NOVEL NEXT chapter 37
37.
“lee! what are you doing! Come up quickly!”
At someone’s call, Jamie turned his head.
The person who called him was wearing a Real Madrid jersey.
“···uh?”
Not only that, but the people around him, and even himself, were wearing Real Madrid jerseys.
‘what?’
Jamie was confused.
[ Everyone in Estadio ]
[The person at Estadio]
[ Sing everyone! ]
[ Cheer for Real Madrid ]
[ We support Real Madrid ]
[ Cheer for Real Madrid ]
He wasn’t the only one wearing a Real Madrid shirt.
Most of the spectators in the arena where he is now standing were wearing them.
“lee! what are you doing! We start now!”
“…”
It was difficult to grasp the situation, but it looked urgent, so I did as I was told.
And after a while…
A man with a familiar face to Jamie walked from a distance holding the Big Ears Champions League trophy.
‘Natal Munoz.’
Yes, Natal Munoz.
I remembered seeing him.
Real Madrid captain and icon Natal Munoz.
It was his retirement match, the Champions League final, right after that.
On this day, Jamie scored one goal and one assist to lead the team to win the Champions League, and although they were not friends, he decorated the retirement game of Natal Munoz, who was his role model, splendidly.
“Come, come.”
“Prepare.”
Soon, Natal Munoz, carrying a big ear, stepped onto the podium.
‘Now, raise it.’
‘one two······.’
Then, after reciting a small command, he lifted the big ear with both hands.
[ eee-Yeee! ]
In response, other players and spectators cheered in unison.
Firecrackers exploded, pollen fell, and the arena filled with singing.
Truly the center of the festival.
“lee.”
After Celebration, Natal Munoz called Jamie.
“Next you.”
“···me?”
Didn’t Real Madrid have a vice-captain at this time? Jamie looked around.
“You got MOM. Well, even if it’s not necessarily that, the main character today is you, not me.”
“…”
Jamie suddenly got a big ear.
“lee!”
“lee! lee!”
Contrary to his bewildered feelings, the players chanted ‘Lee’ loudly.
“Now, if you do three, it will shine.”
First, Natal Munoz, who listened to Big Ears, gave advice.
“one two······.”
three.
Jamie raised his big ears in line with the command, and once again the crowd erupted with fireworks.
“…”
Everyone is laughing. The players, the coaches, the other staff, the spectators.
No, there were some in the audience who shed tears because they were thrilled.
However, Jamie felt no inspiration.
To be precise, this moment, the middle of the festival that everyone was enjoying, hardly felt like reality.
It feels like walking through a fog. Or it felt like walking slowly without swimming in the water.
It felt like walking in a very old memory that I couldn’t figure out when.
‘uh?’
Jamie’s eyes widened as he continued to think.
On the other side of the podium, that is, a part of the audience was caught in the field of vision as if it had suddenly been enlarged.
“Have you?”
There was a man with a very familiar face.
“···who?”
Natal Munoz asked back at his self-talk.
“Hanna.”
Jamie came down the podium.
People were taken aback by the sudden situation, but no one thought to stop it.
“Hannah!”
The self-talk quickly became a cry. Jamie called her name and ran.
[The person at Estadio]
[ Sing everyone! ]
All the while, the crowd was still singing, but only Hannah stood still, expressionless, watching Jamie.
Then, at some point, he turned sideways and started walking somewhere.
“Hannah, Hannah. Where······!”
No matter how much they ran, the distance between them did not decrease. Still, Jamie didn’t give up and kept running shouting her name.
But he couldn’t reach her in the end, and Hannah disappeared through the crowd.
“sun······!”
Finally, as if his whole body had fallen into water, he could not speak, and both sight and sound were blocked.
In a situation where nothing could be seen and heard, Jamie grinned in despair.
“What, are you crying again?”
Then, at some point, I heard Hannah’s voice very loud and clear, as if she was talking right in my ear.
“uh?”
Jamie immediately opened his eyes.
**
“Are you crying in your sleep now? What, did you have a bad dream?”
“…”
Jamie blinked blankly and looked at Hannah’s face.
“It’s fine?”
“Hanna.”
He jumped up and immediately hugged Hannah.
“thank god. It must have been a dream.”
“what. My Jay, did you have a nightmare?.”
Hanna, who immediately grasped the situation, patted him on the back.
“I had a dream that you were going somewhere.”
“Oops, it was. Don’t worry, there’s nothing like that.”
“I can’t be without you.”
“Oops, yes, our Jamie. I can’t do without honey either.”
“You are the only one in my life.”
“······Does it still hurt a lot?”
Then, at Jamie’s words that followed, Hannah suddenly pulled away with a serious expression and examined his face.
“Wait a minute.”
she got up from her seat.
“I’ll get you some cold medicine. Lie down for now.”
“···cold medicine?”
“Yes, cold medicine. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a player who lived my life and collapsed from a cold the day after winning.”
Championship?
yes, win
“Champs.”
“yes?”
“League Cup, not… winning.”
“It’s in really bad shape.”
Hannah’s hands quickened as she listened to Jamie’s self-talk. She poured water into a cup in 3 seconds, opened the pill bag in 1 second, took out the liquid medicine in the sink drawer in 2 seconds, and returned to bed holding them in both hands.
“Eat quickly.”
“yes?”
“No, why did you push yourself so hard! If you are tired, you should have asked for a replacement!”
Then she gave Jamie a slap on the back, then put a glass of water in his hand.
“Eat quickly, quickly!”
“…”
Jamie looked at the glass of water in his hand for a moment, then took the pill she handed him and swallowed it in one breath.
“Drink this too!”
“…”
Then I drank the liquid cold medicine she gave me.
“How are you, are you okay?”
No matter how fast the effect is, the effect will not appear in one second.
“···I think so.”
Still, Jamie responded that way.
“Wait a minute.”
However, Hannah doesn’t seem to be at ease yet. He immediately ran to the living room and appeared with a thermometer.
‘Is there anything like that at home?’
Jamie could only stare blankly at her again. Like that or not, Hannah steadfastly took Jamie’s temperature.
“Ah, the temperature is fine. thank god.”
After a while, she checked the thermometer and smiled bashfully.
“hahahaha.”
Seeing that smile, Jamie couldn’t help but laugh along.
“hahahaha. ha ha ha!”
However, I was in such a good mood that I laughed out loud like a crazy person beyond laughing along.
“…is it really okay?”
“yes I’m fine. But I mean it.”
“Like what?”
“That I can’t do without you.”
However, Hannah’s expression became serious again as Jamie continued to treat her.
“Is your brain injured?”
After all, she couldn’t help but have such reasonable doubts.
**
After a while, thanks to Hannah making a fuss and nursing her, Jamie was able to come to his senses.
“Don’t overdo it next time. Do you know how anxious I was the whole time I was in the power analysis room?”
“You still won.”
“Oh, if you’re going to make me nervous like this in the future, don’t win.”
Having said that, she was currently watching content related to Jamie face to face.
[Gool! Jamie scores the second goal! ]
[Strong shooting in a situation where there is no angle! Hey, that’s a really cool goal. ]
“For me, the second goal was better than the third goal.”
“hahahaha. I can see it.”
They watched match highlights, squad interviews and even Stoke-on-Trent citizens passing by.
[ Sean Hawkins ( 42 ) / Musician ] [ I still can’t believe it. My God, beat Manchester City to win the title! does this make sense? hahahahaha Lee, who created this miracle, is already a Stoke hero. No, it’s history. I’m going to tattoo Lee’s face on my right arm tomorrow! ]
Something familiar who was it There was a citizen in the middle who made me think that way, but Jamie didn’t think much of it.
[Stoke City, League Cup win change. Victory after a bloody battle with Manchester City]
[Jamie Lee’s ‘Hat-trick’ beats Manchester City, a strong candidate for the championship, and directs an incident ]
[ Cataclysm, director Charlie Adam, who writes history, “Jamie Lee did a great job.” ]
b [ “Today he showed class.” Charlie Adam happy with Lee]
ㄴ [ best ] [ crackti** – Lee Do Ridge, but Charlie Adam also showed a class. Let’s admit it.]
ㄴ [ seanha** – What do you admit? Lee alone scored three goals and won. ]
[Manchester City coach Vincent Kompany said, “Even though they were members of the second team, Stoke City’s potential was amazing.” Accept the result]
ㄴ [ best ] [ clapkim** – How do you accept that? You’re making excuses]
ㄴ [ liteman** – But now Man City will be interested in Jamie Lee. Because I did a one-man show by myself]
[‘Underdog’ Stoke City’s twist story, a drama without a script]
[Stoke City and Jamie Lee, who brought catharsis to ‘This is Football’]
b [ “I’m glad the team won.” Jamie Lee calmly expresses his feelings]
[“It’s a miracle” Stoke on Trent in excitement]
[Jamie Lee, who performed a ‘one-man show’, won the championship by beating Manchester City, the strongest team in the Premier League. Cataclysm]
Then, they checked the article and community comments, and at some point, Hannah pointed her finger at one of the cell phone screens.
“Wow, this photo came out really well.”
“yes?”
“this.”
Hannah touched the photo in the article to enlarge it.
It was a picture of Jamie looking up at the home stands with his back to the camera – actually watching Hannah from inside the analytic room, but the Stoke players running cheering behind them.
“Isn’t it great?”
“It turned out well.”
“If you catch Portsmouth, you go up to second place in the league. Then, can I use this month’s ‘English Football’ cover photo?”
Oh yeah. against Portsmouth.
Jamie belatedly remembered an important fact.
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League match against second-placed Portsmouth.
“Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.”
“The day after tomorrow.”
After the match against Manchester City, the squad was given a full vacation.
However, Jamie, who was sick with a cold, was given an extra two days of personal leave.
In other words, the game against Portsmouth was inevitably missed.
“It’s gonna be fun. lol.”
“yes?”
“It’s been a while. Watching soccer together on TV at home with honey.”
“Yes.”
The two of them hugged each other for a moment and laughed.
“I hope we win. And just right! This photo will be used as the cover.”
“…”
This photo will never be used as a cover.
Since he poured all his energy into the fight against Manchester City, he will be defeated like a lie in the next game.
He didn’t say anything, but Jamie expected it that way.
But······.
[Gooool! Stoke City continues to do well! ]
[ Robin Price, who was put in the second half, decides! ]
“Oh, did you win?”
Stoke City win.
The score is 2 to 0.
It was a perfect victory that went beyond a scoreless goal and did not give the opponent a decisive chance.
“Why are you surprised, did you think you would lose?”
“···yes. Why win?”
“what the.”
Hannah smiled as if it was absurd, but Jamie’s expression became quite serious.
It’s only been three days since the bloody battle with Manchester City. Even at that time, most of the members participated as the main players.
I must have run out of stamina, how could I win?
“ah.”
Deep in thought, Jamie remembered an expression Sir Alex Ferguson liked to use long ago.
‘Winning mentality.’
Winning mindset, winning habit, confidence in victory.
It can be interpreted in many ways, but to make it a little easier, it is as follows.
“Those who have eaten meat eat well.”
Stoke City players were finally given the ‘experience of eating meat’.