Chapter 1 After the Draw

The draw ceremony concluded.

Zinedine Zidane shook off the media reporters and hurried towards Li Kang.

"Li, I'd like to invite you to a charity match. Arsenal has already agreed."

"The time is in five days, and the location is Wembley Stadium in London."

Everyone suddenly understood.

It turned out that the Real Madrid coach and the Arsenal coach were whispering about this matter offstage.

There was no time conflict.

The location was in London, so there was no need to adjust to the time difference.

Li Kang glanced at Wenger, who nodded with a smile.

So, the intensity of this charity match... was equivalent to a relaxing game.

He then nodded to Zidane.

"It's settled then."

The Real Madrid coach clapped his hands.

...

That night.

FIFA's official website released the lineups for the European All-Stars vs. South American All-Stars!

The names of Li Kang, Buffon, Messi, and C. Ronaldo were prominently listed.

The comment section quickly exploded.

The server crashed instantly.

The homepages of major sports media platforms reprinted it one after another.

-【Cruyff is the coach of the European team, Bielsa is the coach of the American team!】

-【Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Kaka... plus Messi, a historical-level invincible attack group, what's the European team going to do?】

-【Look at the European team's defense, Maldini, Nesta, Cannavaro, Lahm...】

-【Why isn't Baresi there?】

-【Do you think this is a game? Baresi is almost sixty years old, he can't play anymore!】

-【The South American team's defense is not bad either, Carlos, Cafu... and a large group of legends on the bench.】

-【There are really a lot of superstars on the bench, tears! My youth is gone forever.】

-【You should pay attention to the small print at the bottom: Tentative.】

-【Judging from the combination of current stars and retired stars, this game is probably not entirely a relaxing game, it must be making a fortune!】

-【Charity match, all proceeds are donated to children with cancer.】

-【Theoretically, the most invincible team is the African All-Stars... Drogba and the others are old, but they still have exaggerated muscles, they can shatter the skeletons of the European and American uncles in minutes!】

-【Buffon: Why are you all becoming uncles?】

....

After the UEFA dinner.

Li Kang and the Arsenal staff did not stay and returned to London overnight.

On the plane.

Bould flipped through the All-Star game itinerary and muttered, "Cruyff doesn't even need you to participate in joint training, what's he thinking..."

Wenger shook his head and interrupted, "Never try to guess what Cruyff is thinking."

He looked at the clouds and stars outside the window, and the Dutch teenager who played football while eating a hamburger involuntarily appeared in his mind.

Li Kang was still holding a tablet, and the Chelsea game video was still playing on the screen.

The system prompt sounded quietly.

【Ding! Detected that the host is about to enter a historical legendary lineup.】

【Mission triggered: Showdown at Wembley.】

【Mission Brief: A desperate battle! The pinnacle of the Earth... okay, just kidding, this is just a charity match.】

【Mission Reward: All-Star Bronze Treasure Chest.】

Bronze Treasure Chest?

He had only received this reward in the youth team.

It seems that the intensity of this charity match is really not high.

...

Three days later.

Four hours before the game.

Li Kang arrived at Wembley Stadium and finally met the coaching staff of the European All-Stars team.

In the spacious locker room.

Head coach - Cruyff.

Assistant coach - Van Gaal.

The two Ajax legends were staring at each other.

"We need to give Li the greatest degree of freedom."

"Freedom? He is the most perfect number four in the Total Football concept, I know how to use him!"

"This is not an exhibition match! We can't lose to the South American team!"

It wasn't that Van Gaal didn't respect Cruyff.

The grievances between the two had a long history.

During their playing days, the rich second-generation Van Gaal looked down on the poor, crazy youth Cruyff.

Pirlo prepared to smooth things over, but was pulled back by Xavi.

He whispered, "They're like this when they meet, don't worry about it, this is a charity match."

The latter turned and waved to Li Kang.

"Li, let's warm up!"

"Try to use your body less, those American middle-aged men can't stand your tossing."

...

More than 100,000 fans poured into Wembley Stadium.

Banners supporting various legendary superstars fluttered on all sides of the stands.

English fans did not dominate.

The earth-shattering shouts were mixed with languages from all over the world.

This giant stadium was first built in 1923, demolished and rebuilt in 2000, and completed in 2007, costing 780 million pounds.

The circular stadium, nearly 300 meters in diameter, has stands 52 meters high, and has the world's largest single-arch landmark, 133 meters high. It is the largest professional football stadium in Europe.

It has hosted the World Cup final, the European Championship final, and eight European Champions League finals, and is known as the temple of European football.

"ESPN! ESPN! Welcome to the FIFA European and American All-Star Charity Match in 2017."

"This is no ordinary Zidane's friends team vs. Ronaldo's friends team!"

"We see that many current super stars have also entered the list!"

"C. Ronaldo and Messi will compete on the same stage!"

"Zidane and Ronaldo will face off again!"

"Can Italy's historical steel defense withstand the Samba magical offensive?"

"Let's wait and see!"

...

The staff urged the players to end their warm-up training as soon as possible.

The game was about to begin.

Xavi was surprised to find that he and Li Kang didn't even need to exchange glances... they both knew what the other wanted to do on the field, so the question was, how should the ball be distributed?

Should he treat Li as Iniesta or as Busquets?

Pirlo seemed to see through his rival's thoughts and said, "You have to treat yourself as Iniesta or Busquets..."

The uncles laughed.

Nesta looked at Li Kang's back and inexplicably felt a sense of intimacy.

...

South American All-Stars locker room.

Maradona and Pele loudly encouraged the players.

The two kings of football did not hold any position in this charity match, they were just itching to play and couldn't wait to get on the field and play the game themselves!

Friendly matches were okay.

But they couldn't lose to their opponents in this European and American showdown!

Coach Bielsa looked at his watch and quickly urged the two to end their "chicken soup infusion."

He was the spokesperson for "offensive football," and the term "low-block defense" never appeared in his coaching dictionary.

"We can't limit any of the four of Xavi, Pirlo, Li, and Zidane!"

"Unless we can send 15 players!"

"Attack!"

"The fragile European old men cannot resist our offensive!"

...

Ronaldinho put his arm around Messi's shoulder.

His smile was bright.

"I will pass the ball to you, Leo! Good luck!"

Messi was stunned.

It was as if he had returned to the night of his debut with Barcelona's first team...

Tevez in the corner couldn't help but curl his lips.

...

The referee team led the players from both sides out of the tunnel.

Wembley Stadium instantly boiled.

The fans shouted the names of every legend at the top of their lungs.

It seemed that they were also shouting for their lost youth.

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