“Let’s put Long Fei in!”
Captain Rhodes spoke the thoughts of the entire team.
Although Long Fei had only been training with the team for a week.
Strictly speaking, it was still a question mark whether Long Fei could integrate into the team’s tactical system.
But in the training sessions.
Long Fei’s jaw-dropping long-pass accuracy had left everyone speechless.
It amazed the players every time.
Some players even kept track of Long Fei’s long-pass accuracy during team practice matches.
His long-pass accuracy was an astonishing 100%!
He often even did one-touch passes without needing to stop the ball.
It was simply divine!
In just a week.
No one dared to underestimate this young man from Dragon Nation.
Captain Rhodes treated Long Fei like a treasure.
He desperately needed this genius playmaker!
On the first day of training.
Rhodes had solemnly declared to the entire team:
“From now on, whether it’s training or daily life.”
“Anyone who dares to ostracize Long Fei, who makes him unhappy, I will make them pay!”
Rhodes was also quite thoughtful.
After all, Long Fei had an East Asian face.
In professional matches, racial discrimination sometimes occurred.
But when Rhodes said this, the entire team laughed.
What was he kidding, they had such a talented playmaker on the team.
The teammates all wanted to treat Long Fei like a precious jewel!
Only someone with a brain injury would ostracize him!
Meanwhile, in the locker room.
Rhodes’s suggestion made Head Coach Mobray hesitate.
To be honest.
Thinking about how the team’s offense had been completely stagnant in the first half.
Mobray was also anxious.
As the head coach, he was under a lot of pressure to achieve results.
He had originally planned to.
Let Long Fei train with the team for a longer period of time.
And improve his chemistry with the team before putting him on the field.
He hadn’t planned to let him play so early.
This was also a protective measure for Long Fei.
A young player without any experience in official Euroba matches.
If he were to be thrown into a match and fail.
The impact on the player’s confidence would be huge!
It would be detrimental to the player’s growth!
Right now the team was behind, and if they couldn’t win this match.
The team would fall further into the relegation zone!
Perhaps, he should be bolder!
It was time for him to make some big changes!
Seeing Mobray’s furrowed brow.
Looking as if he was deep in thought.
Attacking midfielder Lyell directly said:
“Coach, let me go out, put Long Fei in my place!”
During normal practice matches.
Lyell and Long Fei shared the same position, both were attacking midfielders.
If Long Fei were to be put in.
Without affecting the stability of the team’s formation.
Only he could be taken out, in a direct swap, for the substitution to make the most sense.
Lyell’s words stunned Mobray.
As professional players, everyone wants to show their skills on the pitch, to earn more playing time.
But Lyell was actually willing to be subbed out.
Just so Long Fei could play.
This was completely unexpected for Mobray.
This showed that Long Fei’s abilities had already been fully recognized by his teammates!
Mobray didn’t know if Long Fei had built enough chemistry with the team.
But he was certain.
In terms of team cohesion.
Long Fei had been fully accepted by the team, and had become an indispensable member of Blackburn!
Mobray made up his mind, he looked at Long Fei, and started to speak: “Long…”.
At that moment, Long Fei had already stood up from his chair: “Coach, I’m ready.”
“I can go in any time!”
Mobray nodded in satisfaction.
“Lyell, you worked hard in the first half.”
“Long Fei, you’re going in for the second half, don’t be nervous, just go out there and play.”
“I believe in you, you can show your skills!”
Long Fei nodded:
“Don’t worry! Coach! I’ll give it my all!”
The second half was about to begin.
The fourth official on the sidelines directly held up the substitution board.
After stepping onto the pitch.
A prompt appeared before Long Fei.
【Task Name: Take the Field in a Professional Match!】
【Task Objective: Play in an official match for Blackburn!】
【Congratulations! You have completed this task!】
【You have received the following rewards:】
【Task Reward 1: Gain an opportunity to open a treasure chest!】
【Task Reward 2: Unlock Training Mode!】
【You have triggered an extended task!】
【Extended Task: Complete an assist in your debut match!】
【Do you want to accept this task?】
Looking at the completion prompt.
And the Training Mode window on the system screen.
Long Fei’s heart was filled with joy.
Training Mode?
After the match, he had to study it properly.
He hadn’t expected an extended task to trigger.
Complete an assist?
His Long Pass stat was 99, completing an assist shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Long Fei didn’t hesitate to accept the task!
Long Fei replaced Lyell.
This was a direct substitution in the attacking midfield position.
Therefore, it didn’t attract much attention from Wigan Athletic.
But the Blackburn fans in the stands were stirred.
“Look! There’s a substitution for the second half! It’s that Dragon Nation player!”
“It was about time, the offense was awful in the first half!”
“Let’s see how this Dragon Nation player actually plays!”
“He looks pretty tall, but I wonder how his technique is!”
“I’m a little worried, Dragon Nation football is truly limited, how good can a Dragon Nation player really be? We’re behind by a goal now, this game feels a bit shaky!”
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