Chapter 137 – Han So-Young’s Football in Love (1)
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The result of the game against Iran was a complete victory with a score of 3:0, but the post-game was more difficult than the actual game.
“Wow… The high ground arena is no joke.”
Fortunately, we scored the first goal from the beginning of the first half, and scored two goals until the middle of the first half. It was an experience that I really don’t want to do again, despite the adaptation training, running in a subtly dull sense and more breathless environment than usual.
In fact, by the end of the first half, even a senior reputed to have good stamina was exhausted and struggling.
What am i… After the second goal, I drastically reduced my movement.
It is fortunate that Iran, embarrassed by the series of goals, switched to a defensive stance. After that, in the second half, Iran was played with possession play.
Seniors Bae Chan-sik and Yu Man-gi, who have strong bones in the EPL, and seniors Seol Yo-han and Yoon-hyeok, who played in the Bundesliga until the year before last, are all players who are good at off the ball and have solid fundamentals.
At least, they are not players who will find it difficult to turn the ball in the friendly camp under the Iranian level of pressure.
Above all, when it comes to depressurization and ballkeeping, I am at the level of a circle.
Even though it is Azadi Stadium, what can the Iranian players do when they score 2 goals and turn the ball in our camp? After reluctantly pulling up the line to score a comeback goal, we were hit by our team’s counterattack, which turned the ball and conserved stamina.
Iran, which was mentally out, was not threatening at all because the attack and defense were divided in an awkward manner, and our team was having a hard time, so it was an uninteresting and boring second half where we just passed the ball safely from the rear, but what… Anyway, the result is not a 3-0 win.
In addition, with 1 goal and 1 assist, I broke various bad records in the Iranian expedition, so in the end it is my victory.
After the game, the disbanding ceremony took place right there.
Since there are so many players playing overseas, doing it in Korea only increases the distance traveled.
After the disbanding ceremony, the 5 people who came to support me and the difficult… No, after a fun day, I headed straight to the airport.
“Huh? Look over there. Isn’t that Minjun Hong?”
“Really? Hey, hey! Hong Min-jun Hong Min-jun!”
“Wow… He’s so damn handsome…”
“The Azadi expedition must have been really difficult. How good it is, my face has become very half.”
“Your complexion is very pale.”
After giving appropriate fan service to the Korean fans who followed Azadi, I was about to rest in the lounge and fell asleep.
‘Ah… So tired.’
If I go to sleep now, my sleep pattern won’t be broken… While I was chasing my sleep,
Burr—
My phone, set to vibrate, started to vibrate.
As I reflexively looked at the screen, I saw a name I hadn’t seen in a long time.
‘Yes?’
The daughter of Han Ji-hoon, head coach of the national Olympic team, and the operator of the YouTube channel Football in Love.
And if there was a benefactor who connected me to the Olympic team, she was benefactor Han So-young.
* * *
“Hello everyone~”
—So ha~
—So ha!!
—ㅆㅎㅆㅎ
It was a day after the game against Iran, but the excitement of football fans did not subside at all.
Isn’t that the first victory in almost 60 years?
For more than half a century, the Azadi expedition was the grave of the national team.
With self-deprecating comments saying that it would be a relief if they only avoided defeat, they won 3:0.
The excitement of FC Korea is so hot that if you enter only three keywords, Iran game, Azadi expedition, and Hong Min-jun, the number of views skyrocketed regardless of the content.
Now, when all kinds of articles were pouring in, the content that netizens in the know were most looking forward to has begun.
It is the live broadcast of ‘Football in Love’.
He has a pretty face, a passion for soccer full of smiles, an expert-level soccer knowledge, and even a soccer family history that his father is the head coach of the Olympic team and his brother is an active soccer player.
If you are a man who likes football, you can not help but fall into an environment,
— I’ve heard rumors! I heard that this is a restaurant that Hong Min-joon discovered, is that correct?
Even the history of discovering Hong Min-jun, the current best idol in Korean soccer!
‘Football in Love’, which was a small scale, has now become a large company that no one can ignore.
“Ahaha… It’s not even excavation… I paid attention to Minjun Hong since he was unknown.”
—?
—Why is Soyoung in such a humble mode today?
—Soyoung, do as usual
—ㅋㅋㅋㅋ ‘I dug up Hong Min-joon!’ Where is the declaration?
And now.
Han So-young, the operator of ‘Football in Love’, was causing an earthquake in her pupils when she saw the huge number of viewers.
After growing into a large company, there were quite a few viewers, but today it is several times the usual… No, dozens of times.
Surprised by the number of viewers far beyond her expectations, Han So-young gave a humble answer that was different from her usual brazenness, and her viewers immediately sent video donations.
「Ah~ Player Minjun Hong? You’re doing well at the Olympics these days. Then~ I dug it up! When no one recognized me when I was an unknown college leaguer! I, Han So-young, are perfect! I mean, I know.”
By the time the Olympics had just begun.
Excited about Hong Min-joon’s performance, he shouted loudly. I picked it up as a clip and kept it until now… On behalf of Han So-young, who cannot continue her speech, her chat window goes up like a fire.
— AhhahaHan So-young, ‘Scouter’
— ‘I’ who discovered the unknown Hong Min-joon
—Kya~ As expected, Han So-young is a true congratulatory woman.
“Oh, don’t make fun of me. But it’s true. Fact.”
Embarrassed for a while.
Han So-young, who quickly came to her senses like a major YouTuber, opened her mouth playfully.
“Let’s go. Today’s topic is Minjun Hong anyway, so don’t be like that from the beginning. Anyway, there are a lot of people today. Yesterday’s match against Iran had a big impact, right?”
— Because it was Azadi’s expedition, I thought it would be a draw at best, but it’s a developer.
—The real Hong Min-joon, this guy is me.
—From work to skill, attitude, and personality… I don’t have anything…
“That’s right. Anyone who watched yesterday’s match would know that Hong Min-jun is a really great player who has nothing to lay on. Right?”
—Ssainjeong
—So, when are you going to invite me?
—Looking at it, it’s not even a breakthrough tool anymore
It was a chat window that went up so quickly that it was difficult to properly recognize it, but Han So-young managed to pick out the necessary chat.
“Oh, there was someone who recognized it! That’s right! Hong Min-jun’s play style has changed a lot, right?”
The material I prepared all night for today was displayed on the screen.
“I was so excited after the Iran game yesterday that I was late to prepare. So I worked all night? Now, let me explain.”
From videos from his days playing in college leagues to the Olympics and Frankfurt.
An edited video of Hong Min-joon’s performance flowed.
“As you can see, Min-Jun Hong’s play style is a breakthrough with quick feet and overwhelming individual skills. It continued from his college days to Frankfurt. But yesterday’s match against Iran, Min-Jun Hong played with an emphasis on linkage rather than breakthrough. Yeah.”
—Looks like this, it’s real
— I thought he was good, but he changed his play
“This change can be seen from the Europa game right before joining the national team.”
The explanation of Hong Min-joon’s change in play style, which began like that, continued for about an hour.
Han So-young’s explanation, which is easy to understand even for casual soccer fans who only watch national games, based on extensive knowledge comparable to that of experts, increases the number of viewers through word-of-mouth as time goes on.
—If I had studied like this, I might have gone to Korea University… ?
— Hey… My eyes are so stuck in my ears
—Wow, looking at it like this, Hong Min-joon has improved a lot
Han So-young, who was drinking water after talking hard, quickly received a chat.
“That’s right!! The development of Hong Min-Jun is amazing. Those who watched the video analysis will know. Hong Min-Jun during his college league days was definitely outstanding? But as he goes on, he grows tremendously. Explosively.”
— Come to think of it, my career is like that toohaha
—I, who was a college leaguer, became a Barcelona player in half a year?
—Barcelona is a forbidden word…
—Then let’s switch to a player from Frankfurthaha
“No guys. Really think about it? Can you all see how steep Minjun Hong’s growth is? Is this really ridiculous? His growth is ridiculously fast. It’s explosive. But you know what’s even greater? Explosive yet steady.” !!”
The chat window was filled with content that agreed with Han So-young’s shouts of excitement.
— That’s right
—Solka Hong Min-joon, his professionalism is fucking amazing
—Is that so? You never had a scandal
-Damn… If our team’s children were only half of Hong Min-joon’s class, they wouldn’t have gone through this shit… Please do some training Arsenal winged passengers!!
—Ribapul too…
—I swear…
—The swearing cannot be resolved even with training, so get out of herehaha
-Damn…
Han So-yeong interjects in a timely manner to the content of the chat window that is off topic.
“That means that he is thorough in self-management and does his best in training.
—After interviewing fellow players before, I heard that they train really hard.
—Yoonhyuk said in variety shows that you come out the first and come home the last.
—Kya~~ With that face, talent and hard work… Hong Min-joon is ‘real’
—You are real
“That’s right. The player I know, Minjun Hong, was a player who really took care of himself and had a professional mindset. That’s why he’s grown like this, right?”
—Come to think of it, there hasn’t been a single scandal.
—How come there is no scandal?
—? Really?
-Wow… I’m telling you to be a little scared now… He said that he never met a woman… ?
— AhhahaI really have to admit thishaha
It became a mess when the popular theme song, ‘Woman’, intervened.
Maybe it’s fortunate that it’s a compliment to Hong Min-joon’s restraint, who doesn’t have a scandal with his good looks.
It wasn’t long before Han So-young, who was looking at the chat window while quenching her thirst from talking hard, sparked.
—But didn’t Soyoung say she was in touch with Minjoon Hong?
-Really?
—Honto?
—Nani!?
-Really?
How else could I have seen that in the chat window that was so fast that it was hard to read properly.
A spark thrown by one person quickly sets the chat window on fire.
“Ah. Well. I do call them sometimes.”
It’s true.
In fact, I do keep in touch with Hong Min-joon from time to time.
What… It’s not particularly great, he watched the game well when he was active in the game, congratulations?
-Telephone!!
—Are you available?
— Soyoung-ah, Youngtong-ah!!
“…Ah.”