Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 43 Transfer Rumors
"Guys, are you playing women's football? How about intensity? How about confrontation? What are you hiding? Cowards can't play on the pitch!"

In the locker room, head coach Mano blushed and roared at the players like thunder.

The performance of the team in the first half made him very dissatisfied.

For a coach, it is acceptable to be suppressed by the opponent, but it is not allowed to fail to play out the tactics he formulated before the game.

For most of the first half, Riise was under the siege of many opponents in the midfield. The two defensive midfielders behind him were good at defense, with average ball and organization ability.

At the beginning of the second half, Mano played all three cards in his hand.

Wang Po, a winger, and a defensive midfielder came on the stage to strengthen the ball control in the center, the assault power on the side, and the coverage of the defense.

The effect of the substitution was immediate. Wang Po's debut added a ball-holding point to Benfica's center, sharing Riise's ball-holding pressure.

The two players with full midfield attributes are paired with the midfielder, pouring the ball and cooperating with each other, easily breaking the opponent's strangling defense in the midfield.

Benfica's formation spread to the front of Moscow Zy Lujun's penalty area.

Wang Po and Riser easily penetrated the opponent's zone defense with a two-to-one pass. Wang Po, who entered the penalty area, encountered the two opponents' defenses. They narrowed the encirclement tacitly with each other, and drove Wang Po, who was holding the ball, to go outside the penalty area. There was not much time left for him to handle the ball, and he had to make a reasonable choice quickly.

"amber"

Reese's reply came from behind.

The opponent's defender has already started to press forward, Wang Po didn't look back to observe the ball with his heel and returned the pass, and accelerated forward.

Watching the ball but not the person, all the opponent's defensive players' attention was attracted by Riise who was holding the ball, ignoring Wang Po who was going forward into the hinterland.

Riise, who is seasoned, has excellent ability to read the game. He keenly observed the gap left by the opponent's defense, and made a non-stop ball with a low flat ball through the ball and hit the ball to the feet of Wang Po, who went forward into the penalty area, creating a chance for him to single out the goalkeeper.

A simple and rude arch shot into the far corner gave Benfica the lead.

Wang Po scored just 7 minutes after coming off the bench.

It was the No. 80 player who contributed to the Benfica team. It took only 7 minutes for the first goal of the Champions League this season.

The individual performance was not over yet. After 10 minutes, Wang Po continuously swayed past the opponent's two defensive players and scored twice with explosive shots.

Wang Po made the stadium quiet by himself.

In the last minute of stoppage time, catching the opponent's slack in the defense, Wang Po accelerated to dribble the ball from the middle. Relying on pure speed, he got rid of the midfielder, waded past the central defender, and volleyed unreasonably.

The next day's newspaper, with the headline "One Man Captured Moscow", featured Wang Po's heroic performance.

The shining performance in the Champions League has made Wang Po a lot of attention.

In the next league, Wang Po continued to shine, and a wave of five consecutive victories accelerated the pace of catching up with the top team Porto.

In these five games, Wang Po achieved 2 goals and 3 assists, averaging one goal per game, which also made him the best player in the Portuguese Super League.

The performance is hot, and the attention is rising. Judging from the news received by the major sports sectors and the media, more than one club has begun to pay attention to this 17-year-old Chinese teenager. It is even rumored that some teams have already planned to take this player away during the window period.

Rumors spread, making Benfica fans feel uneasy.

Judging from the performance of this season, Wang Po is a well-deserved core. He has won all the games he has played, and he is only 17 years old this year. He has unlimited potential in the future. Once the window period is poached by other teams at high prices, it will have a huge impact on the strength of the Benfica team. The road to defending the title may be ruined.

Every Thursday is the club's open day for fans, and fans can get the benefits of watching the team's daily training.

As soon as he came downstairs from the dormitory, Wang Po was surrounded by fanatical fans. Faced with the fans' requests for autographs and group photos, he responded to every request.

"Hey, Wang Po, stay here."

There was a tidy shout from behind the crowd of fans.

Wang Po followed the voice and saw that many diehard fans had unfurled banners, which were filled with various slogans to persuade them to stay.

"Benfica is your home, stay here, Wang Po."

"You are the only hero who belongs to the dragon stadium, don't leave"

……

Frowning slightly, Wang Po looked puzzled, what happened?

Just when he didn't know what to say, Hamburg walked over with a serious face.

"You should know what's going on."

Wang Po asked, pointing to the banner in the distance.

Hamburg nodded, "Let's go, Mr. Tom, the transfer director, is waiting for us."

"Huh?" Wang Po sounded suspicious, faintly feeling that something big had happened.

Entering the meeting room, Tom, the transfer director of the Benfica club and the decision maker who manipulated his transfer from Sparta Rotterdam to Benfica, had been waiting for a long time, and beside him was a middle-aged white man with yellow hair.

"Let me introduce you, Mr. Zorke." Tom pointed to the middle-aged white man next to him and said.

The middle-aged man smiled and extended his right hand friendly, "Hello, Wang Po, my identity is the transfer director of Borussia Dortmund."

Wang Po and Hamburg shook hands with Zorc in a friendly way.

"I think the two of you can roughly guess the reason for my arrival. Let's be more direct. Borussia Dortmund is very optimistic about Wang Po and is willing to pay a transfer price of 4000 million euros and a contract with an annual salary of 300 million euros."

Zorke said straight to the point.

Wang Po looked at Tom in a daze, and asked after a while, "Is the club going to sell me?"

"No, no, no..." Tom waved his hands again and again to explain, "The club didn't mean that. Today, the three of us sat down to discuss a preliminary intention. As for whether this deal will finally go through, the decision is in your hands. As for the contract, the salary increase that the club can offer you so far may not match the contract of 300 million euros offered by Dortmund. It is only 180 million euros at most. I am very sorry for this."

"Yes, Mr. Wang Po." Zorc on the side added, "Our club fully respects the decisions of athletes and their clubs."

This news was unexpected to Wang Po.

The Bumblebee Dortmund club is well-known in Europe and in the world. It has an excellent youth training system, a complete player training process, as well as a profound background and excellent strength. It is not an exaggeration to call it the number one star factory.

In the history of the Dortmund club, Rummenigge, Sammer, Lewandowski and other superstars have been born.

The list of black shops in Europe naturally also has a place for Dortmund Club.

Wang Po's series of outstanding performances and potential has attracted the attention of the club, including the transfer director Zorc, who can't wait to bring this talent to Germany.

"We are confident that your next transfer record will create an unprecedented amount of transfer fee." Subsequently, Zorc added confidently.

(End of this chapter)