Dad was a Genius - Chapter 43
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 043
Director Kim Tae-hwan believed that there was an omnipotent God somewhere in the sky.
And now I believe that there is a God on this earth.
That god is serving as a director in Cheonan, and his name is Chaseong… … .
“Eunaaaaah!”
What, what is it?
Wait a minute. This familiar face and this breathtaking outfit… … .
“Hey, Director?”
Ambitious vision.
He went to the director’s office, which was still on, to see if he could bring him something to eat.
But then he found Cha Seong-eun unconscious and collapsed in front of the half-open door.
“Director!! It’s you, director!!”
The god who protected Cheonan has fallen.
* * *
“Thank goodness.”
“Oh my. Thank you, God.”
“A guy who doesn’t even go to church on a regular basis.”
“I heard that the director collapsed and went to the dawn prayer?!”
The coaches and players breathed a sigh of relief at the news that Coach Cha Seong-eun had woken up after three days.
I can’t even begin to tell you how shocked everyone was when they heard the news that the director had collapsed.
Moreover, the coaches were so worried that he had not woken up for three days and had to stop eating or drinking.
“Should we go to the hospital first?”
“Okay. Let’s check if our director is okay!”
The team manager tried to stop the coaches from rushing to the hospital right away.
“Ah, everyone calm down.”
“Yes? Sir. I heard our director woke up.”
“I should go and see your face quickly.”
But the captain wouldn’t let them go.
“The chairman has given strict orders. He has no plans to let Director Chasung return for the next month. And since Director Chasung will definitely try to do his job due to his personality, meetings with the Cheonan officials are prohibited.”
“her…….”
“that…….”
Even though I sometimes feel like it’s too harsh,
“Well, certainly, if you are the director… … .”
“There’s no way he’d just sit back and watch us. He’d definitely try to work his way back into shape again.”
“Use it. If you collapse again, it’ll be a big problem.”
They quickly agreed, knowing full well how Cha Seong-eun usually works.
“But the game is in two days… … What should I do?”
“What can we do! Who are we? Isn’t it the coach’s division that brought Cheonan, the perennial last place team, to first place?”
“They say even a dog can recite poetry, so we’ve learned a lot from being by your side.”
“The next match is against Gyeongnam, a lower-ranked team. No problem.”
The coaches were confident.
During that time, Cha Seong learned a lot from me.
I may not be able to replicate all of his amazing tactical abilities, but I can emulate them to some extent.
Besides, didn’t Cha Seong-eun train his players for a long time and make them adaptable to innovative tactics?
“Let’s win cleanly so the manager doesn’t have to worry!”
“Let’s get to work right away!”
“Our Cheonan’s winning streak continues!”
Even though the manager was hospitalized, the coaches’ morale was through the roof.
They all ran to the strategy room, thinking that now was the time to show their skills.
“It’ll be okay… right?”
The gap in Cha Seong-eun’s life that we don’t know how far it will go.
It was Director Kim Tae-hwan who was already feeling the void he left behind.
* * *
“Is everyone here?”
“hmm-.”
In Korea, there is a saying about blood ties and school ties.
That was also the advice given to coaches who rolled around the soccer field and yelled.
In particular, they had a strong and close bond as ‘selected’, that is, ‘former players’.
Sometimes, coaches who are insensitive and do not have that kind of bond are naturally eliminated.
“Then let’s start the tactical meeting. As I announced in advance, today’s focus is on information sharing. Please refrain from shameless acts of hiding information and sucking up only what you have shared.”
But today was different.
The complicated relationships among coaches, which had been tied up in the election process and within it, tied up in school ties, were all released at this moment.
Because they have gathered to live today.
“The core of Cheonan’s tactics is, of course, pressure defense.”
“But hasn’t that tactic changed a bit recently? To attack mercilessly. Like Ulsan.”
“But that’s not always the case. Sometimes we play a strong defensive pressure, and at other times we push the defensive line to the extreme and attack.”
“There are cases where the game is played only in the midfield. Last time, they even brought the 3-5-2 tactic.”
“Oh my, Doya. What kind of Asura are you? Why do you have so many tactics?”
Usually, each team conducts a tactical meeting.
Of course, we never share each other’s tactics and strategies.
But if the opponent is Cha Seong-eun, they can’t do anything about it.
“Huh-. You’re using tactics like this? The details are no joke.”
“This is also information that was obtained with great difficulty. What you see is not everything. The instructions given to each player are really detailed and sometimes they change suddenly in the middle of the game.”
“Not only that, but you also give instructions for each game on which passing route to use?”
Eyewitness accounts and statements were pouring in from all over, like some kind of ghost story.
“At this point… … isn’t the formation just for show to Cha Seong-eun?”
Usually, when setting tactics, managers and tactical coaches try to pay attention to the details.
However, unlike Cha Seong-eun, he does not create tactics to the extent of picking out one pass route at a time.
Isn’t this a form of completely turning players into machines that can move 100% according to tactics?
“How can there be only waves and waves of ghost stories… … .”
“So, are you saying that we don’t even understand 50% of the tactics that Cha Seong-i has shown us so far?”
“That’s why we’re all gathered here. To catch up with that one person somehow. If we keep going like this, we’re really going to fail. Does a 13-game winning streak make sense? Yes?”
A record that could, or should not, have been set in K-League history has been set.
Cheonan’s crazy record of winning every time they faced K-League teams.
The problem was that the 13-game winning streak might not be the end, but the beginning.
So they all gathered together.
It’s really for living.
He’s a parachute, a guy who doesn’t even have the basics of a coach.
Isn’t this guy who everyone was cursing so much destroying the K-League?
“Ha-. But even if I share it, I don’t know how to attack this… … .”
“What’s wrong? Kang Dae-ho! We have to aim for this guy. It’s a bit messy, but if we tackle him and break his leg… … .”
“Is Kang Dae-ho the only problem? What about Lee Soo-yong? What about Go Jin-cheol? These two guys are no joke either.”
It was a time when increasingly rough methods were being discussed.
“……what?”
“Who, who fell?”
They received astonishing news.
“Cha Seong-eun fell down!?”
“That monster?”
“Cheonan is using the acting manager for a month? Really?”
Cha Seong-eun, the king who reigned over the K-League, has fallen.
“Wow!”
In an instant, the conference room turned into a festive atmosphere.
Because Cheonan without Cha Seong-eun was no longer scary.
* * *
“That’s right.”
Head coach Lee Min-goo, who was appointed as acting manager, was gritting his teeth.
He also has information coming from all directions.
It’s not just other teams that release spies to gather information.
Naturally, Cheonan also kept its ears open in all directions to avoid being pushed back in the most important information war.
“Everyone is celebrating, right?”
Lee Min-goo was hurt by Bin-jeong’s incompetence.
I didn’t expect to be ignored to this extent.
But that’s okay.
Just flatten their noses.
Wouldn’t it be okay if you could show results?
“Fortunately, the players are in good condition. Furthermore, Gyeongnam has lost three games in a row.”
The players were the most shocked when they first heard the news that their coach had collapsed.
But they soon raised their spirits, saying they would repay them with victory.
Thanks to that, training was progressing well.
“Well, why don’t you just do what the director usually does?”
“That’s true. The problem is that there are so many instances where the coach calls the players in separately and gives them instructions one by one… … .”
“Wait a minute. Don’t we all know what instructions the coach gave to the players?”
“Even if you know everything, it varies depending on the situation. The instructions change every time. Sometimes, they change every minute.”
Certainly, Coach Cha Seong was a person who had an excessive amount of tactical details.
That’s why I couldn’t even think of following it.
Of course, that doesn’t mean he didn’t give instructions to the players.
“Let’s do what we always do. Confuse the opponent with a pressure defense and then attack with Kang Dae-ho at the forefront. That’s what we always do.”
“yes.”
“I will prepare it that way.”
Preparations for the next match were made at lightning speed.
In addition, doesn’t Lee Min-goo have excellent players like Kang Dae-ho, Ko Jin-cheol, and Lee Su-yong, who are currently being watched by many teams?
It was unimaginable that we would lose to Gyeongnam with these guys.
Surely… …it should have been so.
* * *
“… … .”
A match between Cheonan and Gyeongnam.
Naturally, everyone predicted that Cheonan would beat Gyeongnam by an overwhelming margin.
Even though the director had collapsed, there was no way Cheonan would collapse to that extent.
however,
[Ahh! What is this! The star of the K-League storm, Cheonan, is being pushed by Gyeongnam!]
Surprisingly, it was Cheonan that was being pushed back.
“What on earth is going on… … .”
Lee Min-goo couldn’t understand.
How did this happen?
Our Cheonan is a strong team.
That’s why they created the miracle of 13 consecutive wins.
‘Compared to that, wasn’t Gyeongnam a weak team?’
The score should have been 5-0, no, at least 3-0.
But the situation was the opposite.
Cheonan was losing 1-0 to Gyeongnam.
And that’s even after 75 minutes of the second half!
“Coach, where should we aim?”
“What path should I take to pass the ball to build up?”
“Coach!”
“Coach?”
“… … .”
Lee Min-goo felt like his head was going to explode.
Where on earth did it go wrong?
Clearly, the tactics were well planned out just like Coach Cha Sung did?
It wasn’t just a blind copy and paste.
I prepared diligently, thinking about what Director Lee Min-gu would do.
But none of it was working.
If we can even be blocked by Gyeongnam, what should we do against the other teams we have to face in the future?
‘The tactics are good, and the players are in good condition. But what on earth is the problem?’
It is clear that Gyeongnam has prepared their tactics better than before, but this thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘But is it really true that our team’s players are good?’
Let’s remember.
Cheonan was in last place last season.
And the squad hasn’t changed much.
Since no one wanted to come to Cheonan, coach Cha Seong-eun created the current squad with the original members.
So what has changed?
If there’s one thing that’s changed, it’s the director.
Yeah, that one was important.
It wasn’t because Cheonan’s players were good up until now, or because they were just lucky that they got here.
‘In the end… we were Director Cha Seong’s one-man team.’
I realized that important fact once again.