Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 44
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The Shaman Returns
Before the second half began, Gisin replaced Alexandre with Sven. Sven moved between the left wing and the central striker, while Bonavich moved freely between the right wing, the central striker and the attacking midfielder, causing headaches for the Vienna players.
Vienna, who had to catch up by two goals, had to push up the line, and Hunter and Sven, who were fast and had decent dribbling, were very effective in counterattacks. However, the only player who could give them a good pass was Marco.
Dixon, Cha Beom-soo and Gray lack accuracy in long-distance passing. The opponents knew that Marco was the start of Notts County’s counterattack, so they actively pressed Marco when he got the ball and blocked the long ball that he passed forward.
Kishin immediately raised Black and lowered Gray. He also told Eduardo to focus more on defense. He lowered the relatively slow Bonavich and moved Wang Hui and Tuttle up a bit to become wingbacks. The formation changed to 5-3-2, which was defensive, but the power of the counterattack became stronger.
Turner passed to Marco, and Marco passed to Black. Black, who caught the ball, made a long pass to Hunter with his left foot. There were many areas where he was lacking in basic skills and techniques, but he was particularly good at passing. Hunter, who was running toward the point of landing, hit the wrist of the defender who was holding his uniform from behind. He learned a trick called Sudo from Cha Bum-soo, and after professional practice, he began to see results in actual games.
The defender missed Hunter’s uniform with a strong cut. He felt pain in the area where he was hit, but he couldn’t complain to the referee. Hunter, who trapped Black’s ball with his chest, passed it to Bonavich, who was running behind, instead of shooting.
Sven’s movement was better, but Hunter didn’t have the confidence to pass to Sven with the right strength and speed. So he passed to Bonavich, who feinted as if he was going to shoot and passed to Sven. Sven stopped the moment Hunter passed back, and while the Vienna defenders were focused on the ball, he slowly gained distance and ran inside the moment Bonavich passed.
The ball was accurately poked into the goal by the keeper’s left hand in a one-on-one situation. Ten players, excluding Turner, hugged each other and jumped around. Turner has a problem of not trying to go far from the goal, but it is not a mental illness but an innate personality.
Black has a speed of 8 and an acceleration of 7. He is also very fast in the team, so he mainly plays the role of marking the opponent’s fast players. However, his body fight is 5, his man-to-man marking is 5, and his tackle is 3. These are terrible numbers for a defender. That’s why he tends to use a lot of dirty methods, and his teacher is, of course, Marco.
Black challenged the Vienna striker who was quickly penetrating with a shoulder fight. Fortunately, the opposing striker was not very good at physical combat, so Black was able to win. When Black passed the ball to Turner, the opposing striker sweared with his mouth. Black immediately swore in French. While they were swearing in a language that neither of them could understand, the opposing striker elbowed Black in the side.
Black, who was hit in the side, had a face that was unusual for a black person. The referee quickly brought in the medical staff as he saw his body squirming with all its strength. The attacker tried to make excuses to the referee, but the referee ignored the attacker’s words and listened to the linesman’s radio. After the linesman’s radio call, he clearly showed the Vienna attacker what the red card looked like.
Black, who was carried out on a stretcher, drank a few sips of water, then stood up and asked to enter. Black, who was allowed to return to the field by the referee, ran around excitedly as if he had never been sick. Only then did Kishin understand Black’s stats. The stats of 10 for the chemistry ability and 10 for the provocation ability seemed strange, but the provocation ability was the ability to provoke the opponent.
“Thanks, Marco. I made the expression you taught me and he swung his elbow right away.”
“You don’t have to thank me. In fact, I think I should be learning from you now.”
Even Marco was fooled by Black’s painful expression. Black’s eyes are unusually large, so when he makes a painful expression, it feels very real. Although I don’t know what expression he made to provoke the opponent, he must have made a very unpleasant expression, as if he knew ten by seeing one.
When one of the opposing strikers was sent off, Kishin immediately brought up Keith Ward and took off Hunter. When Ward, who scored Notts County’s first Europa League goal, came on, the crowd cheered loudly. Bonavich and Sven moved to the central striker position, and Ward moved to the attacking midfielder position. Wang Hui and Tuttle moved from the wingback position to the midfielder position, changing the formation to 3-5-2.
The defense line includes Black and Marco, who are capable of relatively accurate passes, and the midfielders Cha Beom-soo and Eduardo have decent passes. Ward, Bonavich, and Tuttle, who sometimes come down, participated in the passing work and shook up Vienna’s defense.
Ward is unique in that he mainly dribbles with his right foot, but passes the ball with his left foot. However, this feature is not well known because he rarely plays and is always substituted. When Ward suddenly switched to his left foot while dribbling, Bonavich and Sven became nervous. The ball passed through Vienna’s defense in an unexpected path after a brief friction with the outside of his left foot.
Sven, who started at the right time and got the ball, passed it to the right without any difficulty to the Vienna goalkeeper who had come out. Bonavich, who arrived there at the right speed, lightly pushed the ball in. The opponent got a free kick due to Black’s foul and conceded a goal, but by then the clock had already stopped at 90 minutes.
The next day, the front page of the Nottingham Daily was full of articles about Champ with the headline, “The Shaman Returns.” The players they had brought in were of a caliber suitable for the second division, so their victories so far were not due to Kishin’s commanding ability. Of course, they made appropriate tactical changes and substitutions, but their superiority in skill was so clear that it was not noticeable.
However, Vienna is a strong team that always ranks in the top 3 in the Austrian league. Against such a strong team, we overwhelmed the opponent tactically throughout the game and the result was good. The formation changes were appropriate and the substituted players also played well. Only when we faced a stronger team than Notts County did we really feel the power of Kishin’s on-site command.
At the end of the article, there was an interview with Kishin.
– The newly recruited players have not yet fully integrated into the team. When our team truly becomes one, we will not be afraid of any team that comes. We have players with various abilities, so we have a lot of tactical options, and I believe we will be able to meet the fans’ expectations this year as well.
A few days after the game, the Korean beef set sent by Director Kim arrived in Nottingham. The shipping cost was probably more expensive than the price of the Korean beef set. Kishin invited young players such as Cha Beom-soo, Hunter, Turner, Gray, Black, Jose, Wang Hui, Bonavichi, and Ward to eat Korean beef and bulgogi. Hunter, who had a chemistry level of 9, and Black, who had a chemistry level of 10, took the lead in creating the atmosphere.
With Gishin’s permission, they only had a glass of fruit wine each, but the party atmosphere began to flow right away. Gishin turned on the computer and connected the microphone. After running a program that simulated the karaoke machine, he paid with tears in his eyes to update to the latest songs. After clearing away the clutter and securing some space, they began to sing in turns.
Black’s rap didn’t keep a beat, and Wang Hui’s Chinese song was so calm that it made you fall asleep. Cha Beom-soo’s idol song didn’t resonate, and Turner and Gray were absorbed in eating. Jose, who took the mic at Hunter’s insistence, showed unexpected singing skills and received applause from everyone. Hunter insisted on only old pop that even he had never heard before.
As they had a good time, the young players began to become closer to each other. Ward, who used to only talk to Turner, began to talk comfortably with other players, and Wang Hui, who was always conscious of other people’s eyes, became less self-conscious. Cha Beom-soo, who was accustomed to the senior-junior culture and treated his older brothers cautiously, also began to play around freely, and Jose and Black became absorbed in card games.
The young players left Gishin’s house after ordering and eating a late-night snack. However, Hunter and Cha Beom-soo stayed behind to help clean up the house, so Gishin was able to fall asleep without being late.
Before going to bed, the message that the team management had reached 8 made Kishin feel that the position of Notts County manager was not a job but a life. He had to worry not only about football-related matters, but also about everything possible for the team’s unity. He thought he understood why the manager was called a manager.
As the team became more cohesive, they showed better and better performances. However, not everything went smoothly. Last season, Notts County did not lose a single league game. They won all the games until they secured the title, and even after they secured the title, they had draws but no losses.
However, they suffered their first defeat in an away game against Portsmouth. They left out some players who were lacking fitness for the game against Genk in Belgium on October 21. As a result, they lost 2-0 to Portsmouth.
Perhaps influenced by the Portsmouth defeat, they also lost 2:0 to Genk in an away game. The reason is that the tactical coach and Kishin made a mistake in selecting the starting lineup. They played defensive Antuy and Edwards as fullbacks to Genk, whose main attack route is on both wings. However, because of that, they were unable to properly exploit Genk’s weak defense, and ended up losing by a narrow margin.
On October 26th, they were crushed 6-0 by Manchester City in the League Cup. They paid the price for stealing the FA Cup final last year. The hostile media tried to shake their spirits after losing three games in a row, but their spirits were not shaken at all.
On November 4th, when they met Genk again at home, Kishin went with a 3-4-3 formation. Sven and Hasin took the wings each, Hunter was the central striker, and Bonavich was the attacking midfielder. The result of the counter-tactic was a refreshing 6:4 victory for Notts County.
And finally, on November 25, Notts County faced Sassuolo Calcio at home. Before the game, some violent fans burned Sassuolo Calcio’s jerseys and the club flag in the square. There was also an attempt to burn an Italian flag, but the police stopped them.
Some fans who couldn’t buy tickets marched around the stadium with signs reading “Victory or Death.” Many also showed pictures of referees counting money under the shadow of a blackened whistle.
Because of the first round match, this match attracted a lot of attention. Among Notts County fans, Jackson and Tommy, who are famous for their bloody love, were interviewed by the broadcasting station before entering the stadium. Tommy, who was mumbling while holding a Notts County scarf that was over a hundred years old, answered.
“Notts County’s defender says we need to score at least five goals.”
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