Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 214

February was warm, the weather returned to normal soon after the snow, and the first team of Sunderland quickly resumed outdoor training and began to prepare for the away game against Benfica.

Ibrahimovic was "independent" in training as always.In the tactical confrontation match, everyone was unwilling to be his opponent, especially the defenders-in the end, the coaching staff could only let everyone draw lots.

The draw to play against Ibrahimovic is of course frowning, but the teammates on the same team as Ibrahimovic are not happy.Because they are on the same team as Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic has only one requirement for them: make the ball for Zlatan, leave the rest alone, and give it all to Zlatan.

That sounds good, but scrims are about keeping everyone's performance in mind and scoring accordingly.Ibrahimovic's arbitrariness means that the forwards on the same team with him have no chance to perform.

But the coaching staff did not make any comments on this and let it go.

Many Sunderland players guessed: Does the head coach want to build a team with Ibrahimovic as the absolute core?

This is not impossible, there are many ready-made examples in football.And when Messi was in the first half of the season, all the players regarded Messi as their absolute core.

But Messi is soft, cute and good-natured. Even the core of the team has big legs, he still laughs and laughs with others all day long, and moves with other teammates all day long. He looks no different from an ordinary kid.

Now that Ibrahimovic, the "God", comes suddenly, not only Ibrahimovic has not yet developed a sense of belonging to the club, but also the club teammates have not yet found the correct way to get along with Ibrahimovic.

On this day, before the match, the coaching staff arranged a training positioning ball, and there were many "iron men" on the field to mark the positions of the opponent's defenders.On a whim, Ibrahimovic dragged a movable basket containing ten footballs to his side, picked out the balls one by one, threw them on the ground, and kicked each football vigorously.His footwork was very accurate, and the strength he used was domineering. He immediately knocked down the tin men standing on the field one by one.

This hand is indeed too beautiful.If it is Messi, a few "Mei blows" in the team can blow Messi to the sky.

But now Ibrahimovic's teammates are all watching, with a bit embarrassing expression: the work of picking up the ball and helping the Tin Woodman up one by one will have to fall on them later.

Pickford and Hummels happened to be standing together, and while they were watching from the sidelines with their arms folded, they chatted in "Northeast dialect" to their heart's content.Pickford sighed: "Thinking about Leo's really good temper, I still remember when Leo first came, when the coach asked him to 'pass' these tin men, he still went obediently. If it was changed, it would definitely be the same as it is now, just use the ball to knock down the Tin Woodman one by one."

Hummels also nodded: Ibrahimovic, like Messi, cannot be defended, but instead of defending Ibrahimovic, they all prefer to defend Messi.

As soon as Pickford finished speaking, he heard Anton's clear voice behind him: "Don't worry, the coaching staff will teach students according to their aptitude." He will never let Ibrahimovic go to those Tin Woodmen, Ibrahimovic will definitely think it is Insult to himself, and then demand another kickboxing bout with Anton.

The "guard" group was taken aback, and turned to look at Anton.The head coach heard the discussion behind their backs, and the two young people were very embarrassed.Anton smiled and said: "Go, you don't need to clean up the field here, and you don't need to find the ball. All of you gather and prepare to play the match."

Hummels jumped up: "Did I miss the draw?"

Anton couldn't help laughing: "There will be no draw for today's training match, and the lineup has already been arranged."

Sure enough, this training match was a lineup directly arranged by the coaching staff. Ibrahimovic and Royce were in the same group, while his queen "cake feeder" Eriksson was in the opponent group.Ibrahimovic was not very happy about this, but he dismissed it: without Eriksson "feeding the cake", he could still score goals.

Unexpectedly, before the start of the match, Royce found Ibrahimovic and asked him if he could score the ball for himself in the next training match.

Now that Ibrahimovic has dragged Royce into the "friend list", he patted his chest without saying a word, patted Royce on the shoulder and said, "It's a small matter, brother, just say a word."

In the next training match, all teammates were surprised to see that Ibrahimovic actually gave the ball to the opponent when Royce raised his hand for the ball-this was the first time in history.

Originally, the team that Ibrahimovic was in had always relied on Ibrahimovic's strong attack in the middle, without the card dealer Eriksson, and Royce didn't get the ball very much on the left.

But now Ibrahimovic relies on his personal ability to get the ball from the middle, and then splits it to Royce. Relying on Royce's speed to form a breakthrough, Ibrahimovic himself goes forward to respond.The left and center of their group immediately worked hard and were invincible.After a while, Royce scored a goal.

"It turned out to be Marco's goal!" The teammates on the field were very surprised.

After Royce scored the goal, he also turned around and made a movement, raising his hands to his chest and pointing at Ibrahimovic at the same time, as if to tell everyone that Ibrahimovic's great contribution was in this ball.This action is exactly what Ibrahimovic did to Benfica when he "blind kicked" against Royce who assisted him that day.

Immediately, Ibrahimovic's face was also full of pride.Usually in training games, Ibrahimovic's own goals have always been an understatement and never made a fuss.But today Royce scored a goal, Ibrahimovic was even happier than his own goal.

Russell, who was watching from the sidelines, stretched out his big hand, and patted Anton's shoulder heavily: "Yes, you, you actually got everything right."

Anton has been very calm: "It must be Marco himself who first won Zlatan's friendship."

That day when they fought against Benfica on a snowy night, Royce first provided an assist for Ibrahimovic, and then ran all the way to respond after Ibrahimovic sent a lob shot, and finally kicked the ball that stopped in front of the goal line into the goal at the last moment .These two actions have completely won Ibrahimovic's trust and friendship, so now Royce wants Ibrahimovic to distribute the ball, and Ibrahimovic unconditionally agreed.

"As long as Zlatan scores a few more goals in this way, he will realize that this style of play will definitely be more efficient and less labor-intensive than him attacking with the ball alone, and Marko will continue unconditionally." Assisting Zlatan. If this continues, it will be a virtuous circle."

"And I think that in the future, not only Marko, other players will soon gain the trust of Zlatan, and at the same time accept Zlatan. Everyone for one, one for everyone, will soon become the leader of the whole team. purpose."

Russell slapped his legs when he heard it, and wanted to laugh up to the sky, but he was afraid that Ibrahimovic would hear him, so he quickly took it back, and said to Anton in a low voice: "This relationship is good, they can cooperate, and Ibrahimovic That kid Rixon is dispatching in the midfield, I won’t say far away, at least there will be no problem against Benfica in the middle of next week.”

Facts have proved that words must never be too full.

After the day's training, Ibrahimovic felt a little tight in his hamstring.Anton quickly asked the team doctor to do an examination and found that Ibrahimovic's right hamstring was indeed a little strained, which may be the result of Ibrahimovic's strenuous exercise in cold weather before. Although Ibrahimovic is Swedish, he has already played in Italy and Spain. After playing football for a long time, I am really not used to this kind of weather.

The team doctor said that there is no serious problem, but it is best to rest for two days and avoid high-intensity exercise.This means that Ibrahimovic may not be able to play in the away game against Benfica.

Ibrahimovic is very dissatisfied with this diagnosis: Doesn't this prove that he is not a qualified Nordic man? ... This is too embarrassing.

In addition, he just successfully partnered with Royce, so he won't be able to play in a blink of an eye?What is this called!

When Anton drove Ibrahimovic and Eriksson to Mayswood Road that day, the atmosphere in the car was very oppressive.Ibrahimovic pulled his face from the beginning to the end, without saying a word, Eriksson was secretly thinking: This guy will go back and see the black cat Larry, will it be a little better.

Anton never took it seriously.That night he and Ibrahimovic had a game to play in "Life in the Green", even if Ibrahimovic's hamstring is not proper, but playing the game in virtual reality, there is no worry about injury; Very fascinated, once you get into it, forget all your troubles.

After returning to Mayswood Road, after a hasty dinner, Anton and Ibrahimovic went to the "War Room", ready to log into "Green Life" to continue the game.

Before that, Anton told Ibrahimovic: "Zlatan, relax, I will take you to Lisbon." Ibrahimovic's foot injury is not enough to prevent him from even being a substitute. "But I can't guarantee that you will be able to start. Everything depends on the opinion of the team doctor."

Knowing this is the truth, Ibrahimovic nodded immediately, took off the access device and held it in his hand, ready to log into "Green Life".

So is Anton.

Unexpectedly, before logging in, Ibrahimovic suddenly asked Anton: "Anton, have you set clear goals for yourself in this club?"

Anton nodded: "Of course!"

His goal is to search while coaching until he finds a way to wake up his brother.

Ibrahimovic nodded: "I understand, you are for Bernard!" Because of the previous "glasses" incident, all players now know the story behind Anton's coaching.

"But I don't seem to have any goals in this club?" Ibrahimovic suddenly sighed.

Winning the game, winning the championship... Ibrahimovic regards these as personal goals, but he doesn't seem to connect this goal with Sunderland.

Anton thought to himself: It really is that sick people tend to be sentimental. A person with Ibrahimovic's personality actually started to seriously consider his life goals because of this little foot injury?

Anton couldn't help but raised the corners of his lips: There is a saying that "When humans think, God laughs." Now when "God" thinks, it is he, Anton, who smiles.

"But you said, like me, I have never had a clear goal. I just stay in this industry because I like playing football and the fame and fortune brought by football..."

Ibrahimovic was very frank. Anton has never seen the word "fame and fortune" directly on his lips like Ibrahimovic.But who would have thought that Ibrahimovic changed the subject and turned his back on the army, asking Anton:

"...is it going to stay in this business longer than you?"

Anton couldn't help laughing again: Is this soul torture?

And his answer is also very simple: when he achieves his goal, he will leave this industry and return to his original life track.

But wouldn't he stay longer than Ibrahimovic... It depends on when Bernard's secret can be solved.One year, ten years...or lifetime?

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