Dad was a Genius - Chapter 44
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 044
[Cheonan loses 2-1 to Gyeongnam!]
[Yes. It was a truly shocking performance. It was to the point where I wondered if this was the Cheonan we knew.]
[Director Cha Seong-eun is currently using a caretaker manager for health reasons, and I think that has had a big impact. I was surprised at how different the performance was.]
Cheonan showed its worst performance against Gyeongnam, which was in the lower ranks.
The shocking sight sent soccer fans’ fury streaming onto the Internet.
[It feels like watching Cheonan last season.]
– It was typical Cheonan soccer last season, with the ball going backwards and not knowing where to pass it.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋI knew this would happen. Whether it’s a strong team or a weak team, they always find their place.
-Wow. The team changed like this without a single manager?
-Real soccer is the manager’s game.
-How did Cha Seong-eun win 13 games in a row with players like that?
That wasn’t all.
The media outlets that had been busy praising Cheonan have also turned around.
[Shocking performance. Cheonan is shaking.]
[Because of Cha Seong-eun’s absence? Cheonan’s tactics have completely changed.]
[It wasn’t the Cheonan we knew. Fans are furious.]
There was a fine line between praising Cheonan and criticizing it with a sharp knife.
Today, they really captured the hearts of soccer fans.
Perhaps the reporter who wrote the article was the most angry.
No one would have thought that we would lose to a weak team like Gyeongnam.
“It’s noisy all day long. Because of Cheonan.”
“… … .”
“The players’ mentality will be really shaken.”
“… … .”
“If this continues, I am worried that my father, the chairman, will also be harmed… … .”
The chief of security, who was standing silently next to Cha Seong-eun, spoke as he lay in his sickbed.
“Director.”
“yes?”
“No.”
“What is it?”
“You want to contact the coaches of the Cheonan team right now? I’m sorry, but I can’t allow you to do so. The doctor has ordered you to rest absolutely, and the chairman has given strict orders that if you disobey this order, I will break your wrists.”
“… … Are you really going to break it?”
“Yes, if necessary.”
Cha Seong-eun politely put down her cell phone at the sight of the chief security officer’s dazzling eyes.
I forgot about it for a moment.
If Chairman Cha does something once, it means he really does it.
* * *
“What on earth… what was the problem?”
All the coaches in Cheonan were in a state of panic.
Who would have thought that a 13-game winning streak would be broken like this?
That too to the weak team Gyeongnam!
“Of course, Gyeongnam’s tactics were much more sophisticated than before.”
“Hmm. I guess the information that came out last time was correct. I heard that the tactical coaches of each team gathered together and held a meeting. It seems that the results were applied to Gyeongnam first.”
“These damn kids! Even if we play fair, we still eat each other’s teams in a hat game?!”
“That means other teams were just as desperate.”
However, that does not mean that we can accept the loss to the weak team Gyeongnam.
Even the next match is against a strong team, Suwon.
“The day of the planting. Isn’t this what we need?”
“Whew. Honestly, it was a shock, but we can do it. No, we have to do it. I wonder how pitiful the director will think of us at the hospital!”
“Ugh. It’s also a problem that the players’ morale is low. First, we need to ask the captain for help so that the players can get their energy back, and we can prepare tactically and play the next game!”
The coaches were in agreement.
Because I felt like I would go crazy if I didn’t do this.
“The next match is Suwon… … !
“Let’s try! We can win!”
* * *
[Ah! As expected, it’s the strong Suwon team! They’re really pushing forward without mercy against Cheonan!]
“… … .”
It was good that we were on the same page.
However, Cheonan was pushed back by Suwon both tactically and in terms of player stats.
The score is now 2 to 0.
Suwon was ahead by two points.
“Kids. Why are you like this? We’ve always done well. We keep making mistakes both on defense and offense.”
After the first half, interim coach Lee Min-goo had no choice but to raise his voice in the locker room.
This is because Cheonan’s current performance is the worst.
It felt like watching Cheonan from last season, just like the media criticized.
Yeah. The locker room atmosphere was exactly like that back then.
The coach kept yelling and blaming the players… … That same pitiful scene was happening here again.
“after-.”
“This is driving me crazy.”
The players also felt heavy-hearted.
They also had a greater desire to do well than anyone else.
And the first loss of the season against Gyeongnam came as a shock and fear to them.
That’s why I came out shouting, “Suwon, we must win.”
“How on earth did we win against such a strong team last time?”
“So. Was Suwon like that?”
“There really is no room to break through.”
When Cha Seong-eun was the director, there was nothing to fear in the world.
Because when he started directing the game, strangely enough, the game went exactly as he said and predicted.
Also, if you build up the pass by passing along the path he points out at every moment, the flow continues without any obstructions, as if it were a well-planned channel.
But as soon as Cha Seong-i put down his baton, all the waterways were blocked.
Suwon’s solid defense left the players unsure of where to pass the ball, and even when Ko Jin-cheol occasionally made a brilliant pass, it did not result in a goal.
“If this is the case… … there is only one way left.”
The players listened to Lee Kang-cheol’s words.
He approached Kang Dae-ho and grabbed both his hands.
“Daeho… … !”
“Huh? Why, why are you like this, hyung?”
“There is no one but you!”
“Yeah. I have no one but my brother.”
“Hey, Tiger! Do it!”
“No. Why, why are you guys like this?”
“You have to do it!! If you don’t, we’ll all die!”
Cheonan’s ace striker, Dae-ho Kang.
My shoulders felt so heavy they felt like they were going to break.
* * *
“Ha… … . I’m really speechless.”
Director Choi Si-seon could not hide his anger at the current situation.
No, it’s so absurd and ridiculous that I can’t help but laugh.
“I wasted so much time and pride just to be scared of these guys?”
Suwon is a strong team.
And there was pride in leading such a source.
So I couldn’t forget the humiliation I felt when I first lost to Cheonan.
How many media outlets attacked him at that time?
However, some even said that Cha Seong-eun was only a loser as he set a monstrous record.
That made Director Choi even angrier.
So I gritted my teeth.
I will definitely, definitely get revenge. Cheonan.
So, they shouted, “Down with Cheonan!” and waited for revenge.
however,
“Is this really the Cheonan I know?”
The current Cheonan is not the strong team that Coach Choi remembers.
When I first encountered Cha Seong-eun’s Cheonan, I felt like I was encountering something unidentifiable.
And then the game ended with me getting beaten up unilaterally without being able to do anything.
Director Choi just sat there in a daze all day.
No matter how much I ran simulations in my head, I just couldn’t come up with a way to win against Cheonan.
okay.
wall.
It was the first time he had encountered a high wall.
I’m talking about the wall called Cha Seong-eun.
But this is not the Cheonan he knows.
“I came up with a plan to destroy it by sharing strategies with other teams.”
There was no need for that at all.
The performance shown in the game against Gyeongnam was right.
At that time, I thought it was a momentary shake-up because there was no Cha Seong-eun, but Cheonan was originally this kind of team.
“This isn’t the game I was hoping for!!”
“Go, Director. Calm down.”
“If anyone saw us, they would think we were losing.”
It was a truly strange sight.
Suwon was winning, but the one who was the most upset was coach Choi Si-seon.
In contrast, Cheonan coach Jin-young and the coaches looked resigned after conceding another goal in the second half.
“Am I not angry right now? I have suffered for so long just to see this kind of performance… … .”
[Koooooo-!!]
It was just then.
The away team’s cheers were heard along with the sound of the goal net rattling.
“Big tiger!!”
“I believed in you!!”
The one who scored the goal was none other than Cheonan’s ace, Kang Dae-ho.
“hmm-.”
Choi Si-seon stared blankly at Kang Dae-ho, who was quickly running to the halfway line with the ball he had put in.
“Even with those tactics, they still manage to score a goal.”
People are highlighting the Cheonan players one by one.
But if you are a manager, if you are someone who touches tactics, there is something you can know right away.
Cheonan means that the players’ stats are low on average.
But it wasn’t Kang Dae-ho.
Aren’t there players like that?
No matter how bad the team is, this is a player who shines on his own.
Kang Dae-ho was exactly like that.
When nothing tactically seems right, Kang Dae-ho is the only one who shines.
“But soccer isn’t something you play alone.”
Soccer is a game played by 11 people.
Although there are players who occasionally come out and put on a one-man show, at least in Korea, there haven’t been any.
That’s why I thought it would be useless no matter how much Kang Dae-ho ran wild.
Crash~!
[Wow!! Kang Dae-ho scores an additional goal!! Cheonan is chasing Suwon 3-2!]
“uh…….”
He looked at Kang Dae-ho, who caught the ball again and ran to the halfway line.
I felt a chill down my spine when I saw the fighting spirit shining in those eyes.
* * *
[The game ends! The result is 5 to 3! Suwon succeeds in the revenge match!]
[Yes. It was a game where a whopping 8 goals were scored. This is the first time this season that Cheonan has scored 5 goals.]
[That’s right. And even in this situation where the game is being pushed back, Kang Dae-ho recorded his third career hat-trick. He’s a really scary player. He’s already scored 22 goals in 15 games. That’s a really great pace. If he continues like this, he might break the K-League scoring record.]
“… … .”
The match between Suwon and Cheonan.
The score was a whopping 5 to 3.
If someone saw it, they would think it was a great game, but in reality, it wasn’t like that.
It was just a one-sided match, nothing more, nothing less.
The only good thing is that my father was able to dribble through the defensive wall all by himself and score a goal.
“… … .”
I turned my head to the security chief standing next to me.
I didn’t know at first, but after talking to him, I found out that he was also a huge soccer fanatic.
And he shyly(?) revealed that he was my fan.
Even the manager sighed throughout the game.
“Coach, what was the problem with this game?”
“The opponent was prepared to completely destroy us, and we were not tactically complete. It’s a bit embarrassing to say this, but Cheonan players’ stats are lower than Suwon’s on average. So we should have taken the tactical advantage and slowly played the game… … but we didn’t. Unfortunately.”
It is true that Suwon was well prepared.
Even here, you can feel how much coach Choi Si-seon has been gritting his teeth and devising tactics.
But it wasn’t a game that Cheonan could lose so one-sidedly.
That’s why I felt even more sorry.
If things continued this way, the next game would most likely be a defeat for Cheonan.
“… … .”
I furtively put my hand on my cell phone and looked at the security chief’s expression.
“excuse me…….”
“No.”
“… … .”
It’s like this pumpkin!