160. Battle of Spear and Shield (5)
Korean soccer fans who were watching the game in real time were in an uproar after Woo Ho-young's comeback goal.
Not because it was a hat trick, but because the process of scoring a goal was very rare.
[〈Breaking News〉 Woo Ho-young scores his 7th goal following his 6th goal in League 5, becoming the youngest to achieve a hat-trick]
└ㅊㅊㅊㅊㅊ!
└What is this hahahaha is this really a goal?
└Look at the improvisation. Is it Hong Gil-dong?
└Ah hahahaha I burst out in the morning. I thought I was playing dodgeball
└ I was eating ramen and I was laughing and it came out my nose ㅅㅂ
└ But is it okay to do that?
└It says that if the ball is intentionally thrown at an opposing player and excessive force is not used, the referee must allow the game to continue?
└That kind of thing happens sometimes
└Oh, what about the coupe? Look at the expression. It's the same as my face right now.
Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid, Spain.
The atmosphere at the scene was even worse.
The home fans were shocked and speechless at the goal that no one expected.
Extreme fans booed and criticized Woo Ho-young.
There were also villains throwing water bottles onto the ground.
The police who were immediately dispatched tried to calm the situation down, but the riot showed no signs of subsiding.
"Fuck! "Where is something like that!"
"hey! Referee tight! "Did you eat money?"
Some spectators who did not know anything about soccer rules criticized the referee, but nothing changed.
[It's an obvious goal. Woo Ho-young's throw-in was not an anti-sports act intended to cause harm, but a creative and sensible action purely for the sake of play. If the game had been stopped here, it would have been a real problem.]
[That's right. Let's watch it again.]
In Europe, the stadium is not shown again due to judgment disputes, but it is common to replay the goal scene unless something special happens.
The fact that Woo Ho-young's scoring scene is currently being played on a large electronic display board also meant that there was no possibility of a dispute over the decision.
Soon after, the commentators fell silent as Woo Ho-young's throw-in scene was played on the large electronic display board at the highest point of the stadium.
He was suppressing laughter at the coupe's funny face.
[Ah… The sight of the Coupe player turning his head immediately after being hit by a ball in the back while running towards the goal is both funny and pitiful.]
[Grrr. We are like this too, but what about the players who were directly affected? Gregory Coupe is making a bewildered face. No matter how experienced the goalkeeper is, this will be his first experience.]
Gregory Coupe.
He had one hand on his waist and was tearing out his hair with the other.
When I first got hit by the ball, I wondered what was going on.
And when I turned my head back, I couldn't believe my eyes.
Isn't this a truly goal-striking play?
This was my first experience like this in my 16 years of soccer.
'What a piece of shit.'
It was a mistake in judgment on my part as I didn't even think about it.
The ball should have been handled safely, but letting it go out beyond the touchline was a mistake.
Woo Ho-young, who was thought to have lost stamina, was still cheerful and his acceleration exceeded expectations.
If it was a defeat, that was it.
There was no humiliation like this.
"Whoa…"
My face felt hot as I watched Woo Ho-young running to the away seats and celebrating.
I wanted to chase after him and hit him in the back of the head, but the reality that I couldn't do that was so sad that I felt like I couldn't do that.
Only then did I understand Florent Malouda's words.
Coupe, who had been eating together with Malouda in Lyon for a long time, had asked Malouda this question some time ago.
-What about this guy named Woo Ho-young?
Then Malouda answered:
-Normally, he's kind, well-mannered, and friendly… He's like a nerd who plays well, but when he's on the field, he becomes a genius. There is no mercy.
right.
That was a hundred times right.
Woo Ho-young was a genius who showed things in practice that were difficult for others to think about.
Either in a good way or in a bad way.
3 to 1.
With the balance of scores tilted to one side, the flow of the game became very interesting.
AT Madrid, who had no place to retreat anymore, increased the number of attacks and concentrated on the attack.
This is because there had to be at least a draw.
However, Real Madrid was not the kind of team that would be tolerated.
Bernd Schuster strengthened the defensive line by repairing the second line, including replacing the slow-footed Zidane.
At the same time, by leaving quick-footed players in the front line, they left room for counterattacks.
And in the 80th minute of the second half.
Schuster's plan became a reality.
[Sergio Aguero tries to break through, but succumbs to Cannavaro's impenetrable defense. Cannavaro, who cut off the ball, passes it briefly to Diarra without delay.]
[Diara gives it long to Marcelo on the left!]
[Marcelo follows through to the side!]
Another chance for a counterattack.
As soon as Marcelo missed Georgios Seitaridis, he exchanged a one-two pass with Robben and cleared the space behind him.
The through ball was then delivered to Hoyoung's feet outside the box.
And the coupe has already jumped out in front of us.
Hoyoung did not overdo it and gave a pass to Marcelo on the left.
Crash!
Just like that, Marcelo's first goal of the season was scored.
"Hey Young!"
"nice!"
It was also Real Madrid's key goal that silenced the home crowd.
There were quite a few spectators leaving the stadium, saying harsh words.
It was a good choice.
Because Real Madrid's scoring didn't stop there.
[Argen Robben! Cutting into the back space toward Marcelo's long pass!]
Less than five minutes later, there was a counterattack once again, and Robben scored the fifth goal by driving 60 meters.
This makes it 5 to 1.
[Real Madrid is playing a winning game. Even if it is strong, it is too strong. I can't even imagine what kind of achievements we will achieve this season.]
[That's right. This season's La Liga is shaping up to be a top-two structure. A match between Real Madrid, who won from the start, and Barcelona, who came back to life as if nothing had happened. Since it is still early days, nothing can be predicted.]
After that, the flow of the game did not turn.
Just before the end of the second half, Forlan's cannon shot hit the net, but that was the end of it.
Beep –
game over.
Real Madrid, who won 5-2, continued their winning streak and succeeded in achieving a fantastic record of 7 consecutive league wins.
Meanwhile, AT Madrid's players were in despair.
Truly the worst day.
It was Forlando Forlan who scored two goals today, but it was Gregory Coupe who was the darkest.
He was robbed in his long-awaited comeback match.
But it wasn't just a bad feeling.
Awe.
I had a strange feeling thinking that Woo Ho-young would soon become a sensation in the soccer world.
It was a nightmare game, but at the same time, I wanted to praise him.
What is certain is that it was an experience that will be remembered for a lifetime.
And one more.
Sergio Aguero.
He still hadn't gotten over his boyish appearance and looked like he was about to shed tears at any moment.
'I lost…'
It was a bitter defeat.
He did not receive much attention at the last Beijing Olympics, being overshadowed by Messi and Woo Ho-young. He wanted to win today's game, but he did not do anything.
Even before Woo Ho-young came to La Liga, he was evaluated as a promising prospect next to Messi, so I was even more desperate for him.
I wanted to beat Woo Ho-young with my skills, not with my team.
So, I have been training hard for the past two weeks.
But why?
"Huh."
Could it be that nothing was done?
Real Madrid was too strong.
He could not break through the defense and midfield consisting of world-class players on his own.
I wanted to show a wonder play like Woo Ho-young, who single-handedly destroyed Argentina's defense at the Beijing Olympics, but the ideal and reality were far from each other.
Was this how Woo Ho-young felt when he had to play for the Korean team at that time?
'It must have been more than this.'
There were limits to my play because the team did not support me.
On the other hand, Woo Ho-young, who was already good, had brilliant wings on his back.
Last year, La Liga soccer fans always said this about themselves.
-AT Madrid's Aguero is a player who falls in the middle between Real Madrid's Higuain and Barcelona's Messi.
But recently there was this saying:
-Aguero's position is right in the middle between Higuain and Woo Ho-young.
At first I denied it, but now I had no choice but to admit it.
Although they were the same super prospects, their genius was different.
I thought that this year's Golden Boy would go to Woo Ho-young unless a natural disaster occurred.
That's why Woo Ho-young looked even more amazing.
In a corner of my heart, I even felt respect.
I wanted to rush out and change my uniform right away, but I couldn't because the AT Madrid fans were watching.
We had already lost the game badly, so we couldn't add fuel to the fire.
At that time, Hoyoung was organizing what he had learned from today's game.
'Cannon shooter's mid-range shot and S-class potential.'
good night.
If the existing mid-distance shooting talent was raised to S, it would be possible to combine it into a special unique grade.
Immediately after that, there was a short interview with the Marca press, and when he returned to the locker room, he found someone who had come to see him.
Surprisingly, it was Sergio Aguero.
"Why?"
"Ah… uniform… do you want to change…?"
He asked while scratching the back of his head and hesitantly held out his uniform.
Hoyoung was quite embarrassed by that sight.
It wasn't because Aguero came.
No matter how much of a rivalry there is, I knew that after the game, fans secretly change their uniforms.
But there was another reason why Hoyoung was surprised.
'oh my god. 'Is this the Aguero I know?'
Aguero, the 'monster striker' who dominated the EPL in 2016, was nowhere to be found.
I knew that he had a gentle and quiet personality, but this was still far from the image Hoyoung had in mind.
Aguero, standing in front of me, was truly a pure and untainted young man.
They were both 'enemies' and 'comrades' who would lead the soccer world together in the future.
Hoyoung willingly took off his uniform.
"It was a good game."
"thank you."
However, AT Madrid players continued to visit there.
"excuse me."
"hmm?"
"Oh my. "You're one step late."
It was none other than the coupe he wanted to keep as a memory of that day.
"Hmm. "I came to change my uniform."
Then at that moment.
Aguero's eyes turned to Coupe and their eyes met in the air.
It was an awkward situation.
On that day, Hoyoung was selected as the official Man of the Match by the La Liga Secretariat and was featured in the news.
[Woo Ho-young's first hat-trick in La Liga followed by his first man of the match title…]
[Now that he has achieved the hat-trick, his next goal is a super hat-trick…]
[Reporter's testimony that Aguero and Coupe visited Real Madrid's locker room after the game. .. However, the parties vehemently denied this, saying, "We have never done that," and dismissed the fans' mockery by saying, "Our enemy has always been Real Madrid." and "Don't you have any pride?"]
The uniform worn in the first half was given to Coupe. Hoyoung, who gave it to Aguero, lay on the bed and laughed.
'All these things happen in the world.'
Players you only see on TV are asking to exchange uniforms.
Who knew something like this would happen in the world?
But there was no time to be intoxicated with joy.
'The next game is more important.'
Mountain after mountain.
The greatest big match of all time was waiting.
Hoyoung jumped out of bed, accessed the player-only website, and closely looked at the power analysis video of his next opponent.
The opponent they will face in the Champions League just two days later.
The power of Juventus.
'It's bloody.'
Among them, one of the players to pay special attention to was Pavel Nedved, who is said to be the best two-footed player of all time and has two hearts.