The referee blew his whistle decisively and pointed to the penalty spot.
Penalty.
No doubt about it!
Sana was the first to rush over, pulling up Shawn and high-fiving him, laughing, "Good job, mate!"
The others also arrived one after another, and Shawn's hair was once again ruffled, with laughter and cheers filling the air.
The other side was completely different.
Almeida ran to the referee in a few strides, gesticulating wildly and roaring ferociously, "He dived, he dived!!!"
The referee was splattered with spit, and his face immediately darkened.
Emmen's captain, Oliver, arrived in time and stood in front of Almeida.
Feeling that Almeida had been pulled back by his other teammates, Oliver finally relaxed a little and sincerely apologized to the referee.
The referee thought for a moment and ultimately did not issue another card, but still issued a warning to Almeida.
Almeida had calmed down a bit by then, gritting his teeth and accepting the referee's admonishment.
With the farce over, Ajax's celebrations also came to an end.
Captain De Sa held the football and asked Shawn, "Hey, kid, interested in taking the penalty?"
De Sa was the first-choice penalty taker for Ajax II.
He wanted to give the penalty opportunity to Shawn, who had won it, and no one would object, of course.
Shawn smiled and waved his hand, declining De Sa's offer.
De Sa certainly wouldn't force him and turned to walk towards the penalty spot.
Only then did Shawn remember: 'One more goal and it's a hat-trick!'
But, never mind, there's nothing to regret.
It's only a matter of time, no need to rush at all.'
De Sa scored with a single kick.
Emmen 1:4 Ajax!
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The commentators were practically going crazy,
"This match has completely deviated from its intended course, and the cause of all this is, of course, Shawn!"
This player, making his professional debut, has already been directly involved in four goals!"
"Who would have thought? No one could have thought, not even Van der Gaag, otherwise he wouldn't be holding his head, dumbfounded!"
"Has anyone had a more brilliant debut than him? No~ no!"
"Even more outrageous is that he gave up the chance to score a hat-trick. What, does he think scoring a hat-trick is easy?!"
"Maybe it's because he didn't dare to take the penalty?"
"Well, although it's unlikely, it's still possible."
"Emmen kicked off again, launching an attack using the kickoff opportunity."
"It's obvious that even though defeat is certain, Emmen hasn't completely lost the spirit of a top-of-the-table team; they still want to claw back some goals and save a little face..."
...Emmen's attack was disorganized and posed little threat.
However, the defense against Shawn became more rigorous.
Not only was Almeida wildly fouling Shawn, but other Emmen players were also constantly supporting Almeida, helping him double-team Shawn.
It could be said that Shawn, at such a young age and with his first professional match not even over, was already enjoying the treatment of a star player.
Shawn, in a good mood, certainly wouldn't argue with a defeated opponent and magnanimously forgave Almeida's roughness, simply increasing his range of movement.
Dropping back to his own half to assist in defense was standard, and occasionally he would even drift to the right wing to aid in attack.
Van der Gaag felt it was enough; Shawn had played long enough and could rest, so he turned to instruct a substitute player to warm up.
Immediately after instructing the player, Van der Gaag heard a gasp, instantly turned to look at the pitch, and then breathed a sigh of relief:
'It was just our own player sending a long pass, falling to the left flank, it looks like it's going into the box, Shawn is also rushing towards the landing spot, nothing unusual... Shawn?!'
'When did he go to the left wing!'
Shawn rushed directly towards the landing spot. While turning his head to observe the ball's trajectory, he also saw the opposing center-backs, Almeida and Sheckman, rushing in from the side, and of course, he didn't miss the opposing goalkeeper coming out.
He adjusted his stride slightly, and finally, as he reached the ball, Shawn lifted his left foot and received the pass with the inside of his foot.
"Boom~"
Wow~
The first touch was a little further than expected.
Shawn suddenly pushed off with his right foot, and his entire body shot forward. Unable to adjust in time, he merely struck the ball with his left foot.
"Boom!"
Shawn didn't bother to observe what happened next and immediately jumped haphazardly.
Almeida's flying tackle was already coming!
"Bang~"
"Hahaha..."
Shawn was still brought down, losing his balance in mid-air and falling heavily to the ground. Ignoring the pain all over his body, he turned his head to look behind the goal and burst into laughter... "Goooal!!!"
"Shawn scores again, a hat-trick!!!"
"Wow wow wow~ look what he's done!"
"He received a 50-meter long pass, wow~ is that something anyone can easily receive?"
"Then he shot before the opponent's slide tackle arrived. I won't even mention how solid his shooting skills are, maintaining his posture in such a critical situation. Just the subsequent jump to evade is incredibly, incredibly rare!"
"What an incredibly quick reaction!"
"His stats show he's 183cm tall? But he has the agility of a 173cm player!!!"
"Combining height and agility, plus the technical ability he's shown, no need to look further, he's definitely a budding superstar. As long as he doesn't fall by the wayside, Shawn has a very high chance of becoming a superstar, or even a mega-superstar!"
"A football superstar? I~ I really can't imagine!"
"He was directly involved in five goals in his professional debut, what's so unimaginable about that?"
"Haha..."
..."Ha haha hahaha..."
Van der Gaag ignored the cheering crowd around him, simply holding his head and grinning foolishly: He found a treasure, Shawn really is a super new star. Substitution, a substitution must be made. The most important thing now is to protect him!
On the other side: Emmen's head coach was fuming:
"Substitution, a substitution must be made, Almeida's mentality has been completely destroyed by that kid!"
It's one thing not to get the ball, but what the hell is going on when he tries to kick the player?
Fortunately, he was held back, and the referee's view was also blocked. If he had been sent off, what would it mean to be trailing by a large margin and playing with one less man?
Wouldn't it be waiting to be massacred?
The league leaders being massacred at home by a relegation zone team?
F***, I can't afford to lose this face!
A substitution must be made, a way must be found to close the score!!!"
...After celebrating wildly around Shawn, the Ajax players returned to their own half.
The dejected Emmen players kicked off again.
At this point, Ajax's morale was soaring, and they immediately began pressing high up the pitch, actually winning back possession very quickly!
Shawn received the ball with his back to goal, dropped his left shoulder, and then pushed the ball to the right to turn.
Emmen's defensive midfielder was fooled by Shawn's fake to the left and couldn't keep up with Shawn's subsequent move, only able to watch as Shawn dribbled straight into the box.
It was poor Almeida again, facing Shawn directly!
Almeida saw Shawn drag the ball back with his right foot and shift his body to the left, and he instinctively turned to intercept.
However, Shawn's move was another feint; he dabbed the bottom of the ball with his right toe, pushed the ball with his instep, and broke through to the right instead.
Almeida couldn't keep up with Shawn's rhythm, his mind went blank, and he instinctively reached out and pushed.
Shawn was caught off guard and stumbled to the ground.
"Beep~"
The referee blew his whistle again and pointed to the penalty spot.
Ajax was awarded another penalty.
"F***!"
"Sh*t!!!"
Emmen's head coach slammed his tactics board to the ground:
"I was already making a substitution, the substitution list had already been given to the fourth official, one minute! You couldn't even hold on for one minute?!"