The domestic statement: Players under 18 studying abroad will not be recalled.

Fan's Blessing: State +10, Attributes +5, Injury Proneness -5!

Is this a hero's aura?

After reading the description, Ye Chen was shocked.

No doubt about it—the system really knows how to play!

This skill was simply overpowered.

"State" was something intangible, but when a player was in poor form, they could definitely feel it.

Take Ye Chen as an example—after exhausting himself the night before, he would feel drained. His movement, shooting, and technical skills would all feel sluggish.

"System, how many levels of state are there in total?"

"The host's match state is divided into ten levels: Perfect, Transcendent, High-Spirited, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Slightly Poor, Terrible, and Depressed."

"What were my states in the past few matches?"

"The host can check his state before each match. In the last three matches, your states were: Transcendent, Transcendent, and Excellent."

No wonder!

Before the third match, Ye Chen had already felt that his movement and long-range shots were off—it turned out his state wasn't at its best!

If he had received the fan's blessing earlier, his state would have been boosted to High-Spirited...

But Ye Chen probably forgot that he had undergone intense training two days before the match!

After such high-intensity training, it would have been a miracle if his state was still at its peak!

"How many loyal fans do I need to reach the next level—Intermediate?" Ye Chen asked the system.

"Ten million!"

"Hiss..."

Don't think ten million is an easy number!

This was about loyal fans, not just casual supporters.

The key problem was that Ye Chen didn't even know what the system's standard for a loyal fan was...

But since the system had activated the fan system, it must have a set criterion.

What he could do was train hard, play well, and use his strength to win over the most demanding football fans!

As for everything else—let fate take its course.

After the match against Werder Bremen, Ye Chen once again dominated the headlines of many sports websites.

Three matches, nine goals—tied for second place on the top scorer list with Podolski and Bayern's striking powerhouse, Mario Gómez!

But Podolski had played eight matches, while Gómez had played nine!

Currently, the top scorer was Schalke 04's striker, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar!

This year, Huntelaar was practically unstoppable. Even if Ye Chen wasn't following the Bundesliga closely, he knew that Huntelaar had scored a terrifying 29 goals that season.

And the Bundesliga only had 34 rounds in total.

That meant he was averaging nearly a goal per game.

On the other hand, Mario Gómez, playing alongside Ribéry on the left and Robben on the right, had only managed 26 goals.

It was Huntelaar's 29 goals that made him not only the Bundesliga's top scorer in the past 30 years but also the highest-scoring foreign player in a single Bundesliga season!

But now, with Ye Chen's rise, everything had changed.

Would the record for the highest-scoring foreign player in a single Bundesliga season belong to Huntelaar or Ye Chen?

Only time would tell!

For now, no one was comparing Ye Chen to Huntelaar—because their match against Schalke 04 was scheduled for Round 14.

That would be a derby match watched by all of Europe!

Meanwhile, the top-scorer race between Ye Chen and Podolski was heating up.

In China, the matchup was even being dubbed the "Asian Derby."

After all, Köln's lineup featured a Japanese player—Tomoaki Makino, who played as a defensive midfielder and center-back.

Makino had been with Köln for a year, playing five matches last season, with only one start.

This season, things had slightly improved—two starts in nine rounds—but every match he played in ended in a loss...

Especially in Round 2 against Schalke 04, where Köln suffered a 5-1 defeat—Huntelaar scored a hat-trick!

Makino's rating for that match? 58.

For Asian players, making it in Europe was truly difficult.

If they performed poorly, they would be benched or even have their contracts terminated.

Unlike European players, who—even when they made mistakes—were given more chances by their coaches.

After all, "God forgives young players' mistakes."

But this rule did not apply to Asian players.

This was discrimination rooted deep in European football. Even if it wasn't displayed openly, it always lurked beneath the surface.

That's why players like Shinji Kagawa were so exceptional and highly regarded in Japan.

And because of that, Ye Chen had also gained quite a bit of popularity in Japan.

When a Japanese football forum posted a poll—"Ye Chen vs. Tomoaki Makino, who do you support?"—Ye Chen received 23% of the votes!

Even though Ye Chen wasn't Japanese, their culture respected strength.

More importantly, Makino was a star in Japan but had underperformed in the Bundesliga.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen had gained the support of many Shinji Kagawa fans.

After all, Ye Chen and Kagawa had excellent chemistry at Dortmund.

Kagawa had provided several assists for Ye Chen, and Ye Chen often dropped back to help Kagawa shake off defenders.

Yet, in China, negative reports about Ye Chen were everywhere.

It was as if an invisible hand was controlling the media.

When Ye Chen was released by Manchester United, they hyped up the narrative that he couldn't survive in European football and wasn't even worthy of the national team.

When Ye Chen signed with Borussia Dortmund, they claimed that Dortmund only signed him to exploit the Chinese market—just as they had done with Shinji Kagawa for the Japanese market.

They even alleged that Ye Chen's spot on the team was bought through backroom deals and that he was just there for marketing.

Before the match, they predicted that Ye Chen wouldn't even get playing time.

But what happened next?

Ye Chen not only came off the bench but also scored a hat-trick.

Yet the media refused to acknowledge their mistake and claimed that Ye Chen's goals only came because Bundesliga opponents were too weak and his teammates were too strong.

They sounded just like fake football fans.

Even Sir Alex Ferguson's words gave them "authority" to continue their narrative, claiming:

"If Ye Chen is really that good, he should score against teams like Bremen."

And then?

Ye Chen scored another hat-trick!

China's football scene exploded.

Adding fuel to the fire, the Chinese national team lost to Iraq at the Bird's Nest Stadium...

Winning a friendly against UAE meant nothing when they couldn't even score in official matches!

More and more fans flooded the Chinese Football Association's official website, demanding that Ye Chen be called up to the national team!

With no other options, the FA issued an official statement:

"To provide better development opportunities for overseas players, we will not recall players under 18."

Additionally, there was a small footnote at the bottom:

"Fans should abandon their worship of foreign football. The Chinese Super League is flourishing, and domestic players are just as good as those playing abroad. Ye Chen should focus on club football—after all, he is only a substitute right now!"

This statement instantly caused an uproar.

Three Bundesliga matches, nine goals—and the FA still called him a substitute?

And the worst part?

They weren't wrong...

Because in all three matches, he really had started as a substitute.

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