The Last Classical Dancer

"The Last Classical Dancer" is a football coming-of-age novel set in the era when the "classical attacking midfielder" disappeared. Today, when high speed, power and data dominate modern football, the No. 10 Position, which once gracefully controlled the rhythm of the game, is being gradually forgotten by the times. The young boy Zhu Yan has a playing style that is incompatible with this era. He does not rely on explosive speed, nor does he have top physical talents, but he has an almost artistic sense of the ball, vision and rhythm control. From the rainy youth training stadium to the brightly lit Champions League night. He is like the last classical dancer who still believes that "football is also art", walking alone in the era of utilitarian football. Under the lights of the Bernabeu, he wrote poetry with his passes; Among the crowds on the green field, he looked like the last remnant of the golden age. This is a story about genius, loneliness, love and the end of an era. It is also a love letter to all fans of the "classical attacking midfielder".