South Korea attaches great importance to youth football, with the strong investment of the government and the enthusiastic support of private parents, the leagues at all levels of primary and junior high schools have been in full swing in recent years, but one of the most commendable points is the Korean Football Association's care and attention to the academic situation of young players.

Every year from April to September, junior high schools hold "weekend leagues" in various regions of Korea, and during normal school hours, inter-school competitions are not allowed to be held in order to minimize the impact on students' grades.

Starting in September, the top teams in each region will represent the region in the Korean Junior High School Championships, and Jeollabuk-do Province has not been very good in the tournament in recent years, so only three teams have won a place this time, including Yangji High School and Jeonnam No. 3 High School, as well as Jeonbuk Gwangsung Junior High School.

A total of 32 junior high schools across Korea participate in the annual tournament, which is held in the same format as the World Cup, with 32 teams divided into eight groups to determine the round of 16 after three rounds of group games, and then advance to the knockout stage until the final top three are determined.

The tournament will last about two weeks, and the top three teams will play seven games, which is close to two days, which can be said to be a very dense schedule.

In the first week after the start of school, the football team of Yangzhi High School entered a state of emergency preparation, Park Seong-hoon added some set-pieces and midfield possession tactics to the original defensive counterattack tactics, as for how much the players can understand, it is difficult to say, but the preparation that should be done still has to be done, and it is unrealistic to rely on a set of tactics to cope with the whole game.

The Korean Championship is not like the regional leagues of various regions, and many of the junior high school team members in the tournament are good seedlings in the youth echelon of major clubs, they have received formal training in the club since childhood, participated in competitions, and their tactical understanding and personal comprehensive ability are far beyond that of ordinary students who are trained in school.

The players of the Yangzhi High School football team are ordinary students who love to play football, and none of them, including Lee Kong, have received youth training in a professional football club, so if they can make it to the finals in this competition, then they will become the darkest dark horses in the history of the Korean junior high school championship!

Because until now, there has never been a team made up entirely of ordinary students who have made it into the top eight!

And this is one of the reasons why Li Kong must play well in this tournament, the more sensational it is, the more attention and attention he can win from big clubs, but if his performance is mediocre, then he will be like a drop of water thrown into the sea, without a trace of waves, no professional football club will look at him more than he does in the regional league.

The reality is so cruel, so Li Kong has no choice but to fight everything and help the team move forward as much as possible!

At this moment, on a bus passing through the downtown area of Seoul.

"Come, Sora, drink some water. ”

Park Seong-hoon sat down to Li Kong, who was staring at the tall building outside the car window, patted him on the shoulder, and handed him a bottle of mineral water.

Li Kong came back to his senses and saw the coach handing him water, so he hurriedly thanked him.

Park Seong-hoon looked at Li Kong's gaze just now, and couldn't help but sigh: "Seoul, it feels completely different from before......

Li Kong took a sip of water, looked at his coach with some surprise, and asked, "Coach, did you live in Seoul before?"

When Park Seong-hoon heard Li Kong say this, as if he remembered something, a smile appeared on his somewhat wrinkled face, he crossed his hands on his folded knees, leaned on the back of the seat, and slowly replied to Li Kong: "Well, I didn't know that I had been away from Seoul for so long, huh...... It's been more than 20 years. “

Li Kong continued to ask with some surprise: "Then you haven't been back to Seoul again, and why did you leave in the first place?"

Park Chengxun looked at Li Kong's curious appearance, and scolded with a smile: "How can it be that he has not returned to Seoul for more than 20 years? It's just that he rarely comes back, and there are still some old friends and relatives here, so he will naturally come back to catch up when he has time." ”

Park Seong-hoon paused after speaking, twisted open a bottle of mineral water, took a sip and continued: "As for why you left, it's inconvenient to tell you this." ”

Li Kong originally listened very seriously, but when he heard the coach say this, he had to pout his lips and continue to look out the window.

Park Seonghoon shook his head with a smile, and didn't care about Li Kong, and continued to say to himself: "Xiaokong, I know what you're worried about, it's pointless to think too much about some things, I have a sentence, I hope you can remember it." ”

When Li Kong heard the coach say this, his body seemed to tremble, and he turned around a little hesitantly, and said, "Coach, I, I'm not worried about anything......

Park Seonghoon didn't speak, just looked at Li Kong quietly, until he saw Li Kong blushing slightly and lowering his head a little embarrassed, he slowly said: "No matter how many difficulties there are, it shouldn't be an excuse for your path to success to be blocked!"

When Li Kong heard this, his brows furrowed, and he raised his head and asked with some puzzlement: "Coach, I don't understand......"

Park Seong-hoon stretched out his hand to signal Li Kong to calm down.

"You are the most 'peculiar' player I've ever met since I became a PE teacher for more than 20 years, Sora. I've taught a lot of talented students, I've seen all kinds of young players, but you, unlike them. “

When Park Seong-hoon said this, he glanced at Li Kong with great satisfaction and continued.

"Your talent is great, no matter where I put you on the court, you can do your job well, and your physical fitness is the best of all the students of your age I have ever met!

When Park Seong-hoon said this, he looked at Li Kong bowing his head thoughtfully, not knowing what to think, he nodded and said slowly: "I know that as a foreigner, it is very difficult to survive in South Korea, the soil of professional football youth training, but, Xiaokong, I hope you remember that any difficulties are not a reason to stop you from succeeding, and keep your paranoia and stubbornness on the field!" Don't be nervous, as long as you firmly believe in yourself and keep your original intention for football, you will definitely succeed! Because your talent and hard work will not let you fail! But if your own heart is already in turmoil and your attention is not on the field, you say to yourself, how can you succeed?"

Li Kong heard the coach's bitter lecture to himself, and there seemed to be some strange light flickering in his eyes, and the nervous mood that had become a little nervous as the tournament approached in the past few days seemed to be soothed, and the cranky things in his mind were also swept away.

Yes, what the coach said is right! I haven't achieved any achievements and honors yet, why do I start to worry about those "difficulties" that have not yet been shadowed? Before the game starts, my heart is in turmoil, so how much strength can I exert in the game?

I think the coach also saw his poor state in the past few days, so he deliberately came to enlighten himself.

Thinking of this, Lee Kong looked at Park Seong-hoon with a grateful face.

I saw that he stood up and bowed to Park Seongxun very dignifiedly, and the other team members in the car were stunned, not knowing what was going on.

Park Seonghoon pulled Li Kong down and sat down, and when he saw that the nervousness and anxiety that flashed in this stinky boy's eyes from time to time in the past few days had disappeared, he smiled and rubbed Li Kong's head.

"That's right, there are some things you don't even have to think about, because it's useless to think about them! Kick your feet on the pitch to show those guys! Make them have to pay attention to you, have to break the "rules" of their club for you, you have the strength, I always believe in you!"

Li Kong scratched his head a little embarrassed when he heard this, but then he looked at Park Seonghoon very firmly: "I will definitely kick the ass of those geniuses, coach!"

Park Seong-hoon looked at Li Kong with a black line, and said secretly in his heart: "I didn't seem to say that just now?"

But seeing that the little guy was full of confidence at the moment, he didn't say anything, nodded, and sat back in the passenger seat of the bus.

The driver who was driving the car had been working in Yangzhi Middle School for a long time, and he had been old friends with Park Chengxun for many years.

Park Seonghoon closed his eyes and let out a comfortable breath, and said leisurely: "Don't look at this group of stinky boys who are very mature day by day, they are still children in the end, and it is normal to be nervous at this time, after all, it is a national competition, I can't take care of it too much." ”

Speaking of this, Park Seong-hoon opened his eyes and looked back, only to see Li Kong running to the back row and a group of bastards who didn't know what to say, which made a group of teenagers laugh and they looked very happy.

Shaking his head, Park Seong-hoon turned around and looked at the wide road that had driven out of the downtown area of Seoul at this time and led to the youth training base in northern Seoul, and smiled a little wistfully.

"These stinky boys~"