Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 43
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A player greater than the team
Back in England, Notts County won the next two games. They were about to give up the League Cup, but luckily they met a weaker team and advanced to the round of 16. Finally, on September 30, Notts County’s home stadium, Meadow Lane, hosted its first-ever Europa League match.
The players of Austria’s Rapid Vienna felt like they were shrinking while warming up before the game. The capacity is 20,300, but due to security issues, only about 19,600 people can actually enter. However, cheering and singing continued for two hours before the game began.
It’s not just loud and intimidating. The club that my grandfather’s grandfather has been a fan of has entered the Europa League for the first time in its 150-year history. A mixture of loyalty, faith, and madness has created a contradictory atmosphere that is both passionate and pious. And that energy is pressuring the Vienna players who have come to the away game.
If the referee of the match makes the same decision as in the previous match, there will be a riot. The British media foamed at the mouth and attacked UEFA and the referee for the unfair treatment that Notts County received, and the Italian media defended the referee’s decision, saying that it was not decisive. UEFA concluded that the referee had made some mistakes, but the result of the match should be accepted, causing great discontent among Notts County fans.
However, not all the people in the stands are filled with excitement and enthusiasm. Jose, who was sent off in the last game, is suspended for one game and has to watch the game from the stands. Jose, not swayed by the atmosphere around him, recalled his conversation with Kishin yesterday.
### I am a serious dividing line ###
“There is no player greater than the team?”
Jose remained silent, not knowing the intention of the question. His card was intentional and Gisin did not say anything about it. The youth coach and coaches of Barça must have been nagging at him, but in this respect, Gisin was very pleasing.
“There are players who are greater than their teams. Messi and Ronaldo. These players would be a great help to any team they go to. Well, there’s no way to verify that, so this is just my opinion.”
Kishin gathered rumors about Jose through Eric Hunter. He knows that Barça’s youth coaches and managers have put a lot of effort into making Jose mentally mature. He wondered if it would not work with his healing ability, but he was told that it was impossible because his healing was currently in the second stage of recovery.
Case Ward’s muscles are defective, and he lacks physical strength. However, this is an innate part, so it cannot be cured through restoration. Even if the innate part is restored, it will remain the same. Likewise, Jose’s mental problems are due to his innate personality, and are not mental illnesses like Hunter’s trauma.
After much thought, Kishin concluded that Jose had great ambitions but was mentally immature compared to his ambitions, which is why he had these problems. He wanted to become like Messi and Ronaldo as soon as possible, but it didn’t work out that way. The resulting urgency led him to blame his teammates, show aggressive tendencies in his defensive positions, and make many critical mistakes.
“Everyone will have different opinions on whether there is a player greater than the team or not. But on this one thing no one in the world can disagree.”
Kishin thought that Jose’s problem was that he had no clear goal. He had an ambition of 10, but it was a directionless ambition. He wanted to become a great player without any particular goal, but he wandered around without knowing what kind of player he should become.
“There is no great player without a team. Football is a team sport. Without a team, the individual has no light.”
“When you don’t know what to do on the pitch, give it to your team. Pass for your teammates, create space for your teammates. If you work hard for your teammates and your teammates, you will become a great player.”
Jose didn’t seem to understand what Gisin was saying. Gisin tried to explain it a little more simply.
“Stop thinking about becoming a star. Play football for the team and take care of your teammates. Messi is loved because he helps the team. He is not loved because he is good. If you do as I say, you will return to Barça and become a regular player.”
Jose nodded, although he still didn’t understand. He just didn’t understand, but he understood what Kishin wanted. Thinking about the great things Kishin had shown during the game, such as the precise tactical changes and personnel changes, he thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to try it once like Kishin said.
### I am a serious dividing line ###
Kishin deployed a 4-3-3 formation. The center backs are Marco and Dixon, with Wang Hui on the left and Tuttle on the right. Both full backs are more attacking than defensive. The midfielders are Cha Beom-soo, Gray, and Eduardo. Up front, Hunter, Alexandre, and Bonavich are the three tops. Bonavich plays the role of an attacking midfielder and both wings in the second line, and can also play the role of a striker depending on the situation.
The intention of Kishin, who put forward five physical players, Dixon, Gray, Wang Hui, Alexandro, and Hunter, is very simple. He wants to play English football against Vienna, thinking that the referee will not be strict with Notts County due to the influence of the previous game and the fact that Notts County is at home. If he pushes forward with a long ball, Hunter or Alexandro will fight for the ball and Bonavich will get the ball.
In the ground situation, Tuttle and Wang Hui go up like wings and center, and Alexandro, who is a premier level in physical combat, Hunter, who has a heading score of 10, and Bonavich, who has an average score in all scores, head the shots. In defense, Gray, under the command of Cha Beom-soo, cuts off the opponent’s counterattack with strong physical combat. Gray, who has a narrow range of activity, is able to cover a very wide range by moving according to Cha Beom-soo’s instructions.
In Vienna’s first attack, which was focused on defense, Dixon intercepted the opponent’s ball and passed it to Marco. Marco checked the positions of his teammates and found Hunter’s head with a long ball. Hunter headed it to Bonavich, who moved to the left with the ball. Bonavich, who is good at using both his left and right feet and is capable of centering and shooting, gave the opposing defenders a headache.
Eduardo ran into the space left by Bonavich, and Gray and Cha Beom-soo also raised their lines and acted as if they were going to join the attack. At that moment, Wang Hui came running like a madman. With Eduardo and other midfielders holding down the opposing midfielders and central defenders, the Vienna defenders were wondering whether to follow Wang Hui or block Bonavich.
Wang Hui centered the ball that Bonavichi gently poked. Hunter, who had not yet been trained in centering, jumped with all his might, and it went over his head. However, behind him was Gray, who jumped higher than Hunter, despite being 10 centimeters shorter. When the goal was acknowledged, Gray ran and hugged Cha Beom-soo high.
Kishin told Gray, who had a narrow range of activity and was not good at positioning, to imitate Cha Beom-soo. Cha Beom-soo showed the perfect defensive midfielder except for his physical condition. He was great at positioning both in attack and defense, and his range of activity was also wide. He had never properly learned soccer, so it was just natural.
But when the two play defensive midfield together, if Gray follows Cha Bum-soo, they will both head to the same place. So Cha Bum-soo starts to direct Gray, and Gray, who just entered the Penitenti area under Cha Bum-soo’s direction, scored his first Europa League goal at home.
Although they conceded a goal, the Vienna players slowly began to come to life. They were a little overwhelmed by the atmosphere they had never seen before, but as the game progressed, they returned to normal condition. The goal just now was not scored through such a great tactic, but was just a goal made by brute force. The teamwork between the players is also better, and their tactics are much more advanced.
However, as the referee was lenient on Notts County’s rough physical fights, Vienna’s quick attacks were repeatedly blocked. The most frustrating thing is that he keeps losing in physical fights with the small-looking Cha Beom-soo. Cha Beom-soo is light in body and relatively weak in strength, but his physical fight value is a whopping 7. He overcomes the weight difference with physical fight skills and makes up for his lack of strength with evil.
Bonavich still feels like a dream when he signed with Notts County. He signed with Eric Hunter as an agent as if he was possessed by something and signed a three-year contract with Notts County. But today, he really liked the manager’s tactics and for the first time, he felt that he had made the right decision to sign. He can play as an attacking midfielder on both wings and as a central striker, however he wants.
Bonavici, who received the ball headed by Alessandro, moved to the right wing. Tuttle came up just like Wang Hui did earlier, and instead of passing to Tuttle, Bonavici cut inside. The Vienna center-back hesitated for a moment whether to leave Hunter behind or wait for another defender to fill the space. In that brief moment, Bonavici, completely free, kicked the ball with his left foot.
The ball, which drew a beautiful arc, hit the blind spot where the goal post and the crossbar meet, called the Yashin zone. Bonavici is an average player in all abilities. That is why Atalanta’s manager and coaches tried to develop him as a midfielder. However, they missed the fact that Bonavici has a very high concentration in attack situations.
Despite being two goals ahead, Notts County players were not satisfied. When the situation became tense, Bonavich dropped down and formed a triangle with Eduardo and Cha Beom-soo. All three were accurate with short passes, so they did not lose the ball easily.
Bonavich made a long pass to Wang Hui, who was overlapping on the left. Wang Hui did not immediately center the ball, but turned it inside like Bonavich’s second goal and shot directly. Wang Hui, who is sorry to say that he is a professional with his right foot, ended up with an absurd shot.
Kisin taught Wang Hui that he should shoot occasionally. He should make the opponent think a lot so that he can do what he wants. It would have been better if he had passed to Eduardo in the open space instead of shooting just now, but Wang Hui’s vision is not yet at that level.
Jose bit his lip while watching the game from the stands. When he shot like that in Barcelona, his teammates would scold him, and the manager and coaches would also nag him. However, the other players were giving Wang Hui a light round of applause and praising him for his ridiculous shot.
The first half ended 2-0, but Wang Hui showed several more threatening centering passes. Of course, he also made two more ridiculous shots. Jose rubbed his face with both hands as he watched Gray, Cha Beom-soo, and Wang Hui affectionately arm around each other.
I hate to admit it, but it was largely my own fault that I didn’t get along well with my teammates at Barça. It was because I always said something when they made a mistake. I couldn’t stand it when someone pointed out something about me, even if it was the manager or a coach.
‘It’s hard to be friendly with someone you don’t like. Instead, let’s just show professionalism on the pitch. I’m not a youth player anymore. I’m a professional now.’
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