Chapter 1 Raki's Interview

　　Rakitic stood in front of the advertising board, accepting interviews from reporters.

　　He still had an Arsenal number 10 jersey hanging on his shoulder.

　　He didn't come from La Masia's youth academy, so he didn't have many reservations when he spoke.

　　After briefly summarizing the game, the Croatian said seriously with a straight face:

　　"There's nothing shameful about losing to Li. I predict that no European club will be able to defeat Arsenal this season unless he is injured and unable to play."

　　"Li is only 18 years old this year, and his growth rate is amazing. The Golden Boy Award should be renamed the Li Kang Award. If I retire immediately to get a coaching certificate, I would still have the opportunity to work with him for twenty years."

　　"Being in the same era as Li is the misfortune of all midfielders."

　　"He is unique. His teammates should learn how to give more for him, whether in the national team or at the club. Cherish this opportunity."

　　"To those who say that I only know how to kiss Li's ass, I want to say, what a wonderful ass it is!"

　　Thunderous applause erupted at the scene.

　　The reporters all looked at him with admiration: An upright and unyielding Barcelona all-rounder, he was praising Li while facing the anger of Catalan fans.

　　The press officer and Barcelona executives had stiff expressions, but quickly relaxed after a moment:

　　No problem.

　　Praising the opponent... can also cover up the club's incompetence.

　　....

　　The entire Arsenal team returned to the Colney training base.

　　Wenger hesitated for a long time, but decided to give the players a day off.

　　For the League Cup, he planned to let Mertesacker lead the youth team youngsters to battle. Iwobi, Saka, s-Ro... a group of little black eggs and white eggs were eagerly waiting.

　　Why Mertesacker?

　　Because the German two-meter giant loves children.

　　Wenger left Arsenal not only a new stadium and a club operation model, but also a long-term youth training system.

　　It's just that the results of youth training in this historical period temporarily seem to be inferior to Tottenham and Manchester United.

　　The League Cup was arranged properly two days later.

　　The weekend's Premier League game was a bit of a headache.

　　"Mourinho's team will study our game footage day and night."

　　"And he himself will recharge his batteries... and greet us with the most arrogant attitude."

　　Bould clenched his fist and said confidently.

　　Wenger directly announced the dismissal.

　　The players quickly left the training ground.

　　Each with their own thoughts.

　　Sanchez secretly called his agent, telling him not to get entangled with Manchester United: he would not leave Arsenal.

　　Morata recalled his time in the Castilla youth training camp.

　　At the age of 17, he was spotted by Mourinho and promoted to Real Madrid's first team... His La Liga debut was a game-changing performance. Well... if his shooting skills were a little more refined, he would have been the second Bernabéu prince long ago.

　　....

　　Li Kang returned home with a tablet in his hand.

　　The screen replayed Manchester United's game footage.

　　He couldn't see anything.

　　The sample size was too small.

　　In three rounds, Mourinho's Manchester United played three completely different game styles.

　　The details changed in thousands of ways.

　　With the change of Pogba's position, Ibrahimovic's ball-handling tendencies, Lingard's off-ball movement... even involving Mata and Carrick's appearances, Manchester United could combine too many offensive strong-side pairings!

　　Who said Mourinho only knows how to park the bus?

　　This guy is just more pragmatic.

　　Now many fans believe that: "Mourinho dared to take over Manchester United, it was to ruin his career twenty years in advance!"

　　But he really is like a magician, leading Manchester United to play extremely sharp offensive football in the first three rounds.

　　After a long time.

　　The shadow in his brain contracted frantically.

　　Li Kang lay weakly on the sofa, still unable to deconstruct anything.

　　Lingard's off-ball movement is the strongest interference item... he is not the core, but the strongest auxiliary plug-in on the offensive strong side, and his strength is far stronger than last season.

　　The system prompt sounded quietly.

　　[Ding, congratulations on completing the task: The Fall of a Dynasty.]

　　[Task Description: Why weren't you born a few years earlier? To challenge that invincible universe team?]

　　[Congratulations on obtaining: Barcelona Legend Dark Gold Treasure Chest.]

　　A treasure chest with strange patterns floated in mid-air.

　　Li Kang quickly looked at the prize pool.

　　[Busquets "Precision Deconstruction" Module.]

　　[Iniesta "Telepathic Strike" Module.]

　　[Xavi "Synchronized Rhythm" Module.]

　　[Enrique "Indomitable Matador" Module.]

　　[Messi "Dropping Shoulder Matthews" Module.]

　　[Suarez "Extreme Flexibility" Module.]

　　[...]

　　A dazzling array of characteristic modules.

　　There were also prefixes of legendary stars such as Ronaldo, Figo, Romario, and Rivaldo.

　　Limited by the level of the treasure chest, only modules of a single ability could be obtained.

　　[Opening...]

　　[Congratulations on obtaining: Ronaldo "Pendulum" Module (Fragmented)!]

　　[The Alien.]

　　[Torn cruciate ligament.]

　　[This perverted dribbling move... puts a lot of stress on your knees.]

　　The pendulum feint?

　　The treasure chest emitted a soft light.

　　Li Kang didn't feel anything unusual.

　　A divine skill is a divine skill.

　　But in the current football's positional defense structure... there are almost no opportunities to use it.

　　It requires a lot of space.

　　This incomplete module must also have Ronaldo's other extraordinary qualities to be perfectly executed.

　　Unless...

　　....

　　The Champions League group stage was in full swing.

　　Two days later, the results of the first round were all out.

　　Except for Barcelona 0:5 Arsenal and Leverkusen 2:1 Tottenham, there were no surprising scores.

　　《Monaco and Eindhoven draw, Barcelona in trouble and temporarily ranked at the bottom of the group.》

　　《Guardiola's Manchester City's confusion, losing to Paris Saint-Germain at home.》

　　《Leverkusen continues its dark horse momentum, Balotelli's resurgence angrily slashes the White Lily.》

　　《Korean King seems unable to integrate into the Tottenham dressing room: being robbed of a scoring chance by Lamela, and chased and scolded by the goalkeeper.》

　　《Balotelli: I really like the Ninth of May Park next to the training base. If I join Nice in Ligue 1, I will also become the top scorer.》

　　The comments flooded the screen.

　　-[Barcelona can't be eliminated in the group stage, right? Can I see the universe team play in the Europa League in my lifetime?]

　　-[Maybe they won't even have a chance to play in the Europa League, but there's still plenty of time, don't worry too much, when Messi recovers from his injury, he will definitely be a killing machine.]

　　-[Guardiola's Manchester City's Champions League record... will it be worse than Pellegrini's? The scene is so miserable.]

　　-[Dressing room problems, some old players know they will be cleaned up by Guardiola, but Guardiola will have to keep them this season to complete the transition, a short summer transfer window is not enough time to buy suitable players.]

　　-[Leverkusen is awesome, didn't waste Little Li's transfer fee! The opponent is Tottenham!]

　　-[Völler has an eye for talent! Balotelli really had a resurgence, if he hadn't joined Leverkusen in the summer transfer window... going to Nice would also dominate Ligue 1!]

　　-[Too bad he didn't have the chance to partner with Little Li, the new king of two European Cups!]

　　-[Son Heung-min shouldn't have left, staying at Leverkusen might have allowed him to win a championship as an offensive core, running to Tottenham to be an idiot.]

　　-[Tottenham is very strong, but they injured several main players at the beginning of the season... I am more looking forward to this season's North London derby.]

　　-[The schedule is really packed, Li Mingdeng just finished playing Barcelona, and will play Manchester United soon.]