We made you the King of Prisoners, and now you've become the King of Football?

Jiang Ming could only run intermittently and barely maintain a rhythm on the treadmill.

After nearly an hour of agonizing struggle, I barely managed to run four kilometers. My strength was almost completely drained, and my limbs felt sore, heavy, and weak.

The system gave a notification every time I finished running one kilometer.

With the gym membership bonus applied, this kilometer was counted as two kilometers, and the progress bar was increasing rapidly, but his legs had already started to tremble.

With his current pitiful 27 points of stamina and such poor physical fitness, if he doesn't find a way to improve it, he might just collapse while running next time he plays, becoming a laughing stock for the opposing players.

Even without detailed calculations, it's clear that to complete the 100km task, even with a bonus card, you'd still have to run 50km within 72 hours.

Jiang Ming secretly thought to himself, "It's like hell to slowly recover Xiao Luo's body, which is like a prisoner's body."

"Jiang, you've been in the gym for an hour and only run four kilometers?"

Mbappe had just finished a few sets of sprints outdoors and was planning to go to the gym to lift weights and build some muscle when he passed by and couldn't help but click his tongue twice.

"My grandma can go for a walk in the park faster than you!"

Jiang Ming's face darkened after being teased by Mbappe.

Although I was very unhappy, I couldn't find any reason to refute it.

There's no way around it; a speed of four kilometers per hour is an impressive feat, even among Chinese university students.

After a whole day of tedious training, they had only managed to advance the mission by a quarter.

[Primary Goal: Accumulate 24 runs per 100km]

Jiang Ming stared at the system panel and sighed helplessly.

"Let's continue tomorrow. We can only grind it out slowly. While we still have the boost, let's hurry up and get through this training period."

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2015 11 Month 24 Day.

Jiang Ming arrived at the training base early in the morning.

The security guard at the entrance glanced down at his watch.

【7: 06】

So early?

It's rare to see such a hardworking young player!

No one knew that Jiang Ming just wanted to buy himself a little more time.

The gym membership card is only valid for 72 hours. If you run an extra kilometer now, you'll run an extra kilometer later.

Despite the muscle soreness from yesterday's exercise, Jiang Ming continued to grind for task progress.

After a full two hours of aerobic running, the task progress successfully increased to 38km.

Just as he finished resting and was preparing to continue his sprint, his assistant coach found the gym.

"Jiang, your individual training is suspended today."

"Huh?" Jiang Ming scratched his head.

If I can't practice today, how am I supposed to catch up on my task progress?

"To be precise, everyone should assemble immediately and stand by at the outdoor training ground."

……

Thirty minutes later, at the outdoor training ground.

The entire Monaco U19 team was present, and head coach Frederic gave the opening address.

"Extra training today has been cancelled; the team has other special arrangements."

The teenagers below the stage looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.

Frederick cleared his throat: "We're now in the middle of the season, and a wave of injuries has hit us. The first team has already lost quite a few players."

"First team coach Leonard Jardim will visit the training base later."

"You will be playing a group training match against some of the first team players."

At this point, Frederick's tone suddenly became more animated:

"Boys, seize this opportunity! This is a golden chance for you to shine and break into the first team!"

"good!"

"I've been waiting for this day for so long!"

The team consists of energetic young men in their late teens and early twenties. Upon hearing that they could play against the first team and even have a chance to be selected, their enthusiasm instantly soared.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Leonardo Jardim, then manager of Monaco, led a group of first-team players to the training ground on time.

"That's Bernardo Silva, the Portuguese, who was selected for the national team this March!"

"Next to him is Moutinho, a veteran Portuguese international who has been a regular starter for the national team for the past decade."

"And then there's Fabinho, a Brazilian player who came through Real Madrid's youth academy. He originally played right-back, but the coach recently converted him to defensive midfield..."

Mbappe lowered his voice and introduced the first-team stars in front of Jiang Ming one by one.

"Don't be careless. The U19 team is not on the same level as the Ligue 1 first team. These are top veterans who have been on the field for a long time and have extremely rich experience in major competitions."

As he spoke, Mbappe pointed to a muscular white man standing to the side.

"That's Ricardo Carvalho, who transferred to Chelsea for a hefty 30 million euros after Porto won the title."

"His defensive partnership with John Terry dominated the entire Premier League! They were true defensive maestros!"

"Besides me, no one in the youth team can easily get past him," Mbappe boasted.

Jiang Ming nodded silently. He knew quite a bit about the resumes and subsequent development of these star players.

Bernardo Silva, known as B. Silva in China, later joined Manchester City, where he won six Premier League titles, establishing the Blue Moon dynasty, and at his peak, he won the treble with the team.

Fabinho went to Liverpool, became the Reds' midfield stalwart, and participated in what is considered the most incredible Anfield miracle in football history;

As for Carvalho...

Jiang Ming was particularly impressed.

The veteran ultimately chose China, ending his playing career in Shanghai.

"This Monaco team is indeed full of talent, a constellation of stars." A sense of anticipation rose in Jiang Ming's heart.

He was curious to see how he would perform against these top-tier players in the top five European leagues, given his current abilities.

Before the training match, we warmed up with simple passing and receiving and dribbling around cones.

During this time, Mbappe's speed in running back and forth attracted the attention of many key players in the first team.

"Is this the kid who scored two goals in three games at the European Under-21 Championship?" Bernardo Silva asked.

"Yes, he has the highest talent in the youth team right now, and the boss is ready to include him in the first team," Fabinho said.

Bernardo Silva nodded in agreement. As the team's main attacking midfielder, he was already among the top players in the league in terms of technique.

He has an exceptionally keen eye for talent; this young man named Mbappe certainly has the ability to join the first team.

Suddenly, B. Seidon's gaze was drawn elsewhere.

He pointed to Jiang Ming, who was practicing long passes with the assistant coach not far away: "And what about him?"

Fabinho pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know, I've never heard of any Asians on the team."

"Oh?" B. Seymour suddenly became somewhat interested.

In his view, Jiang Ming's technical skills are more worthy of the first team's standards.

……

After explaining the precautions to avoid reckless confrontations and prevent injuries, the main event officially began.

The match between Monaco's first team and Monaco's U19 team is about to begin.

An internal training match with seven players and a 45-minute halftime game.

Jiang Ming was selected for the seven-man squad thanks to his outstanding performance in the previous match against Saint-Étienne U19.

The first team fielded more than half of its main players.

Goalkeeper: Subasic.

Defenders: Ricardo Carvalho, Coentrao.

Midfielders: Bernardo Silva, Fabinho, João Moutinho.

Forwards: Lachinar Traoré, El Shaarawy.

Mbappe was eager to get started and had been waiting for a long time.

Jiang Ming breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, this training match only lasted 45 minutes.

No matter how long it lasted, he simply couldn't keep going...