"Goal ~ ~ ~"
"Olić!"
"The 34-year-old Olić once again proved with his goal that old soldiers never die!"
"This is also the Croatian veteran's thirteenth goal in the Bundesliga this season! He is Wolfsburg's top scorer!"
"The assist for him came from Mark Lane!"
"Wolfsburg equalized the score!"
After scoring, Olić turned around and pointed with both hands at Mark, who had set him up. After high-fiving and hugging Mark, he raised his hands and lightly patted the young man's cheeks twice, not too hard, not too soft.
"Do you know what!"
"You're a f***ing genius!"
And Mark, who had been grinning a second ago, stopped grinning the next second after being slapped.
Brother, just praise me, why do you have to slap my face?
I still need this face to pick up girls and shoot commercials...
As Wolfsburg equalized, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
Going into the locker room with a 1-0 score and going in with a 1-1 score are two different concepts.
However, with Wolfsburg's current squad and tactics, even without De Bruyne, playing against Frankfurt is still more than enough.
What's more, even with De Bruyne not on the field, the role of Wolfsburg's new darling, Mark, is just as obvious!
The second half began with a change of ends.
After delivering an assist, Mark did not change his playing style, but continued to patiently play passing combinations with Arnold in midfield.
As an outstanding product of Wolfsburg's youth academy, Arnold is an all-around midfielder.
He can do everything, with balanced abilities, capable of passing and orchestrating, defending and intercepting, and also making late runs for long-range shots.
His only weakness is his average dribbling and breakthrough ability.
However, with Mark upfront, he doesn't need to hold the ball and dribble past opponents; he just needs to pass the ball to the former, and then run into open space to receive the ball and distribute it wide.
Coupled with the Belgian youngster Malanda, who got a starting opportunity in this match, his excellent running ability allows him to cover the entire midfield.
The midfield trio firmly controlled the game, continuously pressing the attack into Frankfurt's half.
It's just that Mark lacks the ability to deliver dangerous passes through the middle, so he can only rely on the two wings for breakthroughs and crosses.
And as time went on, Mark also began to experience a decline in physical fitness.
Although he was only running back and forth in midfield to support, and playing passing combinations with the midfielders and two wingers.
However, Mark slowly felt that his physical fitness was declining faster than when he played as a winger.
Is playing midfield really that tiring?!
Having to organize attacks, make runs for support, press high up the field, and also deliver dangerous passes...
In the sixty-second minute, he received the ball near the center circle, and sensing that the defensive midfielder behind him wasn't marking him as tightly, he executed a step-over turn.
The next second, facing the pouncing Frankfurt defensive midfielder Barnetta, he unceremoniously poked the ball with the instep of his right foot and immediately burst out from the right side!
The ball passed perfectly between Barnetta's legs and then returned to Mark's feet.
This nutmeg also earned the cheers of tens of thousands of fans at the Volkswagen Arena.
Subsequently, after advancing a few meters with the ball, Mark found himself caught in a pincer movement from front and back.
Fortunately, he had already observed Olić in the penalty area and delivered a direct pass.
Olić, with his back to goal, held off the opponent's Peruvian center-back Zambrano, laid the ball back to Perisic, who had arrived at the edge of the penalty area, and he directly took a shot.
The ball found the near post, and Trapp once again fell to the ground, lamenting as he watched the ball go in.
"Wolfsburg scores again!"
"Wolfsburg has taken the lead at home!"
"This is a connection between Croatians!"
With the lead, Wolfsburg continued to push forward, attempting to score a third goal and kill the game.
However, seeing Mark's obvious decline in physical fitness, Hecking immediately substituted him with midfielder Träsch, and then pushed Arnold into the attacking midfield position.
And as he left the field, Mark received enthusiastic applause from all the home fans.
"In this match, Wolfsburg's little dancer provided an assist, helping the team equalize in the first half."
"This is also his sixth assist of the season, and he has already entered the top ten of the League's assist list!"
"And this flamboyant and handsome young man has already become the new darling of the Volkswagen Arena!"
After Mark left the field, although Wolfsburg's overall possession rate decreased, they still dominated Frankfurt.
In the seventy-eighth minute, Wolfsburg's overall formation pushed past the halfway line, and Frankfurt's overall formation was compressed into the thirty-meter area in front of their goal.
Naldo, who had already pushed past the center circle, received a horizontal pass from Ricardo Rodriguez, took a glance at the goal, and then, without hesitation, pushed the ball and unleashed a powerful shot!
The ball transformed into a cannonball, flying out with a "bang"!
It flew towards the goal at an extremely high speed. The ball, with a bizarre trajectory, struck the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the net.
Trapp leaped, but was unable to prevent the goal...
Accompanied by this thunderous shot, the entire Volkswagen Arena erupted!
Naldo's astonishing super long-range shot from over thirty-seven meters away not only changed the score to 3-1 but also crushed the morale of Frankfurt's players.
Mark, sitting on the bench and watching this scene, clapped his hands and exclaimed:
"That long-range shot is too powerful!"
As a well-known long-range shooter in the Bundesliga, Naldo's powerful long-range shots and powerful free kicks are not to be underestimated.
And his goal also reminded Mark of two other Brazilian defenders:
Roberto Carlos and David Luiz!
These two are also famous for their powerful shots, with very hard feet.
"Do Brazilian defenders all have a restless heart that just has to take a long-range shot?"
"When can I unleash such a powerful long-range shot?"
Opening the system panel and looking at his [Long Shot] attribute, which was only 56, Mark's mouth twitched, and he let out a self-deprecating bitter smile:
"Only 56? Well, never mind then..."
Finally, thanks to goals from Olić, Perisic, and Naldo's incredible long-range shot, Wolfsburg defeated visiting Frankfurt 3-1 at their home ground, the Volkswagen Arena.
And Mark's first journey as an attacking midfielder concluded with an assist and a victory.
After the match, back in the locker room, Mark retrieved his phone, which had been on silent, and saw not only a congratulatory message from Raiola but also a message from Pamela:
"Mark, congratulations on winning the match!"
Since meeting Pamela, Mark had truly dedicated an hour each day to watching Pamela's fitness videos on YouTube for his home flexibility training.
During this time, he would also chat with Pamela and exchange messages.
Mainly, Mark would ask Pamela for advice on how to work out at home, and Pamela would share her experiences in managing her video account with him.
Having such a sweet-looking and fit girl as his online coach, any man would be willing to do a few more sets of exercises.
Perhaps their professions were very similar, or perhaps they were of similar age and got along very well.
Soon, in addition to messages, the two would also video call from time to time.
Although they were hundreds of kilometers apart.
However, the distance between their hearts was not far...
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