Chapter 182 – Side Story 16: Iberia World Cup -3
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The match between Korea and Algeria has ended.
Although a very minor controversy arose regarding the sabotage of the Lord Jesus. Public opinion reversed when the entrance tunnel video was released, and Utilike guaranteed the players the rest they had promised.
Day of rest.
“Rurrrr, peekaboo!”
“Caarrr!”
The national team players relieved their mental stress by meeting their families or participating in blind dates arranged by European players.
“H-Hola! Hey, what does Adam Joo say in Spanish? “I forgot because I don’t use Spanish at all.”
“You don’t want to tell me?”
“Oh, tell me quickly!”
“Puta”
“Oh, right!”
“Pedejo (idiot)”
“Yes, you are Pedejo”
While Jooyun and Joo Adam perform courtship dance moves on a blind date.
The Lord Jesus also had a happy time with his family who came from Madrid.
“Bah!”
“Hug me!”
As soon as the twins saw the Lord Jesus, they ran and embraced him. Joo Joo-han looked sullenly at Joo Jesus, whose arms were full from holding the twins.
“John, are you completely my older brother now?”
Song Yuna gently stroked Yohani’s head as she gave her father’s embrace to her twin.
“Huh! “Yohan is my older brother!”
Yohan placed his hand on his waist after hearing his mother’s words. While Song Yuna was loving Yohan’s smug appearance, the Lord Jesus lowered her twins from her arms to the ground and opened her arms toward Yohani.
“Bah! Baa!”
“Hug me more!”
The twins whined for more hugs from their dad. The Lord Jesus shook his head resolutely.
“Kids, it’s been a while since you’ve seen your dad.”
The twins became sullen at the words of the Lord Jesus. Remembering that their older brother had been playing with them on behalf of their father, they meekly gave up their arms.
“Son!”
The Lord Jesus smiled and opened his arms toward John. Yohan hesitated a little, but then quickly ran into his father’s arms and chatted about all the things that had happened in his father’s arms.
“Dad, Yohan scored a hat trick again in the last game~!”
“Did you? “Our Yohan is good at soccer?”
“Huh! “Johan is good at soccer!”
The Lord Jesus, who was spending happy time with his family, was startled by John’s next words.
“Yohan will also become a national representative later!”
“… Huh? Spain national team?”
“No Korea!”
He sincerely discouraged his son from wearing the South Korea national team uniform.
“Son, Dad alone is enough to carry the crown of thorns and the cross.”
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Is it thanks to the holiday provided by Utilike? South Korea, who felt at ease by spending time with their families, also won the second group match against Mexico, confirming their advance to the round of 16 early.
[Korea defeated Mexico 2:0!]
[South Korea successfully advanced to the round of 16!]
The evening after the game against Mexico ended.
As with the previous World Cup in China, Utilike informed the starting players that reserve players would be used in the third round of the group stage.
As a result, now.
I had time to look through Korean news articles while lying in my hotel room.
[Republic of Korea challenging to win the World Cup for the first time in history!]
└ Come on, let’s win Asia’s first World Cup!
└ Honestly, isn’t Korean soccer on the verge of a breakaway?!
└ Damn the entrance to Tal-Ah. Korean soccer is a bubble right now, so enjoy it. If the current national team members retire, it will go straight to hell. ㅅㄱ
└ So what is your nationality?
└ Oh, by any chance, China didn’t even advance to this World Cup?
[Special article) How did Korea become a soccer powerhouse?]
└ Wow… Jesus worked really hard to help Korean players advance overseas.
└ㄹㅇ;; I never dreamed that I would help so actively.
└ Hallelujah! Trust Him!
└ Jesus heaven, disbelief hell!
└ Jesus Gwanglim Mangwangangbok!
[South Korea, a soccer powerhouse. Now, the round of 16 is just gum?]
└ Honestly, shouldn’t we go to at least the quarterfinals?
└ ㅇㅈ They are the runner-up team in the last tournament, so they should go to the quarterfinals.
└ No, it was a good thing that we made it to the round of 16, so why are there comments like this?
└ㄹㅇ;; Since when was Korea a soccer powerhouse?
Honestly, I was speechless while reading the article. In the news article, the Korean people were happy about advancing to the round of 16. Maybe it’s because people’s eyesight has become too high due to the last World Cup. The atmosphere was that it was a given that we should advance to the round of 16.
Some netizens even talked about at least the quarterfinals. While reading the news article, I felt that the last World Cup had set the expectations for Korean soccer too high.
“Hmm. “The current actions seem to be similar to those after the 2002 World Cup.”
Well, before the 2002 World Cup, the country’s goal was to win one game at the World Cup. After the 2002 World Cup, advancing to the round of 16 was taken for granted.
If the atmosphere is still like this, it’s probably good. What.
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There was a time when I thought that too.
The third group match of the 2046 Iberia World Cup was played with rest given to the main players.
South Korea, which gave its main players a break, lost 1:0 to Sweden and advanced to the round of 16 as second place in the group.
As a result, we ended up meeting Argentina, the winner of the previous tournament, in the round of 16.
Public opinion in Korea exploded.
[Utilike’s arrogance returns with the worst results. Korea meets the previous tournament champion Argentina in the round of 16.]
Starting with an article reprimanding the starters for giving them rest
[South Korea where the Lord Jesus was not injured.
The time for revenge for the last World Cup final has arrived!]
There is even a soccer reporter with a strange logic that says they have to win the next game and prove to the world that the winner of the last tournament was in fact South Korea.
In the crazy world of the Internet, where all kinds of crazy people are actively inflaming public opinion. A coworker, Leo Lopez, poured oil on him.
[The Lord Jesus’ colleague, Argentine deity Leo Lopez. He opens up about the round of 16 match against Korea. ‘I have good memories of the last final. We will win this time too. To be honest, the Korean national team is nothing special except Jejus.’]
A naive country boy born in Rosario, Argentina, became a soccer hero for Argentina after winning the trophy at the last World Cup, and instantly transformed into a different person.
Other than going to clubs, drinking and driving, and living a debauched life, he goes in other directions, such as talking to the media, making provocative celebrations to the opposing team’s spectators at the stadium, and very occasionally kicking opposing team players. It was corrupted.
“Ha, where on earth did the spirit of sports and fair play come from?”
I clicked my tongue slightly. As a fellow member of Real Madrid, I couldn’t leave my arrogant junior like this.
I conducted interviews with the media and poured out my affectionate and bitter words.
[Jesus giving advice to Leo Lopez. ‘We must not forget the spirit of sports. Respecting the opposing team is also part of the game.’]
[Soccer fans embarrassed by Jeju’s interview. ‘Why are you saying that?’]
[The Korean branch of the Lord Jesus’ fan club, The Church of Jesus, has a heated argument about the Lord Jesus’ interview. ‘It seems like sobriety is painful.’]
[Emergency] Is the Lord Jesus injured? The Korean national team with the emergency signal on.]
… What on earth is my image now? I managed my image in my own way. I think I’ll be a little hurt.
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I was hurt by public opinion for a while. The entire round of 16 match between South Korea and Argentina was held at SL Benfica’s home stadium, Estadio do Sport Lisboa y Benfica, located in Lisbon.
After this round of 16 match, the schedule will end in Portugal, and the remaining World Cup schedule will be played in Spain, my hometown.
“Jesus!”
“Leo.”
When Leo Lopez spotted me in the entrance tunnel before the game started, he approached me with a bright expression.
“Let’s play a good game.”
“Okay, don’t just provoke the crowd and get a warning.”
“You know they don’t do that at the World Cup.”
Leo Lopez, who had publicly revealed that I was his idol, listened to my jokes with twinkling eyes as if he wanted to save them in his brain.
“… If I could give you a tip, when you hit your opponent, you should hit them as concisely as possible using a wrist snap. That way, you won’t be caught in the eyes of judgment.”
He’s definitely someone I can teach my know-how to. I don’t know when I’ll get tired of soccer. If I retire from soccer, this is the guy who will compete for the Ballon d’Or award with Jesus González.
“Anyway, I was disappointed that you didn’t invite me to the meeting last time.”
“Tell that to Louis, he handed out invitations on his own.”
I talked with him about various topics, and as game time approached. The conversation ended naturally.
“Oh, I guess I should go now. Let’s play a good game.”
“Okay.”
When the conversation ended, Leo Lopez turned to his colleagues, and the four children from Jesus Orphanage glared at Leo Lopez, who was smiling brightly, with murderous eyes.
Hmm. Is it because of Leo Lopez’s provocative interview? I don’t know the exact reason why the kids are glaring at Leo Lopez.
“Now, let’s kill each other.”
Right now, I felt like I had become a huge dark place.
