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Lance's National Day Gift
Lance Helped Us Vent Our Anger
Every match day, Lance trending on Weibo was almost a certainty.
So much so that more and more entertainment companies, when compiling data, would choose to avoid Lance's matches.
Otherwise, spending so much money wouldn't even get them the number one trending spot over Lance.
A sports superstar in the entertainment industry is absolutely a dimensionality reduction attack, especially the number one sport in the world, a top-three ranked football superstar, and he's Chinese!
Occupying half of the top 10 trending searches by himself was basic operation.
Due to the alleged discrimination and insulting rhythm before the match, everyone had long been furious and hated Real Madrid to the core even before the match ended, the Chinese Embassy in Spain came forward to condemn it, Real Madrid's official response was just an insincere apology, Lorenzo Sanz Durán was still comfortably commentating on Real Madrid's matches.
Domestic netizens felt a sense of powerlessness, unable to cross the internet to confront him.
Before the match, Lorenzo Sanz Durán provocatively declared, he would definitely crush Atlético Madrid, crush Lance, and prove that yellow people couldn't play football.
Lance used two goals and one assist, three goals in total, to reverse Real Madrid, truly venting the anger of the vast number of netizens!
Especially his final celebration, openly declaring his love for his homeland in front of the whole world.
Weibo exploded at 6 AM, Sina's CEO was woken up by a phone call early in the morning, caught off guard and quickly arranged for operations staff to deal with the servers.
Who would have thought that at 6 AM, when the sky was just barely light, so many people would be online!
"God Lance is awesome!!!"
"With this performance, the Ballon d'Or is surely secured!"
"Who else! I ask you, who else!"
"Ronaldo fans, speak up, where is your master now?"
"Today is the Madrid Derby, what does it have to do with your dwarf! Messi fans, retreat!"
"The esteemed God Lance's fans have arrived, Messi and Ronaldo fans, move aside!"
"Isn't God Lance Belgian? How is he celebrating National Day?"
"He already got his ID card, okay!"
Some netizens were still unaware, soon, Lance's fans posted pictures to clarify.
It turned out that in June of this year, after Lance's 18th birthday, he had quietly handled the international transfer, officially applied for Chinese nationality, and obtained an ID card.
Lance also posted a Weibo on his official Weibo account @PlayingFootballXiaoLuV.
"Returning to one's roots [holding ID card.jpg]"
Logically, possessing Chinese nationality automatically means renouncing other nationalities and disqualifies one from playing for other national teams.
But Lance exploited a bug, before he turned 18, he had already joined the Belgium National Team, and even represented the Belgium Team in the World Cup, helping Belgium achieve a respectable top 4 finish in the World Cup.
The Belgian Football Association and the head of Belgium both highly valued Lance.
When returning from Brazil, the head of Belgium personally greeted him at the airport and shook hands with Lance.
With this relationship, the cancellation of Belgian nationality was vaguely handled by Belgium and eventually dropped.
As a result, Lance maintains a dual identity as both Belgian and Chinese internationally, and still qualifies to play for the Belgium Team.
It seems Belgium has no intention of fixing this bug.
The Belgium National Team's official Twitter even posted a Weibo to congratulate Lance on his comeback and substitute reversal.
"Congratulations to Belgium Team member Lance, who scored two goals and assisted one in the 7th round of La Liga, helping Atlético Madrid complete a home reversal. What a fantastic performance!"
The Madrid Derby between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid also attracted widespread attention from the global football community.
The pre-match controversies, Cristiano Ronaldo's mockery, Real Madrid's official discrimination incident... Regarding this result, those who had previously strongly supported Real Madrid instantly fell silent, pretending to be dead on the internet.
Atlético Madrid's momentum was unparalleled for a time.
Simeone: "The players did a great job, especially Lance, he completed a magnificent reversal!"
De Bruyne: "Very happy to see Lance performing perfectly in La Liga. His performance in defeating Real Madrid was world-class. Looking forward to Atlético Madrid and Manchester City meeting in the Champions League."
Thomas Müller: "I knew since Lance's youth training days that he was a player with unlimited potential."
Matthäus: "Although I can't watch Lance's matches in the Bundesliga, I often follow Atlético Madrid in La Liga. They are a low-key powerhouse with the strength to contend for the Champions League title. Lance's appearance helps them complete the final piece of the championship puzzle."
Wenger: "Yesterday's Madrid Derby was a great match, both teams played at a top level. Lance is a player with the world's top influence, he is the king on the pitch."
Wenger's words revealed envy.
So greedy, it made the old man crave him badly.
How great it would be if such an amazing player came to Arsenal!
The entire internet was discussing this intense Madrid Derby, Lance also attended the post-match press conference with the team.
He had always maintained a relaxed smile in public.
Only today, Lance's expression was very serious.
"Responding to the reporter's question just now, after the third goal, I draped myself in the five-star red flag to celebrate. This celebration indeed has two layers of meaning. On one hand, it's currently China's National Day holiday, and I hope to dedicate this goal to my country. On the other hand, I also hope to use this goal, and this comeback victory, to respond to the pre-match incidents. I demand that those involved in discrimination and insults formally apologise in public! If Real Madrid wants to condone such people, I will defeat them every time I see them! This kind of low-level verbal sparring off the pitch will not affect my fighting spirit, instead, it will ignite my fury! I want to promise any opponent that you definitely do not want to see me angry."
Lance spoke forcefully into the microphone, his interview, with every word full of power, quickly spread across the entire internet.
There were indeed some extremist groups in the comment section who criticised Lance for being too arrogant, conceited, and lacking sportsmanship.
But even more netizens supported Lance.
"Lance is right, football should be pure and not be mixed with too many factors."
"Can't you fight back when someone insults you? Lance did a great job!"
"As a player of colour in La Liga, I just want to say that discrimination is everywhere, and this issue should be taken seriously to purify the stadium environment."
At the same time, in the Real Madrid media conference room, Lorenzo Sanz Durán smiled fawningly in front of Real Madrid President Florentino.
"Mr. Florentino, can the club help out? Is this really necessary for such a small matter?"
"Small matter? No. It was a small matter before public opinion brewed, but now it's a big deal."
"Mr. Florentino, we've played golf together before, and had drinks together..."
"Oh? Have I met you? Get out of my sight quickly."
"Fuck! I can't believe it!"
Lorenzo Sanz Durán couldn't believe that Real Madrid would cut ties with him for an outsider!
Why? A yellow-skinned guy, why!
But Lorenzo Sanz Durán had no choice but to begrudgingly issue a written apology and admit his mistake, otherwise, the consequences could be even more severe.
His mistake was underestimating Lance's social influence…
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The dense schedule quickly dissipated the controversy of the Madrid Derby.
The afterglow of La Liga had not yet ended, and then came the Champions League.
This time, Lance also didn't start.
Their opponent was the Kazakhstan team Astana, the away game required a flight to the distant Central Asian region, and Astana's closest international city was actually Urumqi!
The journey was too taxing on the players' energy, the main players all stayed in Madrid to rest, those substitute rotation players who were eager for game opportunities went on the away trip, due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides, Atlético Madrid successfully won 2-1 away, securing two consecutive Champions League victories and temporarily ranking first in their group.
"This time, I will not miss the Champions League Final again!"
Watching Atlético Madrid steadily marching towards victory, Lance's gaze was fixed on that special date on the calendar!
May 29, 2016!
Champions League Final day!
He solemnly marked it with a red marker pen, drawing a star.
[Champions League Final!!!]