339: Chapter 339 If you can break through my goal, I'll admit defeat.

The morale of these people in the Men's National Football Team is too low; they have no fighting spirit at all. Using some reverse psychology to provoke them might be useful.

Qin Chuan waved his hand and said, "Comrade Liu Hong, let's go to XX Stadium. I want to take a look at these people."

"Sure, I'll take you there."

Chairman Liu personally took Qin Chuan to the Men's National Football Team's training ground. At this time, the players were undergoing their daily training.

However, just by looking at the training intensity, Qin Chuan shook his head slightly. If they trained like this, they probably wouldn't even break a sweat even after a whole morning.

"Comrade Liu Hong, this training intensity is a bit low. With the Asian Cup approaching, you have to increase the difficulty no matter what."

Chairman Liu was a bit embarrassed, his face turning slightly red. "Director Qin is right. We indeed need to increase the training intensity. This afternoon, we will arrange a practice match."

Accompanied by Chairman Liu and several others, Qin Chuan watched their training and shook his head slightly. He had to administer a strong dose of medicine; otherwise, they would remain depressed and lack the necessary fighting spirit.

"Chairman Liu, have the training stop for a moment. I want to say a few words to them."

Soon, the training stopped.

All the players of the Men's National Football Team, including the coaches, stood in neat rows. Because Chairman Liu, the Acting Chairman of the Football Association, was there, no one dared to act out.

These people stood in several rows, many of their eyes falling on Qin Chuan, their hearts filled with curiosity about who this person was.

He looked very young, thirty years old at most, but he was wearing an administrative jacket and dressed like an official, so he might be some kind of cadre.

Such a young official shouldn't be of a high rank, right? Was he a Deputy Section Chief or a Section Chief? A Deputy Division Chief would be the absolute limit. Why was Chairman Liu so respectful in front of him?

While these people were confused and making wild guesses, Chairman Liu introduced, "This is Director Qin of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Now, let's welcome Director Qin to give a speech."

Sparse applause rang out, each person sounding like they hadn't eaten enough.

Qin Chuan had a serious expression and a loud voice. "My name is Qin Chuan. To tell you the truth, I personally sent many corrupt elements of the Football Association to prison. I originally thought that catching so many people would serve as a good deterrent and that everyone's fighting spirit would rise, but it didn't!"

"I watched your training just now. Each of you is listless, lacking morale, lacking fighting spirit, and you don't have even a bit of drive. In this state, how can you win games!"

"It's not that I look down on you, but in your current state, even if you let me guard the goal, you wouldn't be able to score a single ball..."

Perhaps these words provoked some of them, as someone interrupted loudly, "Director Qin, you are insulting us. If a layman like you guards the goal, we could kick it in with our eyes closed."

Qin Chuan chuckled. "Can you really kick it in with your eyes closed? Good, very good. I really don't believe that. Then I'll be the goalkeeper, and you'll take penalty kicks. Five balls per person. If you can kick even one in, I lose!"

As soon as these words fell, the scene exploded!

Penalty kicks!

As long as you don't kick it wide, the probability of scoring is very high. Even world-class goalkeepers have no certainty of saving a penalty kick.

The scene became noisy. Obviously, everyone was provoked by these words. They all felt humiliated and were angry in their hearts.

"He probably hasn't even touched a football. He's a layman, a typical layman. Does he even know what a penalty kick is!"

"I'll be the first to kick. I'll show him the consequences of talking big!"

"Five balls per person, and if I miss one, I lose!"

"..."

Chairman Liu was stunned. He didn't expect Qin Chuan to say such things. Even if he wanted to stimulate these players, this wasn't the way to do it.

"Director Qin, how about we forget it? I'll tell everyone you were just joking."

Qin Chuan said, "This is no joke. Organize it, let them come one by one, five balls each. Also, get me a set of goalkeeper gear, including a pair of well-fitting sports shoes."

He was currently wearing leather shoes, trousers, a shirt, and an administrative jacket. This outfit wouldn't be a huge problem for being a goalkeeper, but it looked a bit out of place. It was better to change into a sports suit.

Seeing that Qin Chuan seemed serious, Chairman Liu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He had someone take Qin Chuan to change gear, while already thinking in his mind how he would clean up the mess later.

Before long, everything was ready.

Qin Chuan was dressed in goalkeeper gear, even wearing the special goalkeeper gloves, and stood in front of the goal.

"Dongzi, you go first. Test his depth."

A young player nodded, took the football, and stood at the penalty spot. Chairman Liu hurriedly said, "Step back, step back ten meters. Are you really going to kick penalties?"

Qin Chuan waved him off. "Chairman Liu, no need to step back. We're doing penalty kicks. Five per person. Any player who can score one is considered qualified, and I'll also consider it my loss."

One goal out of five—anyone with feet could do it.

The young player named Dongzi had a look of disdain. Since you're looking for death and want to make a fool of yourself in front of everyone, I'll grant your wish.

Dongzi set the ball, then kicked it. The football flew toward the goal like a cannonball, at a speed most people couldn't even react to.

Many people here were experts. When they saw that Qin Chuan hadn't moved after Dongzi kicked the ball, they knew this goal was a certainty.

Generally speaking, goalkeepers save penalty kicks by predicting in advance and making a diving move early. If the opponent has already completed the kick and the ball is flying over, even a god wouldn't be able to react in time to save it.

But...

After the ball took flight, everyone saw that Qin Chuan reacted. He made an accurate diving move with unimaginable speed and then accurately caught the ball in his arms.

This...

How could this be? A penalty kick was actually caught.

Several people even thought to themselves: Impossible, absolutely impossible. No one in the world has such a fast reaction speed. He is completely relying on pure reaction to save the ball.

Qin Chuan didn't care about the reactions of the people around him and signaled: Continue, again.

For the second ball, Dongzi was much more meticulous. He shot toward the top right corner of the goal, but it was useless. It was still steadily saved by Qin Chuan.

The third shot went to the top left, the fourth was a grounder, but none were useful; all were saved. For the fifth ball, he kicked it directly off-target, likely because his mental state had collapsed.

Next, several people went in a row, even including a starting player. The result was the same: all penalty kicks were saved.

What the hell!

Especially among the coaching staff, those foreigners were shocked, their mouths agape, and exclamations like "What the hell" or "My God" rang out from time to time.

The forwards of the Men's National Football Team finally couldn't sit still. The star forward, Lin Dafei, personally took the field.

He thought to himself, 'I don't believe it. I can't even score one out of five penalty kicks!'

'I'm a forward, not a midfielder, let alone a defender. I will definitely blast through your goal.'