After Paris Saint-Germain was removed from the list, I led England to victory!

A new day of intra-squad scrimmages began at Hoffenheim's training ground. Sunlight streamed onto the green field as the players were divided into red and blue teams.

Yan Yuan was assigned to the red team and continued to play as a right winger.

Over the past few days, he has devoted almost all his free time to practicing the "Pharaoh Curve," and the intensive practice has led to a rapid improvement in Yan Yuan's left-foot technique.

[System Notification: Pharaoh's Arc Skill Match Rate 94%]

Although his teammates occasionally noticed that he would practice alone after training, no one expected Yan Yuan's progress to be so remarkable.

After the match began, the red team controlled the ball. Yan Yuan frequently received the ball on the right wing, using his speed and changes of direction to break through the defense.

The Blue team's left-back knew him well, knowing that he was used to crossing from the byline or cutting inside and shooting with his right foot, so he always blocked his right foot's path when defending.

However, this time, Yan Yuan did not play by the usual rules.

In the 23rd minute, the Red Team midfielder played a through ball to Yan Yuan, who received the ball in the right flank area, facing close pressure from the defenders.

He suddenly stopped abruptly, gently flicked the ball with his left foot, creating half a body length of space.

The blue team's defender thought he was going to go to the byline, so he subconsciously shifted his weight to the outside.

In that instant, Yan Yuan flicked the ball with the instep of his left foot, sending it arcing in a strange direction past the defender.

Heading straight for the far corner of the goal!

The goalkeeper was completely unprepared for the shot to be taken with his left foot, and the trajectory was so tricky that despite his best efforts, he couldn't reach the ball with his fingertips.

The ball grazed the bottom edge of the crossbar and went into the net!

The field fell silent, then erupted in gasps from the teammates.

"Yan! When did you learn this move?!" Ute rushed over and grabbed his neck, his face full of disbelief.

"Good heavens, that arc is ridiculous! And you hit it with your left foot???" Gnabry stared wide-eyed, as if he had seen a ghost.

Yan Yuan grinned, offering no further explanation, but simply pointed to his left foot and winked mysteriously.

On the sidelines, Nagelsmann, who was writing on his tactical board with his head down, looked up sharply after hearing the exclamation and just happened to see the ball go into the net.

His eyebrows shot up, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes before quickly turning into excitement.

He immediately beckoned to the assistant coach, whispered a few words, and kept his eyes fixed on Yan Yuan.

The match continued, but Nagelsmann's attention was completely drawn to Yan Yuan.

He carefully observed Yan Yuan's every touch of the ball, especially his use of his left foot.

In past training and actual matches, Yan Yuan would either cross from the byline or cut inside and shoot with his right foot after receiving the ball on the right wing; he was rarely seen using his weaker foot.

But today, he tried to handle the ball with his left foot many times, and the quality of his passes and shots was surprisingly high.

During halftime, Nagelsmann walked directly up to Yan Yuan and asked him bluntly:

"Yan, what's with that left-footed curveball you used? I've never seen you use it before."

Yan Yuan was prepared and said with a smile:

"Coach, I've been studying Salah's game videos lately, especially his left-foot technique. I've also chatted with him online a few times and asked him about some details."

After the last match against Liverpool, I followed him on social media. He's a really nice guy.

A hint of admiration flashed in Nagelsmann's eyes: "Salah? No wonder the arc is so similar."

He then asked, "What about the success rate?"

"During extra training, well... I could probably get six or seven out of ten kicks in," Yan Yuan answered truthfully.

This is already a very good success rate.

Nagelsmann nodded, then suddenly said, "Now show me again."

"OK, coach."

Yan Yuan moved back to the right side of the penalty area, allowing his teammates to feed him the ball from various directions.

The first cross was received by him, and he curled a left-footed shot with a perfect arc, but it went slightly over the crossbar.

With the second diagonal pass, he received the ball, adjusted his power, and the ball arced beautifully into the top corner.

The third ball, the fourth ball...

After shooting ten balls, he scored seven, five of which were in the absolute corners.

The more Nagelsmann looked, the higher his lips curled up, and in the end he couldn't help but clap his hands.

"Good, very good!" Nagelsmann's eyes gleamed with the brilliance of a tactical fanatic. "This technology can definitely become an important part of our new tactics."

In the second half, Nagelsmann made a slight adjustment to the tactics, allowing Yan Yuan to cut inside to the right flank more often, creating opportunities for him to shoot with his left foot.

The Blue Team's defenders were clearly not used to this change, and when defending, they would subconsciously block his right foot, resulting in his left-footed curling shots repeatedly threatening the goal.

Although he didn't score again, Yan Yuan's shots gave the goalkeeper a real scare and even forced the opponent to change their defensive strategy.

After the intra-squad match, Nagelsmann immediately convened a meeting with the coaching staff.

"Everyone, let's have a short meeting after get off work."

In the meeting room after get off work, Nashman said bluntly, "We've all seen that Yan Yuan's left-foot technique has improved by leaps and bounds. We must take advantage of this; it's a completely new tactical template."

The tactical analyst astutely pulled up the match video, focusing on Yan Yuan's several left-footed shots during the training match.

Nagelsmann pointed at the screen and said, "Look at this curve, it's almost identical to Salah's style, and Yan plays in the same position as Salah. If he can maintain this level of performance and make good use of his weak foot, he will be a terrifying threat to the opponent."

Cramer raised a question: "Coach, I have a question. His weak foot isn't something he was born with. Won't that make him less consistent in actual matches?"

Nagelsmann shook his head: "Kramer, seven out of ten attempts are successful, that's a high enough success rate. Moreover, his rate of progress is astonishing. I have great confidence in his learning ability. I guarantee that given some more time, he will be even better."

After some discussion, the coaching staff reached a consensus: to design a new offensive tactic by using Yan Yuan's right-wing, backward-footed, curved shot as the new offensive method.

The threat of this tactic depends entirely on the accuracy of Yan Yuan's reverse foot shot.

Specifically, this means giving Yan Yuan more opportunities to have the ball in the right flank area, while the center forward and full-backs should create space for him, creating one-on-one opportunities or opportunities for him to shoot directly.

In addition, Nagelsmann decided to further liberate Yan Yuan, allowing him to choose to cut inside or go to the byline in attack based on the situation on the field, rather than mechanically executing tactics.

The meeting continued until late at night.

As the meeting adjourned, Nagelsmann specifically stopped the tactical analyst and gave him some instructions:

"Vincent, starting tomorrow, focus on collecting data on the left-backs of our next Champions League opponent to find their defensive weaknesses. We need to make sure that every cut inside by Yan Yuan hits their sore spot."

As Nagelsmann stepped out of the meeting room, he stood by the window in the corridor, looking out at the training field. Unexpectedly, he saw Yan Yuan carrying the ball and walking back alone.

"Yan is back so late again..." Na Shuai sighed softly.

He had discussed increasing the training intensity with Yan Yuan countless times, but Yan Yuan's answer was always the same old thing.

"Coach, my recovery training is going very well, I'm not tired at all, you don't need to worry."

Nagelsmann likes young people, and even more so, intelligent and talented young people.

Yan Yuan not only meets all the above conditions, but he also has one more condition: his almost abnormal execution ability and self-discipline.

Nagelsmann watched Yan Yuan walk out of the training field before leaving, and Yan Yuan did not notice that his mentor was watching him.

"If a kid like this can't become a superstar, then there's no point in me being a football coach anymore."

Nagelsmann also quietly set himself a small goal: he was determined to make Yan Yuan a new superstar under his tutelage.

He has to live up to the expectations of this child.

Back in his dorm, Yan Yuan was lying on his bed, scrolling through Salah's latest updates on his phone.

He casually gave it a like, then opened his private messages and typed: "I scored a goal in today's team match using your skills. The coach and teammates thought it was great. Thank you for your guidance!"

After sending the message, he put down his phone, stared at the ceiling, and replayed every detail of the day in his mind.

My left foot felt more and more natural, as if it had always been my dominant foot.

There's just one last step away from fully mastering the "Pharaoh's Curve".