Football: Carry One Game, Coast the Next, Sacrifice the One After

[No Female Lead] [System and Metaphysics] [High-Stakes Competition] [Hilarious Contrast] [Five Major Leagues]

After transmigrating into the 2018 Premier League, Chu Tian finds himself at Manchester United, where five years abroad have left him on the verge of being kicked out.

From the start, he is thrown into a desperate Manchester derby: the Red Devils are down 0–3 and have a man sent off.

The hotheaded manager completely loses it, gives up, and shoves Chu Tian onto the pitch because there is no one else left to sub in, ready to make him take the blame.

Just as the haters across the internet prepare to celebrate and mock him, Chu Tian tosses the coin bound to his System.

His playing style becomes a study in complete contradiction:

Sometimes he strolls around the pitch, dodging the ball like a comic-relief slacker. Other times, he turns into a pitch-dominating tyrant with maxed-out attributes, bulldozing through flying tackles from 200-pound defensive midfielders and leaving the opposing Wall of Sighs with their ankles tied in knots. At his most outrageous, he gets a red card just 15 minutes into the match and clocks out, only for his remaining teammates to go berserk and grind the league leaders into the dirt in their own half.

From then on, European football is turned upside down. Whenever Chu Tian takes the field, the haters fall apart, the fans cheer, and the trolls and jokesters scream with delight!

Tactical mastermind Pep Guardiola, eyes bloodshot: "I sent two holding midfielders to double-team him. Why can he still get an assist while crouching with his hands over his head inside the penalty area?"

Iron defender Kyle Walker, breaking into a cold sweat: "He spent the whole match running away from me, but every time I clear the ball, it somehow comes flying right at him?"

Legend Roy, weeping with humiliation: "Don't ask. I'm live-streaming myself eating a black shoe. I'll never make another oath for as long as I live."

When Chu Tian lifts the Big Ears trophy at the pinnacle of the Champions League and faces a barrage of cameras and microphones from the world's media, he says:

"Honestly, defending in the Premier League is terrifying. Every time I dribble past someone, it's because I have no choice. I'm really not targeting anyone."