Dragon Nation.
Yangcheng City.
“Did everyone hear what the team leader said just now?”
“For the second half, take it easy on your kicks, pass the ball when you need to, don’t be so clueless! Did everyone hear me?!”
“Especially you, Long Fei!”
“You’re pretty proud of yourself for scoring so many goals in the first half, aren’t you?”
“Long Fei, I’m talking to you! Can you hear me?”
Long Fei jolted.
He felt his consciousness shift from hazy to clear.
He looked around at the unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar scene.
Long Fei was dumbfounded.
Had he time-travelled?!
This scene before him.
Was exactly the match he had played in when he was 18, during the U18 Provincial Games!
He had actually been reborn back to his 18th year!
Long Fei would never forget this match in his lifetime!
It was a turning point in his career, a turning point in his life!
In this Provincial Games match between the Nanhai team and the Yangcheng team.
Long Fei, the core midfielder of the Nanhai team.
He had passed and shot with precision in the first half, leading the Nanhai team to a 3:1 lead over the Yangcheng team.
The Nanhai team, with their overwhelming advantage throughout the game, were on the verge of defeating their opponents and winning the championship of this Provincial Games.
But during halftime.
National team leader Lan Yong entered the locker room.
He brazenly demanded that the Nanhai team throw the match in the second half!
Though very reluctant.
Faced with Lan Yong’s overwhelming power and authority.
The group of teenagers that comprised the Nanhai team were naturally powerless to resist.
But Long Fei, as the core midfielder, was deeply dissatisfied.
To throw a match? That was simply impossible!
The second half began, and Long Fei continued to fight with all his might.
He showed no signs of throwing the match.
Using his individual skills, he suppressed the opposing midfielders.
This enraged Lan Yong, who was watching the match from the stands.
He immediately instructed the head coach to forcibly substitute Long Fei.
Ultimately, the Nanhai team, having obviously thrown the match.
Was overtaken by the Yangcheng team in the second half, with the Yangcheng team scoring 4 goals in a row.
They were defeated 3 to 5, ending in second place.
“Long Fei,” who refused to be controlled, was thus held a grudge against by Lan Yong.
Long Fei, who had joined the national team training as the best player in the Provincial Games.
During a practice match.
He was tackled viciously by a defensive player, who had been instructed by Lan Yong to injure him!
This extremely severe injury completely ended Long Fei’s career prematurely!
And from that day on, he was also left with a limp.
Long Fei, who was once the hope of Dragon Nation’s football.
His life trajectory had undergone a monumental change!
Later, Long Fei learned.
The reason why Lan Yong had made the Nanhai team throw the Provincial Games match at that time.
Was because Chen Xu Yuan, the Chief of the Dragon Nation Football Association at the time, was from Yangcheng.
Only if the Yangcheng team won the Provincial Games championship could he be more successful!
When Long Fei learned the truth, he was almost blown away with anger.
For the sake of mere face.
He had forced this group of Dragon Nation’s future stars to throw a match!
And supposedly, the Yangcheng team had also given Lan Yong and Chen Xu Yuan a hefty sum as a reward for this championship!
Dragon Nation’s football had sunk so low, how could it ever rise again?!
Long Fei snapped back to his senses.
Lan Yong was wearing sunglasses.
He was looking down at the group of teenagers from the Nanhai team with arrogance.
In his eyes, these teenagers were nothing more than pawns he could manipulate at will.
“You’re Long Fei, right? You better be sensible and don’t try so hard in the second half, if you want to join the national team, you’ll do as I say!”
Lan Yong said to Long Fei in a threatening tone.
As the leader of the national men’s football team.
It was merely a matter of his word as to who could join the national team.
Long Fei sneered.
In his previous life, he had refused to throw the match.
And in the end, he was crippled, his life ruined.
Reborn in this life.
His choice remained unchanged!
To throw a match? He was dreaming!
The national men’s football team? In his previous life, he had seen the harsh realities and the darkness of Dragon Nation’s football.
Long Fei was already disgusted by all of it.
He walked in front of Lan Yong.
Lan Yong thought that Long Fei was going to apologize.
He said smugly, “Good, you know you’re wrong, so you’ll…”
“Slap!”
A crisp and resounding sound echoed in the locker room.
Before Lan Yong could finish his sentence.
He was knocked to the ground with a slap from Long Fei!
“Long Fei! You! You’ve gone mad! You dare hit me?!”
Lan Yong was dazed by Long Fei’s slap.
His face burned with pain!
For a moment, he couldn’t believe what had happened.
The other players on the Nanhai team were also shocked.
They stared at Long Fei in disbelief.
Long Fei had done something they all wanted to do, but never dared to!
“You really are insane! You even dare to hit me!”
“Do you even want to stay in Dragon Nation’s football scene?! Huh?!”
“Do you believe me? I can make your career disappear tomorrow!”
Lan Yong yelled, getting up and trying to grab Long Fei.
“Slap!”
Long Fei slapped him again.
He sent Lan Yong sprawling on the ground again.
Long Fei was 185 centimeters tall and weighed 80 kilograms, a strong and robust man.
Lan Yong, on the other hand, was a football association official who spent his days indulging himself.
How could he possibly withstand Long Fei’s slaps?
He touched the burning mark on his face.
Lan Yong dared not go near Long Fei.
He only dared to curse him from a few meters away.
Long Fei sneered and said.
“Throw the match? I play football because I love it, not to be a tool in the hands of you trash officials!”
“Stay in Dragon Nation’s football scene? I’m not even planning on being in this stinky gutter!”
He said, and in the eyes of everyone’s shock and admiration.
Long Fei slammed the door open and left.
【Ding! Life line change detected!】
【Loading Football Superstar System!】
【Progress: 5%】
【39%】
【86%】
【100%】
【Loading complete!】
【Detecting host body information!】
【Name: Long Fei】
【Age: 18】
【Height: 185cm】
【Weight: 80kg】
Long Fei was stunned.
A system?
He had been reborn into this life.
He was already ecstatic that his crippled leg was as good as new.
He hadn’t expected that the system would appear so quickly!
And it was the Football Superstar System!
It was related to the sport he loved most, football!
Long Fei couldn’t wait to access the system and take a look.
【Ding! Adapting superstar template to host!】
【Goalkeeper: Adaptation rate 4%, Assessment: Poor!】
【Defender: Adaptation rate 25%, Assessment: Below average!】
【Forward: Adaptation rate 56%, Assessment: Average!】
【Midfielder: Adaptation rate 99%, Assessment: Perfect!】
【Loading superstar midfielder template for host!】
Long Fei smiled inwardly.
It’s worthy of being a system, the results are accurate.
He usually played as a midfielder!
【Host’s personal attribute panel updated! Click to view!】
Long Fei immediately clicked to view.
The comprehensive and detailed personal attribute panel made his eyes dizzy.
【Passing】Short Pass: 75 Long Pass: 70 Vision: 65
【Touch】Ball Control: 72 Dribbling: 70 Response: 69
【Shooting】Shot: 66 Long Range Shot: 68 Heading: 71
【Physique】Strength: 75 Jumping: 70 Stamina: 69
【Free Kick】Accuracy: 69 Curve: 65 Penalty: 70
【Speed】Top Speed: 70 Acceleration: 69 Agility: 65
【Defense】Tackling: 62 Interception: 65 Sliding Tackle: 63
【Overall Ability Rating: 68】
Long Fei was dumbfounded when he saw the personal attribute panel.
All the numbers were in the sixties and seventies, this was too pathetic!
His physical strength, which he was most proud of, was only a measly 75!
Looking at the overall ability rating, it was only 68!
But after seeing the system’s explanation of the overall ability rating.
Long Fei was finally relieved.
The overall ability rating of players in the top five leagues in Europe averaged between 75 and 80.
The average overall ability rating of starting players in top clubs in the top five leagues was above 85!
The top ten players in last season’s Ballon d’Or voting had an average overall ability rating of over 90!
And there were only two players in the world with an overall ability rating of over 95!
Although the system’s overall ability rating reference was only a range for Long Fei’s reference.
But when he saw that there were only two players with an overall ability rating of over 95.
Long Fei chuckled, those two must be Messi and Ronaldo!
Looking at it this way, his overall ability rating of 68 was actually quite objective.
It was basically already at the ceiling of Dragon Nation’s football!
Long Fei believed that with the system, his overall ability rating would surely skyrocket!
Just as Long Fei was feeling this sense of relief.
The system’s voice sounded again.
【Ding! Newbie gift pack sent, you have received an Epic Treasure Chest, open it?】
Long Fei felt a little comforted.
Good, there were newbie gift pack benefits!
Without hesitation, Long Fei immediately chose to open it.
【Congratulations, host, you have obtained the S-tier star Xavi template!】
【Xavi’s Precision Guidance! Your Long Pass attribute has been increased to 99!】