Romantic on the Field

98.

[It can’t always be good. life is like that ]

It was something my father often said.

[Football is similar to this. You can’t always be good. ]

Sometimes he said this, and each time Jamie added a sentence to himself.

‘Except me.’

Of course, looking at the recent progress of Stoke City players, my father was right. However, that does not apply to Jamie.

‘It was like that before the return, so of course in this life…’

Jamie, who recalled a rather unexpected impression during the game, immediately avoided the opponent’s tackle by a narrow margin. It was almost a reflexive movement.

‘What is it, is the striker all the way down here?’

Then, belatedly confirming the opponent, he felt absurd. I came down to a fairly deep place, because the opponent I tackled was a striker.

‘It seems he has no real intention to score a goal.’

Everton seemed to shrink even further as Jamie caught the ball and crossed the half-line.

As he remembered, he looked around and quickly re-entered the information on the field.

One, two, three, four… ten people. All ten of Everton’s field players were down the half line.

‘long time no see.’

Is this the first time such an extreme defensive tactic has been used since the match against Watford? With that thought in mind, I hit the ball diagonally to the right. It was to hit and run quickly without being surrounded by many opponents.

As expected, three players in front and behind narrowed the distance.

Two-woong. As if he had waited, Jamie sped up and got out of the mark. The player closest to him hurriedly followed, but the sudden change in direction caused him to lose his balance and fall.

moved from outside to inside. Then shoot or pass. Nine out of ten would expect that in this situation.

Jamie knew that too, so he turned back outward instead.

ugh With this move, the defensive midfielder also lost his balance and fell.

“Hey!”

At that moment, Damien, who was inside the penalty box, raised his hand.

‘thanks.’

Jamie pretended to cross and turned inside again.

Crossing or breaking inside, Jamie’s choice now was one of these two.

Dan Jamie usually prefers shooting rather than crosses, and from the perspective of Everton players who know this, breaking through the inside was a sufficiently predictable choice. However, Damien’s request for a pass confused the Everton defenders.

The fullback followed Jamie a beat late. I tried to stop it by using my hand in a hurry, but Jamie quickly shook it off.

Around the edge of the penalty box, it’s time to shoot. Besides, it was the left foot angle.

puck.

Even though he is two-footed, he is known for his right foot, so the Everton defenders could not react to the sudden left-footed kick shot.

Same goes for goalkeepers.

I couldn’t help but watch as the shot that seemed to go outside the goal quickly turned and was sucked into the top left corner of the goal.

[ ······! ]

After knocking out six opponents, he scored a goal.

Everton fans, the opposing team, as well as Stoke fans who were cheering, were shocked.

[ eee-YeeeA! ]

Shouts broke out half a beat later than usual.

“…That crazy bastard.”

“Can’t you put it a little more plainly? uh?”

The reaction of fellow players was also half a beat late.

**

Even Jamie is bound to get a little tired after beating six people. Especially if there is a sprint included in the process.

So after that, the pace was adjusted and the game was played, and the first half ended 1-0.

“Conceding the opening goal, Everton will not be able to sit still.”

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Milo was so lucky.

‘So I’m telling you to be careful of counterattacks.’

Jamie guessed at Milo’s next words. It was because I have seen quite a few cases where, after scoring the first goal in a state of excitement, they tried to force an attack and allowed the score to be tied in vain.

“So there will be more chances to score goals. Let’s clean up the space behind Everton properly.”

But what came out of Milo’s mouth was unexpected.

‘great.’

Then Keating has a reason to overlap. Jamie nodded in satisfaction.

The second half went as Milo said. Whether it was because they simply scored the opening goal or because they were scolded by the coach in the locker room, the Everton players actively attacked after raising the defensive line higher than in the first half.

However, raising the line and actively attacking did not immediately lead to an opportunity. Everton’s pass was a beat early or late, the breakthrough was erratic, and the shot went wide of the target.

‘Shall we go soon?’

In the 12th minute of the second half, realizing that there was no need to be particularly careful, Jamie asked Brian for a pass.

Brian gave the pass as soon as he requested it, as if it was natural, and Jamie crossed the half line and moved to the side, just like when he scored the opening goal. As a result, Robin moved to the center with a defender, and there was a momentary space on the right.

Two-woong. Jamie chose to run at full speed without any special skills. It was almost the same pattern as before, but there was no need to change it. It’s hard to stop even though you know it’s just pure speed.

“Ah-!”

However, it was the same that it was difficult to prevent even knowing that uniforms were snatched from behind.

Jamie didn’t bother holding on and fell down screaming.

Beep beep. Because it was such a blatant foul, the referee blew a series of whistles and came running.

“Hey!”

Brian approached the offending player with a very excited face. The referee rushed to prevent this from happening, so Jamie quickly got up and made a gesture that it was okay.

Fortunately, a few players were cornered, but it didn’t turn into a fight, and they soon began to return to their respective positions.

‘Well?’

Jamie, who was about to move to the center after giving the free kick to Brian, found Keating trying to return to his seat.

“Keeting.”

OK, let’s talk now. With that in mind, he called Keating over.

“lee.”

“Yes, Lee. Did you see it?”

“···Like what?”

“If a fast-footed guy runs openly, the defender can’t stop it. You are faster than me.”

“…”

Keating’s expression hardened for a moment. I didn’t feel like I was hardening because I was in a bad mood.

“Okay.”

And soon, with a resolute expression, he replied.

“great.”

Jamie grinned. When I saw the look on my face, I believed it.

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Moments later, Brian’s free kick narrowly grazed Harry’s head. However, Everton’s attack also failed to produce results, and the ball was owned by Stoke City again.

‘No, was that a determined expression?’

And Jamie let out an internal laugh when he saw Keating hanging around the half-line without overlapping.

In case Brian caught the ball, he tried to pass it, hoping to overlap it, but Keating was unsteady.

Second half 15 minutes, 20 minutes. Even as time passed, Keating’s active overlapping did not explode.

‘yes. It doesn’t make sense for people to change right away with just one piece of advice.’

Harry and Brian were unusual cases. Jamie accepted that and decided to create another opportunity for himself.

Tung-. After taking off the approaching opponent with a back shot, this time I tried to break through to the center rather than the side.

“Hey.”

Unless Keating asked for a pass.

‘uh?’

Did Keating ever ask for a pass first? Even though it was long, Jamie gave the pass obediently.

And······.

Two-woong.

Keating started running as soon as he received the ball.

**

“Director”

A few minutes ago, Stoke City Bench.

“That… the conversation in the locker room earlier. Did you mean Ned Keating consciously?”

head coach Nick Powell asked Milo cautiously. I lowered my voice just in case the other players would hear it.

“Oh, that’s right. How did you know?”

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Milo replied with a smile. Unlike Nick, his expression and voice seemed oblivious to the gazes around him.

“Yeah, there’s something we talked about before the game.”

In recent days, Milo, Nick, and other coaches and power analysts have been talking about kitting. It was because the number of overlapping attempts had drastically decreased compared to last season.

If it was simply a decrease in attack stats, it would be understandable. The league has changed, and the team tactics have changed a lot. However, the decrease in the number of overlapping attempts was a different matter.

“Obviously, it seemed like my confidence had dropped a lot.”

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Like any other sport, football is a mentally important sport. No matter how classy a player is, there is a high possibility that he will not be able to show his original skills if he loses confidence or is intimidated.

The Stoke coaching staff were concerned about this.

“that’s right. Fortunately, the defense side is showing good performance, but…”

In fact, the attacking side was not lacking in activity either. However, it was regrettable because he had shown sensational performances until last year.

“uh.”

“Jay is running again.”

At that time, Jamie, who scored the opening goal, tried to break through again.

‘I wish Keating could be half as daring as Jamie.’

The moment Nick thought of that, the Everton player grabbed Jamie roughly.

Ah-evil! Jamie immediately screamed and collapsed.

“a!”

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Nick got up from his seat excitedly. Beep beep. The referee came running, declaring a foul as if it were natural.

Hmm. A free kick was awarded anyway, and Jamie looked fine. Nick let out a strong snort and sat back down.

“Well?”

Then he frowned when he saw Jamie calling Keating and saying something.

“The manager on the field is giving new instructions.”

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Looking at Jamie like that, Milo said with a familiar smile.

“What are you talking about?”

“Play a little more confidently? Do some overlapping? well. hahahaha.”

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Nick glanced at Milo’s profile.

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Looking at his usual appearance, he seems like a director with a pretty strong ego, but he also seemed like a person who is difficult to judge by just laughing at scenes like this.

‘Is it just because the other person is Jamie that he is generous?’

I thought so too.

But after a few minutes, Nick understood 100 percent of Milo’s attitude.

“Keeting!”

“Ned, run!”

Keating received Jamie’s pass near the half-line and started running at full speed.

“…!”

As if the scene where Jamie broke the right side was reflected in a mirror, he made the Everton defenders useless just by running and changing directions without any special skills.

“Keeting, go!”

“You solve it!”

Other coaches, feeling unimportant, stood up and shouted.

Same goes for Nick.

“Keeting! Finish it!”

Unknowingly, he got up from the bench and took two steps forward, screaming.

Keating pretended to cross, as Jamie did, but turned inside.

‘Do you hit me?’

If you were simply following Jamie’s play, you should have shot here. However, Keating’s subsequent choice was not shooting.

‘Break it again?’

I made another fake motion as if I was going to shoot, then turned to the outside. Tuung. Then I sprinted one more time.

He was the best in the Premier League in terms of instantaneous speed. As an Everton defender, he could not catch up.

Should I say instead, the shooting angle did not come out as much as I ran outside.

‘It’s a cutback!’

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Nick immediately sensed Keating’s intentions.

From the half-line, run and change direction to shake the defense, then pass to a clear offensive resource.

In a way, it was a very standard move. However, it was also something that could not be done without certain confidence.

“Jamie!”

“Hit it!”

As Nick expected, Keating made a cutback pass to Jamie, and Jamie fired a direct shot at the coaches’ request.

[ eee-YeeeAH! ]

There was a wonderful extra goal that was as good as the opening goal.

“I don’t know what Jay said, but Keating must have taken that advice.”

While Jamie was celebrating his goal, Milo looked at Nick and said.

“hahahaha, I will.”

For some reason, Nick felt that his feelings had been revealed, so he had no choice but to give an ambiguous answer.