Three days later, Chiclayo's Elias Aguirre Stadium.

Group C second leg.

The match between Italy and the United States at 15:30 local time ended unchanged.

It was Italy's 3-0 victory.

The match between Korea and Ivory Coast began next.

It's really hard.

With a 4-3-3 formation, Korea succeeded in overcoming Ivory Coast's 4-4-2, while Ivory Coast overwhelmed Korea with tremendous physical strength.

The game went on without a concession, and the result was a one-on-one draw.

As a result, Korea was ranked first in the group with 1 win and 1 draw.

However, I had to wait for the number of cases when I lost the rest of the match, so I could not afford to hold my breath.

Three days later, September 23.

On the third day of the group stage, Korea and Italy were scheduled to fight at the Mansiche Stadium in Trujillo, about 200 km from Chiclayo.

Tuilere!

There was a press conference before the start of the game, as it was the last group stage to qualify for the quarterfinals.

The first interview was by Italian Demis coach.

A reporter who appears to be Hispanic asked mediocre questions.

"If you lose in Korea, you have to count the number of cases. How do you watch this game?"

"I never thought about losing. Unless the referee has a problem. "

"uh······"

The reporter was stumped at an unexpected response.

Another reporter raised his hand.

"Are you referring to the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Round of 16?"

"It's interpreted as far as the reporter thinks. What do you think? but."

Demis shook his gray haired mustache.

"I was the coach of the Italian national team during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. There are many things I want to say, but this is not a local pub.

In fact, that was an unconventional statement.

It is an interview that expresses that the world is seeing it, but it does not reveal emotions, but it has a very bad feeling for Korea.

"Then I'll ask you one last question. What do you think of Woo Woo-young in Korea? The Italian national team has been pointed out that the defense is very poor compared to the strong attackers. How do you want to stop Woo Ho Young? "

"Whatever others say, they play our games. If a friend named Woo Young scores two goals, we stop when we score three goals. We have Geobinco. "

"Is Woo Wooyoung not crazy about Geobinco?"

"I'm sorry to compare. Giovenko was born in '87, and Woo Ho-young was born in '93, but is it common sense worth comparing? "

"What do you think of the other players?"

"I'm not free enough to memorize the names of Korean players. Isn't it just a matter of knowing the features? "

"haha. That's a lot of confidence. "

Laughter spread in the middle.

At that time, however, a reporter asked, with no expression.

The language was English.

"South Korea is a team that won the French Montague Championship this year, but it tends to be underestimated. Besides, it is evaluated as the dark horse of the competition. Is that true or is it a bluff? "

"Bluff? You are a Korean reporter. right?"

"I'm Hwang Tae-seok, reporter of Korea Daily Sports."

In a stately attitude of the reporter, Demis spoke somewhat upright.

"You know when you play."

Demis had a lot more to say, but got up to avoid controversy.

It was about 30 minutes later that the national anthem rang on the field.

[The day of battle was bright. After a while, we're about to start the third leg of the group stage match between Korea and Italy. How do you comment on this game?]

[Yes. In both cases, does your performance depend on the performance of Ace? In that sense, I think how each team uses Woo-young Woo and Geobinco will be the key to winning or losing.]

[I've heard the word well. Well, as you know, as you said, Italy has a key player named Sebastian Giovinco. Could you explain it?]

Sebastian Giovinco.

Born in 1987, he was a mature player in terms of technology.

However, the problem was that the shortcomings were highlighted.

'In fact, it looks smaller.'

Mansiche Stadium.

Ho-young, who shook hands with Giovinco, had to look down.

Geobinko's height was much smaller than he was.

Sebastian Giovinco

Football genius (A + 2)

Wonderful Pass (S-)

Lamborghini Shaggy Fast Legs (A + 2)

Sophisticated and quick kicks (A-)

Excellent dribble (B + 2)

-(View more)

(A marvelous pass (S-) can be explored only if you achieve the hidden condition.)

(If you meet the conditions, you can find one talent.)

Condition 1: Play football together for 90 minutes

(Condition 2: Selected as MOM)

(Condition 3: Score more points than Sebastian Giovinco)

(Hidden condition: open when one or more talents are explored)

In particular, if you are a fan of the famous Italian Juventus player.

'The player was judged as the future of Juventus.'

It was an attacking midfielder who played technically-oriented play with a sleek appearance.

However, he was 160 centimeters tall, which was very small for a football player and had a physical disadvantage.

Do you have a good physique?

It wasn't either.

My body is so dull that my body balance is a mess.

In addition, the mental weakness, even if you can not get through three or four defenders had the disadvantage of atrocities that do not show my skills.

Nevertheless, it was because he was full of talent that he was called a super prospect.

'Talent is almost Kaka class last year.'

Of course, Kaka, who just entered its heyday, may have grown unprecedentedly, but Giovinco was certainly a super prospect.

In that sense, today was a very important day.

A day when there is a game to find nutritious talent.

And the day when it is decided whether to advance to the quarterfinals!

Pounding.

The sound of Ho-young's heart was made.

Beep.

Then the referee's whistle rang.

The final gateway to the final tournament.

The atmosphere grew and peaked as the ball rolled.

Ho-young ran.

At the start of the first half, Italy used a 4-2-3-1 formation to make the most of their flank attacks and put Giovinco in the center of the second line to maximize playmaking.

As an attacking midfielder, he distributed sharp passes on both sides and forwards, attempting to break through when the Korean defenders lowered the line.

Whatever he did, he was a threat.

'You must trim the defense first.'

A good attack comes from a stable defense, so the momentum and organization of the team was the key to victory.

Ho-young, who thought so, went down to Jungwon as directed by the bishop.

I read the flow by drawing a field in my head.

Attacking midfielder for each team.

The game was going to be split there.

First half minute.

Italian Demis coach's ass shakes.

"Urasy!"

It's only been five minutes since I started, but Demis has already been nervous.

Is Givinco not using his spirit power?

The cause was Woo Woo-young, who was pressing from the rear.

'Why is that idiot down there?'

There was one thing that Demis overlooked.

Woo-young's hard physical.

It was erasing the existence of Giovinco.

Age is of course important.

But just as important is the physique.

Giovinco's specialty is his ability to beat good defenders with his fast focus, and Hoyoung's speed and physique have made the skill useless.

'Oops. In the previous game, the struggle was not so good? '

Demis had watched all of Woo's matches in the past few days.

But then the boom was not as radical as today.

If you used 80% of the power before the United States or Côte d'Ivoire, today you were 100% full of power.

'You were saving your strength?'

Whatever the case, Giovinco had encountered a natural enemy.

The party directly experiencing the situation seemed to explode.

Giovinco was nervous.

"Get out of attack, don't get water here. It's you who loses that effort. Soccer is a fitness fight anyway. "

"what? If you have something to say, speak it in English. "

"Be nervous. Your stamina. "

"I'm from a marathon runner."

"This crazy guy!"

Hoyoung didn't care.

That's why it was Geovinco.

Giovinco was fully aware of the irritating situation.

'This guy's mental tofu. Once you crush it, it's hard to eat. '

It seemed to know when dealing directly.

Giovinco is very emotional and has a mental-drying style.

'Two times weaker mental than Oscar.'

Ho-young took advantage of Giovinco's point.

Giovinco's attempts to break into the center have caused him to break up and prevent him from playing properly.

That alone Giovinco started to dry up, causing a consistent mistake.

The mouth is straight but the throat was blocked.

No matter how hard you try to get out of pressure.

Hoyoung stepped on Giovinko's back like a shadow, with a poison in his eyes as if he were living only today.

I would have felt like this if I had a stalker.

'Where are all these crazy children in the world?'

"Hey, kid. You are behind. "

"If I'm a kid, are you Baby?"

Ho Young, over 172 centimeters, looked down at Giovinco.

"Ah-oh!"

Giovinco's mind and body ripped off, and both his body and mind became stiff.

It was a process of becoming a scarecrow.

As a result, South Korea's defense was stable, and even the attack survived.

It is precisely the situation that space is either present or absent.

Uncovering the hidden teeth, the invisible Italian defensive holes quickly emerged.

Later, Park Kyung-woo gave Woo Ho-young the role of left winger.

Based on solid defense and midfield, he was able to pour a heavy attack and directly contribute to scoring.

In other words, a bomber!

"Please spread out more!"

Gu Ja-young, who caught the ball in the midfield, shouted, and attackers in front of the attack spread in three directions.

Seok Hyung-joon is in the middle, Lee Chung-ryong goes to the right, and Ho Young goes to the left.

It is the linker's role, not the linker, that opens the path.

Ho Young was doing it well.

Percussion!

A ball that struck to the left quickly stopped at the foot of Ho-Hee.

Digging into the side along the touchline with brilliant footwork.

"Hou."

I took a breath and stared ahead.

As he raised his hand, he looked into the box.

'Up!'

Seok Hyung-jun's face said so.

While showing a sense of confidence, he was showing hot and jerky movements.

But the defender in front of his nose narrowed the cross angle.

It also built a double wall to deal with Hoyeong.

'The frontal game is disadvantageous.'

Relative defense height is more than 180.

5 years old.

The front breakthrough was a bunch.

So I dug into the center while folding the 90 degrees direction.

Using agile agility and instantaneous speed, the defenders were stripped like shepherd dogs.

Only 1 second was enough.

And then.

"lampshade!"

As soon as I saw a gap from the outside of the box, I pushed the ground ball into it.

The goal was not Seok Hyung-joon.

Koo Ja-young was running for a while.

"···Hey!!"

After the pass on an unexpected route, Italian defenders were busy embarrassing.

"Stop it!"

Defenders around him clinging to Gu Ja-young.

But all that was just bait.

Gu Ja-young, who seemed to hit a medium-range shot, gave Ho-young a return pass.

"crazy! stick!!"

Defenders have responded burinakly, but in the world of games, 0.1 seconds is said to be the game.

It was true.

The ball has already left Hoyoung's instep.

It's so good

Cool shooting sound that makes your heart piercing!

Correctly

The Italian goalkeeper's face was amazed by a medium-range shot like a cannonball.

puck!

"Yuck!"

The goalkeeper jumped into the air and breathed a sigh of relief.

This is because the senses are transmitted to the fingertips that extend to the right.

It was good.

'right!'

The ball barely caught on the edge of the middle bends and bends to the side.

And sucked into the goal.

Rock!

"Like a dog like this!"

Shooting power was too powerful to stop with one stop.

The goalkeeper was staring at the Korean players who were devastating and showing their money.

I couldn't believe I gave the first goal to Korea.

But despair was just the beginning.

By the end of the first 45 minutes, the Italian goal net was shaken once more.

And by the end of the second half, Italian Denis's face was distorted like an ugly dumpling.