Coach, I want to play football!

When all the packages were unpacked, a square box slightly larger than the ring box was revealed.

But when Ye Qi opened the box, what came into view was a golden ball with a pair of wings.

"Fuck, it's this one?"

Ye Qi was pleasantly surprised, apparently he did not expect his roommate to be so caring.

It's a bit ashamed to say that Christian, a roommate with such a low "appearance rate", remembers his birthday so clearly.

A golden round ball with a pair of wings.

Friends who have seen Harry Potter should be able to recognize it at a glance. This is the "Golden Snitch" in the "Quidditch" game!

It's just that this Golden Snitch has obviously been specially designed, and the round part has been specially made to look like a football.

Ye Qi opened the round football, which was engraved with "For the future Mr. Golden Globe, Ye Qi—from your good friend Christian!"

What made Ye Qi even more surprised was that this small word was still in Chinese!

"How about it? Didn't you guess this gift? When we chatted two months ago, you said you like the Harry Potter series of movies, so I thought of this gift."

"Harry Potter is a good Seeker, I hope my friend will be a good shooter in the future!"

Ye Qi didn't have many friends since he was a child, but in fact, his inner personality was a bit withdrawn.

When I was in Madrid, I finally made a "friend".

As a result, this "friend" Teixeira taught him the first lesson of coming to Europe-you can't trust anyone.

Anyone can be your opponent, including your good friend!

After arriving at Villarreal, Christian was very enthusiastic about him.

Either chatting together often, or taking him to visit some local attractions.

In the beginning, Ye Qi was still on the defensive. After all, once the door of heart is closed, it will be more difficult to open it again.

It's just that Ye Qi thought later that he was a forward and Christian was a central defender. There shouldn't be any "malicious" competition, right?

Coupled with Christian's enthusiasm, since he came to Villarreal, whether it is the youth team coach or ordinary teammates, as well as the restaurant owner Pazashino and others have given him a lot of help.

So it was only later that he truly accepted Christian as his friend in his heart.

"Thank you, Christian!"

Ye Qi and the opponent came to a hug, "I hope you will become the main force of the first team soon, so that I will score goals in front and you will defend in the back. The picture is really picturesque!"

"........."

"Are you deliberately saying that I am 20 years old and haven't been promoted to the first team or even the b team?"

Christian gave the other party a blank look. No matter how he looked at it, this guy was doing it on purpose.

"If you don't say that, we can still be friends!"

Ye Qi grinned and didn't care. "By the way, as a return gift, I'll give you a gift too!"

He pulled out a rectangular object from his ankle and handed it to Christian.

The latter weighed it, and it was quite heavy.

"What is this?" Christian was a little curious, obviously he didn't expect Ye Qi to prepare a gift for himself.

"Heavy sandbags! It can enhance your jumping, speed and explosive power."

Christian: "..."

"Ye! We are friends today!!"

..............

In this way, under the care of Elena and Christian, Ye Qi celebrated his 20th birthday, which was also the first decent birthday in 20 years.

After all, he had never eaten a birthday cake on his birthday before, let alone received a gift from a friend, because...he had no friends.

After the birthday, it is another week of boring training life for most players.

For Ye Qi, this is the time to make up for his shortcomings.

During training, the team's experienced main defender, Melberg, was arranged by the head coach to mark Ye Qi.

After the game against Las Palmas, head coach Marcelino also saw some problems, so he took advantage of this time to let Melberg one-on-one to defend Ye Qi one-on-one.

This is to strengthen whether Ye Qi can "pick" himself out through his own ability when he is seen as dead one-on-one.

Ye Qi naturally didn't relax during the usual extra practice, he was still improving his header and jumping ability.At the same time, the frequency of going to the gym has also increased a lot.

It's just that the muscles are obviously not immediately effective.

When the time entered March, Ye Qi also got 100 experience points in the system.

He now has 360 experience points, and needs 3 experience points to upgrade to level 140, so he still has a long way to go.

However, this period of time was not without any gains. After turning on the system, he saw that the speed and burst each increased by two points, from the previous 55 to the current 57.

Obviously, through his own daily training, the growth of attribute values ​​is still relatively slow.

However, I have been practicing jumping, heading and muscle strength during this period of time. It is a surprise that my speed and explosiveness can increase.

March 28rd is the [-]th round of La Liga. According to Marcelino's habit, the roster and starting lineup for the game were announced in advance.

Although he didn't perform very well in the last round against Las Palmas, Ye Qi still got the starting qualification this time.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, wanting to make a difference in the next game.

In fact, Marcelino actually considered Moreno, but this guy did not perform particularly well in training during this time.

So this game didn't get the starting lineup, not even on the bench list.This is the second consecutive round that Moreno has not been selected for the squad.

On March [-], Villarreal's away game against Cordoba started on time.

Cordoba is considered a mid-range team in West Second Division. Last season, they ranked sixth in West Second Division and qualified for the play-offs, but they lost in the play-offs, so they did not qualify for promotion to La Liga.

By this season, their performance has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

Currently ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league, it is hopeless to upgrade, but there is not much worry about relegation.

It may be this situation that does not need to worry about promotion and relegation. Cordoba played very relaxed at their home court, and they had no pressure at all.

At the beginning of the game, they launched a fierce attack against Villarreal's defense, and the yellow submarine they played felt like a small fishing boat.

"Shrink the line of defense, we must seize the opportunity to counterattack!"

Marcelino made on-the-spot adjustments on the sidelines. Originally, his opening tactic was to use the advantage of offensive firepower to suppress the opponent.

But I didn't expect to be caught off guard by the opponent's offense, so I temporarily adjusted my tactics and used defensive counterattacks to kill the opponent's rhythm.