Glory on the Green

The descriptions of the matches are incredibly simple and straightforward. He starts in the Dutch second division and immediately builds his own team, becoming a regular starter for Bayern Munich in less than a year in the Eredivisie, breaking the Champions League single-season goal record that same year. He also wins the Bundesliga Golden Boot. Yes, you're cheating.

The opening chapter is toxic. Despite being complete strangers, they blatantly mock and distrust the protagonist, who's so strong, while his teammates are all skinny, self-taught individuals. Even if they distrust him, they wouldn't openly express it. Reality doesn't work like this. It reads like a pretentious, face-slapping, or bluffing novel, where the protagonist does nothing but get mocked by strangers, only to be slapped in the face later. It's truly a bizarre story.

Watching a football match, where you might not score a single goal in half a day, and the protagonist scoring goals is like playing basketball – it feels boring. Sports novels aren't just about wishful thinking; they need to show the process of achieving something from nothing.

Can the author please stop writing about the protagonist, such a superstar, always returning to Asia to help the Chinese national football team play some trash matches against weak opponents? He even has to come back to play against a small-time country like Hong Kong or Bhutan. Where's your superstar dignity?

When writing about football, try to avoid anything domestic. Start directly with something foreign. It's not about being a Western worshipper; it's just that Chinese football is truly disgusting. I can't stand reading from that kind of opening. Basically, I don't read anything that starts with domestic themes.

Holy crap, I was totally poisoned by this data after only reading twenty-odd chapters... Can't authors just honestly copy FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer? The data they create is incredibly toxic. For example, what exactly is "professional level"? The Chinese Super League is professional, the English Premier League is professional level, so how can they be in the same league?

Just because you're champions, does that mean you're the best in every position? It's absurd. Or is it because they're your friends or teammates that the award should go to them? Can't you be reasonable? Making a scene over such a trivial matter, attacking UEFA and the voting committee—does the protagonist have any emotional intelligence or common sense?

The stats are too high, starting at over 80. Do you know that an 80+ stat can get you a starting position in one of Europe's top five leagues? In the domestic league, a professional player with a 70 stat is already something to be proud of.

I saw the author comparing the U17 team to the women's team, with the women's team getting thrashed 11-0, and then claiming the women's team is physically inferior to the men's team. I was speechless. How can you compare them? The men's and women's teams play against completely different opponents, so what's the point of comparing them? But to be honest, the U17 team might not necessarily beat the women's team.

This book features numerous instances of the head coach making substitutions in the first half—something even the notoriously temperamental Mourinho rarely does. I remember one game where Dele Alli was substituted due to a red card, and the coach even apologized to Alli afterward. In this book, the head coach is acting way too powerful. I simply can't believe it.