Chapter 76 - Hornet’s Nest (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“It’s in—it’s a goal by Fan Cunjie; 20 minutes into the second half! What an exhilarating strike! Blowing down castle walls and striking down generals! Fan Cunjie’s individual strength tips the scales!”

“Shu Guang has fallen back once again! Fan Cunjie’s hope of winning can’t be ignored! This ball is a declaration of his adherence to three years of conviction: Winning is a must! Shu Guang’s defenders can’t stop him now!”

Wang Ning looked up at the chattering loud speakers and spat, “Damn it! What’s that stinking dog saying! We’ll show that old guy how we’ll defend against him!”

Zhang Jun thought of comforting An Ke who lost the ball, but his eyes scared him. An Ke wiped his sweat off and gritted his teeth. “Heh! Interesting, I’ll let you see who’s the winner today!”

Fan Cunjie’s goal did not crush Shu Guang. Instead, it rekindled their morale. Dingding probably did not expect it.

Anyway, Kaka’s pass was stolen by Cao Po. Dingding took the ball and made a big attack.

Fan Cunjie was taking lead of the ball once again. Li Hao wanted to follow up, but he was stopped by Wang Ning. “He’s mine!”

Wang Ning was no longer keeping a distance of three meters from Fan Cunjie. He wanted to prevent him from passing or breaking through. As soon as he got up, he rushed to stick himself close to Fan Cunjie. Because of this, Fan Cunjie’s hands and legs were tied up.

Fan Cunjie could feel the immense vindictiveness coming off from Wang Ning’s body. His little handsy tricks had obviously increased; he was desperate.

In such close quarters, Fan Cunjie’s prided skill could only be released at 20 %. Meanwhile, Wang Ning’s brutal snatching also forced him to look out for himself from time to time. After all, there was still another game the following week.

Fan Cunjie took the ball to the left as an attempt to escape Wang Ning’s fierce and brusque snatch. He was not expecting Wang Ning to get a hold of him, preventing him from wiping his way through the game. At the same time, he quickly stole and kicked the ball way. As a result, Fan Cunjie was also shoved aside.

Then, Chen Bo grabbed the ball in front of Dong Yiluo and made an opening.

Su Fei watched every movement on the field anxiously. Now that their score was behind, Yang Pan and Zhang Jun were in control. Dingding had scored another goal and garnered enough momentum, making the situation very critical!

The audience also contributed to Dingding’s huge power. Their cheerleading team even set the crowd off the stands and cheered for the remaining time.

“Dingding has to win! Dingding has to win!”

“Get to the National Championships!”

“Champions! Champions!”

Their screams were like dark clouds looming across the area. It made Shu Guang’s supporters gloomy.

Zhang Yang turned to look at the lively scene around the stands and listened to their deafening cries. He then said to Li Yongle, “Not bad at all. Dingding’s in the lead again!”

Li Yongle snorted. “Shu Guang will quickly equalize the score.”

Zhang Yang whispered in his heart, You’re just boasting! Have you gone insane from thoughts of competing against Zhang Jun?

Zhang Lintao silently watched Shu Guang’s No.7 running around the field.

Yang Pan was taking the lead once again and he seemed to be on the hook with Lu Hui.

As he was in the midst of running, Yang Pan pretended to stop and launch the ball. However, he continued to break through the field instead. Lu Hui was not fooled. He leaned his body towards him and when their bodies were tangled together, Yang Pan had to slow down.

In the meantime, Dong Yiluo followed up too with the both of them now circulating around Yang Pan.

Zhang Jun wanted to help Yang Pan, but he was cut by Yao Wang. Kaka was also being taken care of by Cao Po and he was unable to effectively support Yang Pan.

Chen Bo ran from the back of the field towards the front and rushed to meet Yang Pan. However, Yang Pan’s ball was already snatched before he could reach him.

“Mark them!”

After Yang Pan’s play on the upper side, it made Dingding’s offside tactics lose their effect. Therefore, Liu Wei waved his hands and switched to the marksmen tactic. They were going to use Lu Hui’s speed to contain Yang Pan, and Yao Wang’s body as well as experience to take care of Zhang Jun. Whereas, they planned to counter Kaka with Cao Po’s physical strength and explosive power. Shu Guang’s attack combo in the front field would then be frozen.

“Man-to-man?” Zhang Jun wiped away his sweat and looked at Yao Wang next to him. There was a big height difference when the two stood together.

“Hehe! Our coach said that you guys need to be specially taken care of.” Yao Wang grinned. “We’ve never used this even against Zhongyuan.”

“Oh? What should I say? Should I be flattered and honored?”

Fan Cunjie took control of the ball and Dingding’s cheerleaders hurriedly cheered. “Another one!” The cries came one after another as many were particularly interested in such goals, especially the long-range type.

But Fan Cunjie was not planning on pleasing the audience, instead he chose to pass. He knew that Wang Ning, who was pushing his way over was not a weakling. His two prior confrontations told him that his opponent was not a leisurely player. He took the initiative to move up as he would have probably suffered again otherwise.

Fan Cunjie was smart. He knew what was important. At present, the team’s interests were above everything else and his personal sights were left thrown in the islands of Java.

After Shi Lei received the ball, he did not turn around. Alternatively, he gave the ball to Dong Yiluo who charged up.

Before Chen Bo caught up to him, Dong Yiluo immediately made a big pass to the goal.

Bin Fei jumped into the crowd and reached the top of the line but he did not make a shot. He gave it to Shi Yan, who had entered into the penalty zone!

Shi Yan snatched the ball in front of Xie Wei, then made a big shot right before the goal line.

“Shi Yan is making a big shot! Looks like Dingding is about score another goal again!”

“Sh*t!” An Ke shouted as he rushed out of the goalpost. The ball hit him on his outstretched left arm and bounced away. An Ke’s second reaction was quicker. He jumped forward and caught the ball, which was up in the air and he pressed it under his body.

At that, Bin Fei slowly retreated his foot away from An Ke.

On the stands, Shu Guang’s supporters breathed a sigh of relief.