Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 57
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#57 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1657033
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The magic time is over.
As the second half began, Kishin substituted two players. Ward and Sven, who were already out of shape. Bonavich, who had been raised as a midfielder, had good defensive skills, so the attack was mainly concentrated on the left side of Notts County, and Sven’s physical strength was greatly depleted.
Wang Hui and An Tui were instructed to focus more on defense than offense. Judging from the situation in the second half, there was no need to ask them to do so. Even Bonavich, who moved to the position of attacking midfielder, was concentrating only on defense like a defensive midfielder. The magic hour ended when Ward was replaced.
Black, who had stepped out to steal the ball, realized that he had once again fallen into the opponent’s trap. The opposing attacker easily pushed Black out, who had hastily stepped out. He immediately turned around and tried to chase after him, but Marco motioned. Marco blocked the opposing attacker, and Black filled the spot Marco had left.
Marco, although lacking in physical ability, faced the attacker with his rich experience. When Marco showed no opening, the attacker passed to the midfielder. The midfielder near Black took the ball and tried to break through.
This time, Black didn’t step forward easily. The midfielder immediately fired a long-range shot as Black was cautious. It was a shot that went wide of the goal, but the speed and power were so strong that Black felt a chill down his spine. He had memorized the characteristics of the opposing players before the game, but he forgot them all when he entered the game.
At 55 minutes into the second half, Lyon’s coach changed his instructions. He told them not to focus on Black and to attack in a conventional manner. After the first half, the coach told them to focus on Black. Black, who had excellent physical ability but lacked both skill and experience, seemed like a tasty prey.
‘Black was the bait.’
Kishin insisted on three central defenders. Jose could play as a central defender depending on the situation, so two would have been enough. He didn’t use three backs while changing personnel, but used three backs from the beginning. That’s why Lyon’s manager didn’t think that Black was also a bait. And because of Black’s presence, Lyon’s 10-minute attack became monotonous.
‘I’ve been fooled by a young director for a while now.’
Notts County, who are objectively lacking in skill, have no other way to turn around a two-goal deficit than through trickery. They used two baits, Ward and Black, and thanks to the two baits, the game became easier until the 55th minute. However, now that Black’s bait has been caught, the magic time is completely over.
Lyon is a strong team in Ligue 1. They pushed Notts County to the 30-meter area in front of the goal and drove Notts County players here and there like a shepherd dog herding sheep with precise passes. The ball moved quickly from the left to the middle, from the middle to the right, and the inside was hit and then the outside was pulled, taking the spirit out of Notts County players.
With a bang, the ball flew quickly toward the goal. Turner jumped and caught the ball accurately. As his body fell to the ground, he crushed the ball under his body. Turner’s existence was not magic, but a miracle. Ward and Black’s magic was over, but Turner’s miracle was just beginning.
Turner, who was trying to get up quickly and pass the ball to Hunter, was blocked by the opposing striker. When Turner fell down after being hit by the striker’s back, the Notts County players rushed in and started a fight. However, the opposing striker was not easily caught up in the opponents he had met in the league and avoided the Notts County players’ provocations.
The referee stopped at a verbal warning as there was no intentional attempt to injure Turner while the opposing attacker was blocking his path. Hunter headed the ball accurately to Bonavich after Turner kicked it, but Bonavich easily dispossessed the ball.
As the opponent took the initiative in the game, Bonavich failed to show any clever moves to save his stamina. That’s why he lost his stamina rapidly in the second half. Kisin glanced at Lyon’s coach. If he takes Bonavich off before Lyon makes a substitution, the opponent will make good use of the three-player substitution opportunity. The opponent must somehow make a substitution and then take Bonavich off.
Jose looked at Black, panting. Black had already made more than ten mistakes in the first and second half. But Black’s expression didn’t change at all. When he provoked his opponent or got knocked down in a physical fight, his expression was so vivid, but he seemed to be indifferent even after making so many mistakes.
‘Is it because he’s black that his complexion doesn’t change?’
Jose knows that Black is not an irresponsible person. Surprisingly, Black has always donated some of the money he earned from various hard jobs to orphanages before becoming a soccer player. This is despite the fact that Black himself did not come from an orphanage. Black had to work for a living since a young age and had little time to train, so he had many technical shortcomings. On top of that, he always insisted on being a striker, so he could only play as a reserve player in an amateur club.
‘That’s something you’re born with. It’s not something you can learn, so let’s just focus on the game.’
At that time, Dixon took the ball away from the opponent with a strong physical fight. The Lyon player who took the ball protested that Dixon had committed a foul, but the referee was lenient on the physical fight from the beginning. Dixon passed the ball to Black, who immediately passed it to Jose.
Jose, who easily shook off the opposing player who was pressuring him by exchanging one-twos with Cha Beom-soo, passed the ball to Wang Hui, who was running like a madman. When asked why he swings his arms so exaggeratedly when he runs, he said that it was something the youth coach taught him. He said that if he runs like that, other players get scared and can’t push their bodies forward. Ki-shin tried to correct him several times, but it has become a habit, and if he doesn’t run like that, he can’t get fast.
Wang Hui, who easily caught Jose’s ball, slightly turned inside and put the opposing defender behind him. This way, the ball is unlikely to be stolen. Since the side and rear tackles are judged strictly, the Lyon defender must accelerate to Wang Hui’s side to steal the ball from him.
At that time, if Wang Hui dribbles in the opposite direction of the defender, he can completely get past the defender. Lyon’s defender followed closely behind, waiting for Wang Hui to make a mistake. The moment the ball leaves Wang Hui’s body due to a mistake in dribbling, he plans to engage in a physical fight.
Wang Hui slowed down slightly, then tapped the ball and accelerated rapidly. Then, as she ran, she looked up to check the positions of her teammates. Hunter was running at a similar speed to Wang Hui with two defenders behind him, and behind him, Bonavich was panting and running with difficulty. Bonavich seemed to be running out of energy, so she had to somehow pass to Hunter. Not with her feet, but with her head. Wang Hui, who had improved her crosses a lot, but still had some shortcomings, was a little worried.
Wang Hui, who finished the cross before the Lyon defender approached, immediately regretted it. Qishin always emphasized that he should empty his head when crossing. If he thinks too much, Wang Hui’s cross, which lacks basic skills, will lose accuracy drastically. He should empty his head and deliver the cross that he had practiced hundreds of times every day, but because his head was complicated and he was nervous, the ball flowed to a place that even Hunter and Bonavich could not touch.
The Lyon defender, not knowing what was happening behind him, stopped suddenly and extended his foot toward the ball as Wang Hui’s cross went backwards. The ball, which hit the defender’s foot, was delivered to Bonavich, who had already given up and slowed down. Bonavich did not even stop the ball and shot it as it came.
The keeper, whose vision was blocked by the hunter and the defender, reacted late. However, the speed of the ball sliding on the grass was too fast and the angle was too sharp. When it hit the goal post and went into the goal, Bonavich, who had been watching with his knees half-bent, fell down. He didn’t even have the strength left to celebrate.
Kishin immediately replaced Bonavich with Gray. He instructed Eduardo to support Hunter in attack situations and instructed the remaining players to focus on defense. Cha Beom-soo has the best stamina, but Cha Beom-soo only has 5 stamina. If he goes to support Hunter, there is a high possibility that he will not be able to return to the defensive position in time.
The Lyon manager has replaced two full-backs and a defensive midfielder with two forwards and an attacking midfielder. One of the two forwards is a good header. He needs to have some control of the ball in the penalty area to apply more pressure. All mid-range shots and penetrating shots have been blocked by Turner so far.
As the opponent increased the frequency of crosses from both sides, Notts County had no choice but to give the opponent corners often. When Hunter returned to help the defense in corner kick situations, Notts County completely lost the ability to counterattack and started to be beaten unilaterally by Lyon.
In the thirteenth corner kick situation in the second half, Hunter, who won the fight for position, jumped and headed the ball. The ball he headed hit the shoulder of a Lyon player and hit Black’s arm. Black kicked the ball that hit his arm and fell, and the referee awarded a penalty kick. The Notts County players immediately surrounded the referee and complained that the opposing player had committed a handling foul first.
The referee who bit the players talked to the linesman for more than a minute. The referee insisted on a penalty kick, and the linesman said that the opposing player handled the ball first, and that Black did not move his arm to hit the ball, but that the ball came too fast to avoid Black’s still arm, so it was not handling. At the end of the conversation, the linesman shrugged and the referee maintained his decision.
Kishin looked at the scoreboard. The satisfying score of 4:0 and the ambiguous time of 78 minutes came into view. Kishin’s mind had been extremely quiet for several minutes already. The players’ stamina was low and their abilities were limited, so it was difficult to change tactics, and his on-site command ability had become quiet.
Kishin suddenly felt the urge to change something. With the on-site command stats sleeping, he wanted to make a positive change to the game with his own will. After the referee and assistant referee finished talking, the referee maintained the decision, and Dixon, representing the team, strongly protested to the referee. Kishin called Black.
“It’s time to make your dream come true. From now on, you are a striker, so focus on attacking with Hunter. And tell Jose to move to the center back position.”
The opponent has two fullbacks and one defensive midfielder. The two central defenders are struggling to stop just one hunter. Black’s dribbling is a mess, and his penetration and goal-finding ability are also a mess, but in this situation, he can be a sharp dagger with his speed and remaining stamina. If you move Black forward, you can remove one of the defensive line’s bombs.
‘There are limits to field command.’
Black’s only suitable position is central defender. That’s why the field command can’t think of sending Black to another position. In fact, this change is within the jurisdiction of tactical understanding, which has a value of only 5. If Kishin’s tactical understanding value was high, the field command would have recommended appropriate measures in combination with that value.
Kishin hoped that his decisions would have good results. He had lost many times because he had followed the thoughts that came to his mind during the game. Just looking at the fact that he is currently in second place in the league, we can see that field command is not omnipotent. If he sees good results from his decisions without the help of field command, he will have the confidence to carry out his intentions more and not blindly follow the advice of field command.
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