Romantic on the Field

5.

Mikel, who received Jamie’s pass, scored the chase goal.

There is still plenty of time. There is room.

I thought so.

But······.

Jamie looked nervously at the billboard. Almost 20 minutes have passed since the goal was scored.

However, the opportunity to score an equalizer rarely came. No, rather, there were more crisis situations.

Port Vale increased their defensive line and pushed Stoke harder. It was no exaggeration to say that every minute and every second was a crisis for Stoke.

Beep-.

Same now.

The goalkeeper managed to block a surprise mid-range shot, and Port Vale prepared for a corner kick attack.

‘It can’t go on like this.’

Jamie decided to take drastic measures. While adjusting the defensive position, I approached left wing Brian.

“Brian.”

“uh······?”

When I suddenly spoke to him, Brian flinched and replied.

No, these guys were just talking, so why are they so surprised? Jamie was dumbfounded, but continued talking without expressing himself.

“Do you remember what the director said earlier?”

“Ugh. Why?”

“Didn’t I tell you to jump to the left when I catch the ball? Do what you say, but go a little deeper.”

“…deeper?”

“Aiming for more back space. Trust me and do as I tell you.”

Brian tried to say something. However, since he had to defend the set piece right away, he went back to his seat without saying anything.

“done. Don’t follow me!”

Fortunately, Port Vale’s corner kick went void. It did not hit anyone’s head and passed upwards.

‘Whiyu. It’s only a matter of time before we get an extra goal like this.’

Stoke’s goalkeeper Oliver sighed and prepared for the goal kick.

Seeing this, Jamie quickly raised his hand.

‘Ask for it from you?’

Oliver tilted his head. Forward striker Mikel was strong against the ball in the air. It’s a problem because I couldn’t keep the ball after that, but it was better to just give a long kick to Mikel than to pass the ball to the defense or midfielder for no reason and get the ball taken away from our own half.

‘What do we do?’

However, with the current pattern, nothing seemed to change. Even a goalkeeper could have guessed that much.

‘yes. Let’s give it a shot.’

Oliver makes a short pass to Jamie. Indeed, as expected, as soon as Jamie got the ball, two Port Vale players immediately pressed.

‘It’s stolen!’

But at that moment, Jamie took the pressure off the two with a back shot.

Oh oh-

I made space with one back shot. Stoke City home fans were agitated by Jamie’s play.

‘great.’

Jamie raised his head, struggling to suppress the rising ecstasy.

‘Are you running?’

Brian was running as promised.

Tok, tok. Jamie, who was advancing while waiting for the timing, tried a through pass into the space in front of Brian when the time came.

The pass rolled exactly where he intended, and Brian caught the ball without difficulty.

It was Port Vale that had been strengthening the forward pressure. Therefore, the back space was very empty. It was just as Jamie expected.

Brian looked up and quickly checked ahead.

‘none.’

There was no one except the opposing goalkeeper.

Then there was no need to hesitate.

He started charging towards the penalty box.

Not far away, Port Vale’s central centre-back was running. However, he was busy marking Mikel who was following him.

‘Don’t pass. You solve it!’

Jamie shouted inwardly.

Tok, tok. As if he had heard that, Brian boldly entered the inside of the penalty box instead of a cutback.

A one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper.

I didn’t have much time. I couldn’t guarantee that an opportunity like this would come again. I had to seize this opportunity to catch up.

“Hit it!”

In the end, Jamie shouted out loud, not in his heart.

At the same time, Brian fired a shot.

I don’t know anything else, but at least one left-footed shot was Brian, who was close to the level of the championship, maybe the Premier League, not League One.

sh-i.

The goalkeeper didn’t even see the flying ball.

A second later, I turned my head and only belatedly confirmed that it was caught in the net.

Hee-yeah!

Stoke City home fans stood up all at once.

It was Stoke City’s second goal this season.

At the same time, it was Jamie’s second offensive point record this season.

“Lee, Lee! It’s just as you said!”

Brian, who scored the goal, ran to Jamie pointing with his finger.

“lee! It was a crazy pass!”

“Your shooting was good.”

Jamie’s words were sincere.

“Nope. Your pass was good. hahahaha!”

Although Brian didn’t listen.

‘How much time is left?’

While Brian was congratulated by the other team members, Jamie checked the display board.

30 minutes in the second half. There was still plenty of time.

‘If I do well, I’ll be able to reverse it?’

Jamie’s happiness circuit started to work.

“lee!”

Then, director Charlie Adam gestured to Jamie.

Instructions to go upstairs.

‘Aiming for a come-from-behind victory in the derby game.’

Director Charlie Adam also started turning the happiness circuit.

As instructed, Jamie rose from the third line to the second line position.

“More, more!”

But Charlie Adam shouted to go higher.

‘This is almost two tops…’

Though puzzled, Jamie followed his words and caught eyes with Mikel, who was loitering near the half-line.

“lee.”

Mikel shook his head, more precisely, his head. It seemed to be a signal to ask for the ball toward his head when he had a chance.

‘Your role ends here today, Mikel.’

Jamie smiled and replied inwardly.

I’ve already had fun with Mikel’s earthen pot. I don’t know if it’s the next game, but I don’t think it’ll be difficult to use the same method twice in this game.

Rather, it seemed more likely to use the space when Mikel dragged a defender into it.

‘To do that, I have to catch the ball first…’

C-ang.

The moment I thought of that, a shot from Port Vale striker Nathan hit the Stoke City goal post.

The kick was so strong that the ball hit the post and bounced all the way to the penalty box line.

Another nearby midfielder hurriedly kicked it off.

‘uh?’

It was sheer luck that the ball landed in front of Jamie.

Of course, Jamie had no intention of turning down this luck.

Without delay, he dragged the ball and crossed the half line.

“lee!”

“Jamie!”

“Go calm!”

Not only the players around him, but also the staff sitting on the bench shouted.

But Jamie only looked straight ahead and ran.

As if to shut up and watch my play.

Tok, tok. Jamie, who was dribbling, exchanged 2-to-1 passes with Brian, who penetrated from the left. That alone slightly disturbed Port Vale’s defensive line. Still, there were no defenders at all, and there was quite a distance to the goal.

Are you here? Is it now? Jamie, who was worried, went a little further.

The Port Vale players hesitantly retreated and kept their distance, but could not come forward.

Mikel and Brian have already scored one goal each. From the defender’s point of view, it was impossible to leave them unattended.

This worked to Jamie’s favor. He was able to get close to the penalty box without hindrance.

“lee!”

“When, hit!”

Yes, at this distance, it’s worth trying. Jamie, who judged that, fired a shot with moderate power without overdoing it.

Tung.

The moment my feet touched it, the ball made a very light sound.

However, apart from the plain sound, the trajectory of the ball was quite frightening. It was precisely sucked into the bottom left corner, out of reach of the goalkeeper.

“GOOOAL!”

“eee-YEEH!”

Again, the Stoke home crowd roared and rose from their seats.

‘Yes, this is it.’

Hearing that sound, Jamie felt as if the tips of her hair stood on end.

“LEE! LEE! LEE!”

“LEE! LEE!”

A thrill that I didn’t feel when I was wet with inertia and went from one team to another.

A shock that only a newly transferred freshman could feel, not an old veteran who was worn out from time to time, ran through his body.

“Mi, you crazy bastard.”

“Ha ha ha. Where did such a monster come from!”

Although he couldn’t enjoy the afterglow as his teammates immediately attacked him.

**

a few hours later

“Congratulations, Jay.”

Inside the restaurant ‘The Rifleman’ located in downtown Stoke-on-Trent.

“Oh, it’s too bad I couldn’t see it in person.”

Jamie was eating with Hannah face to face.

“I should have gone to see you. sorry.”

“Nope.”

Hannah couldn’t come to the stadium today because she was busy submitting the necessary documents to the club.

In the UK, there are several welfare programs related to childcare, but there are several factors to be observed in order to enjoy them. The most representative of these was to provide evidence related to notification of pregnancy 15 weeks before the due date. I still had time to spare, but I thought it would be better to just do it in advance, so I took care of it at once today.

“Are you crazy these days?”

“Ah, he’s more crazy. I have to adapt to the team, prepare for marriage, and prepare to become a father.”

baby Did Hannah use that word?

Jamie was surprised inside.

Until then, no, including all of her previous lives, Hannah had never used a title like that.

“···saw?”

So for a moment, I couldn’t properly hear Hannah’s words that followed.

“uh?”

“Did you see the article?”

“···Article?”

“yes. It’s only been a few hours, but a lot of articles have been uploaded. The reaction on Twitter and Reddit is also very good.”

“Reddit? I don’t see anything like that.”

“uh? really don’t see at all?”

“I don’t see you.”

I saw.

I checked it as soon as the game was over, and I also looked it up on the way here.

[Stoke City, who achieved a come-from-behind victory in the Potteryless Derby]

[ ······Port Vale’s Nathan, who scored two goals, tied for the top scorer with three goals in two matches. According to data from match analysis company Yugaisrun, Nathan is average… On this day, Stoke City’s Jamie Lee scored his first goal with a calmly driven shot. ]

However, there was not much mention of Jamie in the article he saw.

The response to the comments was also not good, but more than 90% were criticism comments.

There were many articles criticizing Stoke City’s performance, not exactly criticizing Jamie.

[I was lucky enough to win, but the Porters’ performance today was disastrous. Even if my grandmother ran, it would be better than that. ]

[ right. I couldn’t cross the half line. Without Lee, we would have lost 5-0. ]

[Is there anyone still cheering for Stoke City? That team has no future]

ㄴ [Your parents also support you, who have no future. It’s the same reason. ]

[It won’t work even if Phil Jagielka comes back alive. ]

ㄴ [ Isn’t Jagie Elka still alive? ] ,

“what. Didn’t you really see it?”

“uh?”

“This is the first time Stoke City has received so much attention in recent years. wait. I will show you.”

I pretended not to see it just to manage the image. Unable to tell the truth, Jamie had to watch the screen of her cell phone in silence.

[ Stoke City, who won the derby with the performance of the freshman ]

[The performance was poor, but the performance of the transfer student was great. He utterly slaughtered the Port Vale pigs even though he only played the second half today! ]

ㄴ [Did he score 1 goal and 2 assists today? Has there ever been a player who performed this well before debuting? ]

b [Probably not? I decided to buy Lee’s uniform. The front desk, hurry up and give away his goods! ]

“uh?”

There were many good comments on other articles that Hannah showed.

“The response on Twitter and Reddit is also very good.”

Excited, Hanna turned over the screen. Thanks to the separate capture, I was able to see the next content right away.

[nicknamepowel: Who is Jamie Lee? I saw him for the first time today ]

[ Ripexpore: Right. I saw it for the first time today and it was amazing. He’s the only human in Stoke City who can think. Other players should watch him and learn from him! ]

[ eggsh : Jamie is from the youth of the Potters (Stoke City’s nickname). He’s a fundamental guy. ]

[ suckmyfood : His father also played for the Potters. He was a very loyal player. ]

[ potters41 : I wish Jamie resembled even half of his father’s loyalty. I want to see him for a long time. ]

[ bluebla** – Jamie Lee only played 45 minutes. Aren’t you all so excited? ]

[ totohol** – I think you are either a highlighter or a hipster. If I had really watched today’s match, I wouldn’t have said such a thing. ]

“how? Awesome, right? lol.”

Hannah said, her eyes twinkling.

Comments are comments too, but she’s so cute I can’t help but smile.

“Oh. Dad asked when it was time.”

“Your father-in-law?”

“what. Are you already an adult? what the.”

Hannah burst out laughing.

“Well, anyway, Dad asked if it was time this Sunday. It’s fine?”

There was no game that day. The father-in-law must have known this and decided on Sunday.

“It’s fine.”

“thank god. lol. Then I’ll fix it for Sunday. Dad said he wanted to see you before the wedding ceremony and wanted to give you a present.”

“···Gift?”

How happy are you with the gift?

Jamie’s head tilted.