Hat Trick Wonderkid
Part 6 | Yanbian FC | 延边足球俱乐部 | 연변축구 | FM23 Hardcore Mode
Domination
I suppose we’ve got a good team.
I mean, we didn’t just beat Neimenggu. We crushed them. We pulverized them.
We won the match 8-0. We beat them so easily that we scored 8 goals before the 60th minute. We didn’t score any afterwards, and it didn’t matter.
We’re turning this league into a joke. We’ve got an absolutely amazing side, and I simply can’t believe my eyes.
Hou Yu finally made his debut in goal for us, and, naturally, kept a clean sheet. He looks good, though there are rumblings in the squad that the players are hoping for more depth in goal. I guess it probably wouldn’t help if I told them that we still had our 15-year-old goalie with no self confidence.
We’ve had a great start to the season, and it looks like things can only get better from here. We’ve got great depth to the squad, and we’re playing well even though the players haven’t really learned how to play as a team yet. It’s remarkable.
The 8-0 thrashing of Neimenggu is a new division record for the largest margin of victory. It beats the 7-0 scoreline that we put up in our last match, which itself matched what Beijing University did against Qingdao on the first day of the season. And it just so happens that we play Beijing University in a few games.
The Hat Trick Wonderkid
Huang Bowen is still worried about our new North Korean signing taking away his lunch. He’s gone to the press with his concerns. Nobody seems to be paying much attention to him, though. He apparently didn’t notice that I had him play the entire game against Neimenggu, nor did he seem to care that he wound up scoring.
I shouldn’t pay too much attention to Huang Bowen, though. We’ve got a much better striker at the club already — and he’s younger, too.
Luciano Parra is a 19-year-old Chilean wonderkid, and is such a good player that my scouts demanded that I sign him. I thought it was a bit excessive considering how many strikers we’d already signed, but I went for it anyway.
Parra has played 2 games for us so far. He’s scored hat tricks in both of them, easily earning two player of the match awards. And he seems simply unstoppable.
In my opinion, he’s already the best player in the entire Chinese league system — and he’s only 19 years old. And the best part is that he’s not whining to me after I try to make a signing to give us more strength in depth.
He’s not flashy, nor does he have that gorgeous face that starts up grassroots fan clubs and steals attention from the rest of the squad. He’s focused, he’s quiet, he does his work, and he’s nothing but quality.
I can’t believe he’s playing for us.
First Real Test
We face our first real test in our next game, the first round of the Chinese FA Cup. We’re up against the Cangzhou Mighty Lions, who are in the Chinese Super League, two divisions above us.
Cangzhou is in 18th place and isn’t playing well. The pundits think that we’re going to win this one handidly. I don’t think it will necessarily be so easy, though. We might have a good side, but I’m not certain that we’re quite at the Chinese Super League level yet.
We won’t sell out the stadium, but they tell me to expect about 25,000. I just hope we do well. And I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep tonight.