Chapter 151 – Jesus Heaven, Hell of Disbelief -2
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The Korean national team, which was taking the lead early in the first half thanks to Joo Jesus’ first goal, boosted morale by praising each other for good moments during the halftime locker room conversation.
“Lord Jesus! “The score was crazy!”
“Youngbeom hyung nice save!!”
“Dongjun-! “The last tackle was good!”
Even Lord Jesus, who likes to set the mood, spends the rest of his time simply praising his colleagues. He encouraged us to perform well against Belgium.
“Vamos-! Everyone is doing great! “There are only 45 minutes left until victory!!”
The Korean national team prepared for the second half in a good mood.
[Hello, viewers. We will now be broadcasting the remaining 45 minutes of the first group match between South Korea and Belgium live at Beijing Walker Stadium in China.]
The referee blows the whistle and the second half begins
[Early in the first half, Joo Jesus’ fantastic header cut into the Belgian net, putting Korea ahead, and the second half of the match between Korea and Belgium began with the referee’s whistle!]
Did the Belgian players, with their solemn expressions, renew their motivation during halftime?
[Belgium presses hard at the start of the second half, and the players look a little embarrassed.]
As soon as the game started, there was strong pressure on Korea.
[Ah-! We need to help the players! You have to go around and catch the ball!]
When Kim Jin-soo was isolated by Belgium’s strong pressure and lost the ball, Belgium launched a powerful counterattack.
[Jinsu Kim gets the ball taken away! Belgium’s counterattack begins!! Long to the side!! The ball goes to Carrasco!! Carrasco catches the ball!! Dongjun Kim follows quickly.]
Karsko faced Kim Dong-jun once again, and this time he succeeded in breaking through by deceiving Kim Dong-jun.
[Ah-! Carrasco succeeds in breaking through Dongjun Kim! Crisis in Korea! Carrasco just shoots!!]
Carrasco, who broke through Kim Dong-jun and entered the penalty box, hit a low, quick shot toward the bottom of the near post.
Yoo Young-beom calmly took his position and prepared to make a save.
Sloshing-!
[Ah-! We ended up conceding a point. Carrasco’s shot deflected off the defender’s leg and hit the net. Korea concedes a goal at the start of the second half.]
Unfortunately, the ball was hit by the leg of Hong Do-yoon, who ran to interfere with Carrasco’s shot, and was deflected in an unexpected direction, conceding a goal.
[The players need to focus on the game a little more. Even if there was bad luck in conceding the goal, Jinsu Kim should have quickly approached to catch the ball in an isolated situation, right? Ah… That part is really unfortunate.]
[Yes. However, now that the score is tied, I hope that it will feel like a fresh start, forget about past plays, and bring the game back to the flow that was dominated at the beginning of the game!]
The Belgian players, excited by the equalizing goal, ran to the corner flag and celebrated.
“Verdammt, ich bin der Beste! (Damn, I’m the best!!)”
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After Carrasco’s goal, Belgium gained momentum and continued to pound on Korea’s goal.
[Wow-! Fortunately, the shot goes outside the goal.]
The commentator, somewhat cautiously, mentioned the possibility of replacing tired defensive midfielder Kwon Taek-yong.
[Ah… It looks like Kwon Taek-yong is very tired? In the first half he would have put pressure on the shot before he hit it! I think it’s time for a replacement.]
Coach Utilike, who saw Taek-yong Kwon’s activity level decreasing, quickly attempted to replace him.
[Yes, the moment I mentioned it, the replacement of the Republic of Korea is taking place. Coach Utilike brings in Kwon Taek-yong, who appears to be tired, and adds striker Baek Dong-su.]
Coach Utilique showed that he was not satisfied with the draw in this game by bringing in an attacker instead of using the same defensive midfielder.
[Anyway, it could be a tactic to go with a two-top system or to slightly lower Joo Jesus to play the number 10 role. As we all know, isn’t Joo Jesus’ passing ability comparable to his shooting ability?]
As the commentator said, when Baek Dong-soo approached the Lord Jesus and spoke to him, the Lord Jesus nodded his head and then quietly came down and took the attacking midfield position.
[Yes, as the commentator said, Joo Jesus is playing an attacking midfielder position.
[Actually, I don’t know why the Lord Jesus plays in club games because he doesn’t play defense, but if you watch the Champions League final, he is a very good defender as well.]
Joo Jesus, located in the attacking midfielder, began to actively participate in the midfield battle and raise the mood of Korea.
“Vamos!! You idiots! “Don’t be discouraged!”
[Coach Utilike’s intention is to give strength to the midfield battle by moving Joo Jesus to an attacking midfielder, and to bring diversity to the attack through Joo Jesus’ creative ball distribution… Oh! Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus broke the ball!]
Not long after starting to play as an attacking midfielder, Joo Jesus read Belgium’s passing path and succeeded in blocking the pass.
[The Lord Jesus looks forward after blocking the pass! In front, you can see Baek Dong-su infiltrating!!]
After looking ahead, Joo Jesus turned slightly and sent a roving through pass into the space in front of the infiltrating Baek Dong-su.
[Baek Dong-soo infiltrates! Jesus Joo taps the ball and delivers the pass!! It didn’t get caught on the defender’s head!!]
Joo Jesus’ pass did not reach the head of Belgian defensive midfielder Andrea Gomes and safely headed to Baek Dong-su.
[Baek Dong-soo is just like that! Ahhh-!! Yay-!!]
└ Fuck you, you bastard!!
└ No, why is it that Korea is either a shot to break through the atmosphere or a water whirlwind shot!! Siyi haircut!!
Baek Dong-soo tried to volley a shot at Joo Jesus’ lobbed pass toward him. Unfortunately, it was deflected and did not make an accurate impact, and Baek Dong-soo’s shot rolled across the ground and into the goalkeeper’s arms.
[Ah… Too bad! It was a golden opportunity! The impact was not accurate! It’s really unfortunate!!]
[Yes, the ending was disappointing, but Coach Utilike’s tactical changes were effective! As soon as he enters the game, Baek Dong-su receives a fantastic pass from Joo Jesus and scores an effective shot!]
└ Ha… You really are a fucking piece of shit!! If it was Jesus type, I would have put it in, you idiot!!
└ Fuck haha, if you use it on a Jesus type striker, the attack won’t develop. If you use it in an attacking midfielder, it won’t finish. Is this a national university?!
└ In fact, the national team has 70% of its strength made up of Jesus type players…
└ ? The proportion of Jesus type is only 70%? What happens to the remaining 30%?
└ Beomleluja 25%, remaining players 5%
└ Tongjun gives 5%. Still, I helped this game.
└ 5% is too much. I think we can give 3.5% and split 1.5% between the rest.
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Baek Dong-soo kicked the pass that was spoon-fed to me like he was kicking it off the table. He smiled awkwardly and gave me a pat.
… Are you laughing? Are you shooting like that and laughing?
I was so angry at the moment that I started swearing all the way down to my throat, but I managed to calm him down and encouraged him by clapping with my trembling hands.
“Well… Well done!”
… Yes, you may not be able to include it.
Since when did I expect so much from the national team?
Where did you not get caught for offside, and where did your foot touch the ball?
I thought as positively as possible and focused on the game.
I ran around like crazy to get to the round of 16 and beyond as easily as possible.
“The Second Coming of Jesus!! Manmaangbok!!”
The audience watching me cheered and chanted my name.
Through my performance, Korea had a tense battle with Belgium.
However, due to the goalkeepers of both teams making super saves as if they were on drugs. The two teams could not easily open the goal.
Time passed by so quickly, regular hours came to an end.
In a situation where only two minutes of extra time were declared.
Hong Do-yoon, who became the culprit of conceding a goal when the ball was deflected after hitting his leg, succeeded in stealing the ball from Belgium’s special striker, the ‘monster’ Romelu Brsharn.
“Run!!”
Korea’s final attack unfolded as Hong Do-yoon, who stole the ball, sent a long ball toward the space behind Ko Seok-jun, who was penetrating from the front.
I started running like crazy, squeezing all the strength I had from breastfeeding.
Ko Seok-jun, who penetrated the side, crossed.
Go Seok-jun’s cross hit Baek Dong-soo’s forehead and headed straight toward the goal.
The moment when everyone’s attention was focused.
Once again, the Belgian goalkeeper made a crazy save.
Chin-!
The ball hits the goalkeeper’s hand and bounces into the penalty box.
The moment when Korean spectators were frustrated by the Belgian goalkeeper’s save.
Pwow-!
I ran at full speed, not trusting my teammates, entered the penalty box, and pushed the second ball to the other side of the goalkeeper.
Sloshing-!
After scoring a goal, I immediately ran to the corner flag, put my back to him for the first time in a while, and spread my arms.
“Jesus heaven, disbelief hell!!”
The crowd became a fanatic and chanted my name.
