Football: Starting with the French Lower Leagues

Many people like forwards, but the midfielder is the core of the team. 2018. Sixteen-year-old Liu Yan, carrying an old schoolbag and a badly worn football, traveled alone from the countryside of Yunmeng County, Hubei to Europe. He has no professional youth training resume, no capital background, no personal connections, and he doesn't even know French. In France, no one believes that a Chinese teenager can play professional football. He lived in the cheapest apartment, ate the cheapest food, and practiced alone in the freezing rainy nights of Paris; he was ridiculed, despised, and ostracized by the locker room. He also became the scapegoat for the team's loss after a key game, was verbally criticized by the French media, and was eventually unilaterally terminated by the club. Everyone thought his football dream was over. Only Liu Yan himself refused to give up. And just when he hit the lowest point in his life, a mysterious ability called the "Football Sign-in System" quietly awakened. Training ground sign-in, game sign-in, milestone sign-in... Physical fitness, vision, passing, tactical reading, game rhythm... Starting from the French low-level league, he climbed out of the ruins step by step and grew up in the most cruel environment of European football. Bayern's discipline and system. Real Madrid's stardom and power. Barcelona's control and belief. From a low-level boy who no one cares about, to a world-class midfielder who controls the rhythm of the game. What Liu Yan wanted to prove was never just himself. He wants the world to see: The Chinese can also stand at the top of world football. —— This is a story about growth, loneliness, love and football. It is also a legend that a boy emerged from the mud and eventually became the "King of Midfield".