Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 77

Anton was sitting in the stadium of Polokwane, watching the French team's game, his brows were indeed frowning.

In his view, a team, no matter what kind of conflicts exist within the team, should be resolved within the team.When confronting an opponent, it is a team that should participate in the battle, not a loose group of eleven people.

However, the French team now has eleven players, and they really don't have much fighting spirit.

The French team implemented a news blackout during their preparations in South Africa, so nothing broke out about the entire French team except for a small amount of surrounding news.Even Domenech came to see Anton, the French media kept silent.Only one local South African media mentioned that they had seen the French coach at the door of the Ritz-Carlton in Johannesburg.

At the end of the half-time game, when the French forward Anelka left the field, he once gave his coach a very contemptuous look.Anelka himself may not have noticed, but this scene happened to be captured by the camera and projected on the big screen in the box.Although the scene flashed and was immediately cut by the director, Anton still noticed the moment.

He had a bad premonition in his heart.

——Character determines destiny.

Anelka, who is a bit lonely, a French striker who has high demands on himself and others...wouldn't have really done or said anything, and been expelled from the French national team!

This is the World Cup venue. If he is expelled from the national team in South Africa, it will almost be nailed to the pillar of shame. Not to mention his career, at least his national team career will be completely ruined.

After halftime, the game resumed.Anelka was gone, the midfielder was directly replaced by the coach, and he did not appear on the bench.

The entire French team was listless, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that the morale of the last runner-up was gone.Players ran lazily on the field, defending, attacking... Coach Domenech looked extremely angry. His whole face was flushed with anger, and he was pacing up and down the sidelines anxiously with his hands behind his back.

But the coach's anger could not save the French team's defeat. In the second half of the Mexican team, "Little Pea" Hernandez opened the scoring, and Blanco scored another penalty.The last runner-up, the French team, completely collapsed in the second half and lost 0-2.

This result surprised many people, including Anton.

His schedule was very urgent, and he had to rush back to Johannesburg that night.On the return trip, Anton sat in the back seat, crackling and recording his impressions of the game.But after thinking about it, he still felt it was wrong, so Anton did not rashly send this review article to the editor of "Mirror", but wrote an email to the editor, expressing that he still had some doubts about the French team's game , I want to keep the manuscript in my hand and see what happens next.

It was very late when I sent the email, and the editor in London should have left work early even if you counted the time difference.

Unexpectedly, before dawn, Anton was woken up by the ringing of the phone.He looked at the London time displayed on his phone, and it was three o'clock in the morning.

It was the London editor who called: "Anton, I sent you an email. Can you read the French report? If not, I will find you a translation software..."

Anton said that there is translation software in his laptop, so it doesn't take much trouble.

"But this is..."

"This is the leaked sample of the front page of The Guardian today. We really want to ask you to track this matter for us in South Africa, learn about the further development of the matter, and express your intuitive feelings." The editor's voice of the head was uncontrollably excited.

Anton scanned through the leaked report from The Guardian.He was shocked when he saw the headline.After reading the full text, Anton hugged the notebook, unable to utter a single word.Kongre's excited editor shouted anxiously on the other end of the phone: "Hey, Anton, Anton..."

"..."

The "Guardian" reported on the civil unrest in the French team's locker room.There is only one person in the center of the vortex, and that is striker Anelka.It is said that during the intermission of the game against Mexico, he was dissatisfied with coach Domenech's criticism of him, so he burst into foul language and scolded Domenech.

The most terrible thing is that Anelka's choice of words is very bad. The obscene language used is the language that would be spoken by a gangster on the streets of France. He also greeted Domenech's family, and his character is quite low.

Anton wondered where the editor of the Mirror had gotten the unpublished sample from The Guardian.But he knew that this report would definitely cause an uproar when it appeared in the newspaper tomorrow.

A player blatantly opposed the head coach in the locker room, and used dirty words to insult the head coach's family.How can it not be surprising that this incident happened in the World Cup?

Besides, to Anton's shock, how did The Guardian know about this?Isn't the French team engaging in news blackout?When Domenech came to him to talk about the starry sky, it was not leaked. How could it be so easy for the media and reporters to grasp the personal remarks of a player in the locker room of the French team?

Anton read the report carefully, and saw that it was clearly written, "It was revealed by a player in the French team..."

This is, there is a ghost?

"Anton, Anton..."

Only then did Anton come back to his senses, and he agreed to the editor who worked overtime and stayed up so late: "Please tell me."

"I read your email, you must have seen something in the last game! We would like to ask you to continue and see the reaction of the French team... If possible, we would even like to Please visit the training base of the French team at your convenience to see how they are training and whether all the conflicts in the team are really as reported in the report..."

Anton didn't speak. The editor over there thought Anton was troublesome, so he said it again in a pleading tone.

And how could Anton not agree?

——Character determines destiny.

——The result of Bernard's procedural deduction.

There are a thousand and ten thousand curiosity in Anton's heart, and he wants to know whether the final result will be as accurate as the simulation of "Green Life".

If it is true as reported, Anelka must be expelled from the national team.But what the "inner ghost" revealed must be true?

"Okay!" Anton agreed, and then opened his notebook and began to adjust his itinerary for the next few days.

Anton's prediction was right: the next day, once the "Guardian" report was published, it immediately caused an uproar.

In the regular press conference held by the French team, the leader of the French team announced on behalf of the French Football Association and the coaching staff that Anelka will be expelled from the national team.However, Anelka came out on his own, confronting reporters in person, defending his words and deeds.

"I will not apologize, nor will I explain anything to anyone deliberately." Anelka replied proudly, "I did not say such a dirty word. I was just angry at the time, and the coach lacked respect for me."

As Anton expected, the matter fell into "Rashomon", and Anelka categorically denied the facts reported by the "Guardian".He disagreed with the coaching staff and the Football Association, and other teammates did not come forward to speak, so the matter fell into an instant deadlock.

At this time, the whole world saw the joke of the French team.

Anton found an opportunity to go to the training base of the French team, wanting to see the training situation of the French team with his own eyes.On this afternoon, the French team arranged an open training early in the morning and invited fans and media to come and watch.

Before driving to the place, the local driver Anton hired asked, "Dreamland? Huh?"

Anton was stunned for a moment before he realized that the local driver was referring to their destination—the training base of the French team was called "Land of Dreams".But now it seems that it should be called "Land of Disillusioned Dreams".The dream of winning the World Cup of the French people is slowly getting closer and closer to being shattered in this training base in South Africa.

When Anton arrived, there was already a group of French fans gathered around the training ground.The media were also surrounded, with long guns and short guns, and all kinds of high-end photographic equipment were facing the training ground.

There was tension on people's faces.

When Anton rushed there, he found that no one was training on the training ground.A group of French players in training uniforms are gathering, watching somewhere on the sidelines.

A middle-aged man who looks like a member of the French coaching staff is negotiating with the French team captain and Manchester United player Evra.Both of them were excited and were talking quickly.

At this time, the French coach Domenech took the initiative to join the conversation, as if he wanted to show his authority as a coach.But neither the coaching staff nor captain Evra wanted to pay attention to Domenech.

After the two were annoyed by Domenech, the member of the coaching staff pushed Domenech away and shouted at him.Although Anton couldn't hear the conversation between the two clearly, he could guess that the French coaching staff was also very dissatisfied with Domenech at the moment——

Who said that the head coach is a soft guy who has no deterrence in the team?

At this time, Evra also turned and left, walking towards the French teammates waiting in the distance.There, French striker Henry patted Evra on the shoulder, seeming to persuade Evra to make an early decision.The other teammates of the French team turned around one after another and went back to the bus together.

Anton looked at the head coach of the French team, Domenech, who was stunned.This one was standing there dumbfounded.At this moment, Anton thought a little unkindly:

…Evra is a Taurus, Henry is a Leo.

He glanced at the French team bus and found that the French team players were getting on the bus one after another.Anelka, who had almost been expelled from the French national team before, was guarding the bus door at the moment.As soon as a teammate got into the car, he gave that person a high-five, as if to welcome him to his camp.

In addition, Anelka guarded the door of the car, even if the national team teammates who had already boarded the car wanted to defect and turn around to support Domenech or the coaching staff, it was impossible.

When all the French players got on the bus, Anelka could be vaguely seen sitting next to the driver through the bus window.Then the bus started, and the "French team" drove away from the team's training base.

—they quit training.

Character determines destiny, big mistakes have been made, whether it is Anelka or the French team, at this point, no one can turn back.

The author has something to say: Domenech later wrote a memoir, recalling the inside story of the internal strife in the French team.He mentioned that Anelka did not swear at his family, but just scolded Domenech and said "I quit".

In addition, who is the ghost in the French team has not been exposed for so many years.After that, most of the players in the French team were purged, and the French team that gradually emerged from 2016-18 was almost a completely different team.

Tonight, the black cat Sunderland will play in the final of the League One promotion play-offs, and ask for blessings. Dear friends who leave a message under this chapter, please accept the red envelope wrapped by the author.