Reo charged at Charles, pressing him.
It had already been proven that in a midfield battle, Manchester City was no match for PSG.
However, Reo felt he had found an opportunity.
Take Tendou, for example.
The moment a monster like him entered the field, he would involuntarily become the absolute core of Manchester City.
The players' gazes would all be fixed on him, following his footsteps.
He believed it was the same for the PSG players; their eyes would always be on Loki.
Facing the press, Charles was unhurried.
He waited until his teammates had run into position before feinting past Reo to find a passing opportunity.
Reo remained unmoved.
He firmly believed that Charles's passing target would be Loki.
However.
BANG!
To Reo's surprise, Charles kicked the ball to the right wing, completely ignoring the team's superstar, Loki.
"What? He actually passed to someone other than Loki?" Reo's mind went blank. How could he dare?
He didn't get it.
This was precisely what Loki valued in Charles.
You could never guess from which direction he would pass, or who he would pass to.
Charles's passes followed his own feelings; he called himself a contrarian.
Dravus had no choice but to abandon his man and cover the gap.
Itoshi Rin quickly passed to an open Karasu Tabito.
The defender Damon had to cover again, exposing another gap.
Shidou Ryusei took the opportunity to make a rapid forward run.
Karasu noticed his run, shielded the ball from the defender, turned, and made a through pass.
Just like that, PSG broke through all of Manchester City's defenses.
Shidou charged straight into the Man City penalty area, but before he could get to the ball, a streak of light suddenly shot out and stole it.
"Nani?!"
In the moment he was stunned, Loki had already run past him.
He was too fast.
And no one had expected Loki to steal the ball from his own teammate.
Yangu and Swift frantically tracked back, but it was too late.
The Man City players on the bench stared with wide eyes.
Zzzzt!
At that moment, Shidou only felt a bolt of lightning flash past him. When he came to his senses, Tendou had already shot past him.
He finally understood.
Tendou had seen through PSG's attack.
If Loki hadn't stolen the ball first just now, and he had been the one to take the shot, it would have most likely been destroyed or even stolen by Tendou.
In the live stream.
The French audience in front of their screens were about to stand up, waiting for the moment Loki scored.
The goalkeeper, Luke, hesitated on whether to charge out, but in that moment of hesitation, Loki had already entered the penalty area.
Loki no longer hesitated, swinging his left foot to shoot.
The moment he lost control of the ball.
Tendou, in his sky-blue Man City jersey, shot out like a high-speed train, unreservedly throwing his body forward, extending his leg towards the ball with all his might in mid-air.
Thwack~
He touched it. The ball's trajectory changed, and it hit the post and bounced back.
It was Tendou!
At the last moment, he had tracked back and made a precise tackle on Loki's shot.
But.
Before the Man City players could breathe a sigh of relief, the rebounding ball landed on the left side of the six-yard box.
Swoosh~
The Man City players frantically rushed towards the ball to challenge for it, but the high-speed prodigy was always one step ahead of them.
As if by teleportation, he took one step and crossed several meters, getting another shot in the instant the ball landed.
BANG!
The ball shot into the net. Against a point-blank blast like this, Luke was powerless.
Absolute speed!
And superhuman poaching awareness!
A prototype is, after all, just a prototype. The Loki of this world clearly had more weapons than the "Divine Turtle."
"GOAL!"
"JULIAN LOKI!"
"THE SON OF FRANCE, OUR FUTURE!"
"Just 3 minutes after falling behind, Julian has equalized with lightning speed!"
"Absolute speed! The goalkeeper couldn't even react!"
"..."
The moment the ball went in, the French people who had already stood up immediately jumped for joy.
The French fans are crazy.
They could tear down a city over one Champions League!
Just like at this moment, in several nightclubs in Paris, countless glass bottles were smashed on the ground because of this goal.
Tendou looked at the ball rolling out of the net, then turned to look at Loki. The other's pupils had already darkened, and two balls of fire were blazing brightly.
"Your defense was brilliant. My goal was more brilliant!" Loki's lips curled upwards.
Tendou did not respond.
Out here, you have to admit when you're wrong and take your beatings when they come.
There was a certain element of luck in this goal.
But a block is a block, and a goal is a goal. There were no excuses.
"Are they... really the same age as us?"
In the Bayern lounge, Isagi and the others were naturally not going to miss this match.
Compared to the Barça vs. Juventus match next door, this battle of prodigies was clearly more attractive.
Of the two matches being held simultaneously, the number of viewers for Man City vs. PSG was four times that of the other...
Igarashi Gurimu swallowed hard.
Isagi Yoichi was silent.
What Prince called "routine goals," for him, every single one was a super goal.
For him, these were things he could not devour.
...
The match continued.
Man City kicked off from the center.
The score was now 2:2, and both teams' tempers were flaring.
But the more critical the moment, the calmer they became, not rashly launching an attack.
Loki's follow-up shot was a pity to concede, but in such a high-level contest, if they could perform outstandingly, their evaluations would also be higher.
With this thought in mind, the players treated this match as if it were a World Cup final.
Tendou tapped the ball to Agi, and the entire Man City team's movements quickened.
Of course, the same was true for PSG. Agi advanced on the right and was intercepted by Karasu. He couldn't get past, but he managed to win a throw-in.
Man City took the throw-in.
Agi threw the ball with force to Tendou.
He didn't try to force it; PSG's formation was as solid as a rock at this moment.
Tendou had only advanced 5 meters before he was immediately intercepted by Loki, Charles, and Zappa.
After attracting enough defenders, he passed the ball diagonally to Chigiri on the left, wanting to use his speed to tear open a hole.
Tsurugi Zantetsu galloped to keep up. Chigiri knocked the ball wide, and just as he got past Tsurugi, he was immediately tackled by Gavin.
Chigiri immediately counter-pressed, but Gavin got the ball to the midfield a step ahead.
He didn't look for Loki, because he was being tightly marked by Tendou.
Gavin gave the ball to Itoshi Rin.
Rin, having entered "zombie mode," said nothing and immediately charged at the Man City defensive line.
His expression was ferocious, one could even say ugly.
But in this state, he was indeed very strong.
He repeatedly drew out the defenders' weapons and then ruthlessly destroyed them.
Tendou immediately abandoned Loki and shot over like a bolt of lightning.
Itoshi Rin noticed him, his brain frantically analyzing Tendou's weapons.
He found that Tendou had too many weapons; he couldn't be dealt with by one person.
His eyes searched for an opponent, but in reality, he feinted with the ball and shifted his body.
Tendou's Six Eyes moved in unison. A move like this could not escape his prediction.
Crack~
Itoshi Rin instantly broke. He couldn't destroy Tendou's weapon; instead, he was destroyed by Tendou.
Tendou poked the ball away from his feet and accelerated past him.
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