Lion's Head Shake.
BAM!
Tendou got to the first ball. Under the pincer attack of the two strong men, Dada Silva and Adam Blake, he soared into the air and met the ball with a swing of his head.
This time, he didn't jump as high as he did for the first goal, but the difficulty was even greater because he needed to win the header while being sandwiched by two pros.
He did it. He smashed his forehead into the ball, forcefully directing it towards the goal. This was absolutely a spectacular header that stunned the crowd.
Tendou felt that this header of his had at least 70% of Gerrard's power.
However.
His Six Eyes quickly noticed that something was wrong. Tendou saw the cheering faces of his teammates behind him suddenly turn ugly, and at the same time, they all gasped.
Swoosh!
A laser beam suddenly shot towards the ball's landing spot. And just before the ball could bounce on the turf and enter the goal, Loki's foot extended with all its might, blocking this certain goal.
A 70% goal success rate!
This was the data calculated by his Big Data Statistics! Yet Loki, with only a 30% chance, had denied the goal.
"You didn't disappoint me, Tendou! You took care of Adam and Silva."
The European prodigy's pair of golden pupils were shining brightly. He didn't know why either. When he saw Tendou jump, he just felt in his heart that Tendou could overpower both Adam and Silva to win the header. And so, he had charged into the penalty area in advance, blocking this brilliant, certain goal.
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In the shot, Tendou's expression was one of astonishment. The jersey that had been torn by Adam fluttered in the non-existent wind, looking somewhat desolate. The soaring BGM stopped, and the scene made the audience feel a sense of suffocation.
And then.
Swoosh!
Loki took the ball and sprinted towards the other half of the field.
A moment later.
Thud!
Loki ended the match with his signature "lying shot." Beside him was Tendou, who had chased back with all his might, but was ultimately a step too slow.
"Now, we're even!" After scoring this goal, Loki's personal goal count had also reached three. Like Tendou, he had completed a hat-trick in this match, and they had each broken up one of the other's key attacks, blocking a certain goal.
Tendou was speechless, lying on the turf and looking at the sky. He felt that if he had scored that goal, bringing the score to 4:4, they might have had a chance to win. At that point, they could have used some savage means, such as tactical fouls, to fight for a glimmer of hope. But with his header being saved, the outcome of this match was already decided. Even if he had stopped Loki's goal this time, what about the next time?
The ball is round. The World All-Star Team as a whole was just stronger than them.
Tendou quickly adjusted his mood. He stood up and patted the dejected Chigiri. He took the initiative to take responsibility, saying, "It's my fault. I didn't score that goal."
Hearing this, Chigiri knew that Tendou was trying to comfort him. He had wasted two chances in this match. If he had scored those two goals, they would have won this match. Tendou taking the blame after the match made him feel so guilty he wanted to kill himself.
"It's not your fault! If only I could have scored those two goals!"
"I'm the one who dragged you down!"
Karasu was speechless, standing there with his hands on his hips, his head hanging down. In the end, the help he could give Tendou was far too limited.
"This is the worst!"
Reo? He also didn't speak, just clenched his fists tightly. This match today had shown him how vast the world was. The road he and Nagi had to walk was still very long.
...
"Today's match was wonderful."
Luna, seeing that the dust had settled, had an elegant smile on his face. He walked up to Tendou and said to him, "With your ability, it's a waste to continue staying in a place like this. Come to Europe, Tendou!"
"After I return to Spain, I will recommend you to the club."
Hearing this, Adam Blake's and the others' eyes lit up. That's right. This little brat had caused him a lot of trouble in this match. But after this match? They could totally recommend him to their own teams and sign him.
A 17-year-old libero whose immediate combat power and potential were limitless was rarer than a giant panda in China. The key was that he wasn't a professional player yet, hadn't registered, and had no contract. They could bring him to the team without spending much money. The only problem was that Tendou was not yet 18, so he could only sign a youth contract. If he performed well, it would be a question of whether the team could keep him after a year.
But that was not a problem he should be considering.
Adam Blake directly pushed Luna aside and took the initiative to shake Tendou's hand.
God have mercy.
Although their Tottenham was also a powerhouse in the Premier League, hailed as one of the BIG6, and was perennially in the upper half of the table... the problem was, the last time they had won a top-league title was back in 1961, more than half a century ago.
He, Adam Blake, was even mocked by the fans as the "strongest number two in history." This was no compliment; this "number two" meant he had no champion's fate. He needed help, damn it. But his own team's owner, besides being a master at selling players for a high price, was never willing to spend money to bring in reinforcements for the team.
As fellow BIG6 members, the other five clubs were trying to strengthen themselves every year. But not their Tottenham. They were always dreaming of pretty things, showing a tendency to develop into a "selling club."
Bale and Modrić, the two meritorious players of Real Madrid's three consecutive Champions League wins, were both former Tottenham players. If their stingy boss hadn't been so blinded by money back then and had renewed Bale's and Modrić's contracts, would he, Adam Blake, still be without a championship title until now?
The current Adam Blake would no longer naively pin his hopes on his own boss spending money on reinforcements. But what about Tendou? At under 18, he could at most only sign a youth contract, costing 10 million pounds at the very most. Plus, Tendou didn't have the "homegrown" premium, so you could at least subtract another 2 million pounds. In other words, they only needed to spend about 8 million pounds to bring him to the team, a player who could be compared to a prodigy who had just won the World Cup.
And what about Loki? PSG had spent 180 million euros just to buy out his contract. Compared to Tendou, was that 8 million pounds even considered money?
Even Dada Silva put aside his previous grievances and came up to communicate with Tendou. Of course, he had to build a good relationship with such a star of tomorrow.
And so.
The losing Karasu and the others were dejected. The winning Loki and the others were strengthly inviting Tendou.
Yes.
Loki was also inviting Tendou to join his team. And he was well aware of his own team's advantage: they had money! A f*cking lot of money!
Although Ligue 1 lacked attraction compared to other leagues—it was also one of the top five, but compared to the Premier League and La Liga, the viewership of Ligue 1, Serie A, and the Bundesliga was far too low. Serie A had been in a long decline since the Calciopoli scandal and was almost a retirement home now. Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga were not much better. Besides Bayern and PSG, the rest of the teams were practically talent training bases for others.
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