Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 162

After the game, Anton was interviewed by reporters in the mixed interview area.All the microphones in front of him were from various media, and this treatment even surpassed that of Tottenham's head coach Lao Lei - obviously, the reporters prefer young, handsome... good-tempered, head coach.

"Mr. Coach, are you satisfied with the score of this game? What about the team's performance?"

The total number of goals in this game is unbelievable. A total of ten goals were scored, but fortunately, Sunderland equalized the score at the last moment, which made Tottenham spit out the 3 points that had already reached their mouths.

Anton reached out and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "I am very satisfied with the result of the game alone, because we finally equalized through hard work and won a valuable away game. But considering that we conceded 5 goals, There was clearly a problem with our performance."

"What do you think of Tottenham's performance?"

Anton couldn't help smiling: "Thank you very much Tottenham - yes, thank you very much. I want to say that our opponent taught us a good lesson. Sunderland is a very young team, and Tottenham have a strong attacking line and a lot of experience. So this trip to Tottenham is very instructive."

If every game can be like this, find problems, and then find a solution to the problem, this season the team is bound to grow rapidly and reach a new height.

From this point, Anton is very grateful to Lao Lei and his players.

But the next question made him a little hairy.

"Head coach, may I ask you, should your team's starting goalkeeper bear full responsibility for the previous goals conceded?"

Anton said seriously: "The starting goalkeeper has implemented the tactical intentions of the coaching staff from beginning to end, so the coaching staff is fully responsible for the team's performance."

Unexpectedly, the opponent didn't finish, and asked: "But after Gordon was replaced by the substitute goalkeeper, your team never conceded a goal..."

Anton squinted his eyes a little, and changed his tone: "Please save these detailed questions for the press conference later or ask the club's public relations department! I think today's questions can come to an end here."

He stretched out his hand to push away the crowd, and was about to leave.

Reporters: Okay, what about the good-tempered and gentle coach?

But even so, Anton is still better than the old Lei next door.Lao Lei was questioned on the side so that he could not get off the stage, and he had already left in public.

At this time, someone suddenly asked loudly behind Anton: "Anton, who do you think Van der Vaart and Messi—who can get today's game ball?"

This is a good question, Anton couldn't help but smile, turned back and smiled and said, "Let them discuss it themselves... If I were you, I wouldn't remind them that there is more than one game ball! "

It didn't take long before the whereabouts of the game ball finally became clear.Van der Vaart and Messi each found a game ball and signed it to the other party. After all, the opportunity to score two hat-tricks in one game is too rare, and it is definitely worth remembering.

But it was a pity for Sunderland. In the later game of the year, Chelsea beat the farmer Fulham 1-0.Sunderland tied with Tottenham and had the same points as Chelsea. However, due to Chelsea's several consecutive big scores at the beginning of the season, Sunderland ranked second in the standings due to goal difference.

The entire football world will focus on the matchup between Chelsea and Sunderland in the 13th round: the rivalry between the league leaders, the defending champion against the newly promoted team, the rematch between a half-Italian, the Tianwangshan in the first half of the Premier League battle.

In just half a year, this is already the third time Chelsea and Sunderland have faced each other.But unlike the previous two times at Wembley, this time Chelsea sat at the Blue Bridge to face the Black Cats.Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge, is a blessed place for the team. Many Premier League teams have the tradition of "soul-broken Blue Bridge" here.

Just when the outside world was discussing hotly, Sunderland borrowed the training ground from Watford and went to this satellite city on the outskirts of London to train every day without hearing anything outside the window.

There, Anton carefully observed the training of Pickford and Hummels, and then found Hummels to ask the reason.

"What? You want to practice English with him?" Anton's glasses almost fell off the bridge of his nose.

Thanks to the solid basic education in Germany, the two young Germans, Hummels and Reuss, both speak very fluent English without any accent—it's like playing audio for English teaching.

Anton was surprised when he suddenly saw Flanagan, the second generation of rich people, silently passing by the two of them, and silently lowered his head.

When the Liverpool kid first came to Sunderland, he even brought a "translator" with him to interpret Flanagan's thick Liverpool accent.Later that interpreter was abandoned, and Flanagan gradually became able to understand his speech after being in the team for a long time, but the young man's strong "northwestern accent" could not be changed no matter what.

So Anton immediately realized: "Is it to learn the language of the local people here?"

Hummels said cheerfully: "That's right! Jordan said it, follow him and make sure it won't be March. It's an authentic taste of Northeast China!"

Anton: Er...

"So you said it together during training?" Even the accent was trained together?

Hummels scratched his scalp: "It's like this. Jordan said, anyway, we always stay together during training. Just say what you want to say, don't have to think about it. If you talk a lot, you will naturally Already." He giggled sheepishly, "In the past two months, everyone in the club said that our English sounded more and more down-to-earth."

Anton couldn't help but also wanted to laugh: I never expected that the kid Pickford came up with such a crooked idea.A goalkeeper and a central defender have a tacit understanding just because they chattered during training. The two can talk freely, but no matter what they say to each other, they will never get angry... Such a "guard combination" is a mistake. , which solved a big problem for him.

Unexpectedly, Hummels misunderstood Anton's expression at this time, and the German asked Anton with a melancholy face: "Head coach, do you think it's inappropriate for us to keep chatting like this? Did it affect everyone's training?"

Anton quickly waved his hands to clarify: "No, no...it's nice of you two, isn't that unusual?" He also revealed some local accents unknowingly.He can speak many languages, and he is also very good at imitating various accents. He has been in Sunderland for more than half a year, and his accent has long been taken away. "As I said, you and Pickford continue to train like this. In the future, when you get along so well that you don't need to speak, you can understand what the other party means with a look, and you will succeed."

Hummels immediately grinned happily—this man probably not only learned some accents from the Sunderland area, but also the simple temperament of the people of Sunderland.

After talking with Hummels, Anton immediately went to Russell, and the coaching staff discussed together, and slightly changed the "chain defense" formation they had trained before.His opinion is to push the position of Uruguayan Godin forward and place it in the middle of the "two chains", which is equivalent to putting a flexible "freeman" or "scavenger" in the middle. If someone breaks through, go make up for it.Godin's interception ability is excellent, coupled with a good sense of position, he is fully qualified for this position.

Hummels' position retreated, and he and Pickford stood in the middle, forming the team's last "line of defense".

The coaching staff were very excited after watching the drill of this formation, and agreed that this was the biggest gain of the trip to White Hart Lane.Used against Chelsea, no matter the opponent plays Anelka or Drogba, it is a piece of cake, and they are properly defended back.

Only Anton, who was very enthusiastic about everyone's talk, always felt that something was wrong.

Just as Sunderland was preparing for the next round against Chelsea, Ronaldo sent a message to Anton:

"Man, in your team, you can put a central defender forward on the defensive line, let him play a position similar to a 'free man', and be responsible for making up defenses and filling positions at any time. However, such a player consumes a lot of energy, and at the end of the game In the second half, you can let him just focus on the opponent's strongest striker."

Anton's first reaction was to reply immediately: "You also watched our game against Tottenham?"

Ronaldo must have watched that game to come to such a conclusion.

"Mourinho took us to watch together." It turned out that Mourinho took the whole team to watch the Tottenham-Sunderland game together, which made Anton feel quite honored-when did we become a model?

Unexpectedly, Ronaldo said: "Our head coach said that both sides conceded so many goals, so we have a lot of experience to summarize."

Anton: ...

"By the way, the part I sent you just now, the first half is what Mourinho said, and the second part is what I thought. Because I used to play against Italian teams, and they used to mark me like this." Ronaldo in front of Anton He will never be polite, and he does not deny that he is the "strongest" striker.

Anton quickly expressed his thanks.Being able to "see the same thing as a hero" with Mourinho certainly makes him very proud.But Ronaldo's experience sharing made him very grateful.

"Why are you being polite to me?" Ronaldo asked.

"However, Anton, you have to be more careful in the next game. Anshuai has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he will definitely win you in the next game." Ronaldo did not forget to remind.

Ancelotti led Chelsea to the league championship last season, but failed to achieve anything in the Champions League and was eliminated early in the quarter-finals.At the beginning of this season, Chelsea's ranking and Sunderland's staggered rise, has never been able to firmly occupy the first place in the standings.Ancelotti himself is obviously under a lot of pressure from the top.

The next game, Chelsea is bound to win.

Before Anton could reply, another message from Ronaldo popped up: "Anton, you shouldn't forget, An Shuai is an Italian..."

Anton was taken aback.A thought that had been floating in his mind gradually became clear.

Ronaldo's last sentence was also displayed on the screen of his mobile phone.

"...I think, you need to surprise and win."

The author has something to say: Ah, finally caught up.

The main reason is that a laptop I have been using before is dead, and my few saved manuscripts are directly connected to Jiuxiao (I admire myself without backup).After the rescue was hopeless, I could only restore it by hand, but I couldn't remember the details clearly, so I basically rewrote it.

Now I grabbed a computer to use it, so tomorrow's update is guaranteed.

See you all tomorrow!