Defend and Counterattack

Xiao Lu LaogongXiaoxiang Academy2018

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290K words

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Male-Oriented Fiction Urban Fiction Defense and CounterattackSelf ImprovementSatirical Style

Summary

Ji Wenbo is a middle-aged man who has lost his job and his money. After his business failed and he lost his job, he plans to drive a taxi and intends to leave the pitch after playing one last amateur match. He and Lao Sa play for the amateur team Saturday, using wily, packed defense against the Liaodong University team. Thanks to Lao Sa drawing a red card, Ji Wenbo's unconventional goal, and verbal provocation, they pull off a 3:0 upset. Afterward, a windfall makes him the team owner. He brings in a thuggish coach, failed players, and several beautiful women, and starting from the Liaodong Cup, they set their sights on the China League Two, the FA Cup, and even the AFC Champions League and the Club World Cup.

Editor's review

This book suits readers who enjoy grassroots football and light, humorous sports fiction. Its highlights are the satisfaction of an amateur team upsetting strong opponents with wily tactics and the protagonist's rise from taxi driver to team owner; the characters joke around and the match descriptions feel grounded. Its weaknesses are an opening style that is overly slick, slightly dragging off-pitch life scenes, and a later league-promotion formula that feels repetitive.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the first three chapters to get used to the wily humor and match rhythm.
  2. Follow the alternating progression of matches and management; don't get bogged down in detailed statistics.
  3. Feel free to skim repetitive banter and formulaic passages.

About the publisher

Xiaoxiang Academy

Xiaoxiang Academy is a book publisher whose main line is online-literature publishing; publicly available information is limited, and its founding year and country/region have not been confirmed. Its catalogue contains 11,338 titles, with common categories concentrated in premium fiction, women's fiction, quality web fiction, girls' fiction, time-travel and alternate-world stories, and ancient romance, indicating a selection aimed at female readers and weighted toward romance and time-travel themes. Representative titles include Shanli Renjia, the Quick Transmigration System series, Shoufu Jiaoniang, Muchuan Xiangwan, This Is Not A Song of Ice and Fire, The Houfu Miss's Entertainment Career, and Mr. Long, Please Take Care of Me for the Rest of Your Life, covering quick transmigration, ancient romance, alternate-world time travel, and modern romance. Representative authors include Zhu Li Qingcha, Yun Sansan, Pian Fangfang, Si Jin, Xiang You, Tanjian Tingchan, Han Jiangxue, and Linghu Qianxue, with a author base made up mainly of web-fiction writers. Its publishing profile can be summarized as relying on original web fiction, focusing on female-oriented romance and time-travel/alternate-world narratives, and covering popular subgenres such as light sweet romance and system-based quick transmigration.

FAQ

What genre is this book? It is a football sports web novel focused on an amateur team's underdog rise and grassroots satisfaction.
What is the protagonist's identity at the start? An amateur player who has lost his job and money and plans to drive a taxi.
Which match does the story begin with? The Liaodong City Mayor's Cup, where Saturday pulls off a 3:0 upset against Liaodong University.

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About the author

Xiao Lu Laogong Author

Xiao Lu Laogong is the pen name of a web fiction author, also written in English as Xiao Lu Laogong; details such as nationality, birth and death dates remain unknown. Public information is limited. What can be confirmed is that the author has one work in the database, the representative title Defense and Counterattack. The work is categorized as male-oriented fiction and urban fiction, suggesting that it targets male readers and is set against an urban backdrop. The title itself hints that the story may involve competitive confrontation or strategic maneuvering in everyday life. Because biographical material, author statements, and reader feedback are unavailable, it is not possible to describe the author's educational background, creative trajectory, or industry influence; only limited inferences can be drawn from the existing category and title. Readers may regard the author as a writer of urban-themed web fiction, with further assessment possible if more works or public information emerge.