Football: The national football team was expelled and rewarded with a long-range goal card Chapter 043

Ye Chen carefully examined his attribute panel.

The most prominent stats were: Attack 80, Dribbling 80, Shooting 80, Speed 85, Explosiveness 85, Balance 80, and Stamina 88!

First, by process of elimination, Balance definitely didn’t need any more points.

Shooting 80 was also enough; after all, what he lacked were shooting opportunities, not shooting accuracy!

Attack ability was equivalent to flexible positioning, which could be increased.

If he increased flexible positioning, he would be the second Inzaghi!

But how should he put it? This skill somewhat conflicted with his “Guaranteed Goal from Long Shot” card…

Besides, he himself preferred powerful shots!

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated…

“Help me max out Speed!”

In all martial arts, speed triumphs all!

From now on, he would be the fastest man on the football field!

“Ding! Congratulations, Host’s Speed attribute has increased to 99!”

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, meaning there was still one attribute point left…

“System, put the remaining point into Stamina!”

“Ding! Congratulations, Host’s Stamina has increased to 89!”

Phew…

The devilish training during this period had made him realize the importance of stamina.

Most importantly, high stamina brought him high recovery effects!

These things were invisible, but Ye Chen could feel it; every day he woke up, he was full of energy.

With this improvement, Ye Chen’s overall ability value finally reached 78, just two points away from breaking the 80 mark!

And he was only 17 years old!

To have such stats at such an age could only be described as terrifying!

Of course, this was fitting for his status as the Chosen One.

After adding the relevant attributes, Ye Chen opened his system store.

He now had 115 points, which could only buy the most basic potions, but Ye Chen noticed the football boots.

These boots increased attributes!

“System, my Speed is 99 now. If I wear a pair of boots that give + 5 Speed, can it reach 104?”

“Friendly reminder: Speed 99 is already the maximum humanly achievable value. It cannot be increased further by any means!”

This meant that buying these boots would only grant the effect of + 5 Explosiveness.

In that case… it was actually quite a good deal.

After all, a pair of boots only cost 500 points.

Okay, from now on, he’d save up to buy boots!

With a goal in mind, a fire ignited within Ye Chen.

For the upcoming match against Werder Bremen, he’d show them what he could do!

After a short rest, Ye Chen took a shower before lying on his bed and sending a video call to Lina.

Lina quickly answered, “Honey, are you done with training?”

Ye Chen nodded, “Today was the last day of special training. I’m really tired!”

“It’s only been a week, and you’ve already lost weight!” Lina said to Ye Chen with a pained expression.

Ye Chen chuckled, “Although I look thinner, I’m stronger!”

Lina’s pretty face instantly flushed, “You were already strong…”

Ye Chen was a bit stunned, why did she suddenly get shy?

But Ye Chen wasn’t stupid and quickly reacted, “You didn’t hurt for too long last time, did you?”

“You still have the nerve to say that? My sisters made fun of me… You’re really something, like a wild bull, you don’t know how to be gentle!”

That was Lina’s first time experiencing how terrifying an athlete could be…

“Next time, I promise!” Ye Chen quickly chuckled, “By the way, when are you coming to Germany to study? Running between two places is too tiring!”

The blush on Lina’s face deepened, “After I go to Germany, you won’t every day…”

“Of course not!” Ye Chen quickly said, “I’m a professional athlete, I have to maintain my condition for matches!”

“Okay… I just need to finalize the last bit of paperwork, and then I can go to the Dortmund Business School!”

“Then will you come to the away game on the 15th?”

“I probably can’t go, I have to go to the school to get materials…” Lina shook her head.

Hearing Lina’s words, a hint of disappointment flashed across Ye Chen’s face.

After all, she had been present at the previous two matches, and now suddenly saying she couldn’t come made him feel a bit empty.

Seeing the disappointed Ye Chen in the video, Lina laughed, “Hahahaha… I was just teasing you! Look at this?”

As she spoke, Lina took out her phone and placed the flight ticket confirmation in front of her iPad camera for Ye Chen to see.

Ye Chen, who had been a bit down, immediately became excited, “You’ve already bought a ticket to Bremen?”

“Of course! And the paperwork is all done. I just need to report to the Dortmund Business School on Monday!” Lina’s face showed a sweet smile, her eyes sparkling.

Ye Chen was momentarily dazed, “Lina, thank you for being so good to me, I don’t know how to repay you!”

Lina still had a smile on her face, “By scoring goals, of course…”

“Okay, I will definitely score in the Werder Bremen match!” Ye Chen clenched his fist, vowing confidently.

With only two days left until the match, Ye Chen needed to adjust to his best condition to face this game!

On the training ground the next day, Klopp directly arranged an internal training match to check the players’ condition.

But how should he describe this training match?

Dortmund’s situation was not optimistic, especially for the players who had participated in national team matches; they were all listless.

And this was what everyone commonly referred to as the FIFA virus!

After all, it was currently the World Cup qualifiers stage, and everyone was fighting for their country.

Klopp couldn’t just keep them from playing; this concerned whether the national team could appear on the World Cup stage!

It was important to remember that the World Cup was a footballing spectacle held every four years, even more important than club honors.

To put it this way, playing for a club was work, while playing for the national team was an honor!

But Ye Chen was in excellent condition, especially when Lewandowski was performing very poorly, Ye Chen appeared even more fierce…

On the coaching bench, Klopp frowned as he looked at the player list.

Because Shinji Kagawa had played two high-intensity matches in a row, and also had jet lag issues, he didn’t participate in this training match and definitely couldn’t play in the next match.

The European players were okay, with no jet lag issues, but their stamina was also affected.

So, how should he arrange his formation?

Looking at Ye Chen, who was running all over the field as if he had infinite stamina, Klopp hesitated for a moment and placed his number 16 in the starting lineup.

Partnering with him was number 9, Robert Lewandowski.

The midfield featured a partnership of Sven Bender, Ilkay Gündoğan, and Mario Götze.

The five defenders were also lined up across the back.

Yes, Dortmund would be playing a 5- 3- 2 formation in the next match.

Solid defense, counter-attacking when opportunities arose!

After all, it was an away game, so they indeed had to adopt a more cautious approach.

But at this moment, Watzke walked over.

“You’ve come at the right time, Zeljko, do you think Ye can start?” Klopp asked Buvac.

“Ye to start?” Buvac looked at Klopp in surprise, “Haven’t you seen the recent news?”

“What news?”

“Just the interviews reporters had with those Werder Bremen defenders!”

“What happened now? Find the interviews and let me see!” Klopp said with interest.

Buvac tapped his finger a few times on the tablet, and several reports appeared!

They were all about Ye Chen’s latest news…