Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions-Chapter 64: Flowing like clouds and water, crisp and sharp! This kick is simply like 3D Pinball!

Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Flowing like clouds and water, crisp and sharp! This kick is simply like 3D Pinball!

"Icardi actually scored a long shot! Haha, this kid’s impressive, improving, boss, he’s becoming more versatile!"

Assistant coach Herrera clapped thunderously on the sidelines.

While clapping, he sneakily glanced at Mancini’s reaction~

These past months, Mancini kept emphasizing to him the importance of developing Icardi’s other skills in training, like passing and long shots.

In Mancini’s eyes, as Inter’s top scorer, this young No. 9 has huge potential for growth!

In addition to poaching goals, he should be more versatile to truly carry Inter’s forward line.

Herrera indeed did this, spending time with Icardi every day in training to practice long shots.

Even after regular training sessions, he’d personally stay behind for extra practice.

Thus, when Icardi scored a long shot, Herrera was overjoyed!

He joyfully shouted while subtly turning his head to Mancini, seemingly claiming credit—"See, my training sessions are effective!"

As Herrera anticipated, Mancini was also shocked!

He didn’t even make any celebratory gestures, just took two steps forward, eyes wide open, looking at the celebrating players.

So much so that the fourth official had to remind him several times to return to the sideline. Mancini finally snapped out of it, smilingly apologizing.

Seeing this, Herrera felt delighted—could it be that at the end of the season, I won’t have to retire and can follow the boss for another year, hehe, Chiwo, you’ll have to wait if you want to steal my assistant coach position!

When one desires something greatly, their eyes involuntarily carry a filter.

In reality, Mancini was indeed shocked.

But different from Herrera’s expectations, he wasn’t shocked by Icardi’s long shot—in a position at the top of the penalty arc, less than 20 meters away, unguarded, swinging his leg and putting his full might into the shot, even a 50-year-old Mancini could hit it eight or nine out of ten times.

What surprised Mancini was the assister, Tang Long!

Tang Long today performed very differently from usual.

When Tang Long dribbled at the opponent’s penalty flank, supposed to pass first-time but didn’t, causing three Palermo defenders to surround him.

Mancini frowned, mentally echoing the commentators’ complaints:

"What are you doing, holding the ball too long!"

Clearly, Podolski and Brozovic were ready to support him from behind.

He just needed a simple drag to make a return pass.

Or, simply go for a cross from the bottom line, aiming for Icardi wasn’t a bad idea either.

It’s definitely better than being intercepted and counter-attacked on the spot!

But what happened next completely exceeded Mancini’s expectations for Tang Long!

Just as he was about to lose position, Tang Long cleverly nudged the ball to the unguarded Icardi’s feet!

Because the three were attracted by Tang Long, Icardi faced an open field at the penalty arc, eating this cake too comfortably.

Mancini was tens of meters away on the sidelines, unable to see clearly how Tang Long passed the ball.

He wanted to ask assistant coach Herrera if he saw it clearly, but seeing his silly bootlicking behavior, Mancini felt disdain and didn’t want to talk to him.

"Alright, alright, no matter how he passed it, deploying such a crazy strategy to draw attention and then pass... hopefully Tang did it deliberately; if that’s really the case, this kid’s football intelligence and daring are beyond my imagination," Mancini thought.

The last goal of the first half happened when the match was about to end.

Brozovic’s set-piece was fast and bending, zooming towards the goal.

Palermo players saw Icardi heading for the near post and knew the ball would land there, players rushed forward rapidly.

But against the Argentine striker’s fierce movement and sharp header, it all became futile!

3–0!

Icardi completed a hat trick in the first half!

Two games without scoring, and now three at once!

He was as mad as he pushed aside all teammates coming to celebrate, first stripping his jersey and tossing it skyward, then sprinting 40 meters to the north stand, performing a passionate knee slide! ƒгeewёbnovel.com

"Icardi! The almighty Icardi!"

"Just like the three stripes he shows in the slide, he scored three goals in 45 minutes!"

"This is his 15th goal in the Serie A this season!"

"His form is scorching hot! I can’t imagine anyone else competing with him for the Serie A Golden Boot!"

Icardi was extremely delighted.

Even when the referee showed him a yellow card, he was still smiling.

In the second half, Palermo was utterly defeated.

Inter’s current strength, though not the top in Serie A, with a huge 3-goal lead at home, forget Palermo, even if Juventus came, they wouldn’t stand a chance~

Tang Long’s goal was singular.

To provide more assists for Icardi, not only boosting his goal stats but also enhancing his own assist stats.

A super minnow like Palermo meets only twice a year, seize every chance, smash them to pieces, never show mercy!

In the 65th minute of the second half, the tempting artillery shell rocked the Meazza Stadium sky again!

This time the collaboration was more complex than before.

Experienced Podolski actively moved from wing to central, drawing away an opponent defender, giving ample space for the team’s right-back Yuto Nagatomo to surge forward.

Accompanied by a crisp "pop," Tang Long struck the ball towards the open corner space on the right!

Everything seemed pre-calculated, precisely accurate.

Yuto Nagatomo used eighty percent sprinting speed chasing the ball, crossing just before it went over the baseline!

Icardi at the near post made a feint, the ball aimed diagonally to the penalty arc!

"Watch out for their long shot!"

Sunny, an 18-year-old loanee from Juventus, became cautious this time, summoning two teammates to press out and block Tang Long’s shooting angle at the arc.

But when Tang Long laid the stance, eyes wide pretending to powerfully shoot, he slowed the pace in the blinking moment of contact, flexing his ankle smoothly to the left, the rigid body muscles instantly relaxed—

The ball slid on the ground like soap, "swish," reaching the advancing Podolski!

Sunny and teammates prepared themselves for the eventual fate, squinting, righteously bracing for the cannon barrage, yet were cleanly tricked!

The German collected the ball and shot a straight-aim sweep across the goalfront, with Icardi again appearing ghostly at the near post, but this time it’s a different near post position!

Explosive shot, 4–0!

Icardi performed a super hat trick!

Striking the signature ear-cupping gesture again!

The cheers at Meazza Stadium poured down like torrential rain!

rounds, 16 goals!

This attack was five consecutive no-stop passes, executed like flowing water, crisp and sharp, the football moved like a 3D pinball among Palermo players, dazzlingly fast, giving no time for the opponents to react.

And the most crucial two defense-splitting pinball punts came from attacking midfielder Tang Long!