Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 225



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#225 It was a really good fight!

Beep!

“Wow wow wow!”

“Huh! omg! 100 million!”

“Hey, I won! “Gasp!”

The great miracle did not happen.

The referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the game, and the game ended with a 3-2 victory for Hungary.

And the exhausted Hungarian players were lying around, and no matter how you looked at it, it didn’t look like a winning team.

On the other hand, the Korean soccer team wished they had had more time, but the atmosphere was brighter than that of Hungary, the winner, as they were the protagonists who caused an upset by closely chasing the Hungarian team, known as the world’s best.

No, it was actually a game that was the same as winning.

The atmosphere at the stadium and the atmosphere in Korea, which was watched live on satellite, were the same.

“ah! If only I had more time… … .”

“Where is this anyway? “The opponent was Hungary, the strongest player in the world?”

“Well, that’s right. So, did you say that your next opponent is Turkey?”

“Yes, Turkey. Turkey is also a strong team, but with this level of performance, it is worth looking forward to.”

“yes?”

“Hehe! yes.”

Lee Kang-cheol and Ko Seok-man calmed their excitement and looked forward to the next game.

And a few days later, a match was held between Korea and Türkiye.

Turkey lost 5 to 1 to Germany, so they had to beat South Korea today to have any hope of advancing to the round of 16.

At this time, Turkey was clearly inferior to Hungary, but it was still a strong team that beat Korea 7 to 0 in history.

However, since Korea also proved to be an unexpectedly strong team, this match attracted attention in many ways.

Beep!

The game started with the referee blowing the whistle.

“Is it okay to win this game unconditionally? So will we advance to the round of 16?”

This time, a large screen was installed in the main auditorium of the guest house and many people gathered to watch the game. Lee Kang-cheol asked a question to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism who was in the back row.

“no. “The method of this World Cup is a bit unique.”

“No, you said you don’t have to deal with Germany?”

“That’s the way it is. This World Cup’s group stage is a strange format in which 2 out of 4 teams are seeded, and the seeded teams only play against the remaining 2 teams. Therefore, originally seeded Hungary and Turkey would only have to play two games against Korea and Germany, respectively.”

“That’s right! What type of game is that? “I thought of course they would do it with Germany, but they said they wouldn’t do it?”

“ha ha ha! This World Cup is particularly strange. This method will disappear in the future. In any case, the principle is that the top seeds, Hungary and Turkey, and the bottom seeds, South Korea and Germany, will never face each other. However, if there are teams with the same number of points, a playoff must be held. “Originally, we fought twice against West Germany and Turkey because the points were equal to 2 with 1 win and 1 loss.”

“yes? “There is no such thing as goal difference or winner wins rule?”

“There was nothing like that at this time.”

“omg… … .”

The game started like that, the first half ended 0-0, and the second half began.

As expected, Turkey, which was technically superior, was unable to score a goal due to the thorough man-to-man pressure from the Korean national team.

There were a few crises, but goalkeeper Hong Deok-young made a save and the score was 0-0.

In the end, it was Turkey who started to tire first, but after about 15 minutes of the second half, you could see them breathing heavily on the screen.

Then the opportunity came.

“Choi Jeongmin! Choi Jeong-min breaks through! one person! two people! Ouch! Exclusive chance! Shout! goal! goal! “It’s a goal!”

“Aaaah!”

“You’re crazy! it’s crazy!”

“Wow wow wow!”

In the 21st minute of the second half, striker Choi Jeong-min scored the first goal, and Korea flipped as if there had been an earthquake.

“Hahaha!”

“Hahaha!”

The guesthouse was truly in chaos.

Hugging each other, chanting for national independence, and screaming.

Time passed by and soon there was about a minute left until the end of the game.

“damn! “Why does time go by so quickly?”

“Is that true?”

The Turkish warriors run like crazy trying to score a goal even though they are almost exhausted.

However, the goddess of victory was on the Republic of Korea’s side.

“Hey, I won!”

“Aaaah! “It’s our first World Cup win!”

“hurray! Long live!”

“Kwaaah!”

No one in Korea slept well that night.

Meanwhile, in the match between Hungary and Germany held on the same day, Hungary defeated Germany 4 to 3 after a fierce exchange of goals.

In the original history, the team came to West Germany and lost to Hungary by a score of 8 to 3. This was because the West German coach did not think that the world’s best team needed to show strength in advance against Hungary due to the game style, so he removed key players and sent out substitute players.

But this time things have changed in many ways.

The director was not the original director, and more than anything, Korea had emerged as a dark horse, so it was not a situation to let down one’s guard.

So we had a battle of swords and swords, but ended up losing to Hungary.

As a result, Hungary finished first in the group and was confirmed to advance to the quarterfinals, while Turkey was eliminated with two losses.

The problem was that Germany and South Korea tied for second place with two points, so a playoff was held to determine who would advance to the quarterfinals.

Beep!

The referee blew the whistle and the match between Korea and Germany began.

Germany is as strong as Hungary, and although they originally lost to Hungary in the group stage, they advanced to the finals, faced Hungary again, and became the champions.

In addition, as Korea has traditionally had good physical strength and strong organizational skills, pressure soccer based on organizational and physical strength, which are Korea’s strengths, did not work as well as other teams, so the Korean team played the game with a focus on defense from the beginning.

Only the frontline striker Choi Jeong-min is near the halfway line, and all players are involved in defense.

Phew!

“Gyaggyaggya!”

Phew!

“Hey!”

As the Korean team was building an iron wall in front of the goal, the German team continued to fire mid-range shots, which drove goalkeeper Hong Deok-young to the point where he was completely beside himself.

But I gritted my teeth.

If we lasted this game, we would have reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Phew!

“Aaaah! “I took ten years!”

Then, he attempted a sharp counterattack by occasionally passing to Choi Jeong-min, who was the only player crossing the half-line, but no effective shot came out.

The first half was over and the second half was almost over, but the score was still 0 to 0.

If it were any other team, it would have been exhausting, but Germany attacked almost unilaterally beyond the halfway line, so there was little stamina loss.

Even as the second half came to an end, the German team was still in good spirits.

Beep!

Eventually, extra time began, and there were still no goals during the first half of the extra period.

And in the second half of overtime,

“omg! omg!”

Now the German team players showed signs of exhaustion.

It had to be that way since I ran around for over 105 minutes.

Coach Kim Yong-sik, who saw that, shouted at captain Joo Young-kwang.

“Glory! Germans are tired! “We have to win here!”

Young-Kwang Joo asked this after listening to Director Yong-Sik Kim.

It’s not just German players who are tired.

No matter how hard the Korean players trained, it was natural for them to be exhausted when it got to overtime.

However, as the coach said, if it went to a penalty shootout, it was obvious that the Korean team, which had less shooting power than Germany, would be at a disadvantage.

The winner must somehow be decided within the second half of extra time.

“Ilkap and Gwangseok! Move forward little by little! “I’m betting this time!”

“all right!”

“yes!”

Park Il-gap and Choi Kwang-seok, who were in charge of both wings, slowly started to cross the halfway line, beating the exhausted German players.

Then the German players were surprised and tried to block the Korean players, but their stamina was already depleted and their bodies did not follow suit.

The damning game rules that do not allow player substitutions are starting to hinder German players.

“omg! omg!”

The German players forced their bodies to block the Korean players who were relentlessly attacking.

War criminal countries such as Japan, which lost World War II, were not allowed to participate at all in the World Cup, but were finally allowed to participate in this World Cup in Switzerland.

Therefore, the German players also had a different attitude toward this World Cup.

How long has it been since the last World Cup?

“Hold on! “We must go to the penalty shootout!”

“omg! omg!”

The German players did their best to stop South Korea’s offensive that began with less than 10 minutes left in the second half of overtime.

However, 14 minutes and 20 seconds into the second half of overtime.

With less than a minute left in the game, captain and midfielder Joo Young-kwang saw that Park Il-gap on the right was free.

The German player was tired and missed him.

Phew!

The pass that flew about 20 meters was accurately delivered to Park Il-gap, who passed it to Choi Jeong-min who was in front.

Now there is only one defender, Choi Jung-min, and the German goalkeeper.

When Choi Jeong-min dribbled and kicked the ball, a 1-on-1 chance was created with the goalkeeper.

In this game, it was the biggest chance for the Korean team, and the biggest crisis for Germany.

Choi Jeong-min kicked the ball with the intention of taking a penalty kick, but the German goalkeeper had the right direction, but the ball flew into a corner out of his reach.

“Go, goal! goal! goal! Goal!”

“Wow wow wow!”

“Aaaah!”

“Hey, I won!”

“Kwaaaah!”

When the German players broke down on the spot, they shed tears.

And from the South Korean bench, all the players jumped out, stormed the ground, and became entangled.

The second half of extra time had already passed, and the referee looked at this and shook his head and blew his whistle.

Beep!

South Korea won 1-0 against Germany.

The stadium was truly chaotic.

Coaches and players, including the manager, cried tears of joy together, and the cheering squad, which had already grown to more than 2,000 people due to the good performance of the last game, also cried while waving the Taegeukgi and Red Devil flags.

And South Korea… … .

“Kwaaah!”

“Aaaah!”

Frantic citizens from all over the Republic of Korea, including not only the Korean Peninsula but also Manchuria, Siberia, Hokkaido, and Haenam Special Administrative Region, took to the streets in the middle of the night.

In the past, it did not matter whether they were Korean, Japanese, Han Chinese, Manchurian, or Slavic.

Because today was just a proud and happy day for the Republic of Korea.

This was the power of sports.

Because there was nothing like this for national unity.

The guesthouse was similarly engulfed in enthusiasm.

Members of the expedition team, including Lee Kang-cheol and Ko Seok-man, as well as Kim Gu and Kim Gyu-sik, shed many tears as they hugged each other.

“Now I have no choice but to die! “Ugh!”

In some ways, he seemed happier than when he became independent.

The Korean national soccer team, which advanced to the quarterfinals, played a semifinal match against Yugoslavia, which advanced from Group 1, a few days later.

Although Yugoslavia was a strong team, it was not an opponent for the South Korea team, which defeated Germany, the favorite to win the title.

Phew!

“goal! Park Il-gap’s goal!”

Phew!

“goal! Choi Jeong-min’s goal!”

Phew!

“Joo Yeong-gwang’s goal!”

Beep!

The match score was 3 to 1.

South Korea advanced to the World Cup semifinals.

The legend of the 2002 World Cup semifinals happened almost 50 years ago.

And as expected, the entire Republic of Korea was covered with people wearing red T-shirts.

If they didn’t have a red T-shirt, they would wear something painted red and run out into the streets shouting for the Republic of Korea.

The opponent in the semifinals is Uruguay, the winner of the first World Cup and the previous tournament, the 1950 World Cup.

As the defending champion, he is indeed a strong candidate for the title.

The Korean team rushed forward with momentum, but this time it was not enough.

The Korean national team’s greatest strength, their stamina, was depleted due to the successive games, and Uruguay, like Uruguay, had figured out how to deal with it by watching the Korean team’s games until the semifinals.

Beep!

We lost 2 to 1.

The journey of the Korean team that shocked the world by being called the Red Devils has come to an end.

The final ranking is 3rd in the World Cup after beating Austria.

A few days later, in Yeouido, millions of people gathered to celebrate the return of the heroes.

“ha ha ha! “It was a really good fight!”

“thank you!”

Lee Kang-cheol praised each member of the team and placed an athletic medal around their neck.

And the celebration party that took place that night.

Lee Kang-cheol had a conversation with the Minister of Culture and Sports.

“ha ha ha! The effect of this on national unity is truly amazing! “I think we have advanced the integration of our country’s ethnic groups by at least 10 years.”

“ha ha ha! That’s right.”

“Minister! “I wish you all the best for the next World Cup.”

“All right.”

“ah! But originally, Korea failed in the preliminaries in the World Cup, right? Well, it may not have been released until the 80s… … .”

“The preliminaries were changed, but I couldn’t even participate in the preliminaries.”

“yes? No, why?”

“At the time, an employee of the Korea Football Association lost the participation application form… … .”

“… … .”

Lee Kang-cheol forgot what to say.