The Card-Playing Soccer King

He came up through China’s youth training system, passed every trial, and was asked for 200,000 yuan by the coach when it came time to sign.

Dong Zeyu turned and walked away.

No money to grease the wheels? Then he’d make it in Europe.

Ligue 1 didn’t want him? Ligue 2 looked down on him? Then he’d start in France’s fourth-tier amateur league!

Unexpectedly, the System arrives on his first day with a small-town team.

[Through Ball: 80% success rate]

[Receiving with Back to Goal: 65% success rate]

[Header: 25% success rate]

As long as someone likes him, he can draw cards and grow stronger.

Ligue 2’s Brest? Sorry, I can take on the entire defense by myself.

The media call him “the mysterious power of the East.”

His teammates call him “the best foreign player in the town’s history.”

But nobody knows that this Chinese kid will one day win the Ballon d’Or and the World Cup, and become the king of the Bernabeu.

From amateur player to the best in the world, all it took was… one card.