Did this perverted kid really come from the youth team?

The U18s were still running laps.

Ignacio looked utterly dejected.

Just last night, he had stayed up late devising an attacking tactic centered around Su Bai.

Brimming with confidence, he had been ready to tear through the league!

But clearly, none of that mattered anymore.

Ignacio knew that, given Su Bai's performance, the kid would soon be promoted to the first team, but he had never expected it to happen this quickly!

The guy had only played one match.

Damn Xie Luotuo!

Couldn't you have waited a little longer?

Boca Juniors Club covered a vast area.

From the U18 grounds to the first team, it took Su Bai and the first-team staff member more than ten minutes to get there.

Compared with the cramped, out-of-the-way U18 training ground, the first-team facilities were far more luxurious.

After all, they were a powerhouse of the Argentine Primera División.

Every facility on the massive training pitch was beyond anything the U18 side had.

On the training ground, Xie Luotuo was watching the first-team stars drill a new tactical setup.

The loss in the previous league round had made him realize that the team's attacking approach was far too one-dimensional.

Other than breaking through the middle, neither flank had any real scoring threat.

Barcelona's tiki-taka had had an enormous influence on world football over the past two years.

Especially in South America.

Countless teams had rushed to imitate Barcelona's possession-based style.

And to be fair, Argentine players' delicate technique really did suit Barcelona's passing game.

But while it looked good, without an exceptional wide attacker like Messi, passing and possession alone made it hard to create truly effective attacks.

"Badala! You useless bastard, stop hugging the byline! Cut inside! That was such a good chance—you should've shot it yourself! All you know is how to feed those idiots at the back post!"

Seeing his starting winger habitually go down the line again in search of a cutback pass, Xie Luotuo began berating him.

Balada hurriedly replied with an "Okay."

The defeat had put the old man in a foul mood today.

He was far from the first one to get yelled at.

Just then, Su Bai followed the staff member to the sidelines.

"Mr. Xie Luotuo!"

Upon seeing the first-team head coach, Su Bai politely greeted him.

Xie Luotuo nodded, then turned his attention back to the field.

The reason he had called Su Bai up to the first team was simply to test whether the kid could adapt to the pace of first-team football.

Su Bai had indeed been monstrously good with the U18s, but that was only youth league football.

Compared with the first team, the standard of the youth league was honestly far lower.

Any one of his players could dominate there.

Seeing Xie Luotuo leave him standing on the sidelines, Su Bai remained expressionless and turned his gaze toward the pitch as well.

It was the same setup as with the youth team.

Starting XI A versus Reserve XI B!

But the pace of the match was indeed much faster than at youth level.

Especially the speed of passing, receiving, and advancing the ball!

It was on a completely different level from the youth team.

What was interesting was that the gap between the reserve B team and the A team was not that huge.

At the very least, the B team could occasionally use positional play to carry the ball near the A team's penalty area.

But the B team could do little more than advance the ball. In these ten minutes, they had not managed a single shot.

Apparently having seen enough of the players' pathetic display of all flourish and no end product, Xie Luotuo finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted!

"Gela!!!"

"Get down there!"

Xie Luotuo turned to look at Su Bai.

"You, take the right wing position and replace that guy from the B team!"

"Yes, sir!"

On the pitch!

The Boca Juniors first-team stars curiously sized up Su Bai as he ran onto the field.

Honestly, Su Bai looked pretty handsome!

But aside from that, there was nothing particularly remarkable about him.

He had a well-proportioned build and decent height.

Who knew what had gotten into their head coach, bringing a sixteen-year-old kid here?

Did he think Argentina was full of Messis?

Goal kick for the B team!

The B-team goalkeeper launched the ball toward midfield with a booming kick.

The ball happened to be dropping into the right side of the pitch where Su Bai was.

Facing the rapidly descending ball!

Su Bai sprinted toward the landing spot at once.

But at that moment, A team's starting defensive midfielder, Wilmar Barrios, ran over as well.

Their bodies collided.

As the team's starting defensive midfielder, Barrios clearly did not take this sixteen-year-old youth-team brat seriously.

He boxed Su Bai out.

Barrios calmly jumped from behind Su Bai.

Facing the incoming ball, Barrios stretched his head out as usual.

This kid didn't even know how to anticipate the jump. What a—

But!

Right then.

An unimaginable force suddenly surged up from beneath him.

Barrios, one meter eighty-eight and built like a bull, was sent flying backward in an absurd fashion!

"Gasp!!!"

The sight was far too outrageous.

Meanwhile, Su Bai, who had jumped a beat later than Barrios, effortlessly knocked his opponent away and headed the ball to his B-team teammate behind him!

Barrios lay on the ground, staring dumbfoundedly as the slender teenager ran past him.

Seeing that the temporary referee gave no indication of a foul, the B-team attacking midfielder who had just received the ball immediately nudged it forward and charged straight through the middle.

With no defensive midfielder in the way!

The B team quickly carried the ball into the A team's half!

Seeing the situation!

The A-team center-back had no time to worry about anything else and charged out of the penalty area to intercept.

But the instant he saw the center-back rush at him, the B-team attacking midfielder shifted slightly to the side and passed the ball to Su Bai, who was racing down the right flank!

After receiving the ball, Su Bai continued his fierce charge down the wing.

But at that moment, A team's starting fullback, Belchini, quickly closed in on him!

Facing Belchini, the sprinting Su Bai suddenly came to a sharp stop!

Then, with his left foot, he rapidly nudged the ball to his left.

At the same time, he drove from his waist and completed a turn and cut inside in an instant!

Belchini froze!

This...

This was too fast!

He had already guessed that this guy would cut inside!

But!

Why?

Why was he so fast?

So fast that Belchini did not even have time to stick out a foot?

Just as he was about to dive at it again!

Su Bai had already raised his left leg high!

"Bang!!!"

A thunderous blast!

Right at the edge of the penalty area!

Su Bai viciously struck the ball with his left foot!

Xie Luotuo, who had been expressionless on the sidelines, now had his eyes wide open in shock.

From muscling past Barrios to head the ball back, to sprinting down the flank before cutting inside like a madman!

This kid was incredible!

With that kind of performance, he could absolutely play in the league—and as a starter, at that!

Out on the pitch!

The ball at Su Bai's feet shot toward Team A's goal like a streak of white light!

"Clang!!!"

The ball smashed violently into the crossbar and rebounded straight into the net!

Team A's goalkeeper did not react at all!

That kind of cannonball shot, that kind of pace—it gave him no chance to respond!

Seeing that he could score even with his less-used left foot, Su Bai was a little surprised himself.

There was no option for left or right foot in his attributes. He had always thought he would be unable to train his left foot in the future, but unexpectedly, shooting with his left felt exactly the same as shooting with his right!

It seemed the absurd system had simply ignored the distinction between left and right foot. The attribute boosts applied to both of his feet at once!

And the system skill he had just used—Robben Cut-In!

Not only could he cut in from the right wing and shoot with his left foot, he could do the same from the left wing with his right!

Balanced with both feet, able to cut inside from either side and unleash a thunderous shot!

This feeling...

Was way too violent!

And at that moment!

Every Boca Juniors star on the first team, including head coach Xie Luotuo and the staff on the sidelines!

Stared in shock at the black-haired boy standing proudly in the penalty area!

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