nice story and one of the best sports novels untill the lost in the finals of champions leugue to barca around chaper 600. some would say it made the story less predictable that they lost but honestly it just killed the mood of the whole story for me, and a few chapters later we skip 3 years where they lose again in the finals to madrid the year after before winning 2 in a row. that for me was comepletely felt like a big whatever from the authors side. all that building for 600+ chapters to then go oh you lose, and then skip 3 years because you know nothing matters other than winning the finals felt so empty. if the author did not have a plan of writing more of serie a why end it on a loss to then skip 3 years with a loss followed by 2 wins in the finals. classic cartoon/anime sport cliche -_-