After being named Man of the Match, Snuffy returned to the home team's locker room, and as soon as he entered, he was sprayed in the face by two streams of liquid.
Wiping the foam from his face, he barely managed to open his eyes and saw that Naldo and Perisic were each holding a small bottle of champagne and spraying him fiercely.
"Congratulations on being named Man of the Match, kid! This is our locker room tradition! Lucky Champagne Shower!"
After spraying the champagne in his hand, the team veteran Naldo motioned for all the players to give Snuffy a hug.
Even Dost, who had a bit of a disagreement with Snuffy, came over with a smile.
As for what he was thinking, Snuffy didn't care.
"Snuffy, do you have time? Tonight we're planning a party for your youngest Bundesliga goal record and your brace.
Do you want to come with your brothers and experience Wolfsburg's nightlife?"
"Snuffy is underage! You guys better not lead him astray!" The assistant coach, Bremser, who was watching from the side, said with a laugh.
"Snuffy, you still have to go home tonight, right?
Your parents must be waiting at home to celebrate with you!
Don't go out messing around with them!" Bremser didn't want the team's precious gem to pick up any bad habits, otherwise, Dieter Hecking would surely eat him alive if he found out.
"I appreciate everyone's kindness.
Next time I win Man of the Match, I'll treat everyone to a big meal!
As Coach Bremser said, I really want to celebrate with my family today."
Snuffy, eager to go home, smiled and declined everyone's kind offer.
After showering off the champagne and sweat, Snuffy changed into his casual clothes and left the stadium alone.
Riding his bicycle, with his bag on his back, he hurried towards his home, 5 kilometers away from the stadium.
Looking at the familiar scenery around him, his mind was filled with various thoughts.
Snuffy's home was in a high-end residential area in Wolfsburg, built by the Volkswagen Group for its middle and senior management employees.
Both of Snuffy's parents were middle managers at Volkswagen Group headquarters.
They studied abroad together, fell in love, worked, and settled there.
After Snuffy was born, the football-loving couple sent him to the Wolfsburg team's youth academy, which was controlled by Volkswagen, from a young age.
Although Snuffy's football talent was only slightly better than the average person, combined with his hard training from a young age, he still managed to rise to Wolfsburg's U16 youth team.
Although his performance was mediocre, he still gritted his teeth and persevered with his and his family's dream.
But in the summer of 2014, everything changed.
In that year, Germany won the World Cup, and while celebrating the team's victory, Snuffy was involved in a car accident and broke both of his legs.
After more than a year of recuperation, although Snuffy stood up again, he was still left with a slight disability, and naturally, he was eliminated by the Wolfsburg youth team.
After being eliminated, Snuffy, who had already accepted reality, once again faced the tricks of fate on November 23, 2022.
While watching the Qatar World Cup group stage match at home, where Germany lost to Japan Team 1-2, Snuffy, whose hands and feet turned cold from Germany's poor performance, suddenly fainted.
When he woke up, Snuffy found himself back before the turning point of his destiny, that summer of 2014, before the World Cup had started, and before he had been in a car accident.
After his rebirth, Snuffy was both happy and helpless, happy that his football dream could continue, and helpless that German football had been getting worse year by year since that year.
"Is this German football really going to give me, Snuffy, a hard time?!
If I keep watching, I won't even have to wait until 2022 to lose to Japan Team; losing to the Korean team in 2018 would be enough to send me off happily.
Do they really have no shame?!"
Snuffy, who had just been reborn, couldn't help but complain, "I can't watch this Germany team's matches anymore!
Others consume electricity watching football, but I consume my life!"
"Rebuild the glory of German football; it is our bounden duty!"
Suddenly, a slogan echoed in Snuffy's mind, followed by another: "All-Round Football System loaded.
Host, please begin your journey to revitalize German football!"
"This must be the voice from my mind, right?
Is this the golden finger that comes standard with my rebirth?
Revitalize German football?
Why don't you tell me to revitalize Chinese football?!"
Snuffy complained speechlessly in his mind, "System, do you know that German football is getting worse year by year!
The entire team is full of contradictions.
You want me to revitalize it?
How am I supposed to revitalize it?!"
"Ding, this system respects the host's wishes.
Please choose one from the following three options:"
"First: Revitalize German football.
Throughout your professional career, you must win one European Cup and one World Cup for Germany.
Failure to complete will result in humanitarian punishment.
Second: Revitalize Chinese football.
Throughout your professional career, you must lead the China Team to the top of the World Cup once.
Failure to complete will result in humanitarian punishment.
Third: Do not accept this system and give up your football career.
Directly accept humanitarian punishment.
Host, please choose as soon as possible.
Countdown begins: 10, 9, 8, 7."
"Humanitarian punishment?
Is there punishment for playing football?!
Stop, stop, stop, I choose one!
I choose one!
I'm willing to revitalize German football, alright!"
Snuffy reluctantly made his decision.
"You heartless system, you said you respect the host's choice.
Is this how you respect my choice?!"
"Ding!
All-Round Football System officially activated."
As another voice echoed in his mind, from this moment on, both German football and Snuffy's life took a different path.
"Detailed panel loaded.
Host, please view it immediately."
"Got it, got it.
Stop rushing me!" Snuffy began to check his detailed panel.
Strength: 67 Acceleration: 65 Speed: 60
Dribbling: 58 Ball Control: 58 Short Passing: 62
Finishing: 60 Shot Power: 60 Heading: 57
Long Shots: 60 Positioning: 54 Penalties: 64
Long Passing: 57 Free Kicks: 56 Vision: 54
Body Coordination: 70 Jumping: 63 Tactical Awareness: 59
Stamina: 65 Pressing: 61
Height: 180 cm Weight: 73 kg
Overall Rating: 60
A decent U16 youth team player, good enough to be a substitute in a Bundesliga 2 relegation team.
Looking at his attributes, Snuffy sighed.
"System, no matter how much German football declines, it wouldn't be so bad as to let a small Bundesliga 2 level player like me revitalize it!
If you want to take my head, just say so, don't beat around the bush!"
"Host, please rest assured, with the help of this system, you will definitely become a world-renowned football king."
"This system will briefly introduce its functions.
First, the host will receive a novice gift package.
This gift package includes a superstar-level template and two top-tier characteristics.
This is the initial reward."
"This system has collected data on all players from the birth of football until 2022 and generated corresponding templates based on their football careers.
And you, the host, by possessing the corresponding template, will have everything that player possessed, including the football skills honed throughout their professional career, as well as their unique physical talent and flair.
In short, whoever's template you have, you can do everything they could do in their prime!"
"In this system, templates are divided into five levels, from lowest to highest:
Star: Overall rating reaches 80, possesses one star skill or talent characteristic.
A starter level player for a Champions League team.
Superstar: Overall rating reaches 85, possesses two star skills or talent characteristics.
A starter level player for a top club.
Legendary: Overall rating reaches 90, possesses three star skills or talent characteristics.
A core member of a top club, almost all of whom have won the Ballon d'Or or FIFA World Player of the Year, such as Kaka, Modric, and other players.
Pride of the Era: Overall rating reaches 95, possesses four star skills or talent characteristics.
Currently, only Cristiano Ronaldo is in this category.
Before him, only a very few, such as Beckenbauer and Cruyff, could reach this level.
Football King: Overall rating reaches 100, possesses five star skills or talent characteristics.
The universally recognized kings in football history: Pelé and Maradona, and Messi, who was crowned in 2022."
"Besides the novice gift package, templates can only be obtained by winning championships.
Different levels of championships correspond to different levels of templates.
The Football King template can only be obtained through winning the World Cup.
The Pride of the Era template can be obtained through winning the European Cup and Champions League.
The Legendary template can be obtained through winning the Top Five Leagues and Europa League.
National cup competitions such as the German Cup, FA Cup, and other championships can grant a Superstar template.
Other secondary League championships can grant a Star template.
The higher the level of the template, the stronger the unique star skills and talent characteristics it possesses."
"After obtaining a template, the host can directly and perfectly use the star skills and talent characteristics.
The host can obtain skill points through diligent training, matches, completing system tasks, and other forms.
And skill points can directly improve the host's basic attributes, allowing them to reach the comprehensive rating of the loaded template.
For every 8 hours of scientific training according to system guidance, one skill point can be obtained."
After listening to the system's explanation, Snuffy also roughly understood what he should do in the future: first, rely on the Superstar template obtained from the novice gift package, acquire skill points through various means, increase his overall rating, and improve his overall ability!
Then, he would quickly move up to the first team and help the team win championships.
Based on his memories of the future, he knew that Wolfsburg's performance next season would be good.
They not only ranked second in the Bundesliga but also won the German Cup, and even reached the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
It's just that their attacking power was relatively weak.
If they added a superstar-level attacker, winning the Bundesliga Championship wouldn't be impossible.
Even if it was the same as before, winning the German Cup would at least grant him a new Superstar template.
Thinking of this, Snuffy had a question.
"System, can I load multiple templates?
Can basic attribute points still increase after reaching the template's Upper limit?"
"Host, you can, of course, load multiple templates.
Each time a new template is loaded, the host can gain new star skills and talent characteristics.
The upper limit of basic attributes possessed by each template is not the same.
The maximum limit that the host can reach will be based on the highest upper limit of the same attribute among all possessed templates."