I changed football.

"My goodness! Only 30 minutes into the first half, Li Yuan has already scored 6 goals, averaging one every 5 minutes!"

"Li Yuan scored the first goal by cutting inside from the wing and unleashing a powerful shot, and the second goal was a world-class long-range strike from 30 meters out."

"The third goal was a powerful breakthrough through the middle to the edge of the penalty area, followed by a curling shot that found the back of the net."

"The fourth goal was a penalty kick awarded after he was brought down by two defenders after dribbling into the penalty area."

"The fifth goal was a long-range shot after dribbling inside from the right wing and then dribbling laterally."

"The sixth goal was scored directly from a free kick."

"All six goals were spectacular. Li Yuan has also officially surpassed Su Maozhen and Qu Shengqing's record of 5 goals in a single game, becoming the Chinese national team's highest-scoring player in a single match, and it's only been 30 minutes."

"On January 23, 2000, in an Asian Cup qualifier match between the Chinese men's national football team and the Philippines, Su Maozhen scored four goals in 35 minutes, and added another goal in the second half, ultimately achieving the remarkable feat of scoring five goals in a single match. Three days later, also in an Asian Cup qualifier match between the Chinese men's national football team and Guam, the national team achieved a huge score of 19-0, and Qu Shengqing scored five goals in this match, becoming the second Chinese player to score five goals in a single match."

"And now Li Yuan has become the first Chinese player to score 6 goals in a single game!"

He Wei's excited and high-pitched voice continued.

The cheers from the fans continued.

Li Yuan's steps did not stop.

Because he hasn't achieved his goal yet.

In the 40th minute, Li Yuan found another opportunity.

The Maldives' defense is full of holes; it's just a matter of whether you can find and exploit them.

This time, Li Yuan raised his hand in the flank area to ask for the ball, and Wu Xi passed the ball to him without hesitation.

Li Yuan's take wasn't exactly comfortable, but he didn't mind. After all, he hadn't had much time to train with his national team teammates, and Wu Xi's ability was what it was. While he couldn't compare to Bernardo Silva, he was already very good compared to other domestic players.

After adjusting his position, Li Yuan suddenly turned around, and the Maldivian black center-back couldn't stop him at all. Li Yuan turned around and took a shot with precision and decisiveness.

The Maldives goalkeeper tried to save the ball but couldn't touch it at all and could only watch it go into the net.

7:0.

"7-0! My God! Six goals is a hat-trick, but what do you call seven goals? A 7-Up?"

He Wei had already started making jokes.

Indeed, the situation on the field right now is far too easy.

The fans in the stands had already started entertaining themselves.

At first, it was people doing the wave, but then someone started dancing the Poznan dance.

Then some people started playing the Norse Viking War Cry.

They come and play in turn.

After that, the whole team left the field in high spirits when the first half ended.

When they returned to the locker room, everyone took turns congratulating Li Yuan.

"My goal just now wasn't enough. In the second half, besides scoring, I also need to pass the ball more. I can pass the ball well in Monaco too."

Constantly bringing up past achievements can be annoying.

But when you truly have the ability, saying that won't annoy people.

Li Yuan's performance today was truly stunning.

Fans have never seen a Chinese player score so many goals before.

The Chinese national team players were even more shocked. While the fans were still marveling from outside the goal, these national team players had played against the Maldives before. The Maldives may be weak, but who could score so many goals against the Maldives? Never before in history.

Moreover, Li Yuan's goal wasn't the kind of easy tap-in, but rather a spectacular, dazzling goal.

"Yuan! I've never seen a Chinese player score a goal like that, dribbling past several players!" Wu Xi said to Li Yuan with a smile. "I've only ever seen that with foreign players!"

Wu Xi's statement is definitely a bit of an exaggeration. There are indeed Chinese players who have scored goals by sprinting down the wing in the league.

But it's really rare, so whenever someone does it, it gets a lot of amazement and people say, "Chinese people can score like that too!"

And Li Yuan scored more than one goal like that today.

The fans were completely mesmerized.

The players were engaged in lively discussion in the locker room, while in the coach's room, Anson whispered to Gao Hongbo, "Should we go and try to calm them down?"

Gao Hongbo laughed and said, "What's there to be sure about? Are you worried about not scoring in the second half? I actually feel we'll score more in the second half, maybe even double digits!"

Anson laughed and said, "Indeed, I never expected Li Yuan to have such a phenomenal performance today!"

"Hey—this isn't called a breakout performance. Didn't you see how effortlessly Li Yuan played today? Many of his passes were actually tail-balls, high-flying passes, the balls weren't easy to get to him, but he adjusted very quickly and scored through his individual skill. Sigh, our local players really can't keep up with Li Yuan's pace."

"It's okay, we have time to adjust."

"The best solution is to have as many players playing abroad as possible in the national team, so that the rhythm can be unified."

Anson was taken aback: "Why are you suddenly bringing up studying abroad again?"

Gao Hongbo slapped his thigh: "Oh dear, going abroad, going abroad! Everyone says going abroad is good for players, but Hao Junmin and Zhang Xizhe didn't get much playing time, yet they both showed significant improvement after returning for half a season to a full season. That's huge proof. But now, with China's money-driven football, if you send players abroad, are they willing to give up such huge salaries to earn only a tenth of that? And even then, it's hard to get playing time?"

Anson added, "For players who can go abroad to play, it's not one-tenth, it's one-twentieth, or even one-thirtieth of the money."

Gao Hongbo sighed, "Who would go at a time like this?"

"Wu Lei has a chance."

"I saw the news, but would he be willing to go? His salary in China is already among the highest for domestic players—"

Ansen glanced at Gao Hongbo: "Hongbo, you should learn more about the locker room. Everyone's been talking about this lately. Wu Lei has this idea and really wants to make it happen."

Gao Hongbo was startled: "Really?"

"How could this be false? I heard that Wu Lei's contract expires at the end of this year. He was originally preparing to renew his contract with the team, and they started negotiating at the end of last year. But then Li Yuan came along and rekindled Wu Lei's dream of playing abroad. Now the contract renewal has been suspended. As soon as Li Yuan came, Wu Lei went to talk to Li Yuan about playing abroad."

"If it's true, that would be wonderful."

……

In the second half, the Maldives tried to put up a fight at the start of the second half, but when Li Yuan retreated to the middle to press, then dribbled through the middle and unleashed a powerful shot into the net, bringing his total shots to eight, the Maldives players completely collapsed.

If their star player is this good, what's the point of us playing?

However, Li Yuan, who had scored 8 goals, was still not satisfied.

Nine? We haven't even reached our target yet.

So Li Yuan kept looking for opportunities.

He provided two assists in a row, one for Wu Lei and one for Yang Xu.

The score is already 10-0, and in terms of goal difference, it's the biggest score in the history of the two teams' encounters.

However, in terms of the number of goals scored, Li Yuan felt it wasn't enough.

In the 61st minute, Li Yuan drifted to the middle and received a cross from Li Xuepeng on the left wing. He jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal.

He scored his 10th goal of the match.

Okay, that's a wrap!