Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 271

When Anton went out, a local Sunderland taxi was parked outside the door. The driver already knew that he would make a long trip, and the destination was Edinburgh Airport, which was farther than Newcastle Airport.

When Anton made the decision to rush to Dublin at the last moment, he had already arranged all the means of transportation and timetable.When the taxi arrived at Edinburgh Airport, the only flight from Edinburgh to Dublin was still 35 minutes away.

Before arriving at the Dublin Stadium, Anton had taken turns to rest in taxis, flights, and taxis, and his condition had recovered to [-]% to [-]%.

The tactics tailored by the coaching staff for Porto before were formulated downstairs in his house.Although Anton didn't fully participate in the process of formulating the tactics, he read the final results in detail and nodded.

Now Anton is on the taxi to Dublin Stadium, his heart is clear.He recalled silently, all the tactical details are vivid in his memory, and the characteristics of the opponent Porto's players and various possible formations are also clearly remembered.

He can completely command the game.

The afterglow in the sky has not yet come to an end, and the Dublin Stadium, which hosts the Europa League final, is already brightly lit.

Anton has thought about whether he has to "swipe his face" to enter the field - he has neither a ticket nor a staff member ID of the participating team... and it is not Ronaldo Kaka, so he should not be able to do so.

But when he arrived at the Dublin Stadium, he saw Russell waiting eagerly at the entrance of the staff from a long distance away.When Anton jumped out of the car, Russell came up to him, holding a Sunderland staff ID with Anton's photo on it.

It turned out that Sunderland had prepared Anton's work certificate early on, and always regarded him as the team's head coach, although the team never knew whether Anton would appear in front of everyone.

"Welcome back!" Russell didn't say a word. After giving Anton a bear hug, he led Anton straight to the locker room.

"Have you finished warming up?" Anton asked Russell.

Russell nodded, "It's really time for you to come. There should be a theatrical performance on the field now, and the players will enter the field in 5 minutes."

Before the Europa League final, UEFA gave the host country a short period of time to perform a short cultural performance.Therefore, the Dublin Stadium is performing tap dancing unique to the host country Ireland, and a stage has been set up for this purpose.

This just gave Anton the opportunity to enter the locker room to communicate with the players.

"Boss—"

The moment Anton stepped into the locker room, most of the Sunderland players chatted in twos and threes to ease the tension before the game.

The finals of the intercontinental competition - not to mention the young players in the team, even for a star like Ibrahimovic, in his career, there are only a few such opportunities.

Someone with sharp eyes was the first to spot Anton, and then all the players stood up and looked at Anton.All the players showed surprise on their faces, and some even had smiles on their faces.

"Anton is here, we are sure to win!"

Anton seemed to hear the voices of the players.

But, sorry, he wasn't here just to say nice things to these young people.In order to win, he must first pour a spoonful of cold water.

"Everyone, it's only 5 minutes before you stand on the final battlefield. I came here on a special trip. I use these last few minutes to remind you that the finals have been unknown since ancient times. If you expect this evening to be an open game It's a wonderful, exciting confrontational battle, which is completely wrong."

The more top competitions, the last game of the finals will often be very boring. Both sides will first strive to gain a firm foothold, and then carefully test, and patiently wait for the other party to make mistakes without making mistakes.

In the last year's World Cup in South Africa, Spain and the Netherlands also had a dull tie, and it was not until the end of overtime that Iniesta scored a lore.

"It's not your task to make the game exciting and beautiful, it's the fans' task. The fans need to find ways to have fun for themselves. Don't worry! The Mexican wave, the Icelandic roar...they have a lot to play and won't be bored " Anton said humorously, and the corners of the players' mouths rose.

But Anton changed the subject: "Your only task is to win!"

"Before this, the coaching staff may have told you to reduce the pressure, don't regard this as a dangerous decisive battle, relax and enjoy the game-they are all right. But I am here to remind you, Make no mistake."

Anton stood in the locker room, his voice was clear and clear, everyone in the locker room withdrew their smiles, looked serious, and listened quietly to what Anton said.The big man Ibrahimovic standing behind his teammates even nodded repeatedly-he has seen too many examples of ruining the game because of unnecessary mistakes.

"Concentrate on it, make sure you don't make mistakes first, and then wait patiently for the other party to make mistakes. I promise you, you will get the results you want."

"The tactics arranged in advance by the coaching staff are a joint decision between me and the entire coaching staff, and we will be fully responsible for it-and my additional request to you is to play seriously, not to make mistakes, and everyone is responsible for themselves. "

"This game, the coaching staff will always be with you, and I am also a member of the coaching staff, and thank you for helping me realize my dream of winning the championship."

This is what Anton said in his heart: So far he has no way out, the family he cherishes is now integrated with his career, he needs his players to realize the team's tactical thinking on the field, to outsmart and win, To win this game no matter the cost.

At this moment, the eleven players on the field have already become the extension of his body and the carrier of all his hopes. Words can no longer carry Anton's heart and hope. In the end, all the ardent expectations are written in Anton's eyes. middle.

So his players all felt it.

While the starting players of both sides were waiting to play in the player tunnel, Anton, together with the entire coaching staff, had arrived at the infield of the Dublin Stadium.

He saw Boas in the infield-Boas was obviously a little surprised to see Anton, and he was not as happy about Anton's arrival as he once said.On the contrary, after Anton appeared, Boas forced a smile on his face, his eyes somewhat flustered.

Anton guessed that he should have inquired beforehand, knowing that Anton did not come to Dublin with the team.As a result, seeing Anton suddenly appear now, even though Boas wanted to adopt the attitude of "I hope you come" as he did when they met in London, but under the surprise, it was difficult to put on such an attitude sincerely and naturally.

Anton secretly laughed in his heart: he said it nicely, but subconsciously he still hoped that he would not come.

People are like this, they are always afraid of losing and want to win in the face of big competitions.

In fact, the Sunderland team has completed all technical and tactical preparations. Anton's arrival will hardly have much bonus in terms of on-the-spot command. They have won many games, and with Anton in charge, there is no reason why they can't win this one.

But this had the opposite effect on Boas: Boas originally believed that the only person who could make two moves with him was Anton. Psychology is somewhat affected.

Before this game, UEFA had specially arranged a draw ceremony for the two teams, Sunderland and Porto, to draw lots—whose home game is this.Sunderland were lucky enough to draw at home, so they are now playing in the traditional red and white arrow striped shirt, black trousers and red socks.Porto's away jersey is bright yellow.

After the two teams played, a large slogan was suddenly displayed in the neutral fan area in the opposite stand. It was written in Portuguese: "All for the Stadium of Light!"

A fan wearing a Benfica jersey waved the flag in his hand and shouted: "Sunderland, go! Win!"

The Sunderland players here know that Benfica fans flew all the way to Ireland to "repeat the old saying", and most of them looked at each other and smiled; while the Porto players smiled wryly - what is the charm of Sunderland?Let Benfica fans support England's team instead of their own club just for the same stadium name?

After the players come on the field, as usual, the referee presides over the side guessing and takes a group photo with the starting players of both sides.Sunderland captain Garner was placed on the bench, so among the starting players on the field, the captain's armband was the deputy Henderson.After all the procedures were over, he turned around to gather his teammates together, and said a few words to them in a deep voice.

All Sunderland players responded loudly together.Anton knew what the young lieutenant was saying to his teammates: this is what he whispered to Henderson when he left the locker room-he asked Henderson to remind the team, absolutely focused, after the opening 5 Minutes, make sure not to make a mistake.

If you can guarantee that you don’t make mistakes in the first 5 minutes, then the player’s state can continue to the 10th and 15th minutes...

Sunderland kicks off first -

Ibrahimovic, who loves the kick-off the most, kicks himself, and passes the ball back to his teammates in his own half, and then runs to the opponent's half.In Sunderland, he sometimes dribbled the ball directly at the kick-off, and he also had a kick-off lob to hit the "wonderful idea" behind the opponent's goalkeeper, but now Ibrahimovic appears to be very old and stable-this But a final.

After Ibrahimovic passed the ball back to Henderson, Henderson, the defensive midfielder, chose to go wide, begging to be handed over to the full-back, and handed it to Royce on the right.

Royce took the ball unhurriedly, accelerated suddenly, and cut inside after passing a Porto full-back. When the opposing central defender came up to intercept, the ball at his feet had passed to the other side, and the ball reached Vardy's feet.

Vardy's position is very high, almost near the baseline.He didn't even think about it, and kicked directly - Ibrahimovic had already locked his position in the center of the penalty area, ready to head the goal.

At this moment, I saw that Ibrahimovic was hit by someone and fell to the front of the small penalty area.Then the referee's whistle sounded——

This has just started 1 minute before the referee awarded Sunderland a penalty.