Chapter 46 – First Win (3)

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Hojin University, which easily finished the first game with Haksun University and the second game with a victory, advanced to the finals for the first time since its founding.
… School officials only.

In fact, the students and the residents near the school reacted indifferently.

Haha. Yes. Our soccer team. The first to be established as a proud Hojinin! To be the first in our region to advance to the finals! Great. Director Kim. What was the highest grade at Woosong University next to you?”
“Nine years! Nine years ago, advancing to the quarterfinals was the best.”
“Uh huh? 9 years! Quarterfinals before! Advancement is the best Woosong University Park’s proud grades were only 9 years ago! Quarterfinals! I mean.”
Haha, wouldn’t that be even greater? Isn’t it the soccer club that had a lot of words to close! This result would not have been possible if it had not been maintained with the excellent insight and insight of the chairman.”
“You’re right. This is all thanks to the active support of the chairman. Me director. Having made it to the finals… You can expect to win, right?”
“Uh huh. Come on, everyone, let’s calm down. You haven’t won yet. Right, I’m the director?”
“… Of course, Mr. Chairmanhaha..Haha.”

Is that why?
People called the chairman and executives, whom I had never seen before, came and put pressure on me to win the championship under the guise of virtue.

What the hell are you here for, you humans?
As if they weren’t ashamed, they put gold on each other’s faces, and it only made them feel unnecessarily burdened.

Although the chairman and the gangsters were sabotaging, the atmosphere of the team was the best as they advanced to the finals, and everyone was enthusiastically engaged in self-training.

“Senior Yoonhyuk. Is it correct to kick like this when making a liner pass?”
“Liner pass?”

Pass has been fun these days.
Pass-related abilities exceeded 50, and various areas pointed out as weaknesses, such as judgment, vision, and spatial understanding, improved, and the superficial soccer knowledge began to be understood.

What I am particularly interested in is the long pass, which is commonly referred to as the liner pass.
It is a skill that can be said to be a basic skill that must be equipped as a midfielder, and it is comfortable to think of it as a fast and low long pass.

A midfielder must have a variety of skills.
Since it is a position that connects air and defense in the center with the most pressure, of course, you must have both offensive and defensive abilities. Of course, even in the midfield, depending on the role, there are cases where the air-defense balance is biased to the extreme, but in general it is.

In the case of our team’s tactics, midfielders, among them senior Yoon Hyuk, are especially required to use transition passes and liner passes.
This is an essential skill not only for our team, but also for the play that the Olympic team coach demanded from senior Yoon Hyuk the other day, so it was also something that we have been practicing hard lately.

Conversion means wide open towards a low density of the opponent. For example, it is called a conversion to draw the opponent team with a short pass on one side and then pass it over to the other side.

What you need at this time is the accurate long pass ability.
And among the long passes, the low and fast pass is commonly referred to as the ‘liner pass’, which is a key part in counterattack situations.

One of the conditions for a counterattack defined in modern soccer is the ‘X second rule’.
Depending on the manager, it is generally defined as 6 seconds for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and 9 seconds for Manchester United manager Ralph Rangnick, according to the theory that counterattacks must be made within 6 seconds if short and 9 seconds if long, to neutralize the opponent’s defensive transition. Have.

If a series of tasks to somehow carry the ball to the final third, which is a threat area, in a short time of 6 to 9 seconds is a counterattack, there are three ways.

Short pass, dribble, and long pass.
At this time, let’s imagine the case of a counterattack through a long pass stabbing at once from the rear.

No matter how accurate your long pass is, what will happen if the ball flies out of the air?
The opponent is not an idiot, and of course, while the ball stays in the air, the defense should be tidy and focus on the expected drop point.

But what if the long pass is low and fast?
This is what is called a liner pass.

“Didn’t you learn? No. Basically, you learn everything.”
“I learned a lot. But it didn’t work out well in the real battle.”
“Then what have you been up to now?”
“I just kicked it randomly. I didn’t play long passes anyway.”
“OMG.”

Why, what
Until now, no manager had expected a long pass from me.

As I looked at him proudly with the iron plate on his face, Senior Yoon Hyuk shook his head.

“You’re really… In a way, amazing.”
Haha. Right? I’m kind of awesome.”
“It’s not a compliment.”
“Wasn’t that a compliment?”
“…….”

It’s okay, because I’m a technician.
But isn’t the technician good at passing?

“Just kick it once. Let’s see your stance.”

Carefully put the ball down, step on the step foot, and then with the backbone… After passing through a series of processes, the ball splits the air.
I was nodding my head happily as I reached the target point about 30m away almost exactly.

“It bends a little. I also ate the rotation.”
“Isn’t this good enough?”
“Yeah no. Look at me kicking.”

Senior Yoon Hyuk showed a demonstration.
Textbook attitude. From the slightly laid back upper body to the soft follow of the arms, to the precise impact.

It was a courier pass that fell to the target point in a straight line, lower and faster than the ball I kicked.

“Did you see it?”
“Oh… That’s cool. A midfielder as expected.”
“Yumma. This is not a midfielder, but a soccer player should be good at it.”
“It’s okay. I’m a striker.”
“It sucks, really. What kind of Aaron Ramsay are you? Am I a midfielder? Kick it again dude.”

The senior who saw him practicing a couple of times nodded his head.

“Okay. The width of the foot is too narrow. Because the width is too narrow, the impact is not accurate. Look, with this part of the foot bone, you are pushing the ball from the bottom to the center exactly. The important thing is not to break the kick, continue the swing to the end .”
“Like this?”
“Oh like that. If you kick it well, the ball gets backspin? If you kick it too far in the center, it won’t spin, and if it’s tilted to the left or right, the ball will eat spin and the path will bend. It feels like you’re pumping it up from the bottom, and it goes all the way to the center like this! When it kicks, it eats backspin and flies away.”

As I practiced for about 10 minutes while receiving corrections from my seniors, I became roughly similar.

“What is it? He asked me to teach him, but he knew everything.”
“I see. Why can’t I understand this only now? I learned everything when I was young.”
“Isn’t the door opened later?”

Yoon Hyuk sunbae made a joke and laughed, but I couldn’t help but laugh.

‘Moonri? So you’re saying it’s a headache? … I guess that’s right!?’

Recently, he invested heavily in stats that were pointed out as disadvantages. In passing ability or mental stats.

‘Isn’t it possible to become a genius if you invest a little in your intelligence? Football genius… ?’

Something is bugging me
You need to collect points quickly.

* * *

The college league final, the so-called Wangjungwangjeon.
It wasn’t a game that attracted people’s attention, but it was formal because it was the final of the national competition organized by the Korea Football Association.

I do my own research and do interviews.

“Uh heh heh. This is all the result of hard work, no effort! Didn’t all our players play hard?”
“After all, 15 times, in the case of Hong Min-joon, the activity per game is only 8 km? What do you think?”
“Ah! Hey, what are you doing Isn’t Minjun always replaced after 15-20 minutes in the second half? So, on a full-time basis, there is no choice but to write down. Besides, Minjunie has that, tactical movement, so he has that too.”
“Okay, Director. Some argue that the manager’s tactics are outdated anti-football. What do you think about this?”
“What!? Anti-Football!! Who would say such a nonsensical mite… !!”
“Hmm?”
“No, I’m talking about it, I mean it!”

Well… Our director is popular.
Media attention for the first time as a leader… At best, there are only four reporters, but anyway, ahead of the finals, we will conduct an interview with the director.

“Yoon Hyuk. Rumor has it that he performed well in a friendly against the Olympic team… “
“Na Jin-ho. His scoring power has been on the rise lately, so why are he playing more in higher leagues—”
“I know that a number of professional teams are expressing interest, but the future path of a high-class player… “

Team members were also actively interviewed.
… Except for me.

‘Wow fuck. It’s not really a child, it’s too much.’

I succeeded in advancing to the finals, and regardless of victory or defeat, I am sure to be the MVP of this tournament.
It would be nice if they won, but even if they ended up in runner-up, their individual performance was so overwhelming that there was no competition. There are more than 2 attack points per game, so it’s only natural.

Besides, he is as good as male actors who are famous for their handsomeness… No, in my honest opinion, since he has a better appearance than male actors called handsome, isn’t this enough to make him a star?

He ate up the competition with his overwhelming skills, and his appearance is in order, but it’s normal for reporters to cling to him…

“Sorry. No one wants to interview me because of me.”
“Nope. It’s because of my sister.”