[Football] The Third-Choice Goalkeeper

[This is a pit! The author has already moved on from writing soccer, so read at your own risk]

What's the best position on a soccer team?

A striker who bangs in goals?

A midfielder who pulls the strings?

A defender who smashes into everyone?

A goalkeeper as solid as a rock?

No. Zhou Ye thinks the best job in soccer is being the team's third-choice goalkeeper, watching from the sidelines. How great is being the third keeper? You get paid to watch matches, travel, and chase idols. You hardly have to work, and your holidays are long. If you're lucky, you can ride the coattails of the team to several championships. Great pay, little work, and close to home. Get a coaching certificate before retiring, and you can go straight into coaching youth teams, guaranteeing a career from sixteen to sixty.

When Zhou Ye was struggling to get a game in the youth team, his biggest goal was to make the first team and become its third-choice goalkeeper. But as the opponents got stronger, he realized he might actually have some talent.

Then onward and upward! First, change the goal from becoming the team's third-choice keeper to becoming the third-best in the world!

A protagonist who grows over time. He is Chinese-Norwegian, holds Norwegian citizenship, and will not join the Chinese national team because China does not recognize dual citizenship. Non-European players have a hard time finding work, especially third-choice keepers, whose roster spots are usually reserved for players who came through the club's youth academy.

Theme: Work hard to get promoted and earn more.