Chapter 243 – Boxing Day (3)

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Jonathan Silva’s last start was against Liverpool in Round 5 of the Premier League at the beginning of the season.

Jonathan Silva, who resigned from the ace position with my joining, but still started as a starter in place of Newcastle’s key José Gaya, scored the opening goal in the game and led the team to victory.

However, after that, he was pushed back by Jose Gaya and ended up going to the bench, where he only occasionally played for physical strength in the second half.

No
In the first place, Jose Gaya was a regular starter and Jonathan Silva was a bench player, so the word “Fall” Is wrong. It should be right that it’s back to the way it was.

At the time, it was just a selection for a customized strategy against Liverpool, but Jonathan Silva is a player like a gyereuk.

High-level speed, talent for sniffing goals, and excellent solver instinct are exceptional strengths, but Jonathan’s play style, including insufficient linkage ability, slow judgment, low activity and lack of participation in defense, has a negative impact on team play.

So… Jonathan Silva’s style of play is a Goal poacher called Fox in the box.
It is Poacher.

If you are looking for a player similar to him, you will likely find Filippo Inzaghi of ‘Super Fipo’ from a distance or Javier Hernández of ‘Chicharito’ who played as a colleague of Ji-Sung Park from a distance.

Of course, it’s just that the style is similar, it doesn’t mean that the skills are similar.
If Jonathan Silva is really like Inzagi or Chicharito, there’s no way he’ll be on the bench… Me?

Like the anchovy term for ‘picking up and eating’, the goal scorers who are specialized in scoring tend to not fit into modern soccer.

Even if legends of this style reincarnated, it would be even more difficult to save them if they were Jonathan Silva, who is far less skilled, even if they wonder how active they can be in modern soccer.

Even so, the reason the coach put him in was to relieve the defensive shift that was focused on me.
Even if it doesn’t fit the modern soccer style, which should be flawless in every way, his excellent scoring ability is threatening, so I must have thought that I could make a hole in Chelsea’s defensive shift, which was inevitably focused on me…

‘Read!’

3 minutes in the second half.
After only 3 minutes, I realized I was wrong.
As if reading the manager’s thoughts, Chelsea’s defensive style changed in the second half.

As the season progressed, I changed my playing style.
In taking on the role of the frontline striker requested by the coach, it was to cover the lack of supply and competition ability, and also to reduce the consumption of physical strength in a harsh schedule.

The current fake Pulse Nine was created that way.
Rather than competing with the defender in the forefront, he actively joins the fight in the center, helps the team link up, and buys a very short time to play follow-up by catching the ball in a position with less pressure.

A little time.
A very brief, short time allows me to safely and perfectly secure possession of the ball.

Once I have possession of the ball, I have two options for my opponent.
Are you blocking a dribble breakthrough or a pass?

The hellish Lee Ji-seonda match that no one could stop.
So far this has worked well. Until now.

My biggest strength is breaking through the dribble with an unbelievable success rate while actively trying.
Of course, the most deadly risk in the opponent’s position is the dribble breakthrough, so the players who deal with me have always focused on preventing breakthrough.

The problem is that few players can stop me properly.
As a result, the teams facing me were always vulnerable to passing and opened up good paths.

This is the secret to creating good chances even with poor passing ability—

‘But… I’ve been using unfinished fake Pulse Nine for too long.’

I seem to have gotten sick this time.

* * *

Chelsea down the line.
Even so, as the solid team descends to the line, it becomes more difficult to penetrate the back space.

However, this is fine.
There are not one or two teams that pull down the line and play dense defense to stop me.

The really big problem was that the whole line went down and the Chelsea midfield started to mark me.

‘The sticking mark is still Mbaba. But the cover player has changed from a center back to a midfielder.’

The first challenge is this reggae-haired guy who has been chasing me and marking me closely since the first half.
I don’t even feel pressure from a fair amount of players, but I’m considered one of the best center backs in the world… Even Mbaba’s mark, who is obviously the best center back in terms of athletic ability, can’t help but feel nothing.

It’s difficult to break through because it’s a monster that doesn’t lose any of its physical abilities except for speed. It’s not impossible, but it’s even harder to break through this guy and pay attention to the cover player.

When it became difficult to break through the dribble, my biggest strength, of course, even the pass that created the decisive chance was blocked.

Since it is a play-making based on excellent de-pressurization and breakthrough power rather than passing ability itself, there is no way to create a chance like before in this situation.

‘Above all, the center back paired with Mbaba now has more room, so Jonathan’s input became a handshake.’

As in the first half, if the two center backs had the role of marking and covering me, Jonathan would have had room to play, but the role of covering Mbaba was passed to defensive midfielder Huang Donbas, leaving room for the remaining center backs.

No matter how good Jonathan Silva’s penetrating ability is, it’s hard to break through the interference of the Chelsea center back, much less because I’m tied up to create a chance… It was only in this situation that Jose Gaya shared the playmaking as in the first half, so it was a bad situation.

‘No way… Anticipating our changes… ?’

Unbeknownst to me, my eyes are directed to director Lorenzo Federico.
The new Chelsea manager was looking at me with a satisfied smile on his characteristic handsome face. Like what to do now.

… Can’t help it

“Hey Bro~ The first half was pretty fun. But the second half is too calm? It’s not fun like this~”

Even this bastard with an irritating snout needs to be educated.

‘Status window.’

【Technology】
[Skill 80] [Dribble 80] [Trapping 79] [Short Pass 65] [Long Pass 65] [Shooting 85] [Free Kick 42] [Header 41] [Tackle 40]

【Mental】
[Vision 65] [Anticipation 60] [Judgment 70] [Concentration 65] [Off the Ball 65] [Space Mark 50] [Peace 65] [Leadership 43] [Teamwork 60]

【Body】
[Agility 90] [Acceleration 90] [Balance 80] [Agility 80] [Reaction 80] [Power 70] [Jump 51] [Endurance 70] [Recovery 70]

【Hidden】
[Genius 80] [Charisma 95] [Intelligence 70]

【Height 182.7cm｜75kg】

【Possess Points 68P】

You have to think well.

I can use this opportunity to increase my lack of endurance and recovery so that I can continue to play with my strengths even in a harsh schedule, or I can maximize my strengths to raise my high point.

Or maybe he can improve his playmaker stats to become an all-weather, complete striker.

As the stat increases, the amount of points required increases, but it is getting more and more difficult to obtain points.

Up to 70, 1 point per stat was enough, but at 80, 2 points are needed, and even that rises to 3 points after 85.

So, rather than looking at it in the short term, in the long term, thinking about the season rather than winning this game right now, rather than pride—

“Ow, bro! Why are you standing there have you given up nowhaha, wouldn’t that work for me too? I understand. Everyone is like that. At first, he said he could do it, then he tried to do something, but in the end he gave uphaha, of course not. Because I am!”
“I’m going to die of being noisy. I’m worried, so shut up and fuck me.”
“What? Fuck?! Did you insult me ​​again? I know Korean too! Fuck!”
“…….”

Yes fuck
For a man, there are times when pride is more important than practicality.

That’s it now.

“Hey Dembaba.”
“Mbaba.”
“Yes, Umbaba. I’ve been a bit flustered so far, but I can’t. Now go full force.”
“Because Mbabara. What do you mean?”
“So. Jin.Sim.Mod… Shall I?”
“… I don’t know what you’re talking about, but you’re a bit disgusting.”

이새끼가… ?

* * *

“Ha… “

Sarah McGinn, a reporter for Chronicle Live, a Newcastle local newspaper, visited St. James’ Park to cover the home game, especially the match against Chelsea, a top rival.

In fact, Sarah McGinn, who is from Newcastle upon Tyne and is a bone marrow toon-army for generations in her family, cheers for every home game, no matter who the opponent is… No, I would have come to investigate.

“As expected, it is difficult against Chelsea. I was expecting to beat Liverpool… AC, Chelsea have been staggering lately, so why are they so good against us?”

After the first half ended at 0:2, and there was no sign of a reversal in the expected second half, Sarah nervously tapped her laptop.

Even Hong Min-joon, whom he believed in, is blocked, and even the slightest anticipation for a reversal disappears, and all that remains is a sense of work as a reporter.

[—The long-awaited battle of resourcefulness between the two coaches ended with Chelsea’s new coach winning. Manager Lorenzo Federico perfectly penetrated Newcastle’s late changes with his unique sharp predictions that he showed at Genoa.

Newcastle coach Lauren Botman was nothing more than a clown dancing in the hands of coach Lorenzo Federico, and even immovable ace Hong Min-joon struggled with Chelsea’s defensive shift—]

Sarah McGinn’s eyes, which had been tapping on her laptop, turned to the large display board.

“Uh? Are you Tina Lott? Did you visit the home stadium to watch the Chelsea game?”

The match between Newcastle and Chelsea was getting quite a bit of attention as it was a confrontation between championship teams, and of course, if you are a fan of the two teams, you can’t be aware of the weight of this match.

Tina Lott, who declared a break and did not show much external activity, but as she is well known as an avid fan of Newcastle, this game seems to have come to intuition… It seemed that the timing was bad.

“Eh, why did you lose such an important confrontation— huh?”

It was then.
The home fans, who had been chilly, began to go wild all at once.

“Uh, uh… Uh uh… !!”