Extraordinary Genius Chapter 852

Extraordinary Genius

Chapter 852 - Whois the best?

"Ithought you prefer basketball. Why are we watching football today?" Li Na wasdragged along by Feng Yu to a football match.

"Thismatch is interesting. Many of the players are signed by my companies to be ourspokesmen." Feng Yu smiled.

"Is thatBrazil team? That is Ronaldo? I had heard of him. Did you sign him?" Li Napointed at Carlos and asked.

"That isRoberto Carlos, and that is Sávio. That player beside him is Juninho and thatbald player is Ronaldo." Feng Yu explained to Li Na.

"Yousigned all of them?"

"Those 4players are superstars in football. But I did not sign any one of them!"

"Ah? Whydidn't you sign them? Who did you sign then?" Li Na was curious. Those 4Brazilian are the top players in the sport, and Feng Yu did not sign them?

"I signedsome black players from the other team. There… that player is Kanu, and that isRas.h.i.+di Yekini. That player's nickname is 'Jay-jay,' and his name is Okocha.That player over there juggling the ball is Victor Ikpeba, and that is SundayOliseh. That player there is Amokachi." Feng Yu pointed to the few Nigerianplayers and introduced them to Li Na.

Otherthan Okocha and Yekini, Feng Yu did not have any impression of the otherplayers. But these players will be in the limelight during this year's OlympicGames. More importantly, they are not expensive.

Feng Yueven offered Okocha a long-term endors.e.m.e.nt contract, because he will becomethe best African football player in the future and is famous throughout Europe.

Yes. Heis also the most good-looking African player in the team.

"AllAfricans? You are going to sell your products to African?" Li Na asked.

"Hahaha…there are many Africans in Europe too, and these players will be many people'sidols. Although the Brazilian team is strong, all of them are famous footb.a.l.l.stars and they will have problems with their teamwork!" Feng Yu laughed.

After thematch starts, Brazil took the lead. Li Na looked at Feng Yu and said. "Theplayers you signed are losing." She felt the Brazilian team are playing betterthan the Nigerian team.

"Thematch is not over yet." Feng Yu was slightly worried. What if history was changedand Brazil wins this match?

If Nigeria lost this match, all of FengYu's investment would be meaningless. Except for Okocha, all other players did not become superstars in the future. Theywere only ordinary players.

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"Hahaha, Brazil is leading 1-0. Brazilshould be winning this year's Olympic Games. They had fielded the best playersin history and Nigeria had lost to Brazil in the preliminaries. They should belosing this match and I heard MBL company had signed several Nigerian players toendorse their Chinese beverages." Pepsi's Vice-President of Sales was watchingthe match and speaking to the people beside him.

"Yes. What football stars can they hirewith their a.s.sets? Among the basketball players, they had only signedSupersonic's Payton. I heard they used all their connections and spent 1.2million USD per year for 2 years. In football, they had only signed a fewNigerian players. Did they really think Nigeria will enter the finals? I thinkNigeria might not even get bronze!" Pepsi's person-in-charge for North Americamarket, Okafor, said.

"Oh, Conceição scored again!"

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Li Na saw Feng Yu's face changed and shewas also worried. The first half ended, and the score was 3-1. Although shedoesn't understand football, she knew the Brazilian team is more aggressive andskillful.

Feng Yu composed himself and told himselfin his heart. "Nigeria will win. They will win in the second half."

Feng Yu's experience in market trading isuseless at football games. Once history was changed, he will lose, and there isno way he can change the results. He can't be entering the game and play forNigeria after all. That way, Nigeria will lose even faster!

"Eh? Isn't that a Brazilian player? Why didhe score against his own team?" Li Na held Feng Yu's arm and asked.

Carlos had just scored an own goal!

Carlos's own goal had appeared, and historywas not changed! Feng Yu regained his confidence and explained to Li Na. "Thatis called an own goal. Nigeria is going to win!"

Li Na doesn't understand. Nigeria was stilllosing and why Feng Yu was so sure about them winning?

When the match was almost up, Nigeria scoredanother goal, and the score was 3-3!

The referee blew the full-time whistle, andLi Na asked. "Does this consider a draw? Will they be kicking in front of thegoalpost now?"

Feng Yu slapped his forehead. "That iscalled a penalty shootout. But there are still 30 minutes of extra-time first.Penalty shootout will happen if the game ends in a draw after extra-time."

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The few top management staff of Pepsi weregloomy. What's wrong with the Brazilian team? They were playing well in thefirst half and got caught up by the Nigerians in the second half. Also, what isthat idiot Carlos thinking?

Luckily, there is still extra-time, andBrazil might still win. If the game ended in a penalty shootout, no one couldpredict the final score!

But the match did not go according toPepsi's top management expectation. Minutes after the extra-time started, Okocha intercepted a Brazilian's pa.s.s atmidfield and sent a long ball forward. Kanu picked up the ball and kicked itinto the Brazilian goal!

Nigeriais leading 4-3, and they defended this score until the end of the match.

Beforethe match, no one expects this African team to beat the strongest team in thisyear's Olympic Games. How is this possible?!

Cras.h.!.+

Pepsi'sVice-President threw a bottle of Pepsi on the floor. He had invited a lot ofpeople to watch this match with him and was expecting Brazil to win. Pepsi hadsigned many Brazilian players to endorse their drinks and he expects them toincrease Pepsi's sales. Many Asians love to watch football and these playerswill help Pepsi strengthen its foothold in Asia and try to penetrate theChinese market.

But allthese will not happen now.

Pepsi'sVice-President of sales had not expected the almighty Brazilian team to lose toan unknown Nigeria team!

What madehim more furious was the spokesmen signed by the BML company were all from thiswinning team!

All hecan do now is to pray Brazil will win the bronze medal, and Nigeria loses inthe finals. Nigeria must not get first place in this tournament as Pepsi canstill depend on the Argentinians players they signed to help them promote theirproducts.

IfNigeria wins the gold medal, the Chinese beverages' sales will increase! b.u.t.this is absolutely impossible! Nigeria might be lucky to win Brazil, but theycan never beat Argentina!

How canthe Brazilian team lose to Nigeria? What happened?

Feng Yuheld Li Na's hand and left the stadium with 8 bodyguards surrounding them.

I willlet you Pepsi know who's spokesmen are better at football in the next match!!!

Translator's notes:

Football teams at the 1996 Summer Olympics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics