Touchline Rebirth: From FIFA to Football - Chapter 1: Whistle of Rebirth

... d always lived and breathed football. Not in the flashy, stadium-hopping, selfie-taking way, but in the quiet, consuming, obsessive way that made other people think something was wrong with him. To his few friends, he was just "Niels"—a nod to his odd mix of European football taste and Asian roots. He wasn't the type to play on a team. He was the guy running simulations in FIFA Career Mode until dawn, watching tactical breakdowns in multiple languages, and memorizing youth prospects from leagues ...