In the west stand where the Leverkusen fans were, a young man in his mid-twenties, wearing a loose T-shirt and shorts with a Hello Kitty pattern, a fat head, a big face, and a short haircut was yawning listlessly and looking around.
The crowd is out of place.
"Aw! What a boring game!" Mario Raiola yawned, stuffed a handful of potato chips into his mouth to cheer up, and muttered as he chewed.
Not long after, the halftime break ended and players from both sides returned to the court one after another.
"Ho! My dear son, I've been waiting for you!"
Suddenly seeing the fourth official on the sidelines holding up the sign that No. 7 was replaced by No. 9, Mario jumped up from his seat, threw away the potato chips in his hand, and wiped his chest with his big palm fan-like hands.
Then he picked up the notebook from his seat.
Mario is a young football agent who is just starting out.
Although he is not well-known personally, his father is Mino Raiola, one of the two largest agents in world football.
After graduating from London, Mario entered his father's company as an intern.
Over the years, I have been learning how to be a qualified agent from my father Raiola.
However, due to the huge differences in their practice philosophies, Mario left the company and began to look for his own path after having an in-depth talk with his father Raiola three months ago.
However, the path of independent brokers is not easy, and can even be said to be difficult.
In recent years, whenever a player with good talent appears in football, he is either signed by his father's rival Mendes, or his father Mino Raiola kills them all.
And Mario, not to mention compared with Mendes and Raiola, even an ordinary agent with a little qualifications, he can't beat them.
Fame and experience are drawbacks.
So he has been looking for his first customer all this time.
Mario was very smart and knew that Mendes' sphere of influence was focused on Portuguese-speaking areas.
And his father Raiola's reach is even more terrifying. He has a scouting network in Italy, England, the Netherlands, France, and even South American and North American football.
It is simply impossible for him to sign a talented young player in these places.
So he turned his attention to Asia, known as a football desert.
At first, Mario focused on China, which has a population of 1.3 billion. He even made a special trip to China for this purpose and watched many Chinese Super League games in a row.
Then reality gave him a hard blow, and after less than a month, he hid his face and retreated in defeat!
So he turned his attention to Japan and South Korea, and then he focused on South Korea's rising star Son Heung-min.
After repeated inspections for a period of time, Mario determined that this was the player he was looking for.
So he went straight to the door with the shameless energy he learned from his father.
However, contrary to expectations, Son Heung-min already had an economic team working for him, and he almost didn't get beaten up when he came to the door with a crowbar.
Although he failed, Mario did not give up. He planned to prepare more details before talking to Sun Xingmin.
He firmly believes that the career plan he has formulated will definitely impress Son Heung-min.
The reason why Mario dares to go out on his own is because he has someone to rely on.
In terms of players' career planning and online public opinion building, even his father Raiola has praised his unique ideas countless times.
"Oh! Leverkusen made two substitutions at halftime!"
"No. 17 Sebastian Bonisch replaced No. 15 Oztunali, replaced an offensive player, and replaced him with a full-back. This is obviously to strengthen the defense!"
"Chu Zheng! Chu Zheng is here too!" Seeing the fourth official holding up signs continuously, He Wei, who was originally in a low mood in the sports live broadcast room, instantly became more energetic. "Chu Zheng replaced the right center back Na
Naldo, according to media reports before the game, Naldo also has a cold like Arnold, and it seems he can't hold on any longer!"
In the on-site media area, more than a dozen Chinese reporters including Lin Fan were shocked when they saw Chu Zheng on the stage. They raised their long guns and short cannons and pointed them at Chu Zheng.
After the substitutions, the second half of the game begins.
As expected, after half-time adjustments, Leverkusen, which had one less player to play, put away its crazy energy in the first half, and all players retreated to their own half to engage in defensive counterattacks.
This is why Leverkusen replaced Delmic with Son Heung-min, the fastest player on the team.
As for Wolfsburg, the adjustment is not big.
Although there were few goals in the first half, Dieter Heijing was quite satisfied with the team's overall performance.
The only thing he asked of his players in the second half was to swarm in and tear apart their prey like hungry wolves.
And Leverkusen, who had one less player to play, was the injured sheep.
Therefore, after the game started, coupled with Leverkusen's proactive recovery tactics, Leverkusen's offense directly disappeared, exciting the home fans to screams.
A large part of the media's attention has been on Chu Zheng.
As European football reporters, they encounter some amazing young players in major leagues every year, but whether they can maintain their excellent debut form is the most difficult threshold for these young players.
On the field, because Wolfsburg was playing against Leverkusen, Chu Zheng did not have many opportunities to express himself and basically watched and defended in the middle circle.
But soon Chu Zheng received the opportunity to express himself.
In the 68th minute of the game, Wolfsburg's pass was cleared.
The ball was hit hard by goalkeeper Leno's fists and fell to the right wing more than 40 meters away.
When Son Heung-min saw it, he immediately started chasing him. Compared with Son Heung-min, who has a fast pace and quick acceleration ability, Tim Klose looked like an old and bulky elephant.
Seeing that Son Heung-min couldn't run away, Klose actually wanted to reach out and drag Son Heung-min down who was about to pass by him.
This scene made Chu Zheng's eyelids jump wildly as he retreated from the middle.
Fortunately, Son Heung-min leaned forward to avoid it, otherwise Wolfsburg's numerical advantage would have been destroyed in Klose's hands.
After Son Heung-min got rid of Klose, he strode forward with the ball.
While dribbling and sprinting at high speed, he was about to cut inside and looked towards the center. When he saw Chu Zheng's figure that was almost parallel to him, he felt a shock in his heart.
He never thought that Chu Zheng could keep up with him, and was even vaguely faster than him.
Seeing the two men's crazy speed, the fans at the scene were excited and cheered.
On the right side of the arc, Chu Zheng, who returned to the penalty area early, blocked Sun Xingmin.
But Chu Zheng soon discovered that this Korean had a terrible balance between his left and right legs. He was a rare bipedal monster in football. He even used his feet to constantly move the ball left and right to test him.
Chu Zheng could only stabilize his mind, take a backward step, and twist his body from side to side, but he would not stretch his legs, remaining as steady as an old dog.