episode_0082

“Hello.”

When I arrived at the soccer field, I said hello and entered the waiting room.

Other children were already waiting inside.

It seemed like some people had been waiting for quite a long time, so the atmosphere was languid.

“Oh. Our Ace has arrived.”

The captain laughed and joked.

“Why am I ace? It must be you.”

“I just hit the pass you give me and score a goal.“

“You have to score a goal to win.”

After finishing my argument and making silly jokes, I changed my shoes.

After spending time chatting with other team members, everyone who was going to play gathered in the waiting room.

“Let’s go out and relax a little.”

The captain nodded at the words of the child who played the role of goalkeeper.

“Okay. Let’s all put our belongings in our lockers and leave.”

One by one, the guys who were lying around rose up like zombies.

I followed the other kids out of the waiting room, holding a ball filled with air that the captain threw.

Although I was only indoors for a moment, the sunlight shining down on me felt hot all over again.

When I went to bed earlier, the cool wind was blowing and it was warm, so it was nice… .

Perhaps because it was time to run hard, the weather was unpredictable again.

It was also the time when the sun rose highest.

I slowly began to relax, feeling the soft brush of the grass.

There was still some time left before the game started, but it was the perfect time to warm up now.

Beyond the halfway line, I could see the team members of the class I would be playing against today also practicing and stretching.

An announcement announcing 30 minutes before the start of the game echoed throughout the stadium.

It was probably broadcast not only here, but throughout the school.

As if to prove it, the audience seats were slowly filling up.

At that time, I saw familiar faces.

They must have spotted me there too and waved hello.

I don’t know exactly what they are saying because the room is noisy, but I know that Hong Yeon-seo is shouting wildly.

I asked for understanding from the midfielder who was practicing passing with me and approached the audience for a moment.

“Jina~”

With four rarely seen beautiful girls gathered in one place, the attention of those around them was naturally drawn.

A middle school-aged kid who looked like someone’s younger brother had wide eyes and even dropped the snack he was eating.

Moreover, perhaps because the mothers were all so beautiful, there were many men who cleared their throats and looked the other way.

“My son is like a player because he is there like that.”

Our school’s soccer field looks quite authentic.

Moreover, they are now wearing team identification vests over their school gym uniforms.

At first glance, it looked like a uniform when viewed from a distance.

“Haha… . I’ll work hard. Please support us a lot.”

“Yes. But you shouldn’t get hurt?”

“Yes. Your friend Jiwoo is also injured and in the hospital. Take care of yourself too.”

Se-ah’s mother brought up Ji-woo Yoon’s story and urged her to be safe.

Of course, I didn’t want to get hurt, so I was going to refrain from playing too hustly.

Not only is today not the only day, I have a mountain of work to do, but if I get hurt now, I’ll be in trouble.

In a big way, I have to think about today and tomorrow and the remaining sports games.

Also, I have to think about the cosplay competition that is slowly approaching.

In the end, it wasn’t for someone to take care of my body.

I have to be more careful than anyone else, so I definitely have to be careful.

“Yes.”

When I finished the conversation and returned to my seat, the other guys gave me envious looks.

“But thanks to you, I can play soccer while receiving support from girls.”

“Who are the people next to you? Are they your sisters?”

… This is my mother.

Still, since he preferred to be misunderstood like that, no correction was made.

“Hey. Gather together. Let’s brief briefly.”

At the captain’s call, we gathered in front of the bench.

“Tactics will remain the same without any changes. Since there are only two tactics we practiced anyway, if the strategy we were using gets stuck, let’s change it in the second half of the game. The midfielder passes a lot of passes to Lee Jin-i like he did in the last game. The defense has to be especially careful when they take corner kicks and free kicks. Are there a lot of tall kids there? Let’s avoid creating set-piece situations as much as possible and make sure to press forward.”

After hearing the captain’s words, I glanced towards the other team, and as he said, I saw several guys who were taller than our team.

Unless you are trained, at the amateur level set pieces are usually taken by tall guys, so it is definitely worth paying attention to.

Before the game, you need to have a mindset like this and have a briefing before you can think about your play.

Because men are better at inputting goals and outputting results rather than just leaving things alone.

After that, the captain’s words telling us about the opposing players to watch out for and expected tactics were cut off by the announcement telling us to move on to start the game.

“Look carefully at the numbers of each child you need to mark. These are also kids who passed the preliminaries, so don’t relax. Let’s cheer up and get to the finals.”

Everyone put their hands together to fight and moved to the center of the stadium.

I don’t know if the stadium area is the size of an actual soccer field, but I’m walking across the middle of a fairly large stadium.

Unlike before, there were a lot of spectators watching, so I felt like I was a real professional athlete.

Of course, there is a big difference in scale, but that is how it feels.

I wonder if it was just me, but everyone was in an excited mood, unlike during the preliminaries or practice games.

“Towards the captain of each class.”

At the words of the physical education teacher in charge of refereeing, our ace and captain and the opposing team’s captain came forward.

He was a kid with a bright smile and a good personality.

“F. Jaewoon Kim. You fell behind today.”

… … . No, he just looks good and may not have a very nice personality.

The guy who spoke harshly and called the captain’s name was half-joking, as if he knew the captain, but he clearly had a bone in his words.

“Well. Probably not?”

“Noisy. Pick the front or back of the coin.”

It was the guy who killed the enemy when the physical education teacher warned him, and our captain who still smiled heartily.

If you think about it carefully, they are probably like rivals in the same soccer club.

Of course, I don’t know who the members of the soccer club are, but that guy is also the captain of the class and knows the ace guy of the soccer club… .

It almost felt like that.

The captain who won the coin toss to decide the kickoff received the ball, placed it in the center, and waited for the starting whistle.

There was silence in the stadium, but enthusiastic cheers erupted from the cheering stands.

Soon the physical education teacher blew the whistle as loud as he could, and the game began.

* * *

Class J’s argument. The soccer team’s bean line.

Lee Hyun-seok, who has a burning rivalry with his middle school classmate Kim Jae-woon, had decided that today would be the first day to repay his revenge.

In past practice matches, the only guy from class C who had to be carefully marked was Kim Jae-woon, the captain of class C.

Accordingly, he had prepared a tactic of completely blocking the lone top team and quickly counterattacking when the opportunity arose.

However, just 3 minutes after the game started, Lee Hyun-seok realized that his thoughts were completely wrong.

‘No, who is that guy again?’

One unluckily handsome guy was literally dominating the game.

The face looks familiar.

He’s the guy who played in the last game, and he’s a face that’s hard to forget once you see him.

But I thought he was just an ordinary high school student A who didn’t have much of a presence in the practice game… .

“Ah!”

Once again, Lee Hyun-seok, who had his pass route blocked, screamed in frustration.

‘no. ‘What’s so fast?’

To exaggerate a bit, the pressure was so intense that you couldn’t receive a pass unless you were close to the guy throwing the pass.

As a result, there was no attack build-up coming from him at all.

Quite the contrary, the opponent’s attack build-up was done very elegantly.

It was all due to the activity level of that unlucky-looking guy.

He looks like a box-to-box player, as if he has two hearts… .

In other words, he was the guy who coordinated the passing routes throughout the stadium.

Because of that, Class C’s attacks continued.

Class J was completely defeated by the opponent’s tactic of blocking counterattack attempts with strong pressure.

Even if you try to release the pressure by throwing a long kick, that guy gets the ball from somewhere.

Even if you try to build up in the defensive line, that guy comes out of nowhere and steals the ball.

As Class J’s defense faltered, the defensive wall blocking striker Kim Jae-woon could be seen becoming increasingly loose.

“… … hey! Look at the center back!”

just as expected. It was Class J that ended up in a 1-on-1 situation with the keeper due to a defensive marking mistake that briefly missed Kim Jae-woon’s movement.

And Kim Jae-woon was not a striker who would never throw away such chances.

Wow!

The stadium trembled with the cheers of the cheering crowd.

From that unlucky guy’s toes came a so-called rocket delivery pass that neutralized the three defenders.

A bone exploded from the toes of an even more unlucky guy.

I desperately appealed to the assistant referee for offside, but it was an onside situation.

‘What’s that bastard’s name!’

It was Lee Hyun-seok, chewing his lips and rolling his eyes.

* * *

“Wow… . He’s Jin Lee, right?”

Hong Yeonseo opened her mouth in admiration.

Se-ah Lee closed Hong Yeon-seo’s mouth and continued speaking.

“Isn’t there something different from usual? I think I’m doing better.”

“That’s why!”

Hong Yeon-seo, who was very excited, poured out compliments.

Other children also joined in and told stories about Seo Yi-jin in an oriole-like tone.

The three mothers were watching the scene with happy smiles on their faces.

“Hoho. Jin’s mom is happy. There’s really nothing Jin can’t do. Didn’t you top the whole school in your studies?”

“Please take good care of our Soyoon too.”

“Oh my. I like everything. Ho ho ho.”

They were three mothers who talked to each other using polite language that they didn’t normally use.