Dad was a Genius - Chapter 52
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 052
It seemed like Cheonan’s aggressive investment was coming to an end.
Each club’s people praised themselves for blocking the opponent’s attacks well, and the managers who had been too busy focusing on internal affairs to pay attention to recruiting ended the transfer market like this.
And I thought Cheonan would end without much success.
however,
“What, what is this? Is this real?”
“Are you really recruiting people like this?”
News of recruitment came out one after another in Cheonan.
That too, Brazil, UAE, K Challenge League, etc.
Players were recruited from a wide variety of places.
This makes it certain.
Cheonan was not interested in recruiting K-League players from the beginning.
It was just to create confusion in the transfer market, to weaken the team internally, and to cause conflicts among players, while behind the scenes, they gathered the players they needed for Cheonan.
As a result, Cheonan achieved successful recruitment.
They succeeded in recruiting as many as 7 people, and the managers’ faces turned pale when they heard the news.
“Seven people-.”
“If it were another team, they would have cursed at us and asked us what kind of money we were talking about… … .”
“If the person who recruited those seven people was Cha Seong-eun, then it would be a different story.”
The difference is .
This is the same Cha Seong-eun who completely turned the landscape of the K-League upside down and created the greatest box office success in the history of the K-League.
At first, the media, which was busy attacking Cha Seong-eun, and the directors gathered here do not dare to criticize him.
Because he is soon to be in the K-League.
How much has football been despised over the years?
Although it enjoyed a brief period of popularity after the 2002 World Cup, it naturally became ignored as it failed to achieve any notable results in international matches.
But now it is catching up with baseball as the most popular sport in Korea.
Interest in soccer, which had cooled off, is growing tremendously, as if to relieve a long-standing sadness.
At the center of it all was Cha Seong-i.
Anyone who has stepped foot into the world of football cannot criticize Cha Seong-eun.
If it’s worship, then I don’t know.
“The fact that we recruited these 7 people definitely gives them a different sense of weight.”
“The gegenpressing tactic is a tactic that drains a lot of stamina. Even if it is meant to supplement the players’ stamina, isn’t 7 people too many?”
“If you only recruit 3 players, you have to reorganize the squad and there are a lot of things to worry about. But do you think Cha Seong-eun recruited 7 players without knowing that?”
It is not good to hastily recruit players just because you need them.
It was a matter of judging whether the player’s playing style was a good fit for the team, and also considering what kind of influence the player’s usual behavior would have on the team.
But you’re recruiting 7 people at once?
The intention was to create a new second-team squad to replace the first-team and get things rolling.
The problem is that there have been very few directors who have tried that so far and succeeded.
No matter how good the stats of a player are, you wouldn’t know if it was before the season.
Hasn’t it been proven many times that making a lot of signings in the middle of the season doesn’t necessarily lead to victory?
But Cha Seong-eun chose adventure.
And as the directors know, his adventures are always successful.
Their biggest concern was whether they would succeed this time too.
“But isn’t this the time for us to be worrying about Cha Seong-eun?”
“That’s true. But doesn’t that author keep creating incidents that are so provocative that people go crazy?”
“Isn’t everyone in the soccer world talking about anything but Cha Sung? Haha.”
A man who drives you crazy both fast and furious.
That’s what they meant by star.
In that respect, Cha Seong-eun seemed like a star.
No matter what you say, it all comes down to a question of chastity.
“But no matter what, if I were to build a new squad with these new players, no matter how good they are, I would be shaken. How could I build a perfect squad with those players in such a short period of time?”
“That’s right. We’re really scared because of what happened to Cha Seong-han. But he’s still human after all. Isn’t he?”
“Come on. Let’s have a toast. We should all have a victory! Let’s all think positively.”
“Cheers everyone~! To our victory!”
“For!”
They thought this might be an opportunity.
This is a chance to get a win from Cha Seong-eun.
* * *
[Goal!! Another Cheonan goal!! Cheonan’s attack is very fierce!!]
[Even when we recruited 7 players and formed a new squad around them, there were many concerns from experts. But as expected, Cha Seong-eun. Cha Seong-eun again!]
Suwon, whom we met in the FA Cup round of 16.
Suwon won the league while Cha Seong-eun was temporarily out of the hospital.
But this time, they lost with a score of 3 to 1.
Cheonan even took the drastic measure of deploying all 7 newly recruited players.
Coach Choi Si-seon tried to punish Cheonan for being a guest star against Suwon, but in the end, it was Cheonan who took revenge for the last match.
Contrary to all experts’ expectations that he would not be able to put them into the squad right away, Cha Seong-eun showed perfect performance with the 7 new players he brought in.
“Isn’t this a total monster?”
The managers felt a chill down their spines as they watched Suwon, a strong FA Cup title contender, fall to Cheonan in a half-court game.
Because the result was completely different from what they expected.
No matter how good the team was, I thought that it would be impossible to easily beat Suwon with a squad that had suddenly changed.
But, breaking everyone’s expectations, Cha Seong-eun proved his abilities once again.
That squad is missing more than half of its starting players.
“The level is different, the level is… … .”
“That’s just the director being crazy.”
“Why on earth are you in Korea?”
Suwon has the largest fandom in the K League.
Fans were left speechless by Cheonan’s overwhelming performance.
They too had no choice but to acknowledge their opponent.
This isn’t something Suwon couldn’t do.
Suwon has been on a winning streak and the players’ condition looked very good today.
However, the pressure starting from the front led to mistakes from the defenders, and Suwon was unable to do anything as they continued to pressure for 90 minutes with their tireless stamina.
The difference was already evident in terms of tactics and the physical strength of the players.
In the end, Suwon failed to overcome Cha Seong-eun’s wall this time too.
No, has anyone ever gotten over that wall?
“Thank you all for coming to see us.”
In addition, after the game, Cha Seong-eun always walks around the stands.
This is Suwon’s home stadium.
Naturally, the home fans would not be happy about Cha Seong-eun inflicting a defeat on Suwon.
However, Cha Seong-eun did not care whether the opponent was home or away.
Even though they booed and even threw water bottles at him, he still saluted him.
So now the culture has changed a lot from before.
“We should be grateful instead.”
“I saw a good game.”
“You’re the best, hyung!!”
Now, no one hurled insults or heckles at Cha Seong-eun anymore.
Instead, everyone applauded.
Thanks to this kind of courtesy, these days even other team managers go out of their way to walk around the stands and say hello.
It was a good culture that was left behind.
As a result, clashes between home and away teams have become much less frequent than before.
In this way, the director came forward to greet them first and helped them to calm down a little, which reduced the emotional conflict.
Clap clap clap clap-!
The fans applauded Cha Seong-eun as he left the stadium.
It was a show of respect towards the great coach who created the current K-League.
* * *
The seven signings in this transfer window were by no means a spur-of-the-moment decision.
Even before the season started, I was always looking for players who would best fit my tactics, and I would watch the activities of several players on my radar and wait for the transfer market to come.
In addition, we wanted to bring in some players who are currently playing in Ulsan, Pohang, and Suwon, but we were unable to bring them in because they all play such an ironclad defense.
They believe that I sent them a recruitment offer on purpose to shake up the team, which is half true and half false.
But what is fortunate is that the seven players I recently recruited have adapted well to the squad as I intended and are following along without any additional training.
Just looking at Suwon’s recent victory, that’s true.
Even when we were developing tactics centered around the seven newly recruited players, there were voices of concern even within the team.
But in the end, the overwhelming performance was just as I predicted, and this made it certain.
I would say that I am one step ahead of the first record in K-League history of 100 points.
The chronic problems of physical strength and injuries were resolved in one fell swoop through this transfer market.
“If we had played until today, there would have been a huge risk of injury for some players. But with this rest, the risk has been greatly reduced.”
“In particular, Kang Dae-ho, despite being a striker, is very active and is at high risk for injury. I think he will need to rest like this more often in the future.”
The medical coaches came rushing into the office and briefed me on the players’ current status.
There is a reason why I spent a lot of money hiring medical coaches and building my own medical center in Cheonan.
This is because they always check the players’ physicals and report to me, letting me know who is at risk of injury.
Since my father’s injury last time, I have been pouring more money into the medical center to expand the facilities and hire more coaches to make sure that the injury problem is taken care of properly.
Of course, the financial issue was… … something my second oldest brother would take care of.
“I… … Director. I’m really sorry for interrupting the meeting. But I think you really need to see this document now.”
Director Kim Tae-hwan, who usually did not interrupt meetings, came in cautiously and handed me the document that had arrived by fax.
“ah…….”
An official document sent by the Football Association.
This cold feeling.
As soon as I opened the document, I instinctively knew what it was.
[National team selection list for the 2014 Brazil World Cup]
“… … .”
Coach Kim Myung-kyung is trying to put together a new squad in preparation for the 2014 World Cup.
There are already rumors of his dismissal due to the poor results in the East Asian Cup, but as far as I know, coach Kim Myung-kyung led the team until the Brazil World Cup, but resigned voluntarily after suffering a complete defeat in the preliminary round.
It seemed like the career of coach Kim Myung-kyung, who was also a hero of the 2002 World Cup, would end there, but he used that failure as a stepping stone to become one of the best coaches in the K-League.
So he was a director I really liked for a long time.
Because he never gave up even in difficult situations and kept improving himself, he eventually reached the top.
But it was still a time for him to grow.
“No. Are you saying that 7 people will be drafted from our Cheonan area?”
“You’re even being drafted in the middle of a K-League match?”
“And that too, to our core members so blatantly?”
2013.
It was the year that the dark era of the South Korean national soccer team began.