Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 92
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#92 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1676040
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There is no sweat in vain
Corners used to be a great weapon for Notts County. Hunter, Gray, Dixon and Jose are good at heading. Thanks to the four, other players often get a chance to head the ball. But now there are only Hunter and Gray, and both are inexperienced and are losing ground in the fight for position.
Guzmix, who is 190cm tall, is weak in physical combat. He is fine when defending, but he lacks offensive physical combat. He is also approaching 30 years old, so he gave up on his skills and was assigned to defensive duties in corner kick situations. This is because his running speed is faster than that of Kim Si-woong.
The corner kick was easily missed. Hunter was pushed by Smalling’s experience and Gray by Pogba’s positioning, so he couldn’t even get close to the ball. Hector and Bonavich were also pushed by the body battle and couldn’t get a good position. Mata kicked the ball forward long after De Gea punched it away.
Guzmiks won the first fight for position with Lukaku and headed the ball. Turner, who caught Guzmiks’s powerful head back, kicked the ball straight at Gray. Gray stopped the ball safely with his body against Matić. Matić is also strong, but his pure physical ability is inferior to Gray’s.
Cha Beom-soo quickly approached Gray. Cha Beom-soo is also similar to Hector. He has good reflexes and can accelerate quickly over short distances, but he cannot maintain that speed for long. Cha Beom-soo, who shook off the defender with a sudden movement and received the ball from Gray, immediately passed it to Renault.
The Manchester United defense is somewhat confused because of the rapid change of attack and defense. In such a case, the best way is to pass to Hector and break through the defense line. However, Manchester United seems to be aware of this and have prepared well, with some players marking Hector and appropriately blocking the passing route.
After the penalty kick, Renault, whose mind was very complicated, decided to think only about dribbling at Kisin’s words. When all the other thoughts flew away and he focused his mind on one thing, Renault’s dribbling changed. It was still a rough dribbling like a storm, but it felt more stable.
Pogba approached Renault and motioned to Blind. Blind, who had moved to the central defender position, noticed Pogba’s intention and slowly moved between Cha Beom-soo and Renault. He wanted to block the ball passed to Cha Beom-soo or prevent Cha Beom-soo from passing the ball back to Renault after receiving it.
After losing the ball to Pogba twice early in the game, Renault had been avoiding Pogba. But now, all he had in his head was dribbling. So, contrary to everyone’s expectations, he took Pogba’s center with a simple fake and then broke through Pogba, who had let his guard down a little.
Pogba immediately turned his body and chased Renault, but he couldn’t easily get his foot out from behind Renault. A foul behind a player who has the ball is at least a verbal warning. Two verbal warnings are a yellow card. Since Smalling was blocking the way anyway, he thought he just had to apply appropriate pressure.
Renault hesitates for a moment as Smalling blocks. He wonders whether to go left or right. On the right are Hector and two United players. On the left are Hunter and Bonavich, and there are three United defenders. Blind and Matic have abandoned Cha and Gray and returned to their defensive positions.
He flicked the ball to the left and Renault accelerated sharply. Smalling had no time to react, but Pogba followed Renault in time. He caught up to Renault and stood on Renault’s left instead of behind, driving Renault towards Smalling.
At that moment, Hunter suddenly ran towards Smalling. Matić, who was marking Hunter, immediately ran after Hunter. Smalling, who was standing still, could not keep up with Hunter, who had already gained speed. If Renault passed to Hunter, Hunter would be in a state where there was no defensive interference for a moment. Although Hunter’s shooting is not accurate, it is not always inaccurate. Matić reflexively ran after Hunter.
At that moment, Bonavich ran behind. As he ran in a small semicircle around Renault, Lindelof had no choice but to follow Bonavich. When Renault passed to Bonavich, Bonavich could also shoot comfortably. As he had done in training, Lindelof followed Bonavich.
Renault has Pogba on the left, Blind in front, and Smalling on the right. Renault had no time to think, and had to make a decision. Renault lightly bumped into Pogba. Renault, who hit Pogba and killed the momentum heading to the left, kicked the ball between Blind and Smalling and accelerated immediately.
Pogba grabbed Renault’s jersey, but the elasticity of the jersey was very good. There was resistance, but it was not enough to stop Renault. Blind made a move to block the shooting path without going to the ball, and Smalling slid towards the ball. However, Renault completed the shot before Smalling’s big body could slip off the floor.
Renault felt a great sense of joy. The training he had done so far was not in vain. The timing of this shot was not bad. He hit the ball with his foot at the timing he had expected.
When I came to Notts County, I went into intense training without thinking. I just did what I was told to do. I didn’t get any criticism for dribbling as much as I wanted. There was no coach who stressed me out by telling me how many passes and how many shots I had while dribbling. No one yelled at me to keep in mind the pass and the shot every time I dribbled.
“Watch the movements of the word carefully. Don’t copy it, but digest it in your own way.”
Kishin had no intention of making Renault into the player he wanted. He just gave Renault a chance and cheered him on. Renault was not obsessed with dribbling, but with passing and shooting. He tried to time his passes and shots well, and his dribbling ended up being long.
In order to use Renault quickly, Harvey only taught him the technique of shooting while dribbling and the technique of secretly passing while dribbling. During the game, Renault enjoyed using the method of reading the timing of the opponent’s pass while participating in defense and blocking the pass. As he gained experience through training and actual games, he gradually learned the timing to let go of the ball while dribbling.
But it’s not quite there yet. Renault’s shot once again brushed De Gea’s fingertips before hitting the post. As everyone watched the ball roll out, there was only one player left standing: Hector Hernandez.
“Hector and Bonavich, focus on the balls that come out when other players shoot.”
Hunter has improved a lot through shooting training, but his shooting is still not very accurate. Cha Beom-soo’s shooting path is also somewhat honest, and Renault’s shooting mostly hits the defender’s body or feet. This is because the timing of the shooting is predictable.
As the game progresses, players become more and more discouraged and are less likely to attempt shots. Even if they miss a shot, if someone can reliably get the second possession of the rebounded ball, they will be more likely to shoot.
He gave his orders to Bonavich, who is clever in positioning, and Hector, who has excellent agility and scoring sense. Hector also knows that if other players improve their scoring ability, he will have more scoring opportunities. Hector has been tied up by opposing defenders in every game so far and has not been able to play properly.
The ball, which had increased spin by De Gea’s hand, did not lose any spin when it hit the goal post. Hector was afraid that the ball would float if he shot it as it was, so he stopped the ball with his left foot to kill the spin. Then, when Ashley Young slid, he quickly rolled the ball with his right foot.
When Hector fell to Young’s tackle, the referee awarded another penalty. This time it was a clearer foul than before, and there was no room for explanation. The United players surrounded the referee and protested that it was not a deliberate foul. A bad referee could have pulled out a red card.
Young was shown a yellow card. While the United players were apologizing to the referee, Hunter, who had received a sign from the bench, whispered to Renault.
“Renault, the shaman told me to drive the same way I drove before, but harder.”
Renault thought his heart rate was over 200. They say that when you are nervous, your hands get sweaty, but Renault felt like his palms and tongue were dry. It was not a problem with his shooting technique or path that he missed the first penalty kick. It was a problem with his timing that he failed to take away the goalkeeper.
He kicked so honestly that De Gea dived at the perfect timing. He shot so honestly without any change in rhythm that De Gea was able to touch the ball. Renault suddenly thought that his shooting technique was perfect. Even though he had caught the timing of his shot, the starting goalkeeper of Manchester United barely touched it.
Stop, stop, pop. Renault tried to take De Gea’s timing away by making two sudden stops. However, De Gea jumped to the other side, as Renault’s efforts were in vain. It was obvious that he had assumed that since he had been blocked earlier, he would prepare to go to the other side.
But it wasn’t a meaningless goal for Renault. It gave me a new understanding of the timing of my shots. Even if I shoot at an obvious timing, I can fool my opponents with fakes or rhythm changes. The correct timing for my shots is not the timing that my opponents don’t expect, but the timing that is different from what they expected.
Before coming to Notts County, Renault tried to find unexpected timing for his shots as his shots were blocked repeatedly. Then, while watching Hector, he vaguely felt that something was wrong with his thinking, but he did not know what it was. Then, he realized it through this match.
The excitement rose from the tips of my toes to the top of my head. My whole body felt cool, hot, and tingly. Timing is not about hiding, it’s about deceiving. The first half of today’s game was a big turning point that changed Renault’s football life.
Although they were two goals ahead, Notts County did not let up on their attack. Of course, the difference in skill was clear, so they spent more time defending. In the 77th minute of the second half, Martial dribbled alone and beat two defenders before shooting. The ball hit the foot of Renault, who was actively involved in the defense, and went into the goal. Since the original shot also went into the goal, it was recorded as Martial’s goal, not an own goal.
“You did really well today.”
After the game, Marshall and Renault hugged and talked affectionately. Renault felt all the jealousy and hatred he had held for Marshall released at once.
“Yeah, it feels strange to see you after such a long time. How are you doing at Manchester United?”
“Everything is fine, but my weekly salary is still less than 100,000 pounds. I need to work harder.”
The jealousy and hatred that had been released quickly gathered again. They became stronger than before. Renault gritted his teeth thinking about his weekly salary, which was less than half of Marshall’s. And he worked harder in the subsequent training. Rather than the unclear jealousy toward Marshall, the weekly salary that was clearly compared in numbers gave Renault a clear goal.
‘I’ll get you a hundred thousand pounds a week faster than you.’
Kishin thought that it was because of the encouragement he gave during the game, seeing Renault’s changed attitude in training. It was definitely because he cheered and encouraged him instead of criticizing him for his mistakes. He never imagined that it was because of the wage competition with Marshall.
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