Chapter 95 - Unavoidable Confrontation (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When confrontation is inevitable, victory favors the bold!

Liang Ke clenched his fists.

“Ladies and gentlemen. You are now watching the Luoyang final qualifying match for the 15th National High School Soccer Championship. The teams competing are Zhongyuan in blue, Shu Guang in white. Both sides competed against each other for eighty minutes and tied at 2:2! They have entered overtime according to the rules. Overtime is based on a golden ball system where the team that scores the first goal would win. Overtime has already been going on for ten minutes. In another five minutes, the first half of overtime would be over. It seems that the chances for the match to be decided over penalties is getting bigger and bigger! If this is the case, players from both teams would be physically and mentally tested! In professional soccer matches, deciding the winner with penalty kicks is considered ‘cruel’. Who would be the victim today?”

Although Yang Pan allowed Ren Yu De to break through the opponent’s defenses regardless of any concerns, his stamina would not be able to last much longer. Continuing on this way would mean giving up the second half. That was why they had to end the match in the next five minutes if they wanted to win it. There was no chance of winning if it went down to penalties. An Ke was a stubborn person and was straining himself. He had hit the goal post quite hard and it was better not to expect him to be able to save any penalties.

When confrontation is inevitable, victory favors the bold!

Yang Pan thought that it was strange that he was able to think of this sentence. However, it made sense. The match had been going on for ninety minutes. Their opponents were also in bad shape and this was the time to show their courage and determination.

He raised his arm and adjusted the captain’s armband.

Come, let’s see who the bold are in the last five minutes!

Wang Ning relied on his body to shove Zhang Yuchao out of play. Shu Guang then quickly threw the ball back in.

Yang Pan took the ball on the right with Lu Qing tracking closely behind him again.

Yang Pan used his hand to block Lu Qing’s body while protecting the ball. When everyone thought that he could only pass the ball in desperation, he unexpectedly kicked the ball forward and chased after it.

Lu Qing was deservedly Zhongyuan’s main player with such quick responses and agility. When Yang Pan kicked the ball to the front, he read Yang Pan’s intentions and hurriedly gave chase.

For a time, the two engaged in a battle of speed on the right flank of the pitch.

“The distance between both of them remains unchanged! Lu Qing is not any inferior to Yang Pan! They are equally-matched!”

In general, the outcome of their battles were determined by Yang Pan, where he would give the ball a flick and quickly change directions to get past Lu Qing. However, this trick gradually lost its effectiveness as Lu Qing saw through it many times. However, this time, Yang Pan did not have any intentions of slowing down. He merely kept his head down and rushed on ahead.

When confrontation is inevitable, victory favors the bold!

Yang Pan murmured these words in his heart as he once again sped up and rushed forward.

Lu Qing was shocked by Yang Pan’s imposing momentum. Although he himself did not slow down, Yang Pan gradually surpassed him.

When a person is determined to do something, nobody would be able to stop him. There was only one thought in Yang Pan’s mind: to break through forcibly. As a result, he became alarmingly fast like the wind, like typhoon.

The typhoon swept past Lu Qing and ravaged half of the left side of Zhongyuan’s pitch from the halfway line to the goal line. Zhang Yuchao could be considered fast amongst those in Zhongyuan but all he could do was look at the typhoon from behind and feel helpless. Zhang Yang who was a defender on the left flank could only be a complete bystander in the storm.

For the first time, Lu Qing who was known for his speed found that the gap between himself and this Number 7 was not just in position. He had been miserably defeated.

Yang Pan spared no effort and crossed the ball from the goal line to the front of the goal.

Li Yongle may be bad at heading the ball but that did not mean that he does not have a good head on him. This kind of high ball would not be a problem if he used his height advantage to obstruct Zhang Jun. The rest could be handed over to Zhang Lintao.

Sure enough, Zhang Lintao leapt high with his hands stretched out, ready to hold onto the ball. However, Zhang Jun who was supposed to be held firmly by Li Yongle had at some point rushed over and jumped at the ball.

Zhang Lintao was so shocked that he hurriedly parried the ball away with both hands.

The ball flew about six meters out of the penalty area. The battlefield had now shifted to one between Kaka and Luo Bin.

Luo Bin hoped to use his own physical strength to suppress Kaka but Kaka was 1.83 m tall. The two of them were equally matched.

As a result, no one touched that ball. The ball bounced on the ground and continued to fly towards the middle of the pitch.

Wang Ning and Zhao Defeng ran towards the ball at the same time.

At the same time, the both of them stretched a leg to reach the ball in midair. As Zhao Defeng was closer to the ball, Wang Ning’s longer legs couldn’t serve as an advantage.

Who would be able to get the ball?

The answer was that they both reached it at the same time.