Romantic on the Field

48.

“Are you coming to my house?”

According to Mario, he momentarily failed to manage his expression.

“ha ha ha. I don’t mean to go right away. Because when you have a newborn baby at home, you better be careful. I just thought it would be nice to have a get-together with the fathers next time.”

baby fathers

Currently, only four members of the Stoke City first team are married. Considering that athletes get married early, it was quite small.

“Oliver’s son is now a year old.”

Goalkeeper Oliver was one of them.

‘By the way, who was the other one?’

“Otherwise, wives can just socialize with each other.”

“Ahh.”

Jamie, lost in his thoughts for a moment, quickly nodded.

“I will talk to my wife once.”

“Yes, yes. I won’t be shy even if I refuse, so don’t be shy. ha ha ha.”

After that, Mario waved his hand and disappeared on the other side.

‘Umm…’

Jamie thought for a moment, then realized belatedly that Hannah was waiting and jumped into the car.

“Am I good?”

After a while, when I told this story after arriving home, Hannah reacted unexpectedly.

“ok? good?”

“yes. It’s a romance!”

Jamie’s eyes widened. What is romance? Annoying and cumbersome just by listening to it?

“Every soccer player’s wife must have that kind of romance. Invite fellow players to their families’ houses, have a meal together, and talk about living together. lol.”

‘Oh yeah. Hanna had a good social life. Unlike me.’

Jamie felt somehow embarrassed.

“But Kai is still a newbie, so let’s officially invite him when the time comes.”

“···yes.”

“Did you think it was annoying inside again?”

“Oh, isn’t it?”

“Right! You can fool the ghost, but you can’t fool me!”

Hannah took the initiative to attack. what, why Jamie quickly escaped Hannah and took refuge in the master bedroom.

and locked the door

“uh? what. honey? Did you lock the door?”

“hahahaha, it’s fun as expected. Because he’s such a fun guy. Ha ha ha ha ha.”

“ha ha ha. Won’t you open the door?”

“Kaiya. Instead of Dad, you open the door.”

Outside the door, Hanna continued to appease and threaten. Then, at some point, it became quiet, and I thought it would be okay at this point, so I sneakily opened the door.

“Caught. You bastard!”

“Ah!”

“What, you dare to run away and lock the door?”

“No, who attacked without context!”

The two laughed and bickered for a while, then, as usual, Kai burst into tears and entered a temporary truce.

“Kai should be the goalkeeper.”

“yes?”

“You have a good throat. Why, the goalkeepers scream so much when defending a free kick.”

“ha ha ha.”

Shortly thereafter, Kai fell asleep again. Also, not knowing when to wake up, Jamie and Hannah decided to just go to bed early.

“See you later, madam.”

“See you when Kai wakes up, husband.”

The newlyweds, who had become quite accustomed to parenting, soon fell asleep.

**

A few days later, Stoke City Power Analysis Lab.

widely.

[Comparative record of Swansea City side resources in the first and second half of the league]

When Power Analyst Kim Tae-wan operated the remote control, a presentation screen appeared on the screen.

“Ned Keating.”

Seeing the title, Milo Conrad murmured softly.

“you’re right.”

Hearing this, Kim operated the remote control again. Immediately after that, a video was played.

[ This is Ned Keating who catches the ball below the half line. ]

[Oh, it runs. Keating, Keating… ]

[ Awesome! Breaks through two defenders in an instant! ]

[A penalty box before I knew it. ]

widely. The video ended there.

“What was the outcome after this?”

“hahahaha.”

When the video ended at the crucial moment, director Charlie laughed as if he had collapsed.

“cross?”

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Milo answered instead of Charlie, and Kim immediately nodded.

“you’re right. Then see the next video.”

[ This is Ned Keating, who catches the ball near the half-line again. ]

[ You scored a really nice assist in the first half, right? ]

[ That’s right. What will I show you this time… ah! it runs again Ned Keating breaks Preston’s right side again! ]

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Like in the previous video, Ned Keating smashed the opponent’s defenders with pure ‘hit and run’.

However, the results were different.

Reaching near the penalty box, he attempted to shoot even when there was no angle.

[Gooool! Goal! What a goal! ]

[Wonder Goal breaks out. Ned Keating! ]

[Hey, what a wonderful breakthrough and finish! ]

“This time I tried to shoot myself and even scored a goal.”

“Yes.”

“The important thing is that this match was right after the League Cup match last season.”

“Well? So right after the match with us?”

This time Charlie answered.

“Yes, that’s right.”

widely. Kim Tae-wan turned over the screen.

“This is a table comparing Ned Keating’s performance against Stoke City, that is, before we faced him, and his performance after that.”

“…the difference is huge.”

“Yes. Suddenly, the attack points increased greatly, as if hit by a stimulant. Not only that, but the number of breakthrough attempts, number of successful attempts, and number of shots have also risen by leaps and bounds.”

“hahahaha, did you realize something after playing against us?”

At Charlie’s words, Kim Tae-wan smiled.

“On the record, it seems so. And actually, Ned Keating said that.”

“Eh?”

“I learned a lot from watching Jamie Lee play against Stoke City, to be precise. That’s actually what Ned Keating said.”

“…”

For a moment, there was silence in the power analysis room.

After meeting Jamie, his skills suddenly soared. It’s not even a cartoon, is this possible?

It was because similar thoughts came into everyone’s heads.

“Actually, the occasion may not be that important. The important thing is that Ned Keating has grown a lot since the last time we met.”

On the screen that followed, Ned Keating’s appearance record from the previous season was floating.

“Ned Keating has now become the team’s starter and ace, both in name and reality. He is also the main character who brought Swansea City, who had faltered at the end of the league, to the playoffs. Unfortunately, we failed to get promoted.”

[ 36 matches, 14 goals, 11 assists ]

That was Ned Keating’s record last season. Considering that there were games where he played as a fullback rather than a winger and as a substitute rather than a starter, it was a ridiculous figure.

Afterwards, Kim Tae-wan explained a few more pages of video and analysis data and ended the presentation.

“…”

Then there was silence again, and Charlie looked back and forth between Kim Tae-wan and Milo, then turned his head to Milo.

“Are there any countermeasures that come to mind?”

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Milo frowned and thought for a moment.

“Or sending Troy to the start instead of Brian and leaving the left side empty…”

“Still, it seems difficult to stop.”

Then he shook his head at Charlie’s opinion.

“It’s one thing to have two on the flank and one thing to keep up with Ned Keating’s pace.”

“then?”

“I give up.”

Huh. Coach Nick, who was next to him, involuntarily let out a gasping sound.

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Nick wasn’t the only one surprised. All the other coaches and power analysts present looked at Milo with their eyes wide open.

“Giving up sounds a bit like that. It’s a story that doesn’t have to take grandiose measures. You can’t slow Ned Keating on his feet at all costs.”

“I see what you mean.”

While everyone was surprised, only Charlie nodded as if he understood.

“Let’s put the fire back, right?”

“That’s right.”

“hahahaha.”

ha ha ha. Charlie laughed for a while, apparently liking Milo’s opinion.

“great. An interesting picture will come out.”

Then, he hit the table with his palm with a ‘bang’.

“Because there are worse guys on our team.”

**

And as time passed, the match against Swansea came.

“Today Harry plays as a right central midfielder.”

“Yep.”

I said give up, but Charlie and Milo came up with their own countermeasures.

“The right central defender below him is Sancho.”

Harry, who has the best defense and mobility among the three-line midfielders, was appointed as the right center, and Vincent Herrero, who is quick and capable of covering the back space, was appointed as the right center defender.

“This is Swansea City, who got hit by us last game. You will be grinding your teeth.”

Charlie smiled, showing sparse teeth.

“Maybe it will be a slugfest. Even if you lose a goal, don’t be heartbroken, so that you can launch a counterattack right away. more.”

Charlie’s locker room conversation ended there.

“Last season, this is a team that was on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.”

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Next comes the turn of the captain, one of the few fathers.

said Oliver, looking around the squad with his shoulder strapped.

“Even if we won last time, let’s not be careless. Stoke.”

“Stoke, stoke!”

The squad left the away locker room and headed down the hallway.

Originally, we would exchange light jokes while on the move, but few people talked to each other, probably because they were nervous because they were opponents.

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Mario, who has a bright personality and gets along well with the players, is the same.

Unlike usual, he trudged along with his head bowed as if he was lost in thought.

“Mario.”

After thinking about it, Jamie sneaked closer to him.

“kid.”

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Mario smiled awkwardly and replied.

“Don’t chase me in a straight line.”

“What?”

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Mario’s pupils shook as if he was taken aback by the sudden remark.

Either way, Jamie put her arm around his shoulder and whispered in his ear, despite her dislike of skinship.

“If you do that, can you stop it?”

“Well. At least once?”

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Mario made a puzzled expression. Jamie grinned and went out onto the field.

[ Swansea, Swansea, Swansea City say ]

[ Please take me to the placement field. ]

[Away from the beach. ]

[ Please take me to the placement field. ]

As soon as I came out, I heard the loud singing of the Swansea City supporters. It seemed to be several times bigger than the last League Cup.

after. Jamie let out a short breath. My heart wasn’t beating as fast as the first match. However, there was a weak tension that could just focus on the game.

‘Pleasant tension.’

Jamie defined it that way.

Beep-big.

After warming up and introducing players, the game began.

[If you catch Swansea City, it proves that Stoke City is competitive in the Championship. ]

It was a sentence I saw in a sports article before coming to the stadium.

Jamie thought it made a lot of sense.

A strong team that goes up to at least the promotion playoffs, and above all…

‘A team with Ned Keating.’

As Jamie’s gaze shifted, the ball turned to Ned Keating.

Took. Ned Keating, who caught the ball in his own half, glanced ahead.

‘Run.’

Jamie quickly turned his head to look in front of him.

Harry, who played as a right central midfielder, was running towards him.

Two-woong.

And Ned Keating started running.

char-aaa Harry, who was nearby, attempted a sliding tackle. But Ned Keating, like Jamie’s earlier, popped the ball up and then avoided sliding.

Oh-oh-oh!

Swansea City home fans stood up in admiration.

‘Mario?’

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Ned Keating has already crossed the half line and reached fullback Mario’s position.

‘great!’

Fortunately, Mario did not blindly follow Ned Keating in a straight line, as Jamie had instructed him to do. Diagonally, in the direction of the penalty box to be exact, I ran all of a sudden without looking back.

It was advice that I could give because I knew Ned Keating’s habit of preferring straight breakthroughs.

Fortunately, the advice was very relevant.

If Mario had chased him too hard, he would have missed the mark and allowed a decisive opportunity. However, because Ned Keating had turned and jumped into a position to reach, he was able to face him at the entrance of the penalty box before it was too late.

Two-woong.

But, that was the end.

‘Backshot?’

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Ned Keating used one of Jamie’s trademark backshots to beat Mario.

Oh-oh!

The exclamations of the Swansea home fans erupted again. Now it was the turn of one of Ned Keating’s skills, the ‘blind shooting’.

Ahhh! However, the home fans couldn’t help but sigh after exclamation.

As if Vincent Herrero-Sancho had been waiting, he tackled and took the ball away.

“Sancho-!”

Jamie ran and raised his arm.

Vincent Herrero stabbed a long pass at him without hesitation.

‘As expected, the kick is good too.’

Jamie admired inwardly and ran toward the ball’s destination.

At that time, Swansea’s central midfielder was running from the opposite side.

The ball is still in the air.

If I stopped here and caught the ball, not only would I slow down, but I risked losing it right away.

So Jamie didn’t catch it.

To-wook.

At the timing when the ball landed, the foot was pushed back and the ball was launched again.

‘uh?’

The opposing midfielder could not react.

He just watched the ball pass over his head.

wow-

Even Swansea’s home fans couldn’t help but admire the feat.

‘Brian. Robin.’

Jamie, who passed his opponent, quickly raised his head to check his left and front.

Both Brian and Robin were still in an awkward position to pass.

‘We must make use of this opportunity unconditionally.’

Vincent Herrero and Mutombo are central defenders.

It was questionable how long he would be able to block Ned Keating’s attack from the side.

Then it was important to connect to scoring when the opportunity came. Even if it’s a melee.

“Jamie!”

While I was locked in other thoughts for a while, the opposing defensive midfielder ran with terrifying momentum.

‘I’m afraid to crash.’

Jamie’s prediction was correct. He rushed with his feet high enough to see the studs of his soccer boots.

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Naturally, Jamie had no intention of being fouled.

Took. He put his right foot back diagonally and turned the ball to the left, then turned his body to the left.

back shot. Ned Keating’s earlier technique was returned to the opposing team.

ugh The opponent who lost the center of gravity groaned, but it was not Jamie’s business.

I lifted my head slightly and checked the location and distance of the goal post.

‘Left, top corner.’

Check done.

Jamie kicked the ball hard with his left foot instep.

The ball flew toward the upper left corner of the goal, drawing a more beautiful trajectory than ever before.

[ eee-YEAA! ]

The away fans of Stoke City, who followed all the way to Wales, shouted in unison.

Jamie kissed the emblem and ring finger and muttered softly.

‘One goal now.’