Chapter 77 - For Granny (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Dingding has stabbed a hornet’s nest!” Chen Huafeng said to himself as he looked at Xia Bo, who was still lying inside the goal.

Xia Bo was surrounded by few of his teammates.

“How are you feeling? Are you okay?”

Xia Bo strained himself to stand up and rubbed his hands. “It’s nothing. I’ll be good after I move about.”

Su Rui recalled the scene, feeling fortunate that he was not a goalkeeper. “What an incredible shot…”

The referee squeezed himself in. “Hey, are you okay? Do you need treatment?”

Xia Bo quickly waved his hand. “I don’t need it. Just continue on with the game.”

Kaka went for a corner kick, while Shu Guang’s middle defender, Lin Xiaofang rushed to the goal. There were only 15 minutes remaining and they were lagging behind by one goal.

Kaka did not bring the ball into the penalty area right away. Instead, he passed it to Yang Pan who was not very far away from him.

“Shu Guang performs a tactical corner kick!”

Yang Pan took the ball and did not pass it as well. He took the lead in the middle lane, but soon he was surrounded by his opponents again.

Lu Hui and Dong Yiluo both defended against him. Yang Pan then used his heel and gave the ball to Kaka, who was behind him.

“Kaka passes!”

This time, Su Rui headed the ball out while Cao Po stopped it with his chest and charged forward. Shi Lei gave the ball to Shi Yan preemptively and Shi Yan, who was originally on the right, now ran to the left. It really was a matter of taking everything from the right to the left.

Shi Yan wanted to shoot, but he was faced with Chen Bo. Nonetheless, he passed the ball back to Fan Cunjie on the right and ran to the bottom line. Fan Cunjie took the initiative to pass the ball to his right and it flew over Chen Bo’s head to Shi Yan.

Shi Yan unloaded the ball with his right foot, changing to his left shortly after and passing the ball!

“Bin Fei heads it to the goal!”

An Ke moved sideways and caught the ball firmly in his hands. He tumbled when he landed on the ground to avoid any injuries.

“What a beautiful save!”

“A shot like that is definitely not enough! Are you guys joking? Is this Dingding’s strength?” An Ke shouted and kicked the ball out.

Naturally, it caused an uproar in the stands.

As Bin Fei ran back, he looked at Shu Guang’s goalkeeper who stood there with both hands on his hips.

After Dingding got their power back again, Fan Cunjie advanced past Yang Yong and entered the penalty area. Bin Fei quickly started chasing after the ball, but An Ke was one step ahead of him. He raised both of his hands to catch the incoming ball. Bin Fei did not retreat in time and fell to the ground.

Shi Lei immediately raised his hand to the referee for a penalty kick, but the referee shook his head and motioned for the game to be continued.

However, the audience was not buying it and they booed him. Whenever An Ke got the ball, there would always be booing sounds coming from the stands.

Chen Huafeng laughed. “An Ke has become the public’s enemy.”

“An Ke solved our worries, shouldn’t we put up a better performance too?” Kaka called out to Zhang Jun and Yang Pan as the ball went out of bounds.

Yang Pan nodded.

Zhang Jun replied, “I have a plan, we…”

The trio got together and shortly after, they split up as they gave each other high-fives. “Let’s go with this plan then!”

Kaka pulled Wang Ning to the side to discuss as well.

It was Shu Guang’s ball and Wang Ning passed to Kaka. Kaka controlled the ball when he was faced with Cao Po. At this moment, Zhang Jun and Yang Pan suddenly ran in Kaka’s direction. Dingding’s defenders did not know what else to do and they followed those two as well.

However, Kaka did not pass the ball to Zhang Jun or Yang Pan, who were running towards him. Instead, he passed it to Wang Ning who was running from the back.

“Cao Po is very defensive. Kaka has no choice but to turn and pass the ball to Wang Ning.”

However, Wang Ning did not continue with the pass. He headed the ball all of a sudden and it flew towards Zhang Jun!

Zhang Jun stopped abruptly and turned around to face Yao Wang, who was defending against him. He did not seem to be aware of the ball falling towards Dingding’s goal.

Yao Wang froze for a moment, not knowing what Zhang Jun was about to do. Despite that, he followed and ran up to Zhang Jun when the ball fell to his side.

“Why is Zhang Jun acting like this? Is he going to give up that ball…”

Yao Wang thought the same too. Although he was somewhat confused, he still ran towards the ball.

“Yao Wang, get the ball! With his height, this ball should be nothing… This isn’t right! Wait!”

As Yao Wang witnessed Zhang Jun running beside him, the ball fell just right behind him. He was getting ready to extend his leg to stop the ball like before, but he found the soccer ball rising again and flying over his head to back!

“Zhang Jun! Zhang Jun kicks the ball with his heel! As he runs, he is still able to use his heel to move the ball forward! What an exquisite move!”

Yao Wang never thought that Zhang Jun would have such a skill. He was frozen in place, and as a result, forgot to turn back and give chase.

The moment Su Rui saw Yao Wang being passed, he immediately went to fill his place.

Zhang Jun stopped the ball as Su Rui rushed in front of him. After the two were entangled, Zhang Jun started to wobble, but Su Rui remained unmoved as he followed him.

Zhang Jun wrapped the ball with his left foot, then switched to his right as he sped up to cut into the penalty area!

Su Rui knew how powerful Zhang Jun’s explosiveness was and he did not dare neglect it. Nevertheless, as he waited for the right moment to give chase to Zhang Jun, he could not see the ball. He then heard Zhang Jun’s suspicious voice. “Hehe! You’ve been tricked!”

“It’s Yang Pan! He’s so fast!”

Yang Pan sprinted, waiting for this opportunity. His distance from Lu Hui was small, but it was enough. Zhang Jun used a series of fake actions to deceive Su Rui, who was following him. All the while, the ball remained in his possession. Yang Pan took this chance and rushed over with full force.

…

“Why are you being so ignorant? Now that you’re like this, you still want to go back and play the game?” his mother said in an unhappy tone.

Yang Pan did not reply. He stood in front of his grandmother’s catafalque without saying a word.

“Is a game really that important? Even more important than Granny?”