This goal destroyed the last hope of Westeros, Genk also further strengthened the defense, the two teams did not have a good chance in the final stage, and finally the score was maintained until the end.
After the match, Nagi was still immersed in excitement. He never expected that his first hat-trick in his career would come so quickly. Genk's locker room was also full of fun, everyone was talking and laughing.
Captain Aaron Abigail walked up to Wang Feng and said, "Mina, congratulations on completing your hat-trick. I suggest you share your joy with everyone." Nagi said, "Without everyone's efforts, I would have no way to score a hat-trick, of course I am happy, but what should I do?"
Abigail laughed, and he remembered that the player in front of him was only sixteen years old and had no social experience, so he went on to say: "You can invite everyone to have a good time, it's rare to come to a big city like Antwerp, I know It's a nice bar with low consumption but a good environment." Nagi nodded after hearing this.
So Abigail clapped her hands, and after attracting everyone's attention, she said, "Everyone, let's celebrate the rare victory together. The newly promoted Mr. Hat-trick wants to treat you."
Everyone laughed and responded one after another. Abigail asked the coach if he would go with him. Antonis shook his head with a smile and said, "I won't go. You can't play too late. You have to go back before twelve o'clock." Hotel, we have to rush back to Genk tomorrow morning."
We came to an open-air bar located in Deer an der Scheldt, which is the city center of Antwerp. Across the river is the famous Stern Castle. At night, under the illumination of the lights, it has a special flavor.
The bar not only provides all kinds of alcohol, but also provides non-alcoholic drinks and snacks, and even has a billiards area and a game area, which is an excellent venue for holding parties.
"How do you feel?" Abigail asked with a smile. It was the first time for Nagi to come to such a place. In his impression, weren't bars full of feasting and feasting, where idiots and women entangled each other.
Seeing his teammates looking for fun by themselves, obviously not the first time to play, Nagi couldn't help but secretly complained that Blanche was unreliable, since there was a normal bar, he insisted on taking himself and Beth to An ambiguous place.
"It couldn't be better." Nagi said sincerely.
"Are we going to play privately?" Nagi asked curiously, "Of course, we are only here tonight, to play a game of billiards together?"
This is Nagi's first time playing billiards, and he often shouts, which makes the teammates around him burst out laughing. The crowd made a fuss until after eleven o'clock before returning home.
The next day, major Belgian media reported on the match between Genk and Westeros. The title of "Sports Daily" is "Mr. Youngest Hat-trick", and the article introduces Nagi's three goals in detail. , He was once again elected the best player in the game, and he deserves it."
The headline of "Latest News" is "Nagi scored three goals alone, Genk's shocking comeback", the article mentioned that Nagi became the youngest Mr. Hat-trick, broke the Belgian league record, and also quoted Westeros Head coach Arthur Evelyn's words: "We tried our best, but Genk has a kingly style."
The "Standard" criticized Genk as always. Their headline was "Nagi shines at the last moment, Genk narrowly beat Westeros". The article pointed out that Genk's performance in this game was very poor, especially in the first half. Conceded two goals in a row. However, the report also acknowledged Nagi's role: "Contributing 7 goals and 3 assists in 6 rounds, Mina's performance is beyond reproach, but besides him in Genk, who else can stand out?"
After returning to Genk, Nagi's agent, Francesco Balmond, called him: "Nagi, your performance is so crazy, now almost all of Belgium knows your name, and many local companies If we want to speak with you, we have to discuss and choose a few."
After a while, Balmond came to Nagi's residence with a happy face. He took out a large stack of papers and said, "These are all brands that want you to endorse. Take a look."
For Balmond, Nagi is simply his lucky star, his biggest trump card. Now Balmond has gained some fame in the agent circle, but he is far behind Nagi's progress. He is very worried that Nagi will replace him, so he almost devotes himself to his work to seek greater success for Nagi Interests.
Nagi took a quick look, including sports brands Scapa, Y/Project, chocolate brand Godiva, and even a few miners and forestry companies, which made Nagi a little surprised, "I don't seem to have anything to do with these companies, right? Why do you want me to represent you?"
Balmond explained: "Belgian football has a wide audience in China, and you can be regarded as the darling of the media now. If you are invited to endorse, it can increase the company's popularity."
Although Nagi really wants to make money, he also understands the truth that he can't eat more than he can chew. Endorsement also means taking responsibility to a certain extent. So he took a closer look and finally chose two companies, Scapa and Godiva.
"I think it's normal for sporting goods. Godiva is also a world-renowned company, so let's choose these two first." Nagi said: "However, for food endorsements, I want a shorter term to avoid problems."
Balmond nodded: "I understand what you mean. Those small endorsements are really unnecessary, and they also belittle their own commercial value. I will continue to negotiate with them."
Soon the matter was finalized. Nagi signed a three-year endorsement contract of 150,000 euros after tax with Scapa, and a two-year endorsement contract of 40,000 euros after tax with Godiva. Nagi only needs two days to go to these two companies to take a group of photos.
Excluding the broker's commission, when more than 180,000 euros were deposited into Nagi's account, even though he had prepared himself, he still felt unbelievable. If converted into yen, wouldn't he become a millionaire?
The money earned during this period includes not only a fixed weekly salary, but also winning bonuses, goal bonuses, best player bonuses, etc., which are also a considerable amount of income. He also kept part of it and sent the rest back home.
Even so, the family couldn't believe it, and lamented that Nagi made money too fast, but compared with this huge sum of money, it seemed nothing.
Nagi picked up his mobile phone and called his family to tell them the news. His mother and elder sister were very surprised, but only his younger sister said in a voice like a little adult: "Brother, it's nothing, if you can kick If you become a world superstar, the endorsement fee will be thousands of times what it is now, so you have to keep working hard."
Nagi smiled: "Okay, I will work hard to make you the younger sister of a multi-millionaire."
It was the mother who came to her senses first, and she said worriedly: "Sakura, is this money reliable? It's not labor income. I can't calm down."
Nagi said: "It's okay, mom, I still have to promote their products. It's labor, and the contract period is not long. You didn't hear what my little girl said. When I change to a bigger brand, I can get more money."
"There are so many people in our family, all crammed into one small house. You can use this money to buy a big house. I can live in it when I go home in summer. In addition, we will need money to let our sister study abroad. Take it. Just spend it, I don't lack anything here, and there is nothing to spend money on."
On March 1, 2000, in the top 8 of the Belgian Cup, Genk challenged Bill Short in an away game. In the 18th minute, Nagi, who received a throw from his teammate in the frontyard, had a flash of inspiration and saw a line from his position to the goal. Straight lines without any obstructions.
So he kicked decisively, rubbing a strange arc with the instep of his left foot, and the ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal. Although the goalkeeper fought hard to save the ball, he still failed to touch the ball, and Genk took the lead with a goal.
In the 39th minute, Genk intercepted the ball in the backfield formed a quick counterattack. After Nagi received the ball from the side, he fell into a pincer attack. And passed Adrian Gale on the left.
Gale used his physicality to get away from the defenders and barely managed a cross, with Caspar Blanche chest-stopping inside the penalty area and volleying past Bill Short for the second time.
This goal was wonderful, Blanche excitedly embraced Nagi and Gale to celebrate together, his thick arm almost suffocated Nagi.
The head coach replaced Nagi in the 78th minute, and Bill Short hit the goal directly with a free kick in the front court near the end of the game, breaking through the ten fingers of the goalkeeper of Genk.
But they were powerless in the end, Genk beat Bill Short 2:1.
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In the 24th round of the League One, Genk ushered in the challenge of Bill Short at home. In this game, Bill Short tried his best to get revenge, so he played very proactively after the opening, and Genk had to press down for a while. Retreat across the board.
In the 24th minute, Bill Short got a corner kick. The striker's header was saved by the goalkeeper. Carl Beth, who was also in the penalty area, rushed to make a clearance, while Nagi chased after the ball.
He stopped the ball first, and then took the ball to kill Bill Short. Nagi's speed became faster and faster, and the players following him found in despair that the distance between himself and him was getting farther and farther. Standing in front of Nagi was only one player who returned to defense early.
At the front of the penalty area, Nagi passed the defensive player smoothly through continuous inverted foot feints, broke into the penalty area and shot towards the far corner of the goal, helping Genk open the scoring first.
This goal, Nagi's long-distance attack of more than 70 meters, and obviously widened the distance from the defensive players, also became a topic of media talk after the game. Some media joked: "Mina can go to the Olympic 100-meter race. ."
Not long after the start of the second half, Bill Short successfully passed the ball into the penalty area through continuous inversions in the frontcourt. Genk defender Lawrence Smith saw that the situation was not good, and subconsciously pulled down Bill Short's striker.
Yellow card plus penalty kick, this is an obvious low-level mistake!
Bill Short seized the opportunity to tie the score.
In the 78th minute, Nagi forced a breakthrough from the side. After he Cruyff turned around and got rid of the defense, he passed the ball to the front point. Blanche at the front of the small penalty area was unguarded and easily sent the ball into the goal. Genk once again leading.
This score was also maintained until the end. Like a few days ago, Genk defeated Bill Short 2:1 again. However, the overall performance of Genk in this game was mediocre. Bill Short had a chance to take away a point. Unfortunately, Nagi his one pass and one shot turned this opportunity into nothing.
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In the 25th round of the League One, Genk played away against Bruges. The overall strength of Bruges is higher than Genk. Therefore, Genk was defensive and counterattack throughout the game. Nagi also had a few good opportunities. Especially in the 35th minute, he copied the long-distance attack of the last game again, but unfortunately he was unlucky when he hit the goal. The ball hit the goal frame and popped out, and was then destroyed by the defensive player.
At the end of the game, Nagi dribbled the ball in from the right and scored a goal. Facing the defender who was close at hand, he used his right foot to shift the ball to his left foot, pretending to hit the goal, and attracted the defender's center of gravity to the right. move.
Then he suddenly kicked the ball back to his right foot, successfully broke through from the defender's left side, and then took advantage of the momentum, and the ball hit the goal from the far end.
Nagi beat Bruges!
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In the second round of the Belgian Cup 8-for-4 match, relying on Nagi's one pass and one shot, they defeated Bill Short 2:0 at home, with a total score of 4:1, and advanced to the semi-finals of the cup.
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In the 26th round of the League One, Genk ushered in the newly promoted Mons, but he committed the old habit of underestimating the enemy. In the opening 3 minutes, Genk defender Lawrence Smith made a pass error and gave the ball directly to the opposing striker.
The forward of Mons was also polite, he took advantage of the opportunity to enter the penalty area to form a single shot, and then calmly pushed and hit.
After conceding the ball, Genk adjusted his mentality in time and gradually grasped the initiative on the field. In the 27th minute, Nagi received a pass from midfielder Beth in the frontcourt and calmly defended under the interference of Mons defensive players. Hold the ball and cut inside towards the penalty area.
When the ball came to a position a few meters away from the penalty area line, Nagi suddenly made an emergency stop. The pressing defensive player was caught off guard, and staggered past Nagi to create an empty space.
Nagi shot straight away, the ball blasted into Mons's goal like a shell, and Genk equalized the score.
In the 77th minute, Genk played a wonderful cooperation. Nagi received the ball from the right, got rid of a defender and passed it to Blanche at the front of the penalty area, and then started to run. Blanche received the ball Then he leaned on the defensive player and passed the ball back, forming a two-for-one.
After Nagi received the ball, he padded the ball slightly in the arc top area of the penalty area, allowing it to pass under the defender's crotch, and then took advantage of the opportunity to break through the defense in front of him, single-handedly!
The goalkeeper hastily attacked, Nagi swung the ball to the right and passed the goalkeeper, easily pushed the empty goal and hit it.
Genk defeated Mons 2:1 and maintained the winning streak
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In the 27th round of the Ligue 1, Genk challenged Saint-Truden in an away game. In the 18th minute, Carl Beth passed the ball directly to Blanche near the penalty area. Blanche was stuck and could not turn around, so he headed the ball Back up front.
Genk central defender Boalo Rekai, who followed, saw that Nagi's defense on the right was relatively loose, so he also headed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
Nagi stopped the ball with his chest sideways, and then volleyed with his left foot against the falling ball. The ball first flew high, and the St. Turden goalkeeper thought it was an anti-aircraft gun.
Unexpectedly, the ball suddenly fell, drew a rainbow in the air, and flew into the goal by rubbing against the crossbar. Genk takes the lead!
In the 43rd minute, Nagi received a pass in the frontyard. After passing the defender in disguise, he dribbled the ball near the top of the arc, and then made a pick and passed the ball to the left.
Adrian Gayle made a sudden attack, and after a successful anti-offside, he headed the ball into the goal, and Genk extended his lead!
In the second half, Genk still controlled the game. In the 66th minute, Genk got a corner kick. Nagi volunteered to take the corner. Aaron Abigail patted Nagi on the head with a smile, and took this The opportunity was given to him.
Nagi kicked a curveball with the back of his right foot, and the backside Beth quickly jumped in, jumped high, and headed the ball into the goal!
This was Beth's first goal of the season. He excitedly ran to the corner flag area to celebrate the goal with Nagi, "You really didn't let me down, my running position was not in vain."
Genk, who led by three goals, secured the victory ahead of time, Nagi was also substituted in the 72nd minute, and in the 80th minute, Saint-Truden also scored a goal through a quick defensive counterattack, saving the face of the home court.