Chapter 1 Welcome, Zhao!

"Welcome, Zhao!"

Farke shook hands with Zhao Gang, filled with anticipation for the future.

"Your fundamentals are a bit lacking. I'll arrange for a special coach to train you. You don't need to rush this. What I need now is your God-given shooting talent. Help the team avoid relegation!"

Zhao Gang's system notification suddenly rang, "Accept Farke's mission request to help Norwich successfully avoid relegation?"

Zhao Gang agreed without hesitation.

"Host accepts the mission. The system grants 10 system points and a 100% goal-scoring experience card!"

Hearing the mission reward, Zhao Gang hurriedly checked the 100% goal-scoring experience card.

"Within the confines of the soccer field, anywhere, as long as the host has the intention and action to shoot, activating the experience card will result in a 100% goal."

Zhao Gang was shocked. This experience card was too much of a bug. Using it at a critical moment could directly reverse the situation.

Unfortunately, it could only be used once.

Zhao Gang then looked at the ten system points. After the short thirty-minute training match, Zhao Gang had already realized his biggest problem: stamina.

Although his shooting score was 100, as his stamina decreased, his strength was insufficient. Even if he could become one with the ball and kick it within the frame of the goal, his lack of power made it easy for the goalkeeper to save.

So, once the match reached the second half, it was likely that his shooting power would decrease due to stamina issues, making it impossible to score.

Without hesitation, Zhao Gang added all the system points to his stamina, bringing it to 70, which barely met the passing grade for starting in the Championship.

"I will definitely do my best!"

Seeing Zhao Gang's confidence, Farke nodded. "Very good! Zhao, you can go back and rest now. Come back for training at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

Zhao Gang scratched his head. He didn't have a stable place to live here yet.

He wasn't short of money and could rent an apartment, but he wasn't familiar with the area.

"Coach, can you help me find a place to live?"

Learning that Zhao Gang didn't have a place to stay, Farke directly contacted an acquaintance to help Zhao Gang rent a one-bedroom apartment with a bathroom for eight hundred pounds.

Zhao Gang was wealthy because he was a second-generation rich kid.

Eight hundred pounds wasn't a big expense for him.

In Dragon Country, could ordinary families afford to play soccer?

Zhao Gang was first signed with the youth team and then promoted to the first team.

And this signing hardly caused any ripples.

Apart from the local area, Norwich's influence in England was too small, and Zhao Gang had never played a professional match, so this signing was only mentioned symbolically in the corner of the official website, except for internal personnel.

Even the most loyal fans didn't notice.

Zhao Gang trained with the team for two days, and even though he already had some understanding of Zhao Gang's shooting skills, his several attempts in front of the goal still excited Farke.

Tomorrow was the official match, and he had to let Zhao Gang play.

Zhao Gang needed time to adapt to the rhythm of a real match.

When he learned that he was on the roster and would definitely come on as a substitute, Zhao Gang couldn't hide his excitement.

After all, this was his first professional match.

Even the Championship was a much higher level than the Dragon Super League.

After the team training, Zhao Gang stayed alone on the training field, continuing to train.

Although passing and dribbling couldn't be mastered overnight, they would improve with accumulation.

The coordination of this body was too poor, only slightly better than that of an amateur player.

Zhao Gang kept practicing dribbling around cones, and even without anyone interfering, his dribbling around the cones looked extremely comical.

And because there was a match tomorrow, fans were secretly observing outside the training base today.

Zhao Gang's cone dribbling was not only seen, but also filmed.

Norwich fans saw that clumsy young player who looked like a pig.

Originally, Norwich's performance this season was bad enough. They didn't have a qualified striker.

Now, they discovered something even worse: the team had signed a player who couldn't dribble!

And he was a Dragon Country player!

Even more terrifying, the signing statement that was originally inconspicuous on the official website was dug out by fans.

Eighteen years old, Dragon Country player, forward!

A forward who could trip himself up dribbling around cones!

Norwich fans were in an uproar!

Last season, they were still a Premier League team and even historically won the FA Cup!

This season, they were going to fool the fans with this kind of forward!

Furious fans not only occupied the official website, but even called the management directly.

"You're all trash, Farke is just a piece of shit!"

"You quickly get that Dragon Country guy to leave! Even Sakura Country or stick country players are ten thousand times better than him!"

"You said you would let us fans see hope, are you finding a waste who can't dribble to give us hope?"

"God, can't you sign someone useful?"

Some fans petitioned to strip Farke of his power to sign players, and even more fans hoped to fire the meritorious coach who brought the team an FA Cup.

Farke received many calls from loyal fans and inquiries from the management in the evening.

He withstood the enormous pressure and thought of Zhao Gang's performance on the field.

"Believe me, give me five matches, and I will prove that my choice will not be wrong!" Farke assured the management.

This meant that in five more matches, if the team didn't improve, he would basically have to leave the team.

The next day of training, Zhao Gang noticed something was wrong. A large number of fans had gathered outside the training base, and they were all scolding and looked ferocious.

Zhao Gang was clear about English fans. They produced soccer hooligans.

He frowned, listening to them shout.

"Go back to Dragon Country! Norwich doesn't need trash!"

Even if Norwich signed Zhao Gang, the fans shouldn't be so angry.

Zhao Gang knew that he was just a fuse.

The real reason was that the team's performance was too poor, and the fans couldn't see any hope, couldn't see the actions of the management and Farke.

Now, signing Zhao Gang was no different from tanking.

"This is England, this is the Championship. Dragon Country people are only fit to play soccer with children!"

"Farke, you are a pig!"

Seeing the fans getting louder and louder, Farke had to dismiss the training match early.

Continuing like this would put a lot of psychological burden on the players and on Zhao Gang.

"Don't take it to heart. The fans aren't targeting you, they're targeting me. It's because I didn't lead the team well. They're just looking for an excuse to attack me. Understand?" Farke took the initiative to talk to Zhao Gang, hoping to reduce some of his pressure.

In Farke's eyes, Zhao Gang was only eighteen years old and was still a player from Dragon Country. It would definitely be difficult for him to deal with this group of English hooligans.

Zhao Gang certainly didn't care too much. What did this scene count for?

In his previous life, he missed several one-on-one chances, and the whole stadium chanted, "Zhao Gang is an idiot!" That kind of shock didn't knock him down, let alone this little stimulation?

The fans' reaction alarmed the club's chairman, Claude.

Getting rid of Zhao Gang seemed like a good way to shift the conflict.

Farke disagreed. "Zhao needs an opportunity. Give him an opportunity, and he will prove himself. I've already said it, five matches. If the fans are still like this after five matches, I'll leave with Zhao!"

Claude looked at the determined Farke. This head coach had helped the club win its only FA Cup trophy. He still carried some weight in the hearts of the fans and investors.

But as chairman, his pressure was much greater than Farke's.

"Okay, I can choose to believe you, but five matches is too long. I'll only give you two matches.

If he can't let me see hope after two matches, he has to leave!"

Claude wasn't just doing it for himself, but also for this meritorious coach.

He didn't want Farke to leave.

Letting Zhao Gang leave after two matches would give the fans an explanation, and Farke could continue.

If they really waited for five matches, even God couldn't save Farke!

The fans' influence was enormous, and soon the *Carro Road Sports News* reported on Zhao Gang's matter.

This young Dragon Country soccer player, who had never received any attention, had become a hot topic of discussion among local fans.

Of course, it was all disgusted and angry scolding.

Dragon Country soccer players were world-famous.

The Sea Cucumber team even made the headlines of the *English Sun Sports News*.

Now, Norwich had found such a Dragon Country forward who couldn't play soccer. They would simply be laughed at by their opponents!

Norwich's opponent in this round, Sheffield United Sports, even used psychological warfare in the pre-match press conference.

The players said that all fans wanted to see a high-quality match.

And Farke was a respected coach. Even though Norwich was currently mired in a quagmire, he must be trying his best to help the team.

The Dragon Country forward must have been carefully selected by him. For Sheffield United Sports, this would definitely be a difficult match.

"Our defense will definitely be tested a lot. But we are confident in stopping this powerful Dragon Country forward from scoring!"

As Sheffield United Sports' captain and defensive mainstay, Stets said, he couldn't help but snicker.

This classic smile instantly became the headline in both regions.

Norwich fans were angry and helpless, hoping to beat Stets, this clown, into a pig's head.

But their own frontline players were too incompetent.

They had scored nine goals in fifteen league matches, five of which were scored by defenders and three by midfielders.

The forwards had scored one goal, and it was a penalty!

There was no way to stop people from laughing at them!

Wright stared at that photo, clenching his fist hard. "Zhao, I will keep passing the ball to you. You must seize the opportunity, score a goal against this hateful clown, and slap him in the face hard!"

The starting lineup had been released. Zhao Gang was a substitute and would definitely play.

The chemistry between Wright and Zhao Gang had been quite good in the past two days of training.

Zhao Gang's judgment of Wright's passing power and landing point was something Wright had never encountered before.

He believed that as long as Zhao Gang performed as he had in training, he would definitely score!

"Yeah!" Zhao Gang nodded vigorously.