Chapter 93 Audience Calls
It only took the Tyne players half a day to understand what “the good days are over” meant.

Even though they had just played a game against Hackney Knights yesterday, the coaching staff still gave them half a day off.

Logically speaking, this afternoon’s training should focus on recovery.

Recovery is indeed recovery, but the amount of recovery training is not small at all.

It was obvious that the coaching staff had re-planned a new training plan for them.

Everyone was exhausted after the training.

Then they are urged to go to the swimming pool to recover from their training to prevent stress from accumulating in the muscles and causing physical harm.

And this is just recovery training. After the formal training tomorrow, the intensity will definitely be even greater.

To this end, Tyne’s medical team and the physiotherapy center in Football City are on high alert, providing logistical support to minimize the chances of players getting injured during training.

Wang Lie also shared tips on how to help people recover in the locker room:

“You must have a regular work and rest schedule, eat light food, and don’t put too much pressure on your body… Sleep is very important, very important, so try not to go to bed after 10 o’clock at night. Sufficient sleep can allow the body to recover on its own. Some simple minor injuries and pains can be cured just by sleeping… After a good rest, you will find that your body is much more relaxed, and you will be more agile and powerful when performing actions on the court, and less likely to get injured…”

Wang Lie’s words are all based on his experience. If he had said this in the past, others might just think he was preaching in a “daddy-like” way.

But with his actual performance as a backing, everyone is now willing to believe his words of experience and consider following them seriously.

After all, who wouldn’t have thought that he could still have such an explosive performance at the age of 38?

Wang Lie certainly knew that he had such performance thanks to the plug-in, but if everyone followed his advice, it would be beneficial and not harmful, so he did not lie.

Even if his teammates do this and cannot achieve “rejuvenation” at the age of 38 like him, it will definitely extend the peak period of their careers.

In addition, Wang Lie also discovered a “hidden BUFF” of this plug-in, that is, the body functions after being rejuvenated by the plug-in seemed to be better than his original body functions at the corresponding age.

I don’t know if this is the “overflow effect” caused by my long-term adherence to scientific training…

His original expectation of his performance after his body became younger was based on his performance at the corresponding age.

For example, his current physical functions are those of a 34-year-old. When he was actually 34 years old, he scored a total of 49 goals in one season. At that time, he was only one goal away from reaching 50 goals for five consecutive seasons.

He made thirty-five league appearances and scored thirty goals.

This performance is already very good.

He originally used this as a reference.

But after playing against Hackney Knights, he felt that his physical condition might be better than his actual 34 years old.

If he could have the same physical function as he does now when he is really 34 years old, he should be able to score more goals…

Therefore, when his body functions reach that of a 33-year-old, he can no longer use his 62 goals in the season when he was 33 as a reference.

He can do so much more than his actual age!

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Luke Milne met all the guests on the show in the lounge before the show. Besides him, there were his former teammate Marvin Block and Lawrence Dadomo, who was famous for not liking Wang Lie.

Although they had quarreled on social media before, they were teammates after all. After meeting, Brock and Milne still greeted each other and exchanged a few simple pleasantries.

Milne simply ignored Dadomo – Lawrence Dadomo was one of the media people he hated the most. He depended on Wang Lie for his livelihood, but he was ungrateful and had no respect for Wang Lie. He deliberately took things out of context and twisted a very normal thing into something that was good for him and bad for Wang Lie. He was the one who first coined the phrase “scoring hurts the team” on the Internet. Now this bastard’s nonsense has been upgraded to “champions hurt the team”…

If it wasn’t for the purpose of being a mouthpiece for Wang Lie, he wouldn’t want to talk to this shameless bastard.

Dadomo also knew Milne’s attitude towards him, so he did not take the initiative to come forward and make himself unhappy, but instead chatted with Brock.

Milne lowered his head and took out his phone to send a message to Wang Lie: “I will be on Focus News in a while to discuss your Champions League goal. Is there anything you can’t say?”

Wang Lie quickly replied: “There’s nothing you can’t say. You can say whatever you want, Luke.”

Milne asked again: “Will this incident bring a lot of pressure to the team? After all, many people in your team have never participated in the Champions League…”

“There is a Chinese proverb: ‘You’ve never eaten pork, but you’ve seen pigs run.’ Information is so developed now. Even if you haven’t played in the Champions League, haven’t you watched the Champions League games? So there is pressure, but not as much as the outside world thinks. Besides, we will participate in the Champions League next season. If we feel too much pressure just to compete for the Champions League qualification, what will we do when we actually play in the Champions League next season?”

“That’s good, I wish you good luck.”

“Thank you, Luke. You can say whatever you want during the show later. Don’t worry about us.”

“Will you watch the show live?”

“I’ll watch it if I have time.”

“OK”

Just after taking the reassurance pill given by Wang Lie, Milne saw the staff of the program knocking on the door and informing them: “Gentlemen, the program is about to begin. Please go to the studio.”

Milne set his cell phone to vibrate mode, put it in the inner pocket of his suit jacket, stood up and walked out first.

Brock hesitated before standing up.

Dadomo followed him out.

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“When is your flight?”

Wang Lie asked while looking at his wife on the phone screen. Behind his wife were his father-in-law and mother-in-law playing with their two children.

“Tomorrow night.” replied his wife Tang Xingmei.

“Okay, Han Ming will be waiting for you at the airport. Let him handle anything you need along the way.” Wang Lie instructed.

This time his wife brought her parents-in-law to the UK for a short stay, so of course he chartered a plane for them and also asked his Chinese agent Ran Hanming to accompany them and take care of them.

Of course, Ran Hanming is not a full-time nanny. He also has business in the UK.

“I know, don’t worry. Is there any problem on your side?”

“What’s the problem? It’s just a fight for the Champions League qualification. Look how scared they are…” Wang Lie smiled disdainfully. “I never thought this would become a hot news in English football.”

“After all, Tyne’s previous goal was to avoid relegation…”

“There are also relegation teams that win the championship.” Wang Lie curled his lips, not caring at all.

“I’m not worried about you, but what about the other people in your team? Before, this goal was just tacitly agreed upon by everyone, but no one pointed it out. Now that it has been exposed, what do they think?”

“Ha.” Wang Lie laughed when he heard his wife mention this. “Today, many reporters blocked the players outside the gate of our training base and interviewed them one by one to ask them what they think about the Champions League goal. Thanks to them, they have figured out the attitudes of the players in the team – all of them support it.”

“What if they are just embarrassed to tell the truth in front of reporters?” the wife suggested a possibility.

“That doesn’t matter. The situation is like this now. I don’t care what they think. Once they get on this boat, it’s impossible to get off easily.” Wang Lie smiled proudly. “I tied them together with victory. Now they want to jump out of the car? I welded the door shut!”

“Dad! Dad!” Wang Ziqi, who was originally playing with his grandfather, suddenly appeared in the video call screen, “You must win!”

Then his daughter Wang Zilin also ran over and imitated her brother to squeeze into the picture: “Dad! Dad! You must win!”

“Ha! Don’t worry, Dad will definitely win!”

My mother-in-law also came over and said with concern: “Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

Facing his mother-in-law and his childhood cultural teacher, Wang Lie said seriously: “Don’t worry, Mom. This matter does not put any pressure on me. Instead, it gives me more motivation.”

The father-in-law’s voice came from outside the screen: “Well said! Just run over them! Crush all those doubts and ridicules!”

The mother-in-law turned her head and glared at her husband: “Don’t add fuel to the fire!”

“How can this be considered adding fuel to the fire? My little grandson was bullied by his stupid fans at school, so of course a father has to stand up for his son. Don’t you think so, Xiaolie?”

The video call screen tilted slightly, and Wang Lie saw his father-in-law’s serious expression. He quickly smiled and said, “Dad, you are right.”

Wang Ziqi, standing next to his father-in-law, held his head high with a proud expression on his face, as if he had someone to back him up.

The mother-in-law still educated her grandson with the mentality of a teacher: “No matter what, you still have to get along well with your classmates in school…”

Before Wang Ziqi could say anything, his sister Wang Zilin said on his behalf: “It’s okay, grandma. When Dad wins, the classmates will get along well with brother.”

The mother-in-law was so choked by her granddaughter’s words that she was speechless.

Tang Xingmei couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Wang Lie also started laughing.

The father-in-law caressed his granddaughter’s head and laughed heartily: “Linlin is right!”

The mother-in-law looked around and finally vented her anger on her husband: “How do you teach your children?”

The father-in-law cried out in injustice: “What does it have to do with me?”

Tang Xingmei also spoke up for her father: “What Linlin said actually makes some sense. Now Qiqi has a much better relationship with his classmates.”

Wang Ziqi stood up to testify: “That’s right! Now my classmates all call my dad ‘Grandpa’, but they used to call him ‘Brother’! I am a generation older than them now!”

mother in law:”……”

Everyone burst into laughter again.

In a joyful atmosphere, Wang Lie ended the video call with his wife.

Then he looked at the time and found that “Focus News” had not ended yet, so he simply turned on the TV to see how Milne “debated with the crowd”.

As soon as the program switched to BBC Channel 5, he saw Lawrence Dadomo’s shiny bald head under the studio lights.

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“…What Milne said just now makes sense. A seven-point gap is indeed not particularly large. In the history of football, there have even been precedents of teams falling behind by fifteen points and eventually turning the tables to win the championship… But that was an extreme case after all. When we discuss an issue, we can’t use extreme cases as evidence, right? Is there an example of winning the championship after falling behind by fifteen points? Yes. So Tyne will definitely be able to successfully qualify for the Champions League even though they are seven points behind?” Lawrence Dadomo spread his hands, shrugged, and curled his lips.

Milne asked back without showing any weakness: “I didn’t say it was definitely possible. I just said what’s there to laugh at and question about this goal? But you kept saying ‘impossible’. Since there are similar precedents, why do you think Tyne can’t do it? Or do you think that others can do it, but Tyne, who has the king, can’t? So is it Tyne who can’t do it, or the king?”

Dadomo smiled and said, “I know Milne and Wang have always had a good relationship, so it’s normal for him to have a stance on this issue…”

Milne heard the trap in Dadomo’s words and interrupted him without hesitation: “My relationship with Wang is average. I am not even his friend. Even Marvin knows this. When he was in Sofia, Wang’s friend was Enrique Wanderson.”

Marvin Brock, who was watching the show nearby, didn’t expect that there would be something for him to do. When his name was called, he could only laugh dryly and said, “That’s true. There are not many people who can be invited to the king’s home. Enrique is one of them. Luke and I have never been invited…”

He had to speak for Milne because he always claimed to be objective, impartial, and pragmatic. Right is right, wrong is wrong, and he would not change his standards because of the closeness or distance between them.

He couldn’t possibly say nonsense at this time that Milne and Wang Lie had a close relationship, right?

Although Bullock spoke for him, Milne was not grateful and continued to target Dadomo: “Just talk about the matter, don’t talk about your position. Don’t you have a position? The whole world knows your ass, Mr. Lawrence Dadomo.”

His blunt “butt” theory made Dadomo a little embarrassed, and the host Aaron Thompson next to him quickly came out to smooth things over: “Luke, Luke, let Lawrence finish his words first…”

Milne still gave the host some face and kept silent.

Dadomo adjusted his mood and continued, “That’s not how precedents work. Different teams, different periods, different personnel compositions, injuries… and other factors will ultimately lead to very different results. Milne, do you think it’s a simple matter to compete for the Champions League qualification?”

Milne snorted coldly: “Of course it’s not simple.”

Seeing that Milne agreed with his point of view, Dadomo said in one go: “It’s not just not easy, it can even be said to be very difficult. Otherwise, why did Sofia miss the Champions League for three consecutive seasons… Sorry, I don’t mean to target Sofia, I just happen to have this example at hand… And conversely, since Sofia can hardly do it, how can Tyne do it? What are they better than Sofia? There is one more thing…”

Seeing that Milne seemed to have something to say, Dadomo quickly quickened his speech:
“There is one more thing. Sofia United is a top team after all. From the players to the club management, they have rich experience in dealing with European wars. They know what to do in the final sprint. And what does Tyne have? Most of their players have never even played in the Champions League. Won’t they collapse completely due to excessive pressure in the final stage? I admit that Wang and Katic are both experienced Champions League players, but football matches cannot be won by just the two of them. Wang alone can’t lead this team to win.”

Milne laughed at this last remark:
“Wang can’t lead Tyne to win? Ha, then how did he use two goals to help Tyne beat Hurlingham FC 4:1? How did he use a hat trick to help Tyne beat Scouse 3:2? And what role did Wang play in the 3:1 victory over Hackney Knights? Before Wang just joined Tyne, where was the team ranked? Thirteenth. How many points away from the Champions League qualification? Sixteen points! And now? Seventh in the league, seven points behind! What happened to Tyne in the meantime? They just signed Wang for free at the last minute during the winter break. So you tell me that Wang can’t lead this team to win?”

Seeing that the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was getting increasingly tense, Marvin Brock wanted to speak a fair word to calm both sides down:

“Luke, Lawrence said that Wang alone cannot lead Tyne to victory. He is right, Wang also needs the help of the team. We can see that many players of Tyne are performing well now, such as Vitini. He has made a great contribution to Tyne’s consecutive wins…”

When Milne saw that Brock was actually speaking for Dadomo, he immediately turned his guns on his former teammate:
“Thank you for mentioning Vitini, Marvin. We all know how Vitini performed before. Now Vitini has undergone a complete transformation. Guess who deserves the credit? So do you think Wang can only lead the team to victory by scoring goals on the field? Isn’t improving the performance of teammates a kind of ‘leadership’? Tyne is like two different teams before and after Wang left. Isn’t this Wang’s credit?”

He pointed to the table in front of him:
“You all talk about it behind this stage every weekend, as if you are the most knowledgeable experts on football in this country. But why is it that when you mention Wang, your brains suddenly become smooth? Wang’s contribution to the Tyne team is obvious to all, why don’t you want to admit it? Do you need me to list Wang’s statistics and performance after joining Tyne? Don’t choose to play blind just to cater to traffic!”

At the end of his speech, he simply banged the table hard.

Milne’s words were already very harsh, so Marvin Brock raised his hands in surrender: “Luke, calm down. I have no intention of discussing Wang’s contribution with you. I have never denied Wang’s positive role in Tyne, and I have never denied Wang’s power. I just said that we should discuss the issue neutrally, objectively and calmly, without emotions…”

“Please shut up, Marvin. It’s Mr. Dadomo and I who are discussing this.” Milne was visibly angry at Brock – as Wang’s former teammate, why are you speaking for a hater of Wang? Are you full of water in your head? And you still say you are objective and neutral? Neutral ass! When has Lawrence Dadomo ever been objective and neutral? You speak for him, and you still have the nerve to say that you are objective and neutral? !
Brock smiled awkwardly, then spread his hands and made a helpless expression, but he did shut up.

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Wang Lie watched the confrontation between Milne and the two men on TV and sighed.

In fact, both sides put their positions first. This kind of debate is meaningless. Apart from venting emotions, it is completely unsuccessful in convincing the other party.

Marvin Block has always emphasized “objectivity and neutrality”, as if he could convince the other debater as long as he made reasonable arguments…

Wang Lie didn’t know whether to say that he was naive or pretending to be naive even though he knew the truth.

Please, we are all adults with fixed values. How can we admit defeat just because of a few words from you?
Besides, even if he really loses, he will continue to act tough.

To be honest, he was grateful to Milne for being willing to go on TV to speak for himself, but he felt that it was meaningless to do so. No matter how many facts you presented, others would not see them.

If verbal battles are useful, why would he play football? He can just spit at those people online every day…

There are many bad things about football, but there is one good thing:
Football has champions, and football matches have winners and losers. Winning is winning, and winning allows you to show off and be proud.

So why say so much?

Go win, slap them in the face with victory.

Thinking of this, Wang Lie picked up the mobile phone placed aside, found Luke Milne’s name in the address book, and then dialed the number directly.

He intended to put an end to this boring war of words.

Soon, he saw Milne, who was passionately speaking to Dadomo on the live TV, was obviously stunned for a moment, and the TV crashed on the spot. Not only the content of his criticism, but even his emotions seemed to be incoherent…

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“…After yesterday’s game, I took advantage of my position to ask Wang, and I learned that the goal of the Champions League was born when he went to Tyne. At that time, Tyne was 16 points behind Sofia United, and now there are 7 points between them. Wang led Tyne to catch up with 9 points! In the past eight games, Tyne only lost one game and won the rest! If such performance is still ridiculed, then what about other teams? Aren’t they more…”

Just as Milne was about to use the map cannon to kill a lot of people, he suddenly felt a familiar vibration coming from his heart – his cell phone was vibrating, a call came in!
He didn’t expect to receive a call at this time.

He could have just pretended nothing had happened and carried on.

But he stuttered because he was caught off guard, and his momentum was gone… Because of this pause, the host, Brock, and Dadomo all gave him looks with different meanings.

If he continued to pretend that nothing had happened, it would seem like he was a coward.

So, in full view of everyone, he reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone.

He wanted to see who dared to interrupt his emotions and output at this time. After the show, he would definitely call and scold them…

Then he saw the caller: Wang
Milne’s eyes widened.

“What’s up, Luke?” host Aaron Thompson asked curiously.

Milne did not answer.

Brock, who was standing nearby, leaned over to take a look, then exclaimed, “Wang called?!”

Although he covered his mouth right after he said it, everyone knows it now…

Milne glared at him, then answered the call and asked directly, “Wang, are you watching the live broadcast?”

Wang Lie’s voice came from the receiver: “Luke, do me a favor. Put down your phone, turn on the speakerphone, and make sure they can hear me.”

“Okay…” Milne did as he was told.

Not only did he put down his phone and turned on the speakerphone, he also took off the lavalier microphone on his shirt collar and placed it next to the phone.

As he did so, he said to the other three confused people, “The king has something to say.”

In the monitoring room, the director faced this emergency and looked back at producer Nathan Sweeney behind him: “Do you want to continue?”

Sweeney recovered from his initial shock and said excitedly, “Of course! Go ahead! Take a close-up of that phone! Tell the photographer to go up and take a close-up! Let the TV audience clearly see that it was Wang who called!”

His voice was trembling with excitement because he knew that this episode of “Focus News” would be a hit!

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“Wang called Milne directly?”

When a close-up of Milne’s mobile phone screen appeared on the live broadcast, Vitini, who was watching the live broadcast, thought he was seeing things.

It shows who is calling.

Is the king.

The father nodded and said, “If no one is pretending… yes.”

Vitini got excited: “Is the king going to scold that damn clown?! I’ve been annoyed with that bastard for a long time! Fuck him, Wang!”

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Sonny Dean yawned. He felt that both Milne and Dadomo’s arguments were very low-level and lacked substance.

How boring that I would spend time watching two people bickering like little kids…

Damn, waste of my life!
He picked up the remote control and saw that Milne seemed to be stuck suddenly.

Hey, don’t know what to say?
He joked in his heart and looked down at the remote control to make sure he didn’t press the wrong button.

Just then he heard the host’s question: “What’s wrong, Luke?”

and Brock’s exclamation: “A call from Wang?!”

Dean, who was looking for the off button on the remote control, raised his head again and stared at the TV screen with wide eyes.

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Katic, who was sitting on the sofa with his wife watching TV, suddenly laughed out loud when he saw Milne put his mobile phone on the table and said to the other three people, “Wang has something to say.”

His wife Anna turned her head and looked at him curiously and asked, “What’s so funny?”

Katic shook his head: “No, I just think he is worthy of it…ha!”

The wife frowned and became even more confused. Why did her husband suddenly look so happy?
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When he saw Milne take out a mobile phone from his clothes and Brock exclaimed that it was Wang Lie calling, Sam McNeill leaned back on the sofa in front of the TV and hugged his head with his hands.

It was as if he had witnessed Wang Lie’s incredible world wave goal from the sidelines…

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Elliot Goetz stared blankly at the television screen.

In the live broadcast, Milne leaned over the microphone and phone and said, “Okay, Wang. What do you want to say?”

Then he heard Wang Lie’s voice:

“Luke, thank you. But there is no need to waste time with people who don’t believe in us. How can you expect a bug that has to lie in the mud all its life to understand flying? Tyne’s goal is the Champions League next season, and this is just like the name of the team:
“The Tyne has flowed through Newcastle for thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of years. Would anyone question the existence of the river? Would people on the banks shouting and cursing at the Tyne stop the river?
“So, what I want to tell you is… we will definitely go to the Champions League next season, just like the River Tyne will flow into the sea!”

Hearing these words, the 35-year-old veteran who had dedicated most of his career to his hometown team took a deep breath, then looked up at the ceiling of the living room, clenched his teeth, clenched his fists, and his body trembled slightly uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)