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Wenger actually knew that the media reporters did not really buy this line of his.

He did not even have the confidence himself that they could win the title this season!

But he had to make his stance clear.

Because Arsenal fans all over the world would not want to see their beloved team lacking even the ambition to compete for the title.

If the Arsenal players saw that even their manager had no hope for the season,

why would they bother fighting?

If even the boss had no hope, why should a bunch of footballers like them think so much about it?

They just had to do their own jobs.

Even if they could not stay at Arsenal, they could still sign a good contract with another club when the time came.

Players were, in plain terms, just highly paid wage earners...

While they were young and still able to play, making money at every opportunity was the way to go!

Only then could they guarantee themselves a worry-free life after retirement.

The overwhelming majority of professional footballers around the world thought this way.

Even at a top club like Arsenal, there were plenty of players like that!

Wenger had managed teams for many years, so he understood far too well what these players were thinking.

That was why he had to make his attitude clear.

Only then could he urge the players to train seriously and not slack off!

That day, news of Arsenal's 9–0 demolition of Blackpool spread throughout Britain.

Li Yufei's first hat-trick of his career was also repeatedly mentioned by the media.

<The Times: Arsenal demolish Blackpool 9–0 at home; Walcott and Li Yufei both score hat-tricks!>

<The Telegraph: They've gone berserk! Arsenal demolish Blackpool 9–0; Wenger says after the match that failing to win the title this season would count as failure!>

<Daily Mail: Arsenal wonderkid Li Yufei Adams scores the first hat-trick of his career in only his second league match; the future looks bright!>

<The Sun: Sources say American country pop princess Taylor Swift's new album may be related to Arsenal wonderkid Li Yufei>

Although the opponent was only a newly promoted team, the title of being the first hat-trick of his career was still more than enough to attract attention!

Many fans who had some impression of Li Yufei began browsing the related content.

Li Yufei's Twitter followers also rose from 200,000 when he first appeared to 500,000.

Tens of thousands of people followed Li Yufei's account every day on average.

Whenever he saw his follower count increasing day by day, Li Yufei could not help sighing inwardly:

"Sure enough, only official matches bring real exposure!"

"I've only played two league matches, yet the number of new followers has already exceeded my previous total."

"Keep it up!!!"

After silently cheering himself on, Li Yufei still felt somewhat disappointed.

Because the system had not given him any reward!

Perhaps it was because the opponent in this match had simply been too weak.

Even though Li Yufei had completed the first hat-trick of his career, the system had not reacted in the slightest.

After repeatedly confirming that he could not receive any response from the system for the first hat-trick of his career in an official match,

Li Yufei could only give up helplessly!

This match alone showed that the system was extremely picky about opponents.

If the opponent was too worthless, then even if it was the first hat-trick of Li Yufei's career,

it would not give him a single point!

"Cheap, so damn cheap..." Li Yufei muttered a few times before glancing at his system points.

He still had 300 Intermediate Soft Rice Points and 100 Advanced Soft Rice Points.

These were the rewards he had received after his career debut against Liverpool had been settled.

However, Li Yufei had not used them at the time because he had not yet decided which attributes to improve.

After looking over his various attributes, Li Yufei still decided to raise his Dribbling and Shooting first.

Those two attributes were simply too important for a forward.

As before, Li Yufei exchanged the 300 Intermediate Soft Rice Points for 3 attribute points, adding 2 points to Dribbling and 1 point to Shooting.

[Dribbling] rose from 87 to 89, while [Shooting] rose from 84 to 85.

As for the Advanced Soft Rice Points, Li Yufei could still only add them to [Burst].

His Burst attribute rose from 94 to 95.

The accompanying [Jumping] attribute also rose from 86 to 87.

Li Yufei's various attributes now stood as follows:

[Physical Data: Speed 99, Acceleration 99, Burst 95, Strength 72, Jumping 87, Hang Time 75, Stamina 70, Balance 80, Agility 78, Injury Resistance 99]

[Technical Data: Shooting 85, Dribbling 89, Ball Control 81, Short Passing 82, Long Passing 50, Crossing 65, Long Shot 70, Heading 55, Shot Power 75, Set Pieces 60]

[Other Data: Mentality 80, Football IQ 75, Positioning 75, Vision 63, Anticipation 60, Creativity 72, Aggression 75, Off-the-Ball Movement 60, Tackling 40, Interceptions 25, Sliding Tackle 20, Goalkeeping 10]

Seeing his stats, Li Yufei could not help nodding in satisfaction.

Now, among the attributes needed by a forward, aside from Heading being somewhat lacking, all the others were at least good.

His Strength was slightly weak, but Li Yufei could improve it through training.

After all, Strength was not directly related to football talent.

If Li Yufei gained weight, his Strength cap would certainly not stop at 75. Reaching 80+ would not be a problem.

However, considering that gaining weight would inevitably affect his Ball Feeling, Li Yufei would not foolishly put on weight.

Even with the system's safeguards, Li Yufei would not suddenly become unable to play football after gaining weight.

But to say there would be absolutely no effect was impossible.

At the very least, Li Yufei would need time to adapt to his new weight.

During that adjustment period, his performances on the pitch would inevitably decline.

Li Yufei was just afraid that his slump would cause the media to label it the "Li Yufei Rookie Wall."

What if Wenger believed it too, decided that Li Yufei still needed time to develop, and continued leaving him on the bench?

That would truly mean gaining nothing and losing everything!

For now, Li Yufei's task was to produce the best performances he could on the pitch.

Only then would Wenger completely trust him and promote Li Yufei to Arsenal's starting forward.

Once he had secured a starting position, Li Yufei would begin thinking about other things.

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