When Luo Che was temporarily called up to the training camp for the Beilan World Championships, his status was only as a sparring partner for the forwards.
He has to imitate his opponents in the group stage, serving as a target for the main central defender, a sandbag for the substitute forward, and providing one training video after another to the coaching staff. On the eve of the announcement of the list, an external clip showing him being knocked over was posted on the hot search list. There was only one sentence in the comment section: Get out of the training camp.
But after every failure, Luo Che could see the mistakes in his movements. The start was delayed by 0.3 Seconds, the supporting foot was half-way crooked, the stopping point was a punch away from the body, and the shooting ankle was half a beat loose.
What others saw was him being knocked over.
What he saw was how to stand up next time.
From counter-running starts to back-to-back collisions, from protecting the ball and distributing the ball to low-level shots, from intra-team confrontations to closed warm-up matches, he kicked the main roster out of the cracks little by little. Everyone thought he was just a temporary target. Until the registration deadline for the World Championship, the coaching staff pushed the last forward spot in front of him.
