Chapter 1: The deceptive system of the king of football

May 6, 2012.

Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona.

 It was matchday 37 of La Liga and Barcelona received Espanyol

This was Barcelona's last home game of the season and also the farewell day of their legendary coach, Guardiola.

The stadium was full with 97,000 spectators and not a single seat was empty in the enormous Camp Nou.

Although the rival was considered weak compared to the powerful Barcelona, the enthusiasm of the fans was exceptionally high.

Soon, the game became a performance for one player Leonel Messi!

With his great strides and impeccable dribbling skills, Messi firmly held the attention of the entire audience.

In the 11th minute, Messi was fouled by his rival near the area and the referee awarded a free kick.

Then Messi directly took the free kick and scored Barcelona's 1-0 against Espanyol

"Due to his quick turn, Espanyol defender Gómez couldn't keep up and accidentally touched Messi's foot."

The referee, who was nearby, clearly saw Gómez's foul and immediately awarded a penalty, giving Gómez a yellow card.

Messi took the penalty, tricked the goalkeeper and although the ball hit the post, he bounced into the goal.

The score on the field reached 2-0, with Messi scoring his second goal of the match.

Ten minutes later, Messi received a long pass from Adriano, quickly evaded Espanyol's defenders and scored again, completing a hat-trick.

Five minutes later, Espanyol's number 22 defender fouled Busquets in the penalty area and Messi returned to the penalty spot.

He did not waste the chance created by his teammates and scored his fourth goal of the game, performing an incredible goal poker.

When Messi scored his third goal, securing the victory, the Camp Nou erupted in chants in favor of Messi.

When he scored his fourth goal, the entire stadium stood up applauding the King of Camp Nou!

Not only ordinary fans, but also the young players of the Barcelona youth team who came to watch the game were conquered by Messi!

"Messi! Messi! Oh my God, did you see that? He's like a god!"

Among the reserve team players, Gerard Deulofeu, who also played as a winger, became excited like a child, shaking the shoulders of his reserve teammates sitting next to him and exclaiming.

Sitting next to him was a young player wearing the number 4 jersey of the youth team, he has an Asian face, black hair and yellow skin.

His name was Lin Quan, who turns sixteen this year, his position is a midfielder for the Barcelona youth team and also a time traveler.

He was an orphan adopted by a Spanish couple and grew up in Spain since he was little.

His adoptive father used to be a professional player and played in midfield.

Influenced by his father, Lin Quan began playing football at a young age. Due to his talent and the connections of his adoptive father, he joined the La Masia training camp early on and was groomed as Xavi's successor.

Hearing Deulofeu's words, Lin Quan nodded his head.

The year 2012 was definitely the craziest year in Messi's career for Lin Quan.

That year, Messi scored a total of 91 goals in different official matches, breaking Gerd Müller's world record.

At that time, Messi had speed, explosiveness, dribbling ability, ability to beat opponents, pass, organize and assist goals, he is almost omnipotent.

On the field he was a nightmare for opposing defenders.

When facing Messi with the ball, apart from fouling, there was hardly a good way to deal with him.

But unfortunately, due to excessive playing time and accumulated fatigue, coupled with harsh fouls from opponents, Messi suffered multiple injuries in 2013, which greatly affected his form and put an end to his peak.

Since then, although Messi remained strong and even became more complete, but his dribbling ability had decreased significantly compared to his peak.

But what does that have to do with me?

I'm just a midfielder. Of course, I watch midfielders like Xavi, not the strange Messi. Also, Messi's position is completely different from the one he plays in, so watching Messi doesn't make sense to me.

Just as Lin Quan was complaining in his heart, a long-lost voice he had not heard echoed in his mind:

[The system detected a player who met the King of Football criteria. Would you like to copy his attributes?]

Lin Quan was stunned for a moment. Did this system come back to life?

When he was six years old, he unexpectedly got a Football King system. At that time, the system only imparted some football knowledge and techniques to him before disappearing.

For the past decade, he had been searching for ways to awaken the system, attempting to summon it, but to no avail.

Just when he was about to give up, even beginning to doubt whether he had really obtained the system or if it was just his imagination, this system was resurrected.

This made Lin Quan feel surprised and delighted.

For the past decade, he had been looking for ways to wake up the system, trying to make it appear, but to no avail.

Just when he was about to give up, even beginning to doubt whether he had really obtained the system or if it was just his imagination, this system was resurrected.

This made Lin Quan feel surprised and delighted.

Although he had been cursing the system, if it hadn't been for the help provided by the system back then, he would never have made it this far today.

So, hearing the system reminder, worried that the system might disappear again, he immediately made a decision:

copy it!

Boom!

In an instant, countless fragments of memories flooded into Lin Quan's mind, scenes from the past appearing one after another.

All that appeared were scenes of a short player on the field, making his way, dribbling and shooting.

"Are these... memories from Messi's career?"

Lin Quan immediately recognized the short player: he was none other than Lionel Messi, the King of Camp Nou, who was currently running on the Camp Nou field.

The memories of Messi's career gradually merged with Lin Quan's own memories, giving him the experience of Messi's eight-year professional career that he currently leads.

(Memory reconstruction complete. Physical reconstruction will take place tonight!)

Rebuilding the system was unreasonable: rebuilding the memory was easier to handle and would be difficult for others to notice.

But the physical reconstruction was a drastic change that would have a significant impact on the player's body.

If it was completed on site, not to mention others, his nearby teammates would easily notice the changes in him.

So the layout of the system was very thoughtful.

However, when Lin Quan heard that the system would undergo a physical reconstruction, he felt a little nervous.

Honestly, no one could resist Messi's talent.

That was the talent of a Football King, who wouldn't be envious?

But Messi is only 1.7 meters in height

Many of his talents are exchanged for his height!

Does having Messi's talent mean that he will also be limited to 1.7 meters like Messi?

Ugh, the cost seems too steep