Gold Medal Coach

Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Returning Home

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‘Lao Lin’ was the captain of the national team. His real name was Lin Haoyan and he was 22 years old this year. His competition ID was Old Lin. In the past, Lin Haoyan was the main charger of the ACE team. After the retirement of God Wing, the captain of ACE, he changed to the JZ team and later became the JZ team’s captain.

Lin Haoyan had played in the World Series for five years and had very rich experience in competitions. This was why Coach Zhang made him the captain of the fifth national team.

However, the peak period of e-sports players was only a few years. He faced problems such as slower reaction speed, decreased hand speed, etc. as he got older. He was very reluctant to part with this field but he was really tired. He had decided to retire at the end of the year.

He had won the domestic A-grade League’s championship twice, but he had never touched a trophy in the World Series, let alone the championship.

The best result of the Chinese team in the World Series in recent years was fourth place. At the beginning, Lin Haoyan felt that the performance of the national team would gradually improve. He didn’t expect that fourth place was actually the peak of the Chinese team. This season, they didn’t even make it to the quarterfinals.

As the captain of the national team, he felt disappointed, frustrated and blamed himself. However, there was no other way. The competition in the World Series was extremely fierce and they couldn’t beat the foreign players. In any case, he wasn’t young. He would retire and go home to spend his days in peace. He didn’t want to be despised by foreign players or scolded by domestic netizens.

Lin Haoyan suppressed the sourness in his heart as he looked at the teenagers in the training room and pretended to smile. “I just received news from the league that the new coach will come to the base in a few days. Perform well in front of the coach and strive to be selected for the next season.”

Everyone was slightly shocked when they heard his words.

Xia Li was a straightforward person and simply asked, “Captain Lin, will you come back next time?”

Lin Haoyan shook his head. “I won’t come. I am older and ready to retire. This is the last time I will be the captain of the national team. You are all very talented newcomers from major clubs and have a bright future. I hope that one day, you can come back with a world championship trophy so… I have no regrets.”

The group of people present immediately had red eyes at Captain Lin’s words.

Retirement was the end that every e-sports player faced. It was just that some people left in a beautiful manner. Even if they left, they would be missed by fans. If they occasionally started a live stream, countless fans would go to their live stream room to send gifts.

On the other hand, some people left this arena with regret and infamy.

Lin Haoyan undoubtedly belonged to the latter.

He was a very bold and atmospheric player with a fierce style and stable mentality. He was a veteran of the e-sports circle and took good care of the newcomers of the national team. Some newcomers couldn’t get used to the environment when going abroad for the first time and would get diarrhea. Captain Lin would carry them to the team doctor in the middle of the night. After the group stage was lost, Captain Lin was the first to stand up and apologize to the netizens on Weibo.

His Weibo was full of thousands of comments scolding him and countless people sneered, telling him to quickly get out of the national team. He was actually under more pressure than anyone else.