Dad was a Genius - Chapter 69



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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 069

Manager Jurgen Klopp was a master who brought back the struggling Dortmund team to power.

That’s why, even when he was in a slump for a while, the fans cheered him on rather than criticized him.

but,

“No matter how much I like manager Klopp, I can’t understand this.”

“You’re bringing back Shinji Kagawa, who abandoned our team and went to Manchester United, and who shit all over the place?”

“That’s all? We brought in the striker resources we desperately needed from Asia! Why do you keep bringing in those damn monkeys!”

“Isn’t Klopp obsessed with Asia? I don’t understand why he’s making these kinds of signings.”

Dortmund fans were left furious after seeing the players Klopp brought in during this winter’s transfer window.

Lewandowski, who is considered the best striker in the Bundesliga, is currently out with an injury.

In fact, Dortmund has no one else to score goals besides Lewandowski.

So the only way was to either bring in a top-class striker with good finishing ability or create a new tactic without a striker.

However, Klopp chose to keep his tactics intact and announced the signing of a new striker.

At that time, German football fans were looking forward to seeing which big-name striker Klopp would sign.

But the name he brought in was one that none of the German fans had ever heard of.

And it was a player named ‘Kang Dae-ho’ who came from the remote K-League.

“This player has been performing exceptionally well in the K-League and has set records.”

“Even so, it’s just the K-League. Who would care if I scored 100 goals in that shitty league?”

“Do you think the German league is funny!? This is the best league in the world! If you bring in a idiot like that, he’ll score a lot of goals.”

Lewandowski is a striker recognized all over the world.

Already, big clubs in the EPL and Spanish leagues are preparing huge transfer fees to bring him in.

Even articles are coming out every day that link him to Dortmund’s arch-rivals Munich.

Lewandowski, who was out due to an injury, even left an interview that seemed to indicate that he had nothing left to do with the team.

That means there has to be a striker who can replace him.

And it has to be a striker who is famous in the world.

“But you brought an Asian monkey!?”

“This crazy kid.”

On the surface, European leagues claim to be non-racist, but in reality, the leagues with the worst racism are the European leagues.

Black people were always being discriminated against, let alone Asians.

The point is that Asians are players who suffer more than blacks.

“Hey. Don’t you smell garlic somewhere?”

“I thought it smelled bad.”

Kang Dae-ho felt it on his skin.

He had studied hard before coming to Dortmund, even hiring a German tutor, and was able to understand their language a little.

But perhaps because they thought he wouldn’t understand, the coaches and players started making racist remarks to him, who had just joined the team.

“… … .”

Kang Dae-ho glared at those players.

“What are you looking at? Are you dissatisfied?”

“Leave it. You won’t understand us anyway.”

Then Kang Dae-ho burst into laughter.

“Sorry. I look like I’m terrible at soccer.”

“What, what?!”

“Don’t talk to me. I don’t talk to people who can’t play soccer.”

The players blankly stared at Kang Dae-ho, who was speaking German awkwardly but clearly.

He was the first to leave the locker room for training.

“That crazy kid.”

“Hey. Hold on. There’s no one here who would be friends with that guy anyway.”

“No one even approaches that bastard Shinji Kagawa and talks to him.”

“Tsk. Anyway, those baby monkeys are making the water all cloudy.”

Dortmund players generally did not welcome Kang Dae-ho.

The main reason was that he did not understand why Klopp brought in such an Asian player as a striker.

Of course, Klopp did try to recruit other German players as strikers, aside from Kang Dae-ho.

“I will run for office soon.”

“Candidate? What about a candidate? That’s definitely a second-tier team.”

They didn’t think that someone like Kang Dae-ho would threaten their positions.

Besides, weren’t the fans very angry when they saw Kang Dae-ho’s recruitment?

Bundesliga fans in particular are known for being extremely rough.

It was obvious how much swearing and booing Dortmund fans would heap on Kang Dae-ho at the stadium, especially at their home stadium.

“At that point, will he either give up on his own due to a mental breakdown, or will the director not be able to endure it and kick him out?”

“So why on earth did you spend money on a guy like that, director?”

The players were convinced that Kang Dae-ho would disappear soon.

This is the sacred German league, the Bundesliga.

And here is the yellow army, Dortmund.

This is not a team that can be sullied by oriental people.

* * *

Kang Dae-ho pretended to be strong on the outside, but he also had a hard time mentally due to the harsher criticism from Dortmund fans and the racial discrimination from players and coaches than expected.

There are people who are racist knowingly or unknowingly, and there are people who do it openly.

But didn’t Cha Seong-eun leave him with something to say about this?

No matter where you are, if you prove your skills, everyone will have no choice but to acknowledge you.

Cha Bum-ho, a legend in Korea and still revered in the German league, also said the same thing.

He said that because he was good at soccer, everyone liked him.

Of course, there was some racism, but German fans accepted him and even tried to riot when he was seriously injured by a dog tackle from a player.

‘So let’s prove it with our skills. That’s all I have.’

Kang Dae-ho made up his mind.

But even though he had a strong will, every time his face appeared on the screen, the Dortmund crowd booed.

“Get out there and get out, you little monkey!”

“This is no place for a kid like you!”

“What kind of striker are you!”

The stadium was filled with banners disparaging Kang Dae-ho.

Manager Klopp, who could no longer stand to watch, approached Kang Dae-ho and said.

“If you’re having a hard time, you can go back to the locker room now. I’ll tell the referees.”

Then Kang Dae-ho shook his head.

“no.”

“Are you okay? I feel like I’m going crazy right now.”

“It’s okay. Just… … please give me a chance today.”

“what?”

“I am confident that I can prove it with my skills.”

“… … !”

Klopp saw the spirit of this young man from Korea.

No, maybe it’s just desperation disguised as passion.

“Just wait. Depending on the tactics, I may put you in, or I may keep you on the bench.”

Klopp also had to let go of Marvin Drogba, who had been brought in along with Kang Dae-ho, because public opinion was so loud.

But maybe it was because I was too nervous about my first appearance.

Deke continued to make mistakes and showed a lack of skill that could not even keep up with Lewandowski’s toes.

Dortmund fans couldn’t just sit still after seeing that.

“What the heck is that trash!?”

“Can’t you do that? And you’re still a striker?”

“Bring Lewandowski now!!”

“Even if Lewandowski plays on one foot, he’ll be better than you, kid!”

The game was tied 1-0 as Leipzig scored first.

Klopp changed tactics to try and get a quick comeback goal, but ended up conceding another goal instead.

Second half, 70 minutes.

2 to 0 situation.

There Klopp made his decision.

“You said earlier that you would prove it with your skills, right? The current situation is really shitty. In fact, I don’t feel comfortable sending you away. But still, do you want to go out?”

However, in this situation, it was extremely cruel to send out Kang Dae-ho, who was already being attacked by fans, as a substitute.

What can Kang Dae-ho do when his team is losing 2-0?

But Kang Dae-ho’s eyes remained the same.

“My answer is the same as before. I will prove it with my skills.”

“… … .”

That’s great confidence.

I was worried that they had forgotten that this was not the K-League, but the Bundesliga, a world-class league.

But Klopp liked the confident man.

Aren’t sports ultimately about confidence?

“Okay. I don’t expect much. Just one goal. Just try to score one goal. I’ll give you instructions to actively give the ball to your team.”

“yes.”

Klopp was not comfortable with sending Kang Dae-ho off as a substitute.

First of all, the team players are not happy with Kang Dae-ho.

Moreover, the audience started throwing bottles at Kang Dae-ho when they saw him come out.

“Get out!!”

“Where is the baby monkey!”

There are more Asian players in the German league than you might think.

But before they all adapted to the team, no, even after they adapted, they were subjected to various forms of racial discrimination.

But today it was very bad.

Well, it’s understandable that fans would be upset if the player they brought in to deal with Lewandowski’s injury was Asian.

‘Did I do something wrong? Was it too hasty a decision?’

The reason Klopp recruited Kang Dae-ho was because he was a player who fit his tactics perfectly.

A player with a wide range of activities who can play both offense and defense and who runs hard.

A player who also has scoring ability.

They considered him to be a player that is rare in this world and quickly pursued his recruitment.

But I was starting to get worried.

The player’s mentality is important, but didn’t he only show his scoring ability in a small Asian league called the K-League?

The Bundesliga is a whole other level.

It would be unreasonable to expect the same scoring ability in a place like this as in the K-League…

[Koooooooo-!! Kang Dae-ho scores his debut goal just 2 minutes after being substituted!!]

[What a wonder goal! A surprise mid-range shot from there goes straight into the goal net!]

“……what?”

Kang Dae-ho, who came in as a substitute, hit the ball that rolled in and put it into the upper right corner.

The goalkeeper made a cool dive, but it wasn’t enough to stop the cannonball.

“Wow-!!”

“What, what? You put that in?!”

The crowd cheered, but then became dumbfounded.

Because Dortmund didn’t have a player who could hit such a cool shot.

And for an Asian who no one expected to shoot like that!

“and.”

“crazy.”

Although the crowd’s reaction suddenly changed, the funniest thing for Klopp was the players’ reaction.

When he saw Kang Dae-ho coming in, he made a shit-eating expression and didn’t even give him the ball properly, but then suddenly started giving him all the balls.

Then, Dortmund’s blood, which had been blocked for so long, was cleared.

[Kang Dae-ho! Kang Dae-ho runs again! He beats 3 defenders and shoos-!!]

[Koooooooo-!!]

Kang Dae-ho’s goal exploded again right after.

This time, he received a through pass, beat the defenders in front of him with his individual skills, saw the approaching goalkeeper, and chipped the ball into the goal net.

“What is this? You put it in again!?”

“You’re so good. You’re so good!”

Dortmund’s home stadium was filled with excitement.

Klopp, who had not expected this development at all, felt a thrill rising to his head and he clutched his head as if he was being ripped off.

“Kang Dae-ho! Kang Dae-ho! Kang Dae-ho!”

The call name that started in the stands spread like an epidemic.

It was an unbelievable sight considering that just 10 minutes ago, people had been hurling vicious insults at Kang Dae-ho.

“… … .”

Even after scoring two goals, Kang Dae-ho quickly ran to the halfway line with the ball without any special celebration. He quietly raised his arms high toward the spectators who were shouting at him.

“Wow-!!”

The crowd responded with a thunderous roar.

Kang Dae-ho’s first debut match was held splendidly.