Chapter Twenty-Three: The First Stop

When Zhou Yi entered the system, he found that the first thing that came into his eyes was not Chu Aya and the training ground, but ...... A cutscene!

In the anime, he flies from China to Barcelona, Europe, on a plane that he has the same experience as in real life, and then flashes back to various Barcelona street scenes.

Finally, a map of the European continent reappeared, on which the cities of Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Dortmund, London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Milan were lit up one after another.

These will be the cities where the team they're going to play in.

Then, like stars on a dark blue map of Europe, these lit up cities radiated more and more light, and finally joined together, turning the entire space white.

This light was a little dazzling, and Zhou Yi couldn't help but turn his head sideways, squint his eyes, and raise his hand to cover his eyes.

After about two seconds, the white light disappeared, and Zhou Yi found himself in that familiar training ground again, and Chu Aya was standing in front of him.

"What's going on?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I've got a new map. Chu Aya replied. "The map of Europe is open. A new questline has also begun. ”

"New questline?"

"What are you here for?"

"Uh, challenge the academy ...... the big clubs"

"That's right, there's this mission in the system, and you can now play here against the opponent you're going to challenge. Chu Aya introduced.

These words lifted Zhou Yi's spirits - he has been using the system for more than a month, but it has always been training, except for training or training, it seems that this is just a training system.

But now he can even compete here!

Even if training can improve strength, it is boring after all. Zhou Yi still prefers competition.

Besides, Chu Aya also said that you can also improve your ability in the game.

And in some specific individual abilities, the improvement through competition may be greater than the improvement through training.

That's why in the football world, there is such a saying as "training by competition".

It's true that competition is a substitute for training in a way. And the training and improvement you get in the real competition is also more than in the training. This kind of improvement is more meaningful.

Otherwise, what's the point of being able to go over the triangular pyramid like Messi and Ronaldinho in training?

You can go it alone in Marseille, spin and catch the croquettes, then pick up Cruyff, turn around and catch the tail of the ox and finally swing past the man and send the football into the empty goal, what's the point?

You can juggle the ball 1,000 times in a row with any part of your body in training, and you won't necessarily be able to protect the ball for even a second in actual matches with the opposing player's reload.

Therefore, no matter how good the training is, if you can't test the results of the training in the competition, the training is meaningless.

So Zhou Yi couldn't wait to enter the game and challenge the first opponent of this "European Kicking Tour", Barcelona's under-17 youth team!

After a game, Zhou Yi looked at the dazzling 0:17 on the scoreboard and was dumbfounded.

"Gap...... So big?"

"This score can only represent the difference between your two teams in this game, and it does not represent the real difference between the two teams. But the real gap is about the same, if not so exaggerated. Chu Aya said.

"Okay, then again!"

"Still coming, and this team?" Chu Aya was a little surprised.

"That's right. Zhou Yi nodded. "Come on. ”

"Well, you can only play one game a day in the system. Chu Aya said.

"What kind of rules are these?" Zhou Yi was shocked.

"It's also about being realistic, and you can't stand a high-intensity game a day. So in the system, you can only play one game a day, you can't exceed that frequency. ”

"Then what should I do if I overpass?" Zhou Yi was curious.

"Just like cPu is constantly overloaded and then burns out, your brain will be burned out, and you'll be in a vegetative state and never wake up from your sleep. Chu Aya said.

Zhou Yi shuddered: "So terrible......? One day at a time, one at a time. But I'm just getting started this day, what am I going to do the rest of the time?"

"Training, of course. Don't you train except for games?"

"Okay, train and train!" Although he was unwilling to lose to La Masia's youth team, Zhou Yi could only choose to train now. Because it's also a purely virtual system for football, there's nothing else but training and playing.

At the same time, Zhou Yi also hopes to make some progress in the "second day" game through the improvement of training, at least he must be able to score, right?

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When Zhou Yi woke up from his sleep, it was already the morning of the second day.

The sky outside the hotel was still cloudy, but Zhou Yi couldn't sleep anymore. I slept too much yesterday, and now my mind is very clear.

Zhou Yi didn't get up, but lay on the bed and recalled those games in the virtual system.

He spent eight days in the FIFaoL system, one game per day against La Masia's Youth B team was a compulsory subject for those eight days, and he and his virtual teammates had no wins, all of them were defeated, and they didn't even score a goal.

The number of goals conceded ranges from a dozen goals to ** goals.

The gap is simply desperate.

Zhou Yi didn't have a concept before, thinking that if we people go to challenge Barcelona's youth team, it is certain that we will lose, but at least we will not lose too much, and we will have goals, at least one goal. He also fantasized that the goal was scored by himself.

But the reality is ...... He didn't score a goal, he was completely suppressed in the game, and he couldn't play his skills at all.

It's not just the team that has a big gap with others, it's also the individual players.

Zhou Yi had already looked at the data of his teammates and knew that in this team, He Ying was the strongest and had the highest value. But even He Ying did not have the upper hand when playing against La Masia's youth team.

Not to mention the performance of others.

By the way, Zhou Yi is indeed the weakest member of this team, and his value is also the lowest in the team......

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After a night's rest, the teenagers from China officially began their training to prepare for the competition. During the training, three camera teams followed them and filmed and recorded their training.

In addition to training on the football field, the young players also have to play some entertaining games off the field, complete some tasks, and according to the rules, complete some key tasks and even get the opportunity to play.

This seems to be a bit of a joke -- how can a chance to play be obtained because of who does a good job in the game? Shouldn't it be based on who performs well in normal training to get a chance to play?

But it can't be helped, who made this a reality TV show?

If it's too professional, and the majority of TV viewers don't like to watch it, the ratings will be miserable. The ratings are miserable, can you not be cut in half before the show is finished?

After all, this show is hoping to attract viewers who are not interested in football, and fans alone will not be able to watch it.

So something of an entertaining nature has to be added.

Therefore, when they were at the airport, those professional football reporters dismissed the show, thinking that they desecrated football, which was also justified.

How can such a child's play ensure the team's combat effectiveness?

At that time, I am afraid that every game will be a shame for Chinese football......

However, Hao Dong and the program team obviously also took this aspect into account, how to increase the entertainment without affecting the strength of the team?

It's very simple, write the script in advance, establish the rules, and make sure that the players who are the main players of the team will not lose in the process of playing the game. And not all the main players have to fight for the starting position by playing games, only two starting places in a game are generated by playing games, so if there is any accident, it will be considered a rotation...... Of course, it's best not to have such an accident.

With the strength of this team, even if they go all out, it will be difficult to beat the giant youth team, so how can they be qualified to rotate?

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The Chinese Youth Expeditionary Force will play in Europe for two months, playing 11 teams 12 times, including two against Barcelona's youth team - the first and the second.

After all, in today's football, La Masia's youth training strength is the strongest, and it has cultivated a number of world-class superstars, including Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, and Pep Guardiola...... These people are all from La Masia.

Ever since Cruyff, a Dutchman, came to Barcelona to coach and established himself as an important part of La Masia's academy, the place has been producing a steady stream of quality players.

So the city of Barcelona is both the beginning and the end.

Two months, 12 games, an average of five days.

The four days passed quickly.

Whether the team is ready or not, the Chinese Youth Expeditionary Force is about to have their first game.

Thought it was part of a variety show, so the game wouldn't be broadcast live.

And for the whole city of Barcelona, a visiting Chinese team did not attract much attention. A lot of Barcelona fans didn't even know there was such a game in their La Masia Academy.

Of course, this game is not intentionally closed to the public, in fact, this game is open and anyone can watch it, but it is not publicized, so many people don't know that there is such a game.

But no matter how I don't know, if the fans who happen to be in the youth team to watch the training, they can still see this game.

But they may wonder how Barcelona's youth team plays with a bunch of Asian kids.