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The Beautiful CEO's Dragon Blood Bodyguard-Chapter 70 - The Ball that Decided Win or Loss
70: Chapter 70: The Ball that Decided Win or Loss
70 -70: The Ball that Decided Win or Loss
After the second half started, Long Fei discussed briefly with his teammates, deciding to stick to the first half’s strategy.
However, they would need to leave two defenders in their own half.
After all, they still had two points to catch up on.
If no one defended and Tan Yaozong and his teammates deliberately didn’t initiate an attack, it would only waste time.
With Long Fei, the exceptional goalkeeper, in place, the rest could continue to attack.
The match was fierce from the outset.
Tan Yaozong dashed forward with the ball, easily breaking through Binhai College’s defensive ring.
His footwork was twice as strong as an average person’s.
No matter how Binhai College’s players tried to intercept, they couldn’t stop him.
The crowd on the field watched with anxiety, cheering on their team with increasing fervor.
Someone started the chant, “Long Fei, come on!”
A group echoed loudly, “Long Fei, come on!”
“Long Fei, come on!”
“…”
Mushroom Head and Glasses Girl exchanged looks, staring at Long Fei and wondering if that was really his name.
As Tan Yaozong approached with the ball, he shouted, “Let’s see how you catch this!”
His legs swirled the soccer ball around, and with a sudden twist of his body, he sent it spinning out.
This move was the Whirlwind Leg from the Seventy-Two Tan Leg Techniques.
Tan Yaozong had practiced it from a young age and slightly modified it into a powerful spinning kick.
The soccer ball was shot into the air, moving unpredictably left and right, high and low, tracing a strange curve.
The atmosphere on the field froze for a moment.
All eyes were fixed on the ball.
Most people believed Long Fei wouldn’t be able to catch it, as even watching it was strenuous.
Long Fei just curled a smile at the corner of his mouth and with a forceful spring of his feet, his right hand shot out.
The ball and glove brushed with a screeching friction sound.
The ensuing collision of forces finally came to a halt after a long time.
The ball was caught and firmly held by Long Fei.
Eight Trigrams Seal of Four Directions—no matter how the soccer ball’s trajectory changed, Long Fei’s Eight Trigrams Fist defensive stance could block it from any direction.
The crowd erupted in awe, “Awesome, my brother!”
“Victory!”
“Come on!”
Long Fei kicked the ball out with a light touch and casually flipped the middle finger at Tan Yaozong.
Tan Yaozong’s face turned green; he had used his trump card technique, only for Long Fei to catch it with ease.
The soccer ball flew swiftly through the air, landing directly in the midfield of the opposing team.
Binhai College’s center forward and his teammates had been waiting there.
The group coordinated smoothly, intercepting the ball and immediately launched an attack on the opposing goal.
Tan Yaozong stood frozen in place, not moving; with Long Fei as the goalkeeper, today’s match was in jeopardy.
He deeply regretted not taking Long Fei down earlier in the cafeteria.
Xu Dong had left, but now there was an even stronger goalkeeper to contend with.
A thought crossed his mind, and Tan Yaozong kicked a pebble towards Long Fei while he was off guard.
Despite the distance of over ten meters, the pebble flew with great force, whooshing straight for Long Fei’s head.
Long Fei’s ears twitched, and his body reacted instinctively, grabbing the pebble with a snap and squeezing it in his hand.
He glared at Tan Yaozong and frowned, channeling energy through his arm and with a fierce flick of his wrist.
The stone shot out of his hand, striking Tan Yaozong’s knee with a smack.
Tan Yaozong was caught off guard by the impact, his right knee throbbing in pain as he fell to the ground with a thud.
He got up, his face red with anger; had he not trained his legs from a young age, making them tough as iron, the stone could have broken his leg.
The two had a secret confrontation, and neither told anyone else.
Tan Yaozong glared fiercely at Long Fei before heading to his own half of the field to intercept the ball upon hearing his teammate’s call.
The players of Binhai College all pressed into the opponent’s half.
At this point, they had already consecutively scored two goals, making it 3:3 and leveling the score.
Without Tan Yaozong, the group from Polytechnic University didn’t know how to coordinate, so they hurriedly called him back.
The soccer field was in unprecedented chaos.
One half of the field was completely empty; everyone was busy causing trouble on the opponent’s half.
This style of play was a first in soccer history.
Tan Yaozong, exerting all his strength, intercepted the ball in his own half and launched three attacks, but Long Fei stopped all of them.
He was so frustrated that his eyes became red, and he gritted his teeth in hatred at Long Fei, yet he was helpless to do anything about it.
Long Fei seemed like an insurmountable mountain standing in his way.
On the field, the cheers of Binhai College came one after another, growing more confident and fervent than before.
Glasses Girl said to Mushroom Head with a smile, “It’s over, this arrogant guy is probably going to win!”
Mushroom Head sneered, “It’s just two college teams, not the national team.
What’s the big deal even if he wins!”
“Alright, alright, Miss Lin, you’re the amazing one, okay!”
Glasses Girl covered her mouth and giggled.
Mushroom Head looked at her askance and asked, “You, on the other hand—why do you always root for the outsider?
Have you taken a fancy to that guy?”
Glasses Girl’s face turned red, and she pushed Mushroom Head away, protesting, “What nonsense are you talking about?
I’m not listening to you anymore!”
Mushroom Head smirked, propping her chin with her fist, and boredly continued to watch Long Fei.
Polytechnic University’s advantage lay in their offense, but their goalkeeper was not as freakish as Long Fei.
After all Binhai University’s players pressed forward, they coordinated with each other to shoot three times, with the goalkeeper intercepting two.
One shot hit the goalpost, narrowly missing a score.
Time ticked by, second by second, with less than five minutes left in the match.
Tan Yaozong, unable to wait for a chance to attack, became anxious and tackled the ball in the penalty area, his foot striking the leg of Binhai University’s center forward.
The center forward screamed in pain and rolled on the ground.
The players from Binhai University were all stunned.
Coming to their senses, they rushed up and cursed at Tan Yaozong, “Damnit, did you do that on purpose?”
“Is that how you play soccer?
You did that intentionally, didn’t you?”
“Tan Yaozong, you really have no shame at all!”
From a distance, Long Fei frowned intensely.
Even those in the stands who didn’t understand soccer could see that Tan Yaozong was deliberately committing fouls.
The referee approached, gave Tan Yaozong a yellow card warning, and awarded a penalty kick.
Tan Yaozong, with an indifferent face, even smirked smugly at the players from Binhai College before he changed into the goalkeeper’s gear and stood in goal.
The center forward from Binhai College, who was the best player, had been kicked so hard that he couldn’t stand.
The final kick, which would determine the victory for either side.
After some thought, the others decided to substitute Long Fei in to take the kick.
Everyone trusted this big brother immensely.
Long Fei really had underestimated the extent of Tan Yaozong’s shamelessness.
Without even thinking, he agreed, wanting to give Tan Yaozong a taste of his own medicine.
The soccer ball was placed properly on the penalty spot, and Long Fei, with furrowed brows, took two steps back from Tan Yaozong.
The cheerleaders from both sides suddenly all shouted out, “Long Fei, go for it!”
“Binhai College, must win!”
“Long Fei, go for it!”
“Binhai College, must win!”
Knowing they were in the wrong, Polytechnic University’s fans simply fell silent.
Tan Yaozong smirked confidently at Long Fei, his expression seemingly saying, “What can you do to me?”
Mushroom Head and Glasses Girl watching him felt the urge to punch him; their hands were clenched tightly, hoping that Long Fei would score and teach this jerk a lesson.
Long Fei hadn’t played much soccer before, and this was his first time taking a penalty kick.
As everyone pinned their hopes on him, he too was visibly tense.
After the referee’s whistle sounded, he took a forceful step forward, and with a loud pop his left foot shook the ground.
His right foot gathered energy, and with a bang, he kicked the ball flying towards Tan Yaozong at high speed.