Chapter 274: Adjusting the Template Before the Greenwood Gate, Tom Returns to the Club

CCTV-1 Comprehensive Channel.

【Evening News: The Chinese Men's Football Team has qualified for the 2018 Russia World Cup.】

【Head Coach Lippi: This is a giant leap for Chinese football.】

"In the 10th round of the World Cup qualifiers held on September 5th Beijing time, the visiting Chinese National Men's Football Team defeated the Qatar National Men's Football Team with a score of 3:0, ultimately securing qualification for the Russia World Cup by finishing second in Group A."

"This will be the first time the Chinese National Men's Football Team participates in the World Cup since the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup."

CCTV reporter reports: National Team player number 19, Tang Ye, was named the Best Player of the third stage of the Asian qualifiers with 7 goals and 7 assists.

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Football elements: 18-year-old 【Genius at No. 1 High School】, 5 matches 【7 goals 7 assists】 leading the national team 【to charge for the World Cup】, truly impressive.

These past few days, the National Team has completely monopolized the hot search rankings.

This final match against Qatar even moved the Chinese Men's Football Team from CCTV-5 to CCTV-1.

The word "prestige" was written on the faces of the National Team players!

The hotel after the match ended.

Tonight is the National Team's victory banquet!

The players shook hands one by one with the Football Association officials who had traveled from afar; Tang Ye, finding it rather strange, sat on a chair hugging his mobile phone.

Immediately after the match ended, he received many congratulatory text messages from friends.

Of course, there were also those from Mr. Sitting Like and Mr. Ferran!

They were all Tang Ye's friends too!

There was also another matter worth celebrating: in the early hours of this morning, the England National Team defeated Slovakia 2:1, successfully seizing the initiative for qualification.

Tang Ye's good friend Marcus achieved the excellent result of 1 goal and 1 assist in this match!

The England National Team is very strong, but not as good as China!

Because China has already secured its ticket!

Tang Ye was drinking the white fungus soup in his bowl when Zhang Zhang Yuning sat down beside him.

With a slurp, Tang Ye sucked the nearly spilled white fungus into his mouth: "This stuff really tastes bad; we should get some fries or something to dip in ketchup; that would be a real celebration."

"By the way, Brother Zhang Yuning."

Tang Ye turned to look at Zhang Zhang Yuning: "We're returning to the club soon; are you ready to fight for a starting position?"

Tang Ye remembered Zhang Zhang Yuning telling him about having no playing opportunities at Bremen.

Tang Ye had pondered this matter for a long time but still hadn't found an answer.

"Phew..."

Exhaling a long breath, Zhang Zhang Yuning shook his head with a smile: "I can only do my best; after all, I'm now one of the rare World Cup players in the team."

"Haha!"

Tang Ye clenched his fist and punched Zhang Zhang Yuning's arm: "Me too!"

As the players ate, the Football Association officials and Lippi took turns giving speeches.

Tang Ye had no habit of listening to such things; he sat in his spot whispering with Wu Lei.

"Tang Ye, do you think we have a chance to advance from the group stage next year? If we get drawn into a slightly better group?"

Tang Ye was simply too extraordinary; the record of five consecutive victories directly made Wu Lei start thinking about the World Cup knockout stages.

"I think we shouldn't think about this problem right now, otherwise the pressure will be too great later."

Tang Ye said: "Let's study the group stage and knockout matters when the World Cup opening ceremony arrives."

"That makes sense."

Wu Lei nodded: "Playing in the World Cup next year..."

"I need to ask my agent to help me find out if any good European teams need a forward."

"Brother Lei, are you coming to Europe too?"

Tang Ye's eyes lit up.

"It's hard to say; I mainly just want to improve my skills another notch before the World Cup, so I have to go to a European team; even if the wages are a bit lower, it doesn't matter."

Among the current 11 starters of the National Team, only a few possess the ability to compete in major international tournaments.

Improving the team's overall level is certainly very important.

But rather than letting players with lower levels within the team slowly improve themselves, it is better to let those players whose market value has already exceeded one million euros take another step forward.

Years of professional football experience have made Wu Lei understand one principle.

Sometimes, the difference between advancing to the knockout stage might truly be just a tiny bit.

With less than a year remaining, we must do our utmost to improve our abilities; this is what National Team players need to do now.

And Head Coach Lippi had clearly thought of this point as well; halfway through the victory banquet, he kept communicating with the Football Association officials through an interpreter.

Training with the national team offers quite limited improvement for players.

Not just Tang Ye and Zhang Zhang Yuning; more players need to go to Europe to play football!

"You can give bonuses to those players playing abroad to compensate for their low wages in European leagues."

While speaking, Lippi glanced in Tang Ye's direction, at that guy whose Zhou Xin was higher than the market value of most players in the National Team.

"Uh... of course, some exceptions are normal."

……

Congratulatory telegram from the People's Government of Guangdong Province.

To Tang Ye, member of the Chinese National Men's Football Team for the World Cup Qualifiers:

We are delighted to learn that Tang Ye, an athlete from Guangdong, fought valiantly during the third stage of the 2018 Russia World Cup Qualifiers... The people of Guangdong are overjoyed by this. On this joyous occasion, the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Guangdong Province extend their congratulations to the Chinese National Men's Football Team and to Tang Ye.

China Media Group: From September 8th to September 21st, CCTV Children's Channel, Golden Eagle Cartoon Satellite TV, and Kaku Children's Satellite TV will rotate broadcasts of episodes including "GG Bond: Fairy Tale in the World of Blocks," "GG Bond: Five Spirit Guardians," and "GG Bond: Happy Rescue Team."

Manchester United Official: Congratulations to him and the Chinese National Men's Football Team for qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

……

By the time the victory banquet ended, it was already 2:30 AM in Doha.

The players had to catch a flight at 9 AM tomorrow morning, but Tang Ye was in no hurry to sleep.

He went to the hotel bathroom to wash his face thoroughly.

Unfortunately, the hotel was not equipped with facial cleanser, so Tang Ye could only wipe his face with a wet Mao Jin.

Boom!

Tang Ye threw himself onto the sofa and turned his attention to his system.

Just a few hours ago when the match ended, Tang Ye had lost the Superstar Chest he had just obtained due to "colluding with the Chinese Football Association."

But he had subsequently received a "Miracle Chest" he had never seen before.

Regardless of what this "Miracle Chest" was.

As long as the item opened from it was no weaker than a Superstar Template, Tang Ye would be making a profit!

【Open Miracle Chest?】

With a single thought, three identical spinning wheels instantly appeared before Tang Ye's eyes.

A slot machine?

This was Tang Ye's first reaction.

Regardless, he would check the rules first!

【Miracle Slot Machine: After pulling the lever, all three wheels will spin simultaneously; you will receive three mutually independent and completely random templates, from which you may choose any one】

【Miracle: If the three templates you obtain are of the same type, you will receive all three templates】

It really is a slot machine!

It sounds impressive; if a Miracle occurs, one chest could yield three templates.

"Hiss—"

Taking a deep breath, Tang Ye used his will to pull the slot machine's lever.

Clank clank clank!

All three wheels began to spin simultaneously.

First up was the first one!

【Zheng Zhi Precise Vision Template (Basic)】

Hmm!

He had opened something belonging to Brother Zhi!

Then came the second and third!

【Kurt Zouma Penalty Area Clearance Template (Advanced)】

【Mason Greenwood In-Box Adjustment (Advanced)】

【The three templates belong to the types Vision, Defense, and Shooting respectively; Miracle not triggered; you may choose any one of them】

"Miracle not triggered"

Damn it!

Because he secretly secured World Cup qualification by "colluding with the Chinese Football Association," Tang Ye had ultimately been punished.

But an Advanced Chest was still an Advanced Chest.

Although this 【Greenwood In-Box Adjustment Template】 was only Advanced, judging by its name, it should be a template very suitable for Tang Ye.

As for the other two, there was no need to mention them; Vision and Penalty Area Clearance were not abilities Tang Ye urgently needed right now.

The logic was obvious!

【You have obtained Greenwood's In-Box Adjustment Template (Advanced)】

【Shooting: 77 → 78】

【Physical Contact: 77 → 77】

Hmm...

Carefully feeling it out.

Tang Ye roughly understood.

The function of this Greenwood Template was to improve his ability to connect receiving the ball with shooting.

Simply put, Tang Ye could now shoot faster after receiving the ball inside the penalty area.

Hmm, combined with his habit of observing ahead of time.

This was indeed a very excellent template for him!

Tang Ye (39 years old)

【Ball Control: 85; Passing: 88】

【Shooting: 78; Heading: 50; Set Pieces: 76】

【Speed: 73; Stamina: 71; Physical Contact: 77】

【Defense: 70; Vision: 95】

Comprehensive Score: 82

The shooting attribute is about to break through 80.

He will soon become a shooting expert!

……

After returning from Doha to Shanghai and resting for a day, Tang Ye immediately boarded a flight to Manchester.

The national team very much wanted to hold a parade celebrating World Cup qualification, but with both European leagues and the Chinese Super League currently in mid-season, the players were anxious to return to their clubs. Wu Lei was even busier; he was still discussing matters regarding playing in Europe with his agent!

Before Tang Ye had even arrived in Manchester, reporters traveled to Foshan to interview Tang Ye's father, Tang Tang Zhengxiong.

Tang Tang Zhengxiong had originally been sitting on the sofa, but upon seeing the microphone in the reporter's hand bearing the "CCTV" logo, he finally stood up.

【Damn, I remember this guy】

【Who is this? He looks a bit familiar, brothers】

【It's that guy from the previous Foshan match, Cute Dragon No. 10, who got scolded by Tang Ye's fans for constantly missing one-on-ones】

"Here we have an interview with Tang Ye's father."

Below the CCTV-13 feed, an introduction to the interviewee appeared.

Father of Tang Ye: Tang Tang Zhengxiong!

The CCTV staff seemed to want to convey the greatness of Tang Ye, so they used "Father of Tang Ye" as a prefix for Tang Tang Zhengxiong.

It seemed to carry a hint of "Father of Ultra."

!

But none of that was the main point, because soon the Mother of Tang Ye appeared!

Mother of Tang Ye: Zhang Zhang Qingqing!

【The Ultra Family, is it?】

【6666】

【GG Bond's parents look quite young, and this home decor is pretty nice】

"Mr. Tang, may we ask how Tang Ye started down the path of football?"

"It was during kindergarten, I suppose. Our kindergarten had an interest class where, if you played football, you could skip a few regular lessons. Then Tang Ye told me he wanted to go."

Tang Tang Zhengxiong pondered slowly.

"That kindergarten had a cooperative relationship with a local amateur club. Tang Ye went there to play football, and coincidentally, around 200X, there was a nationwide talent selection trend. He said he was spotted by a coach from Shandong."

"So Tang Ye went with them?"

"Originally, he wasn't going to go, but when he heard that the football school only had four periods of academic classes a day, he told me he wanted to go. So I let him go."

Uh...

The reporter squinted.

Sending a child under nine years old to another province for schooling, and to a football school at that.

"Generally, parents would refuse at a time like this, wouldn't they?"

"Well, I'm certainly not a general parent."

Tang Tang Zhengxiong chuckled: "At that time, I didn't know how good he was at football anyway; all I knew was that his grades were bad."

"But what if he didn't make it in football in the end?"

The reporter asked cautiously: "Because back then, you couldn't possibly foresee Tang Ye becoming what he is today."

"If he didn't make it, then he didn't make it."

Tang Tang Zhengxiong shook his head: "To be honest, I never initially thought he could really make it to Europe."

"Oh, right."

Suddenly remembering something, Tang Tang Zhengxiong stepped over the sofa, retrieved a notebook from a cabinet, and brought it out.

"What is this?"

"This is our family genealogy."

Tang Tang Zhengxiong displayed the blue notebook in his hand before the camera.

【Tang Clan Genealogy】

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

He flipped to the latest page.

"I created a new page for Tang Ye; this is what I mentioned to him before."

The camera focused on the newest page of the genealogy, where Tang Ye's name was written in calligraphy brush strokes.

【Major Achievement: In 2017, the National Men's Football Team successfully qualified for the World Cup group stage】

……

Check Dongqiu Di Hot Discussion: Father of Tang Ye reveals Tang Ye scored only 32 points in the Gaokao mathematics exam; that's not even as many goals as he scored last season at Villarreal.

Leisu Sports: Warm-up match vs. the Heat, James wildly scored 33 points to claim the MVP.

On the evening of September 7, Tang Ye returned to Manchester.

Due to the need to adjust for jet lag, it was already the afternoon of September 8 by the time Tang Ye rejoined team training.

"Congratulations, Tom!"

As soon as he arrived at the training ground, Fan Fan Dejiahe, who was directing the training staff, greeted Tang Ye.

"Mr. Michel."

Tang Ye walked over and high-fived Fan Fan Dejiahe: "Did you watch the match?"

"Your match happened to coincide with the end of our afternoon training session. By the way, it was Eric who took me to watch it."

"You know, I never work overtime unless Eric makes me do so."

Fan Fan Dejiahe raised his eyebrows at Tang Ye.

Back in the days at Utrecht, it was Fan Fan Dejiahe who stayed behind in the gym to give Tang Ye extra training.

Tang Ye shook his head; he couldn't let himself dwell on that painful life from before anymore.

"How was it, Michael? I played decently, right?"

"Very decent."

Fan Fan Dejiahe expressed his extremely high approval of Tang Ye.

Glancing left and right to confirm no one was around, the Manchester United assistant coach leaned in and whispered, "To be honest, I feel like apart from you, no one else knows what they're playing."

Tang Ye shook his head: "Anyway, we've advanced, haha."

"True, that free kick of yours was really impressive; could you score one like that for the club too?"

"It's too difficult; I feel like even from a great position, I rarely manage to shoot the ball straight in."

He sighed.

Executing a tomahawk knuckleball is undeniably cool.

But the damn thing has one fatal flaw.

That is, the success rate is fucking low.

In the two Asian qualifiers of Round 9 and Round 10, Tang Ye took nine direct free-kick shots in total, only scoring that one against Qatar.

"Do you know where your problem lies?"

Fan Fan Dejiahe slapped his own thigh: "Your strength isn't enough; neither your core strength nor your leg strength is sufficient. Scoring one out of nine is already outrageous; if you build up your strength, you can improve your success rate."

Fan Fan Dejiahe placed his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder: "Tom, you have the chance to become a free-kick master."

"But that shouldn't be the reason for my extra training, right?"

"Haha!"

Fan Fan Dejiahe laughed, and just then, Rashford's voice came from behind.

"Tom!"

Rashford quickly ran up behind Tang Ye, placed both hands on his shoulders, and then jumped up directly.

Temporarily bidding farewell to Fan Fan Dejiahe, Tang Ye went with Rashford to the sideline to change clothes.

"Playing for the national team is truly comfortable."

Rashford remarked with emotion.

"Of course it's comfortable when you've scored goals."

"No, no, no, you've misunderstood."

Rashford put on a new pair of Nike football boots: "Playing for the national team means not having to see Eric during meals. Tom, you wouldn't understand how satisfying that is."

"..."

Well, he had almost forgotten that there was friction between Marcus and Eric.

However...

"Marcus, aren't you overthinking it? I don't feel like Mr. Eric is targeting you specifically?"

"No, he indeed isn't targeting me specifically."

Rashford shook his head: "He is targeting all of us!"

"Why would he want to target all of you?"

"Well..."

"I'm not entirely clear either; maybe he thinks our training attitude is problematic."

Manchester United players arrived at the training ground one after another, and Tang Ye received a great deal of congratulations.

Just as the "Manchester Evening News" said, he was the first player within the Manchester United squad to qualify for the World Cup!

Reposted by Check Dongqiu Di: Manchester United announces the roster for the away match against Stoke City; Rashford continues as a starter, Tang Ye as a substitute.

"Forward, forward! Move up!"

Sitting on the bench, Tang Ye watched Ten Hag shouting loudly at the front.

Since he had only just resumed training yesterday afternoon, Tang Ye was definitely out of contention for the starting lineup in this match.

It was just unknown whether he would have a chance to come on as a substitute in the second half?

The broadcast camera turned to Tang Ye on the substitutes' bench; Tang Ye almost instantly noticed the camera turning his way and immediately sat up straight.

Having learned his lesson from the previous match, Tang Ye had specifically told Rodri, who was sitting next to him, about this.

If Tang Ye started to doze off, his good friend Rodri would wake him up immediately!

Check Dongqiu Di live match report: In the 3rd minute of the match, the live camera focused on Tang Ye, and the latter instantly caught the lens.

【"Top-Tier Midfielder's Vision"】

【"What a pity; if the match against Qatar had been one day earlier, Tang Ye could have started."】

【"Saint Ten, can you let Tang Ye play!"】

Fans in the comments section kept expressing their desire for Tang Ye to come on as a substitute, and amidst this debate, Manchester United scored their first goal of the match.

"Wow!"

Tang Ye stood up along with the players on the substitutes' bench.

A goal by Herrera!

Manchester United took the lead!

(End of Chapter)