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Long Live Football 足球万岁
This is the story of Karl Austin, a man who has it all. His career is the stuff of legend. “Who could have imagined that the naive, inexperienced Manchester United assistant coach would become the most highly valued man in football today?” He has a forceful personality. “If I’m in the wrong, I’ll apologize. If you’re in the wrong, don’t blame me for setting you straight. You have to be clear about who owes whom what.” He’s the picture of elegance. “Austin is the second football star, after Da
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[Football] The Eternal World's Best Center-Back [足球]永恒的世一卫
My new story, “Kaka: My Childhood Friend Is Football’s Unforgettable First Love,” is updating now. If you’re interested, feel free to follow it~ Story blurb: Reborn as an Italian girl, she always thought she was an orphan from a well-off family, but one with no luck when it came to relatives. When she was eighteen and getting ready to go to university in Milan, the aunt who had looked after her for over a decade pointed at the loudmouth old man on TV and said: “Lucia, that’s your father. He’s
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[Football] Choose Your Simulated Ending [足球]请选择你的模拟结局
What ending will you reach in this pixel-art soccer life game? A [Falling Star] : You become famous young and amaze the world, only to retire at the height of your career, leaving behind an everlasting sense of regret. B [The Rejected Heir] : A product of an elite academy, your skills reach the pinnacle, while your pride makes you impossible to tame. Those who love you worship you like a god; those who hate you look down on you with contempt. C [The Godfather Behind the Scenes] : After retiri
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[Football] Becoming the King of Football from Scratch [足球]从零开始成为球王
[Important! There will be wins, hat tricks, and teammates or opponents who would have scored not playing or not scoring. Please stop saying I'm stealing the spotlight. This is a sports competition novel! If I wrote everything exactly like real life, you might as well watch match footage!] Patrick Ormanni is an obscure youth academy player from rainy London, playing for Premier League powerhouse Arsenal. He's got decent talent, but compared with the top players, it doesn't amount to much. His y
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Milan City's Pig-Raising Report [Football] 米兰城养猪报告[足球]
----Unlocked because a friend said they missed this story---- The posted content may be tweaked a little later because certain words are being censored, but the original computer and saved files are long gone, so updates are unlikely. A Mao has had his ups and downs in recent years, with people coming and going... Keep working hard. This story comes from a young man named Alfredo Sforza. Warning: This story may contain a lot of pork products and a small amount of pig-slaughtering scenes. Please
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The Little Thing Called Pampering Myself [Football] 宠坏自己这件小事[足球]
The day after he retired, Guti looked at the fourteen-year-old "himself" standing before him, and could only grit his teeth and take the blame for having a "secret child." "He" was not only unruly and spoiled, but also a little crybaby. And he had a special talent: reporting people the moment they disagreed with him! What could Guti do? He could only spoil him!
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[Football] Milan Management Simulator [足球]米兰经营模拟器
Becoming the chairman of a soccer club takes just three steps: Step one: Turn on your computer. Step two: Open the game called “Management Simulator.” Step three: Select the “Soccer” category. And so [Welcome to AC Milan!] [Mr./Madam Chairman, the summer of 2007 has arrived.] A note for readers: 1. First, I’ll do my best to finish the story. Theme: Make a dream come true
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[Football] I Went Bald, and I Got Stronger [足球]我变秃了也变强了
The protagonist is Italian, the homesick kind of Italian. Even though he was dazzled by the sky-high wages and generous benefits in the English Premier League and went there to play, he still complains every day that British food is awful, the British are cold, and the weather is terrible. He says he’s getting depressed from staying there! He needs beaches! Sunshine! The sea! His generous boss treats him like a prized guest, renovating the cafeteria and inviting fellow Italians to chat with hi
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When a Cow Cat Takes to the Football Field [足球]当奶牛猫去踢球
[Unless something unexpected comes up, updates daily. See the announcement for hiatus notices. Cover handmade by the author, hehe.] [A lot of the story focuses on competitions. Read the romance as you like.] [Important: Don’t mention other novels under my story, and don’t mention my story under other authors’ works. Thanks (bows).] Can you believe that one day a cat could turn into a human, become a professional footballer, and achieve the unimaginable? Think bigger. Anything is possible! A i
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[Football] The Football Life Simulator [足球]足坛人生模拟器
You open the simulator. [Congratulations! You rolled the attributes [Football Talent], [Born into a Football Family], and [A Talent Envied by Heaven]] You: ? [Age 0: You were born, a boy. Age 5: Your father discovered that you had an extraordinary talent for football. Age 7: You entered a youth academy. Age 16: You became a first-team player for a top club and were called up to the national team. Age 20: You won the Ballon d'Or, becoming the youngest winner in history. Age 21: You retired due to
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[Football] In the Name of Genius [足球]天才的名义
* Each arc is independent, mostly featuring relatives of football players. There are single-couple, multiple-couple, and no-couple stories. * Matthaus's son, Ma Xiaozui; the Bayern little emperor forces Klose into a relationship. * The bitter little Bayern player falls for Milan and loves digging for wild vegetables, making his childhood friend Lahm cry. * The Shevchenko brothers; A Dream Left Behind at Stamford Bridge; no pairing. * Piero's son, Xiao Luo, makes a bold move into the Premier Leag
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[Football] I Followed Saint's Advice and Became Milan's Golden Boy [足球]听克圣的话,成了米兰金童
In 2015, just after being diagnosed with cancer, Cruyff was thrown back to 1996 by a mysterious force. Before him was an Italian orphan, clutching a rock as he sank to the bottom of a river. "Do you want to lift the Hercules Cup?" A dying boy met a dying legend. One had nowhere to go, and the other had little time left. And so Giovanni, who hated football, became Cruyff's most prized pupil. From a troubled child who was looked down on to a superstar who stunned Italian football. His journey was
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[Football] The Milan Outcast’s Coming-of-Age Story [足球]米兰逆子成长记
This story will go VIP starting from Chapter 20 on March 20, with a 10,000-word update as a bonus. Thanks for your support [heart]! A little note: In his past life, Ago wasn’t playing a game. It was his real life. There was something wrong with Ago’s brain, so he forgot. In his previous life, Ago was the eldest son of the Maldini family, Milan’s much-anticipated crown prince, and an extreme player on the pitch, known by fans as one of football’s great “slaughterers.” The golden boy e
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[Football] Letters [足球]信笺
Currently updating the story of Big Indra Important!!! (Actually, I'm out of options.) Football romance stories are still romance stories about football. The author writes ordinary men and women: they get together when it suits them and break up when it doesn't. Nobody owes anyone fidelity... Assume every couple has been with other people before, except Kaka. But I'm not writing saintly Kaka, and he has nothing to do with being a saint either. If you want chaste romance, you can stop reading he
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[Football] A Handbook for Raising the Emperor of Milan [足球]米兰皇帝饲育手册
I only have one account on w,b. No alt accounts. Don't fall for scams! Apologies for any out-of-character moments. I deeply apologize to the countries and clubs whose trophies were butterfly-effected away! I'm expecting to go premium on February 4. Abi has been saving up something big for you all, lol. Thank you for all your support and love. You're the best part of Abi's awful world. Love you all! “In Maldini's sea-blue eyes, Julius was like a sailor bewitched by a siren. He calmly invested h
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[Football] The Backup Goalkeeper [足球]替补门将
With the first-choice goalkeeper injured, the second transferred, and the third retired, AC Milan decide to recall their youth academy goalkeeper. Tobias Blackwood makes his grand debut! Except he only starts for two weeks. He starts in the Champions League, tops the league, wins Olympic gold, and gets called up to the national team at just 21! Except the first-choice goalkeeper is Buffon. Don’t you want to transfer? Don’t you want to start more games? “I don’t.” He’s there when AC Milan win the
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[Football] But I'm the Older One! [足球]可我才是年上啊!
Career-focused blurb: Building a dynasty is hard. Reviving one is harder. Fino knows this all too well. Over ten years at Milan, he has seen the team climb to the top and sweep through European football, and he has watched it sink to the bottom and struggle through turmoil. It’s fine. It’s only an aging squad, the retirement of club legends, anxious hearts, wavering decisions from the club, a revolving door of managers… and a few knives in the back from the front office… He can surely drag the t
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[Football] The Godlike Goalkeeper and the Goalkeeper System That Makes Gods [足球]成神门将和门将成神系统
Bonus extras are being updated [66% subscription]. [Anti-piracy 50%, 48 hours] If you can, please leave a five-star rating. If not, never mind ╥﹏╥ [The Milan Seal of Approval: Whether He's a 1 or a 0, I'll Be the Judge] A System-turned-human, violent, withdrawn powerhouse striker x a happy-go-lucky, stylish Italian goalkeeper There are no top or bottom roles in the main story. 0 and 1 refer to positions on the pitch. On Milan television in Italy, Timothy was happily going on and on about his ma
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[Football] The Amazing Little Mao's Transmigration [足球]神奇小毛穿越记
Francesco Viali, born September 1, 2003, a midfielder for AC Milan. On September 1, 2025, he stepped on a pineapple pizza and transmigrated back to Milan on the day he was born. Rui Costa picked him up. On the training ground, little Ciesco confidently rolled up his sleeves and declared that he would lead Milan to glory once again. Maldini was speechless. “We just won the Champions League last season. We're already doing great.” Seedorf shook his head. “With the skills you just showed us, you
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[Football] The Gods Descend [足球]神降
Read the pinned comment for warnings first!!! Read the pinned comment for warnings first!!! Read the pinned comment for warnings first!!! If you’re okay with that, dig in: Lorenzo Dolce Marino. Those close to him like to call him Lollo. Blond hair, blue eyes, and the shiniest star in all of soccer. With one hand, he’s living a pure romance with Milan, while with the other, he’s hosting wild parties with the old guard of Serie A. He appeared before the world at the end of the old era, quickly r
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[Football] Diary of the Italian Crown Prince's Coming of Age [足球]呆梨太子成长日记
Rafael Maldini needs no introduction. Just hearing his surname tells you he must belong to Italy, to AC Milan. In 2018, when Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, Rafael was nine. He vaguely remembers hearing plenty of sighs. In 2022, Italy missed the World Cup again. Outside the training ground, grieving fans clasped the hand of Milan’s young prince: “With penalty-taking this awful, why not let our little Rafael take them?” Rafael: “But, sister, I’m only thirteen.” After Italy lost 0–3
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[Football] Don't You Dare Dig Up Wild Vegetables [足球]你不许挖野菜
Camilo Greco used to be a defender for AC Milan, a top-tier club-obsessed, spineless man. His youth-team wages got him worked like a mule. If the club told him to jump into a river, he wouldn't jump into the sea; if they told him to set something on fire, he wouldn't even save anyone. He diligently foraged for wild greens, only for the higher-ups to sell him off the moment another club came waving a pile of cash. Camilo tearfully said goodbye to the club he loved. When his three-year deal was u
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[Football] Anton's Green Pitch Diary [足球]安东绿茵日记
[Main story complete] The soccer romance anthology next door, Letters, has started *The author is a fan of clean romances and doesn’t write Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Cristiano Ronaldo because I don’t like them. I’ve watched soccer for 16 years. If you’ve watched for less time than me, don’t give me writing advice in the comments. What’s it like for a female college student about to enter the workforce to suddenly become an 18-year-old Italian-Chinese guy? Anton, struggling to load an Italian
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[Football] After My Teammate Took an Interest in Me [足球]被队友看上以后
As a gifted young talent in Manchester City's academy, Nordvik is green with envy of the first team's forwards. He says to the academy coach in a shameless, wheedling tone: If I can't receive De Bruyne's passes on the pitch, I'll tear every last one of my good qualities to shreds! Academy coach: The Belgians are in beautiful spirits today, as always... * After a car accident, Nordvik transmigrates into a young academy player at Belgian club Genk. He gazes at the youthful face of his childhoo
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[Football] A Puppy Reincarnates as the King of Football [足球]小狗转生成球王
A9 is an intelligent teacher from the future. Its mission is to train someone to become a top talent in their field, a winner in the eyes of others. But it accidentally bonded with a Shetland Sheepdog who could only understand four commands: sit, lie down, shake, and spin. The dog only cared about rubber balls. After waiting twenty years for the dog to die of ol
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When a Beagle Becomes a Defender [Football] 当比格犬成为后卫[足球]
My next story, Milk-Tea Cat Binds to a Redemption System, is in my author profile. System: [You’re the villain in a soccer fanfic.] [You play as a defender, but you’re a terrible person and an awful sport. If you can win by kicking a person instead of the ball, you’ll do it.] [You’re ungrateful and ambitious. You abandoned the mentor and seniors who had high hopes for you, and betrayed the hometown fans who adored you. At your new club, you form cliques; on the n
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[Football] I’ll Retire Once I’ve Made Enough Money [足球]赚够了钱就退役
[Main story complete. Bonus chapters will be updated whenever inspiration strikes. Paid bonus chapters may be purchased depending on circumstances. I'll lower the paid-to-free ratio; not buying the paid bonus chapters won't affect your access to the free ones.] Li Shu was an ordinary wage earner in his previous life. The only unusual thing about him was that he died a little too young. In this life, he's still an ordinary wage earner. The only unusual thing is that he works as a goalkeeper. His
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Football: The Magician of the Pitch [足球]绿茵魔术师
[Main story complete, with bonus chapters updated from time to time. You don't need to know anything about soccer to enjoy this!] Teodoro Finis was born rebellious. He was a player who gave countless coaches headaches, and fans both loved and hated him. People fell in love with him because of a match, then found themselves grinding their teeth in annoyance at his bad temper. He was a dribbling magician who turned the entire pitch into his stage. He was every midfielder's favorite striker, a raz
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[Football] Just as I’m About to Retire, the Comeback System Goes Live [足球]都快退役了逆袭系统上线了
♥♥ Next up: “I Build a Nation by Playing Soccer with a Clone System” // “Come, People, Pay Your Respects to the Great King Crow!” ◆◆ After Gu Yi dies, he binds to a System. The System drops him into a parallel world as an Englishman, then disappears. Gu Yi isn’t disappointed. Using the simulated training space the System left behind, he becomes a professional soccer player. He may not be all that amazing, but he has been a first-team regular at Manchester United for almost ten years. Now he’s
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[Football] Kitty Ball [足球]猫猫球
[A little cat plays football, a goalkeeper story to make up for Portugal's regrets] Braviri is a little cat, skilled at hunting (saving shots) and sleeping while standing up. But he accidentally turned into a human, and was “kidnapped” by a scout and a club to become a goalkeeper. Now he works hard to earn fish treats. There is just one small flaw in his hardworking life: Whenever the clock strikes twelve, he turns back into a fluffy little cat... How to conquer Earth while keeping his secret
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[Football] A Youngster’s Sign-In Days at the Bernabeu [足球]幼崽在伯纳乌签到的日子
An Ke got a sign-in System, but he has to choose his sign-in location at random. He gets three refreshes, each generating nine random locations. To maximize his benefits, An Ke knows exactly what he wants: No ancient buildings. No interstellar settings. And definitely none of the other weird stuff. He just wants to stay on modern-day Earth as a permanent resident, enjoying the luxurious life of internet access, air conditioning, and food delivery. It isn't until his third refresh that he spots a
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[Football] Can Little Lambs Play Soccer Too? [足球]小羊也可以踢球吗
This novel will become a premium story on February 26. Thank you for your support! Lino Caprio, the star prince of the Viola, Fiorentina’s rising star. Fans call him “the Gazelle” for his nimble movements and delicate dribbling, and affectionately call him Lambie. But no one knows that Lino really is a fluffy, cream-colored lamb who goes baa. Every day, Lino works hard to hide his lamb’s tail and pass as an ordinary human. His daily routine consists of playing football, competing, and cuddlin
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[Football] I’m Just That Good at Assists [足球]我就是能助攻
Pinned: Can you all call me Feng Sibei? I can’t change my pen name right now, but I want it to be Feng Sibei. Thanks, girls! Also known as: The Spineless Midfielder Play Football! All you need is legs! A sharp-tongued football fan transmigrates into a Bayern youth forward with a broken ankle. His running is youth-team level, and his shooting is neighborhood-pitch level. On the first day of his recovery, the club’s youth director tries to get him to quit. The story starts on hell difficulty!
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[Football] The Ultimate Goalkeeper [足球]第一门神
Ye Chun has a Door Guardian System and was planning to become a singer, but an accident kept him from pursuing his dream of attending an arts academy. Could it be that Heaven itself wants him to become a goalkeeper? P.S. My next novel is Conquering the NBA [Basketball]. Theme: Failure isn't scary. What's scary is giving up on your dreams because of it
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[Football] The Sweet Daily Life of Milan's Big Pig [足球]米兰大猪的甜蜜日常
My new story, “Kaka: My Childhood Friend Is Football’s One and Only,” is currently updating. If you’re interested, feel free to check it out. The two stories will have a little crossover. I’ve also added an upcoming story about Nesta to my author page. If you’re interested, please add “Nesta and Totti’s Sister’s Love Story” to your collection. After going from a Chinese-speaking food blogger to Angela, an Italian girl, she felt she had adapted pretty well. She was an orphan either way, with no t
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[Football] The Cheater Has Stopped Even Pretending [足球]挂哥演都不演了
Adrian Xiela, an employee at Stark Industries. What office drone could resist opening Football Life during work hours and happily slacking off? [Warnings] Hard-core fans of the team and players, stay away / OOC / stream of consciousness / few matches / artsy / chuunibyou / everyone except the protagonist is melodramatic (highlighted!) Warnings have been given in advance, so no liability. If it's not your thing, just click the X! Let's not torture each other... This is a free story, so ratings o
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Football: Redemption [足球]救赎
Pinned notice: The Maldini pairing’s IF storyline is now available. If you’re interested, check out the other Football story in my column, But I’m the Older One! Synopsis: A sudden car accident. A fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is reborn in the body of a nine-year-old Italian child. No family, no retained memories, no golden finger, and he can’t speak the language. Fino is a little panicked... Looks like it’s time to find myself a dad, Fino thinks. He turns his eyes toward Maldini on the televisi
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[Football] What Should I Do When My Teammates Keep Dreaming I Beat Them Up? [足球]队友总梦到我揍他们怎么办?
[Free to read! ◆ New story: [Football] Fortune-Telling as My Main Job, Football on the Side ◆ Upcoming: [Football] The Comeback System Shows Up When I’m About to Retire] ★ Enrique, a homegrown Real Madrid defender from the club’s youth academy, is a widely admired gentleman of Football. He’s handsome, good-tempered, warm, friendly, and always willing to help. Everyone on the team likes him. Lately, though, every player keeps dreaming that Enrique chews them out or pins them down and beats them
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Football: The Point of Playing Is to Win [足球]踢足球就是要赢
Yolamir Griffin, football’s playboy, the notorious bastard who’s famous for having a heart of gold. An AC Milan academy graduate, a forward who should have red and black blood in his veins, he only ever plays with real passion when he’s back home, celebrating more wildly than anyone. He’s a griffin on the pitch, the uncrowned king of Italy. Yolamir: In this world, I’m the one who lets people down. Nobody gets to say I let them down. A bastard only has a tiny bit of sincerity. The rest of his
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Football’s Eternal Milan [足球]米兰永恒
Ludwig Vittorio Agniel 1994–2017, one of the greatest forwards in AC Milan's history. One man, one club, red and black for life. As compensation for a god's mistake, Ludwig would be given a perfect life. * The late 20th century was the most glorious era in AC Milan's history. Starting in 1990, under coach Capello, the team won three consecutive league titles. In the 1994 Champions League final, they defeated Barcelona at the Athens Olympic Stadium to claim the fifth Champions League trophy in
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[Football] The Decisive Moment [足球]决定性瞬间
As everyone knows, I Niu never turns his anger inward. He only blames other people. At sixteen, he spent three days and three nights arguing with the media as the youngest Manchester United first-team player in the Premier League. At seventeen, he vowed he would never join the England national team. At eighteen, he helped Manchester United become Europe’s first treble winners. At twenty, he became the youngest national team captain in Europe. From then on, he was the most talked-about and hotte
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[Football] I Love You, I Was Just Pretending [足球]爱你,我装的
Ashley in the Bundesliga No feelings, just technique. A true player through and through. Love or no love, it's all down to fate. Your girl can kick a ball, too. Ashley: When in doubt, just start a romance and call it a day. A story about an American third-generation heiress and mean girl, and a bunch of uptight, secretly passionate German boys. #Just how many young Bundesliga players did player Ashley Cole mess around with?# Post 1: Let's just say the Bu
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[Football] Milan Deserves It [足球]米兰应得的
Football and Milan were one and the same to Matt. Football was Milan, and Milan was football. He loved football as much as he loved Milan. Maldini, Shevchenko, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Nesta, Pirlo, Kaka… One shining name after another graced the San Siro, yet Matt had never seen them in person, or even on a livestream. He’d started watching football too late! He wasn’t a diehard fan, so missing Milan’s dynasty only left him with a little regret. Now he had the chance to witness it firsthand. No, to
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[Football] A Sixty-Year-Old Man Revives Italy’s Glory [足球]六十老头重振呆梨荣耀
Silvio Salvini Italy’s greatest coach. After lifting his first European Cup with Milan in 1963, victory followed him like a shadow. At the 1990 World Cup on home soil, having just celebrated his sixtieth birthday, he resolved to achieve the miracle of winning three consecutive World Cups. He carefully selected his rose boys: Paolo Maldini, Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Costacurta, Carlo Ancelotti, Franco Baresi… But why does each new generation of Italians seem worse than the last? Forget charming
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[Football] A Striker Who Doesn't Want to Be a Goalkeeper Isn't a Good Midfielder! [足球]不想当门将的前锋不是好中场!
[As of 5:00 p.m. on December 18, 2015, after careful consideration, I've decided to put this story behind a paywall later on. It's been on hiatus for a while, but I don't think enough time has passed for that yet, so it may be another month or so. I originally stopped updating because I had a few personal issues. A few months ago, I went through a lot of back and forth with some changes at work. I got a new job at the end of last month and had planned to come back and finish this story, but for
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