117. A monster reaching the world (2) When
Hoyoung caught the ball, the local Seattle commentators in charge of the broadcast responded with surprise.
[A player named Woo Ho-young has appeared. In fact, he is not a well-known player to us, but if you look at his career… he is leaving behind footsteps that no one can imitate.]
[He holds more than 6 titles, including the World Cup and Spanish 2nd Division, as the youngest player. Locally, it is said that it is evaluated as the future of Real Madrid.]
[Oh, the Asian craze may hit the soccer world.] It was
an amazing sight even for any soccer player to see.
The fact that Asians, who have always been undervalued when it comes to soccer, and a boy who is not even in high school yet, came out to play for Real Madrid is bound to be unconventional.
While people's attention was focused on that, Hoyoung, who received the pass, calmly rolled the ball and spread his gaze widely.
'I'm not someone you should take lightly.'
Founded in 1974, the team was reborn last year under the name Seattle Sounders FC. Since then, it has recruited outstanding players through financial investment and has a fairly solid roster.
The talent of the players identified by Hoyoung proved it.
'There are no A-levels, but there are quite a few B-levels.'
If we had to compare, it is at a higher level than Castile.
Real's defense, currently composed of 1.5 teams, was not at a level that could easily be overcome.
'Sounds like fun.'
For some reason, it felt fresh.
Moreover, the number of spectators is as many as 60,000.
While playing soccer at the Di Stefano Stadium, which had a capacity of only 6,000, he felt as if his presence had grown larger as he hit the ball here.
However, his desire to quickly show off his play was stronger than that.
So it moved.
Thump percussion.
He narrowed the gap by giving a return pass to Zidane.
Then Zidane's pass came back, and Hoyoung instinctively handed a ground ball pass to Raul on the left.
There was a bit of dissonance at first.
However, after about 5 minutes of putting the sum together, my thoughts quickly changed.
'It's comfortable.'
It was an amazing thing.
I have a lot of experience working with Zidane, but I don't have much experience with Raul, Guti, and Robinho.
Still, it was comfortable.
It almost feels like I'm playing in Castile.
The seniors' consideration and Zidane's build-up helped Hoyoung become a member of the team.
This was world class.
In addition, Hoyoung showed tremendous adaptability and quickly improved his game.
Gradually, the amount of activity gradually increased, and the radius of activity was widened as if he was going in and out of his house, and he followed Raoul's tail.
Shadow Striker.
In other words, he faithfully fulfilled his role as a second striker and demonstrated playmaking.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid increased the possession rate to 72% and took the game one-sided.
The ball went back and forth only in Seattle's half for 10 minutes.
"Fuck."
It was Seattle's players who started swearing when the game wasn't going well.
It was definitely acceptable until Saviola was replaced.
But after Woo Ho-young came in, the feeling changed a lot.
Before, Zidane and Guti, who were tightly holding the midfield, were threatening, but now Raul's movements made it difficult to even breathe.
It was because of Woo Ho-young, who followed Raoul like a shadow and was active in the 1.5 line.
Josh Gardner, who plays left defense, even had this thought.
'Zidane…?'
It felt as if Zidane, who should have been in the second line, was moved up to the first line.
just now.
It was clear that Zidane's build-up starting in midfield continued all the way to the first line and that he was dominating half the court.
In addition, Guti, standing tall in midfield, was maximizing Real's grip on the pitch with a pass success rate of up to 95%.
From midfield to first line.
There was a steady flow everywhere and Real Madrid did not miss it.
[Real Madrid's vitality that disappeared after the first half is gradually coming back. After all, youth is different, right?]
[Haha. I guess so. Woo Ho-young is handling the balls distributed from midfield well. Thanks to this, the gap between the second line and midfield is gradually being filled. It's like a stepping stone was placed in an empty mid-point.]
[Does this mean that Woo Ho-young is carrying out his assigned duties well?]
[You could say that he has a high level of understanding of the position. While Saviola, who was substituted out, was a player with great offensive power, Hoyoung Woo can be seen as having the ability to create harmony. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of play he will show here. The ground has been laid.]
As soon as those words were out, Real Madrid took out an attack card.
The attack was launched with Robinho on the right as the starting point.
His specialty is brilliant individual skills, and as soon as he took off a player with a missed move, he attempted to break through to the side.
In the center, Hoyoung's threatening space penetration continued.
That image caught Robinho's eyes.
Wait a minute.
Robinho looked slightly worried and then turned his gaze the other way.
It was a situation where a direct pass to Hoyoung would have created a good opportunity, but Robinho's choice was different.
Percussion.
It was a pass to Zidane outside the penalty box.
And it was that moment.
Okay.
Zidane's eyebrows narrowed, and his eyes turned fierce.
The stadium, which was bathed in strong sunlight, seemed to freeze in an instant.
A state of extreme tension.
In the midst of it all, Zidane's feet moved.
Tuk.
"…!!"
A roving through pass that destroys the space behind the defense in one go.
The person who dug into the gap was none other than Woo Ho-young.
Percussion!
Hoyoung's eyes turned forward after collapsing the offside line with shocking speed.
There is only one goalkeeper left.
The eyes of over 67,000 spectators were focused on that one place.
"Oooooh!"
"Shooot! Kiiiiid!!"
Since there were an overwhelming number of Seattle citizens who came to watch soccer rather than Seattle fans, it was only good for them to score a goal.
In that brief moment, the audience started screaming and cheering for Hoyoung.
The cheers of the audience shook the stadium.
But it was still quiet inside the penalty box.
Woo Ho-young.
I slowed down and let out a breath.
"Whoa."
I shook off the tension.
Thinking that it was no different from usual, I focused all my attention on one ball.
And calmly.
He caught Zidane's slightly lobbed pass with his chest.
At that moment, the sight of the goalkeeper rushing out was reflected in my eyes.
One corner of Hoyoung's mouth curved softly.
It was an opportunity that could not be missed.
It was also a golden opportunity created by Zidane.
Tuk.
As he lightly caught the ball with his chest and kicked it up with his toe, the 60,000 spectators who were excited became quiet as if their breath had stopped.
It was immediately after that that the silence in the stadium was broken.
It was the moment when the soccer ball went parabolic and passed the keeper's height.
Knock knock.
There was no sound of the goal net shaking.
Instead, the crowd's cheers filled the field.
"Owoooooooo!!"
[It's a goal! Real Madrid scores an additional goal 45 minutes into the 85th minute of the second half!]
[It was a space penetration that made Seattle's offside trap useless. As is known, it is incredibly fast. The ball was trapped before the defenders could react.]
The crowd cheered enthusiastically, as if rewarding the first goal in a while.
Unofficial first goal.
Hoyoung, with a smile on his face, quickly looked back.
Instinctively, I ran to Zidane and spread my arms.
Before he could do that, Zidane ran over and hugged Hoyoung.
"Good job."
"thank you."
Even though it wasn't an official game, I was so moved that my nose twitched for no reason.
But it wasn't a feeling that would last long.
I thought I would burst into tears, but the exact opposite happened.
The smile didn't stop.
"ha."
Real Madrid.
My heart throbbed at the fact that I scored a goal as a member of the first team.
After feeling extremely excited throughout my body, I realized that I was missing something.
'There was no ceremony.'
He immediately ran to the corner and threw his clenched fist into the air.
"downpour!!"
Now is the beginning. It was a ceremony that expressed it with the whole body.
[This is Real Madrid. Seattle is facing reality with its hot offense. This is what soccer is all about.]
[Everyone, the main character is a 14-year-old Asian boy. Can you believe it? Real Madrid brought a monster to America. It's shocking.]
[Spectators who don't know much about soccer will probably think this. Ah, I guess age doesn't really matter in soccer!]
[Hahaha!]
"I guess age doesn't really matter in soccer?"
The commentary was correct.
Such voices were already coming out from time to time from all over the audience.
"I don't know much about soccer, but I think it's more advantageous to be young and fresh. "It's like rhythmic gymnastics."
"That's stupid. "Soccer is not something you play alone, it's a sport where you have to collide with each other. Do you think that's possible?"
While such disagreements were going on, the evaluation of Hoyoung continued on the other side.
"I thought they were going to do a talent show since they were middle school students, but they are much better than the Seattle Sounders players, aren't they?"
"How. "I think I look more handsome when I'm wet with sweat."
"Yeah, well… you look good for an Asian."
'He's good at it' and 'he's good-looking' were half and half of the evaluation.
Meanwhile, the game resumed.
In the subsequent matches, Real Madrid continued to dominate, occupying all areas.
There were less than 10 minutes left, but it seemed like three more goals could have been scored if things continued like this.
However, due to Robinho's excessive penetration, many opportunities were wasted, and the game ended 3-1.
Immediately afterwards, an interview with Real Madrid about their thoughts on the game followed.
Coach Schuster and captain Raul gave their impressions of the game in the basement press conference room, and the remaining players had a brief interview in the passageway back to the locker room.
"Woo Ho-young! Please look here!"
click.
As he was passing by, brushing his hair, a reporter from the Associated Press caught Hoyoung.
"You had an unofficial debut match, how do you feel?"
"I have mixed feelings. "It's fantastic."
"Oh, you speak English well too?"
"I learned it in school, but I learned it right away."
"haha."
The interview was conducted in a friendly atmosphere.
In-game questions were asked first, followed by questions about the relationship with Zidane.
The interview ended with what they wanted to say to their fans.
"I would like to say thank you to the local fans who took the time to come see me. We also promise to repay your support with even better results. thank you."
The interview spread throughout Korea that evening and ignited the hearts of Korean soccer fans.
They must have played well and this year's world tour also seemed to be going smoothly.
But that night.
While some players were having a drinking party at the club bar on the first basement floor of the hotel, a man went to Coach Schuster's lodgings with a dissatisfied look on his face.
It was Robinho who did not record any attack points in today's game.
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