What Is a Destroyer Midfielder?!

The goal kick was taken.

Bayer Leverkusen's young defender had barely received the ball before he was pressed by the opposing forward.

The lateral passing lane had been cut off as well.

He had intended to turn and pass back to the goalkeeper.

Then, in a blur, he saw a black-haired figure coming over to support him.

Though plenty of German players had black hair too.

Leo Kang's build was simply too recognizable.

He turned sideways and pushed the ball toward him.

"I'm not exaggerating! Brother Leo's timing and positioning in support were excellent!"

"It's just that this defender's pass was affected by the opposing player's pressure. The weight on it was a little off!"

The ball was not moving quickly.

Its path was badly off target.

Kurt immediately charged over!

He refused to believe that the Chinese kid could be faster than him.

At the youth-team level, he could win the ball from anyone in the final third.

Leo Kang was indeed not as fast as Kurt.

But he seemed to have anticipated it. He calmly took two steps, blocked off his opponent's position, and brought the ball under control first.

Kurt decisively stuck out his left foot.

His perfectly sculpted calf moved with astonishing speed.

Leo Kang lightly nudged the ball with his right foot.

The instant Kurt's foot landed.

With a simple turn of his body.

He leaned back, pressing his entire body against his opponent with his back turned!

Kurt instantly lost his balance, stumbled, and fell onto the turf!

Why did this kid's body possess such terrifying strength?

He had not even been given a chance to adjust his stride or lower his center of gravity.

The boos at Säbener Stadium eased slightly.

Even Bayern fans found the scene a little unbelievable.

How had their prodigy, Kurt, been knocked down so easily?

"Awesome!"

"Brother Leo is so smart in physical duels too! Bayern's number 10 was pressed down by his body before his left foot even touched the ground!"

At the sideline.

Coach Top's expression relaxed.

In a flash, he rushed from the bench to the touchline and began directing the other players' movements!

On the other side.

Augenthaler stroked his stubble. "The Chinese kid is smart. He didn't try to dribble past Kurt in front of him. He chose to use his body instead. He may not look strong, but he's no slouch in a physical battle."

The young assistant coach nodded. "Kurt underestimated him!"

On the pitch.

Kurt watched Bayer Leverkusen's number 10 grow farther and farther away.

A subtle change came over him.

He had actually been humiliated by a Chinese player?

In the blink of an eye.

Leo Kang carried the ball past the halfway line.

Facing Bayern's defensive midfielder closing in, he found an angle and slipped a diagonal through ball forward.

"Here it comes again, brothers!"

"Leo Kang's godlike through ball is coming right up!"

"Holy shit! Havertz was shoved straight out of bounds by their big, powerful Black center-back? That's ridiculous!"

Unfortunately.

Sixteen-year-old Havertz had timed his run perfectly.

But neither his speed nor his strength could match Bayern Munich Youth Team's center-back.

The ball eventually rolled out of bounds.

Havertz could only raise a hand toward Leo Kang in apology.

The match continued.

Bayern Munich Youth Team began building another attack.

The game quickly returned to the scene from the opening minutes.

A siege.

Under Kurt's orchestration.

Their midfielders and forwards, along with both fullbacks, pushed high up the pitch.

Relying on their movement, they frantically rotated positions in the attacking area.

The ball's progression traced out a constantly shifting geometric pattern.

Leaving Bayer Leverkusen's youngsters utterly unable to tell where the opposing players actually were.

Fortunately, Coach Top had not laid out detailed man-marking assignments before the match.

"Brothers, this looks a little dangerous. Bayern aren't Borussia Mönchengladbach, after all."

"At this rate, they could score any minute!"

As their team took complete control of the match.

The Bayern fans' cheers once again rang through Säbener Stadium.

Coach Top anxiously scratched his chin with one hand.

With the other, he continuously directed his players' positioning.

But no matter how he instructed them, he could not change the reality that Bayer Leverkusen's back line was being ruthlessly torn apart.

Leo Kang kept running back and forth across the pitch.

Even with God's Perspective allowing him to provide cover and recovery defense in time.

He still could not grasp the structure of the opposition's formation for the moment.

When Guardiola came to Bayern, he had also instilled Positional Play throughout the club's youth academy system.

This refined tactical approach, born from Cruyff's football philosophy.

Had faintly touched the ceiling of competitive football.

Its only weakness was that it demanded an exceptionally high level of collective rhythm and timing from the players on the pitch!

Timing?

As Leo Kang ran, he suddenly realized that the shadowed area in his mind was expanding.

All the dynamic information within God's Perspective abruptly froze.

All the noise around him vanished in an instant.

Then.

The scene began rewinding wildly!

Through countless fragments, he caught the differences in the timing of the opponent's attack.

Positional Play was a nearly perfect tactic in 2015.

But the youth players executing it were not perfect.

Kurt clearly differed from all his teammates in terms of timing!

The river of time began to flow again.

Leo Kang turned back.

And charged toward the right side of the penalty area.

By coincidence.

The ball had just left Kurt's left foot and was rolling toward Bayern's right back, who was surging forward from the right!

Bang!

Before everyone's eyes.

The black-haired boy cut off that perfect passing lane.

He turned sideways and burst forward with the ball.

Sounding the horn for Bayer Leverkusen's counterattack!

At Säbener Stadium, the Bayern fans' cheers came to an abrupt halt!

"Awesome! How did he do that?!"

"That wasn't just a tackle!"

"After Brother Leo won the ball, there just happened to be no opposing players within five meters ahead of him!"

"He destroyed Bayern Munich Youth Team's attack that easily?"

Kurt stood frozen in disbelief!

Augenthaler's eyes widened!

Coach Top was the first to react, frantically waving Bayer Leverkusen's youngsters forward!

The old man with the explosive hair let out a hysterical roar:

"Run!"

"Spread out the counterattack! Don't bunch together! Fan out! Fan out!"

One of the core principles of Positional Play was a high defensive line.

But Bayern Munich Youth Team's young defenders clearly had not had many opportunities to develop chemistry in actual matches.

Usually, they were the ones pinning their opponents back.

Even if the opposition had a chance to counter, they could not outrun or outmuscle any one of them!

But this time seemed a little different.

That Chinese youngster charging at them looked rather terrifying!

The ball crossed the halfway line!

Havertz ran toward the right, pulling Bayern Munich Youth Team's defensive midfielder away!

Bayer Leverkusen's young forward, Henrichs, sprinted desperately toward the left, dragging one of Bayern's center-backs with him!

Could they afford not to follow?

No!

Bayern could not ignore the Chinese youngster's through ball!

"Bayer Leverkusen have something here! They're using this fan-shaped attack to put Bayern's back line in a dilemma!"

"Watch closely. The other players who started a little slower have also spread out, becoming multiple late-arriving attacking options and making Bayern's recovering players hesitate!"

"Beautiful! Through their collective movement, they've created a one-on-one matchup between Brother Leo and the opposing center-back!"

"If he gets past him, he'll be through on goal!"