Chapter 158 – BBC Match of the Day (3)

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“Acting! How does that bearded man know that it’s a Hollywood action!”

Mrs. Park Hee-ja, who initially laughed at Gary Lineker and Harold’s rave reviews, stomped her feet in resentment when she laughed, saying that the two were good at acting in Hollywood action.

“How strong is my son, huh? Even when the nose guys push and hit me, he still stands firm!”
“Uh huh. Enduring isn’t the best, man. When you fall, you have to be flexible like our Min-Jun, so you don’t get hurt. Look, who is that? Gay? That person is also like that. He doesn’t get injured.”

When Hong Min-jun’s parents were arguing, Yoon Da-ye’s mother, Kim Hyeon-hee, who was watching Hong Min-jun’s foul scene on her data screen, gracefully covered her mouth with her hand and fired at her.

“Oh my gosh, how about that. Oh my God. It’s so rough. Minjun must be so sick.”
“Oh, look at my son rolling around. How good.”

While Mrs. Park Hee-ja and Mrs. Kim Hyeon-hee held hands and were distracted by the TV, the fathers were sharing a drink.

“Even though I watch Minjun every time he plays, it’s amazing every time I see him.
“It’s not all thanks to Daye. Minjun says that. Daye helps me with diet and training.”
“It’s all thanks to our Daye, it’s all because of Minjunie.”
“Uh huh. Man, what kind of annie is Minjun? I wonder if I don’t know my son. He can do that because Daye holds him tight by his side.”

Whenever Hong Min-joon’s game was played, the couple would always gather together and watch the game together.
As expected, it is part of the parents-in-law’s house play between parents who do not know their children.

“Anyway, I don’t know when the guys will get married.
“Stop talking nonsense and watch TV.”

* * *

Gary Lineker, who had been praising Hong Min-joon for a while, changed his tone.

“Now that I have praised you, let’s point out the downsides? You’ve succeeded in settling down as a central midfielder, but in my opinion, Hong Min-joon is lacking a lot. You need to reduce your reliance on dribbling. No. You have to learn how to use your teammates more, and you have to put more emphasis on passing play.”
“I agree with that. So far, there is no history of injury, but if you play like this, you will inevitably get a lot of fouls and eventually get injured. “

Harold burst into laughter out of nowhere as he pointed out his shortcomings.

“Gary. You say this, but don’t you actually like Hong Min-joon’s current play?”
“Oh… That can’t be denied. I’ll be honest. I’ve had quite a bit of fun watching him play. Just like Messi, he dribbles and punches everything! But just being smarter and more graceful like Messi here would make it perfect.” .”
Haha. I know you’re a huge fan of Messi, so I don’t have to stress that much. As you pointed out, you obsess over the ball unnecessarily and make a lot of dribbling attempts. If you were another player, it would be very bad, inefficient and harmful to the team. But look, Hong Min-joon is different.”

Another vote appeared on the TV screen.

“I prepared an interesting data. It is a table showing the distance traveled with the ball per 90 minutes. The first place is Hong Min-jun with 221 yards. .”
“Oh, that’s pretty old, isn’t it?”
“This is data from the 20/21 season. I prepared it specifically to compare it to Jack Grealish, who suffered a lot of fouls in a similar team situation.”

Min—Jun Hong – 221 yards
Jack Grealish – 217
Jadon Sancho – 196
Ruben Loftus-Cheek – 191
Declan Rice – 191
Nemanja Matic – 184

Harold pointed to Jack Grealish in the second position.

“Jack Grealish, who was playing for Aston Villa, also advanced with the ball and had no hesitation in playing 1 on 1 with the opposing defender. Although the style is different, this is similar to Hong Min-jun. Of course, Jack Grealish is active in defense as a central midfielder, Unlike Hwang Min-joon, like Hazard in 2015-17, he plays more like a free role and leads the team’s offense.”
“It’s even more touching when I look at the detailed indicators. Hong Min-jun is a really natural dribbler.”

An admiring Gary Lineker and one of the other panelists watching Harold interrupted.

“I can’t agree. There are too many bubbles in Hong Min-Jun’s metrics. He is definitely a player with great skills. But I doubt he deserves such high praise. It’s not all-time great. If you compare him right now to the top technicians in the league, you can see that he’s nothing special.”

The panel, which compared and explained Hong Min-jun’s play scenes and video data of famous players in a slow screen, showed a different indicator.

“So is his physical ability. He’s fast. He’s fast, he’s agile, he has great balance. But he’s not special either. There are plenty of players in the league who are faster, more agile, and have better balance than Minjun Hong. .”

Harold, who was silently listening to the panelist insisting on the bubble theory while showing a record table measuring Hong Min-joon’s maximum speed and reaction speed, snorted.

“Martin, I’m sorry, but you’re claiming to be non-elected. This problem arises because you look at player skill too much in numbers. A player’s skill cannot be measured quantitatively. It’s different when you play against them on the real field. You can express it in numbers. There’s a lot of non-verbal stuff you can’t understand, right, Gary?”
“Hmm… It is certain that there are parts that cannot be measured quantitatively. For example, in a confrontation situation, there are interactions that cannot be expressed in words, such as glances, body movements, very slight flinches or weight shifts. From my point of view, Minjun Hong The player seems to be very good at this.”
“And one more thing. If you look at them individually, there are many players who are similar to or better than Min-Jun Hong. But the important thing is, Min-Jun Hong has a well-balanced high level of all abilities required to break through the dribble. It’s simply that there’s something special about it that can’t be measured quantitatively.”

* * *

BBC MOTD received a lot of attention in Korea.
It was also a program familiar to heavy seafood fans, but Korea’s leading soccer reporter Hyun-jun even introduced it himself? In addition, half of the content is about Hong Min-joon (mostly praised) with Korean subtitles, so if you don’t pay attention, it will be strange.

MOTD, which started with all kinds of lekkas and spread to various communities, became the center of a great topic.

-Wow… Hong Min-joon is really great.
—I knew it was going well, but was it like this?
—Meme; Didn’t he explode and go to hell in Barça?
Oh, what old days are you talking about? Hong Min-joon It’s been a long time since you did well
But why didn’t you know
ㄴThat’s because I’m an idiot who doesn’t shoot commercials and only plays soccer…
— Minjoonie oppa is so cool… My Minjoonie oppa puts the earth and puts soccer ㅜㅜㅜㅜ
B chew;; I asked something strange
I’m sorry!! Hong Min-joon can’t do these things!!!
—Hong Min-joon, don’t you have a girlfriend?
ㄴㅇㅇ It was revealed that there is, but I am not sure who it is.
B ha… What kind of girl is Hong Min-joon’s girlfriend…
B) Possible
B gay bastard fucks again
ㄴBut wouldn’t it be possible if Hong Min-joon came along?
Fuck you bastards, why do you keep crawling out?
—What is Hong Min-joon going to do now?
ㄴIt’s evening in Germany, so you must be sleeping.

* * *

At that time, Mrs. Park Hee-ja, who watched all the BBC MOTD, suddenly wanted to hear her son’s voice.
Turr— turr—

I made a call with the newest smartphone that my son replaced, but after a long time without answering, it was connected to Sori Saem.

Knowing that he was her son who usually puts his phone on silent, she tried calling again.
Still don’t get it

“Daye’s mom. He seems to have put it on silent again. Shall we call Daye?”
“Okay then.”

The smartphone in speaker mode beeps several times,

-Uh? Oh… !
“Huh? Son?”
—Uh, uh! Mom Yes, it’s me.
“It’s Minjun. Were you with Daye?”
—Ah, hello ma’am. Yes… He was exercising, exercisinghaha.

Somehow, the sound of breathing was rough.
Mrs. Park Hee-ja and Mrs. Kim Hyun-hee passed without question.

“Where is Daye?”
-Yes. I’m here.

At Daye’s awkward voice, Mrs. Park Hee-ja smiled mischievously.

“It’s Daye. It’s a bit sad that you don’t call me mother like usual.”
—Uh, Mother….
“Yes, oh, our pretty Daye. Aren’t you sick?”
-Sure. Not at all, not, hmm, it doesn’t hurt.
“Huh? But what’s wrong with your voice? Is it a cold?”
-No. With Minjun helping me exercise, a little… I’m out of breath, stand up.
“That’s right. You don’t know how reliable I am because we have Daye. Son! Don’t make it difficult for everyone, move on your own!”
—Yes~ I move on my own so that it is not difficult.
Hehe…

Mrs. Park Hee-ja and Mrs. Kim Hyeon-hee were startled by Daye’s breathless sound that came out of nowhere.

“What are you talking about?”
“Where are you sick?”
—Oh, no… It’s because I’m exercising.
“Oops, we interrupted the workout. Yes, work hard.”
—Yes, come in.

As soon as Daye’s voice ended, the two of them smiled happily as they looked at the broken phone.

“Daye and Minjun seem to be taking good care of you.”