19-20 Season: Episode 6
Ha-neul, are you feeling okay?
...I'm sorry.
Angela's question about my condition forced me to apologize, but luckily, I didn't have to lie to her. After the intense sex with Valentina, I had truly caught a cold.
The fact that I had a cold after taking a shower in the bathroom made me feel even worse, so my condition looked bad even from a glance, and not only Angela but everyone who saw me asked about my condition.
"Hmm... Training would be too much. Let's rest a bit in the accommodation today."
Angela placed her hand on my forehead and shook her head.
"Should I take you to the hospital?"
Seeing Angela with a worried expression asking again, I felt a bit sorry.
"No, it's just a cold. If I take medicine and rest, I'll get better."
"Yeah, going to the hospital for a cold isn't bad. Still, if you don't get better by tonight, we'll go to the hospital together."
"Yeah..."
Even if I earn a lot of money, since it's not Korea with good medical insurance, going to the hospital in Europe for just a cold would be a bit reluctant, so I probably had to lie in the accommodation and rest today.
"Still, don't feel too bad about it. After all, I wasn't going to play as the starter tomorrow because of the Champions League."
"Yeah..."
Angela, misunderstanding my sorry expression, stroked my hair and comforted me, making me feel even more sorry.
After talking to Angela, I looked at Valentina who had caused this, and compared to her who was walking without limping as if nothing happened yesterday, while I was still sore below, it made me think.
'Why is she so fine?'
She had left around 4 a.m., so she couldn't have slept much, and her lower part should be swollen... It seems like saying that she's inherently strong just by looking at Valentina.
"Sorry, Ha-neul."
"......"
"Yesterday, I was too rough."
"It's okay."
Seeing Valentina apologize, a slight smile came to my face. Her face was like a gangster, and I recalled the image of Valentina hugging me after everything ended yesterday and apologizing.
"Still, next time, you have to be gentler?"
"...Yeah."
The word 'next' made Valentina show a faint smile. From her expression, it seemed like there wouldn't be any big problem with her.
'For now, I should rest a bit.'
Of course, that was for later. Thinking about that now wasn't good because my condition wasn't great. My body had a cold, and I hadn't slept well, so my head was getting hazy.
"Then, I'll go in."
I got permission from Angela. After giving a rough greeting to the teammates and arriving at the accommodation. After going out once, the room was vibrating with the smell of semen and vaginal fluid mixed.
If I had gone to training today, the hotelier would have spread various stories while cleaning my room.
And those stories hadn't circulated yet.
'Should I clean a bit?'
My head was hazy, but sleeping in this state might worsen it, so I opened the small window, turned on the air purifier, and started arranging the dry blankets that were soaked with various secretions. Fortunately, since I did it with clothes underneath the first time, there was no blood, so I could just say I sweated a lot and hide it.
After roughly cleaning, while resting on the bed, I felt the room was a bit purified with fresh air, so I called the hotelier.
"Um, can you change the sheets? I sweated too much in the middle of the night because my body wasn't feeling well yesterday."
"Seriously? Was the room too cold? Maybe because of us..."
"No, it's not that... It seems I caught a cold."
Fortunately, the male hotelier I called didn't suspect what happened in the room.
It was only natural; this hotel had been used as accommodation by the Barcelona side for several years, and since I, a core player, came looking fine, stayed only for sleep, and then caught a cold, the first worry was whether the contract might be cut.
After signaling to the hotelier that it was okay, I received new sheets, started sleeping, and when I woke up around lunch time, ate the garlic soup provided by the hotel side, went back to sleep, and woke up to the morning sun of the next day.
'...Still, I'm better today. Except for being hungry, everything is fine.'
The condition I checked after waking was at about 70%,
"Ha-neul, I won't include you in the lineup. Rest well today."
Putting my name in the candidate lineup at less than 100% was no different from being a nuisance, so I accepted Angela's suggestion.
And the Sevilla match began.
[Valentina's header shot! It's in! 78th minute of the second half! Barcelona creates a comeback goal! Leading 2:1! ... Shot! Misses, the referee's whistle blows! Game over! Barcelona wins 2:1 away at Sevilla! Records the 26th league win, successfully continues Barcelona's unbeaten record!]
We could continue our unbeaten record thanks to Valentina's winning header goal, even though I was absent.
"What? Tina, why are you playing so well today? Did you eat something good alone?"
"...What."
"What? Tell me too, let's eat together."
"...It's not that, kid."
On the way back to Barcelona, seeing Valentina who showed a fantastic performance today, Camila's innocent question to someone who didn't know anything made my face slightly hot, but it wasn't a big deal.
After finishing the Sevilla away match, returning to Barcelona. After unpacking my luggage in the dormitory, one question came to mind.
'Thinking about it, Yu-ri also scored a hat-trick, and with Tina doing such a great job too...'
Yu-ri had scored a hat-trick after having fun with me before the national team match (though it was against the relatively weak Lebanon team.), and thinking about Valentina flying today, it was a bit puzzling what the connection was.
It seemed like there was something that made me feel like I had to supplement energy to the kids before every match.
In my previous life, there was a joke that women sucked male energy, but this world was different, so I needed to check.
The way to solve the curiosity was to search immediately.
I turned on my laptop and searched for related content right away.
And I found a paper.
- Correlation between sex and improved athletic ability.
"What? Sex increases female hormones and makes performance better?"
After reading the title and being shocked, the result was that there was no big relationship. There was a result that slightly increased female hormones, but it didn't significantly increase them or something. I gained new knowledge that such rumors had been spreading in this world for a long time.
But, what was fortunate about it?
Honestly, if there was a truly significant correlation, I would have been tired all my player life, but since that situation was avoided, it was fortunate. ...It was a bit regrettable too.
Anyway, since the Sevilla match that was hard even without playing was over, now it was time to prepare for the Champions League quarterfinal against Atalanta.
The weight of the Champions League and the fact that it was a home match where we couldn't spend time alone, the Atalanta match passed without any major incidents.
...Except for Yu-ri sending more obvious glances after almost two weeks.
Still, as long as this match ends, since it was three consecutive away matches, Yu-ri wouldn't tease me separately.
Of course, I couldn't not think about that, so I was eager to call the girls to my room, but since the next match was the Champions League, I needed to focus.
'Well, no matter how much Atalanta is mid-table in Serie A, it's still quarterfinal, so I can't be complacent.'
Even if Atalanta is a team that doesn't suit the quarterfinal lineup.
"Today's starting lineup is, goalkeeper Maximilena...... attacking midfielder Ha-neul. Right winger Bruna, left winger Yu-ri......"
And according to what Angela said at the hotel, I could be included in the starting lineup for the Atalanta match. Since Atalanta was a stronger team than Sevilla, most starters were absent, but it was a lineup that felt like Angela was trusting me enough?
'Haa... I can't do anything more sorry to Angela.'
Since I had already done something sorry to Angela, I raised my concentration to the level of Champions League final or World Cup match,
[...... 8th minute first half! Ryu Ha-neul records the opening goal!]
[......... One! Two! Three! Now it's 1:1 chance! Ah! Ryu Ha-neul's signature lob shot! It's in! 2:0! Barcelona leads!]
[As Barcelona is leading 4:0, Atalanta's attack is fierce, so the defense line spreads? ... Ah! Ryu Ha-neul's pass reaches Kang Yu-ri! Barcelona's counter opportunity! Kang Yu-ri! Kang Yu-ri! Kang Yu-ri! Chooses pass here! Ryu Ha-neul! High! GOOOOOAL!!! Ryu Ha-neul, Kang Yu-ri, fantastic combination back to Ryu Ha-neul! Barcelona scores 5 and hammers Atalanta!]
[Game over! Barcelona wins 5:1 at home!]
[Ah, this win is big? Then, no big burden for the second leg, so we can focus more on the league. As much as aiming for the unbeaten league win, this win seems like Angela coach will be satisfied, right?]
Responding perfectly to Angela's expectations, I could beat Atalanta with a big difference that practically secured the quarterfinal in the first match.