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Chapter 1075 World Cup (rd update, please subscribe)
Seoul Airport.

As soon as a group of men in suits and carrying suitcases got off the bus, they were stopped by reporters who had heard the news.

a reporter asked loudly.

"Coach Kim Young-sik, Coach Kim Young-sik, are the South Korean team confident of defeating the Nanyang team when they come to Chang'an for the game?"

As soon as the reporter finished speaking, another reporter interrupted.

"Just like three years ago, when we beat Japan!"

Four years ago, there were only two teams in Asia competing for the Asian quota for the World Cup - South Korea and Japan.

According to FIFA rules, there is one quota in the Asian region. For various reasons, only southern Japan registered for the competition in 53. Since there was only one country that registered, southern Japan could directly qualify for the World Cup.

After hearing the news, the Koreans were quite courageous. Just because they said “We don’t want to see the former invaders step into the World Cup arena”, the Korean Football Association gritted their teeth and decided to go to Japan for a match!
So, they urgently formed a national team, but looking at those players, they were undoubtedly miserable: since there had been no ball to play for many years, there was naturally no fresh blood, and the players in the team were generally older, basically over 30 years old, and many were even or years old. Even so, the number of people was not enough, and the Football Association had to bring in some athletes from other events to make up the numbers.

Before going to Tokyo to compete, the South Korean team assured the entire public: We must defeat the Japanese team. If we can't win, throw us into the East China Sea!

In the end they beat Japan 5-1.

Then, this team, which could not raise enough money for travel and the expenses required to participate in the competition, and could not even afford regular sneakers, relied on a US military plane to travel all the way to Switzerland, participated in the competition, and achieved a brilliant result of 0:9.

Well, Hungary scored 9 goals. In the end, the Hungarians were sympathetic and unwilling to score double digits.

In short, for South Korea... this is their pride.

At least they defeated Japan and qualified for the World Cup, and they also played against Hungary, one of the top teams in Europe at the time.

What now?
They are going to compete in Southeast Asia to compete for the qualification for next year's World Cup. Coincidentally, Japan did not sign up this year, but South Korea unexpectedly signed up.

In response to reporters' questions, head coach Kim Ji-young said.

"We are confident that we can beat the Nanyang team. After all, the improvement in the technical level of our players in recent years is obvious to all! I believe that we will definitely achieve good results in Nanyang this time."

For a moment, there was thunderous applause outside the airport, and many people were cheering for them. Amid the cheers, the members of the South Korean national football team, wearing wreaths, walked into the airport. Carrying suitcases, they were all looking forward to the upcoming journey.

Finally I have the opportunity to go to Nanyang!
After getting on the plane, the athletes discussed what to buy after arriving in Nanyang.

"I want to buy my wife a real Nanyang skirt."

"It would be nice if I could buy a TV..."

The reason why they were discussing how to spend money in Southeast Asia was not because they were rich - in fact, they were still a group of poor guys. Even when they were in the national team, they could get a high salary of 7000 won per month, but it was only a few US dollars, not even as much as the income of Korean women as trainees in Southeast Asia.

But what is different this time is that during the Nanyang competition, in addition to receiving an appearance fee of 100 South Yuan, each of them can also receive a subsidy of 20 South Yuan per day, because... their participation in the competition is sponsored by the Nanyang Football Association.

Because they have money, they look forward to buying some Southeast Asian products while attending the competition.

Just as the players of the South Korean national team were looking forward to starting their journey to Southeast Asia, in the Nanyang Football Association office in Chang'an, after hanging up the phone, Li Huitang, the chairman of the Nanyang Football Association, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Okay, here comes the Korean team."

Hearing this, Heberger also breathed a sigh of relief and clapped his hands.

"We can finally go to the World Cup."

As the head coach of the Nanyang team, he once participated in the Berlin Olympics, when he was the head coach of the German national football team!
In the past few years, he has been the head coach of Nanyang's "Red Hunters". In fact, Nanyang had the opportunity to participate in the World Cup three years ago, but considering the identities of Hebberger and others, and the fact that issues such as whether the German national team should be allowed to participate and the former Nazi identity of the players had not been properly handled at the time, Nanyang announced that it would give up participating in the FIFA World Cup. But what was unexpected was that... the German national team, which had been banned for 50 years, was allowed to participate at the last minute.

Although it was a pity for the Nanyang national team to give up the game, the German coach and players knew the reason - it was to protect them. That is why they have been looking forward to this game for the past three years.

Just after the Nanyang national team excitedly signed up, no one else signed up except Nanyang - because the cost of flying to Sweden was too high, Japan and Vietnam simply chose to give up, and the same was true for South Korea.

Just when Nanyang thought they could automatically advance like Japan in the previous session, unlike the previous session, FIFA changed the rules and the qualification to participate had to be obtained through matches between at least two national teams.

As the head coach, Herberger and the Nanyang national team were all dumbfounded. As for the chairman of the Football Association, Li Huitang, of course... was also dumbfounded. In order to allow the national team to compete in Sweden smoothly, he immediately flew to Vietnam to negotiate and expressed his willingness to sponsor Vietnam to participate. However, Vietnam did not have a national team at all, and finally had no choice but to choose South Korea. After all, if there was a choice, Nanyang would not choose Japan.

Finally, with a check for 20 South Korean won, South Korea agreed to form a national team to participate in the 58 World Cup in Sweden.

It must be said that Nanyang's road to the competition was really difficult. "Yeah, it's not easy. This time is so bad, next time..."

After thinking about it, Li Huitang smiled.

"The next one is Malaya, they will definitely sign up."

At that time, there will be no need to look for those countries anymore, it will be enough for Malaysia to participate.

How about pulling Mindanao out as well? As a special administrative region, you are definitely eligible to participate in FIFA.

There is also Kyushu, which is also a special zone and is internationally recognized.

Well, these things can be prepared in advance. If Siam is included, there will be at least 4 teams from Asia participating in the competition. Even if FIFA changes the rules, it will not be affected at all.

"In fact, I don't want to play against the South Korean team. I watched their match against the Japanese team. It's not so much that they won the game, but rather that they won the game by committing fouls."

Herberger said helplessly:
"I don't want our players to get injured during the game, but we have no other choice now."

Unlike Europe where football has a broad foundation, there is a football foundation in Asia, namely Southeast Asia. Football has even long been the most popular sport in Southeast Asia, and of course it is also the sport with the best foundation. All primary schools, middle schools and universities in Southeast Asia have their own teams. Not only the military and military academies have their own teams, but even companies have their own teams. Every year's Nanyang Football League is the most lively season in Nanyang.

But now, in order to get the only Asian spot, another country must sign up and then pass the competition to qualify.

"Well, I think it was against Japan. Koreans, like us, have old grudges against the Japanese. And it was raining heavily during that game. The two teams played almost on a muddy grass field. The rain and mud made it inevitable for them to commit fouls. This was inevitable."

Li Huitang said with a smile.

"I specifically met with the Hungarian team to learn about the Korean team. When they played against the Korean team four years ago, the Korean team's sportsmanship was very commendable. During the 90-minute match, at least seven Korean players fell to the ground with cramps, many of whom had leg cramps. However, even in such a fierce match, the Korean team did not commit a single foul throughout the game, which made the Hungarian team very awed and said that they were a group of opponents worthy of respect."

Listening to Li Huitang's words, Heberger couldn't help but complain.

"Li, you have to understand that the level of the Korean team is very poor. It's not that they didn't commit fouls, but because of the absolute gap in strength during the game, the Korean team didn't even have the opportunity to foul..."

Then he emphasized again.

"After all, Hungary is a strong team in Europe. In front of them, South Korea is like a baby!"

Ok!

This is a bit insulting to Korea.

But, this is the fact!
As a football coach, Heberger was very clear about the gap between the South Korean team and the Hungarian team. Given such a huge gap, there was no possibility for them to commit fouls.

After all, the premise of a foul is... that you have a chance.

"so what?"

Herberger shrugged and said.

"In order to ensure that our players can play smoothly, I think using substitutes is the best option."

Looking at Heberger with a serious face, Li Huitang said.

"Are you serious? This is a qualifying round. If I lose..."

Faced with doubts, Herberger's expression became a little resentful and he said.

"You are also a player, don't you see the level of those Korean players? They are just a bunch of soy sauce players."

Then, Herberger emphasized again.

"Our best players will go to Sweden to participate in the World Cup next year. It is a joke to ask them to participate in a game like this."

Facing Heberger's insistence, Li Huitang shrugged his shoulders and said.

"You are the head coach. Everything is subject to your decision. The Football Association is just helping you provide services."

(End of this chapter)