Romantic on the Field

51.

The first leg of the Europa Conference League final qualifier against Boavista FC ended in a 0-0 draw.

[ Stoke City, another change ]

[‘Lee-less’ Stoke City draws 0-0 with Boavista, the Portuguese powerhouse]

With the majority of the starting lineups missing, the away game is winless.

[ Fullback Troy and anchorman Mario. The new position experiment is ‘passing point once’ ]

ㄴ [Director Charlie Adam said, “A season is like a long marathon. What is needed from a long-term perspective” ]

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Not only that, but the two players who played in completely new positions also showed more than expected. It was very encouraging news for Stoke City.

However, luck just ended there.

The following week, in the second leg at home, Stoke City were eliminated with a 0-1 defeat.

As I originally gave up, it was fortunate that there was no big blow because it was a tournament.

And······.

[ GOOOOAL! GOOOAL! ]

[Stoke City together take down Barnsley FC from League One! ]

3-0 win over Barnsley FC.

[ Brian, Brian······. ]

[ goal! Brian, who received Jamie Lee’s through pass, calmly finished! ]

2-0 win over Rotherham United.

[Jamie Lee records 5 assists in the league with this! 6 goals and 5 assists in 4 league matches, truly unbelievable! ]

Stoke City continued their league winning streak amid Jamie’s big success.

“Can I do this?”

“Why? what.”

During a ‘Stoke personal training session’, Brian muttered blankly.

“No, you have to worry about staying in the first place. But look at the score now. You’re on your way to winning the league four times in a row!”

“…Isn’t that nice?”

“You are anxious. Can you do this? Couldn’t head coach Conrad have used black magic or something?”

Harry shook his head at the words that followed, and Robin looked at Brian with interest.

“Is there such a legend in Belarus?”

“yes?”

It was a question because Brian was from Belarus.

“Wouldn’t there be something like that? do not know?”

“He’s just weird. Belarus is innocent.”

Another strange conversation between strange people was about to take place. Jamie, who had been sitting next to her and taking a break, got up from her seat.

“Uh, shop? Then I will go too.”

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Mario, who had recently joined the meeting, also stood up following Jamie.

“As expected, the fathers come home early.”

Harry looked at them both with envious eyes.

“Aren’t you going?”

“Well. There’s nothing to do if you go early. Go do some more dribbling practice with Brian.”

“Mmm, yes. See you all tomorrow.”

“Oh right! Mario, congratulations on escaping the water jug!”

“Ha ha ha, thank you.”

On the way to the parking lot, Jamie moved on, lost in thought.

‘It’s Wolverhampton…’

The opponent in the 5th round of the league was Wolverhampton.

Both Barnsley and Rotherham, who were opponents in the 3rd and 4th rounds of the league, were weak.

But Wolverhampton is different.

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Last season, the team that was mentioned as a potential promotion candidate along with Swansea City was Wolverhampton.

However, in the second half of the league, the main players were injured and unfortunately failed to promote.

If there were even two or three key players left, no, no, no…

“lee.”

When my thoughts reached that point, Mario, who was walking along, started talking to me.

“Isn’t this your car?”

“Oh, right.”

I arrived at where I had parked. Jamie took the car keys out of his pocket.

“ah.”

Then, as if thinking about it, he turned his head to Mario.

“next month.”

“yes?”

“My wife is going to play once next month.”

“Oh really? That’s great. Ha ha ha, but my wife also asked yesterday.”

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Mario replied with a slightly awkward laugh for some reason.

I have something to say. Jamie noticed, but he calmly waited without asking.

“···hahahaha. What else do you have to say?”

“Nope. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Okay, see you tomorrow.”

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Mario walked to where his car was parked, and Jamie looked behind him for a moment before getting into the car.

**

a few days later

[Come on, wolves]

[Come on, wolves]

The cheering song was resonating at the Molyneux Stadium, the home stadium of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.

“ha ha ha. The Wolves cheerleaders are terrible!”

Vincent Herrero-Sancho laughed heartily.

“lee! As expected, the Stoke supporters who go to cheer are the best. hahahaha.”

Jamie didn’t respond. It was because I knew why Vincent said such things.

[He speaks Spanish. ]

[I’m from Spain]

[We think he’s as great as Mutombo]

[ His name is Vincent Errero. ]

[ No, he’s Mexican. ]

[Mexican even though I’m from Spain. ]

[We think he’s as great as Mutombo]

[ His name is San-cho. ]

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Not long ago, Stoke City supporters made a song for him.

I heard that it was made by a musician who was Sam Phoenix or something to be exact, but it wasn’t particularly important.

The important thing was that Vincent really liked the cheering song.

“Even if you’re from Spain, you’re Mexican.”

To the extent that they call me without even trying.

“We think he’s bigger than Mutombo. His name is San-cho.”

“It doesn’t get much better than Mutombo.”

“Wow, what a surprise. Mutombo, when did you come?”

Vincent looked back in amazement.

“Be careful with the lyrics. Not more than Mutombo. As much as Mutombo.”

“ha ha ha. Yeah. I was a little confused.”

Then he moved as if he were running away.

“Mutombo.”

Jamie told Mutombo after seeing Vincent walk away completely.

“Jamie.”

“I hear you’ve been giving Mario a lot of defense-related advice lately?”

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Mutombo was not a formal member of the ‘Stoke Personal Training Group’, but would come and train with him from time to time whenever he felt like it.

“thanks. Thanks to that, Mario seems to have caught on.”

“Strange. Jamie is not a director.”

“Well?”

“Jamie is not even a captain.”

I heard and saw it.

“···Yeah.”

A number of thoughts came to my mind for a moment, but Jamie just said that.

“Now, the opponent is a strong team. Don’t be nervous, and don’t be too nervous either. Let’s do our best as usual. got it?”

Soon after the warm-up time was over, the ‘real captain’ called the players and said.

“Jamie, say something too.”

“···In addition?”

Then, after a long time, I gave Jamie the say.

“Well.”

Unlike last time against Manchester City, I didn’t think about it for long this time.

“Let’s win.”

“hahahaha. I like that it is simple.”

“Okay, let’s win as Jay said.”

“Stoke, stoke!”

Round 5 of the championship has begun.

[Come on, wolves]

[Come on, wolves]

As the Wanderers (Wolverhampton’s nickname) insincere cheers rang out again, Jamie caught the ball.

‘I was told to operate carefully in the beginning.’

Wolverhampton was basically a team with good mobility even if it wasn’t a counterattack like Stoke City.

It was one of the main patterns to suddenly turn aggressive and score when the game wanted to enter a lull, or when Wolverhampton wanted to shrink a little.

‘It was SOS, I think it was such a childish name.’

The core of these Wolverhampton attacks was the ‘SOS’ triangular formation, consisting of left winger ‘Sam’, striker ‘Austin’ and right winger ‘Sylbiu’.

The reason Jamie knew about this triangular formation was not because it was such a terrifying combination that even World Class in the past knew its name… it wasn’t because the power analyst explained it to him.

In fact, there was another person he was wary of.

‘Gerson Mosquera.’

As a player who was once called ‘Colombia’s Maldini’, he was still a player who played a key role in Wolverhampton’s defense despite his age.

In the past life, although I had never met him in person due to different times, I was familiar with his skills, mental strength, and professionalism.

In any case, there was nothing to lose by listening to the power analyst, so Jamie turned the ball backwards without overdoing it.

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes in the first half.

And from 15 to 20 to 30 minutes.

Both Stoke City and Wolverhampton have not had a clear chance.

‘Let’s go out now.’

Jamie looked at the Wolverhampton players passing the ball in his own half.

According to the power analyst, he should have attacked at least a couple of times already.

However, they have never attempted a proper attack until this point.

It seems that Stoke City, which is recording 4 consecutive league wins, was burdensome.

‘I’ll block it well.’

Jamie glanced back.

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Mario, who showed a decent performance in the last Europa Conference League, was positioned as a defensive midfielder.

And next to him was Troy, who played as a new position, right fullback.

‘Anyway, let’s trust our colleagues. I’ll do what I have to do.’

Jamie bounced back to himself and began to press loosely on his opponent.

‘Well?’

It was not long after that that I felt uneasy or uncomfortable.

‘what?’

Jamie quickly looked around.

Sam, Austin, and Silviu. The so-called ‘SOS’ line was running.

oh-oh

At that moment, Gerson Mosquera, who was exchanging the ball with the defenders from behind, attempted a long pass towards Sam.

It’s Troy. Jamie turned and headed toward the defenses. Took. In the meantime, Sam, who corresponds to the ‘S’ of ‘SOS’, received a long pass with a neat touch.

‘What about the center?’

The most important was the center.

Fortunately, the middle looked pretty solid.

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Not only Mario, but also Mutombo and Sancho were closely marking the ‘O’ in ‘SOS’.

If so, the possibility of allowing a decisive opportunity was not high. Because what you can do on the side is pretty limited

However, there was one fact Jamie overlooked.

Although he is adapting to his new position better than expected, Troy is basically not a player who shows great strength in defense.

Two-woong.

‘S’ evaded Troy’s hasty tackle without difficulty, speeded up, and advanced all the way to the outside of the penalty box at once.

swish Jamie’s head turned quickly.

His gaze was directed not to the center, but to the other side of SOS, Silviu.

“the opposite!”

Jamie shouted, but it was too late.

Sam, who succeeded in breaking through, put up a low and fast cross to Silviu, who was running from the other side.

Kross had great speed and positioning.

The ball was immediately connected to Silviu, and he flew his body as if doing a sliding tackle and touched the ball with his toe.

Took.

It didn’t require much force. It was enough just to change the direction of the ball.

[ Heehee-yeah! ]

[aaa! ]

Beyond the goal, the Wanderers screamed.

“Sigh.”

On the other hand, the Stoke defenders who conceded the goal let out a sigh and bowed their heads.

Among them, Troy, who had the biggest impact on the run, was lying on the floor because he could not lower his head.

‘It’s been a while.’

Conceding a goal in the first half, and a hopeless squad atmosphere.

It was a situation I hadn’t encountered in a long time.

To put it a little differently, it was also a situation that I was tired of last year.

“It’s fine. It’s just that I was taken by surprise. Don’t beat yourself up too much.”

But now it was different.

“Get up quickly. That way we can score an equalizer before the half is over.”

Unlike before, Jamie was active and encouraged the players…

“Okay, wake up.”

“There is still plenty of time left.”

The players were no longer mired in defeatism.

“Jamie will score the equalizer. Don’t be too down, let’s cheer up quickly.”

Oliver’s last words were the decisive blow.

With that one word, the players seemed to have shaken off their last regrets and fears.

“Right, Jamie?”

Then Oliver asked Jamie loudly.

“yes.”

It didn’t take long to answer.

**

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Meanwhile, at that time, Molyneux Stadium spectators.

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Ned Keating sipped on an ion drink and looked out over the field. Silviu was having a goal celebration with his teammates.

‘I’m also an opponent who had a hard time…’

Silviu’s individual skills were much less than Ned Keating’s. However, it was not easy to stop them because the breathing of ‘SOS’ was so good.

In particular, Swansea City’s attack route was virtually only one, Ned Kitting, so Wolverhampton was able to attack freely after stopping it.

‘I wonder if Jamie Lee would have been different.’

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Ned Keating’s gaze moved to Jamie.

He was clapping his hands and encouraging his teammates.

And colleagues immediately got up and shouted fighting as if in response.

‘If I were there…’

As I watched the scene, I naturally felt that way.

It’s Ned Keating from Stoke City.

“Wouldn’t that be nice?”

Then he murmured to himself involuntarily.