"Champion! Champion! We are the champions! ”

"Jin Ming! Jin Ming! Jin Ming! ”

Seoul FC fans are glad of that. A win would put Seoul FC eight points ahead of second-placed Suwon Samsung and 10 points ahead of their opponents in this match.

It's definitely a huge gap, and it's not something that can be shortened in one or two games. If this game is won, then the championship, the K-League regular season championship, will be in the bag.

"Marko, Seoul FC really has a lot of good players."

"Yes."

Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans, the two foreigners sitting in the VIP seats communicated with each other. Neither of them is very old, that is, in their thirties. Both of them were writing and drawing in their notebooks.

"Hasn't Monaco already started to make contact with Park Joo-young? Why are you still here to observe him. ”

Be.

The guy in front of me, Marco, is a scout. It's called Marco Tebel.

He actually started in South Korea very early and has been observing Korean players. In the past two years, he has paid the most attention to Park Joo-yong, as early as a year and a half ago, he introduced Park Joo-yong to several clubs he knew well in European football.

He's not a scout for a particular club.

In fact, this is the case for most of European football. Those big teams, they all have their own scouting teams. When a player is scouted, it is directly scouted by their club's scouts. The inspection report is then sent directly to the club's athletic department.

But those small teams can't afford to raise a scout team, or because the burden is too heavy, they won't raise a scout team.

Especially those small teams in the middle and lower reaches of Serie A, La Liga, and Ligue 1 are all in debt. Of course, it's not just their leagues, even the Bundesliga, which is known as a very rational league, and the small and medium-sized clubs are not doing very well.

A few years ago, other European leagues had already popularized the fourth referee. However, the reason why German football has been slow to decide on the fourth referee is because small and medium-sized clubs in Germany think that it is too expensive to raise a fourth referee. Although raising the fourth referee, each club will spend tens of thousands of euros, not more than 100,000 euros, but even this amount of money is considered too expensive by German clubs.

It's such a small and medium-sized club that picks and searches, how can they have the money to support a scouting team.

So in European football, a lot of scouts are for several clubs. The players they find, they will recommend according to their ideas. If you don't want this club, you will be introduced to that club.

Marco is one such scout.

He was German, a German scout. However, he has a close relationship with several clubs in European football. Marco originally introduced Park Zhouyong to Schalke 04, but Schalke 04 was ambitious in those years, and he didn't look down on Park Zhouyong at all.

So he introduced Park Joo-young to Monaco.

Monaco fell in love with Park Joo-young and is now negotiating with Seoul FC. However, Marko did not return to Germany or elsewhere, but continued to stay in South Korea and continue to follow the situation of Seoul FC.

"In addition to Park Joo-young, Seoul FC has a lot of players, all of whom I observe. I'm going to do it sooner, or I'll be cut off by someone else. ”

Scouting is also about competition.

Just like Marco.

If Monaco does bring in Park Joo-young, Monaco will have to pay Marco a sum of money at that time. After all, scouting is not a voluntary job, and scouting also has to earn money. He introduces you to good players and of course the team has to give him benefits.

And the better Park Joo-young's table is in the future, the more benefits scouts who recommend him will get.

While observing Park Joo-young, Marco is also becoming more and more interested in other players at Seoul FC. Like Li Qinglong, Ji Chengyong, Jin Ming, and even Zheng Guoguo are also in his observation.

He is really interested in the young players of Seoul FC.

Seoul FC has not appeared on the international stage for many years because of its poor results in the past few years. Especially the AFC Champions League, which has not played such a game as the AFC Champions League for many years.

Therefore, the attention is relatively low, and there is not much scouting attention.

But Marco knew it wouldn't be for long. As Seoul FC's results get better and better, and as Li Qinglong and Ji Chengyong's performances get better and better, Seoul FC is definitely going to play in the AFC Champions League.

What's more, Li Qinglong and Ji Chengyong will definitely play with the national team. As long as that's the case, then they will attract a large number of scouts. Marco didn't want that.

At a time when other scouts haven't really taken it seriously, he's going to take the lead and recommend these good players to European clubs.

It's not casual for a club to bring in a player.

Especially small and medium-sized clubs.

After a scout recommends a player to them, if the club is really interested in the player, then they ask the scout to keep an eye on him. This is not a short time at all, some take a few months, some take half a year, and some even take a year.

The same is true for Monaco.

After receiving the message from Park Joo-young, Monaco observed Park Joo-yong for a long time. It wasn't until Park Joo-young's performance was getting better and better this season that he made up his mind to bring in Park Joo-young.

This is true for European clubs as well.

It's Asian football, after all. Don't look at Park Joo-young as a first-class talent in Korean football, and he is also a first-class star in Asia. But in the eyes of other European clubs, Korean geniuses such as Park Zhouyong, Li Qinglong, and Ji Chengyong, and Chinese geniuses such as Chen Tao and Qu Bo, do not have so much weight. Spend tens of millions of euros on Brazilian talents, and they may not hesitate or feel distressed. But to the Asian genius, spend a few million euros, and they will be cautious and cautious.

Therefore, Marco is now recommending players for European clubs, and it is estimated that next season will be needed if he wants to have an answer.

"It's a treasure trove."

Marco was there to wonder which club these players should recommend to in order to get a response.

This is the game.

Like Seongnam Ilhwa's strong dialogue with Seoul FC, not only the fans of both sides, but also the head coach of the South Korean Olympic team, and of course, the head coach of the South Korean national team. There are also scouts like Marco.

But the players on the field don't have time to pay attention to who's up there, because they don't have the time to think about so much on the field.

When Kim Ming scored a goal, the balance of victory had begun to tilt in favor of Seoul FC.

Seoul FC is strong.

It's not just because FC Seoul has a strong defensive ability, but also a strong offensive ability. What's more, the counter-attack ability is very strong. In modern football, the transition from defense to attack is the most crucial part of scoring goals, and the transition from defense to attack is often accompanied by counterattacks.

In the K-League, Seoul FC is the strongest on the counter-attack.

Because Seoul FC has two fast wide players, Kim Ming and Lee Qinglong, the core of the midfield with strong passing ability, Ji Seongyong, and Dejan, who has strong scoring ability.

When there is a counter-attacking opportunity, there is almost no one to beat in the K-League.

Therefore, once Seoul FC is in the lead, few teams can beat Seoul FC. This time the same is true for Seongnam Ilwa. When the lead, Seongnam Ilwa can only attack.

If you attack it, there will be no good one.

Seoul FC quickly sued Seongnam Ilhwa what a counterattack was.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Li Qinglong took the ball and counterattacked from the right side. When he was about to get into the penalty area, after cooperating with Park Joo-yong one-two, he entered the penalty area and fired a low shot to expand the score to 2-0.

Towards the end of the first half, it was Li Qinglong who got rid of the defender on the right and a cross allowed Deyang to score the third goal of the game.

Completely destroyed the south of the city.