Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions
Chapter 184 - 155: Wearing the Philosophy Mask! Tang Long Is a Bit Abstract Today!

Chapter 184: Chapter 155: Wearing the Philosophy Mask! Tang Long Is a Bit Abstract Today!

When Tang Long donned a black mask and stood in the players’ tunnel.

The viewers in front of their TVs were stunned!

This is too philosophical!

-[Whoa! When did Tong Da start playing in Serie A!]

-[Can’t he use a better-looking mask? This is too philosophical!]

-[I get it, he got a brow bone injury, wearing a mask to protect his face.]

-[No, the issue is the color, can it be white? The black one is really hard to watch.]

-[Alright, TonighTang Long is giving us a philosophy performance, looking forward to his abstract performance!]

Tang Long in the players’ tunnel felt very speechless.

Luckily, the large mask covered most of his face, also covering his awkward expression.

Actually, this mask is pretty normal, just a protective face gear.

It was specially made by Comby for Tang Long, intended to protect his brow bone.

Although after two weeks of recovery, his brow bone is fine, he received clearance from the first team medical staff to play.

But to be on the safe side, Comby still equipped Tang Long with a mask.

Tang Long immediately expressed his protest!

"Wearing a mask is fine, but can’t it be black? White is okay, if not, a mix of black and white is also fine!"

However, a serious Dr. Comby explained that this carbon fiber mask is exclusively custom-made by a sports research institute in America based on Tang Long’s facial contour, one of its kind in the world.

It can fit Tang Long’s face perfectly.

"Once you wear it, it will snugly fit your skin, giving you the feeling of wearing nothing at all, without hindering your intense movements. Trust me, you’ll love it!"

No choice~

Tang Long had to grit his teeth and wear the philosophical mask during the entrance.

After all, even though it’s abstract, health comes first, good performance ensures that Chinese fans won’t laugh at me, Tang Long comforted himself.

When Tang Long ran out of the players’ tunnel.

His head, wearing the philosophical mask, appeared on the two large screens at Meazza stadium!

Hiss...

Tang Long looked up to see his huge and strange-looking head.

It’s so damn abstract.

The 80,000 spectators gave Tang Long the biggest round of applause!

No doubt, after entering April.

Whenever it’s Inter’s home game, Meazza Stadium was fully packed with no tickets left!

All season ticket holders attended, with no spare tickets left!

The team’s winning streak brought endless joy to the fans, making them eager to appear at the home games to cheer for the team.

The on-site DJ cheered Tang Long in a high tone, like an Italian poem:

"Tang! Remember this great player!"

"This is his first appearance after bleeding in the international derby!"

"He’s back at Meazza Stadium wearing a mask!"

"At this moment, he’s like a brave Batman, the team’s most crucial core!"

"Please give him the warmest cheer for his comeback again!"

Tang——

Tang——

Tang Long’s surname echoed like Dolby surround sound throughout Meazza Stadium!

In the league’s first clash this season, Inter had a 4-0 away victory against Rome.

This time, coming to the home field, Rome came with hatred!

Now, Rome’s situation is similar to Juventus.

They have almost locked in the league’s top three, achieving the plan set at the season’s start early.

In fact, Rome’s condition this season is excellent!

After a 0-4 home defeat against Inter, coach Rudy Garcia reflected for a long time, making bold adjustments targeting the team’s weaknesses!

The first to be tackled was Rome’s totem, Wolf King Totti.

After that match, Totti was replaced from the starting lineup by Garcia and became a substitute player.

39-year-old Totti has served Rome for 22 years, truly a one-man-one-city, also a synonym for Rome.

There’s a saying that Totti shouting on Rome streets works better than the city’s mayor!

However, with age, Totti’s running has seen a cliff-like decline, appearing out of accord in an increasingly emphasized full-teams-running and modern football tactics system.

It proved that coach Rudy Garcia, despite risking huge public opinion risks by pressing Totti to the bench, Rome’s league performance turned around.

They marched forward triumphantly, finishing 31 rounds in Serie A, only losing 3 games!

Among them, two defeats were before against Inter, after that nearly 20 rounds, they lost only one!

The replacement for Totti is Paraguayan youngster Iturbe, only 22 years old, despite being only 169cm in height, possesses unique highland running ability, often covering the front areas Totti couldn’t cover.

Along with two black forwards, Gervinho and Dunbia, Rome’s 433 formation, the front line trio is simply the undying combo in Serie A!

"Rome’s opening performance is very fierce!"

"That ball, oh no, Gualin’s a bit sluggish, pass quickly!"

"Intercepted! Iturbe steals the ball from Gualin from behind!"

"He’s like a nimble little rat, sneaking through Gualin’s legs and stealing the ball!"

"Pass it to Gervinho!"

"Dangerous, his speed is really fast, according to statistics, the Hot Bird is the fastest sprint speed player in Serie A, last round against Cagliari at home in Rome, he ran 36.1 KM/H, the fastest speed in Serie A this season!"

"Sure enough, he broke through!"

"Wow, amazing! He’s still holding the ball!"

"He dribbled past three Inter defenders in succession, he’s still breaking through!"

"Even Tang Long got passed, he’s really fast, like a motorcycle vroom vroom he passed!"

After Gervinho dribbled past three people, there was a huge gap in front of him!

Dribbling, is always the highest and most efficient method of offensive progression in football.

Passing progression, essentially still bypasses defenders or finds gaps through pullbacks between defensive player combinations.

It’s a safe way of progression.

However, if a team has a particularly good dribbler, there’s no need for passing progression!

Fully defended with no openings?

No worries, just dribble!

Dribbling creates openings.

Openings created by dribbling have more intimidation and damage than those created by passing pullbacks.

Because once a person gets through, all defenders are behind, dribbling past three equals taking out three opponents, snap snap a large gap appears.

Especially in Serie A where chain defending is emphasized, players with strong dribbling ability are favored over passers.

China’s famous Tahiti king footballer, the only player to be nominated for the Golden Ball Award, Coach Gong Lei said: football, is essentially about one-on-one sports.

After three consecutive one-on-one past three opponents, Gervinho charged into Inter’s penalty area flank!

Midfielder Medel didn’t dare to snatch, yet hesitated, letting Gervinho use a simple rapid change of direction to trick and knock him down.

Whap!

A horizontal pass, sweeping past center back Juan!

Looking for the back post youngster Iturbe!

In a flash, Juan’s mind overheated, a sliding tackle successfully shot the ball into his own goal.

Goalkeeper Handanovic was stunned.

No, buddy where are you kicking at?

"Nice, hahaha!"

Iturbe glanced at the frustrated Juan covering his face on the ground, laughed and ran towards "assister" Gervinho.

Tang Long wiped the sweat off his face, saying to the fourth teammate Medel who got passed finally:

"That African guy is damn fast!"

Medel put his hands on his hips and shrugged.

"Seems he ate something crazy or got hyped, we’d better be careful."

Conceding a goal right after kickoff was clearly beyond Mancini’s expectations.

However, he remained calmly directing the game, looking confident.

Within a few minutes of the start, Mancini had already identified a deadly weakness in Rome...