Colombian Fan Favorite
Part 8 | Yanbian FC | 延边足球俱乐部 | 연변축구 | FM23 Hardcore Mode
Shaanxi
It turns out that I had nothing to worry about.
We scored 7 minutes into this match and never looked back. We only gave up one shot the entire game, won 63% of the possession, and dominated the match despite not looking particularly good.
25-year-old striker Gao Yang, fresh off of injury, was clearly the player of the match. He passed well and got the ball into excellent areas, and finished the match off with a header for a goal in the 93rd minute.
That makes 6 straight wins for us in the league, and we’re currently top of the table. We’ve scored 30 goals in 6 games, which is a pretty good clip. And we proved in this one that we didn’t need Mr. Kwon’s stabilizing presence after all.
Of course, it might be a different story when we play a team that can actually compete with us.
Torres
We’ve got more good young players on this team than I can talk about at once. It’s probably easiest to split things up a little bit.
Juan David Torres is a 22-year-old Colombian center back who was a fan favorite from the moment he arrived. He was one heck of a scouting find, too. I’m not sure how our scouts came across him, since he’s never had an international appearance at any level, and was hiding in obscurity somewhere on the Real Cartagena roster in the Colombian 2nd Division.
The scouting report on Torres was so good that I bought him right away, throwing 4 million RMB at Real Cartagena.
He’s been a hit so far, with a high average rating and numerous excellent performances for us so far this season. He’s also got a somewhat loud personality — a media-friendly individual who knows what he wants and pushes hard to get it.
When he does finally learn Chinese, I think he’ll be an excellent player for us.
Charlotte doesn’t care much for him, of course. She’s never cared for the tall centerbacks. She’s always been a bigger fan of the midfielders with long hair.
The Big Test
We host Beijing University next, in a #1 vs #2 matchup that is probably the most important game of the year.
A win puts us way up in the standings, and almost guarantees that we will win the league outright, given how bad the competition is.
If we lose, we’ll really have an uphill fight from here on out. I don’t foresee Beijing University losing to anybody else anytime soon.