Shooting Trajectory is Visible - Chapter 197



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197 Kim Min-woo, who has worked hard

Sophie Riva was sprawled out on the sofa in her living room, enjoying a golden weekend.

It was currently 5pm. What an ambiguous time. Sophie glanced at the TV, then turned her gaze back to her phone.

Then I watched TV again and looked at my phone again.

The match between Manchester United and Brentford will begin shortly.

Kim Min-woo left Hanover, but it was a beautiful farewell, and the people of Hanover were sad about the farewell, but no one hated him.

Sophie was the same. It was a sad but inevitable separation. So I had to check the news like this.

“The last game was really fun~”

How can a game be fun if no goals are scored?

Hannover was like that all season long, but that was because it was our team and I thought it would be less fun if it was someone else’s team, but that wasn’t the case.

It was still fun.

“Was it because the process and development were good that the goal wasn’t scored?”

Sophie puffed out her cheeks and thought for a moment, then looked at her phone again. What do you know? As long as it’s fun, that’s fine.

However, if there is a slight regret about Kim Min-woo’s departure, it is because his absence was inevitably felt.

The Bundesliga also had its opening match following the Premier League, and Hannover also played a match. Although they won the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal and strengthened their roster, their performance was not as good as last season.

The score was 2:1. Fortunately, Hannover won, but it was the first time in a long time that Hannover conceded a goal in a game with their starting goaltender, so even though they won, it felt a bit disappointing.

It was almost as if the match was the prelude to a difficult and arduous journey ahead.

“… Well, now that Kim Min-woo is gone, it would be fortunate if we could at least maintain a middle ranking, let alone win the championship.”

That is the reality, but Sophie, who has had Hannoverian blood flowing through her body since birth, hopes that Hannover will secure a place in the top rankings this season, even if they do not win the title.

Rather than a star that appears and disappears, I hope it will shine brightly and continue to shine for a very long time.

Perhaps, as the league progresses, the void left by Kim Min-woo will be felt even more… … but there is still Corsic in defense, Scott in midfield, Fischer and Teutchert on the wing and offense, respectively.

There are many other good players as well. We did a good job recruiting them.

“If Jan leads well, there will be no problem.”

Surely I won’t be fired due to poor performance. Surely it wouldn’t end in such a cruel and tragic ending…

[And here’s Manchester United’s lineup!]

At that moment, the commentators on the TV screen announced Manchester United’s lineup. The game seemed to be about to start.

The commentators read the text one by one, starting from the attackers. They also show the actual players, looking straight ahead. Sophie smiled brightly when Kim Min-woo appeared.

“I really want to see it….”

England and Germany. Two countries that are physically quite far apart. They were not close enough to meet each other like going to the store in front of your house, so Sophie exchanged messages often.

The conversation was largely similar.

What did you eat today, what are you doing now, the weather is nice in Hanover, how is Manchester… .

In fact, I don’t know what topic to talk about when I have nothing to say, so I’ve been getting help from AI these days.

[GPT! I’ll give you a situation. I need to talk to a guy I’m interested in. What topics should I talk about?]

[… … There are many topics to choose from, but below are some sample conversation topics.

[Common interests, travel, food, daily stories, future plans]

AI’s answer was actually unusable, but if you adapt it to your own taste, it could actually be a good solution.

[Sophie: What are you doing now~~~?]

[Kim Min-woo: I was watching YouTube]

[Sophie: Oh~ What kind of video were you watching?]

[Kim Min-woo: Why?]

Knock knock. ‘GPT! How do I answer when the other person asks why I’m asking that!?’

Beep. ‘In that case, it might be better to give an honest and sincere answer. Please answer honestly.’

[Sophie: Uh… For no reason at all haha! I just asked because I was curious!]

[Kim Min-woo: Ah, haha, I was watching that soccer-related YouTuber]

[Sophie: Ohhhh~ There’s no end to learning!?]

[Kim Min-woo: Hahahahahaha;]

Like this.

Sophie was able to lead the conversation like Casanova, and AI was a great help. I love you GPT. I never dreamed that AI could be used in human relationships. Hehe.

“Is this what it is?”

It’s weird. I clearly confessed, but we’re still flirting. What is this? Is it because we’re too far apart? If we were closer, we could’ve actually seen each other more often and become a bit more affectionate…

[… It will be interesting to see whether Kim can show the same form he showed against Brighton against Brentford.]

Sophie thought to herself as she listened to the commentary from the broadcasting crew. Now, she was going to try to be a little more courageous and make phone calls and video calls instead of just texting.

First, take it slow.

Before we got to this point, I think we could easily make phone calls, but now that we’re in this ambiguous relationship, it’s hard to even make a phone call.

“Who is the biggest coward in Hanover?”

It’s me.

Sophie, who had said something self-deprecating, then focused on the game.

Brentford vs Manchester United match.

A club with a bee engraved on its symbol.

These days, the team’s performance is not bad, so they say it has become a long-lived hornet rather than a honeybee, but I wonder?

The opponent is traditional powerhouse Manchester United.

They have been ridiculed for their poor recent form, but at least Brentford have never been a team to be taken lightly.

‘Because Kim Min-woo also joined there.’

Could it be easy for Manchester United?

The current manager would have sufficiently improved upon the weaknesses from the last game.

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So the first half ended.

Sophie felt a little sorry.

“Kim Min-woo must have left Hannover for better treatment and better results as a player….”

Somehow, Kim Min-woo’s role doesn’t seem to be much different from when he was in Hannover.

It looked very tough. The commentators said there were some injuries to some of the starting players, but that seemed to be an attempt to cover up Manchester United’s dismal performance.

The offense seemed to be going pretty well, but the problem was the defense. The defenders were getting through too easily.

If the goalkeeper had not been Kim Min-woo, the defensive errors would have continued to the point where not only would the first goal have been scored, but the score would have been increased by more than ‘2’.

Still, the game was quite exciting and fun, so Sophie continued to watch it.

The second half continues.

Despite the player changes, the defensive organization still looks shaky.

“It feels just like when Kim Min-woo first joined Hannover.”

Hannover’s defense wasn’t that good at that time, but Manchester United’s looked even worse.

[Look! Can you believe it!? Kim keeps blocking shots that would have allowed goals to be conceded multiple times by other goalkeepers!]

[The goalkeeper who led Hannover to victory proves otherwise.]

Why else would the commentators say something like this?

However, as he continued to get through without getting better, Kim Min-woo eventually became exhausted.

[Oh! Kim is mad at Evans!]

[Given the difference in the two players’ careers, this seems reasonable…]

Kim Min-woo is very angry and makes big gestures.

Sophie felt her heart ache again. She felt sorry. Then she picked up her phone and… … pat pat.

[Sophie: How is it? It’s a real pain to leave home, right? Hanover is always open~^^]

Sigh.

Sophie shook her head and tried to erase it, but accidentally pressed the send button with her finger.

For a moment, I felt my heart sink.

“Eww! This won’t work!”

We’re not joking around like we used to be! We need to have a more serious conversation, so we need to send some heart-warming messages! Ugh!

“Delete. How do I delete it?”

Sophie mainly uses KakaoTalk, but she only uses it to talk to Kim Min-woo. She doesn’t have any Korean friends, and Germans don’t even know about KakaoTalk.

So after much fumbling I finally found a way to delete it, and just as I was about to delete it.

“Huh!? What the! Why did the delete button disappear!”

… … According to information confirmed by searching the portal site ‘N’, KakaoTalk messages can never be deleted if the message deletion button is not pressed within a certain period of time.

Sure, the ‘Delete from my device’ button is still there, but what’s the point of that if the other person can see it… .

Sophie screamed and screamed, but eventually gave up. Then, after asking the AI ​​again and hearing various solutions, Sophie resorted to a desperate measure.

[Sophie: I almost said ~!]

GPT’s advice: ‘Try to lighten the mood by using catchphrases or jokes.’

* * *

The second round match against Brentford ended in a 0-0 draw.

To be honest, it wasn’t a pleasant draw.

The match against Brentford was a repeat of the match against Brighton, and Manchester United’s attack went on and on about whether to score or not, but ultimately failed to do so.

Manchester United’s defense was neither tenable nor resilient; they just kept getting through.

In the opening match, I was in a good position to take a free kick and I could have made a decision, but in this match, the opposing coach must have heard of my notorious free kick success rate because I didn’t take a single free kick throughout the match.

‘How can that be possible?’

Soccer is a sport with many unexpected variables, so no matter how much the coach orders not to give a free kick foul, there are almost no cases where the order is followed until the end of the game.

… Anyway, my magical free kick didn’t happen in this match, and Hoilun couldn’t make the decision either, so the match ended in a draw.

‘Today, just one serving… No, since we kept a shutout despite the defense being completely breached, did we get two servings?’

Even if you make it for two, it’s still a draw. Maenggu, please…

Bruno Fernandes, who was designated as a running mate, is a more complete player, so his growth was not as fast as it was under Corsic.

Perhaps, for a player of Buffet’s level, when assigned a running mate, rather than ‘growing’, he develops in a different direction?

Some stats that should be reduced due to physical aging are maintained, or they increase very slightly without being noticeable…

‘You’ll find out as time goes by.’

The manager was asked a number of questions by reporters after the game against Brentford. They were mostly along the lines of: why was the game like that?

Coach Giovanni reacted sharply, saying that even though many of the starting players were missing, this was a good defense, and that sharp reaction was followed by another sharp reaction.

It’s a complaint like, “It wasn’t that you did well, it was just that Kim Min-woo did well and it was a draw.”

‘It was the same performance in the opening game, but the atmosphere was completely different.’

In the end, in the professional world, the atmosphere is bound to be influenced by wins and losses. Even if the content is crappy, if it brings results, it is praised, and even if the content is beautiful, if the results are bad, it is booed. That’s the world.

And above all, the next round.

“The famous North West Derby… .”

The next match was against Liverpool. The biggest match in England. A match between two clubs that are treated like a religion. The fiercest rivalry in the league, if not the entire world.

It feels like only yesterday that we had the opening match, but I feel pressured and excited to already be facing such a strong team.

Above all else.

‘The manager said that some of the starting players could return for the Liverpool game, so wouldn’t it be different now?’

If this situation where the attack doesn’t work and the defense is always breached keeps repeating, I might really go crazy.

There’s still a lot of time left on the contract, so I can’t even apply for Chuno… .