In 2007, Inter Milan retained the Serie A title, marking the gradual recovery of Apennines football after the Calciopoli scandal. Manchester United embarked on a three-peat for the Premier League, the Mourinho era at Chelsea temporarily came to an end, Arsenal bid farewell to the Henry era, and Manchester City was acquired by Thaksin Shinawatra. Barcelona experienced the turmoil of the Rijkaard era, while Real Madrid staged a last-minute comeback to win the title. Stuttgart unleashed a youthful surge in Germany, while Bayern Munich, after failing to win any of the four major titles, entered a rebuilding phase. Lyon won its sixth consecutive Ligue 1 title...

This year, 25-year-old Kaka became a legend, 23-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo completed his personal evolution, and 21-year-old Messi established himself as the core of Barcelona's future. There were heroic swan songs and a revolution in collective football philosophy.

At Sao Paulo Club, 17-year-old Yalo sat on the bench, looking up at the stars and fantasizing about playing.

At this time, the boy didn’t know that he would become the supreme striker in football in the future!

No system, no crossing

This is a football novel without a "system".

The protagonist Li Ran’s only “golden finger” is his profound insight into the development laws of football in the next twenty years as a reborn person.

He doesn't need a mission because he has only one goal: to defeat all opponents of this era with the purest "professionalism".

Starting with the acquisition of the bankrupt League One club Tranmere Rovers, he will:

Using data models and past life memories, we can unearth future world-class "geniuses" in the corners of Europe.

Using the concepts of "high pressure" and "positional football", we launched a dimensionality reduction attack on the British-style rushing and lob tactics of 2002.

In the transfer market, he competes with legendary coaches such as Ferguson, Wenger, and Mourinho, staging the most realistic business game.

From League One to the Premier League, from Anfield to the top of the world. This is not only a story of building a dynasty, but also the ultimate proof of "football philosophy". When the clock strikes the end, he will turn back and launch a final challenge to that most impossible dream.

In 2016, Leicester City had just shocked the world by winning the Premier League. Barcelona edged past Real Madrid to top La Liga, Juventus reigned over Serie A, Bayern dominated the Bundesliga, and PSG scored 100 goals to crush Ligue 1.

But that same year, everything changed—because of Lin Qi.

Thanks to the Top-Class Midfield Maestro System, Lin Qi started with god-tier passing and dribbling skills. And just like that, Super Lin was born.

Born from Chinese–Croatian blood, Lin Qi led Croatia to fulfill their dream: winning the 2018 World Cup! Crowned as Europe’s new king of football, he turned Croatia into a world-class powerhouse.

Guardiola: “The best player I’ve ever coached? No doubt—Lin Qi.”

Cristiano Ronaldo: “If the Ballon d’Or goes to Lin Qi, I’ll accept it—no complaints.”

Messi: “One lucky thing: Lin Qi can’t play in the Copa America.”

Qatari Oil Tycoon (PSG): “What? €100 million isn’t enough to sign Lin Qi? How about €200 million?”

Emirati Oil Boss (Man City): tapping the table “You think I’m just background noise?”

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【Master and Apprentice】In 2017, on the bench of the Paris Saint-Germain youth training camp, 17-year-old Yan Yuan clenched the notice of expulsion in his hand. This Chinese teenager, who was evaluated by the director of Paris Saint-Germain as lacking potential, was kicked out because of his average football talent. But the turning point of fate was hidden in the small German town of Hoffenheim, a mid-level Bundesliga team that extended an olive branch to him. Under Nagelsmann's coaching, Yan Yuan tore off the label of "mediocrity" with almost self-abuse diligence. From the miracle of the dark horse in the Champions League to Arsenal's Premier League summit, he continued to conquer fans with the attitude of a new king, and staged a real version of the cool article on the football green field: the Champions League lore, the North London Derby single game... This Chinese teenager who was once abandoned by Paris later became the savior of English football, the real thigh and the only emperor of the Three Lions. England, which is full of superstars, no longer has disputes because of his existence. When the Chinese captain's pre-match speech sounded in the Three Lions' locker room for the first time, and when the voices of 100,000 fans at Wembley Stadium shouting "Captain England" shattered racial prejudice, Yan Yuan finally completed the most crazy revenge with England. After the World Cup final, he wore the Three Lions captain's armband and held up the World Cup trophy, announcing to the world that a new legend in the football world had been born.