Magath, who had remained calm on the sidelines, finally tensed up this time!

  He raised both fists high!

  And in his sight!

  The defiant brunette had already reached the football!

  There was no exaggerated angle or process!

  Even Su was terrible at this Fish Leap Top Punch!

  So terrible that he didn't even make proper contact with the ball.

  The man actually connected with the football using his forehead!

  But!

  Against all expectations, the football was drilled into the goal by Su's not-at-all-graceful fish leap!

  Bar?a's goalmouth!

  Víctor Valdés, the goalkeeper, stretched out his right hand!

  But this time it was just an instinctive block.

  Unfortunately, his positioning was poor!

  No!

  Actually, for Su's long-range shot, his stance had been perfect - but he never expected Su would pass to that brown-haired guy in that situation.

  What's more ridiculous is that the brown-haired guy actually executed a pick-and-roll in front of goal?

  This was absurd!

  A scrumhalf scored, and the assist came from a defensive midfielder - a roughneck!

  The ball simply drilled into the net right before Víctor Valdés' eyes!

  "Beautiful!!!"

  "Goal!!!!"

  "The ball went in!!!!!"

  "Su!!!"

  "Su equalized!!!"

  "1:1!!!"

  "Su!"

  "He scored the equalizer in the most unimaginable way!"

  "FC Schalke 04 scored a precious, precious away goal!"

  "Su made history!"

  "He became the first Chinese player to score against Bar?a!"

  "Chinese fans, aren't you excited yet?"

  "FC Schalke 04's magical play worked!"

  "In that attacking move!"

  "FC Schalke 04's formation completely broke down!"

  "And Su moved from center to left, then back to center again!"

  "He wasn't standing around - he was everywhere!!!! Freeman!!!"

  "From Sidekick to Winger to Attacking Midfielder to Center Forward!"

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  "Su played every position in Schalke's attacking third during that play!"

  "His movement connected the entire team!"

  "This working-class team, worth just one-tenth of Bar?a's value, created a magical moment at the formidable Camp Nou!"

  "Magath's tactics worked!"

  "The perfect strategist!"

  "He used the most unconventional free agent tactics to help this modest team breach the luxury battleship of the cosmos!"

  "FC Schalke 04 fans are blessed to have the greatest manager alongside the world's best free agent!"

  Inside the live broadcast:

  Duan went crazy!

  Su had scored against his beloved Bar?a!

  As a die-hard Bar?a fan, this moment excited him so much that he flipped over the table!

  Wang, sitting beside him, was ready to lift the table too, but this time...

  The director in the broadcast room could only shake his head helplessly at the now-familiar scene.

  "Next time get some expansion screws and bolt down this damn table!"

  [Su scored with a header - isn't this his first header goal?]

  [Well...it shouldn't be his first header. First time with his forehead maybe? Does a glancing header not count then?]

  [Haha, commenter above, stop being so funny! I'm laughing so hard I'm crying! My wife just asked if headers are divided into big head and small head?]

  [Amazing! Fucking amazing! That's Bar?a! We're scoring against Bar?a too! This is fucking incredible!]

  [Didn't you hear? It's not just Su who's amazing - old man Magath is brilliant too! He actually revived the ancient free agent tactic! And it fucking worked!]

  [I'm still confused! What's a free man? Someone explain!]

  [Here's the explanation! The term "free man" originated before the 1970 World Cup semifinals when German defender Beckenbauer, known for his organized attacking and defending, suggested to his coach that he wanted more freedom to move - to attack or defend flexibly depending on game situations while organizing the team's overall play.]

  [Beckenbauer had an incredible game and even scored. That moment birthed a new football term: "free man."]

  [Unlike a libero who covers the entire field as the core organizer, a free man requires exceptional fitness, all-around skills, superb awareness, tactical vision, strong organizational ability, and rich match experience.]

  -Do you get it now?

  -[Hmmm... I don't really understand, but does it mean Su is very NiuBi?

  -[Hmmm! Let's put it this way - that means Su isn't just very NiuBi, he's super-duper extremely NiuBi!

  ........

  On the field at this moment!

  Su couldn't stand up anymore!

  This was Camp Nou!

  Su had long imagined that if he ever scored here, he'd act like a showoff and rush to the camera to properly display his name.

  But his teammates didn't give him that chance at all!

  Baby Baumann couldn't believe himself right after making that instinctive pass, but when he saw Su put the ball directly into the net, he immediately became obsessed with how he'd managed to make such an electrifying assist.

  He expertly pounced on Su, who was still lying on the turf and hadn't had time to get up!

  Then immediately!

  Hao, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Vardy, and Peer Kluge charging from the back, followed by Uchida - they all piled on one by one!

  FC Schalke 04 players went wild!

  They had equalized!

  They'd scored at Camp Nou!

  FC Schalke 04's players frantically formed a human pyramid in Bar?a's penalty area.

  On the sidelines!

  Magath maintained his celebratory pose with fists raised high.

  However, at this moment, there was an unusual flush on his face!

  Shit!

  Damn, I think I threw out my back from excitement?

  But before he could recover, Hughes was already hugging him tightly.

  "Gaffer!!!"

  "This is amazing!"

  "Free agent tactics!!!"

  "Unbelievable!"

  "I get it now - the reason you didn't explain to the rest of the team was because you feared they wouldn't understand the true essence of free agent play!"

  "Yes!!!"

  "Exactly!"

  "Free agent play is incredibly difficult!"

  "And we didn't have enough time for the players to learn the tactic properly!"

  "So you only told Su, right?"

  "This way they'll follow Su's on-field instructions in the moment, making the free agent play most effective!"

  "Oh my God!"

  "Gaffer!"

  "You're incredible!"

  Hughes hugged Magath with an adoring look and shook him vigorously!

  But Magath, who should have been just as excited, was frowning tightly.

  What?

  Hughes was surprised the gaffer wasn't excited?

  It was a goal!

  His tactics had worked perfectly - what was he worried about?

  Had he anticipated Guardiola's thoughts again?

  Hughes hurriedly looked toward Guardiola on the other side!

  Sure enough!

  While everyone was celebrating!

  Guardiola was using this time to call Busquets to his side!

  And that bald guy was secretly telling Busquets something!

  Exactly as expected!!!

  "Mmm!"

  At that moment, the sharp pain in Magath's back finally began to ease. Hughes' vigorous shaking had unexpectedly fixed his back!

  Magath let out a long breath!

  What?

  What free man?

  This man was out of his mind.

  That tactic was long gone - did he really think modern football still had a free agent like Beckenbauer?

  Hiss!

  No...

  But that Su kid just now had truly looked like a free agent.

  This...

  "Gaffer?"

  Seeing Magath exhale deeply, Hughes couldn't help asking.

  Magath didn't answer.

  He turned his attention back to the field.

  Magath's silence seemed to energize Hughes even more!

  Exactly as expected!

  The great gaffer!

  He still had more tricks up his sleeve!

  .........