Chapter 107: The End of '06
A noisy commotion suddenly sounded in my ears, ecstasy, sighing, sighing, frustrated......
The voice containing all kinds of emotions echoed in the stadium, Li Kong shrank his head, and sat on the bench a little unwillingly, he turned his head, and looked at Li Zhangzhu who was standing on the sidelines and shook his head and sighed helplessly, and felt that he was hurt too badly!
In the first game of the playoff final on the 19th, Lee Kong stepped on the instep of the defender when he fell while fighting with the central defenders of Seongnam Il and Tianma, and he was lying on the turf with his ankle covered on the spot, and after emergency treatment by the team doctor, he was replaced by Lee Jang-so.
The post-match examination was an ankle sprain, although it was not too serious, but the team doctor still gave a recommendation to rest for at least 7 to 10 days, so as not to cause repeated ankle injuries after rushing on the field, leaving some unnecessary sequelae.
This also means that Li Kong will completely withdraw from the final against Seongnam and Tianma.
After the loss of Lee Kong, Seoul FC, especially Park Joo-young, the offensive momentum seemed to disappear all at once, and Seoul FC's offense once again fell into the state of "constipation" a few seasons ago, and Park Joo-yong was also lost in the strangulation tactics of Seongnam Il and Tianma's guard group, and lost the spiritual running and speed advantages of the past.
If it weren't for Seoul FC's defensive line as calm and strong as ever, maybe Seongnam Il and Tianma would have been able to kill the suspense of the final after Lee Kong left the game in the first leg, and finally with Kim Byung-ji's magical play and many key saves, Seoul FC ended with Seongnam Il and Cheonma with a 0:0 draw.
And six days later, the second match of the finals was held at the home stadium of Seoul FC, but after 90 minutes, Lee Kong and all the Seoul FC players could only helplessly look at the dazzling score on the electronic display: Seongnam Il and Cheonma 2:0 Seoul FC.
In this game, Seoul FC formed a forward line by Oh Daewoo and Park Joo-yong, who had not played for a long time, but the combination of the two of them almost did not put pressure on the defense of Seongnam Il and Tianma, although Wu Daewoo is tall, he doesn't like to physically confront defenders, Park Joo-yong naturally can't just run without the ball like before, and then wait for the center to make the ball and set up a battery for him.
Without the suppression of Seoul FC's attack, Seongnam Il and Tianma will naturally be able to comfortably devote more troops to the attack.
Seongnam Il and Cheonma are claimed to be the No. 1 in the K League in terms of offensive ability this season, and the final result did confirm that, Kim Byung-ji is very strong, but you can't expect a 36-year-old veteran to be as focused as a young lad and not make any mistakes, right?
In short, whether it was a tactical mistake or fate for Lee Kong to miss the opportunity to help Seoul FC regain the league title, the players and coaches of Seoul FC can now only swallow the bitter fruit as losers, watching Seongnam Il and Tianma players celebrate on their own turf.
To make matters worse, they were eliminated from the FA Cup early, and according to the rules that South Korea now represent the K League champions and league champions in the AFC Champions League every year, they will miss out on the AFC Champions League next season.
But no matter how aggrieved and frustrated he was, Li Kong finally controlled his emotions, he slowly walked out of the bench, walked to the middle of his teammates who were a little depressed on the field, stood with them, hugged them one by one and said, "It's okay, we'll come back next year!" Just like he had done countless times before to motivate his teammates and boost the morale of the whole team.
But he's mostly doing this as captain, but now he's doing it as a player with a strong sense of responsibility for the team.
Lee Jang-so calmly watched Li Kong skillfully comfort his teammates' movements, and couldn't help but show a smile of relief on his face that hid his unwillingness, Li Kong can be said to be the best and most talented player he has performed as a coach so far, and he will only turn 18 years old next year.
Young but very mature, hardworking, self-disciplined, and with a strong sense of competitiveness and responsibility, most of the advantages of professional players that Lee Jang-so can think of, he can see in Li Kong, this kid has really brought him a big surprise this season, and it also extends the time he can continue to coach this team.
Although Lee Jang-so can quickly get a good coaching opportunity from other teams even if he leaves Seoul FC now, who will make him the "famous coach" of the K-League?
But he didn't want to leave Seoul like this, leading the team for two years and not winning a championship, which he couldn't tolerate!
And after the great success of the new tactics he created for the team in the second half of the league, Lee Jang-so is even more confident that he can bring the league title to Seoul FC next season!
I don't know when, there were pieces of snowflakes fluttering in the sky again, Lee Jang-so stretched out his hand to feel the coolness of the snowflakes touching the palm of his hand, looking at Li Kong, who was now talking about something with the old captain Kim Byung-ji in the field, he felt as if he saw a kind of inheritance, and as if he saw that Seoul FC is destined to be a dazzling future!
"At the end of '06, it didn't seem to be very cold. ”
Lee Jang-so muttered......
I'm a reporter from the Seoul Sports Daily, can I delay you a little time to ask you a few questions?"
After Li Kongzheng finished communicating with the old captain Jin Bingji, he was about to go to find Park Zhouyong's brother again, but he found that he had been surrounded by a large group of reporters, Jin Bingji winked at him and gave him a helpless look, and then whistled and left, making Li Kong dumbfounded, the usually steady old captain still has this side?
Looking at the beautiful reporter in front of him who was about to put a recorder into his mouth helplessly, Li Kong opened the distance between the two without a trace, and then said to the reporters who surrounded him and were staring at him: "Okay, okay, if I am caught by you today, I am unlucky? Then I will answer you a question." Let's ask this lady from the Seoul Sports Newspaper!"
It was with great difficulty that a group of reporters stopped Li Kong alone, so how could they let him go so easily? They were about to open their mouths to refuse, but Li Kong took the lead and said: "If you are dissatisfied, then I have nothing to say, I will just stand here and will not answer anything, if you think you can hold on tonight, then let's just stand like this!"
The beauty of the Seoul Sports Daily glanced at the male reporters around her with some dissatisfaction, and then quickly promised: "It's okay, one question is one question!"
The other reporters looked at each other and smiled bitterly, they had always known Li Kong's temper, this kid really didn't have a cold to the media, and he didn't care much about what the newspaper said about him, so it seemed reasonable for people to ask for this?
Hey, this kid is a complete freak!
After scolding a few words in their hearts, these reporters still quickly took out their voice recorders or notebooks and looked at Li Kong, not knowing what he would reveal later?
The beautiful reporter of the Seoul Sports Newspaper pointed the recorder at Li Kong, and slowly asked after considering the words, "Li Kong, what do you want to say to the fans, your family, or others who support you after spending your first professional season relatively completely?"
Li Kong glanced at this beautiful woman with some surprise, he was ready to accept some difficult questions, he didn't expect this reporter to be so gentle?
Clearing his throat, Li Kongxian said very seriously: "First of all, I definitely want to thank my family, after I left Jeonju to embark on the road of professional football, they have always supported me, encouraged me to pursue my dreams bravely, and also gave me a lot of strength and warmth to persevere when I went to the Netherlands for youth training, I am really grateful and love my parents and my brother!"
"Secondly, I am really grateful to the fans who have been loving me and supporting me for half a year! In fact, my mouth is very stupid, and I don't want to say anything to you, so please be sure to keep your body healthy and positive emotions, and next year my teammates and I will play every game in a better and more positive state to repay your support and love!"
"Finally, I would like to thank someone who is very special in my heart. ”
Li Kong said this, as if he remembered something happy, and continued with a smile: "The new year is coming soon, please be more healthy and spend every day happily, I will also cherish and care more about every day and every moment with you~ I saw your difficulties and ups and downs before, the tears you shed and your strength, I saw it in my eyes, but I'm sorry that I was not by your side at that time, and I couldn't absorb all your pain." ”
The gentle light flashing in Li Kong's eyes made the beautiful reporter in front of him a little stunned.
"So, let's spend every day together warmly in the future!Every day with you, it's very dazzling, it's so warm! I'm sorry, it seems that I can't make you sad anymore in the future, so let's just like this, brilliant forever~ Whether it's 2006 or 2086, I'll hold your hand and go on! My stinky short body, sass waves hey~"
After Li Kong finished speaking, he directly squeezed away the reporters around him and walked out, his tall back was very tall in the snowflakes, and his smile was still very warm, this year's competition was all over, and he should return to her side and spend this beautiful winter with her~
At the same time, in a practice room on the second floor of the company with "boa" written on it, a short-dressed girl was drenched in sweat, apparently having just finished her practice.
She sat in front of the TV and slowly recovered from her worries, Seoul FC lost the game and lost this year's league title, is that stinky guy okay now? will he ......
"Ernie, it's snowing!"
Xu Zhuxian's child's innocent voice interrupted her thoughts, and when she looked up, there were indeed petal snowflakes fluttering outside the window, and the snow elves once again enveloped the city, bringing cold and anticipation for the coming year.
"It's the end of the year......
Kim Tae-yeon muttered as she looked out the window at the city, which had turned white again.