Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 41
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Even if a bead is a horse
On September 16, Notts County travelled to Italy for their first ever Europa League match. Their opponents were the Italian cup runners-up, Sassuolo Calcio. Sassuolo, who finished outside the top ten in the league, were fortunate enough to be in the Europa League as the winners qualified for the Champions League.
Kishin, who woke up in the morning, was disappointed that he had not had any dreams. It was because he had hoped for something. All nine games so far ended in victory. He won all six league games, two league cup games, and one league trophy game with the power of field command 10.
However, there were still some problems. Jose was the biggest headache. Jose, who had teamwork 2 and stability 3, had ambition 10. Kishin had been watching many players for a month and was able to intermittently find out their stats. He mainly found out the stats that showed the strengths and weaknesses of the players.
Jose did not get along well with Gray, Cha Beom-soo, and Wang Hui. He also did not get along well with Black, the center back. Ki-shin put Jose in the defensive midfielder position because he made a lot of mistakes, but Ki-shin usually plays with Cha Beom-soo or Gray because he likes to use double volantes. Jose really disliked Gray, who had a narrow range of activities, and Cha Beom-soo, who was still inexperienced.
Wang Hui disliked him because he got more attention than Jose. Every three days, Chinese media visited Notts County. Wang Hui currently has three assists. He has not been able to secure a starting position due to the stability of the defense, but he has been playing regularly as a substitute. He dislikes Black because he thinks he was pushed out to the midfield by Black.
Of course, it’s not that Kishin didn’t talk to Jose, but Jose thought that everything Kishin said was just an excuse. So even though he’s been on a roll so far, there’s still something to worry about. And because of Jose’s attitude, it’s also a problem that other players are avoiding Jose.
‘You idiot who only knows this stat.’
Jose, with a potential of 81 and a current ability of 49, is clearly a great player. Even though he has several stats that are below 5, including teamwork, the fact that he is 49 shows how good he is technically. However, there is a reason why Barcelona did not extend Jose’s contract.
Kishin used a 3-5-2 formation in the game. The three center backs were Marco, Dixon, and Black. Black is still weak in physical combat, and Dixon is a physical player who puts his body first. Since Marco’s physical ability is declining, the combination of the two is sometimes used in league games, but since the opponent is not a very strong team, but a Serie A team, Marco, who was saved in the last game, was put in this game.
Jose was in the defensive midfield position, and O’Connor and Eduardo were in the midfield position. Sven was on the left wing, Hasin was on the right wing, and Hunter and Alexandro were in the attack position. Hunter, in particular, has been on fire, having scored 10 goals in the last 9 games. Of the 10 goals, 7 were headers.
The reason they came out aggressively despite it being an away game is because their defense is really unstable. Jose will dribble when the opponent is pressuring, but he won’t pass back to the center backs. Black is also a former attacker, so he can dribble and pass to some extent, but he doesn’t pass to Jose very often.
And Black and Wang Hui are not on good terms either. Black admitted to Kisin’s persuasion that he was better as a defender than an attacker, but he thought that he should be the starting left fullback because of his speed, good agility, and left-footedness. He thought that he became a center back because Kisin, who is also from Asia, wanted to give Wang Hui a chance to play.
Kisin’s goal is to sell Wang Hui back to a Chinese club after grooming him to be useful, and to enrich Notts County’s finances. Wang Hui’s strengths are physical contact and centering, but he has too many weaknesses. Even if he is well-trained, he is a bench player who comes up as a substitute in certain situations in the second division. That is why he is intentionally given a chance, and only Black is dissatisfied with it.
As the referee signalled the start of the game, Notts County launched a tidal wave of attacks that made the Sassuolo Calcio home fans’ hearts beat faster. Sven can center with his left foot, and he can also cut inside and shoot with his right foot. His left foot is his dominant foot, but he suffered an ankle injury and played mostly with his right foot, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Unlike Hasin, whose weak point is centering, when the ball goes to Sven, the defenders of Sassuolo Calcio have to be twice as tense. His physical strength, which was his weakness, has improved somewhat with the recovery of his ankle injury, and many clubs are currently keeping an eye on Sven. Even when playing against a mid-table team in Serie A, Sven showed off his ability to the fullest. Sven beat the defender with an upper body feint and made an exquisite centering pass with his left foot.
Hunter ran in and headed the ball home with a beautiful header. But instead of a gesture to concede the goal, the whistle blew for a short foul. The referee called Hunter’s foul for pushing the opposing defender with his hand before heading the ball.
It was clear that Hunter jumped first, and the defender backed up and hit Hunter, and then fell. The players surrounded the referee and protested, but the referee maintained his decision without any hesitation. Kishin shook his head, looking at Captain Dixon, who had no intention of encouraging the young players. Dixon, who has a fighting spirit like an active volcano, is not good at encouraging players. He is very good at adding fuel to the fire when it comes to angry players.
Marco is more suitable for the captaincy, but he is a new transfer and from South America, so he is not fluent in English. Turner is not suitable for the captaincy due to his personality, and Hunter, who is the most suitable for the captaincy, is young and unreliable. I thought things were going well thanks to the player management value of 7.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Eduardo, who stole the ball from the opponent, ran into the empty space and fired a long-range shot. The ball hit the crossbar, entered the goal, and bounced back. However, the referee judged Eduardo’s shot as not going in the goal because he recognized that it was a goal. He showed Eduardo a yellow card when he strongly protested.
Since only the referee had the card, Eduardo could only watch the referee brag. Kisin yelled at the players to calm down and not get excited, but it didn’t have much effect. On-site command only affects changes in formation, changes in tactics, and changes in personnel, and has no effect on boosting the players’ morale.
Dixon tried to cheer up the players with Marco’s advice, but it didn’t have much effect. The only players who kept their composure were Sven, an individualist, Hunter, who would enjoy watching the sky fall, and Turner, who rarely had mood swings.
Just before the end of the first half, Jose knocked the opponent’s midfielder to the ground in front of the penalty area. It was inevitable because if they break through, the opponent will have a golden chance. A yellow card was expected and the referee also chose a yellow card, but the problem is that he called a penalty kick instead of a free kick.
Dixon, who had been swearing at the referee, received another yellow card, and the two-minute brawl ended. Turner looked at the opponent player who was passing the ball around with cold eyes. The opponent kicked, but Turner did not move at all and caught the ball slowly coming to the middle with both hands. Jose ran straight over and hugged Turner.
The first half ended when Turner kicked the ball away. Kishin shrugged his shoulders at the referee, who ignored him. Kishin knew that England were somewhat of an outcast in European football, but he had not expected it to be this bad, and he thought hard about making substitutions for the second half.
Although it was useless during the game, it was effective in the locker room, and the players’ emotions were greatly stabilized by Kishin’s encouragement. Kishin asked the referee to refrain from protesting as much as possible, and to be careful with his choice of words when protesting. Kishin boosted the players’ morale by saying that even if it was a draw, it was an away game.
Although he started the second half steadily, Kishin’s efforts were soon ruined. In an equal situation, a slide was called as a foul by Jose, and Jose received a second card and was sent off. Hunter pulled Jose down with force as he swore at the referee.
Kisin dropped Alessandro and put Antuyi in as right-back, dropped O’Connor and put Edwards in as left-back. Then he moved Marco up to play defensive midfielder. Wang Hui couldn’t be brought up in this situation because he was rough in the fight and was a perfect candidate for receiving a card.
Due to Marco’s lack of stamina, the central defense was frequently breached. Fortunately, Black, who was fast, did not bother the opposing players and did not concede a goal. However, after conceding a goal on a corner kick opportunity, he raised his camp to recover and was counterattacked by the opposing team, conceding a goal.
At 75 minutes, Kishin took off Sven and brought in Keith Ward. With 9 dribbles and 10 free kicks, Ward drew a foul and won a free kick, then kicked it himself to score a goal. Notts County scored their first goal in the historic Europa League.
But a few minutes later, in the 86th minute, Black and the opposing striker were fouled and another penalty kick was awarded. They were holding each other’s clothes, and Black even let go first. This time, Turner judged the opponent’s penalty kick correctly and kicked it, but the ball ended up at the opponent’s feet.
On the way back to the hotel after a 1-3 defeat, I got a text from Eric Hunter. I wasn’t exactly sure what the 2.5 handicap meant, but I knew that some power was involved. Eric’s brief was that Notts County had to lose by two goals for the people who had bet on them to win big.
I went back to the hotel and told the players not to go out anywhere and to get a good night’s rest. Thanks to the schedule management 9 and the team management 7, no players have had any accidents outside the stadium yet. When I went into the room, I saw Shingi, a puppy, rolling around on the sofa alone.
If it were last season, we would have played again and eventually won. Kisin fell asleep, wishing that when he opened his eyes again, he would go back to before the game. After Kisin fell asleep, the puppy Shingi crawled under the blanket and snuggled into Kisin’s chest.
### I am a hazy demarcation line ###
Suddenly, Kishin opened his eyes and clearly realized that he was currently in a dream. This was what is commonly called a lucid dream. A person he had once encountered was sitting across from him. It was a shinki carrying a transparent snake with legs on his head.
Shingi was pulled into a dream while sleeping. When he returned to his original world, he saw someone who had passed by quickly. It was a Shingi with a blue lizard with wings on its head. However, he did not see a puppy with a strangely large head. Although he had only seen puppies in illustrations in books and had never actually seen one, in none of the illustrations was there a puppy with a head as large as its body.
“What will you get as a reward for winning the Champions League?”
“I’ll give you one special privilege. And there’s no other information.”
Shingi didn’t lie. He just didn’t tell who he was giving the privilege to. Since they had nothing better to do anyway, the two started getting the information they needed from each other.
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