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- 51 I, Gao Qiu, Lead Team China to Win the World Cup 我，高俅！带领国足拿下世界杯 Gao Qiu transmigrates into the modern world and embarks on a football journey. His peerless skills are unexpectedly scorned by domestic Chinese teams. With his discerning eye, the Silver Fox spots Gao Qiu's talent and takes him to Juventus, where he makes an astonishing debut. He sweeps through Europe's top five leagues, astounding the football world and basking in glory. Chinese fans join together to petition the Chinese Football Association, demanding that Gao Qiu play for his country. Gao Qiu 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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
- 53 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! 352Reads7.0Score10614d adds
- 54 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. 455Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 55 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
- 56 Football's All-Around King 足球之全能球王 [A Ronaldinho PLUS Edition] + [The Chinese National Team Is Included] + [Super Passionate] + [Maximum Feel-Good Action] [This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] A former football prodigy gains the All-Round King of Football System and returns to his youth. At the crossroads of fate, he takes a path completely different from the one he once followed! Watch as he puts his maxed-out talent to work, charging for the pinnacle of world footba 7.8kReads8.7Score57414d adds
- 57 Reborn as the Head of the Football Association, I Build a Football Powerhouse 重生足协掌门人，打造足球强国 When the Chinese national team lost 0:7 to Japan, the whole country lamented. I smashed my computer in a rage, only to unexpectedly transmigrate to 2013! Who could have guessed that I, a soccer expert and game designer, would become the head of the Football Association: Lin Yuan! I even started with a [Football Association Simulator]. With the media mocking me, “Lin the Contrarian is back, making a spectacle of himself,” old hands in the association obstructing me, and club bigwigs paying lip se 109Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 58 The Hawk-Eyed Attacking Midfielder, I Fed Ronaldo Until He Threw Up 鹰眼前腰，我把罗纳尔多喂吐了 Caution: not for readers who like purely invincible protagonists. It's Cristiano Ronaldo. [Football] [System] [Growth] [Not Invincible] [One Female Lead] [Slow Start] At Borussia Dortmund's U19 training ground, the coach tore a contract in half in front of everyone. "A Chinese player can't play attacking midfield. Get over to the bench." It happened to be Lin Feng's eighteenth birthday. He clenched the contract, now torn in two. That night, the System awakened, granting him the skill "Hawk Eye." 59.1kReads8.5Score5.1k14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 Football: What Do You Mean, a Mad-Dog Fullback? 足球：什么叫疯狗型边后卫啊？ "Carlos template + suit-wearing thug + relentless workhorse + Brazil national team + teaming up with Neymar" As one of Benfica's top youth prospects, Andy was nevertheless abandoned by the club. Because his medical examination confirmed that he had ALS! [The Football World System That Keeps You Alive 3000 is activating!] [Complete missions to claim health-point bundles...] Once his golden finger came online, Andy accidentally discovered a bug: The health he redeemed from the System actually cove 9Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 61 If You Have No Money, Why Play Football? 没钱踢什么球！ You really can't play soccer without money! Li Ping'an was an unremarkable guy, but when he plunged into the murky world of soccer, he finally understood just how important money was. The exorbitant tuition at soccer academies! The huge sums needed to curry favor with coaches! The public-relations expenses for every aspect of playing in a match! Everything costs money! Fortunately, Li Ping'an was bound to the Advance Soccer God System! Spend money, get stronger! Advance “free kicks” and spend on 16.5kReads5.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 62 The Chinese Super League's King of Banter: Every Player on My Team Is a Meme Lord! 中超整活王：我的球员全员梗帝！ This is so absurd! It’s mainly comedy, so by the time you finish, either your top or your bottom will be wet, haha. Other people play in the Chinese Super League with their feet. I make a spectacle of myself. System task: Create iconic moments = earn money + get stronger! So... · Use a hotpot to block a worldie (number one trending topic) · Poke VAR with a clothes-drying pole (the Football Association is baffled) · Sell -5-year stickers like crazy (Taobao runs out of stock) Refund Bro: “This is 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 EN Football's Soft Rice King: Sister, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore 足坛软饭王：姐姐，我不想努力了 [Football + competition + everyday life + heroine inspired by Taylor Swift + living off his girlfriend] Li Yufei, a Chinese-French mixed-race player, binds himself to the Football Sugar-Baby System and suddenly finds himself living off Taylor Swift. His future superstar girlfriend is way too formidable. What should he do? Li Yufei says he can only keep living off her while honing his skills, striving to become football's GOAT as soon as possible. Cristiano Ronaldo: I'm first, second, and third i 793Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 64 Football: Starting in England's Second Division, I Snag Future Superstars 足球：开局英乙，捡漏未来巨星 Lin Fan transmigrates back to 2018 and becomes the poorest owner in England’s lower leagues. From the start, he’s three million in debt, and the bank is liquidating the club next week! Luckily, he gets the FM Football Manager System, which lets him see players’ abilities and potential! He has just one rule for signing players: buy only future superstars and build an elite club! He signs Chinese prodigy Li Wei on a free transfer, and all the top clubs are fighting over him?? He buys Bellingham an 5.7kReads7.7Score47414d adds
- 65 Chinese People Can't Play Soccer? I Dominate the Soccer World Starting in the Village Super League 华夏人不会踢球？从村超制霸足坛 [The web’s first Village Super League novel + no joining the Chinese national team + Ronaldo template + invincible protagonist + decisive and ruthless] The Village Super League took the internet by storm. Young Zhang Yang came from a poor family and couldn’t afford the “training fees,” so he missed his chance to join a professional team. But he dominated the Village Super League and went viral! Just as everyone expected him to keep playing in the Village Super League as an online celebrity, he s 687Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 66 Manchester United from the Start: Why Have Our Opponents No Shame? 开局曼联，对手怎么脸都不要了 (I've started a new book, Soccer: Manchester United from the start, Did I Become Sir Ten Hag? It's even more fun, so come give it a read! (￣O￣)ノ) "So you're the world's best defender? Have you no shame?" The world's best defender across from Ye Tian collapses completely and cries for his mother. After watching the Chinese national team lose 7-0 to the little Japanese, Ye Tian flies into a rage, gets hit by a dump truck, and is born into a parallel world. He obtains the "Chanting Football Scriptu 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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
- 68 The Greatest Football Manager: From the Start in the Championship with a Points Deduction 足坛第一教父，从英冠负分开局 [Coach story] + [No Chinese national team] + [Pure romance] If Xie Jingyu had not been born, the world of football would have been shrouded in darkness for ages! In February 2026, Xie Jingyu transmigrates by accident, returning to the start of the 2025/26 season and becoming the head coach of Sheffield Wednesday. The club is bankrupt, the league has docked them 18 points, they face a transfer embargo, and their squad is depleted. So what? Those are just a few hardships along the way! Football's 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 69 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 20.3kReads8.0Score2k14d adds
- 70 From the Start, I Coached Chelsea 开局执教切尔西 Fans: We want Mourinho, not Yu Yue. Didier Drogba: I believe Jose Mourinho was Chelsea’s greatest manager. Yu Yue is only standing on the shoulders of giants. Mourinho: Yu Yue won titles with the team by relying on the legacy I left at Chelsea. He kept most of my system. Crisis is another name for opportunity. The harsher the circumstances, the more likely a great talent is to rise. See how Yu Yue, who came from the future, faces a troubled start in this age of shining stars, overcomes threats f 744Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 71 He Led Manchester United to Become Public Enemy Number One, So Why Did They Let Him Coach? 带领曼联成公敌，谁让他执教的！ [Soccer Coach] [System] [One Female Lead] [Absurd Antics] [Lighthearted Comedy] In 2016, Xiao Yao unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of Manchester United's head coach, only to find himself trapped in an endless cycle of interviews from the moment he arrives. Guardiola's possession game, Mourinho's defense, Klopp's pressing, Ancelotti's balance? None of it works! After finally passing an interview and obtaining a System golden finger, he is told that he'll die if he gets fired. What kind of 9kReads6.5Score68114d adds
- 72 Football: From the Start at Manchester United, Am I the New Sir Alex? 足球：开局曼联，我成藤圣了？ [Soccer / Manchester United / comedy / no grim angst, ridiculous swagger, or face-slapping] Teng Ge is living the high life in a luxury apartment on the 16th floor when sheer luck takes him by surprise. He wakes up to discover he’s become Erik ten Hag, Manchester United’s head coach! “Damn, where am I? Is this even still China?” Like every transmigrator, Teng Ge gets a golden finger: the “Insight System.” It lets him see how players are doing and even improve their stats. So Teng Ge takes Manche 182Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn as Messi, Permanently Banned by the Chinese National Team! 重生梅西，被国足永久除名！ Mei Dong is reborn as Messi, inheriting his football skills. With the System's support, he also gains Keane's ferocity, Cantona's arrogance, Pepe and Ramos's ruthlessness, de Jong's unstoppable flying kicks, Gattuso's iron will, and Balotelli's utter idiocy. Am I the King of Football? No. I'm not just the King of Football, I'm the tyrant of the pitch! From then on, Mei Dong is no more. There is only "Mei the Tyrant." 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Took Ronaldo Out from the Start, and Fouled My Way to Becoming King of Football! 开局铲飞C罗，我靠犯规成球王！ [Easy, Hilarious Fun Even If You Know Nothing About Soccer] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Passion] [System] [Soccer King] [World Cup] [Competing Alongside Messi and Ronaldo] Yu Ge transmigrates while watching the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He becomes a youth player for Ligue 1 club Rennes and even ends up as Ousmane Dembele's teammate! After sliding into Cristiano Ronaldo, he successfully activates the [Good Samaritan on the Pitch System]! [Foul +1, congratulations, Ho 56.6kReads8.5Score6.6k14d adds
- 75 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
- 76 Football's Greatest Moments: I Become a Star Striker 足球名场面，我成为流量型前锋 Coach Mu transmigrates into another world and awakens the Famous Moments System, ushering in an era where traffic reigns supreme. A rich-club nemesis and unpredictable wild card, he hands out wealth to the poor, makes every matchup a fifty-fifty fight, and delivers epic comebacks that leave fans aching for more. Armed with the secret to going viral, he forces his way onto this track reserved for geniuses. At last, 1860 Munich no longer misses out on their very own “Football Emperor.” The world’s 338Reads7.1Score11014d adds
- 77 2010: Before the Whistle Blows 2010：哨响之前 This is a story about someone left behind. This is a story about the past. But it isn't a true story. I hope he is real. Tie on a red string, love the girl you cherish, and play the football you adore. 2010: Before the whistle blows, anything is possible. I still want to change something. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Soccer: From the Start, I Have Max-Level Passing! 足球绿茵：开局获得满级传球！ From the start, he has max-level passing. He doesn't join the Chinese national team, but later plays for Portugal, helping Ronaldo win so many World Cups and European Championships he can hardly keep count. Standing before you is a player with “3 European Championship titles, 4 World Cup titles, 2 Primeira Liga titles, 1 La Liga title, 1 Taça de Portugal title, 1 Champions League runner-up finish, 15 Champions League titles, 12 Premier League titles, 12 EFL Cup titles, 12 FA Cup titles; 1 Golde 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Soaring Down the Wing 绿茵边路飞扬 In 2017, Liu Tianshui began with Ajax's reserve team in the Dutch second division. By 2018, he had helped Ajax reach the semifinals of the Champions League, then transferred to Arsenal and led the club into a revival that would launch a new dynasty. 4Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 80 Football: At Nineteen, I Get the Late Bloomer System! 足球：十九岁喜提大器晚成系统！ Yoishi is a villain, so the rating is rather low. If that bothers you, don't click in. [All Handcrafted] + [System] + [Reborn] + [Invincible] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Joins the Hong Kong Team] Lin Luo is reborn just before he is about to play in the professional league. Should he keep muddling through life, or try living another way? Just as he is feeling lost, the Late Bloomer System comes online. Hey, System bro, I'm only nineteen?! What the heck is a late bloomer supposed to mean?! Oh!? I can k 8kReads7.9Score51414d adds
- 81 Football: My Leg Was Broken from the Start, Now I'm Teammates with Haaland! 足球：开局被断腿，搭档哈兰德！ [Soccer + System + Haaland + Bundesliga + Champions League] Sun Yang, a Chinese-descended prodigy, has his leg broken by a malicious slide tackle at Arsenal’s youth academy. The club then turns around and throws him out. Facing the end of his career, he awakens the Soccer Hall of Fame System. Armed with the supernatural skill “Put It Exactly Where I Point,” he joins Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. As long as he raises his left hand and points at a target, his right foot can deliver a pinpoi 20.9kReads6.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 82 King of Football in Two Lifetimes 两世球王 (No System, no harem, one female lead. The protagonist joins the national soccer team and exposes its dark side through his own experiences. If you dislike these elements, please don't read.) Liu Feiyang, a kung fu master and the greatest cuju player of his time, dies tragically and is reborn as a young soccer player with both Chinese and French heritage. With the soccer skills and kung fu he mastered in his previous life, along with his mind-reading ability, he starts in France's Ligue 2, score 615Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 83 I'm Taking the World Cup by Storm 我在世界杯大杀四方 [System] [China's national football team] [World Cup] [Top five leagues] [One female lead] Starting in the college league, he later joins a local club, moves to La Liga, competes in the Champions League, and four years later leads China's national team to the World Cup. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Football: 99 Stamina from the Start, Running Rings Around Totti 足球：开局99耐力，防吐里奥 After seeing Messi’s outrageous antics in 2024, he immediately went from fan to hater and became a keyboard warrior. He never expected fate to give him the chance to face Messi in person. He transmigrated to 2021, the season Barcelona kicked Messi out. From the start, the System rewarded him with 99 stamina! Then, in a preseason friendly, he gave Messi a little shock and defended him so fiercely that Messi threw up! From that moment on, Lin Jie’s playing career took off. Starting with Dortmund, 443Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 85 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
- 86 The Young Footballer: A Grassroots Boy's Life on the Pitch 足球小将，草根少年的绿茵人生 Fourteen-year-old Lin Shengqi plays soccer with a battered ball stitched up three times over. Some say that with a 50,000-yuan deposit, even a genius can be kicked out of the youth academy. He just smiled. One rabona blasted through the gates of a powerhouse club, one long-range shot shook the national tournament, and one kick toppled the entire corrupt youth academy system. From the dirt fields of an urban village to the World Cup podium. The grassroots kid's journey in soccer will make the who —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Football: God-Tier Midfielder, Leaving Haaland Stunned 足球：神级中场，哈兰德惊呆了 After watching China's national football team get knocked out of the Asian Cup, Xia Yuan smashed his TV and transmigrated into a Norwegian-Chinese player in Aston Villa's U17 squad. From the start, he gained Pirlo's peak long-range passing ability. After that, Xia Yuan and the lad Grealish helped Aston Villa earn promotion to the Premier League and made the Norwegian national team, joining Haaland in their quest to reach the World Cup! In the 2018–2019 season, Messi led his team as the ultimate 914Reads6.8Score10114d adds
- 88 The Green Pitch's Savage Striker 绿茵暴锋 Reporter: “Mr. Lin Yifeng, how would you describe your playing style? Technical? Fast? Or powerful?” Lin Yifeng: “Huh? My style? All-out demolition! Either I blow them up, or I scare them to death!” Reporter: “…” Gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and modest? Sorry, those words aren’t in my dictionary. On the pitch, you’ll only see me with my fangs bared. I’m the most savage striker around! Back down? Not a chance! 303Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 89 West London from the Start: I Become the King of Football with Max-Level Headers 开局西伦敦，我靠满级头球当球王 Also known as: "Football: A Max-Level Header from the Start! I'll Lead Chelsea on a Northern Conquest!" Qi Xi transmigrates into Chelsea's youth academy as a fringe U18 player. The Blues have hit a slump and sit in the middle of the league table. They need to fight their way back up! From the start, the System rewards him with a beginner's gift pack, and he eagerly chooses [Beast Mode]. He unlocks the [Header God] talent system. Still not enough? The System gives him a post-match card draw, too. 628Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 90 The Soccer No-Hoper Gets Hit by a System 足球废材被系统砸中 [Football] + [Dreams] + [Bundesliga] + [La Liga] Xia Yu was humiliated by his teammates in front of the campus beauty! After a System dropped into his lap, watch him win her heart and make his rivals eat their words! With the System and hard work, he grows step by step into a football superstar! First, he stands out in the Bundesliga. Then he heads to La Liga, where three powers vie for dominance! A team of discarded stars becomes an invincible force! Sharing an era with Messi and Ronaldo? That’ 636Reads8.3Score10414d adds
- 91 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
- 92 The God-Tier Football Commentator the National Team Begs to Coach Them! 足球神级解说，国足求我当教练！ (Wild football + passionate commentary + an ensemble cast of players + outrageously satisfying skills) The first full-length ensemble novel about Chinese football on the entire internet. Lin Xiang was a die-hard keyboard warrior who loved the Chinese national team deeply and cursed it harder than anyone. One dark and stormy night, he managed to literally anger himself to death. He never expected that instead of claiming his life, Heaven would give him a second one! He was reborn as an intern at 202Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 93 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
- 94 Football: Real Madrid Is Suppressing Me? I'll Join Barcelona Instead 足球：皇马打压我？我转投巴萨 [Football top-tier star + entertainment-industry top-tier star | Double powerhouse | Single heroine, Dilraba | Powered by a System] He is Ye Fan, son of Portugal’s richest man and the most terrifying goal-scoring machine in football history. Eleven Ballon d’Or awards, two World Cups, two European Championships, ten Champions League titles: a career with every major honor in football, all before he retires. On the day he retires at 34, he proposes to that woman in front of the global media. She i 1.3kReads5.1Score10314d adds
- 95 The Road to Football: Footprints of a Dream 足球之路：梦想足迹 Saka: I suspect Jiang is a robot. He evolves every season. Cristiano Ronaldo: The first person Jiang ever approached to swap jerseys with? To be honest, I was going to turn him down. Kane: What do I think of Jiang? I invited him to join the England team three times. Guardiola: Playing Jiang at fullback is a waste. I have a better idea, but I can't tell Arteta. Messi: Jiang watched videos to learn my free kicks? I've seen that guy play. I like how pure he is. A Chinese boy cast aside by Tottenham 1.3kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 96 The King of Football: Starting with Serie A's Revival 球王，从意甲复兴开始 Also titled "Thanks for Asking: I'm in Serie A, a Beast of a Striker". Physical dominance makes you unstoppable! The main purpose of Volume One is to plant some seeds for later, and the pacing is a little fast, so you can skip straight to Volume Two. A soccer novel with no System, set in a parallel world. The early chapters are a little bleak, but the protagonist becomes unstoppable in the middle and later parts. Easy to pick up and enjoy. The protagonist is a genuine product of a youth academy, 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Green Pitch Codename S 绿茵代号S When soccer meets a System, there’s only one word for it: exhilarating. A Championship substitute, his contract expiring, and the club making it clear they won’t renew. There’s only £1,200 left in his account. Lu Chen thinks his career is over, until a “Superstar Development System” explodes to life in his mind. “Career crisis detected. System binding successful. Current overall rating: 58. Goal: superstar level. Gap: enormous.” From then on, the Championship has a winger who plays by no one’ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 Miracle on the Green 绿茵奇迹 [No System, no golden finger] He has loved soccer since childhood, watching the World Cup at three and kicking a ball himself by five. A China League Two team spots him and brings him into its youth program. After finishing the college entrance exams, Yang Yi can finally begin his soccer dream in earnest. Hard work and talent are the foundations of becoming a champion. He makes his way through the Chinese Super League and Europe's top five leagues, leading the national team past one obstacle aft 869Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 100 Football: Fusing with Batistuta, I Become the God of War on the Pitch 足球：融合巴蒂，我成了球场战神 “You can’t even slip the coach an envelope and you still want to start? Get lost and go guard the goal!” When faced with a national team coach demanding a bribe, Lin Cheng flung his jersey in the man’s face and quit the team in a rage! Just as he was being blacklisted by the entire domestic football scene, the [Penalty Area Tyrant System] awakened! From the start, he fused two templates: the cannon-shot finishing of Batistuta at his peak and the iron physique of the monster Haaland! Heading off 990Reads—Score—14d adds
