Chapter 257 – Advice (3)

257

“Are you here?”
“Yes. This restaurant is right.”

After checking the address written on the note I handed over, Tina confirms that it is correct.

Immediately after the game against Chelsea, I made an appointment with manager Lorenzo for a meal.
Chelsea is a club based in London, and Newcastle is a club based in Newcastle Upon Time in northern England. It is clear that it is a difficult distance to meet easily considering that it is located at the southern and northern ends of England.

Well, if director Lorenzo is a splendid beauty, I’ll find time to meet him somehow… No matter how middle-aged he may be, it’s troublesome to come all the way to London on a day off to see his uncle.

I made an appointment on the evening of the same day with the thought of finishing the London expedition as soon as possible.
Since I said I’ll serve you, I was prepared for an expensive restaurant that would make my eyes pop out, but it’s just an ordinary restaurant in the neighborhood… Again, this is surprising.

“I have some time left. Can I go in first?”
“I like anything.”

Tina, in her extravagant attire, wiggles her neatly gathered fingers with a somewhat anxious expression.

“Tina.”
“Yes Yes!?”
“Didn’t you wear it as ordered?”
“… Yes.”
“Well done. Will you check later?”

Tina nods her head with her ruddy face.
With this cute face, no panties… This is precious

“Thinking about it, something has changed… Has your makeup faded?”

Originally, I knew that western women like to wear strong makeup to impress, but Tina wore heavy makeup, perhaps to cover up her youthful appearance.

Personally, I didn’t like it because it was the most disliked makeup method among dislikes, but today, for some reason, I came out with natural light makeup.

What is it I wondered if I had opened my eyes to the K-beauty makeup method…

“Ah. Her older sister taught Minjun how to make his favorite makeup. Minjun says he likes natural makeup… “

Sister?
It’s not that there are no respectful words in English.

Honorifics exist in English, although they are not strictly separated like in Korea.
Could it be that the language used between friends is the same as the language used with bosses or the British royal family?

What Tina just wrote was an obvious honorific. It is also an extreme honorific that is not used in everyday life.
Besides, what else is your sister? Did you put her lover on her sister? The fact that only that one is Korean is king.

“Uh… What… Okay. It suits you well.”
“That, is it? I practiced a lot, but it was my first time showing it, so I was nervous, but fortunately.”

It must be my mistake to see another sense of relief in Tina’s face as she let out a soft sigh of relief… ?
For some reason, she seems relieved that she is not scolded by her sister.

… Well, even among women, there must be things like ranking order and women’s culture.

“By the way, when did Tina start contacting you two?”
“When she was practicing for a broadcast appearance before. She then joined the first meetup.”
“Class?”

Meetings, it seems there is a sinister private organization that I don’t even know about.

“Yes. At the meeting, I was trained as an assistant to become Minjun’s girlfriend.”

Uh, um… Let’s not wonder.

Fearing that someone might not be an Italian man, director Lorenzo disdainfully refused to sit down for a meal with just the two of them.
Dinner with two men is ridiculous.

So it became a dinner with my girlfriend, and the reason why my companion became Tina instead of Harin or Daye is because the two of them are busy these days and are not in England right now.

The takeover of the club, which dragged on for a while, was finally over, and the two people in charge of managing and managing the club instead of me became busy.

At first, it was an ambitious acquisition of the club, but it was only completed when I was tired of the long process of taking over and stopped paying attention.

On the surface, it looks like GT Group took over, but in reality, I have a lot of stake, and since it is actually a gift from the president to Harin, isn’t it like mine?

Harin is mine, so Harin’s team is also my team.
So I split the time I wasn’t interested in and looked at the videos or reports of existing players or players who applied for a joining test… Oh my god How can it be that there is not a single player with the potential to look forward to so damn much.

I expected a case like senior Kim Min-jae, who played for the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power soccer team in Gyeongju, but the reality is a gutter.
There were not enough players to play in the K-League, let alone the World Cup, which was originally intended.

So that’s right, what about gem excavation?
If it’s a gem I’d like to know, I’d have already dug it up somewhere else.

Although the motivation was shattered, the interest in revitalizing domestic grassroots football was still the same, so it was decided to reorganize the club with a focus on fostering youth and young players.

The problem is that I can’t step forward because I’m busy with my career, so I need someone to change the club instead of me.
A person who has to match my intentions and who can be satisfied in the GT group at the same time.

Who will be Of course it’s Harin.
And the person who can match Harin’s hands and feet is Yego.

I had been working in England for a while, but as the club takeover was completed and a full-scale reform drive was promoted, the difference between having a conductor on site and not being there was huge.

So, Harin and Daye have been staying in Korea for a while now, and that’s why Tina accompanied them to the meal instead of the two of them.

* * *

“Nice to see you again, Hong. This is… Oh, this is amazing. Hong’s fiancé is England’s jewel, Miss Tina Lott. It’s an honor to meet you, lady.”
“This is Tina Lott. It’s an honor to meet you too, Director Federico.”
“Lorenzo is fine, lady.”

As soon as I saw it, I started making gruff comments like this to someone else’s woman. After all, Italian men are different.

“Lauren, young people get it wrong.”
“If you are not interested in a beauty you see for the first time, then she is not an Italian man.”

A woman who smiled brightly next to Lorenzo, who spoke lines that made it impossible not to have prejudice against Italians, greeted him.

“It is an honor to meet you, Prince of the East. I’m Lauren’s girlfriend, Monica Bache.”

No matter how middle-aged he is, he is a man in his mid-40s and a girlfriend in his late 20s… After all, men are good looking too.
As he winked his eyes at the talented man as a sign of respect, director Lorenzo, who recognized him like a ghost, responded with a relaxed smile.

The dinner with director Lorenzo was fun.
Unlike the directors I’ve experienced, director Lorenzo is pleasant and like a person who knows how to lead a conversation, he always made the dining table enjoyable.

“Miss Lot. Could you help me for a moment?”

When the conversation stopped for a moment after the meal, Monica appropriately took Tina and left.

“Your face shows more emotion than you think, sweetheart.”
“It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a thing… Well, that’s why I’m curious.”

Director Lorenzo, who drank wine elegantly even for a man, went straight to the point as if he had no intention of procrastinating.

“I think you are too used to playing football alone. Inclinations and abilities.”

Football alone?
It is true that I am excellent at individual tactics because my strength is dribbling breakthrough based on overwhelming speed and technique.

However, if that is soccer played alone, then all dribblers are players who play soccer alone.
Furthermore,

“I play as a team enough. I can’t say I’m active, but I’m working hard on my own defense, and playmaking as a team is—”
“Do you seriously think so?”
“… Yes?”
“Is lazy play called playmaking these days? Hey, isn’t that just trying to run less?”
“There is also a purpose to reduce the consumption of stamina, but that is secondary… “
“What kind of playmaking is that!”

Director Lorenzo sighed.

“Your play is a play that only you stand out. It’s a play that turns your teammates into supporting characters. Join the defense? It’s only natural to be involved in defense like that. If it wasn’t for that, I would have said I was playing soccer alone. More than anything else, you don’t know how to use your allies at all in an attack. Your teammates will just hit you.”

Director Lorenzo, frowning, continued as he squeezed his pack of cigarettes.

“Attack is different than defense. Individual player skill is more important than organizational ability. That’s why you, with superior individual skills, were able to play an active role. But what if you meet a team where your individual skills don’t work, a so-called strong team? Hey Hong. How have you been against strong teams lately?”
“I do not know.”
“Then, how about today’s match?”
“… It was frustrating.”
“As I prepare for today’s game, I have only one order for Mbaba. Open up the path to the pass for you to know. Except for the path to the penalty box.”

With those words, I realized why I was frustrated throughout the game.

“Trap… “
“Yes, of course it is a trap. The pass route you thought was the best option became the worst option. Why? I designed it that way.”

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t angry, but I was more curious than that.

“What does that have to do with my style?”
“Very many. You become a fool the moment you have many options. Do you know when you are the scariest?”

For a while, the word “Fool” Made me cry, and then the anger at the words subsided.
When am I the scariest?

“Space… When there is room to dribble?”
“Well, it’s not very can. But even if you clear the space, you get out like a stunt.”

… I want to hit

“Tell me honestly. I salute you for your personal prowess. No matter what defense you put on, no matter how much space you cleared, you always showed magical plays that exceeded my expectations. Admit it. It wouldn’t have been possible to stop it if it wasn’t for your weakness.”

It’s not about lifting or letting go of people, and when the person who used to criticize it praises it, my mood is relieved. Doesn’t it admit that the coach who makes every match day, not anyone else, could not stop it?

“So, when was my scariest time?”
“When there are no options.”
“Yes?”
“When you receive the ball, you first think about breaking through. It is also revealed in the reaction of the body. But what if it’s difficult to break through? Next think of the pass. What if even the pass is difficult? Then you show unbelievable, beyond-limits breakthrough power. Then, what if we deliberately open a pass path after creating a difficult situation to break through?”
“You mean you’ll pass without knowing it’s a trap.”
“Okay. Because you play the obvious expected in a situation where you are more urgent than you think.”

* * *

As we parted ways, I asked director Lorenzo.

“Why did you bother giving me advice? Another team is seonsun.”
“You never know. Maybe one day you will be my player.”

Then,

“Isn’t the game with us over again this season? We’ve won, now let’s hold the other championship teams on their feet. I think that’s how you can win.”
Haha. Manchester City and Liverpool, right? I will do my best.”
“And finally, I think I bought you a favor in advance because you will be sorry soon. Even if something upsets me, I’ll solve it with this.”

『Hong Min-jun transfer to Chelsea? Caught having dinner with the Chelsea manager in London!!
『Chelsea coach Lorenzo Federico “Recruit Minjun Hong? I do not rule out the possibility”

“… No, this nobleman.”