Dad was a Genius - Chapter 49
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 049
“Cheonan finally broke its losing streak.”
“It was clear that Cha Seong-eun was in a condition where he could return immediately. Why did they use an acting manager?”
“If Cha Seong-eun had stepped up this time, we might have won instead of drawn.”
The Seoul team coaches had questions about this match between Cheonan and Busan.
According to the information they received, Cha Seong-eun’s condition has fully recovered.
But he left the game to the caretaker manager.
It was a decision that didn’t make sense.
Now that you’ve piled up enough victories, are you going to take it easy?
“Or maybe they just didn’t have confidence? K-League teams even had their tactical coaches gather together to try to destroy Cheonan’s tactics. The tactics they came up with there even completely destroyed Cheonan.”
“Hmm. That makes sense. You must have known that the coaches on your side had gathered together and devised a sabotage tactic. And you must have seen for yourself that it was not normal. That would be enough to scare you.”
There was someone who snickered at those coaches’ words.
If it were anyone else, I would have frowned and cursed, but if it were Seoul’s Kim Sung-il, it would be a different story.
“You still don’t know what a chasung is? Even after all that you’ve been through?”
“Director… …do you think differently?”
“Of course. Cha Seong must have been really scared. He was the guy who used all the criticism about being a parachute as noise marketing to create the greatest box office success in K-League history. Why would such a strong-willed player be scared by such a tactic?”
It didn’t seem like it was something that could be disparaged as ‘that kind of tactic’, but Director Kim wasn’t wrong.
If you think about the path that Cha Seong-i has walked so far, he is either strong-hearted or a fool.
“If you attack the tactics head-on, you wouldn’t know. There’s a reason for everything they do.”
“Then does that mean your body hasn’t fully recovered yet?”
“I don’t know. It could be possible, but… … I think this situation looks a little different.”
Director Kim Sung-il seemed to know a little bit about what Cha Sung-eun was thinking.
Even though Cha Sung couldn’t have calculated that he would suddenly collapse, the situation after that was clearly a calculated move.
It is no coincidence that he hired coach Lee Min-goo as acting manager.
“Cha Seong-eun is currently creating his own successor.”
“yes?”
“Successor? No. Isn’t Coach Cha the youngest coach in the K-League? They say he’s the youngest in history?”
“Do you have to be old to have a successor? Think about it. Has there ever been someone who has had such an impact on the K-League as Cha Seong-eun? And his young age is his advantage. It means he can challenge anything.”
Take on any challenge.
The coaches weren’t stupid either.
That’s why I quickly figured out what Kim Seong-il meant.
“Could it be that Cha Seong-eun is aiming for an overseas challenge… …?”
“omg.”
“A Korean person is taking on a coaching role overseas? Of course, there are people who are taking on the role of national team coaches in Asia.”
The limitations of our country’s directors were clear.
At best, he is the national team coach or another Asian national team coach.
Of course, people can’t even dream of becoming a big league manager.
“If it’s the Cha Sung-eun I know, he’s definitely looking towards a bigger place. A big league like the EPL.”
“But is that possible? Right now, to coach in the EPL, you need an international coaching license, and I understand that to get this, you need to have worked as a coach abroad for at least a few years.”
“Even EPL managers are reluctant to appoint someone as a manager if they don’t have experience playing in the EPL.”
The big leagues, being the big leagues, had their own rules.
Moreover, the rules were extremely harsh on the Asian people in the frontier.
Until now, there has never been an Asian who worked as a coach in a big league like the EPL, and certainly not as a manager.
So, a Korean who has never played overseas as a player becomes a coach in the EPL and even a manager?
It was a fantasy.
“Isn’t it a fantasy that Cheonan, which was last place, is now first in the league? I don’t think that makes any sense.”
“That’s true, but no matter what, the challenge of the big leagues… … .”
“Just wait and see. If what I’m saying is true, Cha Seong-eun will become even more violent than before he collapsed.”
A domestic manager is challenging a major overseas league.
The coaches soon shook their heads.
Because no matter how much I thought about it, it was something that made no sense.
* * *
[The King’s Return! The King’s Return! Cheonan secures its 1st place with another 5-game winning streak!]
[Yes. Wasn’t there a rumor that K-League teams were joining forces to undermine Coach Cha’s tactics? In fact, those tactics worked. But in the end, Coach Cha proved that he had no rivals in this K-League.]
[That’s right! Everyone had doubts. They said that even if Coach Cha returned, Cheonan’s slump would continue. But he made all those doubts disappear.]
[Yes. I can’t believe that such a young and great coach has emerged in our country. I look forward to seeing how many more victories he will have in the future.]
Cha Seong-eun is back!
This was the news that made the front page of every sports newspaper.
Cha Seong-eun, who defeated his opponent 5-0 in his return match, made a splendid comeback.
From then on, he showed everyone once again who the king of the K-League is by recording five consecutive wins without a hitch.
Thanks to this, the media outlets that had been criticizing Cha Seong-eun for a while have all shut their mouths.
-Seongeun hyung, take me, sob, sob
-Cha Sung, is he a god?
-How did Cha Seong-eun become the god of soccer?
-Yeah. This is the taste ㅠㅠ This is Cha Seong-eun’s soccer.
– It really is like seeing other teams’ rotten performances for a while all being purified at once.
The reaction from soccer fans was also great.
Everyone praised Cha Seong-eun’s magical tactics upon his return and was enthusiastic about the hot, romantic football he displayed.
The fun soccer that they had been waiting for had returned.
Media outlets, realizing that the public’s reaction was not trivial, moved quickly.
They spread as many soccer articles as possible and gave Cha Sung-eun as much spotlight as possible.
Of course, there was someone’s invisible hand behind it all.
“Ahem. I heard that after our Seong-eun came back, people started watching soccer a lot again. Is that right?”
“Yes, Chairman. I heard that too.”
“But why isn’t there a single article about him?”
“ah-.”
Although it wasn’t forced(?), the executives who knew of Chairman Cha’s passionate love for his youngest son moved the media companies affiliated with the Taesan Group.
Then, other media outlets followed suit and started publishing articles, and suddenly, Cha Seong-i took over all the news stories in the media.
“How fun is soccer that everyone is making such a fuss about it?”
“If someone saw us, they would think we are holding the World Cup in our country again.”
“Oh my. It’s blue again? What’s with that damn Cheonan? Why do they all wear only blue clothes?”
“Is it really that fun?”
As the media went crazy over Cha Seong-eun’s soccer, even people who had no interest in the field began to watch the Cheonan game one by one out of curiosity.
“Wow. There are so many people?”
“There’s a lot to eat and a lot of events going on.”
Before the game starts, food trucks line the outside of the stadium to fill your stomach, and with so many things to see, the wait actually feels shorter.
After that, it was an overwhelming match with no time to be bored.
There are fans there cheering and singing with excited voices.
Also, Taesan Cheonan even has cheerleaders that they run with a lot of money!
Those who watch a league match for the first time naturally fall under its spell.
But it didn’t end there.
“Hmm. The sky blue uniform is pretty.”
“How much is this Cheonan scarf?”
“Out of stock? Didn’t you say it was in stock yesterday? How is it already out of stock!”
After the game, he buys goods and uniforms related to the Cheonan team and declares that he has become a member of the Cheonan team today.
In particular, Cheonan’s uniforms have long been considered the prettiest in the K-League, so no matter how much they were stocked, they were all sold out the next day.
Its popularity was indescribable, as even fans of rival teams bought them in large quantities.
The best-selling of them all was the Chasung uniform.
It is a very unique phenomenon where coaches are more popular than players.
And there were people who looked at this strange phenomenon with interest.
“A coach who is more popular than the players… … . Isn’t this a strange country? But it’s totally understandable. It’s a total drama. A parachute coach turns a last-place team into first-place team. Haha.”
“… … .”
“Doyle? Are you listening to me?”
“Ah. Sorry.”
“Why have you been absent-minded like this since a while ago?”
Why are you losing your mind?
That’s because I just watched the game.
Cheonan.
That team was very different.
Isn’t this running completely opposite to the Tikataka tactic, which is currently the world’s trend tactic?
The usual tiki-taka tactic often ends up wasting time by constantly passing the ball around in the midfield, which makes you yawn.
But Cheonan was different.
Through a rough and pressing defense, they do not give the opponent a single opportunity to attack.
And when they get the ball, they rush like a tank corps and shake the goal net.
Also, the tactics change from moment to moment as if they were alive, and they dominate the game from beginning to end.
This team is complete.
With just their own tactics.
The reason why all this is possible is because,
“Cha Seong. It’s thanks to that person.”
If you were to ask who is the most popular person in the K League right now, it would be Coach Cha Seong-eun, not the player. This phenomenon is also being looked upon as something unique and is gradually gaining attention overseas.
Asia is called the backwater of soccer.
If it had been Europe, that director would have definitely been popular worldwide.
“Originally, we came here to see Kang Dae-ho like those people.”
In the places Doyle pointed, there were scouts from different countries.
Scouts have been visiting the K-League frequently these days.
They were there before, but I would say their numbers have increased.
Scouts from various countries are gathering to check out Kang Dae-ho, currently considered the best striker in the K-League.
But like Doyle here, they too were reacting similarly.
“Who the hell is the director here?”
“This is the first time I’ve seen such an aggressive yet stable tactic.”
“There are no gaps at all because we adjust it every time the game is played.”
Scouts who have traveled to numerous countries to scout and watched many matches have a different perspective on tactics.
They were captivated by the mysterious tactics that Cha Seong-i displayed.
“Ugh. I understand why people here are crazy about the Cheonan game. If it weren’t for my schedule, I would like to see one more Cheonan game.”
Doyle briefly imagined what it would be like if someone like that came to the EPL.
But an Asian manager in the EPL?
It was a story more ridiculous than a novel.