Akira_Kun_2398

Diogo Jota was one of Portugal’s brightest football stars—until the world believed he died in a tragic accident.

But legends don’t fade. They are reborn.

Jota awakens in the body of a ten-year-old boy in a quiet rural village called Penedono. No lights. No stadium. No one knows who he truly is. As he struggles to adjust to a life of poverty, quiet streets, and schoolbooks, the instincts of the pitch still burn within him.

Alongside his loving mother and curious little sister Ana, Jota begins his journey again—from dirt fields and local tournaments to a dream that once shook the world. Quietly, patiently, he laces up a pair of old boots, ready to prove that greatness cannot be erased.

> He was once a legend. Now he’ll become one again.

Reincarnation of a Legend

The sun hadn't yet risen over Lisbon when the academy's landline rang.

Coach Nuno answered, scribbled a note, then knocked on the dormitory door.

Those three words rewrote everything.

By breakfast, it was official: Jota had been selected as one of the twenty players to represent Portugal U13 in the upcoming friendly tour of France.

He stared at the announcement sheet pinned to the dining hall wall.

Beneath it, the emblem of the Federação Portuguesa de Futebol.

"You're flying. And I'm packing your extra socks."

Eduardo grinned. "Just don't forget to bring us back something French. Like a trophy."

The flight left in three days. Until then, they trained like warriors.

Evening scrimmages under floodlights.

Chapter 16 – The Call to France