Novels like Football: From the Start, I Took Half of Messi's Skills
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- 101 Reborn on the Pitch: Starting with Max-Level Shooting 绿茵重生：从满级射门开始 The protagonist, Lin Chen, is reborn as a 17-year-old player in Napoli's youth academy and activates the Green Pitch King System. From the start, he unlocks a maxed-out Shooting attribute of 100, while his other stats (Speed 62, Stamina 58, Passing 55, Defense 30) must be upgraded through missions. Facing competition and skepticism at the academy, Lin Chen makes a name for himself with his unstoppable shooting. Coach Benitez discovers him, and within six months he is promoted to the first team. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Kicked Out of Manchester United, I Get a Concept-Level Talent Upgrade Every Week 逐出曼联，每周刷新概念级天赋 [Roguelike + Soccer + All-Around Midfielder + High-Octane + No Chinese National Team] In 2009, Ferguson spends £7.5 million on a mystery signing, bringing in the “biggest flop in Manchester United history.” But after leaving United, he grows into the brightest star in world football! … Every match is a brand-new adventure, and Lin Sheng’s football roguelike journey grows ever more unpredictable! Klopp: “Wasn’t he a defensive midfielder? Why is he tearing down the wing?” Guardiola: “You’re on you 2.6kReads7.2Score12514d adds
- 103 The Legend of Football: The Rise of the Red Rebels 绿茵传奇之红叛军崛起 [Traditional football management novel] [Tomato's first amateur football team] [Football] + [Transmigration] + [Comeback] + [Tactical play] Our club, our rules! Two united teams, one soul! In 2005, a group of fans opposed to the Glazer family's takeover of Manchester United founded a football club of their own. Five years later, a Manchester United fan with memories of the future became the head coach of this amateur team. Stars like Vardy, Haaland, and Messi would all become members of the team 271Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 104 Oh No, My System Is a Scheming, Tsundere Maid 坏了，我家系统竟是腹黑傲娇女仆 When Zhang Baichi wakes up, a black-haired maid is standing beside his bed! What shocks him even more is that the maid is actually a System, or rather, the System is a maid! And his System is nothing like anyone else’s. It’s the utterly useless Football Manager System! Just like that, Zhang Baichi returns to a year ago and begins a love-hate life with his tsundere, scheming maid of a System. What on earth happened to make the infamous BBC publish an article titled “Birmingham City Club Has Given —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Godfather of Football: Starting by Saving Chinese Football 绿茵教父，从拯救国足开始 Chinese soccer has sunk to its lowest point in history. The national team has missed the World Cup for three consecutive tournaments, its Asian ranking has fallen to 15th, its youth training system has collapsed, match-fixing and gambling scandals run rampant in the leagues, and the fans have lost all hope. 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 I Collect Jerseys Only to Inherit the Skills 收集球衣，我只是为了继承球技 Luo Yang, a young soccer player on the Renmin University of China High School team, watched Ronaldinho lead Brazil in a match at the Beijing Olympics. To his amazement, Ronaldinho gave him a jersey. The moment Luo Yang put it on, he inherited Ronaldinho’s soccer skills! Later, a Barcelona scout happened to discover his talent and recommended him to Pep Guardiola. Guardiola brought Luo Yang to Barcelona, where he and Messi ushered in the era of Barcelona’s twin stars and created a new Dream Team! 349Reads7.0Score10614d adds
- 107 Run, Football! 奔跑吧足球 A legend begins with a humble high school league. It would indirectly spark a craze for youth soccer and drive the development of Chinese football as a whole. Years later, when Meng Qiu looked back on the past, he felt deeply that following his parents back to China at the age of sixteen had been the greatest turning point of his life. His path to legend starts now. 428Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 108 Football: I'm a Superstar! I Won It All from the Ground Up 足球：我！影帝！从草根赢下所有 Bai Kankemu, a player who came up from humble beginnings, is struck by lightning on the field and gains the Movie Star System. He can call penalties and red cards at will. From the Summer Crown League to the Summer Super League, from domestic pitches to continental tournaments, from club to national team, from Asia to Europe, and from player to coach, he wins every individual and team honor. He takes on the old guard, the media, the bureaucrats, and the self-important so-called football experts! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Bell's Template: I Become the King of Hat Tricks in Football! 贝尔模板：我成了足坛帽子王！ [Football] + [Game-like Perfect System] + [Reviving Manchester United] + [Too Many Elements] + [No Conspiracies in the Business World] + [Entertainment Industry Rising Star] At the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Rosen watched Ronaldo refuse to retire despite his age, leading to Portugal's elimination. He punched the TV to pieces, then was reborn in the autumn of 2020. He unexpectedly gained both a System and Bale's template! This time, he would no longer be a spectator watch 4kReads5.6Score14514d adds
- 110 Football: Developing Young Talents in the Chinese Super League 【足球】我在中超练小妖 [Hardcore Football + Youth Development + Professional Tactics + Golden Pinky + Ensemble Cast + One Female Lead] Who says China has no promising young players? Ever since that man arrived, the Guoan youth academy has been churning out goalkeepers, center-backs, full-backs, defensive midfielders, central midfielders, attacking midfielders, wingers, and strikers. Wait, it produces all of them? Foreign clubs treat the academy like a lottery shop, but he tells the media that Guoan never sells players 3.9kReads9.1Score19414d adds
- 111 Football Manager: The Soccer World's Femme Fatale 足球经理之足坛魅魔 Tags: Football, coaching, club management, System, master of trash talk. Also known as Football Manager: The Seducer of the Pitch, The Football Orator, and Trash Talk Makes Me Unbeatable: They All Call Me the Greatest Coach of All Time. When he opens his eyes, football management game player Wang Xu has transmigrated into the controlling shareholder and head coach of AFC Wimbledon, a newly promoted League One club. No transfer budget. No star players. The media predict they’re the favorites for 38kReads9.0Score4.4k14d adds
- 112 Pummeling Ramos from the Start, Even Messi Is Stunned 开局暴揍拉莫斯，梅西都惊呆了 The author's previous book, "Football: Starting with Maxed-Out Free Kicks", is complete. Head over there if you'd like to read a finished novel. Qin Sheng transmigrated. Along with a System, he gained training points. But these training points were a little unusual. In addition to regular training, he could earn them by having sex, too. Maxed-out crossing, maxed-out speed, maxed-out strength: he was the strongest left winger in football! The Galacticos, peak Barcelona, peak Inter Milan, peak Spa 1.8kReads8.4Score10414d adds
- 113 God of Soccer: I Lead the Chinese National Team to World Cup Glory 足球之神：我带领国足勇夺世界杯 Lin Yue, a fan driven to a brain hemorrhage by the national team’s performance, wakes up to find himself back in 2021. This time, he’s no longer just a spectator in the stands, pounding his chest in frustration. Starting with Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth, he sets out on his own journey across the pitch. League titles, Champions League trophies, Ballon d’Or awards: he claims every honor there is. In the end, his goal is to lead China’s men’s national team to lift the World Cup, a trophy they ne 533Reads6.0Score10314d adds
- 114 King of the Green: A Soccer Journey That Began in Goal 绿茵冠王，守门员开始的足球之旅 This novel is also known as Ultimate Firepower. During the 2010–2011 season, Su Xin, a Hong Kong youth from West Ham United’s academy, shook the football world. A fullback with the goalkeeping talent of Yashin and the ability to see three seconds into the future, he nevertheless had the heart of a striker. Defying convention, he played a goalkeeper’s game from the back line, leading his relegation-threatened team all the way to the pinnacle of the Champions League. Buffon called him “a violation 96Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 115 Football: I'm a Ronaldo Hater, So Why Did I Inherit His Skills? 足球：我一罗黑，给我C罗传承？ [Good news]: Xu Feng transmigrated and got a System. [Bad news]: Xu Feng, a devoted Ronaldo hater, ended up with the Cristiano Ronaldo Skill Inheritance System. To inherit skills, he has to become more and more like the very person he hates most, that Awei Luo. How is he supposed to survive that? As his inner struggles intensify alongside his growing skills, Xu Feng starts out in the Chinese Super League, tears through the competition, and writes a legendary story for Chinese players. This book 157Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 116 I Am a Soccer Boy 我是足球小子 The Soccer Emperor Before his death, Wang Mouren played for the Cold Eagles. In the World Super League Cup final against the Fire Bears, he deliberately threw the match. Before the game, Qi Xiong had promised to pay him one billion euros if he let the Fire Bears win. After the match, Wang Mouren collected the huge sum Qi Xiong had given him, but his legs were broken. Then he was killed in a car accident. When Wang Mouren fell into a coma after the crash, he thought he had died. Instead, he was r 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 World Cup: I Made Ronaldo Throw Up 世界杯：我把C罗喂吐了 The World Cup is in full swing. A born wage slave braves the icy wind on his electric scooter to deliver takeout, all the while thinking about the matches. Then he gets into an accident. The crash is disastrous, but luckily, when he wakes up again, he finds himself lying on a World Cup pitch... Luo: Matthew, what kind of pass was that? Why did the ball hit me in the head? Messi: I never thought he'd unlock all the moves I could never master. Neymar: People used to say I danced when I played foot 52Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 118 The Chinese Boy from La Masia 拉玛西亚的中国少年 Ke Yi was a young footballer who dreamed of serving his country and leading China to the World Cup. After suffering a serious injury, he found the strength to start over and joined Levante, gradually forging a footballing path of his own. This is a Chinese take on a young footballer’s story. There are no cheats or Systems, just the youthful passion and dreams about football shared by our generation. Ke Yi’s career isn’t a nonstop power fantasy, but with sweat and perseverance, he made the world 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Football: The System Made Me King of the Pitch 足球：系统让我当球王 A football prodigy from Xia Country sets out to chase his dream at Real Madrid, where the road is full of obstacles. From obscurity to making a name for himself, every drop of sweat fuels his growth. With the miraculous powers granted by his System, he turns the tide at crucial moments and forges ahead amid fierce competition at a top club. Watch as he conquers the pitch step by step along a path of glory and doubt, writes his own legend, and ultimately claims the crown of football king, astonis —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 I Conquered the World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico, Then Became a Premier League Manager 杀穿美加墨世界杯，我执教英超了 [eFootball] [System] [Transmigration] [2026 FIFA World Cup] [Premier League] [Champions League] Zhang Wei transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes Shao Jiayi, head coach of the Huaguo national team. His first test is to battle the United Arab Emirates for the ticket to Group G of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, left open after Iran’s withdrawal. Fortunately, the “eFootball System” arrives right on schedule! With the System, Zhang Wei turns the tables on the UAE and gets the national team into the 550Reads5.7Score10114d adds
- 121 Our Dawn, Our Dusk, Our Running 我们的晨昏与奔跑 (Football + comeback + romance) The news of the 2022 Wuzhou air disaster left Sheng Zimu grieving the loss of his closest friends, Zhou Wei and Yuan Xiaoxiao. Standing before their graves, he looks at their smiling wedding photo, and his memories suddenly flash back to the football pitch at G University in 2005. Back then, the shadow of his father’s death had trapped him in isolation. It was Yuan Dingkun’s advice and Duanmu Yan’s enthusiasm that helped him find his way back to football. From a s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Football: The More Flashy I Play, the Stronger I Get 足球：我越骚越强 [World Cup + Top Five Leagues + Neymar + System + Dual Nationality + Revamping Chinese Football + King of Football + Messi and Ronaldo + Brazil, Real Madrid] (The author respects Messi and Ronaldo and is a Ronaldo fan. The football association system will be overhauled midway through the story, and the protagonist will become the godfather of Chinese football’s youth development.) Su Feng awakens the ‘Showboat King System’ from the start, and from then on never turns back from his flamboyant way 2.3kReads5.9Score10414d adds
- 123 Dreams of 2046: The Youth Academy Sets Sail 圆梦2046：青训启航 China’s national football team missed the World Cup again. In 2026, even with the tournament expanded to 48 teams and 8.5 qualifying spots, they still didn’t make it. A young man fresh out of a sports university goes to teach in a remote village. On the sandy pitch, he meets a group of children: a gifted but quiet midfielder, a fullback who still can’t control the ball after countless drills, and a girl with a ponytail who fights for the ball among the boys. No System, no golden finger, no ove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Football: I Can See Players' Attributes 足球：我能看见球员词条 [Player Traits + Soccer + Coaching + Legend] [This book doesn't stick entirely to real-world events. If that bothers you, don't read it.] A down-on-his-luck young man. A club on the verge of relegation. No one would think that was a perfect match. And no one cared what kind of story might unfold here. Until a young man from China arrived. At the end of the 2017-18 season, Li Yanqing became the head coach of Burton Albion. A dreamlike journey began. With the ability to see players' traits, he br 2.6kReads8.3Score15714d adds
- 125 Football Coach: I Use the Art of War to Conquer the Chinese Super League 足球教练：我用兵法玩转中超 Chen Mo, a university team coach, unexpectedly receives an offer from a Chinese Super League club. He thinks he's finally found a patron who recognizes his talent, but in reality, he's been drawn into a vortex of power plays among investors. In the midst of crisis, Chen Mo seamlessly applies the wisdom of ancient military strategy to modern competitive sports. With passion, perseverance, and ingenuity, he composes a triumphant anthem of youth filled with love, friendship, fiery ambition, and dre 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Football's Black-Shop Boss: From the Start, I Buy Wolverhampton Wanderers 足坛黑店：开局收购狼队 Tags: Football Manager, single heroine, Wolves, no System, wish fulfillment, no China national team Lu Ming, a 24-year-old Chinese-born billionaire, is reborn in 2014 and makes £400 million through Bitcoin, the World Cup, and the stock market. In the summer of 2016, the young man mocked by the media as a “hardcore Football Manager player” makes a crazy decision: he overpays to buy the Championship side Wolves, then fighting to avoid relegation. While everyone waits for him to become a laughingst 849Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 127 Football: From Student to King of the Pitch 足球：从学生到球王 Su Qin, a student at Jiang University, jokingly calls himself a “Three Ordinary” guy: ordinary looks, an ordinary family, and ordinary talents. After a frustrating setback in love, he gets a miraculous System. All he has to do to become stronger is receive a girl’s confession. But how is he supposed to get a girl to confess to him? Su Qin is at his wits’ end. Join college student and soccer enthusiast Su Qin as he pursues love and sets out on the road to becoming a soccer king… A nontraditional 1.2kReads8.2Score13814d adds
- 128 The Godfather of Chinese Soccer 国足教父 Lin Feng is reborn on the eve of the Chinese national team's defeat and the ensuing coaching change, only to be sacked by a European powerhouse over a scandal and become a laughingstock in the football world. He returns to China for an interview for the national team head coach position. Realizing he's about to be late, he panics and flags down a Hongqi sedan to ask for help. Inside, an elegant woman smiles gently. “I'm going that way. I'll give you a ride.” When the football association's le 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 All-Round Defensive Midfielder: From Cape Verde to World Cup Champion 全能工兵：从佛得角到世界杯冠军 Ma Ernei, a 16-year-old youth-team prospect, is widely regarded in football circles as an all-around utility player. He can play seven positions, from winger and attacking midfielder to defensive midfielder and fullback, and can run for 120 minutes without tiring. Yet he is stuck at home because he cannot afford the fees for an overseas trial. After staying up late to watch Cape Verde, a nation of just 500,000 people, make its first-ever World Cup appearance while China’s national team suffers a 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Football: Ruling the Pitch! Starting with Leicester City 足球：独霸绿茵！从莱斯特城开始 [No System + Not Reborn + High-spirited Power Fantasy + European Championship + World Cup] In 2015, Chinese-British teenager Ling Feng is expelled from Sheffield Wednesday's youth academy after getting into a fight. By chance, he meets Leicester City star Jamie Vardy, who's back home visiting family. Little by little, he becomes one of the key figures behind Leicester City's miracle, and from then on sets out to dominate the football world! 5.3kReads8.7Score41214d adds
- 131 Reborn in 1992: Snatching Up Beijing Guoan 重生1992，抢注北京国安 [Reborn in football + a business empire + a passionate title race] Reborn in 1992, I shut down the invincibility System. I'll use my own skills to build Guoan a foundation that will last a century! When Nedved, Henry, and Kanu don the green jersey, and Wenger and Van der Veyden bring in new ideas, we're playing for more than football. We're playing for the dreams and future of an era. From today on, remember this shade of green: Guoan will always fight for first place! [Author's note] This is a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Shaolin Soccer: I Helped Ronaldo Lift the World Cup 少林足球，我助C罗捧起大力神杯 [Soccer + System + Cristiano Ronaldo + Shaolin Soccer + World Cup + Portugal] When he smacked the bald head of a Shaolin coach while practicing the “Iron Head Technique,” Cheng Feng, a sixteen-year-old Chinese-Portuguese boy, was unceremoniously kicked out of Shaolin Temple. Just as he thought he would have to slink back to Portugal and inherit his dad's supermarket chain, the Shaolin Soccer System activated! With this System, everything can be had for free: Touch an old keepsake belonging to a 5.8kReads—Score55714d adds
- 133 Raising the World Cup with an S-Rank Soccer Girl 带S级球娘美少女举起世界杯 [Football]+ [Passion]+ [Character growth]+ [High-octane action] Lin Yi has the makings of a king of football! Whether it's football or football esports, he's a natural. But in two World Cups, he fell just one step short! Later, Lin Yi transmigrates to a world where football has existed for just 21 years. In his eyes, every player is kicking the ball around cluelessly! Oh, wait. They're not players, but football girls! Every one of them is a beautiful girl, a super cybernetic life-form! On the fi 131Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 134 England's Greatest Footballer 英格兰最伟大的球员 After a life-changing car accident, Tristan transmigrates back to his youth, where he seizes his second chance. Follow Tristan on his journey to becoming the greatest player in the history of football. 387Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 135 I'm Getting Absurd at Manchester United 我在曼联搞抽象 When other people are reborn, they become stock market tycoons or entertainment moguls. When I was reborn... I inherited Jose Mourinho's mess and became Old Trafford's new 635Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 136 Reborn: My Buddy Leads the Chinese National Team to the World Cup 重生之老铁带领国足进世界杯 Deep behind bars, he dreamed of standing on the World Cup podium. When he woke, it was 2009, on the eve of the crackdown on match-fixing and organized crime. In his previous life, he went from player to prisoner and brought shame upon Chinese football. In this life, he is bound to the “Training Master System” and has only one bottom line: never take part in match-fixing. While everyone else goes along with the corruption, he trains alone on the practice field at four in the morning. When dirty m 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Reborn as a Coach: I Have an Unbeatable Pro Evolution Soccer Team 重生做教练：我有实况无敌舰队 Li Weiyi, the ultimate gamer, was playing the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 8 when he accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world with the game’s System! So… he decided to indulge himself just a little. He registered a team… built a football stadium… and brought together a group of powerful players from the game… Of course, he ended up owing a lot of money… and there are plenty of little stories along the way… Li Weiyi’s classic quotes: “As for coaching, I only know a little.” “Women only s 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Football: I Woke Up to Find the Whole Football World Hates Me 足球：一觉醒来，成了足坛万人嫌 Wang Lin had just been promoted to Barcelona’s first team when he woke up in a hospital bed. He opened his phone and nearly blacked out. “Football’s Playboy: Wang Lin, winner of the European Golden Boy award, hailed as a talent on par with Messi, the future face of center forwards, and the new Van Basten. How did he fall from grace, step by step?” “Football’s Most Hated Man: Wang Lin! Without the vast resources of China behind him, and the talent God granted him, he’d have fallen to the third di 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 139 Taking Ronaldo by Storm at the World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico! 带C罗横扫美加墨世界杯！ When an 18-year-old, handsome young man with an East Asian face appeared like the wind at the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, playing midfield for the Five Shields, viewers around the world were stunned! Two pinpoint passes from over thirty meters out from the start, helping forty-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo score? Where had Ronaldo found this kind of genius!? As he went further and further in the World Cup, footage of his matches in the Dragon Kingdom came to light. “What? He 14.9kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 140 A Thirty-Year-Old Football Veteran Takes the Field with a System 足球老将三十的我携系统大杀四方 This is a passionate sports story with a female lead. It follows a veteran striker as he fights his way out of adversity and takes Europe by storm, from Ajax to Milan, with stories of the Asian Cup and the World Cup along the way. The author is a longtime football fan, and the book features vivid descriptions of tactics and match action, along with some fresh perspectives that offer readers a new experience. Overall, it is a tightly plotted, intelligent story with steadily building emotions, a f 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Football: No System, Yet I Became a Legendary Manager 足球：没有系统，我却执教成神 [Football Coach]+ [No System]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Reborn]+ [Inspirational]+ [World Cup] Ling Feng is reborn with all the future knowledge of the football world, but he has no System. The son of the richest man in the country, he refuses all help from his family and insists on starting from scratch. While others rely on money and connections, he relies on his eye for talent, tactics, and sheer ability. From an unknown nobody to an overnight sensation, from interim coach to legendary manager. He 19.3kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 142 EN Football: Expelled from National Youth Team, I Lead Brazil to Six Stars 足球：国少除名，我带巴西上六星 Original title: Dropped by the National Youth Team, I Take Brazil to Six Stars [No System, not reborn, there will be losses (if you don’t like that, don’t read), Bundesliga, La Liga, Premier League, World Cup.] In 2011, Chen Annuo, a 15-year-old Brazilian-born Chinese teenager, became an orphan after his parents died in an accident. Still a minor, he had no choice but to return to China with his second uncle. Two years later, however, he was expelled by both the national youth team and his club 20.2kReads8.0Score2k14d adds
- 143 Godfather of the Slums: From Bangkok's Favelas to the Top of the World 泥潭教父：曼谷贫民窟到世界之巅 A good-for-nothing protagonist, no golden finger, no System, and FM-style wonderkid development. Follow a Chinese college student from the slums to becoming the godfather of a Grand Slam-winning team, then leading the national team to its peak. A comeback story full of face-slapping, expert football insight, real tactics, youthful passion, urban romance, and honest reflection on the decline of football in the Dragon Kingdom. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Reborn as Ronaldo? Watch Me Build a Different Red Devils 魂穿C罗？看我造就不一样的红魔 Possessing Ronaldo? Watch me dominate the pitch A soul from 2025 transmigrates into a young Cristiano Ronaldo. Seeing Manchester United decline after Sir Alex Ferguson retires, he wants to change the club’s future. This is a book written by a Red Devils and Ronaldo fan. Note: The timeline and events in this book differ from reality. The author simply wants to write a different life for Ronaldo and a different story for Manchester United. Thank you 🙏 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Reborn in 2002: Football Tycoon, Snatching the Glazers’ Deal 重生02：足球神豪，截胡格雷泽 [Manchester United]+ [Reborn]+ [Football Club Owner]+ [Tycoon]+ [Business]+ [Urban Slice of Life]+ [Global Entertainment] This isn't a traditional football novel. It leans more toward an urban slice-of-life story, so read with that in mind. Shen Yichen is reborn in 2002. His father becomes the richest man in Daxia, and Shen Yichen himself is bound to a Football Tycoon System. Before the Glazers can buy Manchester United, he beats them to it. “Congratulations, Host, on winning the Champions Leagu 9.6kReads8.8Score69514d adds
- 146 I Went to Japan to Play Soccer, and a Delinquent Girl Set Her Sights on Me 我在日本踢球被太妹盯上这件事 “Private Sakuragi High School… Does that school have a soccer team?” A few muffled chuckles came from those nearby. Some of the local players clearly knew Sakuragi High School’s reputation: they were famous for being an easy team to beat. “Then your school team experience might as well be zero,” the coach said bluntly, even a little harshly. “Just a hobbyist? Kid, this isn’t summer camp.” His words pricked Zhou Tian like a thorn, making his face burn. But he’d come here, and he wasn’t about to w 4.8kReads8.4Score31814d adds
- 147 The Prodigy of Barcelona 我在巴塞罗那当天才 [A Super-Talent Takes Europe by Storm! A Growth Story with No Golden Finger, Showing the Real Game of Soccer. The Chinese National Team Is In It! I’m Seriously Afraid of You People.] The dream began not in the halls of a giant club, but at the youth academy of a local rival. Rejected by La Masia at the age of ten, he went on to become Espanyol’s greatest good fortune. Yang Ming was born for soccer. There were no shortcuts in his development, only day after day of hard training and the experience 442Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 148 Reborn as the National Team’s Goalkeeper 重生之我成为国足门将 Reborn: I Became the National Team's Goalkeeper Zhao Jinchuan is reborn as the national team's backup goalkeeper and bound to the National Team Rise System. From being cursed across the internet as a “nepo hire” to saving a penalty in the World Cup final and winning the championship. In four years, he learned one thing: the System can raise your stats, but you have to stand there and earn that final point yourself. His teammates, the matches, and that patch of grass in front of the goal. On the 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Football: I Have an FM Football Manager System 足球：我有fm足球经理系统 [Coaching story + System + One female lead + Football legend] At nineteen, he was a genius beyond the understanding of ordinary people. At nineteen, he was the coaching sensation setting the football world abuzz. In 2016, Yan Yuan took charge of 1860 Munich, a club on the brink of relegation, and used his insight and boldness to take the team to new heights. His rise from the second division was only the beginning of his legend. With brilliant tactics, he broke Neymar’s “curse of having won 2.2kReads8.4Score13614d adds
- 150 Football: My Childhood Friends from Europe and America 足球：我的欧美青梅竹马 He joins England's team later in the story! That rainy night, the cash slapped against Gu Yan'an's face and the forged evidence shattered his football dreams. For two years in Sweden, he was a quiet international student, and a lifeless figure whom Christine pitied most of all. “Gu Yan'an, look at the wish you wrote when you were a kid.” Christine handed him the little rusted box. [I want to lead the national team to the World Cup! I want to play in one of the Big Five leagues! I want my friends 11.6kReads7.3Score83114d adds
