Chapter One Hundred and Six: It Works
"See? Youngster~! This is the job assigned to the sappers by the old man of Coach Koboni~! โ
"I understand~! Mr. Haas~! This is to do the dirty work without any technology~! Fight as hard as you can~! End every offensive of the Barcelona team~! โ
"Hmm~! Observe it very carefully~! Then I would like to ask, if the old man assigned you to do this kind of dirty work, would you be willing? โ
"It's not a question of whether you want to or not~!"
"Oh~? What kind of problem is that~? โ
"Strictly speaking, this is not a problem, no matter what tactical instructions Coach Corboni gives me, I will follow his wishes~!"
"Oh~? So what about letting you go and kick the goalkeeper position~? โ
"It's all right~! I have no objection at all~! โ
"Yo~? The degree of execution is quite high~! But it's useless to only have these, the most important thing is to see the person's own ability to execute~! โ
"Not bad~! Just now, my teammate ended a very dangerous attack of the Barcelona team, and I think he did a good job~! โ
"Hmm~! I also ate a yellow card~! Really well done~! If he doesn't eat a yellow card, it means that he doesn't do his best to defend the work, then the tactics given by Coach Corboni will not work~! โ
"I agree with that, but you can't deliberately hurt the opponent, remember that the target is only the ball at the opponent's feet, not the opponent's two feet, or other parts of the ......!"
"That's right, but there are times when you face your opponent's ferocious interceptions. Injury will be an inevitable thing, you are a professional player, you should also understand this truth~! โ
"Hmm~! I understand~! But for now. The interception action of the teammates is not too much at all, the awareness of the foot is clear, and the aim is to the ball, although it is a yellow card, but this seems to be a necessary point in the tactics, right~? โ
"He~he~! Don't be in a hurry to defend your teammates~! I didn't say anything bad about them~? As for whether they are ruthless or not? I think it's a matter of opinion~! Anyway, for the rest of the game, I was sure that the Barcelona players would be eating grass and scream......ing in pain while crushing grass! โ
"Ha~~!" The two chuckled in unison. Carbine's instincts were funny, not because he was thinking about the wolf bรจi of the Barcelona players who had fallen to the ground eating grass, but because of the conversation with Mr. Haas. 'Foul' seems to have become a 'legal' thing in the game, and as a professional player, he inevitably feels a little funny......
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"Coach~! It is estimated that with the addition of injury time, there will only be seven minutes left in the game. But...... We are still in a situation where we are one goal behind~! โ
"Now is not the time to be in a hurry. In the early days after the two sappers were replaced, I thought we still had room to counter-attack, but if you look closely, how much more pressure did we put on our overall defence after Barcelona removed Sergio Busquets and Xavi and brought on two attacking players at once? โ
"......Shhh It's really hard to deal with~! But we can't sit still~! โ
"You can rest assured~! Every member of my team has the confidence to beat the opponent and they want to get the ball back, but do you remember? When was the last time we took the ball over the centre circle? โ
"Hmm~~? If I'm not mistaken~! It was about four minutes ago~! โ
"That's good~! I'll be in a minute. Barcelona had two offensive strikes, counted in four minutes. That is, eight offensives, hum~! Isn't it a little surprising that we were able to block eight attacks in four minutes? โ
"Coach~! Let's be honest, I'm just worried about the team~! It's not like you think the whole thing is so complicated~! โ
"No~! It's not complicated at all~! It's a matter of personal trade-off~! โ
"Whew~~! Instructor~! What do you say...... I don't quite understand something~! โ
"Hah......! Hold your horses~! That's it, after being persuaded by you, I compromised, and then deployed two sappers on the field, this move was originally intended to wait for the opportunity to counterattack in passivity, but when the opponent attacked more and more, and we defended more and more steadily, I understood something from this, and the first point is...... We're doomed~! โ
"Huh~? Instructor~! You can't talk nonsense~! Although the time for the game is running out, it doesn't mean that we don't have a chance. โ
"No~! This can be represented, which means that we have no chance of equalizing, and we will not even have a chance to counterattack~! โ
"Then we can only accept the fact that we lost the game~! Is that so~? โ
"No~! We don't accept it, we face it~! For this game, accepting and facing are completely different things~! โ
"Coach~! But aren't all the truths the same? We're going to lose~! It's a fact that we're going to lose~! โ
"Yes~! We're going to lose~! And it's very likely that it will just lose one goal~! On the surface, it's a pity, but after this game, the Barcelona team is not the only beneficiary~! โ
"Oh~? Are we too...... The beneficiary? โ
"That's right~! A season is a long-distance battle, first of all, of course, we want to beat our opponents in every game, but for this game that is not over, it is already a fact that we have lost three points, but you think about it, we blocked the Barcelona team's attack in four minutes for nearly eight times, what does this mean~? โ
"It shows that our defense is extremely meticulous, so that the opponent can't get the slightest chance!"
"Yes~! We can even resist the indiscriminate bombardment of the Barcelona team, so in the rest of the schedule, when we fight against other opponents, and when we start to defend the work, what we have learned in today's game will come in handy~! โ
"Oh~~! So that's it~! I understand~! Instructor~! โ
"Seriously~! Who doesn't want to win~? Right~? But in the face of such a situation, your thoughts should be flexible, I am not comforting myself, to convince myself to face the fact of losing the game bravely, but I really in that moment, deeply understand another meaning after losing this game~! โ
"Hmm~! Got it~! Instructor~! โ
"Besides, although the Barcelona team won all three points, after the game, they have the need to review themselves, because under our close watching, the seemingly fierce eight attacks have all come to naught, for a strong team like Barcelona, this is a fact that no one can accept~!"
"Hmm~! Instructor~! This fully highlights the fact that our team's defensive ability is extremely strong~! So to speak~! I totally understand what you mean~! โ
"Well said~! Now when the 'madman' recovers from his injury, the team will have an official 'helmsman' for the rest of the game...... We'll get room to win~! โ
"Huh~? Instructor~! The game is almost over~! โ
"No hurry~! Anyway, strictly speaking, the tactics I gave have already worked~! The losing side is not necessarily us~! โ
After Coach Corboni finished speaking, the corners of his mouth raised, and he seemed to be snickering in his heart.
The assistant coach with whom he had been talking was obviously anxious, although he thoroughly understood Coach Corbony's words, but his mood was different, and he was still a little depressed in the face of the team's imminent loss......
"Beep~Beep~Beep~~~~!"
The final whistle of the game sounded, and the on-site commentator explained: "The game is over~!" Barcelona won the game 2-1 away from home and took all three ......! โ
The on-site commentator gave all the first sentence to the winner.
But who is the loser in this game? (To be continued......)