The World on the Left Foot: from Beijing Hutongs to the World Cup

In the winter of 2020, when the heart of football champion Maradona stopped, the 14-year-old Chinese boy Lin Hao woke up with a splitting headache. The dust of Buenos Aires, the shouts of the Azteca Stadium, and the memory of football that had become instinctive occupied his mind arrogantly. The ridicule of the school team's ace Zhao Mingyu, the scrutinizing gaze of the physical education teacher Wang Jianjun, and his weak body that can't keep up with the "ball king consciousness" - everything is an obstacle. Until that duel in the heavy snow, a "shot of the century" that spanned forty years streaked across the sky in Beijing. From the fringe of the school team to the core of the national youth team, from domestic doubts to European conquest, what is rolling under Lin Hao's feet is the football dream of an entire country. However, as his memories continued to recover, he was horrified to discover that he had inherited not only the "Hand of God" and the magical skills that had defeated five people, but also the unruliness, paranoia and storm deep in Maradona's soul... When the world's eyes focused on this oriental miracle, a war between body and soul quietly began. What Lin Hao has to do is not only to lead the Chinese team to the top of the world, but also to find his own name in the shadow of "God".