Football: Expelled from the National Team, Rewarded with Unstoppable Long Shots

Kicked out of Manchester United's academy and banned from China's U17 squad—most players would quit. Not Ye Chen. Armed with a mysterious system that guarantees every long-range strike finds the net, he claws his way from obscurity to Dortmund's starting eleven. Now football's elite are rewriting history: Ferguson begs him to return, Ronaldo admits he's chasing Ye's shadow, and Messi calls him the greatest striker alive. Germany's coach offers citizenship. China's federation sends Lippi to grovel. One question remains: which nation will claim the player the world can't stop?