Yu Haiming and Song Maochun were so motivated that they established the team in just a few months.

The team members are mainly composed of youth training players Song Maochun and Xu Baosheng, and also recruited a few veteran players who retired from the Super League.

Before the game, Li Dong, his second uncle and others met with the team members.

Li Dong encouraged everyone and told everyone not to have any psychological burden, just let go and kick, as long as Sheng Hai's energy is brought out, the result is not important.

To be honest, Li Dong really doesn't have much confidence in this team.

The team has only been formed for a few months. What is enough time to do it?

Not to mention the tactical system and the like, I'm afraid the team members are not familiar with each other yet.

What's more, it's a bit exaggerated to say that these team members are old, weak, sick, and disabled, but they are really old and young.

Several old players who retired from the Super League are all in their thirties and forties.

When Li Dong was in elementary school, these people were already playing football.

It's been ten or twenty years at least.

He is almost from the same era as Yu Haiming and Song Maochun.

Although these people were all famous football stars back then, even Li Dong, who rarely watched football games, knew their names.

However, now that he is about to retire, it is hard to say how much strength he will have left.

Li Dong was even worried, could his old arms and legs still hold on?

Except for these few old ones, the rest are just a bunch of little kids.

Fifteen six, seventeen eight.

Really, none of the hair has grown evenly.

Li Dong looked at the player information. There were thirty players in the entire team, but there was no one in the age group between twenty and thirty-five.

Li Dong really didn't know what to say.

But he can understand it.

Time is so tight that it is not easy to assemble a team.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s talk about those old players. If it weren’t for Yu Haiming and Song Maochun, they might not be able to play in the second division league.

For them, who were once considered stars, it is simply a shame to be reduced to playing in the second division.

Moreover, I don’t know if it was deliberately arranged by the superiors, but their opponent in the first game, the Hercynian Lions, was quite strong.

Last season, the Hercynian Lions were almost promoted to the First Division.

After several strong teams were promoted to Class A last season, the Hercynian Lions are recognized as the best team this season. Their goal this season is to be promoted to Class A.

On one side is a new team that is old, weak, sick and disabled, and on the other side is a strong old team. Li Dong really doesn’t have high hopes for this game.

He just asked the team members to bring out their fighting spirit.

He can accept losing, but he has to lose standing.

However, from Yu Haiming to the players, everyone is confident in this game.

Yu Haiming even vowed that this was the team's first game and it must be won, and it must be won beautifully.

Li Dong smiled noncommittally.

Maybe it was the team's first game, and the players were all excited.

Maybe the big boss came to the scene in person, and the team members wanted to perform well.

Perhaps facing the powerful Hercynian Lions, the team members were all aroused to be competitive.

Perhaps the old players who were once all-powerful were unhappy when they were reduced to playing in the second-division league, and wanted to prove that they were still young.

Maybe it was Li Dong's noncommittal smile that stimulated them.

Perhaps, Li Dong did underestimate these old, weak, sick and disabled people.

After the game started, the Shenghai team showed strong strength against a powerful opponent that almost qualified for promotion to the First Division last season.

Several veteran players were sitting in the middle of the field, while a group of young players were working hard.

In the first few minutes of the game, the Hercynian Lions launched an attack. Just after midfield, the ball was intercepted by an experienced veteran player.

Then a direct pass.

Five young players, like cheetahs, rushed towards the opponent's penalty area.

The opponent only has three defenders.

Although the three guards are all in their prime and have strong bodies.

But a few team members were not afraid at all.

With some skillful coordination, he scored the ball easily.

In the stands, cheers erupted like a roaring tsunami.

Although this game was in the second division league, more than tens of thousands of fans came to watch the game.

This is absolutely unprecedented in the Second Division.

For other games, the better ones can be in a stadium, but they are also kind of old stadiums.

There is almost no decent stadium, just a playground, and the grass is no different from a vegetable patch.

As for the spectators watching the game, let alone that.

Hundreds are too many, and having thousands of spectators is considered an unprecedented event.

Tens of thousands? That’s unimaginable.

But for this match in Shenghai, tens of thousands of people came to watch it.

The reason for this is very simple.

In recent years, Yuncheng Football has been really messed up by Qiao Yi.

Not only did the team move to the suburbs, they kept losing games.

Who wants to travel all the way to the suburbs to watch a team lose?

Feeling tired and frustrated.

So for these millions of fans in Yuncheng, it has been really frustrating and aggrieved over the years, not even being able to watch a game.

Now we finally have another team.

In particular, the Shenghai football team's early publicity was quite vigorous.

Of course, it was Wei Xiaopeng and others who deliberately tried to mess with Li Dong.

But fans don’t know what’s going on behind this.

Fans only know that Shenghai has entered the football circle with a high profile, has a budget of tens of billions, and is the largest stadium in the world.

The fans are naturally full of expectations for the Shenghai Football Team.

He regarded Shenghai Football Team as the savior of Yuncheng Football.

In addition, Li Dong has decided that there will be no charge for tickets for the team's first-year home games.

He doesn't need that much money, he just needs to consolidate his fan base first.

As a result, more than 10,000 fans came to watch the first game of the new season.

And Shenghai did not disappoint the fans, scoring a goal in just a few minutes of the game.

Moreover, the goal was scored cleanly and neatly, showing a very high level of competition and tactical coordination.

Yuncheng fans, who had been suppressed for a long time, immediately became excited.

Even Li Dong couldn't help but applaud.

This ball is fine.

The veteran was fearless in the face of danger and defused the opponent's attack with one steal.

The young general was brave enough to fight and break through the opponent's defense in three or two blows.

Especially the No. 10 who scored the goal, he was extremely fast and his final kick was quite crisp.

Li Dong, a layman, could see that this guy was quite capable.

Not without surprise, he said to Yu Haiming next to him: "This number 10 is fine, what's his name?"

Yu Haiming said: "His name is Sun Xitong. He is sixteen years old. He is the most talented and the most hard-working among our team members, but his background is a bit pitiful."

"Oh?" Li Dong was a little surprised.

The second uncle and Liu Daqing on the side also looked at Yu Haiming with some curiosity.

Yu Haiming said: "Sun Xitong's father, named Sun Peng, was once a teammate of Dachun. But more than ten years ago, Sun Peng was in a car accident. Although his life was saved, his legs were not saved."

"Those of us who rely on our legs to make a living, what else can we do without our legs?"

"At that time, Sun Peng was only twenty-five, which was his prime year, and Sun Xitong was only...two or three years old."

"Not long after the car accident, Sun Peng's wife left him and his son and ran away."

"He also took away most of the family's property."

"Sun Peng was hit hard. If it weren't for this little son, I'm afraid Sun Peng wouldn't be able to survive."

"Later, Dachun and some good teammates pooled some money and opened a supermarket for Sun Peng."

"It's not big. It's just a small supermarket in the community. Sun Peng can't even see a supermarket that's too big."

"Relying on the meager income from the small supermarket, Sun Peng became both a father and a mother, and managed to support Xitong."

"Xitong is a sensible kid. He has washed, cooked, and done housework since he was a child. He also helped his father in the supermarket."

"I don't know whether Sun Peng takes care of him or he takes care of Sun Peng."

"Anyway, the father and son have come all the way."

"What about Dachun? Don't look at him as a tall guy, but he's really a nice person."

"After so many years, all the other teammates have basically lost contact with Sun Peng. Only Dachun has never forgotten Sun Peng."

"I go to see Sun Peng every once in a while. Every time I go, I leave some money for Sun Peng."

"As for Dachun, I can see that this kid Xitong is a good football player."

"It happened that Dachun had also started youth training at that time, so I told Sun Peng to let Xitong practice with him. It didn't cost any money anyway."

"But Sun Peng doesn't want Xitong to play football."

"He knows that football is a difficult road to follow."

"Regardless of how much those stars earn per year, there are only a few stars in the country?"

"Most people who play football may have worked hard for many years, but in the end they couldn't even get into a professional team."

"In order to play football, I gave up my studies, and in the end I couldn't play football, so what else could I do?"

"Besides, Sun Peng has always suspected that his car accident was not an accident, but someone deliberately harmed him."

"Because someone came to him before and wanted him to let him go during the game."

"He is a goalkeeper, so it is easier to let him go."

"But Sun Peng refused."

"A few days later, there was a car accident."

"But nothing was found in the end, so it was treated as an ordinary car accident."

"So, Sun Peng doesn't want Sun Xitong to take the football path anymore. He just wants him to go to school and find a serious job in the future. That's good."

"Dachun couldn't persuade him, so he stopped forcing him. Just on weekends, Dachun went to see him and said he would take Xi Tong out to play."

"Then he took Xitong to his training base and asked Xitong to play football with a group of children."

"That's it, Xitong goes to class normally on weekdays, and plays football on weekends."

"As time goes by, Sun Peng will naturally understand."

"Although he is very angry, Xitong himself likes playing football."

"Besides, the child is getting older. As a father, sometimes it's hard for him to speak."

"Sun Peng couldn't beat his son. In addition, Sun Peng went with him to the training base to watch his son play football."

"Of course it can be seen that his son Sun Xitong is indeed very talented."

"Other children go to practice every day after school, seven days a week, every day."

"Where's Xitong? I can only practice for two days on the weekend."

"But even so, Xitong's level is obviously higher than other children."

"Sun Peng himself also feels that since his son has talent in this area, it is indeed a pity to waste it like this."

"So I no longer objected. Even after school every day, after Xitong finished his homework, Sun Peng personally guided Xitong to practice ball in an open space in front of their house, practicing until late at night."

"I have to get up early in the morning and go out for a five-kilometer run."

"Sun Peng told Xitong that since he wants to play football, he must be prepared to endure hardship."

"If you can't stand the pain, then give up as soon as possible and don't waste any energy."

"But Xitong, this kid, persisted."

"Whether it's a cold or illness, or it's windy or raining, this child never stops working. He runs five kilometers every morning, and he also runs with weights, and he practices until late at night."

"As for this kid, let's not talk about his talent, skills, and consciousness. Let's just talk about his energy, unwillingness to admit defeat, and never give up. I can say with certainty that this kid will definitely be the best in the future."

"Good ball! Yes, yes! Bring it in, bring it in! You can hit the goal! Okay! This ball is played very much like I did back then! To be honest, when I was his age, I was far worse than him.

Already!"

Yu Haiming was telling Li Dong and others about Sun Xitong's past, and Sun Xitong scored another goal on the field.

The previous goal was a team effort, but this one was Sun Xitong's personal performance.

Steal the ball from the backcourt, kill six generals through five passes, and bring it all the way to the frontcourt.

Facing the goalkeeper, he made a violent shot and the ball went directly into the net.

Even Li Dong couldn't help but feel excited when he saw it.

The goal scored was so awesome.

This is almost catching up with those top stars.

At this time, it was only about ten minutes before the show started.

Shenghai lost two to zero.

The scene was completely boiling.

"This kid is not bad. Train him well and if you have the chance, try to send him abroad. He is a pillar of talent."

Li Dong said something.

Yu Haiming said: "Dachun and I think the same way, but sending this guy away will be a big loss for our team."

"What are you talking about? We can't delay the future of these children just for the sake of the team's performance." Li Dong said.

"Yes, yes, otherwise Mr. Li is very grand." Yu Haiming lost no time in complimenting him.

Li Dong knew full well that Yu Haiming was deliberately testing his attitude.

From the standpoint of football professionals like them, especially people like Yu Haiming and Song Maochun who are interested in improving the level of domestic football, they naturally hope to see more young players go out to train in better leagues and improve their skills.

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However, the owners of many domestic teams do not want to let go of outstanding players in their teams, especially young outstanding players.
Chapter completed!