Chapter 844 - 16: France vs Bulgaria at Stade de France! Ma’el’s Career Goal Rate! Crushing Victory Over Malta_5

minutes later, there he was again, receiving Nasri’s cross in the penalty area and scoring with a header, changing the score to two to zero!

"Bang!"

In the 35th minute, this time it was Giroud’s setup; after Nasri broke into the penalty area and dribbled past two players, he scored an open goal, and the France team started aiming to swiftly defeat the Malta Team.

In the injury time of the first half, Giroud received a cross from Griezmann in a corner kick and scored another header!

Four to zero!

After the second half started, Ma’el learned that he would be substituted in the 65th minute, so he began a furious dribble into the penalty area for a shot, chasing his third hat trick for the France team.

The players from the Malta Team seemed to know this too and didn’t care about anything else. They were just trying to block him, hoping to limit his scoring by piling up a human wall.

But as the saying goes, in the face of absolute physical strength and footwork frequency, scoring is only a matter of time!

"Bang bang...pah...!!"

After suffering setbacks a few times, in the 64th minute, Ma’el executed a beautiful one-on-two maneuver with a series of directional changes.

He pushed the ball through the opposing defender’s legs, then forcibly rushed into the middle before the gap closed, knocking both players down, and charged toward the center position.

Facing the defense from two of the opposing center-backs, he simply recklessly pushed the ball toward the baseline, dodged one player, then made another big dodge outward to shake an angle.

"Bang!!"

Finally, with a sudden flick of his ankle, he curved the ball toward the top right corner of the opponent’s net.

"Swish.....!"

No surprises; the Malta goalkeeper symbolically reached out but then sat down as he watched the ball fly into the right corner of the net.

"Hmm.....!" Ma’el clenched his fists and let out a low hum of release, then high-fived the other players who rushed up to him.

Goal number 23!

Third hat trick!

Some might say it’s nothing, as it was just against a bunch of players worth 300,000 to 500,000 Euros.

But as Deschamps said, as long as it’s a match, you ought to take it seriously and perform at your average level!

Many records and achievements aren’t made against strong teams but against weaker ones.

In his career so far, Ma’el has played over 100 matches, with only 15 against strong teams. If he looked down on weaker teams, arrogantly taking it easy each time, he wouldn’t have 128 goals!

Of course, he would see this as crucial accumulation and wouldn’t elaborate on how brilliant or important these three goals were or how challenging they were.

Treat it with a normal mindset, conquer all the way forward!

"Beep beep!"

Upon leaving the field, Ma’el received applause from the France team’s fans, and many Malta Team fans also crowded toward the stands, shouting something at him, though the distance was too far to hear clearly.

Were they asking for jerseys?

After high-fiving Deschamps, Ma’el sat down to watch the performance of his teammates.

The rest of the match turned into Giroud’s show; he scored consecutively in the 73rd and 78th minutes, achieving his first hat trick for the national team!

In the final moments, he assisted debutant Griezmann in scoring!

Nine to zero!

This was the final score, aligning with the international ranking and strength of the France team and the Malta Team.

"Clap clap.....!"

The France team’s fans were finally satisfied, standing up to applaud the team’s performance in this match.

Ma’el also smiled as he circled the field to show gratitude, feeling good..... The first European Qualifiers match day, gaining 6 points from 2 matches was a decent performance overall.

Keep playing like this, and the hope of directly qualifying for the World Cup as group leaders is still very high!

"Ma’el!"

"I came first!"

Soon, a commotion sounded in his ears; turning his head, he saw numerous other players running toward him, wanting to exchange jerseys.

He didn’t know their names or where they played, so at the moment, they appeared to him as passionate fans.

That’s quite normal, considering the value of his 35 million could be more than their entire team combined and multiplied by five.

He didn’t refuse and exchanged jerseys with the one who seemed to have come up first, laughing and taking a photo together.

"Thank you for giving it your all."

As the Malta player left, he smiled and said, "We always lose matches like this, used to it already. We just hope to see more stars in the national team games, to witness how they play with full strength."

Ma’el paused slightly, giving him a thumbs-up, "Keep it up, hope to meet you in top leagues one day."

"Haha....." The player nodded, "Alright, wait for me, I’ll join Arsenal."

Ma’el laughed too, obviously taking this as a joke, as the player was probably mocking himself that he could never reach the top arenas in his lifetime.

Retracting his gaze, he let out a long breath, taking one last look at the pitch and preparing to leave.

This national team match day concluded safely and successfully, hoping that next time he joins this team, they can still earn 6 points, pushing the European Qualifiers group score to 12!

Now, he’s ready to return to the Premier League, to compete in clubs where the level is higher, where every game is a crucial battle!

The Champions League is about to kick off, and the Premier League schedule is steadily moving forward; he always feels that his shooting additional skills are about to emerge, and a few companies are soon to be merged under the ’Maier Company’ name.

May he find more joy and experience more emotions in these eventful days.

Starting tomorrow, heading home!