Football: The national football team was expelled and rewarded with a long-range goal card Chapter 001

“Ye Chen, you’re 17 years old now, you should understand some rules.” Wang Bo, the U 17 national team leader, looked at Ye Chen calmly, speaking unhurriedly.

“What rules?” Ye Chen raised an eyebrow and retorted.

Wang Bo smiled, “Since you don’t know, then forget it. This is your first time being called up to the U 17 national team, so just train with the team for now. You won’t have any chance to play in this competition!”

“What? Does that mean no matter how well I train, I won’t get to play?” Ye Chen pressed.

Wang Bo pursed his lips and said arrogantly, “You’ll play when you understand the rules!”

“Is this your decision or the head coach’s?” Ye Chen asked in a deep voice.

“Of course, it’s our decision. I’m telling you, you spent a lot of money to go to Manchester United, didn’t you? Why are you so stingy now in the national team?” Wang Bo looked at Ye Chen with a sneer.

“That was a contract I earned with my ability, I didn’t pay any money!” Ye Chen said through gritted teeth.

“Oh… with your ability?” Wang Bo chuckled, “You don’t really think your ability alone could get you a contract at a youth academy like Manchester United, do you? They just saw the Chinese market behind you, just like Dong Fangzhuo back then!”

Ye Chen clenched his teeth. “I’ll ask you one more time, if I don’t pay, I can’t play?”

“That’s the meaning!” Wang Bo picked up the teacup on the table. “Goodbye, don’t bother seeing me out!”

Ye Chen clenched his teeth, turned around and said, “Fine, then I’ll go back to Manchester now!”

“If you dare to leave now, I’ll directly expel you, and you’ll never be called up again!” Wang Bo roared powerfully, “Remember, this is the national team! My rules are the rules!”

“Expel me then, I don’t even care to stay in a national team like this!”

Ye Chen left the U 17 training base without looking back.

In fact, Ye Chen was not from this world at all, but a transmigrator.

In his previous life, Ye Chen was a football player, but a major injury at the age of 20 forced him to bid farewell to the field. He later found a job as a sports teacher in a primary school.

He thought his life would be spent in a daze, but who knew he would transmigrate after waking up.

Not only that, he also gained the “Football God System”!

As soon as he transmigrated, the system asked him to choose whether to become the God of Basketball or the God of Football.

Ye Chen didn’t hesitate at all and directly chose football.

Firstly, football is the most popular sport globally, and the World Cup held every four years is a grand event in football, attracting global attention!

Secondly, basketball already has a God of Basketball, who is the familiar Mr. Jordan.

As for football, although there are recognized football kings, there is no recognized God of Football!

After binding the “Football God System,” Ye Chen woke up. He had become a somewhat famous player in China and had signed an apprentice contract with Manchester United’s youth team.

However, he only played five games for Manchester United’s youth team in one season, three of which were as a substitute, and his stats were extremely dismal: 0 goals, 0 assists.

This completely disappointed the fans who had high hopes for him, and it further confirmed everyone’s view: Manchester United signed him only for the Chinese market behind him.

When he woke up, he was already at the national team’s training base. The team leader had just sent someone to call him for a talk, but he never expected to receive such a reply.

No money, no playing…

He never expected that the national football team in this parallel world would be like this too.

Ye Chen felt a bit sad, but he quickly pushed it to the back of his mind.

No national team matches? Then he would treat the Champions League as the World Cup!

To some extent, the intensity of the Champions League was no weaker than the World Cup.

“Ding! Due to the host’s refusal of the national team leader’s unreasonable request, an S-level skill card, ‘Guaranteed Long-Range Goal Card,’ has been awarded!”

Guaranteed Long-Range Goal Card?

Ye Chen was a bit surprised; this was the first time the system had given him a reward.

“Explain?”

“After the host obtains the ‘Guaranteed Long-Range Goal Card,’ every five long-range shots (outside the penalty area) are guaranteed to score a goal. This effect can only be triggered once per match.”

Ye Chen gasped. This meant that as long as he kept attempting long-range shots, if he took five, one would definitely go in?

This skill was too overpowered!

Of course, Ye Chen didn’t get happy too soon.

After all, anyone who had watched football knew that if your team was weak, you might not even get five chances to shoot in an entire game…

“Won’t my personal attributes increase after getting this skill card?”

As soon as he transmigrated, Ye Chen checked his personal attributes, which were quite dismal.

Overall rating was only 58.

His attacking ability was 63.

Ball control and dribbling were decent, at 73 and 75 respectively!

But his shooting was only 57.

In addition, his heading was 45.

And his most outstanding attributes were speed and explosiveness, both at a solid 76 and 78!

This was why Ye Chen was “barely” able to stay at Manchester United back then.

And Ye Chen’s shot power was only 58.

With such values, even if he took a long-range shot, it would be weak and ineffective.

“Ding! Friendly reminder, after acquiring an S-level skill, the system will upgrade relevant attributes to the minimum requirement!”

Ye Chen quickly opened his personal attribute panel and was stunned after reading it.

His shooting had increased from 57 to 75, a full 18 attribute points.

And his shot power had increased from the original 58 to 80!

This increase was even more terrifying than shooting, a full 22 attribute points!

This meant that this S-level skill had given him 40 attribute points…

That’s amazing!

Could this be why the system didn’t give him a新手大礼包 (newbie gift package)?

After all, when reading novels, the system would usually give extra newbie gift packages…

Regardless, Ye Chen sighed and picked up his phone to book a flight back to Manchester, as if he had never been here!

Sitting in the taxi, Ye Chen began to ponder his situation.

His apprentice contract with Manchester United’s youth team only had one year left, expiring on June 30, 2012.

If Ye Chen didn’t perform exceptionally, he wouldn’t be able to stay.

Of course, the current Manchester United U 18 no longer had Paul Pogba; he had been promoted to the reserve team, which was the U 21 team.

Among his teammates, the most famous in the future would probably be Adnan Januzaj, followed by Michael Keane.

However, Januzaj later transferred to Real Sociedad in La Liga for 8.5 million euros, and Michael Keane, after transferring to Burnley, then moved to Everton for 30 million pounds.

In fact, Manchester United’s youth academy was good. Not to mention the globally renowned Class of ’ 92, players like Danny Welbeck, Paul Pogba, and Jesse Lingard all came from the club’s youth system, and later there were talented strikers like Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood.

These were all genuine Manchester United youth players.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, could only be considered a late bloomer, as he joined the team when he was already 15 years old.

And it wouldn’t be easy for Ye Chen to stand out in such a big club.

First, he had to prove himself to Ole Gunnar Solskjær!

Solskjær, the future manager of Manchester United for a period, was currently the head coach of the Manchester United U 18.

Of course, football abroad is more pure; as long as you perform well enough, you can get playing time, even a starting position.

“Ding! Initial mission issued: The host needs to win Solskjær’s trust in the training match and earn the first opportunity to represent the U 18 in the new season!”

“Mission success reward: one Bronze Treasure Chest. Mission failure: randomly deduct 5 attribute points!”

This mission… I’m really going to栓Q (be speechless/frustrated).