Football's Ultimate Success: from Bench Abandonment to Century Champion

In 2026, veteran football die-hard and semi-professional midfielder Yang Yue unexpectedly traveled through the millennium and landed in the Premier League in the 1999-2000 season. He has become the most useless Chinese-American bench player in the newly promoted Premier League Bradford. He has no appearances, no attention, and no future. The one-year minimum salary contract will be automatically terminated with only 90 minutes left in the contract. He has zero value, no job, and is about to bid farewell to professional football. This last game is a life-and-death battle for Bradford to avoid relegation. Against the giants Liverpool, with a goal difference disadvantage, everyone fought to the death, and the game was tied 1-1 in desperate situations. The team's main midfielder was injured and retired, and the only substitute was seriously injured during the warm-up. The whole team fought bloody battles with ten players and was on the verge of being relegated. No one in British football was optimistic about this down-and-out newly promoted team. Desperate times are approaching, and the [Legendary Star Re-enactment System] is officially activated! Zidane's dribbling, Beckham's long pass, Pirlo's overall view, Baggio's fatal shot... All the legendary stunts of the past belong to him! The outcast Chinese-American who no one cares about was called in at a critical moment and came on as a substitute for the last ten minutes. A stoppage-time winner, a one-goal goal, and abruptly dragged the team back to the Premier League from relegation hell! Since then, British football has set off a storm of Chinese descent. From being abandoned on the bench of the Premier League, to becoming the dark horse core of the league, from being a giant player competing for super stars, to becoming the king of Europe who has reached the top of the Champions League. In the 2002 World Cup, he wore the national football jersey, broke the curse, reached the quarterfinals, and rewrote the century-old history of humiliation in Chinese football. One day, Yang Yue will stand at the top of world football, holding the Golden Ball Grand Slam in his hand, and become the century football king across the era. The well-known sports reporter Su Wan has witnessed his entire legend from the dust to the throne step by step since that desperate game.