for a header, why would he do that? Doesn’t he care about his life?"

- "They guys are so reckless with football, playing in the heat of summer when it’s 39 degrees; maybe this is called passion!"

- "All I know is Tang Long is just incredibly handsome! So sunny and tough, much tougher than those soft celebrities in the entertainment industry, why didn’t I find him earlier!"

- "Haha, I don’t like soft guys either, I like this young and tough kind, hehe!"