Romantic on the Field

12.

Jamie started running.

As he crossed the half-line, a nearby Swansea player pressed.

The opponent is the main player of the 3rd place team in the championship.

It was a situation where you could feel quite a lot of pressure as a Stoke City player who was struggling at the bottom of the 3rd division league.

However, to Jamie, the opponent was a ‘only’ championship player, not ‘how much’. Rotation members who are not even at full strength.

He easily broke off the pressure with a single back shot.

However, another player immediately covered the space.

“Don’t stick!”

At that moment, the Swansea City manager’s cry was heard.

‘It’s better than our director.’

Jamie thought to himself and moved on. The Swansea players pulled back and kept their distance. Then, when he reached the penalty box, he came forward to reduce the shooting angle.

‘Five.’

Jamie’s eyes widened slightly. The players definitely wanted to be better than our Stoke.

But, anyway. Jamie took a stance as if he was going to shoot right away, but when the players turned around, he deflected the ball to the outside.

‘Well?’

The eyes of the defenders moved to the rolling ball.

And at the end of that gaze, there was Brian.

‘shooting? cross?’

The distance was too far to hit the shot, and the angle was not good.

However, I knew that Brian’s shooting was good, so I couldn’t make a hasty decision.

But at that moment, Jamie penetrated into the penalty box.

‘It’s a cross!’

The defenders were confident. One hurriedly marked Jamie, while the other calculated the cross angle and took position.

“Hit it.”

Are you hitting me there? The pupils of the defender shook at Jamie’s low muttering.

puck-.

At the same time, the heavy sound of hitting the ball rang out…

“YeeeH!”

“eee-YE!”

The away fans of Stoke, who were sitting on the away side of the goal, stood up all at once.

Brian’s right-footed kick shot hit the top right corner of the goal.

“crazy······.”

The Swansea defenders who saw this murmured in despair.

“crazy!”

“Isn’t Brian supposed to be tested for doping?”

“Just in case you don’t know, don’t say that!”

The Stoke players shouted excitedly.

“ha ha ha. lee! lee!”

On the other hand, unlike the excited Stoke players, Brian, the person involved, ran to Jamie with a clear face.

“lee! what’s the pass First time seeing that.”

“It’s just an outside shitball pass.”

After Jamie gave a rough answer, he glanced at Ned Keating, who had run nearby before he knew it.

‘Look at his expression.’

Seeing his devastated face made me smile.

[Ned Keating praised the competitor for ‘Jamie Lee is a great player’]

[‘Personality’ Ned Keating’s humble interview belatedly talked about]

[ Hobbies are donation and volunteer work, a perfect man outside the stadium ]

Ned Keating wasn’t just a football player.

He was also a very good person off the pitch.

‘I don’t want to look like that.’

That’s exactly what Jamie didn’t like.

He disliked most people, but among them, the type that was particularly difficult and disliked was the ‘solid sportsman’.

Regardless of the environment in which he lived, Jamie had a twisted side. It wasn’t that he did anything that harmed others or that he had a problem with his personality. However, when looking at something or dealing with a situation, I always maintained a slightly slanted posture.

On the other hand, the ‘healthy sportsmen’ always had a straight line of sight, and the direction they walked was always straight.

‘Life is beautiful!’

‘tiring? I will help you!’

‘If you live with a good will, it will definitely lead to good results!’

Every action and decision they made seemed to say so.

‘Today, feel the frustration properly.’

Jamie walked past him to the half-line.

Afterwards, until half-time, Swansea pushed Stoke hard.

At the center of it all was Ned Keating, who relentlessly pounded the left flank despite Stoke’s cooperative defense.

Fortunately, the defenders acted well as Jamie advised, and Jamie sometimes covered himself in a critical situation, allowing us to finish the first half with a one-point lead.

“It is going according to plan.”

However, director Charlie seemed to think that all of this was thanks to his own plan.

‘What’s wrong.’

Jamie almost burst out laughing.

Of course, I knew that Director Charlie wasn’t saying it with bad intentions, so I didn’t show it. Although he was incompetent as a director, he was not an evil person.

“Harry goes down a little further and protects the defenders. Do you remember training? Think of it as a back-three transformation.”

Then, coach Charlie chose to lock up, just like against Luton Town.

yes, do whatever you want Jamie went into the second half with a sense of resignation.

“lee?”

10 minutes in the second half. I was preparing to defend a corner kick when suddenly Ned Keating spoke to me.

“…”

what, why Jamie replied with a look on his face.

“There is a reason the director told me to be careful. I’ve never seen anyone faster than me.”

“… you saw it wrong. slower than you.”

I wondered if he was arguing, but he wasn’t the kind of person.

“yes? You seemed faster than me. What else did the assistant do? It seemed like he wasn’t even looking at him when he passed.”

“saw.”

“really? I couldn’t see it even though I followed behind. It was an urgent situation, but how did you see it? What can I do to broaden my horizons during the game?”

“It’s innate.”

I was bothered by it, so I replied roughly, but Ned didn’t give in and kept talking to me.

“Hey, the corner kick is coming up. Focus on the game.”

“ah! right. thanks!”

He even sincerely appreciated the excuses he made to end the conversation.

C-Ah!

Soon after, a corner kick came up and the ball hit the crossbar after hitting the head of Swansea’s tall striker.

It’s a counterattack. When Jamie saw Mario catch the ball, he started running towards the Swansea side.

Well? Then, something strange happened, so I glanced around.

Ned Keating was chasing him with his bangs flying.

‘It wouldn’t be my mark.’

Puzzled, Jamie kept running. Then, just before crossing the half line, Mario stabbed a pass towards Jamie.

It was a little inaccurate, but not to the point of being unacceptable. Jamie caught the ball and looked at Ned Keating who stood in his way.

“Look at that. Are you faster?”

Keating did not respond. As if Jamie didn’t expect an answer, he was immediately painting the upper body, then hooked up and sped up at some point.

The two continued running across the half line. Keating followed Jamie without difficulty. I couldn’t get the ball away.

‘The angle is ambiguous.’

If I just went straight like this, the only option was a cross. Besides, Mikel, the telephone pole, hadn’t even crossed the half line yet. In other words, it was an ambiguous situation to raise a cross.

‘Then I have to do it.’

Jamie tried his second back shot today. Keating flinched and lost his balance, and Jamie turned and moved toward the penalty box.

“stick!”

A situation where he has already scored a goal with a mid-range shot.

The Swansea City coach also ordered a close defense as if he had judged that he should not give up shooting space.

Unfortunately for Swansea, it was an instruction without much meaning.

round and round It was because Jamie easily peeled off the mark with the Marseille turn.

‘Pass again? A shot this time?’

The shooting angle opened. However, as in the opening goal situation, Brian was running from the left.

As before, Jamie took a shooting fake motion.

‘ah.’

There are things you can’t prevent even if you expect. For the Swansea defenders, Jamie’s shooting fake motion was like that.

Jamie made the defenders flinch before going into the penalty box.

Char-Ahhh.

At this time, Keating, who had come all the way into the penalty box, attempted a sliding tackle.

Will I stumble and fall? I thought so for a moment, but decided not to. This is the home of Swansea City. There was no need to aim for an uncertain method.

Took.

Jamie kicked the bottom of the ball up to avoid the tackle. Some people call it a ‘flick fall-up’, but Jamie just calls it ‘avoiding a tackle by jumping the ball’.

‘done.’

Then he fired the shot.

The so-called ‘home run’ could have been made because the ball was slightly off the ground, but Jamie, who had experienced such cases countless times, would not have made such a mistake.

squash.

The ball shook the net after being sucked into the left corner of the goal with moderate strength and speed.

Hey-yah! I heard the cheers of the Stoke away fans behind my back.

“Jamey! Jayy!”

“lee! You ran a few meters alone!”

Stoke players, including Brian, came running with cheers.

“…”

Either way, Jamie looked down at Ned Keating on the floor after a failed tackle.

As if asking if I looked well.

**

Afterwards, Ned Keating scored a comeback goal with a thunderbolt-like mid-range shot, but the match was not overturned.

[ Stoke City that caused the incident. Away win against formidable Swansea City]

The result was a 2-1 win for Stoke City.

“It was absolutely amazing. I almost fell over while watching it.”

“…that’s kind of a joke.”

And now, after Jamie finished all his schedules, he was spending quality time with Hannah at the newlyweds’ house.

[Continuation of Wonder Goal. Stoke’s ‘shocking victory’ ]

ㄴ [Stoke City manager Charlie Adam, “I’m glad the match worked out as planned”]

[ Realsto** : What is planned. After 90 minutes of banging and banging, he won the fight ]

ㄴ [ Teamofm** : Correct. Is Jamie planning to do a one-man show alone? Is it a plan to get Wonder Goal from Keating? ]

ㄴ [ ThePotter** : It’s all planned. Trust Charlie Adam, Charlmen. ]

To be precise, I was reading articles and comments that I had already seen on the way, pretending not to have seen them.

[ Jamie Lee scores another wonder goal ]

[ 1 goal, 1 assist, Jamie Lee leads Stoke to victory again. ]

[The rise of ‘Cinderella Man’. Beyond the 3rd division, Lee showed outstanding performance in the League Cup]

“Look at the self-praising articles pouring in.”

“hahahaha.”

“uh? Ned Keating also mentioned himself. Look at this.”

“yes? me?”

Jamie frowned and looked at the phone screen.

[ Welsh top prospect Ned Keating, “Lee is a great player.” ]

B [“Next time we meet, I want to compete in a good match. I want to learn more by dealing with him.” ]

[ Ned Keating “I learned a lot from Lee. I want to be like him.” ]

There were also articles I hadn’t seen before.

“Wow. Keating says he wants to be like him. It’s really great.”

“…unlucky bastard.”

“yes? Are you unlucky? Who, Keating?”

“no. It’s not that he’s unlucky (suck), he’s a cool guy (sick).”

I thought it was unlucky to admit the other person innocently. However, it was somewhat embarrassing to express this in front of Hannah.

“Do you want to leave?”

So Jamie evaded it and asked in a passing tone.

“yes?”

“They said there was a fun movie these days, so I thought we’d go see it together.”

I asked as if I had suddenly thought of it, but in fact I had been thinking about it for a few days.

“movie? Like what?”

[Luke: King of Harlem]

It’s a hero movie produced by Marbol, and I heard that it deals with quite serious and heavy content unlike general hero movies.

“no. It looks boring.”

“That, is it? Then [Avita] is…”

“Not good.”

Hannah had a pretty picky taste in movies.

However, it was so long ago that we watched a movie together, so Jamie just forgot about it.

“Let’s just go. Go ahead and look at whatever the time is right for you.”

“yes? Is that okay?”

“Who is going to see a movie? Eating popcorn and going on a date.”

Wasn’t the movie supposed to go to the movies? Jamie’s pupils trembled.

Either way, Hanna walked out of the house excitedly with her arms crossed.

“ruler. Shall we go with the hope of Stoke City?”

“I will do the driving.”

The destination is Cineworld Cinema Stoke-on-Trent.

It is a movie theater located halfway between Stoke City’s home stadium and Port Vale’s home stadium, and I used to go there quite often when I was a student.

“It’s been a very long time. Is not it?”

“Yeah.”

It was still summer. Still, it was very cool when I opened the window and ran.

At one time, I hated the damp and strong winds peculiar to England, specifically Stoke-on-Trent.

Jamie glanced at Hannah in the passenger seat.

But, now it was different.

‘Is it because Hannah is next to me?’

She, too, seemed to be enjoying the Stoke-on-Trent breeze with her eyes narrowed.

“Let’s close the window. Bugs creep in.”

“Uh, yes.”

After a while, the two arrived at the cinema.

“There is nothing to see.”

Both [Luke: King of Harlem] and [Avita], which Jamie proposed, had ambiguous timelines.

“You can look at that.”

“Well?”

Hannah pointed with her finger.

[ Natal Munoz: The King of Madrid ]

Natal Munoz. It was a documentary film about him playing for Real Madrid.

“…You’re a real football fanatic. You are better than me.”

“hahahaha. If you are a Stoke scout, you should watch a football movie.”

Jamie shook his head.

“I’ll buy the ticket.”

“Ugh? Then I’ll buy the popcorn.”

“yes. Meet me right here.”

Hannah leaves to buy popcorn, and Jamie buys a ticket and returns when someone taps her on the shoulder from behind.

“lee! Jamie Lee, right? Hey, I never thought I’d meet Lee here!”

A very happy voice.

Is there anyone I will run into in Stoke on Trent. Feeling uneasy for some reason, Jamie slowly turned his head.

“uh······?”

And Jamie’s eyes widened as he checked the other person’s face.