Shooting Trajectory is Visible - Chapter 24



Only Krnovel

While the 2nd and 3rd option goalkeepers were given the opportunity to play in the high school league, I was so absorbed in my studies that I even forgot that I had joined the soccer club.

Thanks to Director Yoo Jin-ho’s consideration, I was only able to study for 1-2 hours during the exam period and then go home, so I literally went into a crash course mode.

And on the day of the exam.

My classmates (or so I might call them) would pass around their test papers to each other after every test and let out exclamations of “Ah!” or “Oh!”

I also checked it out with a stick, and wow, it’s amazing.

If I averaged all my subject scores over three days, it wasn’t much different from the tests I’d taken before.

It was a difference of exactly 0.5 points.

‘No, does this make sense?’

Even though I prepared it in a short amount of time, like frying beans with lightning, this is really…

‘Maybe I’m better suited to the lightning strike style?’

My usual study style was just consistency.

No matter when the test date was, I just set my goals for each day, and I maintained that routine even though the test was right around the corner.

My mother had a huge influence on my style. She would always say this to my younger sister and I as we studied.

“Studying is something you do every day. If you don’t study normally and the test is right around the corner, it’s too late. So, son or daughter? Study consistently every day. Okay?”

I wasn’t the type to listen to my parents well, but since I was brainwashed so much from a young age, I naturally thought that studying was something I had to do consistently every day, and this was the first time in my life that I had crammed in.

But it came out well.

“Son. How did you get your score?”

For the sake of parents who keep wondering about meal times, I answered that the score change is not that big.

“Mom. I think I’m more of a lightning student. I don’t think I need to study consistently…”

“No, son. This is because you have been studying consistently all this time. You have built up the basics to the point where you can cram for it once.”

“So now that I’ve built up my basics, I can do a lightning strike?”

Mom’s eyes widen in frustration at those words.

“That’s not what I meant.”

“But anyway, if I’m going to play soccer, I have no choice but to study like this. I’m going to a competition this month too.”

At those words, Kim Shin-ah has a seizure while eating her food.

“Oh my! Our household is going to be in trouble again! You money-eating hippopotamus! Dad, do I have to sell the sofa this time?”

“I need to sell the TV to get the sofa.”

At that moment, I almost said, “Go ahead and do something.” You should refrain from swearing when your parents are around.

“You just have to win again.”

“Hey hey hey hey hey~ What’s with the confidence!”

Kim Shin-ah keeps teasing me by poking me with her chopsticks. I hate seeing that, so I told my mom.

“Once I debut as a pro, I’ll pay it all back, including interest.”

Mom just smiled without saying anything. She covered her mouth.

I feel strangely proud because it seems like you think I’m special.

*

The two high school league matches held in early July ended with one draw and one loss.

One time, third-year goalkeeper Lee Seung-hyun went out with the non-regular members and barely managed to score a goal, and the other time, second-year goalkeeper Song Jae-hyun showed a gap and lost.

Regardless of the result, the content was intense. However, in my opinion, the defense problem seemed to be the biggest. You could say it is a chronic problem of Suyang High School.

The first-team defense was also lacking in feel, and the non-regular defense was so different that it was clearly different from the first-team defense.

“It’s okay. You did well! Don’t be depressed! You grow through defeat!”

Gamkojin was rather encouraging, probably because his advancement to the King of Kings tournament was determined regardless of the match results.

*Gamkojin (Director + Coaching Staff)

If it weren’t for that, I would have been so angry right away that either soccer shoes or a soccer ball or something would have been flying around.

If you’re going to hit me with something like that, I’ll just throw it away.

Anyway, since there were no problems with the picture that Yoo Jin-ho drew, the atmosphere at Suyang High School was good, and now we have to compete for the remaining period.

The competition that Suyang High School participated in in July was the President’s Cup Competition.

This competition was even more fundamental than the Geumgang Banseok Competition, having started in 1969.

We moved to Gyeongsang Province this time for this competition, and the level of the competition was higher than last time, and among the participating teams there was also a U18 team from the K1 League.

‘This will be a preliminary match for the King of Kings tournament.’

If you don’t win this tournament or don’t achieve any significant results, you’re out of luck in the King of Kings tournament.

If that’s the case, the time when I catch the scouts’ eye will be a little further away, and Yoo Jin-ho’s plan will completely fall apart.

But I wasn’t too worried.

‘I am different now than I was during the Geumgang Banseok Competition.’

When I first competed in the Geumgang Banseok competition, my stats were different from now.

After the finals, he trained a lot and played in many games, so his stats have improved quite a bit. The same goes for his running mate, Kim Jun-young.

The level of the competition has risen, but so has our level, so we should be able to do well.

My only concern is whether I can continue my clean sheet record in this tournament.

That was my only worry.

*

The place where the President’s Cup is held is Gyeongsang-do, and more specifically, Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do.

To be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard of a place called Changnyeong-gun.

Still, the air quality seemed better than in Suyang, so it wasn’t bad for kicking a ball.

The competition begins today, starting on July 16th, and ends with the finals on August 2nd of the following month.

Since it is held over a period of about two weeks, the team that aims for high places will have to manage physical strength issues well, and since coach Yoo Jin-ho also felt a lot from the last competition, he thought that he would use players a little more strategically for this competition.

“Come on, come on, fighting!”

Before the first game, we chanted our usual slogan.

Naturally, as it was the first match, Suyang High School went out with their best 11.

Our group was Group 10. The opposing team was Daehan High School.

‘Is it because I won one competition that I don’t think I’ll lose? Why?’

The game starts with the referee’s whistle.

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And my prediction was right.

Through the experience of the Geumgang Banseok competition, Suyang High School’s entire team has grown significantly compared to that time.

I felt the same way during the high school league, but I felt like the opposing team couldn’t handle Suyang High School.

First of all, the attacking combination of Han Seung-woo, Kim Jun-young, and Lim Seung-min showed stronger synergy than expected.

Before the game, it is impossible to properly analyze the opponent or our opponents, so we have no choice but to feel their strengths and advantages through the game itself. However, if the opponent team concedes even one point during the game, it is a loss.

why?

“They say that a game goes well when the goalkeeper is strong.”

Young-Jun Ko, the center back and in charge of the overall defense, gives me a thumbs up.

I hate to say this myself, but it’s me.

If you want to score a goal behind the iron pillar, you’ll need at least a semi-professional player to score a goal.

lol···.

Anyway, Daehan High School lost completely, conceding one goal in the first half and one goal in the second half.

It was a crushing defeat with no room for excuses, and from our perspective it was a clean win from the first game.

After that, we defeated Honghak FCU18 and An Chang-go, who were in the same group, in succession, and easily advanced through the group stage with 3 wins out of 3 matches.

And I also had a very meaningful experience in the group stage, the third match against An Chang-go.

Coach Yoo Jin-ho must have felt a lot from the last competition, because he made the decision to give many players a rest when the team had two wins out of two matches, and in the third match, I was the only player who had been a regular player to go out again.

I didn’t complain about not being given a break.

Anyway, I was a goalkeeper who consumed less stamina than other players, and since playing actual games was a greater source of stats than training, it was actually better for me.

And the result was a 1:0 win.

“This is it. This was it···”

Eugene Ho muttered like that after the third game, but it seemed like he had a rough idea of ​​what kind of game, what kind of strategy, and how to rest the players in the tournament.

‘Well… if we fill the team with everyone except me as second-team players, we can expect a draw.’

Unless the defense was really empty, I wouldn’t have been confident of scoring a goal.

And even if it was empty, I was confident I could block about eight out of ten.

After the third game, the starting players who were watching the game from the bench all said the same thing to me as I came out of the game.

“What the hell are you doing?”

“yes?”

“This kid is in his second life… No, isn’t this his ninth life? From what I’ve seen, this kid must have been a yakuza in his past life.”

I just smile awkwardly at those compliments.

And in some ways, it was a close answer.

It’s a fact that my trait name includes Yasin.

I glanced at the goalkeepers, and their eyes were completely devoid of emotion, as if they had completely lost their minds.

It’s a little sad, but what can I do? This is a world where skill is everything, and more than anything, I don’t feel attached to those guys who tried to soak me.

Scary bastards···.

*

I shared this good news with my family.

It was a bit boring to send them every time there was a match, so I sent them all at once after making it through the group stage.

[Kim Min-woo: 3 wins out of 3 matches in the group stage. Kim Min-woo started in 3 matches. Naturally, he kept a clean sheet.]

It was Kim Shin-ah who sent the answer.

[Kim Shin-ah: 5252~ I believed in you~]

[Kim Shin-ah: So now we can get ready to go to Changnyeong? When is the finals?]

[Kim Min-woo: On the 2nd of next month. It’s still far away.]

[Kim Shin-ah: Then I guess I can go on August 2nd.]

[Kim Min-woo: What if it falls before that?]

[Kim Shin-ah: That won’t happen (firmly)]

[Kim Min-woo: What do you mean by firmly using parentheses?]

Then my parents barged in. Almost at the same time.

[Choi Sung-hee: Oh my~ Son~ We believed in you just like Shin-ah said! You did so well! Fighting until the finals!]

[Kim Min-seok: My genes are nowhere to be found]

[Kim Shin-ah: ?]

[Kim Min-woo: ?]

[Choi Sung-hee: ???]

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***

Kang Jae-wook, the head of the power reinforcement department of Suwon Shenyang Bluewings, was dissatisfied with some scouts who were just receiving their salaries from a corner of the office.

Kang Jae-wook sighed deeply and watched the guy with his arms crossed, wondering how long he would continue to act like that.

5 minutes. 10 minutes. 15 minutes. And···.

“Hey you little shit!”

The scouts are startled.

But there is one kid among them who doesn’t move at all and just looks at his cell phone.

“You, you!”

“Yes? Me?”

The enemy who blinks and shamelessly looks at me. I feel like I’m going to explode with melancholy.

“Mr. Yoon, Tae, Yoon. Our Mr. Yoon, Tae, Yoon, who is the same whether you do it right or wrong! Shouldn’t you stop being a salaryman and do something productive?”

“Ah. You want me to ask you something?”

Kang Jae-wook sighed again.

Shenyang Bluewings is a corporate club.

Even if I want to throw this guy out, I can’t.

Because this guy has noble blood flowing through his veins.

Since he was born an illegitimate child, he could be treated like a subordinate as long as he didn’t cross a certain line, but this guy had a strong desire to just have fun.

“At least once a month. No, once every two months, shouldn’t you at least make a show of going out somewhere?”

“Ah, yes yes. Got it.”

The other scouts pretend not to hear and are busy with their work. A scout is not only responsible for identifying players and discovering promising prospects, but they also have to write a lot of work reports, so they are all busy.

Or maybe you’re just pretending to be busy.

Still, there is no kid who plays as carefree as this guy.

I yelled at the guy who gave me a dry answer.

“Get out now!”

“Hey, what’s wrong, Chief?”

“···Ha. Stop talking nonsense and go find out about this.”

Kang Jae-wook threw down a document.

Then, Yoon Tae-yoon became interested and looked through the documents.

“What is it? Kim Min-woo? Goalkeeper? Where is Suyang High School?”

“He’s the goalkeeper of the team that won the Geumgang Banseok competition this time. He also played in the President’s Cup. That bastard’s data is unusual. I have a feeling he’s going to explode, so go and watch him. And, Ms. Im So-yeon?”

“N, yes!”

Our intern, Soyeon Lim, pretends to be busy but then suddenly gets up from her seat.

Kang Jae-wook treated Im So-yeon in a way that was 180 degrees different from how he treated Yoon Tae-yoon.

“Go and help this guy out. Don’t let him do anything else.”

“Oh, yes!”

Intern Im So-yeon is an intern, but she is not an intern.

What does this mean?

It means that noble blood flows through your veins!

Unlike Yoon Tae-yoon, he is not an illegitimate child and is of pure blood.

In addition, he has a kind personality and is careful with his words and actions so as not to be caught for getting hired through personal connections.

She may not be a great woman, but that’s why she should be even better.

Because you never know when that young, pretty woman might show up as your superior.

If you treat them unfairly or treat them like a common employee, you’re screwed.

End

ⓒ Doctor Am

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