Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions-Chapter 694 - 486: 13 Goals in 7 Rounds! Tang Long Aims for the European Golden Boot, Manchester City Secures 7 Consecutive Wins to Return to the Top!
Tang Long consecutively juggled past Son Heung-min and Yuto Nagatomo three times, then after breaking into the penalty area, dribbled past two more and scored with a curling left-foot shot!
This series of maneuvers left the Tottenham fans on-site dazzled and overwhelmed.
When the goal went in, White Hart Lane fell into a long silence.
The spectators clutched their heads in disbelief.
Once Tang Long broke into the penalty area, dribbling past two players with inside cuts was still considered normal football operation;
The team's top forward Son Heung-min also often liked to make such inside-cutting moves, so this goal was not surprising.
But what puzzled everyone was—how did Son Heung-min and Yuto Nagatomo, like two wooden stakes, just let Tang Long toy with them three times?
Especially that last back-heel flick to get past them, both clearly had Tang cornered, so how did he escape?
Son Heung-min and Yuto Nagatomo were left stunned on the spot.
They looked at each other, just staring without a word.
Yuto Nagatomo was puzzled: "Did the sun rise from the west? This proud Son Heung-min, how come he's back here to help me defend from the forward line, and he doesn't even know how to defend, he didn't block the route for cover, sigh!"
Son Heung-min thought: "Being toyed with by Tang Long like this is infuriating, it's utterly embarrassing me in front of my fellow Korean countrymen, how will I be able to proclaim my title as Asia's number one king in the future?"
His eyes rolled around, and he thought, "I'm not taking the blame for this! I'm a forward, my responsibility is offense, defense is this Japanese guy's problem, let Yuto Nagatomo take the blame for this!"
Watching Tang Long score again and turn the score around, Son Heung-min was fuming and angrily scolded his teammate Yuto Nagatomo.
"What are you doing, Nagatomo," Son Heung-min bluffed, "how could you let him get past so easily, at the last moment you should have fouled and pulled his shirt!"
Yuto Nagatomo defended himself, "He moved like the wind, I couldn't even find the ball or the person, where should I pull? Also, why were you standing next to me, two-on-one at the corner flag, one should be front, one back, I close in on Tang, you should stay back to protect me, why stick so close, waiting for both to get passed?"
Son Heung-min got anxious: "You don't even know how to defend, Nagatomo, how dare you say you're from Serie A? Mancini would die of shame!"
Yuto Nagatomo was also exasperated at the personal attack: "With your football comprehension, how dare you boast to the media that you're Asia's number one king? Pfft, you're nowhere near Tang Long!"
"Tang Long is like this," Yuto Nagatomo angrily raised his hand above his head, "and you're like this," he lowered his hand to about ten centimeters off the ground, looking disdainfully at the Korean.
The Korean and Japanese players started bickering noisily in the corner.
By the end, neither was speaking English!
Son Heung-min cursed in Korean, while Yuto Nagatomo argued in Japanese.
"*￥#@%￥#...*!"
"!￥#%&%%&*￥#!"
Talking past each other in their own languages, not making any sense.
Ultimately, thanks to Tang Long's brace, Manchester City reversed the score from 1-2 and successfully took three points from White Hart Lane.
On the flight from London to Manchester, Tang Long, having completed the testing tasks, received feedback from the AI system.
[Detected successful completion of three juggling tests]
[Unlocked new technique: successive juggling (skill level 60%)]
[Ball control improved!]
[Dribbling—92!]
[Maradona ball control 86%—90%]
Juggling past players is an iconic move of the legendary Old Maradona.
Therefore, after completing the three juggling tests, Tang Long's ball control reached peak Maradona's 90%.
After receiving the rewards, Tang Long nodded and then leaned his head against the chair, closing his eyes to enter the AI Cloud Training Ground.
Meanwhile, the teammates were watching on their phones the exciting highlights of Tang Long's juggling against Tottenham.
Agüero: "Haha, it really was three times in a row, no joking!"
Gundogan: "Finally saw it clearly, turns out the third time he kicked the ball up against the corner flag and juggled it again, such genius imagination!"
Kompany: "Who could defend against that? If it were me and Stones, we couldn't either, right, Stones?"
Stones nodded like a chicken pecking rice, echoing "Can't defend" "Completely can't defend."
Bonazzoli made a comment that resulted in a burst of laughter in the cabin.
"I see the trick clearly, I'll imitate it for you guys in training tomorrow."
Captain Kompany laughed, "I'd advise against it; if you juggle the ball into my face in training, I won't let you off, right, Tang?"
Kompany turned to look at Tang Long sitting in the middle row, only to find him already asleep leaning against the chair.
The Belgian said, "It's really strange; I feel like he has endless energy every match, but after each away game, he falls asleep on the plane, looking so exhausted."
Ranocchia, sitting beside Tang Long, laughed: "You guys only notice now? I've gotten used to it; back at Inter Milan, he was always like this returning from away games."
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[League's seven consecutive wins! Manchester City returns to the top!]
[The Blue Moon withstands the pressure, continues to lead the standings!]
[Tang's brace, continues to top the scoring chart!]
[7 matches 13 goals! The 20-year-old Tang is strongly vying for the Premier League and European Golden Boot!]
Premier League legendary forward Thierry Henry has always been a loyal fan of Tang Long.
Ever since Tang Long made his mark at Inter, Henry noticed this black-haired young man from the East.
Therefore, when interviewed by the media, Henry spoke candidly.
"To be honest with you all, I'm not surprised at all by Tang's dazzling performance in the Premier League."
"Last season, he proved he could become the Premier League's number one midfielder, delivering perfect stats of double digits in both goals and assists;"
"This season, he's further proving he can also become the Premier League's number one forward!"
"After seven rounds, he's the first player in the top five leagues to reach double figures in league goals, even surpassing Messi and C Luo."
When asked who is stronger, him or Tang Long, Henry humorously said:
"I'm already forty years old, I can only run for ten minutes at most now, of course Henry isn't as good as Tang; but if we go back ten years, Tang wouldn't be as good as Henry either, because he was only ten years old then, so it's hard to compare players from different eras."
"Let's change the question," the host laughed, "About this season's Premier League champion, do you think there's any suspense?"
Henry blinked twice and said, "I know what you want me to say, but let's look at the latest standings."
After the seventh round of the Premier League, the top three standings are as follows:
1. Manchester City 21 points
2. Chelsea 19 points
3. Manchester United 16 points
Henry continued, "Although Manchester City has won all seven rounds, and is the only all-winning team in the top five leagues so far, Chelsea is right on their heels, only two points behind, less than one game's worth, with a draw or loss Manchester City could be overtaken at any time."
"Recently you media folks aren't you always revealing that Chelsea and Manchester United plan to abandon the Champions League and focus on the league, that's definitely bad news for Manchester City."
"Conte at Chelsea is good at league matches, his time at Juventus proves that."
"And Manchester United's Pellegrini goes without saying, two Premier League titles in three years, having been a meritorious coach at Manchester City, he will certainly bring his league-winning experience to the Red Devils players, this is beyond doubt."
"On the other hand, looking at Manchester City, Abu Dhabi sacked Pellegrini to bring in Guardiola; if they just wanted a Premier League title, why go to such lengths, why not keep Pellegrini at City, he's been there for years, no one knows the team better than him."
"So, Manchester City will definitely have to spread their focus a lot on competing in the Champions League!"
"Manchester City is fighting on two fronts, but Chelsea and Manchester United are on one."
"Don't underestimate this difference, it creates a huge gap that can even out the players' skill differences."
"So, if you want me to say who will win the Premier League, I think Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, any of these three teams could!"
