This directly led to the Barça B Team's standard deteriorating day by day.
It was becoming increasingly insufficient to contend with Castilla.
It even once nearly dropped out of Segunda División, facing relegation to Spain's third-tier League!
And now, with the big battle against Castilla imminent,
Dong Gu, the Cameroonian main striker of the Barça B Team, was unexpectedly injured.
This made Sacristán even more on edge.
"In these two days, quickly transfer a few people from La Masia to make up for the combat power! It's time to give those young lads some challenges!"
"However, the void left by Dong Gu's injury is not so easy to fill! Even Barça's first team is in urgent need of a capable striker!"
Sacristán said with worry.
The assistant coach comforted him, "Recently, La Masia has produced a batch of good young players! Maybe they can help us!"
"For example, that young Japanese kid known as 'The Messi of Japan', Kubo Takefusa! His progress has been immense, we can arrange a training match to observe him!"
"His coverage on the field is very wide, maybe he can play as a striker!"
Sacristán frowned, "A Japanese? An Asian??"
"Castilla's defense are all tigers, all lions! An Asian's physique might not be able to handle it!"
The assistant coach scratched his head, constantly thinking, "There are a few other candidates... There's also a local Spanish youngster who's not bad, oh right, there's one more person!"
"A young Dragon Country player! No, he's of Chinese descent, with Argentinian nationality! I remember his position is striker! The bronze boot winner of last season's U17 League!"
"He seems to be quite famous in La Masia! He's a problem child! Because he often gets into fights with Asian players!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sacristán was stunned, then burst out cursing:
"Cabezas, what the hell are you doing?? Chinese descent? Dragon Countryman??!"
"And a troublemaker who likes to fight??"
"The football level of the Dragon Country is even far inferior to Japan and South Korea! Have you seen any Dragon Country player in the top five Leagues who can be a starter??"
"Asking me to trust a player from the Dragon Country, I'd rather just pick 'The Messi of Japan' you mentioned!"
"How did he get into La Masia??"
After speaking, Sacristán sighed helplessly.
"In short, arrange a training match tomorrow to observe them! Pick a few capable players from La Masia, we cannot lose the weekend match against Real Madrid's second team again!"
"Otherwise, the Spanish media will never give us a chance to hold our heads high!!"
After Sacristán finished speaking, he slumped on his desk, somewhat dispirited.
He waved his hand, dismissing the assistant coach.
Immediately after,
He grabbed the Barça B Team's roster from his desk.
He looked at it for a long time.
It was a huge headache!
These were all disciples he had personally coached!
Although many on the list were 'young talents' from La Masia,
Compared to Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, who came from La Masia many years ago... the current Barça youth reserves no longer shone so brightly!
There were almost no outstanding super talents!
Compared to the previous explosive output of talents,
In recent years, Barça has mostly relied on buying players during transfer windows to supplement its combat power!
Rather than relying on its own youth academy's development!
As for Real Madrid's second team, which the Barça B Team will face this weekend... Although La Masia is known as the world's strongest youth academy,
Real Madrid, as a La Liga super club that rivals Barça,
Also possesses its own top-tier youth academy system!
Real Madrid's youth academy is called 'La Fábrica'!
Perhaps this youth academy, compared to La Masia, doesn't sound as famous!
But its contribution to Real Madrid is no less than La Masia's help to Barça!
'The Lord of the Rings' Raúl González, 'Saint Casillas' Casillas, 'The Golden Wolf' Guti, Morientes... all were superstar players born from Real Madrid's youth academy, La Fábrica!
And in these years,
As La Masia declined,
Real Madrid's youth academy, on the other hand, grew stronger!
Morata, Nacho, Vázquez, Cheryshev... and Jese Rodriguez, known as 'the new Cristiano Ronaldo' and 'Saint Jese'!
These promising young stars, who came from Real Madrid's youth academy and will all achieve success in the future,
Are currently playing for Real Madrid's second team, Castilla!
"God, I don't want to be fired!!"
Sacristán wailed.
In these years, the pressure he faced leading the Barça B Team was immense.
The continuous decline in performance, including repeated defeats against Castilla,
Put him at constant risk of being dismissed!
At this moment, Sacristán had only one hope in his heart.
To win the weekend match against Real Madrid's second team, Castilla!
To avenge the past!
"My God, please grant us a powerful striker who can save the team!!"
... (Event period: January 21st to February 5th)
Chapter Seven: The El Clásico is Everywhere! A Chance to Represent Barça against Real Madrid? (New book, please give flowers, rating tickets, monthly tickets!!)
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing today's training, you have gained 1 free attribute point.]
In the early morning,
Ye Lingfeng opened his eyes, and the system's notification sound echoed in his mind.
This was a system function he had discovered before going to sleep last night.
Training Ground Mode!
As long as he trained for six hours in the training ground, he would gain 1 free attribute point.
He could freely allocate points in the attribute panel.
Training could be endless, but the training reward could only be effective once a day.
More importantly, he could train even while sleeping!
This avoided the awkward situation where intense training or matches during the day left him with no energy to train in the system's training ground at night.
Ye Lingfeng stretched his arms, feeling the sensation of training all night.
Although it was subconscious training during sleep,
It was still very good.
The sense of fulfillment was overflowing.
It was like lifting weights in the gym for half a day.
As for this 1 free attribute point, he thought about it and finally decided to add it to 'Positioning'.
[Positioning: 69 → 70!!]
At this point, Ye Lingfeng's Positioning attribute also crossed the 70 mark, which was considered barely passing.
Since he had obtained the King of the Penalty Area skill, to better trigger this skill, the key was whether he could receive the ball and shoot in the penalty area at the right time.
Thus, the Positioning attribute became particularly important!
For a striker,