Chi Meiya
Chapter 97 Transcendence!
With a draw, Zhao Gang didn't receive any system points.
However, because they eliminated Atalanta and entered the final, there was a reward for reaching the final.
Zhao Gang felt that it was much better than a dozen system points.
A permanent buff: no weak foot.
Moreover, as his dominant foot improved in passing, shooting, dribbling, stopping the ball, and defending, the ability of his other foot would also improve, always maintaining balance between both feet!
Zhao Gang's dominant foot had always been his right foot. His left-footed shots were okay, but his passing was much worse.
He usually had to adjust the ball to his right foot before passing.
This could actually miss many opportunities and allow clever defenders to seize gaps and weaknesses, and defend accordingly.
Players with completely balanced left and right feet don't actually exist.
What is usually referred to as no weak foot is just the ability to coordinate movement with both feet. Reaching the same level isn't something that can be achieved through training.
This requires true talent.
Such players are extremely scarce in the entire football world because it is difficult to find defensive loopholes. Defenders facing such players are usually miserable.
When the team returned to England from Italy, the players' excitement had passed, but when they saw the fans who came to pick them up, they instantly perked up.
Many fans had been waiting here since the team had not even boarded the plane because this allowed them to get close to the Norwich players.
The players walked off the private plane that the boss had rented from who knows where, waving to the fans, who enthusiastically shouted the players' names, one after another.
"Hey!" Seeing Zhao Gang stand up and prepare to get off the plane, Hilo stopped him.
Zhao Gang was slightly stunned.
"You used to be like this, and I was too embarrassed to remind you. You should be the last one to appear.
You yourself may never care about these things, but this is not just a status, nor is it just a respect for yourself, but also a respect for all players and all fans.
Do you know how the players walking behind you will feel when you go down first?"
Zhao Gang frowned. He had really overlooked this matter.
He had never cared about team status.
If Hilo hadn't reminded him, he really wouldn't have thought there were so many intricacies involved.
It wasn't just about him, but also about others.
His personality had never cared about these superficial things, but what about others?
This kind of thing was no longer just about whether he cared or wanted to do it.
In private, everyone could be close teammates and friends, but in public, there needed to be rules.
"Thank you." Zhao Gang was a little unnatural, but he had to accept this kind of thing eventually.
"Yeah, let's go, hero of Norwich!"
Hilo pulled Zhao Gang up. He walked in front, and Zhao Gang was the last.
As the players appeared one by one, the cheers of the fans became more and more enthusiastic.
When they saw Hilo, it had almost reached a high point.
And when Zhao Gang walked out last, the crowd finally erupted.
"Zhao!!"
"Zhao!!"
Zhao Gang saw the fans with their mouths open, excitedly flushed, constantly jumping and roaring.
The Norwich players stood not far away, watching him, clapping their hands, smiling, and nodding slightly.
Ospina clenched his fist and waved, grinning with his big teeth and silly smile.
Thank you, thank you all.
Zhao Gang's eyes were a little moist.
The fluttering flags, countless pairs of hands raised high.
The cheering fans.
Made Zhao Gang even want to stay forever.
In this world, what is more beautiful than football, and what is more pure and sincere than fans?
The fans followed the bus that picked up the players, walking a long way, and the singing lingered in Zhao Gang's ears.
It's hard not to be moved.
"Very good, we defeated Atalanta! But now is not the time for us to relax. Four days later, we have another crucial battle! When we take down West Brom, we don't have to play in those damn playoffs!
I believe in you, the fans believe in you, and you should believe in yourselves even more! No team can stop Norwich now!
Give me a clean and quick solution to West Brom!" Farke stood at the front, full of passion.
West Brom, ranked eighth in the Championship, is right on the last train for the Championship playoffs.
They are already four points ahead of ninth place, and no matter what the result, they will not be squeezed out.
Now, they are celebrating.
And also rejoicing.
In the previous forty-five games, if they hadn't won a game that they should have won, they would have to say goodbye to the Premier League completely.
Which Championship team can now succeed at Carrow Road?
It seems good enough to lose a little less.
"Thank you all for your efforts this season, allowing us not to have to desperately fight for points in the last round. Now, let us enter Carrow Road and play the last regular game. I will not arrange any tactics. Show yourselves to the fullest! Let me see your potential!" West Brom's coach did not send out the main lineup at all for this game.
Those main players didn't even make the list!
All the regular substitutes and rotation players, with a group of benchwarmers who couldn't get on the field, rushed into the terrible Carrow Road.
Norwich needed these three points, so they didn't show any mercy at the beginning. Amidst the cheers of the fans in the stands, West Brom was kicked open in the first half.
4:0!
In the second half, there was no booing at Carrow Road.
Whether it was Norwich's players attacking or West Brom's players getting a hard-won counterattack opportunity, they would be greeted with cheers from all the fans.
It was as if two first and second-tier teams were playing a training match.
Although West Brom's players were substitutes, they also tried their best to play.
With the cheers of the fans on the scene, the attack was okay, as for the defense? There was no big action at all.
In an extremely smooth second half, Norwich finally defeated the visiting West Brom 5:2.
Drawing a perfect end to their last Championship game!
The fans at Carrow Road rushed down from the stands to celebrate with the Norwich players.
They finally succeeded in getting promoted to the Premier League again.
"Carrow Road is in a frenzy! Let us congratulate Norwich on obtaining the qualification to be directly promoted to the Premier League!
The Championship League has ended, but the battle belonging to Norwich has not ended!
Seventeen days later, Norwich will usher in the last and most important game of the season!
They will travel to Lyon, France, and compete with Spanish team Sevilla at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais for the last trophy of the season in Europe, the Bertoni Award!"