Romantic on the Field

43.

During his time at Real Madrid, Jamie was feared by defenders.

If he wanted to break through on his own, he passed to a colleague who was infiltrating behind, and if it was a pass, he drove the ball himself and solved it.

I didn’t want it to be possible, so 2 or 3 defenders clung to me at the same time, but either way, he slipped away and scored a goal.

On the other hand, Jamie was confident that he could beat them all in various ways no matter who was in front of him or how many defenders there were.

By the way······.

‘Who is he?’

There was one defender who embarrassed Jamie.

The hit-and-run that suddenly increases speed and the sudden back shot were Jamie’s proprietary techniques, which are often referred to as ‘knowing but not being able to stop’. The movements are large and the switching speed is so fast that even though you know it, you start to flinch and follow it without realizing it.

However, the opponent in front of him didn’t care about Jamie’s movements and calmly took the ball away.

The next try was the same.

‘He has a good eye.’

Why did this player start getting attention only now? Jamie couldn’t understand.

But, that’s it.

The next time we met, Jamie gave up the breakthrough and pretended to pass, then took off the opponent’s mark with a surprise sandpaper. Calm down after that.

Kut. The opponent hit the floor with his fist, as if he was angry at being ridiculed with sandpaper, not any other technique.

After that, it went one way. The opponent responded well to normal skills, but was helpless against Jamie’s irregular or surprise techniques.

The result of the match was 3-0, and Jamie scored a hat-trick, ending in Real Madrid’s victory.

“You met the wrong person. You are a good enough defender.”

Did you say that, or did you just think to yourself?

I don’t remember exactly.

“Vincent Herrero.”

“yes?”

“As honey said, he was a complete bench member.”

Hannah said as she walked out of the kitchen.

“What, when did you look for it again? I told you not to work until you return.”

“I just did a search, just a search.”

Hue the great ducks army admiral is coming for u all

Now this is the newlyweds’ house in Stoke-on-Trent.

They returned from their three-week stay in Korea and were enjoying the rest of their vacation.

“But are you still holding me?”

“yes?”

“You did it right after the burp. Now put it down.”

And Jamie has been holding the baby for an hour now on the pretext of inducing burping.

“no. Please hold me a little longer.”

“Oh, my father should have seen this.”

A few days ago, Jamie’s father came to the newlyweds’ house. I don’t know where the money came from, but my hands are full of presents.

That day, Dad stayed home all day, trying to inject all the parenting knowledge he knew into Jamie’s head.

‘You must spend a lot of time with your child unconditionally.’

‘You don’t think you’ll remember when you were a newborn? That’s right, I can’t. Still, spend as much time as possible.’

‘I won’t let go if my daughter-in-law is having a hard time.’

That was not the end, but he even threatened with bottomless nagging.

“Why would my father do that…”

Recalling the memory then, Jamie sighed. He was a human with too many corners that he couldn’t understand.

“hahahaha. I’m fine, why?”

Hanna came over and held out her arm.

“Give me this. I’ll hold you for a while and lay you down.”

“Ugh. yes.”

Jamie delivered Kai to her after a short thought.

“Oh gosh. Our little ones sleep well.”

“What’s a jaggery, leave the name intact.”

“hahahaha. I’m sorry, Kai. My cute shriveled Kai.”

The baby’s name has been decided.

The final decision is ‘Kai’

“Kai. The more I think about it, the better it seems. Something manly.”

“Like Kaiser Soze?”

“Eh? Isn’t that bad?”

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Moments later, Hannah put Kai in the crib and returned to the living room.

“sleep well?”

“yes. I don’t know if anyone picks it up and runs away.”

“hahahaha. We both sleep well.”

Jamie tapped the seat next to her on the couch with the palm of her hand, and soon Hannah sat down.

no, lay down

“…don’t you usually do your hair this way?”

“I don’t.”

With his legs resting on Jamie’s thighs.

“The more I look at it, the more amazing it is.”

“what?”

“That swollen stomach went in. Look at this. It’s perfectly flat.”

Jamie ran his hand over Hannah’s belly.

“Your skin is the same. Chewy and chewy glutinous rice cake.”

Then, as if in a surprise attack, he put his hand under his clothes and touched his bare skin.

“Kihahahahak! don’t do it! ha ha ha ha Break Kai!”

If you do more, you will be punished. Jamie, who was well aware of this fact, quickly removed his hand and acted as if nothing had happened.

“He is dead.”

Unfortunately, I think the timing to withdraw my hand was a bit late.

Whiik. Hanna immediately got up and climbed on top of Jamie.

“Don’t tickle me. You know I get tickled a lot.”

Jamie said with the most pitiful expression on his face.

“no.”

However, Hannah’s expression was cold.

“It’s a bee. Make a second one.”

“···now? Are you kidding?”

“…of course it’s a joke.”

Afterwards, Hannah relaxed her expression and came down.

Whiyu. Jamie involuntarily let out a loud sigh.

“But sooner or later.”

“yes?”

“Second, third, all the way to the next.”

“…”

“I will make a soccer team. In 20 years, Stoke City Best Eleven will be filled with my children.”

Of course it was a joke, but Jamie couldn’t help but laugh.

**

Time passed quickly.

The long summer vacation is over.

‘It’s been a while.’

Jamie entered the training ground with a slight excitement. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the training ground, so I couldn’t really feel it.

“Hey, daddy is here.”

“lee! long time no see. How is your wife’s health?”

“Why are you concerned about Jamie’s wife’s health?”

“Why can’t I? You asked how your mother was doing earlier.”

“You idiot, that was just a fight.”

However, the fluttering heart is also short-lived. As soon as I arrived, I sighed when I saw my colleagues making a fuss.

“Jay! where did you go on vacation? We were just talking about it.”

if u see this you eather reading in epub or from somewhere other than noble so just bear with it it may break the flow but nothing can be done sigh

Meanwhile, Brian raised his hand as if for a high-five.

Jamie pretended to clap his hand, then suddenly threw down his hand, knocking Brian off balance.

“He uses fakes off the pitch too.”

“Looks like you’re doing well on the pitch.”

“No, he’s just a weirdo.”

pick. Jamie burst into laughter at the whisper that followed.

‘Yeah, seeing these guys makes me feel it.’

I think so in my mind.

“Oh, the director is coming.”

After a while, Robin pointed to one side and said.

“Well? There are people I haven’t seen.”

“Are you a new staff member?”

The players whispered. However, Jamie couldn’t check it right away because he was tying his shoelaces.

Coaches soon arrived, and the squad, including Jamie, took their places as usual.

“Did everyone have a good rest?”

To Director Charlie’s question, small answers came out here and there.

“Looking at the answer, it seems that you haven’t been able to rest. ha ha ha Does not matter. With or without a break, the pre-season is going to be tough.”

At the words that followed, everyone on the team burst into laughter.

‘uh?’

Except for Jamie.

‘Where did you see that face?’

It was because the face of a man standing diagonally from Director Charlie was somehow familiar.

“Before that, let’s introduce ourselves. This is Milo Conrad, who took over as head coach starting today.”

“ah!”

“Well?”

Director Charlie turned his head to Jamie, who suddenly exclaimed.

“Lee, what can I say?”

“···Nope. There is not.”

“Sweet bastard. Well, anyway Milo. No, head coach Conrad. Come forward and introduce yourself.”

yeah i remembered

if u see this you eather reading in epub or from somewhere other than noble so just bear with it it may break the flow but nothing can be done sigh

Milo Conrad came forward. Meanwhile, Jamie was in quite a shock.

‘no. Why did the coach of Real Madrid come to Stoke as assistant coach?’

Jamie couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

Because it was Milo Conrad who took over as the new manager right after he left Real Madrid.

“nice to meet you. My name is Milo Conrad.”

if u see this you eather reading in epub or from somewhere other than noble so just bear with it it may break the flow but nothing can be done sigh

Milo, who had no way of knowing what Jamie was thinking, naturally started introducing himself.

‘Conrad? That Conrad from Conrad Ball?’

A look of surprise appeared on the faces of some of the players. It wasn’t as much as Jamie, but even from their point of view, they were very surprised to hear that the manager who once stirred up excitement across England had come as their team’s head coach.

“I will skip my introduction. Let’s get to know each other little by little. I would like to announce one more important fact than that. That is the key word for Stoke City this season.”

key keywords? Surprised for a moment, Jamie tilted her head at the words that followed.

“The key keywords are ‘competition’ and ‘proof’. While you guys were on vacation, I checked last year’s scouting report. Indeed, there are many talents to recruit. I hope that some contracts will be concluded in the near future. You will have to face them as colleagues and as competitors.”

“…”

The atmosphere froze at the sudden announcement.

“The Championship is different from League One. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, we must improve. In order to survive in the process, you must constantly compete and prove yourself. This is the beginning of this pre-season.”

if u see this you eather reading in epub or from somewhere other than noble so just bear with it it may break the flow but nothing can be done sigh

Milo was a man with a small physique and a fine face. However, his eyes were fiercer than anyone else in the room right now.

“…”

So the players had no choice but to listen to him, feeling overwhelmed.

“Fortunately, with the help of Chairman Choi, the owner of Stoke City, we were able to set up a friendly match with a club that has a player we would like to recruit. I hope you will come face to face with it.”

After saying that, Milo took a step back.

“hahahahaha. Head coach Conrad said a little too hard. Are you all nervous?”

Director Charlie naturally walked forward and continued talking.

“Okay, then I will tell you which club will play the pre-season game. First, Wrexham AFC.”

Wrexham AFC. The National League is the 5th division of England.

“York City, Torquay United.”

The next and the next clubs were all clubs belonging to the National League.

“Until here, these are the teams that just caught the game apart from recruitment. It doesn’t matter what comes next.”

Coach Charlie said after taking a quick look at the squad.

“RCD Mallorca.”

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Mallorca.

It was a team that narrowly avoided relegation last year and remained in the Spanish Primera Liga.

At the same time, it was also the team belonging to ‘Vincent Herrero’, who Jamie recommended as a partner for Mutombo.

‘It’s a Spanish club.’

if u see this you eather reading in epub or from somewhere other than noble so just bear with it it may break the flow but nothing can be done sigh

Mallorca next to Wrexham AFC, Torquay United. It was an unheard-of combination.

“It’s just as Conrad’s head coach said. Mallorca has a recruiting target for us. I hope everyone understands the benefits and works diligently in training so as not to lose their seats to freshmen. Do you understand?”

“Yep!”

“great. Now we will start training in earnest.”

I will do strength training. Jamie guessed so. I usually do that on the first day of the preseason.

“Coach Nick, please give me the whiteboard.”

Well? Jamie’s eyes widened.

It wasn’t physical training.

“Now, this is a new formation to learn this pre-season.”

bang.

Director Charlie hit the whiteboard loudly.

“…um, but what should I call this? Head Coach Conrad?”

Coach Charlie called for help, and Milo stepped forward again.

“Before the full-scale explanation, I have a word of advice. Everyone, pay attention and listen.”

ta-ang.

And, following Charlie, he hit the whiteboard hard.

‘It’s more dented.’

Jamie stared at one of the whiteboards.

“If you don’t understand this, it’s safe to say that you don’t deserve to be on the first-team list.”

His eyes were so fierce that he began to glare.

“Anyone who doesn’t understand this tactic until the end of the preseason, or doesn’t play their part, is pitcher row.”

if u see this you eather reading in epub or from somewhere other than noble so just bear with it it may break the flow but nothing can be done sigh

Milo’s eyes rolled sideways. Then, in Jamie’s direction, only the whites were visible.

“What is a water jug?”

“I’m dropping it as a substitute player.”

“Mutombo doesn’t like kettles. Because it is hot.”

The players whispered softly.

Being a water jug means that if you don’t have the skills, you will degenerate into a bench body.

Even if they didn’t understand clearly, the expressions of the players who grasped the meaning through nuances became quite serious.

“Answer everyone. Do you understand?”

“···Yes.”

“again.”

“Yes, yes!”

“great. So let’s start explaining. Basically, the key to this formation is ‘asymmetric’.”

Tuck, Tuck. Milo moved the magnets to complete a formation.

“It’s a 4-4-2, 3-4-3, it’s an indistinguishable formation. Well, if you insist, it would be 4-5-1.”

On the other hand, Jamie’s expression became serious in a different way.

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Milo Conrad’s asymmetric 4-5-1.

‘The tactic that achieved the treble 10 years later was completed from then on?’

The tactic that ripped Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

It was the tactic that brought Real Madrid back to the top ranks in the world, which seemed hopeless due to Jamie’s transfer and sudden managerial retirement.

If this tactic is applied well…

‘Stoke City may transform into a completely different team.’