Chapter 296 Qualifier finals XIII
At worst if it were to be overheard by their fans, it would have greatly affected their already degrading morale and would have probably created a scandal.
Despite his teammates arguing barbarically around him, Park Seung-gyu who was seated at his seat with his back upright was rather calm. It was like as if he wasn't paying any attention to the fuss taking place around him.
His eerie black eyes, devoid of any kind of emotion was looking at the bigger picture while his thoughts were dwindling elsewhere.
Not because he didn't care for his teammates and didn't want to get involved but because he wanted them to drain some of their energy by venting their anger first so that he could intervene at the right moment and salvage the situation.
As time progressed, the fuss which had originally begun as an argument continued to intensify violently as some players started getting violent.
Earlier they were simply arguing with their mouth but now some of them were even on the verge of retorting to physical violence.
"Wasn't it you who failed to stop him one on one and costed us the first goal?" Saying so in a fierce tone full of anger, Park Ji-hye rushed towards Kim Ji-hoon and grabbed him by his collar while also slamming him against the locker.
Having forcefully pinned against the locker out of nowhere, Kim Ji-hoon's eyes became startled as he let out a muffled groan, "Argh" while contorting his face in pain.
Immediately Kim Il-sung who was the closest was about to react by forcefully tossing Park Ji-hye away from Kim Ji-hoon.
'It's time' Park Seung-gyu's eyes flashed with cold glint as he finally decided to react.
But just as Kim Il-sung was about to intervene, a familiar voice filled with coldness rung in the room, causing him to pause midway.
"Enough!!"
His authoritative voice as it echoed in the locker room caused everybody to freeze at their place. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om
"Enough with all your blames and rants. Why don't you all use this energy on the field instead of displaying it here against your own teammates." While speaking such, he diverted his cold gaze towards Park Ji-hye, "And you Park Ji-hye, don't act like you haven't done any mistakes. We all have made mistakes. Whether you all like it or not, that's the truth. So own your mistakes and quit acting like brainless children. If you can't perform then just exit the pitch there are other's who are dying to take your spot"
Hwang. It was also coach Kim Seong-Hwang who had managed to bring out the best of Park Seung-gyu's potential by changing his position from midfielder to striker.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to account Park Seung-gyu's achievement to manager Kim Seong-Hwang. Without him who knows, he may still be a nobody or he might have just taken a lot more time to get to the limelight.
Thus even Park Seung-gyu, he held a lot of respect to manager Kim Seong-Hwang.
While manager of Korean national team was giving a pep talk and uplifting the mood of his players, manager Haruki was doing the same as well.
Although they were winning, he had noticed that his players were getting somewhat arrogant of their lead.
And oftentimes arrogance and overconfidence will only being disasters. Thus to prevent any kind of anomaly from happening, he was trying to remind his players to keep their cool and play the game normally.
"So are you all happy about our lead?" Manager Haruki wearing his usual smile on his face questioned his players.
With bright smile on their faces, most of the players nodded their head without realising the intention behind that question.
But the moment they nodded their head, manager Makoto's expression turned grim as he spoke in a heavy tone, "Hmm... So you all are satisfied with your performance."
Suddenly manager Haruki rose the pitch of his voice as he yelled, "Why are you happy about having one goal lead? We could lose that lead any moment."
Just as he spoke such, the smile on the faces of the players vanished away and their cheerful faces turned grim. Instantly the air around the room became heavy as an eerie silence engulfed the whole room.
We are not even allowed to celebrate our lead? Why is he yelling at us even when we're winning the game?
Different kind of thoughts started to surface within their hearts as they fixated their eyes on manager Haruki who seemed quite furious at this moment.
In comparison to the reaction his teammates were displaying, Hiro however seemed rather calm at this moment. He wasn't a least bit upset by manager Haruki's words.
Infact he was rather joyous with manager Haruki's words. He knew that his teammates were starting to show signs of overconfidence and arrogance. And even if manager Haruki wouldn't have brought this matter up ahead, he would have brought this matter himself.
Upon seeing the tensed up expression of his players, manager Haruki then toned down his voice as he said to his players, "I'm not discouraging you from celebrating your lead. But it's just too soon to celebrate"