332. Taking control of the squad (2)
Eden Hazard was ecstatic.
To be honest, it was true that I let my guard down.
Anyway, this was training, not actual combat.
Moreover, who would have dared to imagine that Woo Ho-young would come running and steal the ball as soon as the game started?
‘I knew that my interpersonal marking skills were good, but…’
I didn’t know that I would be this good.
No, this was at a level that I could not even dare to say was excellent.
An experience that has never been experienced in the French league.
‘Ha… are you an attacker or a defender…’
Woo Ho-young’s skill in cutting the ball felt like a sharp wind passing by.
There was no unnecessary stuff.
A perfect tackle that completely eliminates unnecessary movements.
From head to toe, all movements seemed to move as one.
Truly strict body control.
‘I didn’t even react properly.’
Hazard, who, although not world-class, has a high-level decompression ability, could not help but be embarrassed.
No matter how careless he was, this was beyond his imagination.
There was a big difference between actually seeing it and experiencing it.
‘It’s incredible….’
The difference in level.
But Hazard did not sit there.
He is a player with strong self-esteem.
If I was going to be discouraged by something like this, I wouldn’t have come to the big stage of England at such a young age.
He stood in front of Woo Ho-young again.
Although we made a mistake from the start, it will not end like this.
You can’t just be humiliated from day one.
It was then that Eden Hazard’s voice reached the rear.
“ball!”
“uh…?”
“Give me the ball!”
“Uh oh!”
After shouting loudly, Fellaini scratched his head and handed the ball over.
That’s how chaotic the situation was.
The 11 players, including Fellaini, were unable to come to their senses as if they had been struck by lightning.
It was natural for that to happen as they broke through in an instant and conceded a goal.
Soccer, which was completely different from the soccer they had played so far, made them lose their senses.
‘It’s impossible in this state.’
Hazard clearly felt it.
That you can’t win if you don’t do your best.
The fact is that if you are careful, you might lose.
‘Let’s keep calm. It’s a 7v11 game anyway. If you attack calmly, you can hit any number of points.’
There are about 19 minutes remaining.
Hazard called the offensive team together.
Vladimir Bass in the center of Gareth Bale on the right of Santa Cruz in the front line.
“Everyone listen carefully.”
Hazard spoke impassionedly to the players, using a mixture of poor English and gestures.
The focus was one thing.
“Anyway, there are 7 opponents. “If we give them credit, they get tired.”
That was right.
Personnel is an absolutely important factor in a soccer game.
It is true that nothing can fill a person’s void.
Roque Santa Cruz also agreed.
“You can never win a game. We let our guard down just now, but we will win in the end. Everyone, be confident.”
“Good. I will handle the playmaking on the wing. Gareth Vladimir, you two bring Iniesta and David Silva. “We use space.”
This means that as the number of opponents is small, there will be a lot of space left, so take advantage of that.
From a common sense perspective, it made sense.
But no positive answer came back.
Gareth Bale tilted his head.
“well. “Will that really work?”
“What are you talking about? I do not speak English. Explain it easily.”
“I wonder if the attack will work if we bring down Iniesta and David Silva. “Based on my experience, I don’t think it will ever work.”
Gareth Bale, who had already played against Ho-Young Woo in practice, could not agree with Hazard’s words.
The same was true for Vladimir Bays.
“Azar, you don’t know. Roque: Same goes for you. “I don’t know if you were on loan, but I trained with Woo Ho-young and played together briefly in a second-team game.”
“however?”
“There is no space left around there.”
“What does that mean? “Do I not understand English now?”
When Hazard expressed doubt, Gareth Bale came forward this time.
It was explained in one word so that it was easy to understand.
“Woo Ho-young is not just one person.”
“what?”
“Let’s give it a try. “It’s quicker to feel it yourself than to hear it in words.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Azar didn’t know what that meant until then.
However, I was able to realize it not long after training resumed.
Percussion!
“Turn quickly! “Faster!”
widely!
“It’s not enough! “Faster!”
Azar’s urgent voice filled the field.
Team B players, including Santa Cruz, Bale, Vladimir, Hazard, Fellaini, and Casemiro, were trying to move forward by passing the ball, but there was no gap in sight.
Rather, he was hardly able to escape from the pressure of his opponent.
‘This doesn’t make sense.’
Azar burst into anger inside.
I almost wondered if the scene unfolding before my eyes was a dream.
There are clearly 4 more people here, but I guess they can’t overwhelm them in terms of space occupancy.
Of course, it was definitely superior.
Because there are 4 more people.
However, this aspect of the game could never be seen as the difference between the four players.
Soon after, Gareth Bale and Santa Cruz scored three goals in a row, but it wasn’t enough.
At least two more goals should have been scored here.
Although Team A was playing extreme defense, they were not professional defenders.
Nevertheless, more than 60% of Team B’s chances were wasted.
The real reason was different.
‘Woo Ho-young…’
This is because he was constantly moving back and forth and left and right, dominating the space in all directions.
“Pass to the left!”
If you try to open the opposite space in this way, Woo Ho-young runs towards it and takes control of the space before you can do so.
It was strange.
No matter how fast Woo Ho-young is, he is not faster than a passer.
However, he was putting pressure on Team B’s passing play with just his movement.
‘Is that a person? uh?’
As Azar suspected, it was not something a person could do.
When a person moves, it is normal for the space to be empty, but no matter how much Woo Ho-young moved, there was hardly any space left.
Even if an opening appears, it quickly disappears by the time you try to target it.
That’s right, Woo Ho-young keeps running around without even a moment’s rest.
Moreover, it was not just roughly moving into an empty space.
Every movement he made had meaning.
The goal was to occupy important bases one by one.
The presence of Iniesta, David Silva, and Yaya Toure supporting the team at the back helped in many ways.
‘Huh…’
One organism.
Is that really the team that has been working together for two months?
It felt like a huge tower with no visible top was standing right in front of me.
“shit.”
It can’t go on like this.
Although we won 3-1, this alone was not enough.
As a playmaker, I had to make a decision.
“hey!”
As if Santa Cruz had been waiting for Hazard’s shout, he advanced from the center to the front right.
Vladimir, who had been staying in the second line, headed to the front line and Gareth Bale frantically infiltrated the left flank, shaking up the defense.
At that moment, venom filled Azar’s eyes.
There are at least three places where you can deliver the pass.
‘This can’t be stopped.’
Hazard confidently passed to the right and attempted a momentary penetration forward.
It was shortly after that that Santa Cruz’s return pass came back.
Percussion!
“nice!”
“Go right in!!”
Utilization of wide space using numerical superiority and sharp one-two pass.
Hazard was able to break past Iniesta and Ronaldinho into empty space.
What’s left is Yaya Toure.
‘Good.’
There was nothing to worry about since I saw Hoyoung Woo wandering between Bale and Vladimir.
From there, Hazard’s brilliant specialty began.
“…!”
Yaya Toure’s eyes were busy rolling.
Tap, tap!
Hazard was using his specialty, quick feet, to dribble concisely and quickly.
The fastest feet in the world.
That doesn’t mean flagship.
This does not mean that he is quick to hit and run like Argen Robben, but that his dribbling and ball control are very simple and quick.
It was for that reason that Hazard was called ‘a defender’s nightmare’.
In the end, Yaya Toure allowed him to break through.
‘it’s okay!’
A new space has opened.
Hazard had no doubt that it was his territory from here on out.
Before I knew it, Woo Ho-young had come to my side.
widely!
“…!”
Woo Ho-young’s surprise tackle from the side.
Running all the way from the other side to here in an instant was unreasonable.
‘What is this…’
Literally a supernatural phenomenon.
Ho-Young Woo’s ability to predict and make judgments that reach human limits, ability to react in an instant, soccer sense, and spatial understanding enabled Woo Ho-young to make unconventional plays.
And the surprise didn’t stop there.
‘What is the body….’
Steel.
It doesn’t move at all.
Hazard, who was already only 173 centimeters tall, was easily pushed aside in the physical fight.
but.
“Don’t lose it!!”
Azhar fought hard until the end.
Fighting spirit.
He tried to protect the ball until the end by using his quick feet, which was his talent.
But all those actions were in the palm of Buddha’s hand.
Percussion!
Hoyoung easily took the ball and then casually turned his back.
In a moment, Azar realized.
‘Those words earlier…’
What Gareth Bale said.
-Woo Ho-young is not just one person.
I finally realized what that meant.
The absurd fact is that Woo Ho-young has people who play various roles such as poacher, shadow striker, box-to-box anchorman, regista, false nine, and trequartista all coexisting.
“Ah…”
An eerie feeling covered Azar’s whole body.
Hoyoung glanced at him slightly.
[Eden Hazard]
Talents
– Nightmare-inducing quick feet (SU)
– Fantastic dribbling (S+2)
– Phenomenal ball control (S-)
– (More)
(You can covet one talent if you meet the conditions. )
(For grades S or higher, you must achieve the hidden condition.)
(Condition 1: Score more points than Eden Hazard in the training game)
(Condition 2: Successfully tackle 2 times)
(Condition 3: Successfully block passes 2 times Below)
(Hidden condition: Open when one or more talents are desired)
Unfortunately, there was no title yet, but even though he was 20 years old, he had two S ranks.
With a talent that would make him one of the top three dribblers, it was worth looking forward to how much he would grow in the future.
And more than anything.
‘I have fighting spirit.’
I could see the venom still remaining in Azar’s eyes.
And at that moment, Hoyoung stopped the ball slightly.
And as expected, he got up again and attempted a sliding tackle on Hoyoung.
With all my passion and sincerity.
“Ugh!”
however.
“?!!”
The ball in front of me disappeared.
While Hazard had the specialty of moving the ball quickly, Ho-Young Woo had the superhuman ability to move the ball in an instant.
That is, transcendent ball feeling.
Hoyoung’s show didn’t end there.
Crack, crack!
Concise and sharp two-touch.
Hoyoung escaped with agile movements and silently advanced to the front.
It is truly a scene of entertainment.
‘Ah…’
It was only then that Azar finally realized.
That Woo Ho-young is not from the same world.
That this is a person who cannot exist in the same position.
And it didn’t end there.
“Stop it!!”
“Oh, it’s pierced…!”
“cover!”
“I can’t go!”
“shit.”
All members of Team B were in a critical situation.
Woo Ho-young eliminated them one by one, as if breaking a seal.
Swish!
“her!”
Percussion!
“Keck!”
stroke!
90-degree bends and 360-degree turns seamlessly connected as one movement.
As this was repeated, a scene like a snake twisting its body unfolded.
It was only a matter of time before Fellaini Casemiro Shey Logan was robbed.
In addition, Iniesta, David Silva, and Ronaldinho Adebayor were active in the danger zone, so Clichy and Walker could not cover.
The result was the same this time too.
Crash!
The net was shaken by a shot coming from around 30 meters.
With this, the first set of training ended with a 3-2 victory for Team B.
It was an incredible result that even though Team A had no defense, they only won by 1 point.
Of course, Team B’s level was lower than Team A and the players had not yet adapted to the environment, but that alone could not explain it.
All transfer students, including Hazard, had no choice but to be taken over by Woo Ho-young.