Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 54

This time Sunderland played against Queens Park Rangers at the Stadium of Light at home, and the person in charge of the commentary was still Phil Fletcher, the commentator of the BBC Sports Channel.

The commentator is not as famous as Andy Gray, but he is better than a native of Newcastle in the northeast.He not only knows the history of the Sunderland club like the back of his hand, but also the players.Listening to Fletcher's commentary, the majority of Sunderland fans will feel more cordial.

“上半场45分钟过后,桑德兰已经取得了2：1的领先。但对他们来说,一个不太好的消息，就是斯旺西那边也完成了进球，斯旺西1：0领先米德尔斯堡。这意味着桑德兰还需要3个净胜球，3个净胜球。桑德兰的小伙子们,告诉我们你们能做到吗？”

Fletcher yelled into the microphone, unable to hide the anxiety in his words.

The Sunderland lads had no way to answer him, because the atmosphere became very tense at the beginning of the second half.

In England, any team has its own culture and pride, and Queens Park Rangers are not vegetarians—if you want to win by a big score, I will let you win by a big score. I don’t want to lose face?

Therefore, after entering the second half, the two sides entered into a state of confrontation. The offensive and defensive rhythms of both sides were very fast. It seemed that the ball would not stay in the midfield at all.Every stop in front of the penalty area can scare the fans of our side into a cold sweat.

I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune, 10 minutes into the second half, Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers rushed and attacked each other, but they failed to score.

But at this moment, Russell, who was watching the game from the sidelines, stretched out his fourth finger-this means that Swansea scored another goal over there.So Sunderland will need to score four more goals to overtake Swansea on goal difference and push the Welsh team out of the top six of the Championship.

The commentator got the news earlier than Russell, and Fletcher was a little speechless in front of the microphone. The audience could only hear the commentator repeating: "Four balls, four balls!"

At this moment, Garner suddenly slowed down. He took the ball and dribbled around the midfield for a while without rushing to attack.The Sunderland team members next to him were startled when they saw it, and they all calmed down a little.They ran wildly just now, although they turned their backs on their backs, but they didn't even get a good chance to kick the goal.

——How can you play football without your brain?When Russell scolded them back then, the players still remembered it firmly!

Only then did the Sunderland players calm down and resume their offense.

QPR's defenders also mostly returned to their own half and took the defensive.

But at this moment, Shaqiri took the ball 20 yards outside the penalty area on the left side and suddenly shot a cold shot. The ball was powerful and flew into the dead corner of the goal with strength.

The goal was scored so suddenly that the opponent's goalkeeper didn't even have time to make a save, and the goal was lost.

Russell's hand on the sidelines has been changed back to "three". Shaqiri didn't bother to celebrate at all. He ran directly into the opponent's goal, picked up the ball and ran back-the time didn't wait for Sunderland, they still had three goals to enter.

Shaqiri's goal seemed to give Sunderland a shot in the arm.The fans who were already holding their breath nervously began to shout happily in the stands again.

Anton also gave Garner a thumbs up from the sidelines, praising him for his excellent grasp of the rhythm on the court just now.Garner didn't care about what he said, and rushed back to defend again.

第65分钟，比分暂且停留在3：1。安东看了看场上球员的状况——大家的体能都还可以。毕竟这一场是90分钟的常规赛，不用打加时。现在桑德兰的球员只恨时间不够多，他们在30分钟之内要进3个球才能达到目标。

Just when Anton judged that there was no need for substitutions, an accident happened on the field. Horton, who was playing right back, was shoveled to his ankle by a fierce tackle when he stepped forward for an assist. Horton hit the turf several times. He stopped after rolling, arched his body, buried his face in the turf, stretched out a hand, and scratched the ground in pain.

The referee gave the opposing player a yellow card as a warning, and Sunderland's team doctor immediately stepped forward to treat Horton.Time was passing by every minute and every second. Although the other Sunderland players were also very anxious, the injuries of their teammates were serious. No matter how anxious they were, they had to stop.

About 2 minutes later, Horton was helped to the sidelines by the team doctor. After Anton confirmed that he could not persist, he replaced the red-haired teenager Colbeck.This is not a match-up substitution, Colbeck's position is relatively high, more of a full-back position.

"This means that for the rest of the game, Sunderland has put on a posture and they are going to attack with all their strength." Fletcher commented nervously into the microphone.

Colbeck touched the ball soon after he came on the field. He looked up and found the general position of forward Vardy. He rubbed his feet and the ball had been sent.

His pass was not accurate, but it was roughly passed in the direction where Vardy was, and he made a little advance so that Vardy could run.

The opposing defender who was in charge of marking Vardy looked at the speed and direction of the ball, and felt that it was impossible for Vardy to receive the ball.But with such a hesitation, Vardy ran towards the ball's landing point like a gust of wind.He just has this kind of ability. Others thought he couldn't run, and when he couldn't get the ball, Vardy had already picked up his speed, and the football fell on his toes obediently.At times like this, Vardy is often left with only the opponent's goalkeeper.

The commentator Fletcher has long been calm, and his voice is getting higher and higher: "Valdy took the ball, this is a single-handedly, facing the goalkeeper, he stopped for a while, kicked and shot-"

"The ball has been scored!"

Fletcher shouted into the microphone, and then remembered his role as a commentator, and quickly said: "A player on the defensive side raised his hand to signal offside. Let's watch the replay... No, there is no offside, this is an offside nice shot!"

"Sunderland rewrote the score again, my God, the score of this game has come to 4:1."

On Sunderland's coaching bench, Russell made a "two" gesture with his raised right hand. "Swansea's score against Middlesbrough is still 2:0. Sunderland has two more goals, two goals..."

There are still about 20 minutes in the game, and Sunderland still needs to score two more goals, and at the same time ensure that they keep a clean sheet in order to achieve their goal-provided that there is no change in Swansea.

However, it was these last two goals that tormented the fans of the entire Stadium of Light for a long, long time.

At this time, the entire team of Queens Park Rangers has basically returned to defense, defending in front of their own penalty area-they have already scored a goal to save face, as long as they keep this score, the result is not too ugly.

And almost the whole team of Sunderland surrounded the opponent's iron barrel formation, attacking from the front, crossing from the bottom, making set kicks... Various methods were tried, and finally in the 87th minute, Sunderland kicked the ball. Score the sixth goal of the game -

"It was a total chaos in the penalty zone just now," Fletcher didn't know how to comment. He was facing the microphone, almost speechless. It wasn't until the playback picture came back that he regained his composure and said, " Let's take a look at the replay screen!"

"This time, it was Captain Garner who stepped up at the critical moment. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he didn't stop the ball at all, but shot from a small angle. The ball rolled into the goal from the right armpit of the opposing goalkeeper— —”

"The score has come to 5 to 1, which is already a very remarkable score. But to Sunderland, this is not enough, not enough..." The commentator's words have already brought trembling sounds.

How will the last race at the end of the season end?

Russell raised his hand on the sidelines, comparing the word "one": Swansea's score is still the same, they still need one ball, they only need one ball.

Soon, the game came to stoppage time.Because of Horton's injury, there will be 5 minutes of stoppage time in this game.This is also the last 5 minutes of Sunderland.

"Sunderland have pressed the whole line and surrounded the Rangers goal tightly. All the Rangers players are in the penalty area. There are too many people in the penalty area. Shaqiri kicked and fired from the outside, and the ball bounced on the defense. On the player, out of the baseline, Sunderland won a corner -"

"The corner kick was taken, the players of both teams crowded in front of the goal to fight for the top, Rangers grabbed the first point, topped the baseline, Sunderland won the second corner-"

"While waiting for Sunderland's second corner kick, we have received the report from Wales. The Swansea game is all over and the score is fixed at 2:0. Sunderland and their points The goal difference is the same, is it really necessary to compare the number of goals-as far as I know, Sunderland is not superior in this data..." Fletcher wanted to find the data he had prepared in advance , but at this time he couldn't care about it at all.

"Sunderland took the second corner and the keeper Jardosson came up. Sunderland got the first point but the Rangers player took the second and headed the ball over. But Halldosson didn't go back and a couple of Sunderland players came together to help and create a throw-in."

"There is only 1 minute left in stoppage time!"

"This is Sunderland's last chance!"

"Sunderland's young winger, Colbeck, came to handle the throw-in. What? No one from Sunderland stepped forward to respond, but they all crowded into the penalty area?"

"Colbeck took the ball very far back, he held the ball in his arms and wiped it with his jersey a few times - come on boy, Sunderland's running out of time!" Fletcher yelled into the microphone , as if Colbeck could hear.

At this time, Colbeck stood on the sidelines, raised his hands above his head, took two steps forward, and threw the ball in his hand vigorously——

He also did this in the training ground of Guangming Academy in the past, and almost hit the coach when he threw a foul ball.But coach Anton took a fancy to his throw-in ability, and contacted a Nordic coach to hold a video training session with him to guide the technical points.

Now he can do that too, throwing the throw-in high and floating like a corner.The opponent never expected such a move, and still defended the ball as an ordinary foul ball. He never thought that his teammates had already ambushed in the penalty area at this time, just waiting for the beautiful arc he threw.They'd jump high, shake their heads, head the ball toward the goal—

"what--"

Fletcher yelled, but his voice was instantly drowned out by the overwhelming cheers in the Stadium of Light!

"GOAL!"

"It's really not good news for Swansea. After their game, Sunderland scored another ... another goal."

Fletcher blushed, too excited to speak incoherently.

"Just now the red-haired boy's hand throw-in is exactly the same as a corner kick, if not better than a corner kick! Let's see who scored it... It's unbelievable! It was scored by the Sunderland goalkeeper , Haldósson the Icelander!"

The Icelanders slashed outside the Queen's Park Rangers' goal and uttered an earth-shattering roar!

Sunderland's entire coaching bench, all the staff, all the substitute players, all rushed down from the coaching bench, gathered on the sidelines and raised their hands high.

The irritable brother Russell hugged Anton, and couldn't help crying.Anton patted him on the back lightly, comforting him in a low voice - he didn't know if Russell could hear him or not.

"It's a miracle, a miracle!"

The narrator Fletcher who calmed down a little shook his head, saying that he had never seen or heard of such a situation.

"A throw-in like a corner, a keeper with a header... Stadium of Light, how do you want me to believe what I see right now?"

But the situation in front of him did not allow him to believe his eyes. The narrator could even feel the ground under his feet trembling, and there were deafening cheers all around him.

At this time, stoppage time had already passed, and the referee only let Queens Park Rangers drive the ball in the middle circle, and immediately blew the final whistle.

"This is the real lore! It's the lore of the lore!"

The narrator Fletcher finally took a breath, returned to normal emotions, and began to make the final comment.

"Sunderland scored a goal in stoppage time this time, and with this goal, with an advantage of one more goal difference, they squeezed out Swansea and entered the play-offs."

"That goal, even after Swansea had already finished."

"I believe that in the history of Sunderland's team, this goal will definitely have a name," Fletcher concluded forcefully. "Of course this goal is not a lore game, it is a lore for a whole season!"

The author has something to say: Swansea: After half a year of hard work, one goal returned...