Starting with playing defensive midfield for Evergrande

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"Boss! This is Urawa Red Diamonds' full roster, along with the starting lineup predicted by the technical department!"

After lunch, in Lippi's office.

Madanoni placed the documents compiled by the technical department in front of Lippi.

After taking the documents, the old man adjusted his glasses and began to read them carefully.

Urawa Red Diamonds in 2013 were actually quite strong.

Despite Urawa Red Diamonds only finishing third in the J League last season, their attack is the strongest in the entire league.

With 71 goals in a single season, averaging about 2 goals per game, this attacking prowess would have been enough to win the championship if the team's defense hadn't been so weak.

That's exactly what Lippi was worried about.

Playing at home, Urawa Red Diamonds will naturally not resort to a conservative defensive counter-attacking style.

He's not too worried about the attack of his current Evergrande team, but the defense is indeed far from his expectations.

Japanese players possess exquisite technique, and their close-range passing is world-class. In their midfield, Zheng Zhi's defense is impeccable, as are the others.
Huang Bowen is better at offense, Qin Sheng is less consistent, and Zhao Xuri is prone to being out of position intermittently.
However, as he was thinking, Su Hao's image suddenly entered the old man's mind.

Just now in training, I had a 1v1 match with Conca!

And there was also a preemptive interception of Muriqui!
hiss.
Suddenly, a bold idea flashed into the old man's mind.

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With their height and physical advantages, there's little to worry about in the midfield for aerial balls. They also have a great overall view of the game and passing skills that are definitely a level above everyone else.

"Madagnoni, what do you think about starting Suarez right away?"

The more I think about it, the more reliable it seems.

The old man went straight to asking about Madanoni.

Madanoni was startled by these words.

"Should we start Su?"

"Ok!"

"Boss! That guy has never even played a single official professional league match. Is it really okay to start him?"

In terms of pure ability, after those thirty minutes this morning, Madanoni, like Lippi, believes that Su Hao is definitely no problem.

But Su Hao is only this age, and he still has such a resume.
In just over two months, they went from the football academy to the reserve team!
Su Hao truly has no experience in any formal competitions.

Are you just going to let Su Hao start right away, especially in the AFC Champions League?

This is probably unprecedented in the world!

Which head coach would dare to be so bold as to let a complete rookie play in the AFC Champions League in his debut?
Got it!
Madanoni initially thought it was a bit unreliable to start Su Hao directly, but then he turned to look at Lippi, who was smoking a cigar and drawing a formation diagram in his notebook.

Madanoni then said no more.

Yes, what wouldn't a coach like Lippi, a double champion of the Champions League and the World Cup, dare to do?

If Lippi can say that, he absolutely can do it.

as predicted!

After the old man drew for a while, a brand new draft of Evergrande's starting formation appeared in front of Madanoni.

Three forwards: Muriqui, Gao Lin, and Elkeson!
Single attacking midfielder: Conca!

Defensive midfielders: Zheng Zhi and Su Hao!
Four defenders: Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Kim Young-gwon, Zhang Linpeng!

Goalkeeper: Zeng Cheng!
"After we go to Japan, have Zheng and Su live together, but don't reveal that I want Su to start!"

"Okay! Yes, boss!"

The main entrance of Evergrande Football Club.

Unaware that he had unwittingly become part of the starting eleven for Guangzhou Evergrande's AFC Champions League debut, Su Hao sat in his older brother's white Porsche.

Just after finishing his meal, Su Hao informed his father that he was going to Japan for training.

When Su Bai heard on the other end of the phone that Evergrande was going to take his son to Japan, he was naturally extremely excited.

At this moment, Su Bai had already asked his mother to pack his luggage.

"Xiao Hao, don't bring too much stuff. The club has arranged everything. Once you get there, just focus on training, and everything else will be taken care of," Zheng Zhi reminded Su Hao as soon as they got in the car.

It was Su Hao's first time going abroad for training, and Zheng Zhi knew very well that Su Hao's family must be thinking about what was lacking abroad, and maybe they could get Su Hao a huge suitcase that Su Hao couldn't even lift.

"I understand, Zhi-ge!"

"Ok!"

After saying that, Zheng Zhi revved the engine and executed a beautiful drift, carrying Su Hao away.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

However, what the two did not expect was that the news that Su Hao was the mascot of Evergrande Football School was too popular.

There were even paparazzi staking out the Evergrande club's location.

The paparazzi managed to capture the scene of Zheng Zhi personally driving Su Hao to school.

The Evergrande mascot has a close relationship with the club's top management; captain Zheng Zhi personally picked him up and dropped him off!

Guangzhou Evergrande is about to depart for training in Japan, and their 16-year-old football academy mascot is also on the roster!

Will Guangzhou Evergrande's AFC Champions League debut be a recruitment advertisement for the Evergrande Football School? It's rumored that Xu has ordered the mascot to make a substitute appearance in the AFC Champions League debut!

16-year-old prodigy suspected of being the illegitimate son of Evergrande's CEO

Forehead.
Sometimes, reports start to get messy as they go along.

Back home with nothing to do while his mother packed her luggage, Su Hao boredly went online.

And once I went online, I was surprised to find so many news articles about myself.

Especially illegitimate children.
Oh shit!

Seeing the seemingly true story in the report, Su Hao wished he could immediately hire a lawyer and sue this bastard.

However, the news article about his AFC Champions League debut was quite well written.

After 30 minutes of training today, Su Hao is convinced of his ability and believes he is fully worthy of this Evergrande team.

Even when compared to Zhao Xuri and Huang Bowen, Su Hao felt that he was actually the most suitable person to partner with Zheng Zhi.

He has height, physique, and speed, plus his passing ability.

If I were to partner with Zheng Zhi, we would definitely be much stronger than any other combination.

However, Su Hao was just thinking about it.

After all, he hasn't even played a single official match yet, so how could the old man possibly let him play in such an important match as the AFC Champions League?
According to Su Hao's expectations, his first match for Evergrande will be at least at the end of the month in the league.

Even then, it was only possible after Guangzhou Evergrande had taken a commanding lead in the match.

However.
"Ding dong!"

"Rare Quest Triggered: Debut Battle!"

"Mission Reward: A rare treasure chest will be awarded based on the host's competition intensity and performance!"

"Mission deadline: 15 days!"

I wiped it!

Su Hao was dumbfounded!

this.
What the hell is going on?!

Rare mission?
Are there rare treasure chests?
This sounds incredibly tempting, but why is there a time limit to this task?

15 days?
Damn it, there are still 20 days left in the Chinese Super League!

Aren't you just setting yourself up for failure?
P.S.: Waaah, is anyone watching? I'm so anxious about making noodles!
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