Novels like God of Soccer: I Lead the Chinese National Team to World Cup Glory
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- 101 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
- 102 Football: From the Start, I Took Half of Messi's Skills 足球：开局拿走梅老板一半技能 This isn't just a story about a player! It's about a player who becomes an owner! Matteo Lucarelli took a ball straight to the face. The one who kicked it was none other than football superstar Messi. To his amazement, after the ball hit him, new knowledge appeared in his mind. As the son of Parma's owner, how can he help his father build a formidable Parma? 108Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 103 World Cup! The National Team Claims the Hercules Cup!!! 世界杯！国足豪取大力神杯！！！ The World Cup! China claims the World Cup trophy!!! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 God on the Sidelines 场边上帝 It was autumn, 1999. Barcelona was on the verge of decline, the Galacticos were still taking shape, Valencia were riding high, and Deportivo La Coruna were on the rise. An inexplicable presence came into being in a small hotel in Catalonia. He indirectly brought the Dream Team into existence, then destroyed it with his own hands. He never directed team training, openly declaring that the head coach's only responsibility was to lead the team to victory. He loved fine wine, fine food, beautiful wo 16Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 105 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
- 106 Football: Chasing Glory and the Championship by Maxing Out My Stats 足球：进击荣耀冠军，从肝满属性开始 When he opens his eyes, Lin Feng finds himself back in 2015, inhabiting the body of a Freiburg youth player on the verge of being cut. Even though life in Europe is desperately poor, he turns down a contract from Guangzhou Evergrande to return home, refusing to go along with the national team’s corruption. Fortunately, a Proficiency Panel activates just in time, giving him hope again. He grinds his [Shooting Lv. 1] all the way up to the devastating [Axe Cannon Lv. 5], his [Speed Lv. 1] all the w 1.5kReads6.7Score10414d adds
- 107 Football: God-Tier Predictions from the Start, Leaving Messi and Ronaldo Stunned 足球：开局神级预判，梅罗人麻了 [World Cup] + [King of the Champions League] + [Greatest of All Time] + [Manchester United, Real Madrid] + [Top Five Leagues] Su Qi transmigrated to a parallel world in 2012. From the start, he triggered the “God of Football” System and received the reward: god-tier anticipation. Thus began a legendary football career. A rock-solid defender? A midfield maestro? A super striker? The world’s best player right now? Sorry, I, Su Qi, want to be all of them! In the era of the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry, Su 374Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 108 Football: Three Guaranteed-Goal Divinations Every Match 足球：每场三个必进卦象 #CompetitiveFootball #FengShuiDivination #TransmigratedIntoFootball #SystemStory #PlayThePigToEatTheTiger #ACMilan #UnderdogRises Other people play football with skill. He relies on divination. Three guaranteed-scoring hexagrams per match. When the time comes, he always scores the winning goal! Delivery driver Lin Feng transmigrates to AC Milan and binds to a mysterious football divination System. The hexagrams tell him when, but give him no cheats. With 60 in physical duels, 47 in heading, and 1kReads—Score10514d adds
- 109 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
- 110 Max-Level Passing: From Dortmund's Academy to Conquering Europe 满级传球，从多特青训杀穿全欧 [Passionate Football + System Rebirth + Genius Comeback + Conquering Europe] He was once the most expensive spectator on the Huachao League's bench: Lin Feng, a football-obsessed rich kid worth hundreds of millions. After an accident, he is reborn as an abandoned Chinese youth prospect at Borussia Dortmund's academy in 2015. When the King of Football System awakens beneath the starry sky over Westfalenstadion, the world of football begins to tremble: “Godlike Vision” lets him deliver mesmerizin 5kReads7.3Score29214d adds
- 111 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
- 112 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
- 113 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
- 114 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
- 115 Football: I Ended the Messi-Ronaldo Era 足球：我，终结梅罗时代 Jiang Feng transmigrated to 2014 and started out at the German second-division club Nuremberg. Scoring goals in droves and dominating the field, he caught the attention of top clubs. From then on, a new soccer star rose to prominence. He was called the man who ended the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry, and the true pride of Asia! Pep Guardiola: “Watching Jiang Feng play made me realize Messi isn’t a genius after all!” Jose Mourinho: “He’s a combination of Ronaldo and Messi!” Florentino Perez: “Real Madrid 1.8kReads7.4Score10114d adds
- 116 Football: Maxed-Out Ball Control, the Greatest Winger Ever 足球：我满级球感，史上第一边锋 Fang Yang, who has followed soccer for 24 years, transmigrates to 2018, when Messi and Ronaldo are at their peak and Mbappe and Haaland are rising stars. After being humiliated by his teammates, he understands the Divine Winger System and max-level ball control talent from the start. He goes on to become the greatest winger in history, changing the landscape of world soccer. The Big Five leagues, the Champions League, the World Cup, and every incredible record and honor: Fang Yang claims them al 1.5kReads7.4Score—14d adds
- 117 Football: A Cosmic-Class Striker Takes Europe by Storm 足球：宇宙级前锋，踢翻欧洲 He once refused to throw a match, was set up, and saw his career ruined. Reborn, he was still just as stubborn. Throw a match? Not a chance. This time, he had a God-Tier Soccer Star System. One kick sent the ball soaring eighty meters, a golden legend that had the Iron Brothers crying for mercy and scouts staring in disbelief. Cristiano Ronaldo: In front of him, I'm just a rookie. Messi: There goes my World Cup title. The Ballon d'Or: It's our honor. 608Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 118 Save Lee, Bring Back the Milan Dynasty 拯救李哥，重现米兰王朝 Transmigrate to 2016, before Li Ge buys AC Milan, and take Europe by storm, dominating the continent while bringing back the glory of the Milan dynasty. (A Football Manager-style story, including transfers and matches.) P.S. Li Ge is basically a plot device. 233Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 The World Cup! China's National Team Sets Its Sights on the World Cup Trophy 世界杯！国足剑指大力神杯 On the night of the 2026 World Cup final, Mo Fan’s heart stopped as he watched Cristiano Ronaldo lead Portugal to victory. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a Shandong Taishan youth academy player! After binding to the Star Replication System, he still admired Ronaldo, but resolutely chose “the Great Sage” Gareth Bale, the man who took individual heroism to its extreme! With the System unlocking Bale’s speed and curling shots, Mo Fan rises from youth academy dark horse to tear through 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 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
- 123 From the Start, I Max Out My Heading Talent and Make Messi Cry 开局点满头球天赋，梅西吓哭了 (European Championship + World Cup + Champions League + Crushing Messi and Ronaldo) [Most importantly, this book and its author are absolutely not Messi fans] 2005! After the national team needed a coconut-rice goalkeeper just to make it into Asia’s top eighteen, the hotheaded young Su Bai choked to death on instant noodles and transmigrated into the body of a Chinese-Croatian named Su Fei. Unlike the young Su Bai from another world, Bai Su starts with maxed-out heading talent. And after maxing 5.1kReads8.0Score36214d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Released from My Contract from the Start: I Become a Legend with the Live Match Panel 开局被解约，我靠实况面板封神 A rainy night in Manchester. Chen Yue trudges along with his luggage, having been mercilessly dismissed from Manchester United’s youth academy. His dream lies shattered in the mud. After an accident sends electricity surging through him, he transmigrates into the world of Pro Evolution Soccer, wearing a Manchester United first-team kit! His overall rating is 52 from the start, and everyone on the team calls him an “East Asian flop.” They all mock him. But a pale blue interface appears before his 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Banned by the National Team, I Became a Soccer God in La Liga 国足封杀，从西甲开始成球神 [Football + System + grinding attributes + power fantasy] Reborn in 2008, Bai Ye is hit with a complete ban from the Chinese Football Association, suspended for ten years and saddled with a tarnished reputation! The All-Round Football God System awakens! Hard work makes you stronger! While the Messi and Ronaldo era has yet to begin, and Xavi and Iniesta are leading tiki-taka as it sweeps across Europe, Bai Ye grinds his attributes relentlessly on the Espino training ground: passing, vision, posi 11.9kReads8.4Score40214d adds
- 127 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
- 128 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
- 129 What's Wrong With Taking a Stroll on the Court? Every Shot I Take Goes In 球场散步怎么了，我射门必进 Lin Fan unlocks the Walk-to-Get-Strong System. As long as he walks a certain number of steps during a match, he can unlock all kinds of rewards and stat points. [Congratulations, Host! You’ve walked more than 3,000 steps and received a Guaranteed Goal Shot Trial Card!] [Congratulations, Host! You’ve walked more than 6,000 steps and received a Dribble-Past-Five Trial Card!] [Congratulations, Host! You’ve walked more than 9,000 steps and received a God-Tier Assist Trial Card!] From then on, a pe 421Reads6.8Score6614d adds
- 130 The Best Player in Europe's Top Five Leagues 五大联赛第一人 The story of Liu Yu’an, a Chinese striker who charges into Europe’s top five leagues. From the Chinese Super League to the Dutch Eredivisie, and then on to Europe’s top five leagues. History only remembers those who dare to chase their dreams. Let’s witness Liu Yu’an’s football journey together. Read the story of the greatest player in the top five leagues. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 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
- 132 A Ferocious Tiger Shot from the Start, and Ronaldo and Messi Beg Me to Retire! 开局猛虎射门，C罗梅西求我退役！ Because I'm too strong! So Ronaldo and Messi pray every day that I'll retire! Because I'm too strong! So Ronaldo wants me to join the Portugal national team! So Messi wants me to join the Argentina national team! So Spain, Germany, and other countries want me to join their national teams! Because I'm the champion! 1.6kReads8.6Score10114d adds
- 133 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
- 134 He Couldn’t Play Soccer, Yet Became a Football Superstar! 不会踢球？却成了足球巨星！ [Rousing] [Feel-Good] [World Superstar] [England National Team] [Fan Magnet] [Football's Seducer] Lin Chi, the most perfect "crown prince" in Arsenal's youth academy history, is handed the iconic number 10 shirt. Wenger says, "He's the number 10 we've been looking forward to most." Henry says, "He's better than I was at sixteen." The fans say, "He's Arsenal's future." Only Lin Chi, who has just transmigrated, knows the truth: he has never even touched a football in his previous life! From the st 173.9kReads9.0Score26.1k14d adds
- 135 Football: The God-Tier Midfielder! Ronaldo and Messi Are Green with Envy 足球：神级中场！C罗梅西馋哭了 [Ultimate wish fulfillment] + [All-around attack and defense] + [European Championship] + [World Cup] + [No national team] + [Perennial Ballon d’Or contender] Gao Han, a Chinese-born prodigy, is reborn in 2015. After being racially abused, he beats up Tottenham’s youth academy director and gets kicked off the team! At that moment, his System activates! From the start, he loads the S-rank legendary player Platini’s passing template! Long passing: 99, maxed out! Short passing: 99, maxed out! Visio —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 I'm a Doorman at Manchester City 我在曼城看大门 [Football] [Passionate] [Rise of Chinese Football] [Joining Manchester City] [Reborn] [Genius] [Goalkeeper] [No System] [Born to Win] [Ensemble Cast] Talk about a blast from the past: I unexpectedly transmigrated back to 2023 during my retirement ceremony! I was just turning... 18! This time, I’m going to win the AFC U-20 Asian Cup and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, then start my career guarding the net for Manchester City. But I’m not a security guard. I’m Manchester City’s goalkeeper! The top five l 532Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 137 Soccer God: The Rise 足球之神：崛起 Jiang Chen was once a washed-up striker who drowned his sorrows in a bar while reminiscing about the pitch. When he wakes up, he finds himself a winger for Feyenoord in the Netherlands. Blazing speed, explosive strength, and talent to spare... And so begins a legendary tale of being reborn, a System, exhilarating wish fulfillment, and football: From a young player in the Eredivisie, to a rising star in Serie A, to dominating Europe’s top five leagues; From an underestimated rookie to the “East 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 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
- 139 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
- 140 Football: My Skills Are So Good, Even Nightclubs Can Make a King of the Game 足球：技术太强，夜店也能造球王 Su Feng transmigrated. He arrived in Germany in 2015, only to be kicked out of Borussia Monchengladbach from the start for his lazy approach to training! But nobody knew he had a Causality System! Professional players aren’t allowed to smoke, but somehow smoking boosts his stamina! Professional players aren’t allowed to drink, but somehow drinking boosts his explosiveness! Professional players aren’t allowed to go clubbing, but somehow clubbing improves his coordination and jumping ability! 1.1kReads7.7Score10414d adds
- 141 My Football Honors 我的足球荣誉 After acquiring the [Football Honors] System, Cao Yi joins the Football Association’s 500-Star Overseas Program as an external recruit. Starting out in Portugal in the 2012–2013 season, he makes a name for himself across Europe at a world-record pace. Wenger: “Cao is Arsenal’s next-generation star striker.” Klopp: “Dortmund needs Cao! With him, we’ll forget all about the Polish guy.” Mendes: “Cao! I’ll take you to the most successful club in the world!” Raiola: “You drive a sports car on the 3kReads8.1Score18214d adds
- 142 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
- 143 I’m Just a Footballer, So Why Is the System Asking Me to Slay Generals? 我一踢球的，系统你让我斩将？ I transmigrated to Germany with 87 euros in my account and was starving to death. System: [Enemy general “Young Iron Wall.” Take him down in battle and earn free attribute points.] Me: I'm just a soccer player. You want me to go out there and kill the enemy? System: Take him down. Me: ...Fine. You give me points, so you call the shots. German Cup, 80th minute. I came on as a substitute. Then I really did “take down” the other team's future German international with one kick. The whole sta 682Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Football: I Was a Prodigy from Childhood 足球：我从小就是天才 Li Ang used to play in the Chinese Super League. After being reborn, he unexpectedly returns to 1996 as a Chinese-English mixed-race baby. He starts training at the age of three, passes through the different stages of youth football, gradually makes it into the Premier League, and experiences a series of transfers. Comedy + irreverence + the glamorous world of fame and fortune + a little showbiz + models Unlike other football novels, this story won’t have goals in every match or an unbroken wi 196Reads6.9Score11214d adds
- 145 Football: Even the Goalkeeper Assists, and Messi and Ronaldo Go Wild 足球：门将会助攻，梅罗也发疯 [Assist king + Norway national team] [Close friend of the Crown Group] Have you ever seen a goalkeeper score 10 goals in a single season? Have you ever seen a goalkeeper make 20 assists in a single season? Have you ever seen a player get a new girlfriend every week? Come to the Etihad Stadium! The Prince of the Sun's Descendant set up an assist right at kickoff. The guy's got no shame! Haaland: "Why did I join Manchester City? Because of my dad... All right, to persuade Sun to join the Norway n 11.2kReads7.7Score86414d adds
- 146 Champions of Glory Cup 荣耀冠军杯 The national youth team's shadow of an 0–8 defeat had yet to lift as they faced tournament favorites the Netherlands in their opening match at the World Youth Championship. Just as everyone in the stadium expected another one-sided massacre, the Chinese boy wearing number 7 fired from the center circle. His astonishing lob shot silenced the entire world! 2–2! The underdogs held the title favorites to a draw! But who could have imagined that this football legend, crowned on the Apennine Peninsula 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 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
- 148 Football: China Qualifies for the World Cup 足球：国足杀入世界杯 Incredible! After 20 years, has the Chinese national team made it to the World Cup again? Football prodigy Shen Fei reaches the peak of his career from the moment he debuts, stepping onto the World Cup stage at just 22. He invents his own signature moves: the Crescent Moon Scimitar, the 100-Meter Thunderbolt Shot, the Serpentine Dribble, the Butterfly Footwork... One Iron Mountain Lean sends an opposing player flying more than ten meters! Shen Fei leads the underdog Chinese national team to face 284Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 149 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
- 150 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
