Chapter 3: , Growth template, destroying-type midfielder!

The match resumed.

A team kicked off from the midfield.

They did not launch a large-scale press despite being behind.

Instead, they played a well-organized, three-dimensional, flexible attack.

It must be said that in this timeline's German youth training system, holistic development is heavily emphasized.

The speed of formation changes in A team's midfield and front line is extremely fast.

The defensive coverage density of B team's back line also constantly changes according to the positions of the opposing attackers.

Modern football had become overly competitive by 2015; if you wanted to establish yourself in the future in Europe's top... no, second-tier... third-tier leagues, every player had to use their brain from a young age.

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

Li Kang nodded.

Next.

Tuop and the assistant coach were shocked again!

The black-haired boy on the pitch seemed to have God's perspective.

He always appeared in the most suitable position, coordinating with teammates to defuse the opponent's advance and cut off their forward passing lanes!

At the same time.

His movement maintained a rectangular four-corner defensive positioning with the midfield and backline teammates!

"What a damned sense of position! Has he never received German youth training? Just from Havertz's single gesture, he fully grasped the team's general defensive intention!"

"His vision and awareness, his understanding of space and time, are exactly those of an elite student from Lamasia!"

"If it weren't for his poor tackling and speed, he would have had countless counterattack opportunities by now!"

"Oh! Another bad habit left over from Lamasia, do you see it? After a successful defense, he always wants to keep the ball at his feet instead of clearing it the safest way first! Nowadays, hardly any teams play a technical defensive style!"

"On the pitch, he outshines Havertz!"

"It's still that deep-rooted Lamasia bad habit; I don't know what template their youth coach used to train him, but this style of play is too ball-dependent."

"The template seems to be... Lamasia's number four position? Too bad his technique and overall abilities are lacking... except for passing."

"No, this style of play can't get him onto the first team! Record it truthfully and hand the report over to the first-team coaching staff."

"Damn it, are Dragon Kingdom players really unsuited for football? Li Kang clearly has this football IQ, but his technique is pure trash!"

Twenty minutes later.

The assistant coach blew the whistle signaling the end of the training match.

B team won 3-0.

The little teammates all ran up to Li Kang.

"We've played against Barcelona in the youth Champions League, yet we've never seen you? You're far smarter than them!"

"Adding Son Heung-min, our first team now has two Asian players!"

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

"..."

Li Kang merely gave a faint smile in response.

He had never felt such enthusiasm in Lamasia.

Because his passing and control skills were too poor, he struggled to fit into the team and rarely appeared in the youth squad match roster.

A moment later.

The young players only then realized: he's mute.

The assistant coach clapped his hands to disperse the crowd.

They pulled Li Kang to the side.

Tuop scratched his spiky hair and said seriously: "Li, I need to give you some advice. At Leverkusen, you don't have those Lamasia teammates! German football emphasizes the collective! No matter how crazy Wohler is, he wouldn't build a sissy system around you!".

"The youth team won't either! You can't play a few youth league matches with us!"

"You need to seize the time and make a change!"

He paused.

He lifted the corner of Li Kang's jersey and sighed: "Not bad, nice even muscle lines; keep up your previous training attitude!"

The youth team head coach couldn't bring himself to say the rest: in the football world, the body relies too much on talent.

Li Kang nodded seriously.

He recognized the spiky-haired old man before him.

In his previous life, he had seen in the newspaper: the meritorious coach of Leverkusen's "Sanya King" era.

The youth team's lunch break is very long.

After Li Kang and his teammates finished lunch, he alone returned to the dormitory.

It happened to be the Bundesliga off-season.

The first-team dormitory didn't have many staff members.

Only a few security guards warmly greeted him.

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

Li Kang returned to his room.

A mechanical electronic synthesized sound immediately rang in his mind.

【Detected that the Host is about to embark on the German league campaign!】

【Triggered growth template, adapting... 1%... 50%... 100%! Best template selected: Destroying-type Midfielder!】

【Greatly enhances training effectiveness for speed, leg strength, physical confrontation, tackling, and stamina!】

【Exchange condition: Greatly suppress the dopamine reward neurotransmitter!】

Li Kang was slightly startled.

Four years ago, he exchanged his language ability for: God's perspective.

What is the dopamine reward neurotransmitter?

He took out his phone and searched the keyword.

After a moment.

Li Kang took a deep breath, as if making a very important decision.

【Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the growth template: Destroying-type Midfielder!】

Suddenly, a three-dimensional human body model appeared before him.

At the model's brain.

There were two small black shadows.

Among them, the shadow restricting language ability had doubled in size compared to 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↑.】

【Jump: 66; Physical contact: 68↑; Stamina: 69↑.】

【Defense: 68; Tackles: 64↑; Goalkeeping: 30.】

【God's perspective.】

【Lu Yin Ke Si Ta "Divine Through Pass" module (incomplete).】

This attribute, by the national team's standard, isn't really trash, right?

The small arrow behind.

That probably means "the training effect will be improved."

The training intensity in the afternoon was not high.

After a simple joint practice.

Li Kang and his teammates arrived at a classroom.

A fat man wearing black-framed glasses drew complex lines on the blackboard.

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

"Today we will discuss the pros and cons of this tactical system!"

The following content.

It couldn't help but broaden Li Kang's horizons.

The fat man kept drawing lines, moving the magnetic flags.

A meticulous, step-by-step analysis.

Up to 16 kinds of formation variations.

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

Because back then, Cruyff had set a rule: not allowing La Masia players to be exposed to tactical instruction too early.

Li Kang dared not get distracted, taking notes with effort.

Only when the fat man paused to drink water.

Only then did he begin to recall the situations he had faced on the field.

Relying on God's perspective, many tactical details he previously couldn't understand gradually lifted a veil of obscurity.

He couldn't help but sigh: Modern football... is too cutthroat, right?