Chapter 1036: Striking Back at the Coach on the Internet?!

Don’t say anything, don’t talk about anything, and don’t post anything when your emotions are running high.

This was a lesson Higo had remembered for a long time, one that worked well when he was just a normal NPC who liked to debate everything with random people on the Internet.

Even though he could be toxic—yeah, the boy admitted it casually—he always did it with full consciousness, having already weighed all the risks before sending his fiercest attack to the internet.

Stupid, yeah, especially since he didn’t truly gain anything other than a little satisfaction from that.

However, that was him when he was still busy playing on the Internet, way before the football episode was on-air in his life.

The point, though, was that the boy was not someone who would attack other people randomly, especially not when his emotions were unstable.

Unfortunately, he seemed to forget about that lesson at this point, what with him not being on the Internet for so long.

When he heard what his coach said, his first instinct was to open his social media account, search for the clip that showed the coach’s criticism, and let his fingers dance on the keyboard freely.

Ryusuke Higo: Why is the finger being pointed at me when all I have done is just playing my best game? It is not my fault that the team couldn’t score, right?

Ryusuke Higo: Two penalty saves, and I haven’t done enough? Saying that it is just a personal heroism? Then, tell me, what else do I need to do? Should I let the ball in so that I didn’t become a ’hero’?

Two posts, all attacking the coach and everyone who let him down in today’s game.

Higo couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction after he read those again, finding an exhilarating feeling as if he had just won something.

Little did he know, though, that his little action caused an earthquake in the coaching staff, as everyone started to scramble in panic the moment they knew the post was on-air.

"Fuck! Call him immediately!"

"No! He didn’t answer the call! He turned off his phone!"

"For God’s sake... Go to his flat! Make sure you tell him to remove that post!"

While everyone was in chaos, Frohling could be seen sulking in the corner of his office; his face was so dark, as if he was about to snap at everyone else around him right now.

It was one thing to be dissatisfied with him, but for his player to publicly point a finger at him like this?

Usually, a player like this, who was talking to the media about the team’s internal issues, would’ve been fined or even suspended for the last couple of games. After all, this would disturb the situation inside the team, and it could affect the mood for the rest of the season.

Still, the fact that it came from his favorite disciple was the one that hurt Frohling the most.

It was truly like what people said: betrayal always came from the closest person to you.

"You know that this is just karma biting your ass, right?" Waldoch suddenly spoke, snapping the boss out of his gloomy mood. "I mean, he is right, you know? He has done everything, even saving two penalties for our team, and you just said that it is him wanting to be a hero?"

"I mean, come on, Boss. Even if he wants to be a hero, he saved two penalties there. I think he deserves to be one, right?"

Frohling couldn’t even answer here, knowing that half—no, not half. Most of this mess was because he couldn’t control his mouth in front of the media.

"I didn’t even want to talk like that!" He groaned, letting his body slump on the table in front of him. "I just got annoyed that people kept talking about him as if we won the game! We played like shit, and they wanted me to praise one player?!"

"One player who played way better than we deserve." Waldoch didn’t even flinch when he threw a counter for that argument. "Let’s not be blind here. Yeah, we played like shit, but Higo wasn’t. He had done everything that he could as a goalkeeper, so what do you expect more from him?"

Well, wasn’t this the crux of this matter?

Frohling remembered full well when those words slipped out of his mouth, how he said that the goalkeeper hadn’t done enough in that game.

Still, after watching the final statistics after the game was over, the man finally realized how ridiculous his accusation was.

In that game, somehow, Higo still made seven saves, including two penalties that the others couldn’t get the rebound and let the ball go in, and not just that, but the boy also claimed 10 balls from the aerial duel.

Those stats alone were enough to put his performance at an elite level, and yet, here Frohling was, thinking that it wasn’t enough.

"If it was me, I would apologize to him, you know?" Waldoch said once again, a sentence that made the boss grimace instantly.

Apologize? To his own player? For a man who was struggling to establish his authority, that seemed to be the worst-case scenario here.

However, the assistant threw a convincing argument after that.

"You might be unwilling, but don’t forget that you still need him between the posts. You see what the team would turn out once he was gone, right?"

Well, the grimace became bigger, as Frohling remembered full well the two humiliating defeats that he suffered a few weeks ago.

I mean, conceding eight goals in two games? It might be embarrassing for a team in the relegation zone, but for Schalke, which was called the best defensive team in the country? That was definitely a slap in the face.

Frohling knew that Waldoch was right, and since it was he who made a mistake first, it was normal if he was also the first one to apologize.

The man was so sure that if he approached it correctly, Higo would also be willing to admit his mistake, and everything would be solved instantly.

Unfortunately, knowing was one thing, but ego was still another.

Right now, the boss was still annoyed at how easy it was for Higo to say those words on the internet, so after pondering for a second, the man finally shook his head decisively.

"No, let him cool his head first. He will apologize to me sooner or later."