Romantic on the Field

50.

‘Ned.’

As the second half began, Ned Keating remembered the manager’s words in the locker room.

‘Don’t be too conscious of your opponent. Just do what you do, just do what you do.’

As usual.

It was an uncharacteristic comment from a director who had always asked for ‘more, more, more’.

It was a story that Ned Keating was conscious of Jamie and that the director was worried about it.

‘It’s undeniable that Lee is a great player. However, there is obviously a big gap between you, who reached the threshold of the Premier League, and Lee, who just came up from League One. It’s a player you don’t need to be too conscious of or check. If I just do what I’ve been doing, I’m sure I’ll be able to achieve better results.’

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Ned Keating couldn’t help but laugh when he remembered that far.

“Damn it! Why can’t I stop that simple thing! uh?”

The person who said that, the Swansea City manager, ran out into the technical area and was screaming.

There is only one reason why he is so angry.

“Jay! You crazy bastard!”

“Isn’t that the first hat-trick of the championship? hahahahaha!”

As soon as the second half started, Jamie scored Stoke City’s third goal and his own hat-trick.

Although the manager said it was ‘simple’, it was actually a surprise attack, so it was not easy for the Swansea defenders to block it.

This time, the newly recruited central defender raised a long ball towards the tall striker, who dropped it to Jamie running from behind. And Jamie connects it with a direct shot. goal.

‘If I kick it, it’s a goal.’

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Ned Keating shook his head.

‘There is definitely a big gap between you and Lee.’

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Looking back, the director was right. The difference between the two was clearly greater than expected. It’s just that it’s not Ned Keating on top, it’s Jamie.

Still, he wasn’t disappointed.

“Mark!”

In the 20th minute of the second half, Ned Keating raised his hand.

After receiving the pass, he raised his head slightly to check what was in front of him.

Was it Mario or Mario? I don’t know the name, but the opposing full-back wasn’t a threat anyway.

Two-woong.

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No great skill was required. He was able to outrun his opponent just by hitting and running.

‘next?’

Harris Harry. No, was it Harry Harris?

It wasn’t really that important.

to-tuk. Ned Keating beat even that with the Phantom Dribble.

‘done.’

angle opened.

His left foot was thrown back.

“Sanchoooooo!”

Just then, Jamie’s voice came from behind.

Sancho? Was there a player with that name?

The moment those thoughts quickly pass through my head.

Char-ah.

He thought soccer boots would come flying from the end of his field of vision, but he took the ball neatly before his left foot touched it.

‘Uh, when?’

That wasn’t the end.

It usually takes a few seconds to get up or get into position right after a sliding tackle.

However, the player who could not tell whether it was Sancho or Sancha stood up again in the blink of an eye and immediately blew a long pass.

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Ned quickly turned around.

And······.

Yes, that tall striker dropped the ball.

After catching the ball, Jamie hits and runs past one of the players.

Then I watched him score the fourth goal after passing the player with a phantom.

[ EE-YEE! ]

The away fans cheered, and the Stoke players ran to congratulate Jamie.

“hahahaha.”

Phantom after hit and run.

It was the same order that Ned Keating had given earlier.

As if to say, ‘I can do what you can do’.

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No, like saying ‘I’m better than you’.

“ha ha ha.”

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Ned Keating couldn’t help but laugh again.

‘As expected, is it impossible to beat Lee?’

At the same time, I also felt that way.

**

[‘Four goals blast’ Jamie Lee’s performance, Stoke City 4:2 win]

[Ned Keating’s comeback goal just before the end, not enough to overturn the victory]

[ Stoke City’s ‘disaster’ that no one expected ]

[Director Charlie said, “The tactics were incomplete, and the players couldn’t completely melt. Nonetheless, we won. I’ll be honest. All thanks to Jamie Lee.” ]

[ Ned Keating “Playing against Lee always makes me grow. Now Lee has completely become my idol. I want to play with him in any way, whether as an opponent or as a teammate.” ]

[ Jamie Lee’s reaction to Ned Keating’s rave reviews? ]

b [“It’s burdensome.” ]

The match between Stoke and Swansea has created a lot of talk in English football.

[Netizens go wild over Ned Keating’s remarks about ‘teammates’]

[ substa** – Isn’t that a disrespect for Stoke City? I don’t know what the same championship teams are doing. ]

b [ candor** – I didn’t understand. Someone please explain instead

ㄴ [dommi** – You mean you want Lee to transfer to your team. ]

[ equivo** – I don’t think so. It’s just a nuance of ‘I hope we can play together in the future’? ]

ㄴ [hermm** – Stoke fan who denies reality 1]

ㄴ [metcau** – Swansea supporters? If it’s applied, go to sleep quietly]

[ endemi** – I see it a little differently. Doesn’t that mean Ned Keating wants to come to Stoke? ]

ㄴ [ thhwawt** – Wow, that was the funniest thing I’ve seen this year. ]

ㄴ [hermm** – You should run the happiness circuit as much as possible. ]

ㄴ [Kanma** – Isn’t that enough to burn the whole brain, not the happiness circuit? ]

Among them, the most talked about factor was definitely Ned Keating’s remarks.

‘I want to play with him in any way, whether as an opponent or as a teammate.’

The former had no particular problem.

The problem was the latter.

Be it as a teammate, I want to play with him in any way.

This can be interpreted as meaning that he wants to bring Jamie to Swansea, or that he wants to go to Stoke himself.

“What on earth was Keating thinking when he said that?”

“So. Didn’t you openly say that you would take the ace of our team without morality, right now?”

“No, it could be the other way around. Didn’t you say openly that you wanted to come to our team?”

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Ned Keating’s ‘teammate’ remarks became a hot topic within the Stoke City team as well, with players sharing the story at every opportunity, whether on the training ground or in the locker room.

“Are you really coming?”

will you come

Jamie sighed internally. Since the media told me that I was good at it, I thought that these people were too bad at self-objectification.

“Jay, what do you think?”

“Yes, we should listen to the opinions of the parties. Which one do you think you are?”

Harry and Brian turned their arrows at Jamie.

“Well, I’m not sure about that, but now I have one thing for sure.”

Jamie, who was stretching a little away, replied without even paying attention.

“Are you sure?”

“What?”

“That if you don’t train like that and gossip, you’ll end up in a water jug.”

“…”

Jamie put a few words to silence the two of them.

“ha ha ha.”

Robin, who had been watching from the sidelines without participating in the conversation, burst into laughter.

“right. Didn’t you see Mario struggling to carry the water jug yesterday?”

As Robin said, the first pitcher of water was right-back Mario.

I did score a goal against Coventry, but that was it.

“Oh, it was a bit sad to see. Last season, you did it for one person though.”

Harry responded with a short click of his tongue as if feeling sorry for him.

“right. And be nice.”

“···suddenly?”

“It’s okay to be nice. I bought you dinner last time.”

“ok? Did you buy it too?”

“Hey, you too?”

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Mario was not originally a player who showed outstanding performance. On the contrary, it was not a player who was pointed out as a hole in the squad.

However, in Milo’s asymmetrical 4-5-1 formation, he was unable to adapt and became a humiliating ‘water jug’. From the viewer’s point of view, I couldn’t help but feel sad.

“It’s fortunate that it’s not really an atmosphere of harsh behavior or bullying. It’s an atmosphere where everyone is joking around.”

“Still, my heart must be pretty hurt.”

“right. This is the real spindle…”

“Uh huh.”

Robin cut Brian off.

“Jay, what do you think?”

Then he turned his head to Jamie.

“I don’t think it matters much.”

“I was just curious about your opinion. You are the best among us when it comes to watching the game and watching the players.”

Even if he had eyes to watch the game, there was nothing Jamie could do.

“You were the one who gave Brian advice, and the one who turned the three-headed Harry into a round-headed one…”

“Robin, you’re going to be a triptych.”

“Anyway, is there no hope for Mario?”

I tried to gloss over it, but Robin kept blowing wind that wasn’t wind.

“Well······.”

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Mario isn’t fast on his feet, nor is he good at passing or shooting.

Will he be able to rehabilitate him, who has a poor understanding of the new tactics?

Jamie thought for a moment.

“It’s not like there’s no way at all…”

There was only one way.

**

“There is also a way to change positions.”

Charlie’s bald head tilted to the side at Milo’s words.

“Change position?”

“The mobility is not good, and the ability to develop attacks is not good. Instead, there is one advantage.”

“defence?”

“Yes, it is the secret that a player who is not good at overlapping has been consistently selected as a starter over the past few years.”

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Now, this is director Charlie Adam’s office.

The two of them were talking about the team without the coaching staff or power analyst accompanying them for the first time in a while.

“Then, should I change to a third midfielder?”

“Yes, instead you should use it as an extreme defensive player like an anchorman or halfback. Then we can use some of Harry’s or Jack’s offensive talents.”

“Ummm…”

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Milo got up from his seat and brought the whiteboard that was on the wall of his office.

“…”

The current time is nine o’clock in the afternoon.

He stopped by the office for a while to get ready for work.

Charlie, who was thinking of going home and doing ‘FM’ soon, hardened his expression slightly.

“Doesn’t Lee start a lot of asymmetry by vacating the right winger?’

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Like it or not, Milo got the momentum and began to rant.

“Because of that, the usefulness of Troy, which has a wide movement up and down, has become ambiguous. If you use him as a right winger, Brian, who is the second best scorer after Lee, has to be left out.”

He took the magnets off the whiteboard and put them on and off again.

“However, putting Mario at halfback and Troy at right fullback solves this problem. It can also make up for Mario’s lack of overlapping and coverage.”

“…then one of the three lines has to drop out?”

Eventually, out of desperation, Charlie joined Milo’s tactics meeting.

“There is no need to change the main members right away. FA Cup, League Cup, and even the Europa Conference League, where he competed after winning the League Cup. There are many matches to play. There is a midweek game starting next week right now. You just have to rotate it naturally.”

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Milo turned the whiteboard back.

Then, the magnets that were clumsily attached to the back of the whiteboard were revealed.

widely. He adjusted the position of the two magnets.

“When Mario protects the central defenders, Harry and Ralph have more room to move. We can expect a similar effect to last season when we used Mutombo as a defensive midfielder.”

“Ugh. But can Mario and Troy adapt right away to their new positions?”

Tuck, Tuck. Milo moved the rest of the magnets as well.

“It’s worth a try, though. The season is long.”

“In the meantime, what if the opponent attacks only our right side?”

“That part can be covered if our offensive options diversify. The opposing team will block that area, making it difficult to focus. In the meantime, we just need to use defensive midfielder Mario and fullback Troy in the discard competition. You can let the main players rest, and you can increase the level of adaptation to the new position through actual matches.”

discard contest.

What is that, Charlie, who was about to ask, kept his mouth shut. I thought I would know even if I didn’t say it.

“The League Cup and the Europa Conference League.”

Still, Milo kindly explained.

**

There are numerous soccer competitions in Europe. Right now, there are more than five competitions hosted by the EFL (England Football League), so it is not an exaggeration to say that the number will be difficult to count if this range is expanded to the whole of Europe.

That’s why even Europeans who are crazy about football don’t watch all the competitions. Most of them stop at watching team games in their hometown.

However, there is a competition that you watch even if the team you support does not participate, and that is the Continental Cup.

The UEFA Champions League, called the flower of European football, is a representative example.

However, not all continental cup competitions garnered much attention. Right now, even if it’s just the UEFA Europa League, which is the lower level competition, the status and interest in it are noticeably lower when compared to the Champions League.

“Still, it’s been an international convention in a while.”

“yes? How long? Have Stoke ever been to a continental cup?”

“Ahhhhh? That’s a disrespect for Stoke.”

“hahahaha. So when is that?”

“7, 70’s…?”

Hannah’s answer made Jamie burst into laughter.

“I laughed! I laughed at you now!”

“No, it was a long time ago, so I just laughed out loud.”

“what the! Ah, I looked it up and it seems that I went out once in the 2010s.”

“Well, it seems like a very long time ago.”

“·······.”

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Now they are sitting in front of the TV ahead of the UEFA Europa Conference League, a continental cup competition that they are less interested in than the UEFA Europa League.

“But, when the Europa Conference League was first launched, there was a lot of talk.”

“A useless contest?”

“yes. They say they are wasting the lives of players by flying back and forth needlessly.”

That was true to some degree.

It was also the reason Jamie watched the game at home today rather than sitting on the bench.

“Still, it seems like a pretty good tournament for a team like us. It could be a good opportunity, especially for the reserve team players.”

“That’s right. When will I compete in the Continental Cup again?”

“Uh, honey. start.”

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Last year, Stoke City qualified for the final Europa Conference League qualifiers by winning the League Cup.

Their opponent is Boavista FC.

As one of the ‘Big 6’ teams in the Primeira Liga, it was a club that boasts a history and tradition in Portugal.

There is a difference in level between continents, but anyway, it was a confrontation between a team that had just been promoted to the second division and a team that was classified as a strong team in the first division. Stoke City couldn’t guarantee victory.

“Oh, Eric. It’s been a long time since I’ve been selected.”

Charlie and Milo made a bold choice.

Rather than forcefully operating the starting lineup, it was decided to put more effort into the league after removing most of the starting members.

So, there were many players in the Stoke selection list who were not able to appear in the game due to the newly recruited Mutombo and Vincent.

“Eh? Troy at fullback?”

“hahahaha.”

“Oh. Why is Mario a defensive midfielder again?”

“···hahahaha.”

Since the position change between the two players was still a secret, Hannah’s eyes widened when she first confirmed it.

In fact, Mario joined the ‘Stoke Personal Training Group’ from last week.

Along with getting out of the ‘water jug’ member, it was to adapt more quickly to the new position, defensive midfielder.

“Is this the work of assistant coach Conrad?”

“Perhaps.”

“Ohhh, then that might be pretty good.”

Well. Jamie replied inwardly.

It was because position changes don’t happen overnight like in games, and changing positions doesn’t guarantee that it will always lead to good results.

‘Anyway, the Europa Conference seems like a discarded card.’

That’s how Jamie guessed Charlie and Milo’s intentions.

But······.

“Wow, are you okay?”

After the game, Jamie was overcome with a sense of bewilderment.