Shooting Trajectory is Visible - Chapter 58



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The medical team has ruled out Ron Robert Ziller.

“I’ll be out for at least two weeks. My ankle is completely swollen. Fortunately, there are no cracks or fractures, but Chiller needs plenty of rest right now.”

“Will two weeks be enough?”

Director Jan Lytle asked after receiving the verdict. The medical team staff shook their heads.

“We need to keep an eye on the situation. First of all, the next two weeks are an absolute rest period. You won’t be able to participate in training either.”

“It could increase further.”

“I can’t say for sure, but it’s definitely possible.”

Jan Light clicked his tongue and turned his head.

“What a lucky guy···.”

“yes?”

“It’s nothing.”

Eventually, Jan found head coach Elmar Barlemann.

“How about Kim?”

“Yes, positive. As always.”

Kim was receiving training from the goalkeeper coach in front of the goal. Jan watched and said.

“Chiller will be out for at least two weeks. The medical team says it could be longer depending on his recovery.”

“Haha. That kid is so lucky. The unwavering starter even got injured.”

“I’m not that lucky. There’s still a long gap until the next round.”

“That’s true.”

Round 14 will be held two weeks after Round 13, that is, on November 25th. Because of the gap in time, Hannover had a friendly match scheduled in the middle, and the opponent was not a high-level sparring partner, just for warm-up.

“Are you going to let Kim play in the friendly match in the middle?”

“Was our opponent a 4th division team?”

“you’re right.”

If it was a 4th division league, then it was exactly the same level as a 2nd division league 2nd team. Yan hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

“Okay. We need to do a final check before sending him to the next round.”

Elmare was about to say something, but then closed his mouth. He seemed hesitant, so Jan spoke first.

“Why? Do you have something to say?”

“No, um. Jan seemed to trust Kim quite a bit. He’s more cautious than I thought.”

“It can’t hurt to check carefully.”

“Didn’t Kim play a big role after coming on as a substitute in the last game?”

The question was whether that was enough to prove it. And the fans were also hoping for Kim to appear.

I don’t know if it was a political ploy at that young age or if it was really sincere, but when an article came out saying that he was cheering on the children in the ward, it caused a huge stir.

Here’s the thing, if Yan doesn’t let Kim play in the next round, things could get really bad.

“Hey, Elmare.”

“yes?”

“If Kim continues to perform better than we expected, would you be willing to let Chiller play as a sub and play Kim as a starter?”

“that······.”

I hadn’t thought that far.

A new player who has only recently joined the team and a veteran captain who has been dedicated to Hannover.

Who would choose a new player if there were no major problems for the veteran players? These days, the new players are showing outstanding performances that are worthy of being called attention, but… Even so, when asked if they would kick out Chiller, it was ambiguous.

“Don’t hesitate? If a dedicated veteran player is kicked out even though his skills are not at fault, the team atmosphere will be ruined.”

“Yes, well… it is a complicated problem.”

“I hope that since it has come to this, Kim will gain the trust of his colleagues. That is, until Chiller returns. Then······.”

Ian stopped talking and smiled.

“Who knows if the ambitions he expressed at the press conference will become reality?”

***

I don’t use social media.

It was the same after I joined SNS to communicate with Sophie.

Especially these days, I’ve opened a phone number in Germany so it’s easy to work there, so I’ve been communicating with Sophie over the phone.

There is no use for SNS anymore.

so.

“Should I just erase it?”

SNS is the root of all evil.

It’s much better to live without knowing anything than to die of stomachache from seeing others doing well.

Especially Kim Shin-ah······.

“Huh!? They went out to play without me?”

There were more than a few times when I would go home and do something crazy while looking at Instagram. Every time I saw that, I would promise myself that I would never use social media again.

So, I went into Instagram for the first time in a long time to delete my account and clear the app.

“···What is this?”

For a moment I thought I saw something wrong.

[Posts 0] [Followers 202k] [Following 1]

“Huh?”

As far as I know, followers are people who subscribe to an account. Follows are people I subscribe to.

I created an account to communicate with ‘Sophie’, so of course I had 1 follower, and Sophie would have followed me, so of course I should have 1 follower···.

“202,000 people?”

Only then did a fragment of memory come to mind. During the Qatar World Cup. Didn’t Jo Kyu-seok, who scored multiple goals in the match against Ghana, say that his followers increased by millions after the match?

At that time, I just thought it was because Jo Gyu-seok was handsome and had scored impressive multi-goal goals······.

“Now that I think about it, I’m a soccer player too.”

Why didn’t I think of that?

He played well in the Dortmund match and also played well in St. Pauli, so it is natural that people are paying attention.

I was trying to erase it, but a bump suddenly appeared.

What should I do? Don’t worry about it and just delete the account?

While I was thinking about it for a moment, I got a KakaoTalk message. When I checked, it was from my younger sister.

[Kim Shin-ah: What? You opened an Instagram account? But why aren’t you following me?]

[Kim Min-woo: How did you know?]

[Kim Shin-ah: Some of my friends who are a bit extreme found it while searching the internet;]

[Kim Min-woo: tsk tsk]

[Kim Shin-ah: No, more than that ㅋㅋ Follow 1, is that the interpreter? ㅋㅋ Wow, really]

[Kim Shin-ah: My lovely younger sister doesn’t even follow me and goes to Germany to date;]

[Kim Min-woo: ㅗ]

[Kim Shin-ah: Please actively defend yourself]

[Kim Min-woo: Why me]

[Kim Shin-ah: Because my friends are sad?]

[Kim Min-woo: I don’t date foreign women]

[Kim Shin-ah: Why?]

[Kim Min-woo: I just don’t feel like a woman.]

[Kim Shin-ah: ????]

There are three genders for me. Male. Female. Foreigner. No matter how pretty a foreigner is, they are not in my options.

Does that mean it’s racism?

That’s not necessarily true.

Even if we look the same racially, we break down as soon as a foreign language comes out of our mouths.

In this day and age of globalization, you might wonder what kind of Heungseon Daewongun this is, but what can you do if a feeling of rejection arises deep inside you?

Sophie is clearly a kind and pretty woman, but she is so kind that people around her misunderstand her.

I deliberately avoided reading Kim Shin-ah’s KakaoTalk messages and checked Instagram again.

“Whew. Looks like you got a lot of DMs.”

*DM(Direct Message)

I can’t believe this day will come to me too.

Is Kim Min-woo, a total loner, getting everyone’s attention?

This kind of interest might not be a bad thing…

I scrolled down with my thumb. Most of the messages were encouraging.

Most of them were foreigners, and there were quite a few Koreans. I was happily watching them, and among them, there was one rascal.

[How my dick?]

“Ouch, shit.”

Some bastard sent me a picture of his cock. What a crazy bastard. He’s big.

I was about to block that kid and leave Instagram. I felt a bit burdened by deleting it since so many fans followed me.

But one message caught my eye.

[Player Kim Min-woo! Hello! I am YouTuber Park Geun-woo! If you have the chance, would it be possible for me to meet player Kim Min-woo? If you don’t have time, I can’t help it, but even a short moment after the game would be fine!!]

“What is this?”

Park Geun-woo? I quickly went on YouTube and searched for Park Geun-woo. He was a travel YouTuber with 150,000 subscribers.

Even the most recent video was of him arriving in Hanover, and when I watched it at double speed, it seemed like he had come to see me.

“What? You watched the Dortmund game in person?”

How long has it been since the Dortmund game and you’re still here? This is kind of interesting.

Even the number of views was higher than expected: 1.03 million.

“With this much sincerity, I can’t help but watch it···.”

Anyway, my daily routine was set. On non-game days, it was home-training center-home-end.

Since I have no connection to a foreign country and there was no one to see me, I was quite lonely, but this turned out well. I should make the number of views skyrocket since the sincerity is admirable.

[I have free time in two days. Will that be okay?]

Then a reply came back right away.

[Ohhhhh! I would really appreciate it if you could do that!]

After setting up a meeting place and time with the YouTuber, I watched several of his videos. Watching the Dortmund match from the perspective of a spectator was refreshing because it was a new perspective. I also checked the comments.

[This is such a great video. The saves that saved the team from the overwhelming odds before his debut, and even in the penalty shootout… I was really moved when he ran to the crowd ㅠㅠ Fighting, Kim Min-woo!] [1900 likes]

[Honestly, I didn’t expect much from Kim Min-woo, but I was happy to see his great performance. And congratulations on your debut POTM! I’ll keep looking forward to your great performance in the future!] [1700 likes]

[It makes me happy to see Kim Min-woo being loved so much by local fans.] [1300 likes]

It’s a very positive atmosphere. Did Kim Shin-ah check out this YouTuber’s video? I saw some of the comments posted in the group chat.

My nose is itching for no reason.

*

A day before my appointment with the YouTuber.

Hannover have a bit of a gap until the next round, about two weeks.

So in the meantime, a light friendly match against a 4th division team was scheduled, but this match had no cameras and wasn’t even at home.

My mom wanted to come to me with intuition, but I stopped her.

“Come next round, Mom. Our starting goalkeeper is injured and Hannover is playing at home. Anyway, this is a friendly match against a 4th division team, so you don’t have to come.”

“so?”

“Yeah. But it’s good that Mom came···.”

My mother came, and my living conditions definitely improved. Even though the house was small, it was filled with things, and after I finished my hard training, my mother always prepared food for me. And it was Korean food.

I was so excited to eat Korean food after a long time that I ate more than two bowls of rice.

“Kim. I envy you. Are you going to play in the next game too?”

It was Corsic. I replied lightly.

“Why? Do you want to compete too?”

“huh.”

“How about rotating Neumann’s ankle while training?”

“If not, you won’t be able to compete?”

“For now?”

Well, even if it’s not right away, won’t Corsic get a chance to start someday?

Anyway, since he is my running mate, he will continue to grow, albeit slightly, unlike others, so the gap between him and the main members will gradually narrow.

Then, the manager and coaches noticed and said, ‘Huh? Corsic’s form has been improving recently.’ and he was selected for the starting lineup.

Of course, it must be frustrating because the person involved is completely unaware of the situation.

“But I’m not sure either. Leo’s here too, right?”

When I made a hasty remark, Corsic shrugged his shoulders and laughed.

“If the manager puts Leo in instead of you, will the fans hold a funeral in the stadium?”

It wasn’t exactly the wrong thing to say, so I just laughed in response.

*

The game took place at the stadium of a 4th division team. As expected from a 4th division team, the stadium was reminiscent of the Suyang High School days.

So what’s the level of competition?

“Coming!”

Corsic’s cry.

And the ball flies past the defenders.

I grabbed it.

‘It’s easy, it’s easy.’

After getting a strong vaccination from the bee brothers, I was able to block this level of kicking without any problems.

I rolled the ball to the right back after catching it. Go and pass it to the striker!

It was an easy opponent, but there were still quite a few spectators.

Of course, it was nothing compared to Hannover’s home stadium, but it was not without spectators.

And the result of the game······.

“Good job, Kim!”

“You worked hard too, Corsic.”

I smiled and shook hands and hugged Corsic and Werner.

The score was 5:0. It was a landslide victory for Hannover.

Taylor Nielsen, who had a phenomenal performance against Dortmund, was literally flying here.

He was running around like Harry Kane, and I wondered if he was really the same player as Nielsen.

‘I guess it’s because I’m playing against a 4th division team, but my stats aren’t going up much.’

I only received half of what I usually received.

Still, it’s not a bad harvest.

Anyway, we kept a clean sheet and grew.

It must have been appealing enough to the director.

‘Brother Yan. Even if you do this, if you don’t let me play in the game… you know that, right?’

The fans who give me overwhelming support will never leave me alone.

End

ⓒ Doctor Am

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