Chapter 11 Savior

"Japan attacks, Hiroki Sakai crosses... Sun Pan! He's out! Beautiful! He doesn't seem to be affected by the glare of the sun at all! We don't know if it's the hat, but after wearing that Red Star hat, his performance in front of the goal has returned to normal... The ball flies outside the penalty area, but not far away... Hiroshi Kiyotake gets the ball! He adjusts... long shot! Danger—Sun Pan!! Not over yet, Japan still has... Yuki Otsu... Sun Pan! Sun Pan! It's Sun Pan again!! He saves Otsu Yuki's shot! Unbelievable!! God of the goal! Sun Pan is the God of the goal for the Chinese team! At this moment, he seems to be possessed by a god! Three consecutive saves, especially the last two, were almost impossible! But he did it!"

This was He Ping's commentary, starting from Sakai Hiroki's cross. At first, like everyone else, he didn't expect to see such a wonderful scene.

Sun Pan's remarkable triple save not only provided a visual feast but also gave the Chinese team a shot in the arm after encountering unfavorable conditions due to the backlight at the start of the second half.

When Sun Pan saved the ball for the last time, few Chinese fans in front of the TV could remain seated. They had all stood up at some point during the sequence, staring at the screen in stunned silence.

Then more and more people began to scream, cheer, and roar.

In reality, and online.

"Awesome!! Sun Pan is awesome!"

"So handsome!"

"So damn awesome! He truly deserves to be the Europa League's best goalkeeper!"

"We also have a world-class goalkeeper!"

"Saint Sun Pan!"

"Now it seems that the nickname Zhou Yi gave Sun Pan was really appropriate. 'Pan Pan Anti-Theft Door'! It's like putting a lock on the Chinese team's goal, haha! Cool!"

"...Those public intellectuals on Finance.com actually ridiculed such an awesome goalkeeper for not playing well, which is ridiculous. I wonder if Finance.com is hiding in a dark corner at this moment, secretly hoping that the Chinese team will lose? But sorry, we have Pan Pan Anti-Theft Door, so it's not so easy to lose!"

"Sun Pan is so handsome! I want to have his babies!"

"Does anyone know if Sun Pan has a girlfriend..."

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Sun Pan didn't know that many girls online wanted to have his babies. If he did, he would definitely be overjoyed—this was simply the ultimate goal of his life...

At this moment, in the New Wembley Stadium in London, the Chinese team's bench was in an uproar, and in front of the Chinese team's goal, everyone rushed towards him. Cao Yun excitedly hugged him, and others came up to pat him.

When Kiyotake Hiroshi took a long shot just now, many members of the national Olympic team felt their hearts grow cold, thinking that this time they were definitely done for. But Sun Pan saved it.

However, when the ball fell to Yuki Otsu, they thought that this time they were 100% finished, this goal was definitely lost! But Sun Pan saved it again...

In their eyes, Sun Pan was like a god at this moment.

"Sun Pan, were you possessed by God?!" they asked excitedly.

Sun Pan snorted: "God possession is not as good as what I can do myself, just a normal performance!"

Somewhat arrogant, but everyone liked the arrogant Sun Pan, so they all laughed happily when they heard this.

How could a non-arrogant Sun Pan have done three consecutive saves?

How could a non-arrogant Sun Pan play the role of the savior of the Chinese team at this time?

Arrogant people are qualified to be arrogant, so let him be arrogant.

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Guo Bing stood in front of the coach's bench, watching the entire process of Sun Pan's triple save clearly. Beside him, Blazevic, the well-informed old coach, held his head in his hands, his white hair disheveled in the wind, feeling incredible about Sun Pan's amazing performance, let alone him?

He was in a daze, recalling the "reasoning" that Zhou Yi had once told him.

"After Sun Pan is kicked out, will the people on the national Olympic team be convinced? I don't think so, right? Does the team still have fighting power? I don't think so, right? Watching a team that has a chance to compete for medals, just fall apart..."

At this time, he was very glad that he had listened to Zhou Yi's reasoning at the beginning and did not insist on making Sun Pan apologize publicly, causing a complete falling out.

Now it seems that Sun Pan's importance to the national Olympic team is no less than that of Zhou Yi and He Ying.

Zhou Yi is in command of the whole team, He Ying is the finisher for the national Olympic team, and Sun Pan is also a finisher, but he finishes the opponent's attack...

With these three as the core, the national Olympic team can fight all the way to the final.

If Sun Pan had been gone at the beginning, this team would not have been complete...

As the leader of the national Olympic team, he certainly hoped that Chinese football could achieve a historic breakthrough during his tenure. Fortunately, Sun Pan is still on the team...

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Sun Pan's save gave the Japanese team a corner kick. This corner kick was cleared by Guo Nu. After Sun Pan had been the main character several times in a row, this time he was in the limelight. Although he was not tall, not even 1.8 meters, he relied on his amazing jumping ability to take the lead before everyone else!

He headed the ball out.

Next, the two sides continued to go back and forth, mainly with Japan taking a slight advantage by using the advantages of nature.

However, the Chinese team was not completely suppressed. Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, they also found opportunities to launch attacks and threaten the Japanese team's goal.

Not long after, Sun Pan made another save. This time, when he caught Yuki Otsu's shot, he had a slight fumble. The ball was not quickly gathered into his chest by his hands, but bounced out. Fortunately, Sun Pan's second reaction was very fast, and he immediately made a dive, stretched out his left hand, pressed the bounced ball to the ground, and then quickly hooked the ball back and pressed it under his body. His flexible and swift left arm was like a snake's tongue, wrapping around food and wrapping it into his mouth.

"Good ball!" He Ping praised Sun Pan's performance. On the domestic Internet, there was still a chorus of praise.

But Zhou Yi frowned.

After another period of time, the Japanese team launched an attack, and Sugimoto Kenyu's header was pushed out of the crossbar by Sun Pan with one hand. The Japanese team got another header.

The commentators continued to praise Sun Pan's excellent performance, ensuring that the goal was not lost. The Chinese fans in the stands and in front of the TV cheered "Sun Pan niubi" again and again, and the national Olympic team teammates also patted Sun Pan's shoulders to express their praise.

Only Zhou Yi leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Is your right hand injured?"

Sun Pan, who was still trying to look cool, was stunned.

"Why didn't you use your right hand to hold this ball just now, but changed to using your left hand? It added an extra step and was much more embarrassed," Zhou Yi continued.

Sun Pan didn't know what to say when facing Zhou Yi's bright eyes.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Yi knew that he was right, so he suggested: "Why don't you call the team doctor up to take a look?"

Sun Pan reacted, and his reaction was very strong: "No!" In a hurry, he even grabbed Zhou Yi's hand.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yi was surprised by Sun Pan's reaction.

"It's not a big deal. My finger hurts a little, but I can bear it. But if you let the team doctor come up, the Japanese devils will know that I'm injured. With their cunning nature, they will definitely focus on attacking my right hand. That would be even worse," Sun Pan said seriously. "But now, no one except you can see that I'm injured."

He lowered his voice further.

"Do you think everyone is an idiot? They'll always be able to tell, right?" Zhou Yi disagreed.

"Hey, let's talk about it then. It's better to hide it for a while longer. When they really see it, there won't be much time left in the game," Sun Pan waved his hand. "The key is that it's really not that serious of an injury. It hurt a little when I touched it just now, but it's much better now. But if the opponent thinks there's something wrong with my right hand and they keep attacking, then a minor injury might turn into a serious injury."

Seeing Sun Pan's firm attitude, Zhou Yi couldn't force him, and he didn't really know what Sun Pan's injury was like, he only knew that he was injured.

He asked: "Did you get injured during the triple save?"

Sun Pan nodded: "The last time, my finger went straight up. That little devil's kick was quite powerful."

His tone was indifferent.

In the next corner kick, Sun Pan attacked and used his right hand to hit the ball out. The ball flew far out of bounds.

After landing, Sun Pan also made a muscle-flexing movement towards Zhou Yi, indicating that his body was fine. He chose to use his right hand, obviously also hoping to prove to Zhou Yi that his right hand was fine and could save the goal normally.

Zhou Yi couldn't do anything about such Sun Pan.

However, he was still a little worried. If the Japanese team continued to put pressure on Sun Pan like this, problems would arise sooner or later. He also believed that it was best not to put too much burden on Sun Pan's injured area.

So he needed to help Sun Pan.

But he was a midfielder, and defense was not his job, so how could he help Sun Pan?

He couldn't possibly retreat to the goal line and block the shots with his body, right?

In the final analysis, the Japanese team attacked so fiercely because they felt they had the hope and opportunity to win the game and win the gold medal.

The solution to this problem was also very simple. Wouldn't it be enough to not let the Japanese team think they had a chance to win?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi looked up. The sun was still hanging in the western sky directly opposite him, still so dazzling.

Zhou Yi narrowed his eyes.

But in fact, the sunlight is not as dazzling as people think when attacking towards the sun.