My Four Superstar Ex-Boyfriends

Chapter 12: Another Identity

"So you're taking this high school varsity team with the attitude of coaching a professional team, is that right?"

Emily's interviewer, Ms. Cricks, scrutinized Emily for a long time after those words, and the atmosphere in this office went from lighthearted at the beginning to hushed. When she spoke again, Ms. Cricks' voice sounded much harder, but Emily could sense that it wasn't because the woman was upset with her answers. On the contrary, it represented a serious scrutiny that followed a solemn look.

So Emily took a breath before replying, "Yes, it is."

"I watched the video of the game you sent me, and I guess I have to say that Rutland High School under your coaching is playing pretty great. It's hard to believe that a team like that still only made it to the South Bohemia State Round of 16 last year. I did see something in the Rutland High School varsity team that stood out to me. They looked physical and well-coached, and at no point were they rushed out of formation by their opponents' offenses. I even made a point of studying the spacing between each player and his teammates, and the results were surprising. Perhaps I have to confess to you that my heart was set on Rutland High School as soon as I read about them and their performance in this year's National Finals. Although, you may be inexperienced, you already have a b coaching license from the Union of European Football Associations."

Emily was not sophisticated enough in the end, and as she heard those words, her eyes brightened noticeably, and her whole being seemed to be illuminated by the winter sun. But Ms. Cricks' next words were used with a twist.

"You've taken on the high school varsity team with the same attitude that you would take on a professional team, and that's something I greatly appreciate. But one thing you have to understand is that the D-League is not a professional league. And we can't afford to pay the salaries of professional players. Our players are paid roughly 20,000 CZK per month. That means that each one of them has another part-time job, and you can't make them train as much as a professional player. That's something you have to understand from the start."

Listening to these words, Emily frowned and thought for a moment before nodding.

Crixus: "There's something else, and it's important. I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still haven't been able to figure out what I should say to you that would be more appropriate. We all know that athletes are more inclined to have someone of the same gender as themselves coaching them. I think that's something you should be able to understand."

At this, Emily nodded her head once again and said, "Yes, such resistance I felt when I coached the Rutland High School varsity team. As a matter of fact, even having a male coach coaching the girls' soccer team would cause some resistance from the female players. I can well understand such resistance, but I don't think that female coaches can't necessarily coach boys' soccer teams."

After saying that, Emily added with her eyes downcast, "I would try to try to understand the players and help the players. Try very hard to try. But if my presence as a female coach continues to be hard for them to accept, then I'll try harder to show them that players don't come to a club to play. Then I'll try harder to show them that players don't come to a club to be friends with the coach. I just have to make them win games and that's enough."

In the end, Emily got a contract that was offered to her by the Blag Météo, for only six months.

This was not what Emily wanted at the beginning, and she tried to tell Ms. Kriks that she wanted the club to give her at least one season to prove herself. But in the end, their negotiations did not yield the result Emily wanted.

This meant that the club wasn't very confident about making the bold move to bring her on board.

And, it also means that she won't have much, much time. She needs to prove to the club before the winter break that she is good enough for the position of head coach of FC Meteo Prague!

After signing that contract, Emily this cheered herself hard in her mind.

She was led by one of the club's staff members to familiarize herself with the environment of this Czech D-League club and the training conditions that the club could provide for the players.

Finally, she went to see the club's office for the team's head coach. The office had a good view of the entire stadium. Although the facilities were very outdated, there was a lot of space in the office, and there was even a closet, as well as a separate restroom. This was something Emily was very pleased with.

Right now, it was still only late June, and the Czech D-League didn't start until August.

That seems like a long time, but it doesn't leave much time for Emily.

First of all, in the Czech Republic, due to the temperatures in the summer, which are not very hot, and the particularly cold temperatures in the winter, the league matches start almost as soon as we get into August, and often even on the last weekend of July. Even the Czech First Division doesn't have the advanced heating equipment that the Premier League clubs have at their home stadiums, so their winter break is extraordinarily long, starting at the end of November and continuing until late February or early March, when the weather warms up and spring begins.

Before the start of the new season in August, the strongest teams in the First Division will need to play summer warm-up matches, and those with a good financial situation will also go to other countries in Europe to play a series of warm-up matches. As for the amateur teams in the D-League, although they can skip the summer warm-ups, it is necessary to organize recovery training before the start of the season.

In other words, in the three weeks between now and the start of the team's training, Emily would have to take care of renting an apartment in Prague and moving from Krumlov to Prague.

In addition to that, she had to ask the club for various information about the players. The more detailed the better. She even had to go and find last season's Czech D-League matches before the season started, and then she needed to scrutinize each team's style of soccer.

By the way, she also needs to continue to step up her Czech language learning process!

Emily felt nervous and eager to get started on one of these tasks! Emily hurriedly asked the club staff for the players' information, and then quickly walked out of the club to see if there were any rental agencies in the neighborhood before it got too late!

No, no, no, she should ask the club staff where all the agencies for house rentals and sales are!

Emily, who had only just gotten her coaching contract to coach Bragmetio, felt that she simply became dumber as a whole when she was happy! So Emily, who had only just stepped out of the club's front door, quickly ran back in.

Prague Meteo is located in the northeast suburb of Prague, about seven kilometers from the center of the city. But fortunately, there was a metro station on line B very close to the club, so it would be very convenient to go to the center of the city.

Therefore, Emily preferred to find a house close to the club and with a slightly larger supermarket nearby.

In one afternoon, Emily quickly found a couple of good properties to rent based on her previous experience of moving house. It was only after this much shopping that Emily began to get a headache about how much she would be spending once she arrived in Prague. Though her salary at Prague Meteo was also nearly equal to the thirty thousand Czech crowns a month she had been making at Rutland High School. That had to be a lot higher than the fifteen thousand Czech crowns a month that the players were getting, which only amounted to six hundred euros when converted to euros. But Prague as the capital of the Czech Republic, all aspects of the consumption level will be much higher than Krumlov. Plus the cost of living alone will be very high in all areas. Not to mention, the transportation costs of living in Prague would be a lot more than Krumlov, which could be completely flattened by your feet.Emily started to get worried, but she quickly thought of a solution for herself!

It was on that journey back that Emily, who felt that she was likely to be incredibly poor for the next year, registered a new e-mail address as well as a f*******: and Twitter account on a whim: Emily And for the explanation of her identity, Emily gave this description: manager of the Czech D-League team Prague Meteo. Part-time translator, speaks German, French, Spanish, English and Chinese, learning Czech. If there is work to be done, please send me an e-mail.

After filling out her profile, Emily was very happy.

In fact, wanting to be happy is not that difficult.

After about four hours of driving, Emily, who had traveled back and forth between the north and south of the Czech Republic in one day, finally returned to Krumlov. It was already nighttime, so Emily walked all the way back to her home in the town from the coach station under the warm streetlights of the town.

And there, there was someone waiting for her.

"Heinz? What are you doing here!"

The varsity captain who had been coached by Emily for a year was sitting on the stone steps in front of the house Emily had rented, his bike parked next to him. The boy with the slightly curly brown hair stood up with a jerk of reaction at the sound of Emily's voice.

"I ...... thought I'd ask you how the interview went today."

"It passed! Meteo gave me a six-month contract!" Emily told the other happily after first taking a deep breath and then a reproachful look and said, "If you wanted to know the result, you could have just sent me a short message, why did you have to wait here by yourself! How long have you ...... you been waiting here anyway?"

Thinking that the other party had most likely been waiting here for a long time, Emily, who was still very happy, paused, then looked at the other party with a scrutinizing gaze and asked very hesitantly.

"Almost ...... five hours." Heinz answered thus.