Cha Beom-gon's soccer class office.
The two men who formed the core of the company were drinking coffee.
They were S-class head coach Lee Sang-woon and Korean soccer legend Cha Beom-gon.
Lee Sang-woon parted his lips.
"What do you think?"
"well. So, Sangwoon, you are thinking about whether or not to include this child in the entry?"
"yes. you're right."
Cha Bum-gon's eyes turned to Woo Ho-young's evaluation report.
Basic statistics such as goals, assists, pass success rate, and activity level recorded in recent friendly games or training were recorded.
"That's great."
It was a superior record even within the S class.
However, that did not mean that Hoyoung was necessarily needed by the team.
"It's a bit difficult to suddenly include him in the entry list as there's only a week left until the competition, but… looking at Hoyoung's skills, I think it's unnecessary to worry."
"You have to see it for yourself to know. "You can't tell just by looking at the stats."
As this competition is being held in Korea, Cha Bum-gon is showing more interest in the competition than usual.
Moreover, it was also a stage where the results of the efforts put into nurturing youth could be seen.
"Then just try it out. "Let's take a look."
"yep. Then play it."
Nod.
A soccer video was played on the LCD monitor in front of Cha Bum-gon's upper body.
"This is the game that took place this morning?"
"yes."
It's none other than FC Shootdori vs. Sao Paulo FC.
It was a play video received from MBS.
He was able to receive the private tape because it was Cha Beom-gon, who is currently a commentator at MBS.
"haha."
Cha Beom-gon, who was watching the game, had small wrinkles around his eyes.
"It feels like I'm seeing Doo-rim when she was young."
"What do you mean?"
"You run so well."
To Cha Bum-gon, Ho-young seemed to be watching his son Cha Doo-rim's childhood.
No, if you look at just one game, it was much more amazing.
"He's young, but his play is clever. "I think he'll be a fun player."
"Then what do you think, director…"
"You should see it for yourself. I said I would see you before, but I was too busy with work. "When is class?"
"It's 2:30 tomorrow. Should we move it forward?"
"Then, I'll contact the child's parents tomorrow morning. "Don't you think your child has a schedule?"
The next morning.
Hoyoung arrived at the academy with Kim Hee-seon as soon as the school bell rang and couldn't believe his eyes.
"You are Hoyoung?"
"Yes… Hello! "This is Woo Ho-young!!"
Cha Beom-gon.
It was even more strange that I wasn't surprised when the legend of Korean soccer was standing right in front of me.
Moreover, the state of this person's talent was very different from that of ordinary people.
'Maybe it's because he's a retired legend, but the acquisition conditions are very difficult… I'll think about this again later.'
There was no time to think about that right now.
Scrunch.
Cha Bum-gon stroked Ho-young's head.
"Do you know who you are?"
"It's not a brown bomber!!"
"Hahaha."
Why are there all these young and old people?
That nuance was evident on Cha Beom-gon's face.
"He's a fun guy. "Please go inside and talk to your mother."
The mother and son followed Cha Beom-gon into the office and had a three-way meeting.
The point that Cha Beom-gon wanted to say was really simple.
"Are you saying that after taking a simple test, we will decide whether to let Hoyoung participate in the competition or not?"
"yes. If your mother allows it. And Hoyoung too… Haha. Looking at Hoyoung's expression, it seems like he's already agreed."
"It's a carrot!"
"Then, mother…"
"Of course I agree, as long as I like Hoyoung. "Is there any parent who would refuse if their son is doing well?"
In that way, the opportunity to participate in the World Youth Championship came true.
All that was left was testing.
'can do!'
Hoyoung tightly knotted the laces of his soccer shoes.
"But what kind of test is it?"
"That is."
Hoyoung participated in the U13 team training scheduled for 1:15 p.m.
'Oh. 'This is my first time seeing older kids.'
I always played soccer with elementary school kids, but seeing elementary and middle school kids felt completely different.
'Is that a giant?…'
Among them, there was a child(?) who was over 170 cm tall.
Hoyoung looked at him.
His name is Seok Hyeongjun.
'Awesome talent.'
Hoyoung, who is only 130cm tall, could have been discouraged from the beginning, but his heart started pounding.
Because he had a very desirable talent.
But this time it was an 11-11 full court game.
'It won't be easy.'
Beep!
Soon, team training began.
Hoyoung's team was instructed to use a 4-4-2 tactic with two top players for the breakthrough and target.
Among them, Hoyoung's position is a striker who must perform 'timing breakthrough'.
To be more specific, he was a poacher.
Representative poacher players included Italy's Filippo Inzaghi, Brazil's Ronaldo, and Netherlands' Van Nistelrooy.
In other words, it was a position that focused solely on scoring goals, such as a problem solver or goal hunter.
Therefore, it was also a position where there was no choice but to focus on receiving the opponent's marks.
However, it was difficult for Hoyoung to even touch the ball, let alone mark it.
"ah! pass! "Give me a pass!"
Since the same team didn't pass the pass…
it was worth doing at least once, but it was completely ignored, as if I was an invisible person.
'So these elementary school students are being territorial now? good. If it turns out like this…'
Hoyoung, who forgot that he was also an elementary school student, came up with a plan.
If I can't get the credit, I'll go get it myself!
Operation called.
From that moment, Hoyoung started running around like a dog.
"hey! here!!"
He put aside things like his age, didn't hesitate to ask questions about his rank, and often blurted out informal language the first time he met him.
At that moment, the atmosphere on the ground became cold.
But isn't Lee Sang-woon smiling heartily at what's good on the bench?
"haha. This is true. "I shouldn't laugh."
Cha Bum-gon, who was a step above him and was watching with his arms crossed, was laughing heartily.
"Uh-huh. He has a temper. "You're doing great."
"yes?"
"If your team members have strong distrust, you have no choice but to show it through your skills. Because I did. "In Germany."
Decades ago, Cha Beom-gon was a man who put to rest the racial discrimination he faced in Germany with his skills.
"Why did Henry say that? In soccer, you only become happy when you have the ball. There is a risk of losing it, but that is soccer. Look at that guy. "Aren't you putting it into practice?"
At that moment when Cha Bum-gon was impressed, Ho-young got the chance to catch the ball after many twists and turns.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the normal way.
"My ball!"
"Yumma! "That's mine!"
Hoyoung, who had already reached the third line, rushed to catch the ball passed by central midfielder Park Wan-gyu of the same team.
fault.
In the end, it was Hoyoung who won the competition with his team and got the ball.
'This is a piece of cake.'
Then Park Wan-gyu shouted loudly.
"Hey, what are you! Why are you intercepting passes from the same team?"
"Nice pass!!"
Either way, Hoyoung drove the ball and started moving forward.
With the belief that if they don't accept you as a team member, you will be accepted based on your skills.
And it was that moment.
Hoyoung went crazy.
"Wow!"
I run! Break through! Everyone get out of the way!
Although he didn't say it out loud, Hoyoung's body language as he hit the ball and ran said so.
He was truly a true poacher who longed for goals, a 'simple and ignorant goalscorer'.
Hoyoung took advantage of Charminator's hit and run to deflect the opposing defensive midfielder and entered the penalty area.
'Why is it so fast!!'
The opposing defenders all had the same thoughts.
Because I've never seen anything like that in my age group.
It was like a crazy Spanish bull charging towards the flag.
"hey! stick!"
The measure chosen by the opposing team's captain and defender was cooperative defense.
Immediately, the defenders formed a defense zone around Hoyoung.
however.
Tuk.
Unexpectedly, Hoyoung lured the defenders and chose to pass instead of breaking through.
It's not a normal ground ball pass, but a lob pass that's kicked up.
"Huh?"
The ball flew into the air at a moment's notice and passed the defenders' height in a parabolic curve.
The place where the ball landed is the space next to the inside of the penalty box.
In that empty place, Seok Hyeong-jun, the ace of the same team, was sitting there.
"head!"
This is Hoyoung's plan.
'This is the hospitality soccer honed in the military!'
It was a slow and inaccurate roving pass, but Seok Hyeong-jun got a perfect no-mark chance thanks to Hoyoung's decoy technique.
Moreover, Seok Hyeong-jun, who is only twelve years old, is a whopping 170 cm tall. If you
can't take it if they feed you this much, wouldn't you have to give up playing soccer?
Crumble.
"Nice pass!"
Seok Hyeong-jun, who headed the ball into the goal net, gave a thumbs up to Ho-young.
Hoyoung proved his worth to the team through this assist.
A smile appeared on the lips of Cha Beom-gon, who was watching the scene.
"Hey Sangwoon. Look at how clever that guy is. "Hehe."
There didn't seem to be much need to worry about team discord.
But that wasn't Hoyoung's real intention.
'nice. Now I've filled one.'
Hoyoung took another look at Seok Hyeongjun's talent.
[Seok Hyeong-jun]
Talents
-Soccer genius (C+)
-Widely open growth plate (B+)
-Confident heading (B-)
(You can pursue one talent if the conditions are met.)
(Condition 1: Assist in an official or unofficial game Play more than 15 times)
(Condition 2: Play soccer together for more than 250 minutes in an official game)
No one knew.
The reason Hoyoung gave up the goal and gave the assist was none other than personal greed…
'In this life, let's be at least 180 centimeters tall!'
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