The perfect midfield: It starts with never passing the ball to Ronaldo.

[He's the starting midfielder for the U19 team! Like father, like son!]

The youth academy team has acquired a key player, and he can also do the first team coach a favor. Oliveira took out his phone and typed away to report the good news.

The match on the green field continued, and the blue team became visibly impatient after kicking off, pressing forward aggressively in an attempt to quickly regain the lead.

This gave Mario even more opportunities to shine, and the 18-year-old who had previously delivered outstanding performances has now become a reliable teammate for the younger players on the field.

There was absolutely no need for the Red Team's defensive midfielder to repeatedly reach for the ball like some old man did; he intercepted the ball and launched a long pass directly to Mario in midfield.

As he easily controlled the ball with his back to the direction of the attack, a tremendous force immediately came from behind him.

The guy with the small mustache, who hadn't defended his idol's honor earlier, immediately stepped up from behind.

Fortunately, Mario wasn't a weakling with a combat power of only 4; he managed to maintain his balance thanks to his positional advantage and lower body strength.

While observing his teammates' positioning, he noticed that the Blue Team's advancing defense was not returning to position in time, leaving a wide-open gap behind the right-back.

Just as the bearded man pushed harder, Mario flicked the ball behind him with his left heel, while simultaneously turning sharply.

Use skill to overcome brute force!

The ball, like a bouncing musical note, played a beautiful melody at Mario's feet.

The bearded man, whose body couldn't keep up, stumbled and, after a moment's delay, could only watch the annoying figure sprint away with the ball.

With long strides, the grass rushed past Mario's feet.

Seeing that things were not going well, the right center-back quickly moved to cover, while the full-back hurriedly chased back.

Thirty meters!

Twenty meters!

Mario's timing in making his forward run was impeccable; he cut into a defensive vacuum.

Even as the panting and footsteps behind him drew closer, the boy's steps remained perfectly steady.

A momentary pause in the rhythm fooled the right-back who was desperately chasing back, and a fake shot followed by a cut-off threw the right-center-back, who was eager to block, into disarray.

Mario's solid fundamentals make his dribbling moves very crisp and clean.

With almost no slowing down, he stretched out his foot and touched the ball forward, bursting into the penalty area!

Chance!!

The goalkeeper did not sit idly by and decisively abandoned his goal to attack.

Mario calmly looked towards the bottom right corner of the goal and made a shooting motion with his right foot.

It must be said that the young man reacted very quickly; the seventeen-year-old Blue team goalkeeper made a very sensitive decision to dive and block the shot.

But the experienced driver soon showed him what it meant to be calm and composed, and to handle things with ease.

The ball was not shot.

A brilliant feint.

Mario flicked his ankle, gently pushing the ball to the left.

He dribbled past the fallen goalkeeper and then easily pushed the ball into the empty net with his left foot.

The hidden weapon included with the crossover is incredibly powerful; having no weak foot is extremely useful for attacking midfielders.

"The second goal!"

"I hope the U19 team doesn't get thrashed by Sporting Lisbon this year; how can they get expelled with a level of performance like that!"

"The play was quite good, just a bit too selfish. If the ball had been passed to a teammate, the goal would have been open long ago!!"

"He already said he had no obligation to pass the ball; this guy is a lone wolf."

"But he passed the ball on his first offensive opportunity." The Red Team's bench erupted in discussion, with all the talk focusing on Mario.

On the other side, the Blue team's right-back knelt on the grass, his hands covering his head. He was completely fooled by José's change of pace, and he was largely responsible for conceding the goal.

Oliveira's eyes lit up on the sidelines. That skill, that style of play, that composure under pressure.

Especially this weakness in the weak foot!

Oliveira's observations over this period of time have clearly confirmed his suspicions.

Mario's weak foot is incredibly agile and powerful, almost like his dominant foot.

It's so important for modern attacking midfielders!

Firstly, it can greatly enrich and accelerate offensive options. No matter which side the ball comes from, you can use the most suitable foot to stop the ball, turn, or pass the ball with one foot in the first instance, reducing the time to adjust your footing, avoiding being dispossessed by the opponent, and making the team's offensive and defensive transitions faster.

Secondly, the ability to deliver accurate through balls, long passes, and threatening balls with both feet means that the attacking vision and angles are doubled. Defenders cannot predict the passing route by blocking your dominant foot.

It can also help you dribble and break through more flexibly, allowing attacking players to dribble in both directions without any worries, and combine inside and outside changes of direction, making it impossible for the defending defender to predict your intentions.

Finally, it allows you to shoot from any angle, so that no matter whether the opportunity arises in the left or right foot zone, you can shoot directly without having to adjust to your dominant foot and miss a fleeting chance. This directly increases your goal-scoring rate and the threat of long-range shots.

genius!

This time there were no problems!!

José Mario is an absolute genius!!

Sign a contract, hone your skills in the U19 team, then promote them to the first team to boost their stats, and finally sell them for a high price. Your position as a youth training coach will be more and more secure!

As for the issues of defensive positioning and route selection that were discovered at the beginning, they are now insignificant.

In football, attacking players are always the most valuable, and Mario is the kind of talented player who can dominate the game on the offensive end.

Now, this rough gem is just waiting for its discerning eye to carefully polish it.

Time ticked by, and Oliveira's gaze toward Mario held only admiration and anticipation.

He kept writing and drawing in his notebook, trying to list out the strengths and weaknesses of this super genius and devise a unique strategy to boost his stats.

Trailing by two goals, the Blue team became even more aggressive in attack, pressing forward with all their players, including their center-backs who pushed into the halfway line.

Faced with such a strong counterattack, even the offensively talented Mario had to participate in the defense.

It has to be said that doing things you're not good at takes a lot of physical exertion. The rapid depletion of his energy made him breathe heavily, and sweat dripped down his jawline.

But Oliveira's eyes on the sidelines were getting brighter and brighter!

There are many talented people who have failed to live up to their potential on the football field, and the reasons are varied.

Serious injuries, professional attitude, lifestyle, outdated technical style, and psychological factors are all potential reasons why they fall short of expectations.

After watching this match, I can at least say that I don't need to worry about the professional attitude of the player I discovered.

His playing style is also more suited to modern football than that of the Colombian prodigy Rodriguez in the first team!

As for psychological factors, the fact that he could still stand tall and fight on the football field despite being cyberbullied for so long is enough to prove that he has a very strong mind.

With this in mind, Oliveira continued to take notes in his notebook: control his playing time to ensure his physical development, optimize his teammates and living environment to cultivate good living habits.

"Quickly retreat to defense!!" The shouts from the field brought the coach back to focus on the game.

The blue team's corner kick was punched away by the red team's goalkeeper, and the ball fell to Mario's feet.

He turned around and began dribbling forward.

Suppress the discomfort caused by the intense gas exchange in your lungs and keep moving faster.

The two blue team's center-backs retreated as they fought, not daring to press forward easily, having already witnessed Mario's sharp breakthroughs.

With teammates on the right flank making a high-speed run and support in the middle, the red team's counter-attack speed is very fast.

Noticing the Blue Team's hasty and disorganized defense, Mario suddenly took a shot from 35 meters away from the goal!

It wasn't a shot on goal.

Instead, it shifts towards the weaker side.

Instead of opting for a high ball, the skilled and daring Mario delivered a long, low pass that stretched over forty meters!

Extremely fast yet precise!

The ball suddenly appeared in front of the striker who had made a diagonal run into the penalty area from the left flank!

A perfect combination of passing technique and creativity, this low shot completely bypassed all the defenders, as if the trajectory of the football was being controlled by invisible lines.

Receive the ball, one-on-one opportunity!

The blue team's goalkeeper rushed out in desperation, and the striker delicately chipped the ball over the goalkeeper.

The ball sailed past the goalkeeper and towards the empty net!

But just then, a blue figure came flying in with a sliding tackle and hooked the ball away on the goal line!

Just as the scrambling, bearded man was about to raise his arms and shout to deflate the arrogance of the opposing newcomers, he saw that the football had not gone out of bounds, but was rolling towards the edge of the penalty area.

Mario had already dashed there without anyone noticing.

His lungs were burning even more, but it didn't affect his technique at all.

He adjusted his foot while running and, following the ball's rolling path, went straight to meet it!

Before them lay a chaotic defensive line of five Blue Team players, with the goalkeeper still lying on the ground.

No angle, and too many people!

It wasn't a powerful shot, but a delicate chip shot.

The ball traced a high parabola, soaring over the heads of all the players who jumped to block it, and began to fall above the goal line, gently crossing it.

The graceful, free-flowing sound of the ball landing replaced Little Mustache's shouts as the focus of this competition!

Oliveira smiled as he looked at Mario, who was pinned at the bottom. It seemed the lads were welcoming their new teammate even faster than he was.

"Welcome to Porto, Mr. No Obligations~"