Chapter 75: Chapter 31: Maybe Fifth, Maybe First!
"This is the tacit understanding of San Remo’s midfield twins! This is the Italian midfield dual core personally acknowledged by Maniero!"
"Little Maniero and the Second Butcher completed a dream connection, successfully helping San Remo take the lead!"
"The championship suspense for San Remo is back! They are one step closer to promotion!"
San Remo didn’t let the score change again, they completed the last five minutes of defense and secured a hard-fought victory.
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"What caused us to transform in the second half? Yes, of course, there is the influence of Head Coach Mr. Suotu, but... more of it I think comes from Lu Yang’s motivation to us." San Remo Team Captain Rondo answered in the post-match interview, "He has a very leader-like aura, he told us the reasons we must win, thereby boosting our morale."
Vedian said during an interview: "I made many mistakes in this match, but the Head Coach corrected me in time, I’m glad the team was able to achieve victory."
Morici was then asked about Rondo’s words: "Of course, Lu Yang has always been like this, whether on the field or in the locker room, he can help out friends. If you guys hadn’t pointed it out, I would even forget that he is a year younger than me because he always makes you mistakenly think he is the trustworthy and dependable elder brother!"
After the match, San Remo’s players unanimously praised Lu Yang, making people curious about what Lu Yang actually said during halftime.
But the reporters were unable to interview Lu Yang.
Because in this match, Lu Yang’s range of movement was too large; after the match, he immediately went into rest mode, needing to seize every minute to recover his strength for the upcoming decisive match of San Remo this season.
That will be the true battle for the top!
Soon, the entire thirty-seventh round of the league finished.
The outcome was quite unexpected.
Franca Villa, who was ranked sixth, faced a relegated team but was surprisingly held to a draw, only taking away one point.
points, almost declaring their involvement in direct promotion irrelevant.
Even the chance to play in the playoffs has become distant.
Ranked fifth is Catania, they defeated their opponents, scoring 72 points.
And the part that made San Remo fans cheer was that Bisceglie lost their crucial battle against Palermo, Arnold continued his goal drought and affected the team’s overall offense.
Bisceglie will lose the opportunity to threaten San Remo, slipping directly from second place, which was ahead of San Remo by a position due to victory relations, to fourth on the standings, and tied with fifth Catania at 72 points, barely leading through a win and a draw advantage in their match results.
Next round, Catania’s opponent is a weak team, they’ll stabilize in the top.
Because next round Bisceglie will face off against Franca Villa, ranked sixth.
The two competing, no matter the outcome, Catania will surely remain in fourth or fifth place.
At this point, the teams most likely to be left behind in this season’s promotion battle have emerged.
One of Franca Villa and Bisceglie is likely to be the one that was previously mentioned as the unfortunate team.
Of course, Palermo, ranked third with 73 points, isn’t entirely secure either, since they only have a three-point lead over Franca Villa. If everyone wins and they lose, then Franca Villa can still compare victory relations with Palermo, and Palermo has a disadvantage against Franca Villa this season.
Calculating back and forth, the only team that is already confirmed for promotion is Tulis with 77 points.
And ranked second in the league with 75 points is San Remo, who cannot afford to lose at all.
If third-place Palermo wins, they get 76 points.
If fourth and fifth Bisceglie and Catania win, they get 75 points, but according to victory relations, they can be ranked ahead of San Remo.
If San Remo loses, they’ll likely have to play in the promotion playoffs.
The path ahead of them is only one.
And that is to defeat Tulis and claim the league championship!