"Oh my God! That kid!!!"
"Unbelievable! His debut, and he's just unleashed a spectacular first-time volley!!!"
"My God, that's the craziest first-time volley I've ever seen! Did you hear the sound when he struck it? That kid nearly blasted the ball apart!"
"That's insane!! Unbelievable!!!"
The Boca fans in the stands were celebrating wildly!
They were still behind, but there were forty minutes left!
They were Boca, after all!
They could absolutely turn this around.
On the pitch!
The instant the ball thundered into the net!
As the fans roared like mad, Su Bai's blood, calm as still water until then, suddenly seemed to catch fire.
This was Argentina's top league!
The hysterical roar of the crowd!
All of it!!!
This was the real stage!!
Barrios, Avila, Pablo Pérez.
All of Su Bai's Boca teammates charged toward him.
Right in front of Boca's South Stand.
As Su Bai sprinted at full speed, he bent his knees!
In front of countless delirious Boca fans, he slid on his knees in a stylish celebration!
Su Bai bent his left arm, then mimed drawing a bow!
The fans answered him with an even louder roar!
Fans were easy to please. That one goal!
In an instant, it wiped away every doubt about his age and experience.
On the sidelines, Xie Luotuo saw that Su Bai, whom he had just brought on, had changed the score with his very first shot. He excitedly waved his arms around.
"Haha, did you see that, Almeida? This kid's a genius!"
"That shot was incredible!!!"
"He's absolutely a gift from God!"
Meanwhile, Magiar, Tucuman Athletic's head coach, had lost the easy smile he'd worn just moments earlier.
He hadn't expected Boca to have a secret weapon like this!
But Magiar was only a little surprised.
After all, the kid had just happened to be in the right place for that first-time volley!
Tucuman Athletic were still two goals ahead!
He didn't believe a team as good at parking the bus as Tucuman Athletic could throw away a two-goal lead.
Boca Juniors' celebrations didn't last long.
They were still behind!
Team captain Pablo Pérez quickly called his teammates back to their own half.
The referee promptly blew his whistle to restart the match!
Still in the lead, Magiar kept both hands low after play resumed, signaling his players to hold the pace of the game.
Tucuman Athletic hadn't committed many players to the attack, and Boca Juniors soon won the ball back.
Positional play had never been Tucuman Athletic's strength!
Pablo Pérez won possession and immediately passed the ball to Su Bai, who had just scored.
Su Bai began his second run down the right flank.
But!
Perhaps they were already getting used to the way he attacked.
This time, Bilalva didn't leave Su Bai to fend off alone.
He sent winger Lucas Ischuk to press first, then, once Su Bai had been forced toward the touchline, slid in and kicked the ball out of play.
The successful tackle earned a thumbs-up from Magiar, who was standing right in front of Su Bai and his teammates.
Su Bai picked up the ball and threw it back to Pablo Pérez.
But what surprised him was that Bilalva, the man who had just tackled the ball away from him, was now right beside him.
This guy!!!
No wonder he was Tucuman Athletic's captain.
He had plenty of defensive experience and knew exactly when to commit.
But!
Wasn't that what made things more interesting?
Su Bai glanced at Bilalva beside him and grinned excitedly.
Pablo Pérez saw the opposition focusing their defense on Su Bai.
With no other choice, he turned and passed the ball to the left.
With Bilalva no longer in their way,
Boca began to build some promising attacks down the left!
The fifty-fourth minute!
After shaking off two Tucuman Athletic defenders in succession, Boca Juniors' left winger Martinez sent a long cross into the penalty area!
Avila, the team's forward, charged into the box and leaped high for a powerful header.
The ball sped toward Tucuman Athletic's goal, but the header went straight at the keeper, and Martin Hughes caught it securely.
Martin Hughes was known for his powerful throws. He launched the ball straight upfield.
The same play as before.
Maroni received it and started the counterattack.
Fortunately, Barrios, who had been dropping back to help defend, intercepted the ball and snatched it from Maroni's feet!
After winning possession, Barrios pushed the ball across to Pablo Pérez, who had dropped back to offer support.
Pérez carried it a few steps. As soon as he crossed the halfway line, Tucuman Athletic swarmed him again with a tight press.
And at that moment!
Bilalva, who had been marking Su Bai, came over to help.
Without hesitation, Pablo Pérez sent the ball diagonally forward!
Right side!
He was looking for Su Bai again!
At that moment!
No one was marking Su Bai.
He controlled the ball with his right foot, nudged it forward, then drove his left foot into the grass!
Su Bai began sprinting wildly down the right flank!
With a speed rating of 85, Su Bai reached the edge of Tucuman Athletic's penalty area in no time!
The roar at Candy Box Stadium grew louder and louder as Su Bai burst forward.
Now Tucuman Athletic's left back, Gonzalo Freitas, was directly in his path.
Su Bai showed no sign of slowing down.
Gonzalo Freitas rushed to close him down!
Su Bai's right-footed blast moments earlier had shown the experienced defender his shooting preference!
So as he charged in, Gonzalo Freitas kept tight to Su Bai's right side, determined to stop him from beating him and shooting with his right foot.
But the instant Gonzalo Freitas rushed at him!
The Chinese kid, who had been sprinting straight ahead, suddenly came to a halt!
He!!!!
In a flash!
Su Bai slipped past him on his right!
Cutting inside???
What???
At that speed!
A brutal cut inside at full pace?
How was that possible?
The kid was just a rookie making his debut in the Argentine Primera División!
Gonzalo Freitas panicked!
He hurriedly reached out to grab Su Bai. They hadn't even reached the penalty area yet. What did it matter if he gave away a foul here?
Quick as a flash!
Gonzalo Freitas grabbed Su Bai's jersey.
In that instant, Gonzalo Freitas felt calm again.
A yellow card, that was all!
As long as he stopped him this time, he could get into position earlier next time and block him from cutting inside!
Victory still belonged to Tucuman Athletic!
But
Just as his fears had begun to fade, an unbelievable force surged from the Chinese kid.
Before the eyes of tens of thousands of fans, Gonzalo Freitas toppled toward Su Bai in an absurd, exaggerated fashion.
"Ci!!!"
As he fell, Gonzalo Freitas still had the Chinese kid's jersey clenched in his hand.
What kind of monstrous strength was this?
His jersey had been ripped to shreds, but the kid had charged on as if nothing had happened?
Gonzalo Freitas lay on the grass, eyes wide as he watched the black-haired kid in the torn jersey raise his left leg high!
What???
Could this guy shoot with his left foot too?
"Bang!!!"
A thunderous crack.
The ball shot toward the goal like a streak of white light!
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