บท 13: Penalty Kick Showdown with Santa Cruz

Seeing that Su Yun and Santa Cruz were once again at odds, Captain Erinay rushed over to round things up.

"Sue, Santa Cruz is a senior, speak politely!"

He looked at Santa Cruz again, "Dude, Sue's still young, don't bother with him."

Santa Cruz sighed helplessly, then nodded without saying anything further.

Other teammates rushed over to help.

"The captain is right, you two, you really can't afford to be so calculating."

But Su Yun was not doing it.

"How is it that I count? Captain, Santa Cruz says I'm not qualified for special training! On what basis does he do that? I think he's simply disrespecting me!"

Erinne didn't know what to say at this point.

Because neither one is at fault.

He understood that Santa Cruz was simply trying to maintain the team's discipline and didn't want anyone breaking the team's rules, and meant well.

It could even be argued that the fact that the team hasn't had a major locker room meltdown yet in its seven-game losing streak has something to do with Santa Cruz's insistence on team discipline.

But that kind of dogmatic thinking is already the thinking of an older generation.

Nowadays, who cares about this for a young man like Su Yun?

Su Yun saw that everyone had stopped squeaking at this point, so he looked at Santa Cruz once again.

"Santa Cruz, since we see each other as bad, let's not hesitate! Let's just do it, penalty kicks to decide the winner!"

He paused for a moment and continued, "Three balls! I'll give you three chances, even if I don't block one of the balls, it counts as a win for you!"

Crazy?

The moment Su Yun's words came out, everyone looked at Su Yun as if they were looking at a madman.

"It's over, Sue's gone crazy!"

"Penalty kicks? Three? And you have to block them all to win?"

"Did Sue have some misconception about penalty kicks?"

"Even if Casillas is here, it's pretty impressive that three can block one, isn't it?"

"Sue's going to lose!"

"No, that's his head being broken!"

Everyone agreed that it was very unfair according to Su Yun's agreement.

It may seem like there's a 50 percent chance of each penalty kick going in or not going in, but that's not really the case at all.

According to the authorities, the average percentage of hits on penalty kicks is 76%!

It was simply impossible for Su Yun to still want to block three in one breath!

And again.

It's not like Santa Cruz was given the job for nothing!

People have been playing professionally for at least a decade or so.

Not only did he play for Bayern for many years, but at one time he was also a leading player in Paraguay.

Facing a rookie like Su Yun, I guess it wouldn't take much effort to score all three goals.

However, what everyone could not have imagined was that Su Yun did not care about such things as fame at all.

A full level of goalie attributes provides him with a great deal of confidence!

In his opinion, let alone a Santa Cruz, even if Crow or Messi came, he would still not be afraid!

And after obtaining the system, he actually had someone secretly test it.

The test included penalties, and they were still kicked by professional players.

He realized that after the goalkeeper attribute was fully leveled, he was able to clearly see every move of his opponent when they were kicking a penalty kick.

Even if it was a fake move, he could see it clearly.

Though not all of them swooped down at that time to hide their strength.

But he was certain today that he would be able to block them all against Santa Cruz!

Then teach the guy a good lesson on how to learn respect.

Just when everyone thought Santa Cruz would not meet the fight, he spoke up.

"Good! I promise you!" After hesitating for a moment, Santa Cruz still chose to accept Su Yun's challenge.

When Su Yun heard this, he immediately became excited and had a very fervent smile on his face.

It seemed that the more difficult the challenge was to accomplish, the more unusually excited Su Yun was.

"But..." Santa Cruz continued after a pause, "You have your rules, and I have mine. Whether it's a goal or not, I'll kick the full three penalty kicks. But as long as you are able to block any one of those balls, it will be considered a win for you!"

"Good!" Su Yun nodded and directly agreed, "But what about the winner?"

Su Chen wants to set a colorful head.

After considering it for a moment, Santa Cruz said, "If you win, I'll stay out of all your future affairs. If I win, you'll have to be a good team disciplinarian!"

"No problem!" Su Yun directly promised.

After the two agreed, the teammates were all dumbfounded.

They felt that there was absolutely no need for Santa Cruz to agree to Su Yun's challenge, huh?

Because it's just as unfair to the shooting party!

With three penalties, the perception is that kicking all of them in is the way to go!

Instead, it's only a shame if you lose any of them, right?

It seemed like this matchup was unfair to Su Yun, but it was actually just as unfair to Santa Cruz.

But neither one cared about that.

Self-consciously, he began to get ready.

That's when head coach Pepe Mel came to heel.

The players subconsciously assumed that Pepe Mel would prevent this ridiculous matchup.

But instead of doing so, he still looked very interested.

In the last match, Su Yun had left an extremely deep impression on him.

He even already had the intention of cultivating Su Yun in the long run.

Therefore, he also wanted to see, Su Yun's potential, just how many kilograms were there?

How good is the penalty-kick pouncing?

Can you play as the team's No. 1 goalkeeper?

After all, a season is anything but long and giving away penalties is expected to be very high.

There are even some that will be deciding the outcome of the game!

For example, penalty shoot-outs in some knockout matches and cups.

If Suun really had the talent for it, the team would have the potential to get a ton of extra wins!

It may even take the team to unimaginable heights.

It just so happens that his opponent, Santa Cruz, isn't that bad.

You can take this opportunity to test Su Yun.

So instead of stopping the showdown, he smiled and acquiesced.

Meanwhile, I don't know who let the cat out of the bag.

The duo's duel was immediately publicized and attracted a lot of staff.

Once they saw that Su Yun and Santa Cruz were really preparing, they began to discuss excitedly.

"I think Sue is just shooting herself in the foot!"

"Hmph, Sue is just nuts! Three penalties and you still want to defend them all? It's a miracle if you can save one!"

"I really didn't want to come, is there any suspense here? Isn't the penalty shootout a must-win for Santa Cruz?"

For a moment, almost everyone was of the opinion that Santa Cruz would be the winner of this matchup.

Santa Cruz, however, did not take it lightly.

Instead, he prepared more carefully.

Some attentive teammates also noticed that Santa Cruz even changed to a pair of sneakers that are only used in official games.

In other words, he was serious enough about this matchup to catch a professional match.

After seeing such a scene, the players already knew in their hearts the outcome of this duel.

Soo Yung, it's over!

Only Su Yun himself, at this point, still looked relaxed.

Humming a little tune, he took the lead to the door, then said to Santa Cruz, who hadn't finished getting ready, "Hey, are you done? Hurry up and get started!"

Santa Cruz ignored him, instead insisting on finishing what he had to prepare before coming near the penalty spot after carefully selecting one of the balls in the pile.

He looked at Su Yun, then said with a serious face, "Are you ready? Tell me when you're ready!"

"Do I need to prepare to deal with you? Come on!"

Pepe Mel is starting to look forward to it too.

In his opinion, there was no need for Su Yun to really pounce on all the balls, as long as he was able to judge the correct direction, he was considered a viable talent.

But he did not expect Su Yun to give him a big surprise afterward!