Chapter 78 - Rising Dragon (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“There are only six minutes left and both teams are having a heated fight on the field! In the front, middle and the back, the two teams are fighting everywhere!”

“The enthusiasm of the audience is unprecedentedly high!”

“Dingding must win! Dingding must win!”

“Shu Guang, keep it up! Shu Guang, get the goal!”

…

As Yang Pan took the ball, the stands screamed in a frenzy. “Another one!” Those who were neutral followed along too. They hoped to see the rumored big shot. It was not enjoyable enough to only see two that day.

However, Yang Pan did not hear any of it. After he scored a goal, Lu Hui stepped up to defend while Dong Yiluo frequently withdrew from defending. He had to deal with these two, how could he allocate the skills to meet the demands of the audience?

Yang Pan and Zhang Jun were the stars of the Shu Guang team, but the audience liked Yang Pan a little more. After all, with Yang Pan’s wind-like speeds, his general destructiveness was equivalent to an avalanche. In addition, his position as the captain was also particularly striking to others.

What about Zhang Jun?

As a striker, he was mostly seen only when he reached the front of the goal. And when he took his shots, the ball would either enter or not. He did not have Ren Yu De’s dazzling and exhilarating skills, Kaka’s handsome face, or Yang Pan’s aggressive shots. What did he have? Goals; he was constantly scoring goals. While the fans ignored him, he had risen to the top of the scorer’s list, along with Ma Ni, who had already been eliminated.

Fans could ignore his presence, but his opponents absolutely could not. Ignoring him would mean death.

Therefore, Yao Wang remained close to Zhang Jun. If he could not keep up with Zhang Jun, he would delay him by pulling on him with his hands.

Yang Pan passed the ball he obtained from Lu Hui and Dong Yiluo to Kaka. Cao Po rushed over as if he was affixed to the ball like a bone.

Zhang Jun ran out, stretching Dingding’s defensive line. Kaka took the opportunity to cut in as Cao Po followed him into the penalty area. In all honesty, if there was a small amount of fouls or mistakes made in that area, it would send their team to hell.

Kaka felt a little pressure from behind and quickly took a shot at the goal!

Xia Bo did not dare to be careless and he kept the ball firmly under his body.

“Are they marking the others? If that’s the case, the striker should run forward, then it would be easier to handle the situation…” There was some truth in Chen Huafeng’s words. The striker and front defender’s interspersing runs at the front of the field were enough to disrupt the other team’s defensive line. Kaka’s shot earlier proved it.

Xia Bo kicked the ball towards the front. Shi Yan headed it over to Cao Po, and Kaka immediately stuck to him. He was not going to allow Cao Po to make a pass.

“Hey, I really hate you! You’re impossible to get rid of!” Cao Po said as he protected the ball.

“I’m the one who should be saying that!” Kaka replied as he ran around him.

“Cao Po!” Fan Cunjie went up to help. Cao Po flashed past Kaka’s foot and passed the ball to him.

But Fan Cunjie did not stop the ball. As a result, Wang Ning shoveled in and pushed the ball away.

Yang Pan got the ball and passed it to the middle right away.

Zhang Jun used his foot to stop the ball. After that, he increased his speed and ran past Yao Wang before he could react, rushing into the penalty area.

Su Rui came to fill in the defense, but as Zhang Jun made an emergency stop to change his direction, he managed to get rid of Su Rui. At this point, he was parallel to the goal.

“This is…” Chen Huafeng could not help but shout.

“Xia Bo!” Due to Fan Cunjie’s sudden lost of the ball, Dingding’s defense was not responding. It had been broken because of Shu Guang’s simple passes. So, it was only Zhang Jun against Xia Bo at this point! As Yao Wang looked back, he was shouted his goalkeeper’s name to allow him to attack.

When Xia Bo took his first step, Zhang Jun made his shot!

Xia Bo flew in the direction of the ball, but he did not see it coming!

“…Rising Dragon!”

“The ball went in… The ball went it…”

Xia Bo turned to look at the goal in disbelief. The soccer ball was really inside the goal.

“This is too much! How did the ball go in?”

“There’s an immediate replay of the goal. Let’s look at it closely!”

While the commentator commented about it, everyone turned their attention to the big screen. The big screen replayed Zhang Jun’s shot in slow motion.

Zhang Jun swayed Su Rui with an emergency stop and change of direction.

“That looks like Ma Ni’s 90 Degrees…”

“It doesn’t look like one, it is a 90 Degrees. But now, it seems like it’s going to be recognized as Zhang Jun’s 90 Degrees.”

When Xia Bo attacked and stepped out of the goal, Zhang Jun suddenly shot the ball from his right foot. Xia Bo’s reflexes were good; he quickly flew to the left, but he could not see the ball!

“That was probably the key!”

Zhang Jun performed a mock shot with his right foot and when the ball reached the front, he immediately followed up with his left foot to catch the ball. He then pulled the heel of his right foot slightly, sending the ball up. The scene looked just like an ordinary heel pass to others.

The series of movements was done very fast with a good amount of strength. When the soccer ball rose to Zhang Jun’s waist, his right foot followed. He leaped up like a dragon and the heel of his right foot acted like a dragon’s tail, which swayed the ball. It flew behind him into the corresponding direction of the goal.

There was a slight flaw when Zhang Jun landed. The move was indeed very demanding of one’s flexibility and coordination. It was already considered pretty good that he did not fall.

With the replay on the big screen, the screams from the stands grew louder and louder until there were no other sounds that could be heard.

“Such-Such a goal! It’s truly incredible! It really is a rising dragon! He’s like a dragon in the air, swinging his tail!”

“This is a goal from God! I have nothing else to say. I can only marvel!” Faced with such a goal, the commentator seemingly could not find any suitable words to describe it.

Li Yongle looked at the big screen with his mouth wide opened. The other two pretty much did the same too.

Li Yongle was finally able to speak after some time. “This… This is my first time finding out that you can kick a ball like that!”

“I’ll be damned! I’m not reading some comic, am I?” Zhang Yang rubbed his eyes.

Zhang Lintao did not wait for a reply to his question. He shook his head and said, “If it had been me, I would have been fooled too. This goal… He may be the first to shoot it. If I have to defend against the Rising Dragon, the ball would surely go in. If I think about it and make the first move, the ball would still go in. No matter what, there are only two options. The answer is nonetheless hidden in his heart, unless I can see through it…”

“Then there’s no other way?” Zhang Yang asked.

Zhang Lintao had a painful expression. “Don’t ask me, I really don’t know…”

That loss made Liu Wei speechless. Although it was likely that he would be left empty-handed again, the fact was, no one could have blocked such a ball, no one.

Looking at some of his teammates such as Xia Bo and Su Rui, who had lost their spirit, Fan Cunjie’s heart suddenly jumped and an ominous feeling surfaced. The tenacious players of Shu Guang ran past him and all of a sudden, he felt tired. He thought of just laying himself down on the grassy field, and sleeping until the sun rose again.

Since he joined Dingding three years ago, they never obtained any honors. Things had been really mediocre for the past three years! Would it end the same way then?

“Zhang Jun uses a magical dragon to dominate the scoreboard! The score is now 4: 3 and there are only three minutes left until the end of the game. Dingding is in a desperate situation!”