Maxed Out Shooting from the Start: Messi Begs Me to Join Argentina
Chapter 9

Perfect Debut, Halftime Bloodbath of San Lorenzo!

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"That kid is incredible! Get him into the first team already!"

"Exactly! His ability is on a completely different level. With that kind of physique and that rocket of a shot, the first team needs him!"

"The derby against River Plate is coming up soon. If this kid can knock a few of those River Plate brats out injured, I'll marry my daughter to him!"

"Hayden, I think your daughter might be tougher than this kid!"

The Boca fans in the stands watched their team's wave-like attacks on the pitch and began chatting amongst themselves.

On the pitch!

San Lorenzo's left flank had been completely shattered by Su Bai's relentless charges.

In the twenty-third minute!

Su Bai once again pulled off a dazzling solo run down the right.

After barging over the fullback marking him, Su Bai chose not to shoot. After breaking through to the byline, he coolly cut the ball back for Higuain!

A low-driven strike!

The ball slipped into the dead corner!

3:0!!!

No one had expected such a scoreline.

Boca U18, ranked near the bottom after six rounds and branded as league fodder, had actually beaten the third-placed team into total collapse.

Yet the slaughter continued!

In the thirty-ninth minute!

Su Bai received Corazal's diagonal pass on the right flank!

Without taking a touch, Su Bai unleashed a thunderous shot!

However, with his shooting stat in the seventies, accuracy was never his strong suit. The shot flew straight into the stands!

The fans could only sigh in regret at that absurd sky-high blast!

In the forty-third minute.

Boca Juniors came surging back once more, still down Su Bai's right side.

Facing the pressure of three defenders.

Su Bai used his speed and absurd physicality to force his way out of the encirclement.

Then, from the edge of the penalty area, he unleashed another wild rocket!

This time, the ball met no resistance as it flew into San Lorenzo's net!

4:0!

In just one half!

Almost single-handedly, Su Bai had crushed the previously menacing San Lorenzo.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Long-overdue applause and cheers erupted throughout Bombonera Stadium.

And every fan's gaze was fixed on that young black-haired player.

"Su, rest in the second half. We've already got this game in the bag!"

After entering the locker room, Ignacio said with satisfaction as he patted Su Bai on the shoulder!

San Lorenzo's challenges were getting rougher and rougher. He did not want the gem he had just discovered to get injured.

Besides, a 4:0 lead was more than enough.

With Su Bai substituted off.

Boca Juniors shifted their full focus to defense.

The 4:0 scoreline remained unchanged until the final whistle!

The instant the whistle sounded.

The system delivered a crisp, pleasant notification!

"Ding!" "Main Quest: Perfect Debut completed!" "Quest Completion Rating: SSS!" "Quest Reward: Gold Treasure Chest ×1!"

A Gold Treasure Chest?

The moment he heard the word gold, Su Bai finally felt a hint of excitement.

Would it give him another max-level attribute reward?

And max out his shooting directly.

Tsk, tsk!

Maxed-out shooting plus maxed-out strength.

He didn't dare imagine what that would look like.

But his teammates were still celebrating in the locker room, so he had no time to check what reward his treasure chest would give him.

Corazal walked over to Su Bai.

He extended his right hand, pulled Su Bai in, and gave him a hug.

"Great game, Su!"

"Exactly! Su was insane today. Those San Lorenzo brats looked scared to death whenever they saw Su Bai charging at them!"

"Haha, forget San Lorenzo. Even in our internal training matches, I'm scared when I see Su Bai!"

One match!

It immediately turned Su Bai, once ignored by everyone, into the center of attention.

In a football-mad country like Argentina, they didn't care whether you were rich or not. They recognized only one thing!

Ability!

From that moment onward, Su Bai had firmly established himself in the U18 squad!

After all, it was only a youth league.

Man of the Match was merely a title; there wasn't even a little trophy.

After the match ended, the team bus took all the players back to the club.

Unlike Su Bai, who was clearly the son of a wealthy family yet still liked squeezing into the team dorms, most of the youth team lived at the club.

It wasn't that they loved training. The main reason was that living at the club saved them a lot of money.

After all, youth team salaries weren't high, and these guys spent most of their weekly wages on the female workers in the backstreets!

On the team bus, the victorious players laughed, joked, and roughhoused.

Ignacio, seated near the front, wore a broad smile as well.

After such a dominant victory, he no longer had to worry about his job.

But compared to the relieved Ignacio, Boca Juniors' first team, far away at Hurricane's home ground, was facing a difficult situation.

At that moment, first-team head coach Xie Luotuo wore a deeply troubled expression.

With their strongest lineup on the field, Boca Juniors were anxiously launching wave after wave of attacks against Hurricane's defensive line at their home stadium.

Eighty minutes had already passed.

Yet Boca Juniors still trailed 0:2!

Playing at home, Hurricane had snatched a goal through a defensive counterattack in the first half before immediately pulling their lines back.

And so, over the following tens of minutes, Boca Juniors laid siege to their opponents.

But without an efficient goalscorer, Boca Juniors had no answer to Hurricane's packed defense.

Instead, in the 64th minute of the second half, Hurricane won the ball back and launched another lightning-fast counterattack.

After feinting past Boca's covering center-back, Hurricane's striker sent a low shot into the bottom corner.

And the 2:0 scoreline remained unchanged until now.

Xie Luotuo anxiously directed his players from the sidelines.

But unfortunately!

Even after exhausting every possible means, Boca Juniors, lacking a long-range shooting specialist, failed to change the score.

0:2!

Boca Juniors suffered their first league defeat.

As Hurricane's fans celebrated wildly, Xie Luotuo walked straight into the players' tunnel with a grim expression.

<Boca Juniors' New Hope: Superstar Shines in Youth League!>

Because of the first team's defeat, Su Bai unexpectedly made the front page of Buenos Aires Football News, Boca's official media partner, the next day.

Three goals and one assist—the entire report lavished praise upon Su Bai's performance!

Su Bai had practically led Boca Juniors U18 to a rout of San Lorenzo all by himself.

Early in the morning.

After returning to the club, first-team head coach Xie Luotuo went to his office.

On his desk lay a newspaper that gave a detailed account of the match.

Xie Luotuo, who had not been interested at all, glanced at it and was instantly drawn in by the headline.

After reading a little further!

Xie Luotuo immediately knew who the newspaper was reporting on!

He was Boca Juniors' well-known mascot.

That guy?

Xie Luotuo knew that guy's ability. He was nothing but pure trash—how could he possibly score a hat trick?

And in only one half?

What terrifying scoring efficiency was that?

"Boss! Did you see it? That Su from Flame Nation was insane in yesterday's match! The team's technical statistics just sent over the data!"

"Do you know how fast those shots of his were?"

"181 kilometers!"

"He even surpassed that freak Carlos's free-kick speed!"

The assistant coach rushed into the office as if he had discovered a treasure.

And at that moment!

Su Bai finally waited for his dorm roommate, that guy Gary Medel, to leave.

Su Bai closed the door and entered the system!

Inside the system!

That gleaming golden treasure chest sat there.

Su Bai excitedly opened the treasure chest!

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