Chapter 1 The German Youth Training

The match resumes.

Team A kicks off from the center circle.

They don't press forward on a large scale despite being behind.

Instead, they play a well-organized, three-dimensional, flexible offense.

It must be said that the German youth training system in this timeline highly emphasizes teamwork.

The speed of the formation structure changes in Team A's midfield and forward areas is extremely fast.

Team B's defensive coverage density in the backfield also constantly changes with the position of the opposing attacking players.

Modern football, developing into 2015, is too competitive. To gain a foothold in the top European leagues in the future... no, the second-tier leagues... the third-tier leagues, every player must use their brain to play football from a young age.

Havertz called out to Li Kang and made a "rectangle" gesture.

Li Kang nodded.

Next.

Topp and the assistant coach were shocked again!

The black-haired teenager on the field seemed to have a God's-eye view.

He was always able to appear in the most suitable position, cooperating with his teammates to resolve the opponent's advance and cut off their forward passing lines!

At the same time.

His positioning maintained a rectangular four-corner defensive stance with his teammates in the midfield and backfield!

"This damn sense of position! Has he really never received German youth training? Just because of a gesture from Havertz, he completely understood the team's general defensive intention?"

"His vision and awareness, his understanding of space and time, are completely those of a La Masia honors student!"

"If it weren't for his terrible tackling and speed, he would have had countless counter-attack opportunities!"

"Oh! More bad habits left over from La Masia, did you see that? After a successful defense, he always wants to keep the ball at his feet, instead of clearing it in the safest way as soon as possible! There are not many teams playing technical defense anymore!"

"He is more dazzling on the field than Havertz!"

"Still those deeply ingrained bad habits from La Masia. I don't know what template the youth training director there uses to cultivate him. This style of play consumes too much possession."

"The template seems to be... La Masia's number 4 position? It's a pity that his technique and all aspects of his ability are too poor... except for passing."

"No, this kind of play can't be played in the first team! Record it truthfully and give the report to the first-team coaching staff."

"Damn it, is it really true that Dragon Country players are not suitable for playing football? Li Kang clearly has this kind of football IQ, but his technique is so trash!"

....

Twenty minutes later.

The assistant coach blew the whistle to end the training match.

Team B won a 3:0 victory.

The young teammates ran to Li Kang one after another.

"We played against Barca in the Youth Champions League, how come we never saw you? You are much smarter than them!"

"Including Son Heung-min, we have two Asian players in our first team!"

"Next week we will definitely crush those idiots from Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth team!"

"..."

Li Kang just responded with a faint smile.

He had never felt this kind of enthusiasm at La Masia.

Because his passing and controlling skills were too poor to integrate into the team, he rarely appeared on the roster for team matches.

A moment later.

The young players remembered: he's a mute.

The assistant coach clapped his hands to disperse the crowd.

He pulled Li Kang aside.

Topp scratched his explosive head and said seriously, "Li, I need to give you some advice. In Leverkusen, you don't have that group of La Masia teammates! German football emphasizes teamwork! Even if Voller is crazy, he won't build a sissy system around you as the core!"

"The youth team won't either! You can't play many youth league games with us!"

"You have to seize the time and make changes!"

He paused.

He lifted the corner of Li Kang's jersey and sighed, "Not bad, very well-proportioned muscle lines, maintain your usual training attitude!"

The youth team coach couldn't bear to say the following words: in the football world, physique is too dependent on talent.

Li Kang nodded seriously.

He recognized the old man with the afro in front of him.

He had seen him in the newspaper in his previous life: the meritorious coach of Leverkusen's "Triple Second" era.

....

The youth team's lunch break is very long.

After Li Kang had lunch with his teammates, he returned to the dormitory alone.

It happened to be the Bundesliga's off-season.

There were not many staff members in the first team's dormitory.

Only a few security guards greeted him warmly.

Leverkusen's first-team stars don't live in the dormitory.

Li Kang returned to his room.

A mechanical, synthesized electronic sound immediately rang in his mind.

[Detecting that the host is about to start the journey in the German league!]

[Triggering growth template, adapting... 1%... 50%... 100%! Best template selected: Destroyer Midfielder!]

[Significantly improve training effects of speed, leg strength, physical confrontation, tackling, and stamina!]

[Exchange condition: Significantly suppress dopamine's reward neurotransmitters!]

Li Kang was slightly stunned.

Four years ago, he exchanged his language ability for: God's-eye view.

What is dopamine's reward neurotransmitter?

He took out his mobile phone and searched for the keywords.

...

A moment later.

Li Kang took a deep breath, seeming to have made a very important decision.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the growth template: Destroyer Midfielder!]

A three-dimensional human model suddenly appeared in front of him.

There were two small black shadows in the model's brain.

Among them, the shadow restricting language ability was twice as large as it was four years ago.

Li Kang glanced at the numbers floating around the human model.

[Ball Control: 69; Passing: 81.]

[Shooting: 60; Heading: 59; Set Pieces: 50.]

[Curve: 64; Speed: 58↑; Leg Strength: 57↑.]

[Jumping: 66; Physical Contact: 68↑; Stamina: 69↑.]

[Defense: 68; Tackling: 64↑; Goalkeeping: 30.]

[God's-eye View.]

[Rui Costa's "Supernatural Through Ball" Module (Incomplete).]

By the standards of the national football team, this attribute is not very trash, right?

The small arrows behind should mean "the training effect will be improved."

.....

The afternoon training intensity was not high.

After a simple joint practice.

Li Kang and his teammates came to a classroom.

A fat man with black-rimmed glasses drew complex lines on the blackboard.

"Conte and Tuchel have led the trend of the three-center-back system!"

"Today we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this tactical system!"

The following content.

Could not help but open Li Kang's eyes.

The fat man kept drawing lines and moving magnetic flags.

Analyzing layer by layer.

As many as 16 kinds of formation derivative changes.

These were all teaching methods that Li Kang had never encountered at La Masia.

Because Cruyff had stipulated that La Masia players were not allowed to come into contact with tactical teaching too early.

Li Kang dared not be distracted and took notes laboriously.

Only when the fat man stopped to drink water.

Did he begin to review the situations he had faced on the field.

Relying on the God's-eye view, tactical details that he could not understand gradually lifted a shadow veil.

He could not help but sigh in his heart: modern football... is too competitive, right?