This Is How Football Should Be Played
Chapter 127

Brit Awards and the England-Italy Showdown

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"Maniero is awesome!"

"Lu Yang is invincible! I knew Maniero was right to bring Lu Yang this time. Lu Yang is a player who will never disappoint!"

"Italy Youth National Team simply crushed the opponent in this game, from the first half to the second half, from offensive data to defensive data!"

"Think about it, Poland and England tied, and we beat Poland bloody, then in the last game of the group stage, between us and England, is it..."

"You are really bold, brother! How dare you even think of this?"

"According to your calculations, in the second match of the second round of the group stage tomorrow between Spain and England, Spain should be able to win a big victory."

"It makes sense. Maybe we will know the answer tomorrow. This is particularly important for our third game."

"There is a saying, every time Lu Yang is on the court, Moric performs exceptionally well. When he played Spain before, he seemed invisible. This time when he played Poland, he looked like a top midfield commander!"

"I've told you a long time ago that if you want to maximize Moric's ability, you have to get Lu Yang."

"It's not just Moric, Italy National Team has changed a lot this time, and has a close relationship with Lu Yang. Lu Yang almost makes up for the shortcomings of all Italy Youth National Team players on the court."

"The only pity is that Lu Yang didn't score in the first shot, that damn goalpost! Otherwise Lu Yang would have scored a hat trick!"

"In my first game for the National Youth Team, I scored two goals and made one assist. These statistics are already very impressive."

"Oh, it would be great if Lu Yang also played in the first game. At least we wouldn't lose so miserably."

This big victory changed Italy's domestic reputation. No one dared to publicly insult and ridicule Italy Youth National Team anymore.

This is a very crude and realistic problem. If you want to avoid being scolded, it is actually very simple, just win.

But it is such a simple truth that some associations just don't understand. They market their patriotic sentiments time and time again, fool the fans again and again, and kidnap everyone morally, and they are not allowed to ridicule or criticize them.

In this regard, we can only say that the quality and knowledge of today's fans are getting better and better. Even the Football Association feels that there is an opportunity to suppress the angry voices of fans by using trolls.

All sorts of things like underestimating the enemy popped up.

As for the current China National Football Team, whose opponent is he qualified to underestimate?

Don't you know where you position yourself?

You should be crazy about winning.

When you lose, stand upright and prepare to be kicked.

How can there be so many people who are glorious despite defeat?

In competitive sports, weakness is the original sin, why do you want to take the blame?

Back to business.

After the big victory, Italy Youth National Team players finally received the praise they imagined.

What "Soguer breaks through himself and scores the first goal for the National Youth Team!"

"Ligue 1 supernova Ceballos redeemed himself, shot twice from the same position and finally scored!"

"Fifteen million new star Ceballos has the most successful dribbles in the game!"

"Lazio The right winger Pompeti is good at passing and shooting. He has the most number of threatening attacks in this game!"

"Feiyi is finally free, Canyes's cross is a great threat, and he successfully received an assist!"

"Live up to the name of the golden midfielder, Moric took control of the overall situation and assisted Lu Yang to score a wonderful goal!"

"Two shots and one pass, he was awarded the best player of the game. As soon as Lu Yang came out of the mountain, the blue Italy melancholy sky lit up!"

"The eastern sun illuminates the blue coast of Italy, giving Italy a glimmer of hope to qualify!"

"The most handsome scorpion swings its tail, and the first unconventional shooter, Lu Yang, comes out with another masterpiece!"

"The king of long-range shooting returns, Italy cannon blasts Poland city gate to pieces!"

On the other side, Poland, although they lost miserably in this game, Poland people clearly knew that they had to cheer for their national youth team.

After all, Poland's opponent in the last group match was Spain, who seems to be the strongest at the moment.

Poland People cannot be discouraged at this time.

Therefore, their media is also vigorously promoting topics such as "If you lose, you don't lose. Pavlovsky leads this year's European Under-21 Championship scorer with three goals!" and other topics, which can be regarded as diverting the attention of Poland players who did not perform well in this game.

The next day, the second match of the second round of each group begins.

The one that has attracted the most attention in this round of competition is undoubtedly Spain VS England.

This battle will almost determine which team Group A will advance to in the end.

And the result is also very surprising.

Spain Matadors, who defeated the blue Italy in the first game, was defeated by the Three Cats, oh no, the Three Lions, and was defeated by England two to one!

Before the game started, everyone thought that Spain actually had a greater chance of winning.

After all, England National Team was tied by Poland in the first round, which has proved that their condition in this competition is not good.

But not long after the show started, Spain was kicked off by England.

England Youth National Team's first star Mancini passed two people and scored a wonderful goal. This was also the third goal he scored this year for European Under-21 Championship, so he and Pavlovsky tied for the top scorer list.

The second half, about sixty minutes.

Spain National Team seemed to have finally recovered. Enriquez staged a great midfield attack. He penetrated the Three Lions' defense by himself. Finally, after seducing the England goalkeeper, he passed the football diagonally to his teammates.

A teammate scored a nanny goal, the kind that grandma can score even if she comes.

Spain equalized the score one to one.

However, the England people were really crazy. In the 90th minute, they got a corner kick opportunity. England midfield substitute Jesse Rahim shot randomly in the crowd, killing Spain and becoming England's hero.

This Manchester United youth trainee is currently playing for the rival Manchester City in the same city. He is a substitute player in the first team of Manchester City. However, he did not perform well last season. I wonder if he will have a chance to prove himself next season.

But at least, he won some opportunities for himself on European Under-21 Championship.

At this point, the pattern of Group A has changed.

England led with four points and became the first in the group.

Spain and Italy both scored three points, but Spain ranked second in the group due to the relationship between victory and defeat.

Italy team is third.

Poland has one point, fourth in the group, and basically has no chance of qualifying.

No matter what the result of the last group match is, team Poland cannot become the first in the group.

And even if they win, get four points, and rank second in the group, the second place in the group with a total score of four points will definitely not be the second place in the group with the best results among the three groups.

So team Poland has been eliminated early.

The other three teams of Group A still have a chance to compete for first place in the group.

Especially England, they have taken the initiative.

As long as they beat Italy in the next game, they will surely qualify.

As for Spain, they have to ensure victory in the next game, and at the same time, they have to hope that England doesn't win.

As for Italy, he has to win when Spain draws, or draw when Spain loses, in order to become first in the group.

The probabilities of these two situations in the current major handicaps are extremely low, adding up to no more than 10%.

This is a bit difficult for fans of Italy to accept.

Because Italy Youth National Team has become England Youth National Team's opponent, and the next game is particularly important. England media went against the norm of supporting Lu Yang and Italy National Team, and began to criticize Italy Youth National Team verbally and writingly.

They want to build momentum for England National Team through public opinion means.

This is also the biggest advantage of England National Team in every international competition.

They have the world's most outstanding football voice channels and public opinion support.

<Preview of the Italian-British war, this will be an offensive battle!>

<The strongest firepower in Europe! England's striker trident is worth as much as 75 million! The midfielder and frontcourt are worth over 100 million euros!>

<The strongest offensive lineup! England and even substitute midfielder Jesse Rahim are first-team players of Premier League team!>

<Among Italy's four most outstanding players, two are low-level league players!>

<The total value of midfield and frontcourt players does not exceed 35 million. Why should Italy fight against England?>

News after news, murderous and heartbreaking.

If Italy players read this kind of news a few more times, they might even lose their confidence when playing football.

What is particularly worth mentioning is that England football media even did not hesitate to mock their own domestic music media for this.

Because in the newly announced candidate list of "Brit Awards" this year, the word Lu Yang suddenly appeared in it, and more than once!

<All-around civil and military talent! Italy Youth National Team strongman Lu Yang has been nominated for two major awards, Brit Awards!>

<Just a kick! The eighteen-year-old boy may have the most brilliant adult celebration! He may appear on the podium of Brit Awards on his birthday!>

<Brit Awards Best Male Singer nominee is actually a Serie B football player!>

<Is he talented or is he squandering God's gifts? Football or music, how should this 18-year-old young man choose?>

<One step to heaven, one step to hell! Brit Awards Nominated for Best Single <Shape of My Heart> Do the singer-songwriter still want to play football?>

As one of Europe's most authoritative music awards and ceremonies, Brit Awards's popularity and gold content in Europe are very high.

And this year, a song called "Shape of My Heart" swept Europe, directly dominating Europe's music charts in many mainland countries for two or three months.

Coupled with its elegant melody and restrained lyrical meaning, if such a song cannot be registered in Brit Awards, then the award will lose its due authority and fairness.

Therefore, even in the current "national war", Lu Yang deserves a lot of nominations.

This should have been a good opportunity for the Italy media to gain the upper hand in public opinion. After all, their players are so excellent, multi-faceted and capable of doing whatever they want.

But who makes England media more awesome?

They quickly typed the title "Warm congratulations to Lu Yang for being crowned Brit Awards with two major awards on his birthday."

Lu Yang's birthday is July 25th.

And July 24th is the last round of the European Under-21 Championship group stage, Italy VS England.

July 26th is the day of the first round of the European Under-21 Championship semi-finals.

Then the question arises, under what circumstances will Lu Yang be able to participate in the All England Concert on the 25th?

Naturally, this is the case when Italy failed to exit the group stage.

This is undoubtedly the curse of England media.

Moreover, it was a curse disguised as a blessing, which made Italy media feel uncomfortable for a while.

It's impossible for them to deny their players' achievements in other fields, right?

Lu Yang's songs are very nice. This is something that all Europe people know, but unexpectedly at this juncture, it has become the most important factor affecting Italy Youth National Team's military morale.

No wonder people often say that when you are strongest, you are also at your weakest.

This nomination came at a really bad time.

Later that day, Lu Yang and Sophia got in touch. After the two communicated, Sophia responded to Brit Awards's nomination and invitation on behalf of Lu Yang.

The lights flashed, and Sophia showed no stage fright in the face of dozens of reporters. She smiled and was very decent, "Thank you for everyone's attention to Lu Yang. He has accepted the praise from the England media and is grateful for it."

"He is currently preparing for the next game and it is not convenient for him to be distracted for other reasons, so I held this press conference on his behalf. I will convey some of Lu Yang's thoughts."

"First, Lu Yang loves football more than music. He doesn't mind trying more in the offseason, but if there are official football games, then all activities will make way for the game and he will not be distracted by anything else."

The media in the audience all smiled nonchalantly. They knew what Lu Yang wanted to express, but could Lu Yang not be distracted?

The impact has been made, hasn't it?

Otherwise, how did today's press conference come about?

"Second, Lu Yang is confirmed. No matter what European Under-21 Championship's schedule is, he will not appear on Brit Awards on July 25th." Sophia spoke firmly, finally giving Italy the answer the media wanted.

Never bow your head!

In fact, by exposing Lu Yang's music award nomination at such a critical moment, on the one hand, the England media wants to disrupt Italy Youth National Team's military morale.

But on the other hand, there is actually a deeper hint that deliberately guides people to make associations.

If Lu Yang performed worse when European Under-21 Championship played against England, Brit Awards would give him a real trophy instead of just a nomination?

Brit Awards No one has ever said this, but this association will not stop.

Therefore, the Italy media all hope to hear a firm reply from Lu Yang, rather than an ambiguous response that flatters both sides and does not express attitude.

At this critical period, the latter is already a betrayal to the public.

This is just like how after every incident in China where some celebrities speak out and insult women, they are obviously interested parties but insist on pretending not to speak out and pretending not to see it, which is disappointing.

"Third, instead of inviting Lu Yang to participate in Brit Awards so enthusiastically, the British media should focus more on their own youth. For example, they could consider inviting England Youth National Team players to participate in the event." Sophia said, "After all, I heard that all England Youth National Team players are England stars."

"Their arrival will definitely bring a frenzy of attention to Brit Awards!"

After Sophia finished speaking, his smile remained the same.

But the media in the audience already let out a gasp.

What does this mean?

Just like the British media hopes that Lu Yang will appear on Brit Awards, because that means Italy National Team will be eliminated from the group stage.

In the same way, what Sophia just said is telling everyone that Lu Yang hopes that England National Team will be eliminated in the group stage.

Considering that England National Team is currently the top scorer of Team A, this is almost straightforward to tell everyone that Italy will definitely win the next game and will definitely defeat England!

For such a level of talk, not to mention the England media, even the Italy media workers present were a little embarrassed and ashamed.

Although it is awesome, it is England Youth National Team!

The value of the midfield and frontcourt players alone exceeds 100 million euros. Players in almost every position are star players. Most of the players play for Top Five Leagues and are either the main force or the rotation of wealthy clubs.

It can be said that before the game against England Youth National Team, there was no other team on the entire planet that dared to say that they would be able to beat them.

Even Spain, the second seed this time, would not dare to say such a thing.

Fortunately Spain didn't say anything, because they even lost to England.

What's more, Italy was once the lowest team in this year's European Under-21 Championship!

"Sophia, is this a provocation from Lu Yang to England Youth National Team?" Some England media outlets were indignant and took the initiative to ask questions.

Sophia is charming and confident. "It can't be said to be provocative..."

"Then how dare he say that? I think you need to explain clearly, otherwise it will be easy for people to mistakenly think that Lu Yang is an arrogant young man who does not understand football!" The reporter was very angry.

Sophia nodded and imitated Lu Yang's tone. "Sophia, don't worry, it's just England. Their defense is not as strong as everyone thinks, at least not much better than Poland!"

"I feel that I am in good condition. My goals in the next game will not be less than when I played Poland last time. I promise! We have a great chance of winning!"

Then, Sophia commented. "In fact, I think it is more accurate to say contempt than provocation. Yes, that is what our Lu Yang said, he is going to kick England National Team to death!"

"Of course, this is not because Lu has any grudge against England, this is just a trivial contribution he made to Brit Awards. By the way, Brit Awards remember to send invitations to the players of England Youth National Team."

The press conference is over.

Europe media exploded instantly.

Listen, what the hell did that boy say?

He actually said that he was going to kick England in the next game?

He thinks England's defense is similar to Poland's? In other words, Italy National Team is going to score England four goals in the next game?

It is better than Spain and has three Italys, but what about England?

It's just one shot!

Who does Lu Yang think he is?

Did he think he was on the Italy football team that stood on top of the world more than ten years ago?

He is now in Italy Youth National Team, a fake football powerhouse!

Great chance of winning?

You call one-tenth a big chance of winning?

Then England has an 8 out of 10 chance of winning. Doesn't it mean he has a small chance of winning?

England people are gearing up one by one. I really hope that the last group stage match will start soon.

In this way, they can shut up that rampant oriental boy.

In this way, Italy VS England European Under-21 Championship, which was already attracting a lot of attention, attracted more people.

Originally, everyone paid attention to it because everyone wanted to know who could appear between England and Spain.

After all, only the first place in each group will definitely qualify.

But now, everyone is really looking forward to Italy Youth National Team, who has been talking wildly.

Lu Yang is known as Italy, a slap-in-the-face player.

Because when he played on Serie D, Serie C and even Italian Cup, he slapped people who didn't like them in the face several times.

Among them, there are even powerful teams like Roma and AC Milan.

But no matter how you say it, this is just within the territory of Italy.

Although match-fixing is not rampant in Italy, or each league has a certain number of tacit matches, the reputation of "intentional match-fixing" has spread, and most fans feel that Italy's football matches have more room for artificial manipulation.

So maybe the miracles created by Lu Yang and the legendary launch of San Remo were also made through manipulation?

At least England media wants to think so, and spread it like this.

And almost none of the major mainstream media think Italy Youth National Team can win.

Many neutral media have adopted the slogan "A draw is a victory."

There is no doubt that these media belong to Spain, because if England is tied by Italy, then Spain will have the initiative to take the first place in Group A.

The feeling of deciding your own destiny is undoubtedly the best.

July 24th, the day before Lu Yang's birthday.

European Under-21 Championship The first game of the final round of the group stage is about to begin.

After the players got off the bus, Lu Yang accepted a short interview with China Central Television<Super Football>.

These clips will be played in subsequent documentaries.

The reason why I am interviewing now is because China Central Television also feels that this battle is not optimistic.

If this battle is defeated, then China Central Television's recording will be over, and they will naturally want to collect more material.

This will affect the player's status to a certain extent.

But Lu Yang doesn't mind, it even helps him improve his condition. He is a typical crazy, big scene player, very resistant to pressure.

So only Lu Yang from Italy Youth National Team went to be interviewed without anyone noticing.

Tang Yuqin: "Lu Yang, are you nervous now? Because there have been many voices from the outside world questioning you."

Lu Yang: "It's not about being nervous."

After all, there is a Messi Moment Card and a time package, Lu Yang is confident.

Of course, temperament cannot be faked.

Once you have confidence, people's potential will often be stimulated inadvertently, and many times difficulties can be overcome without any trump cards at all.

In addition, the team will face many challenges next season, so Lu Yang plans to save a wave of Moment Card.

"It is normal to question, because it means that your excellence is somewhat beyond the acceptance of ordinary people." Lu Yang said, "Just like most young people suffering from mental illness, excluding congenital and genetic factors, depression and anxiety often prove that they are struggling hard."

"Because the state of hard work is contrary to the relaxed and joyful state that humans naturally yearn for, it will only be a matter of time before problems arise in the long run."

"Just like my opponents, it is only a matter of time before they are afraid of my doubts."

Tang Yuqin has had contact with Lu Yang, but she assured that the Lu Yang in private, the Lu Yang who talks about football, and the Lu Yang who prepares for games are completely different Lu Yang.

It is said that a girlfriend who often changes her look is equal to many girlfriends.

So if such a changeable Lu Yang becomes a boyfriend, does that mean he has many boyfriends?

Tang Yuqin suddenly understood. Is this the happiness of Sophia?

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