CHAPTER 1887: CHAPTER 986: PLEASE, YOUR OPPONENT CAN’T SEE THROUGH YOU AT ALL

Huang Youjie laughed and said to Ding Yue and Principal Xu Dongcheng.

At this moment, Ding Yue was holding a phone, on which was streaming the sports channel of his Feiyue Home streaming media platform. The screen in the live room was the broadcast of today’s match: Xia Country vs. Spanish Team. Since the match had not officially started yet, the commentator was introducing the starting line-up of the national team and the Spanish Team.

Ding Yue glanced at the live room; the number of viewers had already exceeded five million and was heading towards the ten million mark. At this rate of growth, if today’s semifinal match played by the national team was exciting, Ding Yue believed it wouldn’t be impossible to reach over ten million online viewers at that time.

It seems that this time, his Feiyue Media’s Feiyue Home streaming media platform could greatly acquire a batch of new users thanks to the traffic from this World Cup.

"Yue, what are you watching?"

Huang Youjie noticed Ding Yue looking down at his phone and asked curiously.

"Our Feiyue Home streaming media platform’s live stream."

Ding Yue briefly replied.

"Oh, oh, how many viewers are there?" Huang Youjie asked.

"We’re heading towards ten million viewers." Ding Yue smiled calmly and replied, "Besides our Feiyue Home streaming media platform, many platforms in the country, including NTS’s sports channel, are broadcasting live. If we can snatch ten million online viewers, it would be quite a success."

Ding Yue calmly analyzed the data and said.

"True, that’s a lot of people." Huang Youjie nodded slightly, muttering, "No wonder it’s the World Cup, the world’s number one sport; the traffic is indeed huge."

"Huang, don’t you think, with the World Cup matches, the broadcasters from all over the world are basically making a fortune," Xu Bin said with a laugh. "Yue, I just wonder if our Feiyue Home streaming media platform can make a fortune too?"

"We are providing free live broadcasts to the audience."

Ding Yue rolled his eyes and said, "But in terms of traffic and the new users eventually purchasing other products on our Feiyue Home streaming media platform, we definitely won’t lose out."

"If ten million online viewer traffic makes us lose, then we’re done for!"

Huang Youjie teased, "Then our Feiyue Home streaming media platform might as well close up shop."

"Hahaha."

Ding Yue and Xu Bin laughed heartily at the remark.

While Ding Yue was chatting with his friends, the match was about to begin.

The national team made a stylish entrance.

Following closely was the Spanish Team.

The Spanish Team was truly a luxurious lineup; many global football stars were on the Spanish Team. In recent years, their reputation had skyrocketed, with some vaguely resembling the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo of old.

It’s precisely because of this that the Spanish Team has become a top-tier global team today, with a strong potential to compete for the World Cup championship.

"The Spanish Team’s starting lineup is strong; it’s going to be a tough battle."

Principal Xu Dongcheng analyzed and said.

"Yes."

Ding Yue nodded, then smiled and said, "But so what if they are strong? Our national team only plays against strong teams."

That statement instantly set the mood.

"The Spanish Team just has more star players, that’s all. After this World Cup, our national team’s Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, Zhao Xuanming, Zhu Cheng, and Zhu Tan will gain a fair amount of fame in the world of football," Huang Youjie said disdainfully.

At this moment, Huang Youjie truly admired Li Shuangying and the others, due to their remarkably strong ability.

So now, Huang Youjie certainly wouldn’t undermine his own confidence. He also believed that the national team’s players would not have reputations that fall short of the Spanish Team’s star players in the future.

In fact, Ding Yue also very much agreed with what Huang Youjie said.

In a year, or maybe two, or perhaps after the next World Cup, the reputation of Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, Zhao Xuanming, Zhu Tan, and goalkeeper Zhu Cheng surely wouldn’t lag behind the current Spanish Team stars. Whether they become stars in the world of football depends on whether they can maintain their level after this World Cup.

However, Ding Yue believed they could, as they were still very young and had a lot of room for growth in the future.

"It’s about to start; I’m curious about who will get the kick-off right this time."

Xu Bin calmly commented.

On the pitch, the players from both sides began to spread out, and then the main referee tossed a coin to decide which side would get the kick-off right.

Typically, in football matches, the determination of kick-off rights before the game begins is settled by a coin toss, with each side having a 50% chance.

The main referee explained the rules of the coin toss to both the national team and the Spanish Team’s players and threw the coin in the air. After it landed, he relayed the result to the two players.

In the end, it was the national team that had a slight bit of luck and got the kick-off right.

The player kicking off was the nationally known midfielder, Zhu Tan.

Once he got the ball at midfield, it was rare for the opponent to take it from him, hence the team had a saying: "To take the ball from under Zhu Tan’s feet, you’d have to step on his body."

But with Zhu Tan’s towering height, it was basically impossible for anyone to gain any benefit against him. Playing against Zhu Tan was already considered very lucky if they managed to keep him from taking the ball from their feet. And stealing the ball from Zhu Tan’s feet?

Pure fantasy!

After getting the ball, Zhu Tan lingered momentarily at midfield. This wasn’t because he didn’t know what to do; he was looking for an opportunity, waiting to spot weaknesses in the Spanish Team’s defenses before passing the ball to Liu Zhan or Li Shuangying.

If he didn’t, wouldn’t that just give the opponent a chance?

The Spanish Team, on the other hand, did not rashly attempt to snatch the ball from Zhu Tan.

They seemed to understand that fighting for the ball with the national team at midfield was unwise, so they left some space for Zhu Tan, with more players focusing on keeping an eye on the national team’s Liu Zhan, Zhao Xuanming, and Li Shuangying.

"Looks like they’ve studied us thoroughly."

Zhu Tan pondered.

In earlier matches, the performances of Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, and Zhao Xuanming were too brilliant not to attract the opponent’s attention.

Once the Spanish Team knew their opponent was the national team, they must have researched them thoroughly, but there’s no way the national team could let the Spanish Team figure them out entirely.

Because even the national team itself hadn’t fully showcased their strength yet, how could any team hope to thoroughly study the national team?

From the perspective of the national team’s head coach, Hou Xiangming, he undoubtedly had a complete tactical arrangement prepared. Even now, despite the opponent focusing on Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, and Zhao Xuanming, the national team could still come up with different combinations and other preparations to counter effectively.

Sure enough.

Another midfielder, who had a more understated performance compared to Li Shuangying and Zhu Tan in previous matches, played a crucial role today.

He was tasked with attempting to break through the opponent’s defense and, from his midfield position, execute some forward-focused maneuvers.

This was the last thing the Spanish Team expected.

After all, the main offensive players that the national team had demonstrated before were Liu Zhan, Li Shuangying, and Zhao Xuanming.

By figuring out some of their combination plays and defending well, the Spanish Team believed they would give the national team fewer opportunities to score, which was their strategy.

In fact, in the last match with the national team, the Baxi Team adopted a similar approach.

But the Baxi Team failed to execute it well, allowing the national team to find a way to defeat them.