Chapter 673: The Strongest Athlete

AC Milan's back-to-back victories have made the vast majority of Serie A teams choose to defend, when they encounter them.

Moreover, in order to prevent Feng Quan from completing the goal of "50 goals a season", even if the opponent misses other offensive players, he must adopt a two-to-three-person bag defense against Feng Quan.

Although the opponent's deliberate targeting increased the difficulty of Feng Quan's goal to a certain extent, by expanding his range of motion and increasing the passing ratio, Feng Quan not only helped AC Milan extend their winning streak to 16 games before the winter break, but also scored 30 goals himself.

With just two more wins, AC Milan will break the Serie A winning streak set by their rivals in 2006-2007.

Although this season's Serie A has not yet passed the halfway point, AC Milan, which has opened a 13-point gap with the second place, has basically killed the suspense of the championship.

While the Serie A arena is soaring, AC Milan also has a lot of gains in the transfer market.

After a month and a half of tug-of-war, Galliani finally signed Dutch centre-back Van Dijk from Southampton FC for a high price of 50 million euros, plus a top weekly salary of 150,000 euros in Serie A.

Although Van Dijk only joined Southampton in the Premier League from Sogra Celtic for 15 million euros in the summer of 2015, he has attracted the attention of more than a dozen European giants with only half a season.

Originally, Feng Quan provided only 40 million euros in transfer funds for Galliani in the winter transfer period, but in order to avoid being taken advantage of by other giants, Feng Quan took out 20 million euros from the third quarter "dividend" of the standard horse company before finally finalizing Van Dijk's transfer.

In addition, Galliani "booked" N'Golo Kante, who has suddenly risen this season and has a super midfield interception ability, from Leicester City in the Premier League for 35 million euros.

Galliani had initially planned to bring in N'Golo Kante in the winter transfer window, but Leicester City emerged as one of the biggest dark horses in European football this season without warning, and finished second in the Premier League table after the halfway point.

Although Leicester City knows that their own temple cannot keep the great god of N'Golo Kante, they are not willing to lose N'Golo Kante in the winter, who are expected to compete for the Premier League title this season. Moreover, the player himself is very keen to lift the Premier League trophy with Leicester City.

Considering that AC Milan has not participated in European competitions this season, the team's current squad configuration is enough to cope with domestic competitions, and several redundant players in the first team have not been "handled" in time, and in order to avoid a collapse with the other side, Galliani agreed to Leicester's request to wait until the summer of 2016 to sign N'Golo Kante.

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In preparation for the 2016 Asian Junior (U16) Football Championship, the football school has drawn up a 60-man squad.

With the excellent performance in the "Wande Football School Youth Invitational Tournament" held in June this year,

Including the players who were "bought out or loaned" in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League, the total number of "Wande" players selected for the squad reached 39. Moreover, this does not include Wang Xiaobei, Zhou Zhihang and Zeng Junhao, who joined the Atletico Madrid junior team in the summer of 2014.

In order to thank Wande Football School for its great contribution to Chinese football, and also to encourage the Chinese Super League, Chinese League A clubs, and other people in the society who really love football to actively participate in the great cause of youth football construction, the Football Association decided to invest funds in Wande Football School every year to discover more talented Puyu who cannot receive formal training due to family reasons.

In addition, in order to better help AC Milan FC develop the domestic market, and also to repay Liaoning Hongyuan Club, which led him to start his career as a "professional player", Fengquan decided to form a strategic partnership with Liaoning Hongyuan and do its best to help the former domestic football hegemon regain its former glory.

At the same time, the "Wind Team" football school, which will officially open in September 2016 and is wholly owned by Fengquan, will undertake the construction of the youth training echelon of Liaoning Hongyuan Club. Of course, Liaoning Hongyuan will pay the training fee to the "Wind Team" football school every year.

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Originally, the AC Milan defense conceded nearly 5 goals in the first 17 rounds of the league, which has made the vast majority of strikers in Serie A helpless.

It is true that Feng Quan's strong deterrent power on the pitch has greatly reduced the defensive pressure on the backline, but it is undeniable that Romagnoli, Felipe Luiz, and the sudden rise of young goalkeeper Donnarumma have also performed very well even when Feng Quan has not used the [God Light] skill.

After a winter break of more than half a month, with Dutch centre-back Virgil van Dijk arriving at the San Siro, the already solid AC Milan backline even gave Serie A strikers a taste of desperation.

From the 18th round of the 2016 home game against Bologna on 6 January 2016 to the final round against Roma on 15 May 2016, the AC Milan defence, led by Romagnoli and Virgil van Dijk, have only scored four goals in 21 league games.

AC Milan, who have conceded nearly nine goals throughout the season, not only set the record for the fewest goals conceded in a single season in Serie A, but also the world record for the fewest goals conceded in a single season.

In a situation where the defence left the opposition in despair, Feng Quan, who was able to concentrate on attack, not only scored 51 goals (plus 16 assists) himself, but also sealed AC Milan's goal tally for the season to 117 along with the rest of his team-mates. AC Milan, who scored 111 points with 37 wins and 1 loss throughout the season, also set a world record for the most points in a single season.

Although it failed to break the record of 125 goals set by Torino FC in the 1947-1948 season, it was simply not comparable to today's defensive system given the individual defensive ability of the players at the time. The 51-goal Feng Quan not only successfully fulfilled his goal for the season, but also gave the Italian media the first time to experience the terrifying ability of a superstar.

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In the summer of 2016, although Feng Quan did not spend as much money as he did a year ago, he signed central defender Musacchio from Villarreal for 18 million euros after N'Golo Kante was finalized early in the winter transfer window.

In addition, at a price of 55 million euros, he snatched the German midfielder Leroy Sane from the Premier League's "local tycoon" Manchester City.

Although AC Milan only brought in Ngello Kante, Musacchio and Leroy Sane in the summer of 2016, AC Milan will not only easily defend their Serie A title in the eyes of Europe's major media outlets, but will also be the top favourites to win the Champions League.

As expected by the media, AC Milan, who returned to the Champions League after two years, not only won all six games, scored 19 goals without conceding one goal and easily qualified from the group, but also defeated Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid in the knockout round, and once again met Juventus in the Champions League final.

Juventus, who reached the Champions League final for the second year in a row, tried to drag the game into a penalty shootout with a lot of tactics, but their defense held out for more than half an hour before being blasted away by Feng Quan with a long-range shot 25 meters from the goal.

Due to the distraction of the Champions League, AC Milan's league performance is not as good as last season, but the 33 wins and three draws are still enough to make them proud of the Serie A champions.

While helping AC Milan return to the top of Europe, Feng Quan led the national football team to defeat South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan and other strong opponents in the top 12 of the Asian region, and finally entered the World Cup finals again after 16 years with an excellent record of 8 wins and 1 draw.

Compared with the national football team's entry into the World Cup again, the performance of the national junior team with "Wande" players as the team is even more exciting.

Although the national junior team lost 2-3 to the old enemy South Korea team in the final due to refereeing factors, Wang Xiaobei, who had just turned 13, won the top scorer and best player awards in the Asian Junior Championship with his amazing performance of 5 goals and 6 assists in the tournament. Zeng Junhao in the midfield and Zhou Zhihang and Li Jinzhe in the backline were also selected for the best team of the event.

Although there is still a lot of uncertainty about the future of these young players, as long as they can resist the temptation of money and persevere in training, they will definitely be able to become the backbone of Chinese football in the future.

At the end of 2017, in recognition of Fengquan's immortal contributions to China's sports industry, the General Administration of Sports awarded him the honorary title of "The Strongest Athlete". (End of book)