Dirty Play

We wind up battered by a dirty team

Mar 20, 2023

Taiyuan University of Technology

Apparently the students in Taiyuan don’t exactly play fair.

Our match against the Taiyuan University of Technology was simply ugly. There were 9 yellow cards in all, 6 of which were called against them.

We won, 4-0. It wasn’t pretty, though.

And, worst of all, Luciano Parra was injured by a pretty deliberate challenge.

There were bright spots. Both Yan Kun and Shi Jiayang scored. Yan Kun’s goal was a sight to behold, too. He scored from a few yards outside the penalty area, giving us a glimpse of what an amazing player he truly is.

Shi Jiayang, by the way, is now our youngest ever goalscorer.

In the end, however, it was the 16-year-old wonder Zhu Bin who came away as the man of the match. His passing was simply amazing, and I’ve got a feeling that he’s going to wind up being our first choice left winger in the near future.

Parra’s Injury

Luciano will be out for about a month.

The press is worried that this will damage our chances. I think we’ll be fine. It means that Rovaglia will have more chances up front. My plan is to start him together with Mueanta up top, and to stick Delfi on the right wing. We’ll probably stick with Zhu Bin on the left wing, and will let the rest of the team come together naturally.

Speaking of Younes Delfi, there are already calls for him to be called up to the Iranian international squad. He deserves it.

Lee Jin-Yong On Loan?

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“You said no, right?” Charlotte asked me at breakfast the other morning.

I gave her a blank look.

“You said no?” she repeated, eying me carefully.

“No… to what?” I asked, puzzled.

“To the loan request, silly,” she replied. “You know you need to keep my 오빠 here, right?”

It took me a while to figure out what she was talking about.

We received two different offers from 2nd tier South Korean clubs to take Lee Jin-Yong in on loan.

Neither club wanted to pay any of his wages, which are hilariously high at 465,000 RMB per month (highest on our squad). He’s been starting a lot recently, too. There’s no reason to loan him out, and so I refused both offers.