Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

Chapter 1 This...is this someone else's panel?
2013 2 Month 11 Day.

There are only 15 days left until Guangzhou Evergrande's first AFC Champions League match in 2013.

Inside the head coach's office in the luxurious club building.

Silver Fox, with a full head of white hair, was examining the team's final roster, which had been sent by the assistant coach, with a cigar in his mouth and a furrowed brow.

Goalkeeper positions: Yang Jun, Li Shuai, Zeng Cheng.

Backcourt: Rong Hao, Feng Xiaoting, Kim Young-gwon, Zhang Linpeng, Sun Xiang.
Midfielders: Conca, Huang Bowen, Zheng Zhi, Qin Sheng, Zhao Xuri
Forwards: Elkeson, Gao Lin, Muriqui

Lippi and his team had been working on this list for a long time. The list was originally supposed to be finalized and submitted directly to the AFC to lock in Guangzhou Evergrande's official registration form for this season's AFC Champions League. However, things went wrong when Lippi went to the reserve team to watch a selection match.

Standing at 1.91 meters tall, with an extremely strong physique, and possessing football intelligence and skills that completely surpass the entire team and even Lippi's own understanding of Italian U18-level midfielders, this was the kind of person who suddenly gave Lippi the feeling that he had dug up the Ocean Star that Rose had thrown into the sea in the desert.
"What about Su Hao? Was there really only that little information about him before?"

"Yes, sir, that guy hadn't received any professional football training before he was 15. And with his height and build, he was supposed to play center-back or even goalkeeper at his previous school. It was only after he came to Evergrande Football School at the end of last year that he switched to playing defensive midfield under the guidance of professional coaches. And then... you know what happened next. From the U16 to the U18 and even the reserve team, his performance was nothing like that of a normal Chinese player!"

When Su Hao was mentioned, assistant coach Madaloni, who is usually not very talkative, suddenly started rambling on and on.

It's no wonder Madaloni acted this way, given that scoring 3 goals and providing 3 assists in just 45 minutes of scrimmage is indeed quite unbelievable.

Let's go back three hours.

The training ground for the reserve team at Evergrande's training base.

After learning that the first team's head coach, Marcello Lippi, would be in attendance to watch the match, the young players of Guangzhou Evergrande's U20 team have been preparing for a full week.

Leaving aside the incredible treatment they'd receive in the first team, the mere thought of training alongside top players like Conca and Muriqui is enough to make these young players incredibly eager.

With Liao Lisheng, who had trained with them before, already securing a spot on the first team, the group naturally became even more excited.

However, among the group of shouting young people, a black-haired boy with a physique that intimidated them did not seem as excited.

While everyone else was frantically doing warm-up exercises, the black-haired boy simply sat on the sidelines, lost in thought.

"Ugh! It's infuriating to compare yourself to others! Look at Su Hao, he doesn't even seem to care! That act of arrogance is just too damn infuriating!"

"Yes, but it's normal not to feel anything. In just one month, he was promoted from the football academy to the U18 team, and then promoted to our team. It's only a matter of time before he makes it into the first team."

"Damn, 16 years old, 1.91 meters tall, and that body you can't even touch, who knows how this guy grew up!"

"The key issue is his skill level. People say this guy only received professional training for two months, damn it, that's absolutely a lie. I think his skills are good enough to secure a place in the first team!"

The young people warmed up while discussing it.

However, what they didn't know was that the boy being watched by everyone wasn't pretending to be calm and collected.

Instead, his bizarre control panel, which he had used since his transmigration, actually reacted today for the first time ever.

The boy's real name was Su Dalin. He was born in 1994 and died in 2022. He was watching the national football team play a match when they were defeated by a last-minute goal, which caused instant noodles to block his trachea.

He was truly dead, but like many tragic fans who died for the national football team, when Su Dalin opened his eyes, he found himself transported to the present world.

It has been almost two months since 2022.

Over the past two months, Su Hao has completely integrated himself into the group.

With parents who ran a small business, Su Hao, who already had good financial conditions and a love for football, easily entered the Evergrande Football School.

However, apart from his explosive physique, Su Hao's football talent was not particularly outstanding.

However, everything changed after Su Dalin usurped the position and opened the Chosen One panel, which Su Dalin had never seen before.

【Host:?????】

[Nationality: ? ? ? ?] [Age: 30]

Occupation: Football player

[Team Played For: ? ? ? ? ? ?]

【honor:????】

[Personal Honors: ???]

Preferred position: ? ?

[Personal Abilities: ? ? ? ? ? ?]

[Panel Status: System Banned Duration: 4 years.]

[PS: 1. You are already dead, but God has given you a second chance.]

2. During the panel ban period, all your attributes will be paused and revert to your 18-year-old state.

3. Diligence may change everything!

Ahem! This is Su Hao's control panel.

The entire panel is filled with question marks.

According to Su Hao's understanding, this thing, strictly speaking, wasn't his own at all.

30 years old?
Whether in his previous life or this one, he was never thirty years old.

What's most disgusting is the 4-year ban mentioned on the panel. Doesn't that mean that if you have this thing, you won't make any progress in four years?

Of course, if it weren't for that last requirement of diligence, Su Hao wouldn't even bother with training.

However, what puzzled Su Hao was that even though all his data was locked on the form of the U18 player who died at the age of 30, he was still so strong in the Evergrande Football School and even the Evergrande reserve team.
Is he so strong that he's basically dominating the weaker teams during training?
Su Hao knew that the level of football academies in China was not comparable, but the current Evergrande reserve team was composed of all the main players from the former China League Two team, Dongguan Nancheng.

Moreover, even though they were all professional players, I still felt like I was easily defeating monsters in front of them.

I am genuinely very confused.
However, Su Hao is a very easygoing person. Whether in his previous life or this life, he doesn't like to get stuck on things. So, after accepting the question mark panel in a very short time, Su Hao began to drift along with the tide as usual.

The training proceeded as planned, and I ate and drank as usual every day.

Su Hao's initial plan was to make it into the first team and earn more money before Evergrande's problems surfaced.

However, just as Su Hao was about to continue his carefree, drifting life...

The panel, which had been completely unresponsive from the beginning, suddenly emitted a melodious "ding-dong" sound.

"U18 initial mission triggered!"

"Get a full contract with a championship-caliber team within a month!"

"Reward for completing the mission: Unlocks a top-tier ability (talent) in one of the panel's features."

What did I do?

This unlocks a single ability?

And it's considered top-tier?

Although I don't know whose template this 30-year-old died was, just his performance at 18, plus the word "top-notch".

With that kind of ability, you could at least make a name for yourself in the Chinese Super League or even Asia.
(End of this chapter)