big mouth ball king

Chapter 14 Refusal to be Substituted

"You are offside!"

"You're the fuck offside."

Tang Zhenglong shrugged. Anyway, there is a chance for a corner kick. Who cares about you? After scoring the goal, you will let me admire you.

But at this time, a dumbfounded scene appeared, and the fourth official on the sidelines raised his substitution card.

"Cologne is going to make a substitution, and replace No. 18 on the 36th."

"It should have been like this a long time ago. Too many opportunities were wasted on the 36th. If the coach could change players earlier, then Cologne would not be so passive."

Looking at the substitution card, Tang Zhenglong really wanted to rush over and beat the head coach up. He had worked so hard to get a corner kick and was about to score one, but he didn't expect the head coach to make a substitution.

"I can't end, absolutely not." Tang Zhenglong thought to himself.

So Tang Zhenglong shook his finger towards the sidelines, "Wait until this corner kick is over."

This time it was John's turn to be dumbfounded. The players defied the head coach's decision to make a substitution... This is unbelievable. John has lived for more than 50 years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a situation.

"Should I change it or not?" the referee asked Tang Zhenglong from a long distance away.

"This corner will be changed after the end."

The referee nodded. This situation is also normal. Generally, the substitution will be delayed or advanced during set kicks. In short, this is optional, and the referee does not think there is anything wrong with it.

"Don, I swear, you are dead."

"Don, I can assure you that there is no place for you in Germany anymore."

John was furious this time, Tang Zhenglong was unreliable in other things, he could bear it, but this time it was too out of line.

In fact, some people on the bench were gloating. Many people on the fringes of the team thought that Tang Zhenglong was just lucky. Now, his good luck has run out. I have to say that there are still a lot of bad people in any field.

No matter how angry John was, there was nothing he could do. The referee had already blown his whistle. If he wanted to make a substitution, he would have to wait until the corner kick was over at the earliest.

Giovanni runs to take the corner.

The god-level corner kick card slowly dissipated in front of Tang Zhenglong, and at the same time, his legs seemed to move by themselves, and the whole person ran forward accordingly.

"The ball landed too high, do you think this is playing basketball?"

The head coach also noticed that Qiao Wa didn't hold down his foot for a moment, and the ball was fired a bit high.

"Wait, someone jumped at the front point in Cologne."

"My goodness."

"This is the height of the jump."

"It's over."

"The ball went in!!"

"Goooooooooal."

"The one who scored the goal was..."

Because there was no broadcast, the commentator had to find someone carefully. When he saw Tang Zhenglong celebrating, he was speechless.

"Sorry, I didn't see clearly, everything happened too fast."

John could see clearly that Tang Zhenglong who jumped high in the front point was Tang Zhenglong who disobeyed the substitution order.

"This kid jumps too high."

Looking at it from John's point of view, Tang Zhenglong's grabbing points will be even more shocking.

On the court, teammates surrounded Tang Zhenglong to celebrate.

"Don, you are flying. You played basketball before you came to Germany."

"Impossible. With Tang's height, the basketball team definitely doesn't want it."

Tang Zhenglong chuckled, "If I say I know Chinese Kung Fu, would you believe me?"

"Believe."

"I've seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Is it possible that the Chinese can really fly on rooftops?"

"Of course, I will, the spire of Cologne Cathedral, I will go up in minutes."

"Damn it, you think you're a superman."

"Hahaha."

But football is like that, a goal is worth a thousand words, don't care how it's scored, as long as it's scored, Maradona's hand of God helped Argentina qualify for the World Cup, the English beeped for decades, but so what? The 1986 World Cup was won by Argentina.

"Do you want to change the head? You just said that Tang is dead."

John said seriously, "Did I say that?"

"you said before."

"Then you may have heard it wrong. I didn't say Tang was dead. I meant you were dead."

"..."

The work of the regional league referee system will be simpler. For example, for a substitution, the head coach can write a small note and hand it over to the fourth official.

John walked up to the fourth official and asked for the small note back, "No more."

According to the rules, this is nothing.

Some people on the bench were upset.

"Dog S luck."

But after thinking about it, why is it that Tang is lucky every time?
John remembered Tang Zhenglong's goal in the warm-up match. He also received a corner kick and scored with a header, but that time he made a roundabout move and nodded from behind, but this time he jumped high and scored with a header.

Happening once might be accidental, but happening twice then it's out of the ordinary.

"Maybe Don is a player like Klose."

When Klose first made his debut, he also played in the lowest level of the league. No scouts were optimistic about him at all, but in the end his unique feeling in front of the goal, especially the feeling of heading the ball, conquered German football.

In Germany, even Klinsmann dare not say that his ability to grab points is better than that of Klose. This is a talent.

The more John thought about it, the more excited he became. If that's the case, the club has found a treasure, but it still needs to be observed.

At the end of the first half, the players ran off the field one after another. Tang Zhenglong was at the back of the team. John was about to step forward to give him a hug. Unexpectedly, Tang Zhenglong suddenly bowed at 90 degrees.

"I'm sorry, Chief, I violated your substitution order, and I sincerely apologize."

John got angry when he saw Tang Zhenglong's expression. This bow was quite standard, but the proud expression on his face didn't mean to apologize at all. If John knew Chinese, two words would immediately flash in his mind—pretentious.

"It's okay, one month's salary will be deducted, it's not an example."

Tang Zhenglong was shocked.

"do not."

"Okay then, two months will be deducted."

"..."

Tang Zhenglong used to be single, nothing to worry about, but after his relationship with Alia, he had to buy gifts, treats to dinner and so on, and his expenses increased.

Seeing Tang Zhenglong holding back and not speaking, John felt a little bit of making amends.

"Anything else to say?"

"No."

"Don't worry, the 1 euros will not go into my pocket, I will donate to the charity organization in Cologne in the name of the club."

"That's great." Tang Zhenglong almost cried when he said this.

"Head, why don't you replace me, I want to rest in the second half."

Tang Zhenglong has already scored a goal. He has two corner kick cards and one for the next game, so it's not interesting to play soy sauce on the court in the second half.

"I know your physical fitness. It is difficult to play the whole game. I will replace you in 70 minutes."

"In addition, I will let you pass the ball more from the side. Don't you want to keep scoring goals?"

Tang Zhenglong sweated, "This is impossible."

(End of this chapter)