Chapter 270 – Side Story 104: Leader World Cup -9
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Coach James Cook looked at the ground, which had entered a lull, and was lost in his thoughts.
‘Write… I guess I’ll have to take it out in the 60th minute of the second half. Looking at Jeju’s expression, I think he was thinking something strange… You don’t plan on playing full-time while holding the card, do you?’
Oh no way.
Director James Cook looked at the Lord Jesus’ expression and said it couldn’t be that way.
“Fuck up!!”
“Yes?”
When he saw the eyes of the Lord Jesus overflowing with the will to digest full-time, he swore without even realizing it.
The head coach next to him was startled and looked blankly at Coach James Cook. Coach Cook gave the head coach an apologetic look and then began to think about a solution.
‘… It’s the World Cup, so you won’t refuse to be replaced, right? Do you want to do it? Damn, it’s frustrating because I can’t figure out what a crazy person is thinking. Is this why the Munich Agreement came about? Phew… I feel like a Chamberlain.’
Coach James Cook had a serious expression on his face as he pondered how to invite the Lord Jesus to the bench.
“Oh! “Thank God!”
And when he looked at the ground again, he was convinced and decided not to let Jesus play in the second half.
[Goooool-! Goooool-!! Korea scores 5 goals in the first half alone!! Jesus’ volley shot pushes Italy into despair!!]
This is because the Pasta guys were shouting for unconditional surrender like Japan that was beaten by Little Boy and Fat Man.
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Is it because the shock and fear were too strong?
I could see the Italian players entering the locker room with bloodshot eyes.
“Hehe, I am your fear.”
As I said many times before the game started, Italy is a truly unremarkable team.
Of course, in the past, Italy was a soccer powerhouse, winning the World Cup as many as four times.
At that time, it was proudly considered one of the strongest soccer countries along with Brazil, Argentina, and Germany.
However, Italy entered a downward trend after winning the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
The dark period that began with elimination from the group stage in 2010 continued with elimination from the group stage in 2014 and failure to advance to the World Cup finals for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2022.
In particular, it was a shock in itself that the Italian national team, which won the 2020 Euro, failed to advance to the finals of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Is it as if the universe is rejecting Italy’s participation in the World Cup?
And unfortunately for Italy, there was a basement beneath the floor.
Italy was eliminated from the group stage in 2026 and failed to advance to the World Cup finals from 2030 to 2046.
For a long time, the sight of the Italian national team struggling to even advance to the finals, let alone perform well in the World Cup, made Italians perceive the World Cup as a festival for someone else’s country rather than a festival for the world.
Before reaching the quarterfinals of this World Cup, the Italians had attempted to win the race by claiming that the Euros were the World Cup and Serie A was the Champions League.
“Just like England when they couldn’t perform in the World Cup.”
Write… I think it’s more serious than in the UK.
… Isn’t it? The UK didn’t perform well in the Euros either, so is it worse for the UK?
What. Anyway, the match between Korea and Italy is virtually over.
Even if the sky opens in two, Italy will not be able to turn this game around.
In the first place, Italy is a team with a strong defense, not a team with a strong attack.
‘I’ll just have to enjoy the second half and play full time.’
So, I entered the locker room with a satisfied smile.
“Jesus watched the game from the bench in the second half…”
Director James Cook approached us with a stern expression and made a proposal. And I immediately rejected his offer.
“Nooooo-!!”
“Up to 50 minutes…”
“Nooooo-!!”
“60 minutes! 60 minutes is the last time, no more! “If you refuse this too, I’ll just replace it now!”
“…”
Why does this body say it doesn’t like it even if I tell it to run more?
“As expected, humans cannot understand…”
I looked at Director James Cook’s tired and earnest face and sighed, then nodded.
***
Meanwhile, at that time.
The Republic of Korea has become a festive mood.
The game was virtually decided with 5 goals scored in the first half alone.
Even the opposing team was Italy.
Even though its name value has dropped significantly compared to the past, Italy was the fourth country to win the World Cup the most after Brazil, Germany, and Argentina.
And after the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, soccer fans in Korea and Italy were deeply emotional due to the controversy over Italy’s purchase.
[Title: Would you like to buy this for 77 billion won?]
[Title: Ah haha, it was developed as an Italian rice cake, right? Haha,]
[Title: Italy is blocked by the mountainous nation of Korea.]
[Title: Why Italy lost to Korea. Because I don’t have the magic of a mountain climbing king. Kkkk]
Most Korean soccer fans felt relieved to see Italy eliminated.
And some fans began to ridicule the Italian national team, whose performance was lower than expected.
[Title: Wow, the dark ages of Italy are so long.]
(Italy lifting the trophy at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Jpg)
When I was young, the team was strong enough to win the World Cup…
(South Korea 5: 0 Italy score. Jpg)
How did it end up like this?
Really, soccer is so bad haha
(Italian player swinging his elbow. Jpg)
Just, you idiots with one-tool elbows haha
(Lord Jesus avoiding elbows. Jpg)
Even that was wrong haha
└ Yes? A time when Italy was a strong team? Are you an Australopithecus?
└ Kkkk Odaeppang kkkk
└ Calciopoli (match-fixing) played a big role in the downfall of Italian soccer. With this, the status of Serie was ruined and the competitiveness of the league was ruined.
└ And less than 20 years later, Juventus, who had been fixing matches, even got into trouble with accounting fraud! Burst haha
└ It doesn’t end here; in the meantime, the president of the Italian Football Association is blatantly racially discriminating against people of color playing in Serie A, and is pressuring referees to make biased decisions toward people of color, destroying the competitiveness of the league once again.
└ The world says you’ll be a good guy, but if you mess up like this, you won’t even be a good person ㅆㅂㅋㅋㅋ
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52nd minute of the second half.
South Korea 5:0 Italy.
After playing soccer for about 200 years, the line between brilliant play due to creativity and skillful play due to experience becomes blurred.
This is a problem that occurs due to too much experience, because most situations have been experienced in the past.
Well, that doesn’t mean it’s bad.
Are you saying that highly advanced science is no different from magic?
It’s similar to that saying. The experience accumulated over hundreds of years was no different from creativity.
“Jesus brother!”
Junazaret, who blocked Italy’s dull attack, sends a long pass towards me.
To my left, Jubaul penetrates into the penalty box.
The Italian players are ready to rush in to steal the ball the moment I touch it.
As I watched that, I started thinking about what kind of play I would show.
It wasn’t a bad idea to throw a no-look through ball to the infiltrating Jubaul.
There was also a method of keeping the ball using the Mangeunchu.
But the revolutionary DNA flowing in my blood demanded a new path.
Tooung-!
I let the ball fly once again.
“Cheolsango-!”
He then hit the floating ball hard with his back and stabbed a through ball towards Joo Paul. The ball headed to Jubaul as quickly and accurately as if it had been kicked.
“… Wow, Lord! Jesus you crazy bastard. “I passed it with my back and the ball goes like that?”
“I’m amazed and proud of myself for still being alive despite being beaten every season by a kid with back muscles like that.”
While Ko Seok-jun and Kim Dong-jun were amazed by my fantastic back pass, Joo Paul, who received the pass, calmly kicked it to the other side of the goalkeeper and succeeded in scoring.
Mate!
Is it because there was a large difference in scores?
Paul Joo concluded the celebration with a quick high-five with his national team teammates.
“Tsk.”
When I saw that, I clicked my tongue and made a statement.
‘Someone said it.’
The reason Messi is the best player in the world is because every time he scores, he feels happy as if he scored his debut goal.
I strongly agree with that opinion.
Since the score is multiple, you don’t celebrate out of respect for your opponent?
That means not respecting the other person.
Soccer players must do their best at every moment. If he succeeds in scoring, he must tee-bag the opponent with a soulful celebration.
“Whoa… Stupid things. “You don’t even know these basic things.”
I felt like I needed to let the Korean national team know this fact through their actions.
Didn’t they say that it’s better to show once than to explain ten times?
‘I think I showed it to you before. What. If you don’t understand, I have no choice but to show you several times.’
As an enlightened king and an enlightened monarch, I was willing to show my foolish people again and again if only they could enlighten themselves.
I began to actively move to score additional goals, and fortunately, I succeeded in scoring an additional goal in Italy’s net before the time promised by coach James Cook.
“Siuuuuu-!!!”
After scoring a goal, I ran straight to the corner flag and performed a soulful celebration.
It was the first heavy rain.
“Siuuuuu-!!”
Then turn your body 180 degrees twice.
“Siuuuuu-!!”
Three times.
“Siuuuuu-!!”
Four times.
“You crazy bastard, stop!”
Let’s show off 4 heavy rains for 1 goal.
“Brother! If you keep doing this, we’ll all die!”
My teammates on the national team started to stop me.
***
[Oh, did Joo Jesus’ celebration stimulate the Italian players? Italy’s Niccolo Materazzi makes a rough tackle towards the Lord Jesus!]
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The moment you hit the ground after being fouled.
Ignoring the pain I felt in the area where I was hit, I raised my head and imprinted the jersey number and name of the player who committed the foul in my eyes.
‘Niccolo Materazzi’
It was to take revenge.
“I’ll kick you like Zlatan kicked Materazzi.”
But my revenge did not come true. The time limit has ended. When the appointed time arrived, coach James Cook immediately called me to the bench, and my revenge was postponed.
“I, the Lord Jesus, will definitely remember this shame.”
