Another 158: Artists are Italians

FERRILLI IS GETTING PAST PSG YOUTH'S RIGHT MIDFIELDER WITH HIS QUICK LEFT-RIGHT FEINT!

Paris may be the "City of Art"... But when it comes to "Artists"...

HE'S THEN DODGING THE TACKLE OF THEIR RIGHT SIDEBACK...!!

Da Vinci... Michelangelo... Raphael... Botticelli... Are all italians... As well as me!

HE'S NOW COMPLETELY FREE TO SHOOT AT PSG YOUTH'S GOAL!

And now... Here is my last masterwork!

THIS IS FERRILLI'S SPECIAL SHOT! THE COURSE IS SO HIGH THAT EVEN N'DIAYE CAN'T REACH IT!

Uh!! But he'll never score with that course!

AH, BUT THE COURSE ISN'T GOOD, PSG YOUTH'S KEEPER IS DIVING, BUT THE BALL IS ENDING UP ON THE GROUND! FERRILLI DIDN'T SCORE, UNLESS... UNLESS...


AH, GERINI IS DESPERATELY SLIDING TOWARDS THE BALL... HE SENSED THE DANGER!


BUT HE'S ONLY A SECOND TOO LATE! THE BALL IS BOUNCING ON THE GROUND... AND WITH THE ROTATION EFFECT, IS GOING TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GOAL...!!


AND THIS IS... A GOAAAAAL! OL YOUTH IS SCORING FIRST! 23 MINUTES INTO THE FIRST HALF, THE OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS YOUTH IS TAKING THE LEAD, THANKS TO FERRILLI, WHO STARTED THE COUNTERATTACK AFTER CUTTING A PASS FROM MISAKI, DEFEATED THE PLAYERS ON PSG YOUTH RIGHT SIDE... THEN DEFEATED N'DIAYE, GERINI AND PSG YOUTH'S KEEPER WITH HIS SHOT!


Incredible... A shot coming from the right side... Made its way into the right side of the net... So this is
the oversea golden age... But more importantly... How did he escape my eyes...

Nihihi... You're puzzled, right? I have the same eyes... I know its weakness...
A... Weakness... No way... You're bluffing... I don't believe you...

Nihihi, don't think I'm an idiot, you're provoking me into telling you more... That won't happen...
And now that I'm sealing your best weapon... With Lortie sealing your field shaping... Your passes are powerless...

Because that's the kind of player you are, right? Relying on others... Your passes are your specialty...
Because you can't score on your own... You are not a "star", merely a shadow... And shrouded in darkness like now, you are nothing!

THE STADIUM IS STILL CHEERING FOR FERRILLI, EVEN THOUGH THE MATCH HAS RESUMED FOR A FEW MINUTES ALREADY! IT'S TRUE THAT IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE...


AH, BUT MISAKI IS STOPPING THE CIRCULATING PASSES! THIS TIME IS DRIBBLING UP, DODGING AN OPPONENT'S TACKLE WITH A JUMP! IT'S A SPRING JUMP ALMOST SIMILAR TO THOSE OF AFRICAN PLAYERS!

Passes are my specialty... But I'm not fixated on them!

HE IS THEN SLIPPING PAST TWO OPPONENTS... IT'S LIKE SEEING BRAZILIAN SKILLS COMBINED WITH A FRENCH ARTISTIC TOUCH...

And even if individual technique is important...

AND NOW... IT'S A SWITCH WITH BOSSI!... LIKE NETHERLANDS TOTAL FOOTBALL!? THIS IS REALLY LIKE AN INTERNATIONAL ATTACK!

Soccer... Is a team sport! A goal... Must be everyone's goal! That's my soccer creed!

BOSSI'S SPEED OF EXECUTION IS ALLOWING HIM TO TURN BACK AND SEND A HIGH PASS BEFORE PLAYERS OF OL YOUTH CAN MARK HIM...!


IT'S A MAGNIFICENT PASS BEHIND THE DEFENDERS! MISAKI IS JUMPING BETWEEN THEM... AND IS HITTING THE BALL WITH A JUMPING VOLLEY!!


BU... BUT IT'S STOPPED!! THIS IS A PERFECT CATCH FROM LORTIE! A PERFECT JUMPING DOUBLE HAND CATCH ON A VOLLEY SHOT KICKED IN THE PENALTY AREA, THIS IS... A GOD LIKE SAVE! HE IS A SAINT! SAINT LORTIE!

Wh... What!! No way!!

It's pretty obvious... That if he isn't using "this"... Then he's going to shoot instead of passing...

Nihihi... If it's Lortie, even if you try to shoot, it's useless... Do you feel the darkness yet?