Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 37

When Tottenham kicked off for the last time, fans in the stands of the Stadium of Light saw their manager looking for glasses all over the floor.

——The players were too excited to celebrate, and Eriksson rushed up to hug Anton quickly, knocking off their coach's glasses.

"Woooooo-"

"It turns out that our head coach doesn't wear glasses!"

"So handsome, so handsome, so handsome!"

"My God, why does he wear glasses?! If it's high myopia, it can be corrected? It's a waste of such a good look..."

Fortunately, when the referee bald Webber blew the final whistle, Anton had retrieved his glasses from the lawn and put them back on the bridge of his nose.

"I still like the way Anton wears glasses. He is elegant and bookish. Such a gentle and elegant gentleman is the most suitable for our aura of the Stadium of Light!"

This gentle and refined gentleman is more or less embarrassed at the moment.His mirror frame was probably stepped on by someone, and it was slightly crooked. There were even one or two green grass blades on the brown-black tortoiseshell edge.This made Anton's slightly strict face reveal a bit of playfulness.

When the final whistle sounded, Anton went to shake hands with Lao Lei first.Old Lei's face was calm, but when he saw Anton's glasses, he finally smiled a little and said, "Young man, your luck is really not so good."

Anton also nodded and smiled, "It's because we are in the Stadium of Light!"

Lao Lei nodded, said nothing more, and led the Tottenham coaching staff into the player tunnel.In Lao Lei's life, he has seen too many wins and losses, too many reversals, too many lore, too many unexpected endings...even life and death are close at hand, so he chooses to be indifferent to the results of such games .

When Anton turned around and wanted to shake hands with the referee team, Sunderland's captain Garner rushed out to hug Anton: "Coach..."

Garner was about the same age as Anton. Facing the young head coach at this time, he kept choking up and trying not to cry out. He seemed to have endless grievances, but also infinite joy and relief—his players , His good partners, in the end, did not live up to the coach's tactical arrangements and the hopes of the fans because of his temporary mistakes.

A tall man was wronged like a child in front of Anton, so Anton had no choice but to wave to the referee, the bald Webber, who was standing behind Garner.

The on-duty referee Howard Webb is a tough guy. Before he became a professional football referee, he was a sheriff in South Yorkshire. There have also been a lot of penalty kicks whistled in the competition-he even received death threats for this.

In today's game, Weber thought that the scale of law enforcement was just right and impartial.Of course, the process of the game was full of twists and turns. The home team first took the lead and then was equalized and overtaken. Then they reversed and won the game at the last moment.However, the mood of the referee should not be disturbed by the ups and downs and changes on the field.Weber has always believed that he is a spectator and outsider of the whole game, and should not be influenced by the game, let alone the direction and outcome of the game.

But at this time he saw the Sunderland captain Garner who was sent off by him earlier, and Weber frowned - after he called the penalty kick, he didn't decide to draw the card immediately.However, Garner's argument and reasoning made him think that the opponent was putting pressure and wanted to influence the referee's penalty.In order to maintain the "order" of the game, he chose to add another yellow card to Garner.

But at this moment Weber asked himself: What if, it really wasn't a penalty?

At this point, he decided to watch the game video several times after going back.

Anton finally appeased Garner, took his captain and players around the Stadium of Light, and expressed his gratitude to the fans who came to cheer for the team.The fans present stood up and applauded. After 2 minutes, I don't know who started it. The fans suddenly sang the birthday song loudly to celebrate Eriksson's birthday.

"Happy birthday to you, Christian—"

The blond boy was very excited and proud when he scored a goal, but now he is very shy, standing behind the coach and teammates, only waving his hands to thank the fans - because as soon as he shows his face, he will Some female fans screamed, and the young man felt embarrassed and had to hide behind his teammates.

Another scoring hero, Jamie Vardy, was also a little nervous.After all, today is his first show. Although this young man who just transferred to Sunderland from the amateur team scored a goal today, it was the first time he played in such a big stadium. Calm down - to be honest, the goal was like a dream.When he scored the goal, he forgot all about his nervousness, and now he thinks back: Oh, I'm still nervous!

"Good boy!"

"It was a great day!"

"Come on, every game will be like this in the future!"

Facing Vardy, the fans sent praise and encouragement one after another.They don't care about Vardy's resume background, anyway, the head coach puts up the person who can score goals, and they are responsible for applauding.

Anton also patted Vardy on the shoulder and said, "Have you found a little feeling?"

Valdidon suddenly remembered what Anton had said to him, scratched his head and said: "It seems a little bit, but, boss, who is the striker you are talking about! I think he is talking about me. It’s on my heart.” Anton’s retelling of Torres’ original words actually made Vardy feel a little enlightened.

"Resonate? That's great. Just wait, I'll show you a lot of videos and line analysis about strikers' running positions. As long as you are willing to study, I guarantee you can become a world-class striker." Ann When Dong saw Vardy on the bench today, he kept watching the running position of the opponent striker Defoe. While watching and thinking, Anton felt that a child can be taught, and this young man should have a lot to do in the future.

When I was young, the post-match press conference began.

Unexpectedly, many reporters asked questions about the "black cat".

"Mr. Coach, we have noticed that today's game has been disturbed. May I ask you to know 'in advance'?" This question is a bit unkind, and the implication is that the appearance of the "black cat" seems to have nothing to do with the home team. Relevant.

Anton knew what the other party was asking. After all, the appearance of the little black cat today caused a temporary interruption of the game, and even interfered with an effective attack by the Tottenham team, causing Bell to return without success.That interruption changed the tempo of the game and gave Anton the chance to make plays that turned the game around.

"Sir, to be honest, although Sunderland's nickname is 'Black Cat', it doesn't mean that I am the head coach of Sunderland, so I can communicate with the black cat."

All the reporters sitting below laughed: Yes, is there anyone who can remotely control a kitten to run wildly on the field?

"Our venue management has done everything possible to prevent any interference with the game, but we really did not anticipate that there would be small animals visiting the stadium. This is not a 'human' disturbance, but if the FA As for punishing Sunderland, then...we have no choice but to accept the punishment!" Anton shrugged his shoulders, showing a helpless look.

"However, I also want to say that if you look carefully at the penalty kick awarded to Sunderland, I want to say that it was a misjudgment," Anton said before attending the press conference. The video of the game seems to have been seen, "Similarly, the yellow card that was added to captain Garner, I think his foul is also 'unwarranted'."

If it is said that Tottenham were interrupted due to the interruption of the game, which led to the final loss, but if this "misjudgment" is counted, Tottenham scored an undeserved goal and within half an hour Hit one more person, more profit.

Anton is simply trying to put pressure on the FA in a different way, trying to fight for the club not to be affected by the "black cat" incident.

But in any case, the result of this FA Cup knockout match will not change. So far, Sunderland has survived the sixth round and is advancing to the quarter-finals.

"Have you communicated with Mr. Redknapp about this game?" Another reporter asked Anton.

"I have exchanged it," Anton nodded, "I wish Tottenham Hotspur the same luck in the next Premier League."

He admitted that he was very lucky, and he blocked all other people's words if they wanted to be bitter.Moreover, Tottenham Hotspur has a strong momentum in the Premier League this year. At present, it is very hopeful to surpass Liverpool and Manchester United, enter the top four, and qualify for the Champions League next season.Anton wished Lao Lei's team such good luck in the league, Lao Lei should be happy to accept it.

Anton received a verbal warning from the FA for his opinions on the referee's law enforcement after the game, but in the end, neither the Stadium of Light nor Anton received any punishment-because the ball was really a misjudgment, and it was related. A yellow card and the red card that followed, Sunderland also got very wronged.In order to calm things down, the FA chose to "calm down" the incident instead of making public opinion worse.

However, Anton met such a player in the game——Player H.

Player H is not a complete novice like player F Torres. When Anton saw him online for the first time, he was already a beginner player.But before that, Anton and Player H had never met.

Anton quickly configured a game by himself - he wanted to advance to the elementary level as soon as possible, but he didn't want to always rely on Player C and Player F to upgrade and earn comprehensive experience points, so he prepared a relatively complicated game. In the game, his role is to be the referee on duty.

The game loaded quickly, and Anton entered the game.This time the game configuration was very accurate. He had a whistle in his hand and a red and yellow card in his pocket.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the game, Anton suddenly discovered that in this game, the main defender of one of the two teams was no longer an NPC, but player H.

Anton is fully confident that the person who entered the game through a random mission must be Player H.

Because that person didn't choose the anonymous mode, he was even wearing someone else's jersey at the moment, but the iconic big bald head was still recognizable at first sight.

Bald Webber - Howard Webber.

howard -

Player H.

The author has something to say: say a few words about Lao Lei, who is also a legendary England coach.In his early years, he taught at "Cherry" Bournemouth. In the summer of 1990, he went to Italy with his friends to watch the World Cup. Unfortunately, he was involved in a car accident. All the people in the same car were killed, and he was the only one who survived.Later, he coached in West Ham United, Portsmouth and Southampton. Returned to the Champions League after 2008 years.As a result, Lao Lei won the title of the best coach in the Premier League and became the first English native coach to win this honor since the establishment of the award.

If I remember correctly, Lao Lei seems to be the uncle of "Magic Lamp" Lampard.