Starting from a Fake University
Chapter 1724 - 905: Lost a Ball at the Start?_2

Chapter 1724: Chapter 905: Lost a Ball at the Start?_2

If we lose this match against the Thai Team, the fans might really explode, and who knows what might happen then.

After all, I’m the president of Mist City Arts and Science University and personally trained Li Shuangying and the other three professional soccer players. These four make up the largest group from Feiyue Football Club in the national team, so if the fans really do vent their anger on me, what should I do?

I might need Big White to be my bodyguard then!

Of course, the chance of all this happening is actually very slim. It’s just Ding Yue’s random thoughts, in reality, the fans are very restrained.

"This way."

After looking at the ticket in his hand, Ding Yue found his seat.

This VIP seat is truly worthy of the name VIP, with its height, angle, and seating being all excellent, no wonder the price is two or three times more than the best regular seats.

But no matter how expensive, for Ding Yue, it’s just a drop in the ocean.

After arriving at the VIP seats and sitting down, Ding Yue had his secretary Wen Ruohan on his left, the AI robot Big White on his right, and next to them were Huang Youjie and Xu Bin.

"Yue, do you see how many people are here? If our national team loses, won’t they come and beat us up?"

Huang Youjie teased Ding Yue.

The match hadn’t started yet, so of course, they were looking for something to talk about.

"Pfft pfft pfft! Old Huang, what are you talking about!"

Xu Bin retorted, "The match hasn’t even started, and you’re already bringing us down. With Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan playing, the strength of the national team has significantly increased, how can we lose?"

"Hey, I’m just joking, of course, I hope our national team wins, but in football, anything is possible. Just think back to how many upsets there were in the last World Cup!"

Huang Youjie shrugged, calmly saying.

"Let’s see how it goes, I still have more faith in Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, Zhao Xuanming, and Zhu Tan. As for whether the other national players are reliable, who knows, because football is a team sport and can’t rely solely on those four to win."

Ding Yue remained cautious.

You shouldn’t speak too confidently; otherwise, what if things don’t go as planned!

The stadium at the Haicheng Sports Center quickly filled with people.

It was a sea of people, even though the national team had been really bad before, there were still a lot of local fans. After all, it’s our home team playing at our home ground, and it’s the opening match of the World Cup Pre-Match, so it’s still worth supporting.

Even though fans criticized the national team, they were still hopeful for their progress towards the World Cup in this Pre-Match.

The match was about to start.

The players from both teams began to come onto the field.

When the national team players came onto the field, there was a wave of cheers, naturally, most of the audience in the venue were locals, and there were very few Thai Team fans, not even a tenth.

"National team, play well for me!"

"If you lose to the Thai Team today, it’s going to be embarrassing."

"Brothers, if the national team loses to the Thai Team today, let’s just disband the national team."

"This match is making me a bit nervous."

"Let’s just support the national team first, as for the result, I’ve prepared myself mentally a long time ago."

Some spectators were hoping the national team would play well, some didn’t have high hopes but still came to support them, and some were mentally prepared for a loss.

But some people were quite optimistic about this year’s national team.

The Thai Team’s soccer strength is generally weak in Asia, but today’s match against the national team was highly anticipated, with many Thai netizens following the game closely.

As the players from both teams made their entrance and the referee determined which side would start, the first half officially began!

Right from the start, the Thai Team showed their usual level, mediocre in both attack and defense, with nothing outstanding.

On the national side, it was evident their morale was high, especially the four players from Mist City Arts and Science University, performing various interplays, interceptions, and passes on the field. Li Shuangying and Zhao Xuanming held crucial positions, but according to the main coach Liu Changjian, this match’s main attackers were Hengtai’s Wang Dachao and Haicheng’s Ai Tianlun.

In fact, Liu Zhan believed that the offensive capabilities of Li Shuangying and Zhao Xuanming were much stronger than those of Wang Dachao and Ai Tianlun, but they had no choice but to follow the coach’s arrangement.

However.

When opportunities arose, according to the coach’s plan, Li Shuangying and Liu Zhan still had to pass the ball to Wang Dachao or Ai Tianlun, and Zhou Peng.

Now.

In the seventh minute, Li Shuangying found a good opportunity to pass the ball.

Given Li Shuangying’s position, scoring wasn’t very likely, but he could use his advanced passing skills and sharp cross to pass to Wang Dachao in the center line.

Sure enough.

Li Shuangying fully demonstrated his powerful skills, dribbling past two tightly marking defenders and then timing his pass perfectly to Wang Dachao at the center line.

If Wang Dachao controlled the ball well and seized the opportunity, he could directly shoot for the goal.

Everything happened at a critical moment.

Seeing Li Shuangying’s pass, Ding Yue felt this ball was quite secure.

"Wow, that was a great pass by Li Shuangying!"

Huang Youjie exclaimed excitedly.

Ding Yue’s emotions surged as well.

However.

Wang Dachao in the middle did not react in time, seemingly slow by half a beat, and the opponent was already closing in.

Wang Dachao staggered as he caught the ball. Originally, if he had partnered perfectly with Li Shuangying, he could have taken a shot right after receiving the ball.

But the situation was worse than expected.

After Wang Dachao got the ball, and with the opponent closing in, he evaded but lost the angle for a shot, and the Thai Team’s defense was in place.

Faced with the risk of losing the ball, Wang Dachao took a hasty shot.

But as expected, the Thai goalkeeper didn’t save it, but the ball didn’t go in either, because the shot was way off target.

"Sigh! What a shame!"

"What a great opportunity to shoot!"

"Damn, and it didn’t go in!"

"It was a nice chance, but the Thai Team’s defense was too timely."

"Why do I feel this ball shouldn’t have been crossed, but shot instead!"

The audience felt regretful for the missed goal.

Wang Dachao was frustrated too.

But since it happened, he could only move on and continue playing.

Li Shuangying was even more frustrated.

With this ball, if on the center line were Liu Zhan or Zhao Xuanming coordinating, it would certainly have posed a greater threat, scoring not guaranteed, but surely not this off target, pressured into a hasty shot which should’ve been avoided.

This ball should have been a calm, steady shot with a high chance of scoring.

But when it came to Wang Dachao, it ended up as a hasty kick, a perfectly good ball turned bad in an instant.

At that moment, Li Shuangying realized how truly lacking some of these previous national players were!

Yet!

Before Li Shuangying could recover from missing the goal, the Thai Team launched a lightning-fast counterattack, the national team’s defense seemed to collapse instantly, and the Thai Team surged forward as if unchallenged.

"That shot was dangerous, our defense... shot, and it’s in, oh no!"

Everything happened all too suddenly.

The Thai Team just scored a goal like that!