Chapter 88: That pandemonic confession (3)

This was a football match which had turned into a war, an unprecedented war over Yanzhou University's pride.

At the final juncture of an incomparably important match such as this, as the final substitute for the final all-out attack, Yanzhou University's coach finally roared the name of a newcomer at the top of his lungs: Xu Tingsheng.

“Who's Xu Tingsheng? Is he good?”

“I don't know. I’ve never seen him play before!”

“Zhixin, he's on, he's on! Will he score?” Lu Zhixin's roommate pushed abruptly at her shoulder.

“Yeah...I, I don't know,” Lu Zhixin clenched her fists, looking a little hopeful whilst also a little nervous.

Discussion was rife on the stands, but there were few who could provide an answer.

Actually, even Xu Tingsheng himself was a little taken aback by this. While he wanted to play, he hadn't actually thought that he would really be given the chance to. The final substitute bore everyone's hopes on his shoulders. It was truly too weighty a position to be in. Yet, Xu Tingsheng was just a newcomer. He hadn't even managed to get onto the substitute list, only having been added in due to his teammate just happening to have suffered an injury right before the match.

It was clear that in having chosen to send Xu Tingsheng on now, it was not because the coach thought that he was all that prolific. Instead, it was because…

Xu Tingsheng looked at the substitutes’ bench. This being a competition in which Yanzhou University had been resolved to defend to the death, the starting lineup aside, the substitutes’ bench was basically comprised only of defenders and defensive midfielders. The original reserve striker had been Chen Xiao. Now that Chen Xiao had suffered an injury, that only left Xu Tingsheng.

With there being no other...