My Girlfriend Wants Victory - Chapter 13



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Sunday after a date with Winter.

Let’s return to Geumsun High School soccer team training after a long time.

“Bokdeung-ah. How was the U-19 national team? How was it? Do you think you’ll be called up again next time?”

Director Choi Ki-hyun welcomed me with a bright smile on his face. I looked at him with an expression that made me wonder why he was acting like that.

“Well… it wasn’t bad. And judging by the atmosphere, I think you’ll call me again next time.”

“Ugh… That’s right! I’ll join the national team like this! Huh? I’ll transfer to the EPL and become the best sports star to follow in the footsteps of Park Ji-song!”

That would be true.

Even though he ignored the reporting system and went straight to the chairman to request a vacation, Director Choi Ki-hyun didn’t show any signs of irritation.

‘What the heck. With this guy’s personality, he wouldn’t be a total idiot, but he would be a idiot.’

I looked around and talked with a strange expression.

[Meet the person in the spotlight. Choi Ki-hyun, the soccer coach of Geumsun High School.]

[The secret to Geumsun High School’s undefeated streak is Choi Ki-hyun?]

And then he nodded at the large posters hanging on one side of the training grounds.

Even while I was called up to the U-19 national team, Geumsun High School continued training with the training system I had created.

Although they were still unfamiliar with the game and were somewhat awkward, they showed some excellent build-up soccer and continued their undefeated streak in the National High School Soccer League.

And with this undefeated streak of Geumsun High School, coach Choi Ki-hyun was even given the title of next-generation great coach who (was said to have) introduced build-up football by the media.

Well, looking at it this way, it seems natural that Director Choi Ki-hyun has a smile on his face.

I was just sitting there doing nothing, and yet the media was calling me a great general.

I couldn’t help but feel good.

‘… Isn’t it true that the hardest thing is to just sit still and do nothing?’

Then, no matter how much I think about it, he doesn’t seem to be a great general. He seems to be at least a great general.

“Bokdeung-ah. Have you come up with any new tactics? I’ve heard other schools are coming up with countermeasures these days.”

When I was evaluating coach Choi Ki-hyun, coach Choi Ki-hyun asked me about tactics.

‘ha….’

I sighed at Director Choi Ki-hyun’s words. It wasn’t because of Director Choi Ki-hyun, who shouted, “Do it, Jin Ho-emong,” and kept asking for his salary.

The reason I sighed was because some high school soccer teams have recently adopted Gegenpressing, albeit clumsily, by referencing the tactics of Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp.

Well, actually, the transplantation of gegenpressing is a good thing. If this trend of managers studying tactics popular overseas and trying to apply them to their own teams continues, Korean soccer will develop rapidly.

However, the problem is that this is Korea, and the teams I play against are high school soccer teams.

Right now it’s the weekend league, so there are games once a week. But soon, summer vacation will begin.

When summer vacation begins, the high school soccer league enters a break period.

During this period, various competitions such as the President’s Cup, Baekrokgi, and Geumgangdaegi are held, but since the schedule for these competitions is tight, matches are held every two days.

And most managers keep their starting players fixed and start every game while the competition is going on.

It can’t be helped because the skill gap between the starters and non-starters of a high school soccer team is much greater than that of the Korean national team.

‘Actually, this is something that happens every year, so it’s nothing special… .’

The problem is the tactic grafted onto it, called gegenpressing.

The tactic called gegenpressing itself presupposes a high level of activity.

The physical exhaustion is bound to be extreme.

As physical strength declines, the likelihood of injury naturally increases for players.

‘Hmm. It’s similar to Jinwon Jinki from a martial arts novel.’

It seems very similar in that they both put their life (soccer life) into achieving a cause (victory).

‘Or, a magic that is predicted to bring destruction in exchange for gaining power quickly?’

So, is Klopp a genius?

I shook my head as I imagined the Germanic people using the Cheonma Gunrimbo.

Anyway, the important thing is that because of this tactic, Dortmund’s key players such as Gundogan and Reus suffered from injuries.

Jurgen Klopp later faced the same problem at Liverpool.

To solve this problem, we introduce zone pressing, which only applies pressure when it is certain.

Even fully grown adults suffered from such frequent injuries.

What about high school students who haven’t become adults yet?

Even these high school students are required to play in every game in a tournament where games are played every other day.

‘It’s 100% an injury.’

Even if you are lucky and don’t get injured, there is no denying that it is a game that puts the life of an athlete at stake.

Some people might say, “Where in the world would you find such an ignorant youth coach who can’t even manage the physical strength of his players?”

Let’s not forget. The reality of Korean sports teams is that it is natural to throw in talented young players for the sake of performance.

There is a reason why pitchers who were high school baseball aces go under the knife as soon as they join professional teams through the draft.

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So, what I have to do now is to dig up the weaknesses of ‘early’ gegenpressing for the future of Korean youth football. Then, Korean managers will either give up gegenpressing or try to introduce zone pressing like Klopp.

“Just kick it in front of the winger!”

I was given full authority by coach Choi Ki-hyun to train the players in the counter-pressing method.

To be honest, it was much easier to transplant gegenpressing than to transplant build-up football.

Gegenpressing is a tactic that involves pressing hard right away when the ball is stolen, rather than stepping back and defending, so naturally the space between the goalkeeper and the defender is bound to widen.

Yes, the weak point of gegenpressing is the back space.

Teams that use gegenpressing as a tactic will love it if they drop the line, thicken the centre and then deploy speedy players on the wingers to exploit the space behind.

‘There’s a reason Son Heung-min is called a beekeeper.’

Starting next season, you might wonder why Bundesliga managers who face Dortmund’s woes don’t think of this easy way out.

That’s the nature of human beings.

It is only after you have been hit that you can think of a way to deal with it. Applying that way of dealing with it requires a lot of trial and error.

And originally, anything is easy if you see the result and the answer.

“Why didn’t I think of such an easy way?”

Just like director Choi Ki-hyun, who is muttering to himself right now.

Anyway, from my perspective as a regressor, all I had to do was quickly suck it up without trial and error.

So we prepared a very sensational tactic called ‘pung soccer’ to deal with Hojingo who uses gegenpressing.

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Saturday, time flies and the game unfolds.

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They say that a superstar brings the audience to the stadium. Ten of Hodong’s younger siblings visited Madle Stadium to watch Son Jin-ho play.

“Oh, hello. Are you Mr. Bayern Hou?”

“Oh, yes. Then what about you…?”

“My name is Kurehou. Nice to meet you.”

“… My name is Hou Madrid.”

Their first meeting was awkward.

Maybe it’s because we have something in common: being soccer fans.

It didn’t take long for us to become close friends.

“Didn’t Dr. Man U come?”

“That kid. I think he’s just a spectator.”

“What is a spectacle?”

“It’s a word that kids use these days.”

The younger brothers were laughing and chatting until the game started.

As the game time approached, he looked at the ground with an anxious expression.

While the players were warming up on the ground, Son Jin-ho, whom they had been eagerly waiting for, was sitting on the bench.

“Kureya. Is it true that my brother is coming out today?”

“He’ll come out as a replacement. Shit. I used my monthly salary to come here, so if he doesn’t come out, I’m really going to be a fucking idiot.”

“Do you call yourself a shithead in real life too?”

“Yeah. I haven’t heard of the ponytail that was developed in El Clásico?”

“4-3-3-3

“this….”

When Real Madrid fans and FC Barcelona fans were about to fight.

“Huh? My brother is coming this way?”

Jin-ho Son got up from the bench at Geumsun High School and approached his younger siblings.

“I’m a fan of Jin-ho Son─! Can you sign it for me?”

“Please let it rain just once─!!”

Countless handshake requests from Hodongsaengs pour in towards the owner of the gallery, Jin-ho Son.

In response to the countless requests for handshakes, Son Jin-ho expressed his gratitude to his fans by providing them with fan service in a very familiar and friendly manner, just like the first Son Jin-ho welcoming review posted by Hou Gallery.

“I’ll give you the rain later when you score a goal!”

“Oh─! Are you competing today?”

“Yes, I think I will play in the second half.”

And Dr. Man-U, or rather, Han Gyul-woo, who was watching the scene with his family from afar, pouted his lips.

“…Son Jin-ho is really popular.”

It was because she felt jealous of her younger siblings when she saw her boyfriend, Jin-ho Son, laughing and talking with them.

‘Oh my god, I can’t believe I’m jealous of men.’

Leaving behind the laughter-filled midwinter, the match between Geumsun High School and Hojin High School began.

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