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

Tonight, the Rhine-Neckar Arena is ablaze with renewed tension!

In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Hoffenheim will host Sevilla.

The deafening cheers almost lifted the roof off.

Nagelsmann fielded his strongest lineup, determined to defeat this tough La Liga opponent at home.

His opening gesture was exceptionally clear: Press down, sever them!

As the kickoff whistle blew, Hoffenheim's front four – led by Uth, with Yan Yuan, Rupp, and Gnabry in a diamond formation – resembled four sharp knives, piercing the gaps in Sevilla's midfield and defense!

"Ladies and gentlemen, look at this oppressive atmosphere! Hoffenheim is going to shut down Sevilla's lifeline!" the commentator exclaimed.

After the kickoff, midfielder Amiri launched the first attack, tightly marking Banega.

Demirbay, the defensive midfielder, was lurking on the flanks, ready to block passing lanes.

"Flanking maneuver, block!" Demirbay's shout cut through the noise, just as Nagelsmann had said before, actively communicating with his teammates on the field.

Nordvet made a timely block, forcing Banega to pass back in a sorry state. Finally, Nzonzi managed a long pass that found Navas.

However, right wing-back Kaderabek had been waiting for a long time.

Once, twice, three times, four times!

Navas attempted to break through the wing and deliver crosses four times, but all four attempts were thwarted by Kaderabek and Vogt's early positioning.

Or clear the ball directly with a header!

After Nashmania's adjustments, Hoffenheim really showed their fighting spirit.

"Kaderabek, perfect positioning! Sevilla's right flank attack has completely failed! Nagelsmann's tactical trap has worked!" The commentator exclaimed with passion.

The young Yan Yuan was exceptionally active in the attacking third, covering a vast area with his runs, and clearly giving short, concise commands in German: "Rupp, push forward and press!"

Rupp raised his hand to signal, understood immediately, and went to cut off the possible route to the other rendezvous point.

In the 22nd minute, Banega hastily passed the ball under pressure from Amiri and Rupp, but Demirbay made a sharp interception.

Without hesitation, the German defensive midfielder immediately passed the ball to the fast winger Schulz, who had made a run down the left flank.

"Counter-attack opportunity! Schulz receives the ball!" the commentator exclaimed.

Schulz looked up and saw that Seville's heavy forces had instantly rushed to the left flank.

Just then, Schulz displayed excellent vision and delivered a precise long diagonal pass.

The ball slid across the halfway line like a scalpel, flying towards the gap that was suddenly exposed on the right side of the weak side!

"Beautiful pass! Sevilla's left flank is open! Yan Yuan is there!!" the commentator shouted.

Yan Yuan had been lying in ambush for a long time, and had already started the attack the moment he saw the ball flying into the sky.

He brought the ball to a steady stop and faced the experienced Mercado head-on!

"Can 17-year-old Yan Yuan handle Mercado?" The commentator's words made the hearts of Hoffenheim fans clench.

Yan Yuan remained calm and composed, gently nudging the ball with his left foot to induce Merka to shift his center of gravity, before quickly pulling the ball back with his right foot for the first time.

In the instant Mercado adjusted his footing, he deftly flicked his right foot to the outside again.

Mercado completely lost his balance, and Nzonzi, who was covering for him, had already rushed up to him.

Yan Yuan immediately lifted the ball with his right foot, sending it into the air. The ball seemed glued to his foot, bouncing three times on the instep of his foot.

But the ball just wouldn't fall!

Then, Yan Yuan controlled the angle and force, and gently flicked the ball to the left with the inside of his right foot!

Yan Yuan used his bull tail to dribble past his opponent in mid-air, and he broke through to the next level!

"Fried meatballs! A series of changes of direction followed by a gorgeous aerial cow tail!! If I remember correctly, that's Di Maria's signature move!!! He shook off Mercado and Nzonzi! He actually broke through!!!!" The commentator's voice almost cracked.

Breaking through the brief gap created by two formidable defenders, Yan Yuan burst into the penalty area.

The angle was already narrow, and Danish center-back Kjaer made a diving sliding tackle to block it!

Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Yuan calmly launched a powerful low-angle shot with his right foot against the sliding tackle of Kjaer.

Shoot!

The ball passed precisely between Kjaer's outstretched legs, spinning intensely!

Sevilla goalkeeper Rico's view was blocked by Kjaer and Nzonzi, and his reaction was slightly slower. When he made the save, his fingertips barely touched the ball, but he was unable to change its direction.

The ball flew into the net and nestled into the near corner!

"GOOOOOOOOALLLL!! Number 17, Yan Yuan! Incredible! Calm! Exquisite! Deadly! Including the two goals against Liverpool in the qualifiers, plus the two goals against Sevilla in the previous leg, this is his fifth Champions League goal! His mentor Nagelsmann is celebrating wildly on the sidelines; his protégé has not let him down!"

The stadium erupted in cheers as Yan Yuan glided in celebration with his arms outstretched, only to be overwhelmed by his ecstatic teammates.

On the sidelines, Nagelsmann clenched his fists, clenched them into the air, and roared towards the field: "That's how you play! Strict! That's how you play!"

His eyes brimmed with undisguised pride and excitement.

His high-pressure tactics, executed precisely by his disciples, yielded perfect results.

In the 35th minute, Sarabia received the ball near the halfway line and astutely spotted the only possible opening in Hoffenheim's high-pressing defense.

This is the huge gap left by Schulz's forward run.

A precise diagonal long pass tore through the defense!

Sevilla's Ben Yedder started like a ghost, and Hübna made a mistake in his offside trap! One-on-one!

The French striker calmly chipped the ball over the onrushing Baumann!

"Sevilla! Ben Yedder! A textbook counter-attack! The score is equalized! 1-1!"

The away Seville fans finally cheered.

While the pressure from Hoffenheim is fierce, the margin for error on the top stage is extremely low.

Yan Yuan retreated to midfield and watched Ben Yedder celebrate, his eyes calm.

After the halftime break, Hoffenheim did not panic when the game resumed. Nagelsmann's adjustments required the players to stick to the strategy of combining passes between the wings and the center.

"Hoffenheim is advancing through the middle! Amiri has the ball, he's observing..." the commentator said.

Amiri is in possession of the ball in midfield, drawing double-teams from Nzonzi and another defensive midfielder!

"Amiri, the right flank is open!" Yan Yuan keenly observed the emptiness on the right flank after Amiri drew away the defensive midfielder from Sevilla, and loudly pointed it out to him.

Amiri understood perfectly, and pretended to make a strong push down the middle, but suddenly switched to the right flank!

Kaderabek had already made a high-speed run up the flank and received the ball calmly! Escudero, who was defending him, was firmly marked behind him!

"Kaderbek! He's pushed forward! Cross the ball!!!"

Sevilla's center-back Lenglet instinctively lunged towards the center of the penalty area to block a potential attack.

Just then, Yan Yuan, who had been hovering near the penalty spot, suddenly started moving laterally!

Kaderabek understood immediately. Instead of blindly sweeping the ball towards the goal, he delivered a precise triangular back pass, targeting Yan Yuan who was moving laterally.

"Yan Yuan receives the ball! Lenglet is charging at him! What will he do?" the commentator exclaimed.

Facing the towering Lenglet's blockade, Yan Yuan displayed world-class ball control and footwork.

He didn't stop the ball to adjust, but directly met the ball and flicked it outwards with the instep of his foot!

The ball traced a beautiful little arc, as if it had eyes.

The ball bypassed Lenglet, who was desperately stretching his leg to block but whose movement was slightly clumsy, and carried a strong spin.

The ball flies straight into the bottom right corner of the far end of the goal.

Goalkeeper Rico, who was preparing to block the near post, was completely misled by this incredibly tricky shot.

He made a desperate dive to the side, but it was too late! The ball struck the theoretically absolute corner with pinpoint accuracy!

"Outside of the foot! A perfect 10-point shot! This is simply a work of art! 2-1! Hoffenheim takes the lead again! Yan Yuan! Incredible young man! He has dominated the game once again! Yan Yuan, 17 years and 136 days old! He made Rico and Sevilla's entire defense look like background figures!!" The commentator was completely captivated by this goal.

On the sidelines, Nagelsmann excitedly knelt down and slid, clenching his fists and roaring to the sky!

His tactics completely freed Yan Yuan, and the boy repaid his trust in the most amazing way.

After conceding the goal, Sevilla launched a furious counterattack, switching to a 3-4-3 formation to attack down the left flank, with Sarabia and Escudero taking turns to strike! Gnabry dropped back to help defend Schulz.

"Rupp, help!" Yan Yuan shouted, reminding the midfield maestro to pay attention to protecting his flanks.

At the critical moment, the Hockville defense withstood the pressure.

Rupp made a precise drop back and, together with Schulz, blocked Escudero's cross out of bounds.

Subsequently, Sevilla had an opportunity outside the box, and Vazquez unleashed a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area.

The angle and power were both excellent! But Baumann, like a god descending to earth, leaped to the side and tipped the ball over the crossbar with one hand!

"Baumann!!! A thrilling save! He kept the goal intact! Sevilla's attacking wave was stopped by Hoffenheim's ironclad defense and super goalkeeper!" The entire Hoffenheim fan stadium erupted in thunderous applause for their goalkeeper.

After Hoffenheim thwarted the opponent's attack, defensive stalwart Vogt received the ball.

Instead of blindly launching a long ball, he made a slight adjustment near the center line, looked up to observe, and instantly spotted Yan Yuanzheng and Kjaer one-on-one on the right wing!

A precise long pass found Yan Yuan! Yan Yuan, with his back to the towering Lenglet, leaned firmly against him!

"Yan Yuan has the ball with his back to goal, and Lenglet is marking him! Seems like he doesn't have much of a chance? Wait! What's he looking at?!"

Yan Yuan did not choose to turn around and charge, nor did he even look at the position of his teammates behind him.

Just as Lenglet and the other center-back Kjaer instinctively moved closer to double-team him.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Yan Yuan gently tapped his heel backward with the heel of his supporting foot.

"A backheel pass?! Oh my God!!!" This pass really stunned the commentator.

The ball, like a precision-guided missile, slipped nimbly and unpredictably through the only gap between Lenglet and Kjaer's bodies.

On the left flank, Gnabry, who had been helping with defense, understood the situation perfectly and launched a high-speed attack like an arrow, successfully breaking the offside trap!

"Gnabry has broken the offside trap!!! He's one-on-one with the goalkeeper!!"

On the left flank, the lightning-fast Gnabry caught up with Yan Yuan's unseen pass and faced Sevilla goalkeeper Rico head-on!

He calmly slotted the ball into the far corner.

Although Rico touched the ball with his foot, he couldn't change its direction, and the ball rolled into the net!

"GOALLLLLLLLLL!!! Gnabry, and Yan Yuan's brilliant assist!!! A backheel through ball with a godlike perspective! He seems to have a 360° view! A genius imagination! It's 3-1 now!" The commentator was almost speechless.

"That's awesome, Yan! You're fucking amazing!!" Gnabry was the first to run to Yan Yuan after scoring, and hugged his teammate who had created the miracle tightly.

Nagelsmann, sitting on the sidelines, raised his arms and applauded, then burst into incredulous laughter at the assistant coaches' bench.

His beloved student's creativity far exceeded his imagination!

Near the end of the match, Sevilla pressed forward with all their players to attack a corner kick, but the ball was cleared by Vogt's header.

Uth won a touch in the attacking third and headed the ball towards the center.

Yan Yuan, it was still Yan Yuan. He deftly unloaded the ball near the center line.

Yan Yuan received the ball, and there was a wide-open space in front of him, leaving only the goalkeeper in Sevilla's backfield!

Banega makes a furious comeback!

Yan Yuan had anticipated this, and with a calm movement, he accelerated and used his speed and change of direction to easily get rid of Banega's desperate attempt to tackle him.

Looking up, I saw that goalkeeper Rico was indeed positioned a bit too far forward, about 25 meters from the goal.

Without the slightest hesitation!

Yan Yuan adjusted his position and used his left foot to execute a beautiful arc.

"A left-footed lob shot?!"

The ball, spinning intensely, pierced the night sky, soaring past Lenglet's desperate pursuit, and drawing a giant rainbow in the air.

It plummeted, landing with unparalleled precision towards the far corner of the goal!

Rico leaped back with all his might, narrowly missing the mark by a hair's breadth!

「GOOOOOOAL！！！！帽子戏法！！！无与伦比的表现！冷静观察后的完美吊射！4-1！比赛结束了！塞维亚被这位17岁的华裔天才彻底摧毁了！欧冠资格赛2球，小组赛第一轮2球，第二轮帽子戏法！7个欧冠进球！霍芬海姆出现了一个妖星！！！」解说彻底疯狂，语速快到几乎窒息。

The entire venue erupted in a blue frenzy!

Yan Yuan opened his arms wide, enjoying the overwhelming worship!

His teammates swarmed around him and tossed him high into the night sky—a hat trick, an absolutely perfect solo performance.

Hoffenheim thrashed Sevilla 4-1 at home.

Nagelsmann excitedly rushed onto the field and immediately found Yan Yuan, who was surrounded by his teammates.

Ignoring the cameras and onlookers on the sidelines, he opened his arms and gave his 17-year-old protégé a powerful and proud hug!

Then he released his grip, his hands tightly gripping Yan Yuan's shoulders, his eyes gleaming with undisguised excitement and light, and shook him forcefully:

"Fantastic! My child! It was truly a dream performance!" His voice trembled with excitement. "You've given me everything I wanted! Everything!"

Nash had so much to say, which ultimately came down to a proud and affectionate German sentence:

"Ich bin so stolz auf dich! (I am incredibly proud of you!)"

Yan Yuan's face was also filled with a tired but satisfied smile as he nodded vigorously to his mentor.

Nagelsmann's trust and tactical design gave wings to his talent, completely freeing Yan Yuan from offensive threats.

Tonight, Reinneka is only shouting for this 17-year-old boy.

Hoffenheim's rising star is emerging.

……

The victory against Seville was like a shot in the arm, but also like a hard millstone.

The high intensity and high level of competition take a huge toll on the players, especially for the young Yan Yuan.

With the Bundesliga season starting and the current packed schedule, coupled with the continuous Champions League battles, even the strongest body needs a break to breathe.

Moreover, this young man is only 17 years old.

By this time, it had quietly arrived at the beginning of October.

The grand curtain has already been raised on Munich Oktoberfest, and the air seems to be filled with the unique joyful atmosphere of Bavaria, the aroma of beer malt, and the tempting smell of roasted meat fat.

In the days following the victory over Sevilla, experienced assistant coach Kramer quietly reminded Nagelsmann:

"Julian, Yan has been performing very well lately, but he was a few seconds slower than usual in several of his shuttle runs today. He should rest."

Nagelsmann looked at Yan Yuan, who was drenched in sweat on the training field, yet still meticulously completing each movement, and a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.

He saw it clearly: Yan Yuan had recently played almost every important match in the league and the Champions League.

His running distance, number of confrontations, and pressure in handling the ball are all among the best in the team.

Although this young tiger cub is full of energy, it also needs a short rest before it can exert its strength better.

Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometers away in Munich, a "helpful person" also sent a message at the opportune moment.

Thomas Müller was scrolling through his phone when he came across a media report about Yan Yuan's amazing performance in the match against Sevilla.

In the photo, Yan Yuan is surrounded by his teammates, smiling broadly.

Müller grinned, revealing his signature, comical smile.

Since they followed each other on social media after their last meeting at Hoffenheim's home stadium, the two have been exchanging a few words on social media from time to time.

Müller would occasionally share some funny stories about Bayern Munich or complain about the training volume, and Yan Yuan would also ask Müller about life in Germany or football techniques.

This Bayern Munich clown has a good impression of Yan Yuan, who is almost ten years younger than him, and admires his talent and liveliness.

He felt that Yan Yuan was too much like himself.

Muller's fingers flew across the screen, and his message quickly appeared on Yan Yuan's phone:

"Hey! Yan! That was awesome! Those three goals from Sevilla were so cool, especially that third shot, it was incredible! I wanted to applaud you even in front of the TV!"

Yan Yuan smiled when he saw Müller's message and replied, "Thanks, Thomas, that goal was just lucky."

Müller immediately continued typing: "Luck? That's all about skill. Oh, by the way, you've been playing so hard lately, you must be exhausted, right? Oktoberfest is in full swing right now, do you know about Oktoberfest?"

Yan Yuan replied, "I know about this, but I haven't participated yet."

Müller perked up: "Wow! How can that be? Oktoberfest is a major event in Germany! Come on, Baden-Württemberg isn't far from Munich. I'll treat you and show you around. I guarantee it'll be even more fun than you imagine."

Yan Yuan's heart stirred slightly. He really wanted to go, but his age was a problem.

"Thomas, thank you for the invitation, but... I'm not an adult yet, I can't drink alcohol."

Müller replied instantly, his message carrying the sound of his signature hearty laughter:

"My God, my man! Is beer festival just about drinking?! The atmosphere, you know! It's that feeling of everyone partying like crazy! The live music, the enormous Ferris wheel, and all those sausages, roast chickens, and giant pretzels—the aroma is irresistible!"

Besides, there are fruit juices and soft drinks at Oktoberfest, so don't worry! The main thing is to have fun and have a good time, just treat it as a trip to Munich to clear your head.

Müller's enthusiasm almost pierced through the screen.

For Yan Yuan, the invitation from this football veteran and Bayern Munich legend itself carried a unique appeal.

Moreover, his interaction rate with Muller has already reached over 80%, and attending the beer festival with Muller would be a great opportunity for interaction.

Furthermore, this is indeed a rare opportunity for relaxation during a busy season.

Just then, Nagelsmann announced within the team the decision to rest some key players for the next Bundesliga match against Wolfsburg, including Yan Yuan.

After training, Nagelsmann called him aside.

"Yan, you'll get a rest for the home game against Wolfsburg next week. You've been playing too much lately, and your body and mind need to recharge. Don't train or watch any games during this time; let your body and brain rest."

He patted Yan Yuan on the shoulder affectionately.

Yan Yuan felt a sense of relief and immediately thought of Muller's invitation.

He quickly explained, "Coach, Thomas invited me to Munich to see Oktoberfest..."

Nagelsmann raised an eyebrow, then gave a knowing smile: "Oh? Thomas is certainly enthusiastic."

He also knows Müller very well.

"Of course you can go, kid. It's good to experience German culture, but remember, don't drink alcohol once you get there. Be careful on the road, let me know you're safe anytime, and remember to return to the team on time."

With the coach's approval, Yan Yuan's face instantly lit up with a smile: "Definitely! Thank you, Coach!"

After he returned home, he took out his phone and replied to Muller:

"Thomas! The coach agreed! I'll be there right away!"

Muller replied with a series of jumping and cheering emojis and a message: "Great! Friday or Saturday? Let me know when you've made your plans, I'll pick you up and take you to eat the best roast chicken!"

Yan Yuan replied with an "OK" gesture and a cool-looking emoji.